"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey is the PA announcer's usual choice of song as fans drift home post-match and Ulster fans are surely starting to believe again, daring to dream that the heady days of 1999 may be, just may be, about to return.

BBC: Ulster restore pride in white jersey

To try to save the truce, Mr Abbas has sent the PA's police to intercept the Palestinian militants in Gaza and stop them firing rockets at the Israelis.

ECONOMIST: The truce under severe test | The

He was expected first to focus on bolstering the ceasefire, channelling reconstruction aid through the Fatah-run PA rather than Hamas, and on measures to stop arms reaching Gaza via tunnels under the border with Egypt or by sea from Iran.

ECONOMIST: Diplomacy after the Gaza war