hostages are expected to be released in exchange for a four—day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli presence. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten—month—old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who's four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don't know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri's cousin, yifat, is caught between hope and torment. i don't know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and until i see them in my own eyes, i don't believe any lists of names and i don't believe any news coming today from...anywhere. i need to see them in my own eyes. i need to hold my cousin in my arms. sobbing. but for many in gaza, just the anguish of goodbye. hassan lost his niece, three brothers and his grandmother. relatives say they were killed by an israeli air strike on a residential building. gaza is teeming with grief and desperation. this was the struggle for a few bottles of water. the truce will clear a path for hundreds of trucks carrying food, fuel and medical supplies. for now, gaza keeps burying its dead, with more than 100 bodies in this mass grave. the next few days may bring quiet, but israel and hamas have said that after the truce the war will resume. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, tom bateman, has more on the delay in the release of the hostages. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start around 10:00 local time on thursday morning, and then by noon you would start to see the release of the first batches of hostages held by hamas. and following that, a release of prisoners held in israeli custody. now, it was, i think, by the evening, wednesday night, that we started to see that perhaps things weren't quite as they seemed, because daniel hajari, the chief spokesman for the israeli military, was by now saying there wasn't a clear time for a ceasefire. they didn't know what time a ceasefire might begin. so the first seeds of doubt there, i think, and what we've had now is tzachi hanegbi, the national security adviser in israel, saying that there will be no release of hostages before friday. so it seems like a significant delay now, despite the fact that we had the israeli government having signed off on all this on tuesday night and all the expectations were that the package would start to be implemented on thursday. now, he also said the entire deal is progressing, that they still expected to take place effectively. but we do have this very significant delay. and i think what this goes to show and to underline is just how fraught with risk, the risk of failure that all of this is, because it's so unprecedented, the numbers involved and in particular, and now one of the relatives of a hostage was saying earlier that they wouldn't believe that any of the releases were taking place until they saw their loved one in person. and so it continues to underline how the people were feeling this most amid all the reporting and speculation that it might take place. the toughest, of course, is for the families of those waiting for their loved ones to come home. tom bateman. exit polls in the netherlands suggest the anti—islam, anti—immigrant freedom party led by geert wilders is heading for a dramatic victory, which could shake up dutch politics. it's expected to secure a comfortable lead, with 35 seats in parliament, giving mr wilders the first chance at forming a coalition. he immediately vowed to "return the country to the dutch", saying his party can't be ignored. but finding other parties willing tojoin him in government could be a challenge. anna holligan has more from the hague. if these indications are confirmed it means geert wilders will be tasked with forming a new coalition government but that could be a slightly complicated. i would like to bring in someone who understands this. to help us interpret these results, political science professor. just because geert wilders appears to have surpassed all expectations, including his own, does not necessarily mean he will be the next prime minister of the netherlands? it does not suddenly mean that. the other parties have been very clear that do not want a government with him or do not want to govern with him as prime minister. it will be difficult for him to have other parties co—operate with him. it is a challenge when such a significant portion of the population appears to have voted for geert wilders and it is difficult to ignore 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anything campaign and it is not that has benefited from that, it is the anti— immigration party of geert wilders that house. it is also telling us that their significant section of the dutch electorate is distrustful and are therefore susceptible to voting for what is a populist politician. thank you very much- — populist politician. thank you very much. just _ populist politician. thank you very much. just to _ populist politician. thank you very much. just to let - populist politician. thank you very much. just to let you - populist politician. thank you i very much. just to let you know what happens next, the final results are due on thursday the complicated process of negotiating will begin in earnest. geert wilders has the first opportunity to try and find that new governing coalition. two people have died after a car exploded on the rainbow bridge, linking canada with the united states. an eyewitness said the car accelerated at high speed, swerving past another vehicle. it then hit a fence, flew into the air and burst into a ball of fire. the incident led to the closure of four border crossings between new york state and canada in both directions. new york governor kathy hokul says the preliminary investigation has found no indication of a terror attack. local law enforcement officials gave an update to media a short time ago. we have a subject in mind, we're fully running him down to find out who he is. as the us attorney