minister benjamin netanyahu has been meeting his cabinet to vote on a proposed deal that could see hamas release dozens of israeli hostages over the next few days. they were seized at gunpoint when hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — launched its attacks on israel on october 7th. it's thought, in return, israel would release more than a hundred palestinian prisoners and there would be a four—day pause in fighting. but amid the hope, an announcement from the palestinian islamichhad group that one of the hostages it was holding has died. we start with this report from our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, who is in tel aviv. after six long weeks, there is hope. here are some of those who could soon be coming home. oriya is four and loves football and ice cream. and kfir is just ten months old and recently started crawling. he is always smiling, relatives say. in tel aviv tonight, campaign standing together as israel's government debated the deal. # just come home... many here would pay any price. the fear is some hostages are already dead. it has been a very long wait, but there is a sense of hope here now. hostages are expected to be released in phases over a number of days, but the families and supporters gathered here know that most of those being held in gaza will not be included in this deal. chen almog is being held with three of her children, including her two young sons. her husband and eldest daughter were killed by hamas. her brother, henri, hopes to get his relatives back soon. he's been counting the dark days. the bad and the pain is behind. we are going to live with this pain forever but the good thing is in front of us and they will come. what is the first thing you would like to do when you are all together? first to tell them i'm sorry because it's sad and it's a shame what happened. then that i love them. you can imagine hugs for so many days so now, when the time comes, we are going to do it. in return, gaza will get a respite from israel's assault, at least for a few days. israeli troops were still advancing today. food and fuel will be allowed in to the rubble and some palestinian women and children will be released from israeli jails. israel's prime minister got a warm reception from these troops today. benjamin netanyahu said releasing the hostages was a sacred duty but the war wouldn't stop after they were freed. tonight, there's an empty place at this table for every hostage in gaza. the deal looks set to be approved. if so, the first hostages could be released on thursday or friday. i spoke to phil andrew, who is a former fbi hostage negotiator. he explained what happens behind the scenes in in these situations. this is a very tense moment in these negotiations. they've obviously been going on for weeks, but hammering out the very delicate details of how this is going to be effectuated so that there's not any miscommunication, that no mistakes are made, and that if there are mistakes, that there's an easy way to communicate about that so that it one doesn't put the hostages at risk. two, that doesn't trip up because this is what our our sources are saying, that this is going to be phased in a few hostages each day. so it's going to require a lot of verification. and just for these these negotiations to have taken a place and to reach this point, a great amount of interaction and trust had to be built with parties that are literally in a conflict with each other right now. these are obviously unique circumstances. we've got the daily air strikes. we've got a number of hostages who are quite unwell. how does the sort of hostage negotiations that you've experienced differ from this situation? well, the complexity, the number of parties that are involved, often when we're negotiating, we're able to get at least close to the actual decision maker. in this case, it's very much relying on important intermediaries who are carrying that message. and it's so important to make sure that you're getting the right information and it's accurate and that there's transparency to it. and each layer adds a matter of complexity to it because of the intermediary intermediaries, own interests, own interpretations. and for this to be effectuated effectively, safely, where trust and verification can take place really requires an incredible high level of coordination. there are a lot of regional brokers in this deal. the us and the fbi are also involved. what do you see as their separate roles in the discussions? well, some are there to help bring credibility, bring the ability to simply communicate to the dialogue. and then others are are there to bring the skills of of really very careful listening so that you can understand the nuances of someone else�*s understanding of what both they're proposing, what they're prepared to do, how they're going to get that done, and and the degree of which they actually have control to do the things that they're saying that they can do. and some of the things that we know is that hamas is fractured and that there's many sects and elements within it, and that many of these hostages aren't in the same place or controlled by the same sort ofjail guards or prison guards. so the ability to communicate with them and get the hostages delivered at a certain time and place safely and and not have any intervening incidents that might disrupt this is really important. and all of that dialogue requires very, very careful listening, building trust, the ability to verify, and then at some point, a belief in just the ability to get this done. and briefly because we are running out of time. in your experience, what are the most important rules of hostage negotiation in a crisis like this? we've heard about a phased release. what happens if the majority of hostages are released? well, the most important things are really the