said, right now, we have no indications of a threat of terrorism from it. the investigation continues. we're still doing notifications forfamily members, but we do have someone in mind for it. and we're working through it through the jttf. 0ur correspondent in washington gary 0'donoghue has the latest. a car seemed to come from the us side, hit a customs post on the border and kind of leap into the air and burst into flames. the two people inside, as we now know, were killed and one customs officer on the ground was injured and taken to hospital. at first there was a great deal of concern that this may have been some kind of attack simply because of the nature of the explosion. we then started to hear that there were perhaps no explosives found inside the car. we finally got confirmation from kathy hochul, as you heard there, that there is no indications of a terror attack. now, that bridge itself remains closed, but the other ones in the area that were closed have reopened. and, of course, that's crucial because of the thanksgiving holiday, which starts in earnest tonight and goes through tomorrow. big moment of travel in the united states and between canada and the united states. and one of those moments where security is a big concern for people as millions move around the country. in india, rescuers have now drilled three—quarters of the way through the debris of a collapsed road tunnel in uttarakhand state. 41 workers have been trapped there for ten days. engineers are working to drive a steel pipe through at least 57 metres of rock dividing the trapped man from freedom. the workers were building the drama one part of it caved in on 12 november. 0ur south asia correspondent, samira hussain, is at the scene and gave us this update. rescue workers say that they are making really good progress, that this new machine that they have progress, that this new machine that they have brought up to start that drilling has been really fast. now, let me just try to explain what we're talking about here. just behind me, that is the mouth of the tunnel. and if you go inside, that's where the construction workers were working and that's where the landslide happened and part of the tunnel collapsed. so what they're doing now is that they're drilling through the debris to try and reach the workers. now, at the last update, and that was several hours ago, they said they got through 45 metres and that in total, they're estimating that they have to get through 57 metres in order to reach the workers. people here are seemingly confident that they're going to get out within the next few hours. already there are some ambulances that are inside the mouth of the tunnel. there are several more just neighbouring around here in case anyone needs it. it's really been a rescue operation that's been going on now for 11 days. and if they do get out now, it will come to a great relief to the family and friends that have gathered here. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news: four men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 28—year—old ashley dale, who was shot dead inside her home in liverpool, in august last year. the trial heard that ashley dale's boyfriend was the intended target of the attack. the public inquiry into the crimes of serial killer, lucy letby, has formally begun, although hearings may not begin until next autumn. the inquiry will examine how the nurse was able to murder seven babies and try to kill six others. it will also look at how the nhs handled the case and its response to doctors who raised concerns. hundreds ofjobs are at risk after the owner of scotland's only oil refinery, at grangemouth, announced that it could close in 18 months�* time. its owner petroneos said it plans to turn grangemouth into a terminal for importing fuel. the bbc has been told that, if confirmed, the move would result in at least 400 job losses.s would result in at least 400 job losses. you're live with bbc news. the artificial intelligence firm 0penai says its co—founder sam altman is back as ceo, just five days after he was sacked. he was reinstated after nearly all of the company's more than 700 staff signed a letter demanding his return. here's our technology editor, zoe kleinman. it's been a popcorn—grabbing boardroom drama. even chatgpt failed to predict this. ask the bot what would happen if sam altman was fired and it says there would likely have been contingency plans. in reality, 0penai's plan, if there was one, has been in freefall for the last five days. on friday, he was fired as ceo. we still don't know why. over the weekend, staff said they wanted the boss back. by monday, 0penai investor microsoft had offered sam altman a newjob, but the majority of 0penai staff signed a letter threatening to quit if he wasn't reinstated. microsoft told those staff they could also jump ship. today, sam alman is back where he started — 0penai ceo. i do think that's the bit that was the most extraordinary, is just how dramatic it seemed, how reactionary everything seemed to be playing out, how much this came down to personalities as well. and that's the part that is probably disheartening, because silicon valley probably gets a bad rap for that as it is. this won't help erase that at all. there are two reasons why this tech drama is so important — money and power. ai potentially promises a great future if things go well, and destruction if they do not. investment money is pouring in, but you also need expertise to develop these tools and keep them safe. this latest merry—go—round has distracted from 0penai's fundamental ambition — trying to create technology which can benefit the whole of humanity. zoe kleinman, bbc news. more on the story i've been speaking to karen howe, an a reporter with the atlantic and i began by asking her what is at the heart of the issues that 0penai. what is really interesting is the latest drama with 0penai is certainly not a new phenomenon at the company. we are seeing it