ability to build a level of credibility and trust and then have some some opportunities to verify that. and i think this phased approach is what we're seeing was was negotiated so that some hostages will be released each day. and hopefully this could be the single most important thing since this conflict began, because we actually have the parties cooperating, doing something that they're both agreeing to end, and that might lead to additional dialogue to release more hostages and potentially talking about this this crisis and how it could be resolved. south korea has approved the partial suspension of a military agreement with north korea — that's according to state media yonhap. the agreement, which was reached in 2018, was designed to lower military tensions. it follows an announcement from north korea that it has successfully put its first military spy satellite into space. the us condemned the launch as a �*brazen violation�* of un sanctions. for more on this — i've been speaking with terence roehring he is a professor of national security affairs and director of the asia—pacific studies group at the us naval war college. i asked him about what exactly this spy satellite can do. a satellite will allow north korea to have some degree of being able to to surveil what is happening in south korea. we're not entirely sure of the capabilities of this satellite. i have seen some assessments that indicated it's not going to have a very fine grained look and be able to, largely, see only big objects on the south korean side. but that's with just one satellite. and north korea has said that it is intending on putting multiple satellites into orbit, which will then give it a more consistent and more persistent ability to surveil what may be happening in regards to major troop movements, the movement of major assets in south korea. and so part of them expanding their military surveillance capability, which up to this point had certain limits to it. are you surprised that they succeeded this time? 0h, not entirely. you know, they have been at this for a while. they've tried twice this year. but those aren't the first times that they attempted to put a satellite into orbit. their technology, their expertise continues to grow. there's a possibility they had some degree of russian advice or assistance since the meeting in september between kimjong—un and vladimir putin. it's not entirely clear how much the russians have been able to help, but i wouldn't be surprised if if north korea just simply decided they had two shots at it. it didn't work. they looked at what they needed to fix. they had to have essentially used a lot of the same systems, butjust were able to tinker with those and correct the mistakes with perhaps some help of russian advice, and took at it a third time here and succeeded. but if this one hadn't worked, no doubt north korea would have continued until they had been successful with this endeavour. south korea has warned of retaliation. what are you expecting from seoul and is there a risk of escalation here? well, i doubt escalation, but this is this is really a difficult problem set. south korea, the united states, japan, others are going to condemn north korea for taking this action. there would in the past have been an effort to impose broad economic sanctions, increase the sanctions pressure on north korea. but russia and china are certainly not going to allow that to go through another united nations security council process. so i anticipate that there will be increased unilateral sanctions put in place by against south korea, the united states, japan. also in your report, you noted that the south koreans are likely and already have suspended and inter—korean military cooperation, tension reduction measure that had been in place since 2018. they are going to suspend either all of that or at least parts of it. but beyond that, it's going to be difficult to see what can be done to north korea to punish them further for this action. police in north wales searching for four missing teenagers have found four bodies in an overturned car in gwynedd. the boys disappeared on sunday morning, after apparently setting off for a camping trip. phil mackie has more. the scenery is spectacular, but the terrain can be deadly. four friends came here from shropshire for a few days away. their disappearance sparked a huge search, after their loved ones lost contact with them. we now know the boys left shrewsbury on saturday night, on the way to eryri, which is also known as snowdonia. on sunday, the boys were reported missing, and harvey owen's phone was last used around midday. today, just before noon, police said they had found a vehicle near garreg. then, later today, they announced the news everyone dreaded. police officers attended and located a ford fiesta vehicle upside down, partially submerged in water. tragically, the bodies of four young males were recovered from within the vehicle. the families of the missing men have been informed. our thoughts are with them at this desperate time. this was where their car, a silver ford fiesta, came off the road as it bends around the large crag which dominates the landscape. at the foot of the valley down there you can see some emergency vehicles in the distance. we have seen them coming and going, and that road has actually been closed off for most of the day. up here you get a sense of the terrain, just how remote it is, how narrow the roads are, how windy they are, and we know that on sunday afternoon, the weather conditions were appalling. it was wet, it was dark, you couldn't see either of the mountains in front of us, but that is not unusual. but nonetheless, not easy to drive in. not if you're inexperienced. the accident must have happened on sunday, and the car wasn't found until today. the news everyone feared was confirmed. jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris were friends who met at school and had alljust started at shrewsbury college together. tonight, it said in a statement... the boys�* families have asked for privacy, devastated by news of their sons�* final journey. phil mackie, bbc news, garreg. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. england's chief medical officer, professor sir chris whitty, has said the first covid lockdown in march 2020 was imposed "a bit too late". he told the inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic, that public health issues meant it was important to be cautious, and that "going too early" also posed a risk. lancashire police have been criticised for the way they handled the investigation into the disappearance of nicola bulley. the 45—year—old mother of two vanished near the river wire injanuary and was found dead three weeks later. a review by the college of policing found that the release of personal information about her by the police was avoidable and unnecessary. the department of health says officials will visit turkey to discuss regulations around medical and cosmetic tourism. it comes after 31—year—old melissa kerr died in hospital in istanbul in 2019, during what's known as brazilian butt—lift surgery. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to myanmar where the united nations has expressed concern over the escalating conflict. fighting across the country has entered a fourth week, sparked by a surprise offensive against the military junta by an alliance of ethnic armed groups near the border with china. two million people are estimated to have been displaced by the fighting. live now tojohn sifton, the asia advocacy director at human rights watch. great to have you on the programme. we are seeing quite intense fighting. is the militaryjunta in trouble in your opinion?— militaryjunta in trouble in ouroinion? h . ., ., your opinion? it's unclear what launched these _ your opinion? it's unclear what launched these attacks - launched these attacks obviously the myanmar junta launched these attacks obviously the myanmarjunta has been engaged in attacks against people in police and armed groups in peoples defence forces for well over two years since the february coup. what we saw last month and going into this month was a coordinated attack that was taken by several armed groups assisted by peoples defence forces against the junta. they retook towns, they retook border crossings and reportedly captured hundreds of myanmar military troops. this is a new development in the post—coup world. i want to stress that the myanmarjunta has been feeling its own people, the people of myanmar for a very long time. people of myanmar for a very long time-— people of myanmar for a very lona time. , ., ., long time. the situation in the country has — long time. the situation in the country has been _ long time. the situation in the country has been bad - long time. the situation in the l country has been bad especially since the coup. what concerns do you have would be civilians who are caught up in this latest fighting?— who are caught up in this latest fighting? the question now is what _ latest fighting? the question now is what is _ latest fighting? the question now is what is going - latest fighting? the question now is what is going to - latest fighting? the question i now is what is going to happen with the myanmar military. are they going to retaliate? they have an on track record, going back decades, of unfettered brutality. they routinely engage in attacks against civilians, intentionally and they launch indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks reportedly on military objectives which often kill civilians. the use of forced labour, they have a track record of sexual violence including mass rates. so if they respond with a campaign to take back many of the territories that they have lost you will see massive human rights abuses. at the same time you recognise the outside world is taking notice. and this may be a moment for the government of china, the government of india to bring what they already know to the world's attention which is that the situation in myanmar poses a threat to their security. the border of china, the border of india are both spilling over with both displaced people but also criminal enterprises and even fleeing soldiers. so this could have a destabilising regional impact which leads us to wonder whether the un security council should now but the situation in myanmar back onto the agenda as it did one year ago. onto the agenda as it did one yearago. ii onto the agenda as it did one year ago-— year ago. ifi can “ump in here. you * year ago. ifi canjump in here. you mentioned - year ago. if i can jump in i here. you mentioned china. year ago. if i can jump in - here. you mentioned china. what role can china play here, a lot of the fighting is on the border with china.- border with china. the operation _ border with china. the operation on - border with china. the operation on the - border with china. tie: operation on the chinese border appears to have been at least condoned by the chinese authorities. and they obviously were very upset by the fact that there were chinese nationals who had been trafficked into myanmar including forced labour. the indian government is concerned about displacement and marrow pour which has its own problems and completely unconnected to this. obviously we think that the chinese government which did allow the un security council to debate and even pass a resolution on last december, may not be signalling to other parties including the united states, the european union partners injapan and south korea which both come under the security council that they are ready to actually take some action. arms embargo, referral to the hague or un observers on the ground. the