explode much more because 0penai is now in the public eye and everyone knows chatgpt but actually throughout the company's history there have been major power struggles between people that are very different ideologies around how to develop so—called agi and how to make it better for humanity. that is what we saw again this weekend. in the last year since chatgpt was released there have been to function the company always existed that's not exhilarating in position and polarising in opposite extreme directions. there was a camp that was really focused on commercialising, building products, trying to put this technology in the hands of users and they were very energised by this premise. there were also people like you said, the douma for sometimes called the ai safety camp, they were very concerned about how quickly the technology was being put into people's hands and how quickly capabilities for advancing and they were seeing real—world examples of what happens when a very powerful technology is suddenly placed in the hands of 100 million users. but we saw this weekend was basically the combination of a year of tension that happened between these two camps kind of fighting over whether or not it was better to commercialise and speed up or better to completely stop and slow down, and the opposing of sam altman and the opposing of sam altman and the opposing of sam altman and the reinstatement of him sort of shows how much of this technology in the fate of the technology in the fate of the technology is sort of happens because of these personalities, these power struggles, these ideological divisions, and ultimately how much it happens behind closed doors.— behind closed doors. karen, thank you — behind closed doors. karen, thank you for _ behind closed doors. karen, thank you for breaking - behind closed doors. karen, thank you for breaking thatl behind closed doors. karen, i thank you for breaking that out for us. but there are many companies dealing with this type of technology. why is the structure of 0penai so different compared to those other companies?— different compared to those other companies? openai was founded as — other companies? openai was founded as a _ other companies? openai was founded as a non-profit - other companies? openai was founded as a non-profit and i founded as a non—profit and interestingly specifically to resist the fact that so much of ai development at that point in time in 2015 was already being dictated by for—profit corporations in the tech industry so it was found other nonprofit on the premise that such a consequential technology for our time should not be dictated by profit, should not be beholden to shareholders wanting to grow their games. what happened was after that 0penai decided a very particular path for al development that was very expensive and they realised that the nonprofit was not able to help them raise enough capital fast enough to get to that vision. and so, they ultimately came up with this very bizarre solution which is to nest a for—profit entity or what they call profit entity underneath the nonprofit entity and so legally it looks nothing like a traditional tech company and that there is an arm of the company that is raising capital, hiring talent, building products, but ultimately it is governed by the nonprofit which is technically beholden to this mission that was drafted sort of at the beginning which is that 0penai's fiduciary responsibility is to assist humanity and they installed the board to cover the nonprofit that would ultimately for donna to vote on the boy was supposed to vote on the boy was supposed to convert members of 0penai and completely independent directors that had no financial relationship to the commercialisation efforts. we will have plenty more on that story later on asia business report to look at how the ai community in asia has reacted to the turmoil at 0penai. now to china because the world health organization has asked authorities in bashing to provide detailed information about a reported spike in cases of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia in children in the north of the country. the who urged the chinese population to follow measures to reduce the risk of respiratory illnesses including getting other nations, keep distance from people who are ill under wearing masks as appropriate. china attributed the interest of the lifting of covid—19 restrictions. it's been 40 days since new zealand passport election. and the country's centre—right parties have yet to form a coalition government, despite intense negotiations. the leaders of the national, act and new zealand first parties have been holed up in hotel meeting rooms ironing out sticking points which include who will be the country's deputy prime minister. a recent poll found 66% of respondents think the negotiations are taking too long. at this stage we still don't have a deal, we still don't have an incoming government. the still have not been able to form a coalition. as you mentioned there has been 14 days since new zealand people went to polls and a plurality with the national party, the larger centre—right party and also they need, the new zealand first party, the populist party here and the act ibertarian party to form a government. of those leaders have behind closed doors for 40 days now trying to flush out the details of a deal. one of the large sticking points is the deputy prime minister. they have sorted out policy and the fact that they are going to get into a three—way coalition which new zealand has never seen before in our mp system. sorry to jump in but what exactly is the hold up and why are those issues so contentious? part of the holdup is a couple of these parties don't get on that well — new zealand first and act have been at each other since time in memoriam over the last few years. the leaders of both parties pursued public spars constantly. part of the reason is also because we have official votes in new zealand and three weeks to officially counted and another three by the electoral commission were taken to approve the final election results in the proper negotiations started happening after that. presumably, while this is going on for the work of government is stalled. a little bit. tonight we had a caretaking convention in new zealand so the outgoing labour party government has continued to hold the reins, the party was elected with jacinda ardern who resigned earlier this year, i've lost track of time in this negotiation. earlier this year and the country has been taken over by chris hipkins and sworn in as the prime minister of new zealand and told coalition government is enacted. in must be quite the atmosphere there for a political journalist gathered. i heard you have received the odd gift. tell us more. shanejones who is a new zealand first mp, basically sprinkles all of the time came down this morning with a couple of chocolate bars for journalists. we don't know if there's any hidden meaning behind it, sometimes there is, sometimes there is not, but this is what we are basically reading into at this point. we have been staking out every entrance of the parliament buildings, our building is split across four buildings and there are a myriad of entrances of all over the city and some of the talks have been happening away from the major city so flying all over the country trying to get to the bottom of what these leaders are discussing. there are a couple of contentious issues here as well and some stuff around our constitutional arrangements and some big debate of around foreign home—buyers back in the new zealand home—buying market. so we wait to see what is made of the politicians�* negotiations. musical diplomacy. king charles have given the south korean girl group blackpink honorary mbs. they were recognised for their efforts to bring the environmental message to millions of young people. the group acted as ambassadors for the copper climate change summit and have been advocates for the un sustainable development goals. but all for now. do you stay with bbc news. hello. we're all under the influence of mild atlantic air at the moment. so temperatures were higher on wednesday than they were tuesday. around the moray firth, actually, we had 15 degrees celsius, well above average. but it's all about to change. by the end of the day ahead, the cold air�*s established across northern scotland, and across all parts, that arctic air is with us for the start of friday. in fact, it's sitting behind this weather front here. so some wetter weather rolling south across scotland through the remainder of the night towards the central belt. really mild and murky to the south of that, some drizzle around the coasts and hills in the west, some hill fog as well. so a fairly unpleasant rush hour for central parts of scotland, southern scotland. that rain pushes its way southwards through the day. further south, though, after a little bit of a grey and murky start, some dampness around, perhaps a little bit more optimistic of getting some sunshine through those clouds during the course of the afternoon because it gets windier. the wind helps to break up the cloud. it's mild, though. wetter for the afternoon across parts of northern ireland and northern england. windier as well here — gusts of about 50 miles an hour — but gusts of perhaps 60, 65 miles an hour picking up across scotland, pushing those heavy frequent showers and turning to snow by the end of the day across the northern isles and continuing to blow southwards through the night, blowing that rain out of the way. not much rain left on that weather front by the time it gets to the south and temperatures should still hold up, but it will be far colder further north to start friday morning. and those snow showers initially at lower levels, probably lifting onto the hills through the day, but it will feel a lot colder. we'll really notice that, even where we keep some cloud around, i think, but particularly for scotland and for eastern parts of england, these are maximums. but i think add on the effect of that wind still blowing a gale across northern and eastern areas, potentially it will feel much, much colder than we've become used to. and, actually, by saturday morning, a widespread frost to greet us, but that means plenty of sunshine. and just a few showers still, as we see on friday, pestering eastern coastal counties. still that keen breeze here and a wind chill, but i think the winds easing elsewhere. fewer showers around and we should see not as high temperatures as friday, but actually without the wind, probably not feeling quite as bitter. still another cold start on sunday, but a question mark as to how quickly the rain comes in from the west. it does look as though we'll still see a good deal of dry, bright weather. the best of the sunshine in the morning. fired on friday, re—hired on tuesday. sam altman has returned to 0penai's top job, but can things really stay the same at the tech pioneer? plus, we'll have the latest on the fight to make expensive cancer drugs affordable to the 1.4 million people seeking treatment in india. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm suranjana tewari. we begin with the latest twist in the saga that rocked silicon valley this week. confirmation came from 0penai itself, the artificial intelligence pioneer saying on x it had struck a deal for its co—founder sam altman to be reinstated as its chief executive. the news came just days after the shock announcement that he had been ousted by the firm's board. the debacle has shone a spotlight on some of the biggest players in al and raised more serious questions about how the companies that control the nascent technology are run. earlier i spoke to wei sun, an ai expert from counterpoint research, who told me how the ai community in china has reacted to the news. the whole ai community, at least in china, are sleepless, watching the news and the story