the palestinian football team has lost 1—0 to australia in a world cup qualifier that was moved from the west bank to kuwait because of the war in gaza. three of its players missed the game as they're stuck in gaza. yogita limaye reports from ramallah in the west bank. parts of her report were filmed by amro talabash in gaza. stuck in gaza, displaced, under the threat of bombardment. ibrahim abuimeir should have been on a football pitch, training for the world cup qualifiers with the rest of the palestinian team. this is what's left of his home after a bombing struck the adjoining house and killed more than a dozen of his neighbours. translation: if�* people died here. we found only one of the bodies intact. the others were ripped apart. two bodies are still under the rubble. we haven't been able to dig them out. we've had to identify people from parts of their bodies. my grandparents were injured. it took us two days to pull them out. his grandfather has recovered now, but a daily struggle for water and food continues. amid the grief of war, there's also heartache of losing out on the opportunity of a lifetime... ..in a sport where careers usually have a short span. ibrahim was described as one of the stars of the palestinian defence by his team's trainer. translation: i haven't played for 44 days. - each day gets harder than the previous one, and i'm constantly scared for my life. away from gaza, in the west bank, we met one of the palestinian national team's trainers, ehab abujazar. his father died of an illness in gaza on the second day of the war. he wasn't able to attend the funeral. ahab's family is moving from one place to another for safety. thousands of people have been killed in gaza. amidst these circumstances, why is it important that the palestinian team play football? translation: football. is notjust a game for us. it is a matter through which we strive for our independence. it's a symbol of our resistance and our aspiration to achieve an officially recognised state for every palestinian. war sweeps up everything in its path. ibrahim feels grateful to have survived so far, but it is a bleak life without the sport that gave it meaning. yogita limaye, bbc news, ramallah. finally — britain has rolled out the red carpet for south korea's president, with king charles welcoming yoon suk yeol and his wife to london at the start of a three—day state visit. hello. some changes in the feel of our weather over the next few days. tuesday brought temperatures generally around the average for the time of year. it was a little bit chilly in some locations. for wednesday, westerly winds introducing milder air and double digit temperatures for the majority. but then the end of the week will bring northerly winds and something colder. in the short term, wednesday morning brings high pressure to the south of us, low pressure to the north and this frontal system between this warm front here and this cold front here, a wedge of warm or at least mild air. within that wedge of mild air, a lot of cloud, that cloud producing some rain at times, particularly across hills in the north and the west. that rain enhanced by a weather front in the north of scotland. pretty cloudy for northern ireland, northern england, north wales, the odd spot of rain. further south and east — a few brighter glimpses on what will be a breezy day. in fact, a windy one across the northern half of the uk. temperatures, though, in double digits for just about all of us broadly 11—14 degrees. now, as we head through wednesday night, we will see this frontal system starting to journey south with outbreaks of rain with that. ahead of it, a lot of cloud, it is going to be very mild. behind that frontal system we will just start to introduce something a little bit colder. we'll turn increasingly windy to across the north of scotland. so here's our weather front for thursday. it'll be moving southwards. it's a cold front, you'll notice. that means the air behind it is going to be turning colder. so here's our frontal system, this is the dividing line. ahead of it, a lot of cloud through the day on thursday. behind the weather front, sunny spells and showers. some of those showers turning wintry over high ground in northern scotland. gales developing in the far north. here it really will feel cold by the end of the afternoon. furthersouth, holding on to something milder, but by friday, all of us into these northerly winds. some showers which will be wintry, especially over higher ground in the north, perhaps even to lower levels in the far north for a time. some decent spells of sunshine, still 11 degrees in cardiff and plymouth, but most places feeling colder than that. in fact, when we factor in the strength of the wind, it will feel subzero for some parts of eastern and north—eastern scotland. into the weekend, we stick with a chilly feel. there will be quite a lot of dry weather, though, and some spells of sunshine. bye for now. we have the latest on a spectacular fall from grace at the world's largest crypto exchange. microsoft offers to match the pay of any staff who join it from openai. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the li—billion—dollar settlement that aims to bring to a close an years—long us government investigation into the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. as part of the deal, binance's co—founder and chief executive, changpeng zhao will step down and plead guilty to violating us money laundering laws. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has more from new york. as pa rt of as part of the plea agreement, he will step down from his role as chief executive and will pay as chief executive and will pay a $50 million fine. finance will pay a $4.3 billion fine, the company will accept the appointment of a monitor. the company pled guilty to knowingly inventing money