inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twins, just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. theirfather is still being held in gaza. they will be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been showing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this. and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory, even a partial one. cheering. already tapering her freedom, already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she, freed from gaza on friday, after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem, but her mother, raya, yair�*s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece couldn't speak aloud for weeks. hila is whispering because she says the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low, all the time, especially at night, they didn't allow them to talk a lot at night. in the day they were making them quiet, told them to keep it quiet, so she got used to whispering. now her voice is very low. hila is 13 today. with balloons and a cake at the hospital but without her mother. her family say she is doing well, on the surface at least. she is not afraid to go sleep, she's eating, she doesn't afraid to turn off the light. i think she's doing pretty well here. again, i still don't know how deep the scar in her heart is, i think we will find out later. israel's prime minister was grim—faced today, visiting bullet riddled homes where hamas killed and took hostages on october 7th. he insists israel will eliminate its enemy. for now it's had to do a deal with hamas to get some hostages back. the three days of truce have seen hundreds of truckloads of aid and fuel enter gaza, as part of the agreement between israel and hamas. residents of areas devastated by israel's bombardment have also used the pause in fighting to go back to their homes — or what's left of them — as new images of the destruction there emerge. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has sent this report from jerusalem. sometimes the impact of war hits hardest when the fighting stops, when the drones overhead are filming, not firing. in the al—zahra district of khan younis, residents return to reclaim their homes, clinging to the smallest remnants of their earlier life. islands of normality in a vast, distorted world. in gaza city, the dead have been cut off from the living by weeks of fighting. among them, ali mahdi's father and nephew. he returned to find them lying dead in front of their house. translation: my father and my nephew were martyred 14 days ago. _ when the truce came i was able move my father's body and bury him at my house. the truce, his first chance to return and bury them. translation: what did we do? we are neither hamas nor fatah and we have never held a weapon in our lives. food and fuel are being trucked into gaza during the pause in fighting, but even in the southern city of khan younis many are struggling to find enough to eat. this was gaza before it became a battlefield, its buildings and its population densely packed. "a shield for hamas," israel said. no match for modern weapons. in areas like beit hanoun, few buildings have been spared. this brief window on to gaza's new landscape may be closing soon. the present hard to look at. the future hard to see. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's talk now to our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, who's in tel aviv. more agonising hope for the families of the israeli hostages, as there will now be two more days to bring more of them out to safety. but what complicates things is that they're not all under the control of hamas but of several groups. it's an extremely complicated thing. what we have been told that, for the next two days, ten hostages should be released each day. hamas has said as many as a0 other hostages are not under its control. many are believed to be in the hands of a rival organisation, palestinian islamic jihad. we don't know what kind of hostages may be released tomorrow. will it once again be women and children? the youngest known hostages is a ten—month—old baby and there is understandably tremendous concern in israel about that very young child. there is no sign of that child being released so far. he is being held with his four—year—old brother. there is speculation that perhaps these two children are not in the hands of hamas. important to say also that hamas officials have been floating the idea this evening that they would be ready to talk about doing another deal about releasing more than women and children and they would be ready to even discuss the release of israeli soldiers. we don't know how credible those reports are but you can imagine that, for any israeli family who has a hostage still in gaza, they will be seizing on any possibility that a future deal can be done, and this will certainly increase the pressure on the prime minister to do another deal with hamas. he is also facing pressure from the army wants to get back the fight in gaza and says hamas is using this pause to regroup and reorganise. using this pause to regroup and reorganise-_ it's more than seven weeks since hamas launched its attack in what has been described as israel's largest intelligence failure for 50 years. but analysis for the bbc reveals that hamas held multiple training exercises planning the attacks in plain sight of israel over three years, and posted the evidence on social media. so how did the israeli government miss it? here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. bbc arabic and bbc verify have been analysing evidence posted on the online messaging service telegram. it shows that hamas in gaza had been openly training for attacks inside israel for almost three years. these red dots show the sites, from the far north of the gaza strip to the very south, where training took place, with hamasjoined by other palestinian factions. we've geolocated most of the images of those training operations, with the four larger dots here representing major drills, which took place every year since 2020. each was code—named "strong pillar." let's look more closely at one training camp, less than a kilometre from the erez crossing with israel. this image, posted in december 2022, shows a mock israeli town orvillage, complete with a mock tank. the video shows fighters practising an assault. it appeared on the hamas telegram channel as well as one belonging to a so—called joint operation room with other palestinian factions. in fact, propaganda videos, which were publicly accessible, were posted to both channels. in another location, on 12th september, less than a month before the assault, gunmen are practising going room—to—room, shooting in what look like homes. here, in an exercise in 2021, the gate was even painted yellow, just like the kibbutzes that were attacked. and, in december last year, they were practising taking hostages, as happened on october 7th. we've also identified some of the groups involved in the training drills. as well as hamas, ten different factions were involved, including palestinian islamichhad and some smaller groups. six groups in total went on to publish videos of their fighters participating in the october 7th hamas—led assault. and hamas had given warnings about plans to attack inside israel. this was a press conference by ayman nofal, a senior commander in the military wing of hamas, here boasting in 2021 that israel's border defences wouldn't protect it. the videos posted of the september drill, codenamed strong pillar a, even made the news and a discussion programme on israel's kan 11 television station. the presenter here announcing that hamas had simulated an attack on israel. so, with all of this happening in plain sight, how was it that israeli soldiers on the ground were ta ken by surprise? there's clear evidence for a strategic intelligence failure. you have the data in front of you but you're not doing anything with it. you are feeling safe behind a fence where you spend billions of dollars on it. you think the technology you have invested in will keep you safe. we asked israel's defence forces for their response. they said... "the idf is currently focused on eliminating the threat "from the terrorist organisation hamas. "questions of this kind will be looked into at a latest stage." they are, though, questions that will haunt israel for years to come. could the attack have been anticipated, potentially saving 1,200 israeli lives, and a war now which has already, according to gaza's health authority, killed more than ia,000 palestinians. jonathan beale with that analysis there. other news now, and there are signs of a breakthrough tonight in the long—running dispute between the government and hospital doctors in england. nhs consultants have been on strike over nine days sincejuly, heaping yet more strain on hospitals and record waiting lists. now the government has agreed to pay them more in return for reforms to the way they work. as forjunior doctors, who've also been on strike, no sign of progress there yet. our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. empty operating theatres and cancelled surgical procedures, the impact of doctors' strikes in england. now there is a plan aimed at reforming the pay of consultants and ending walk—outs by these most senior doctors. we are seeing reforms to the pay structure that will mean it is faster, simpler and fairer for consultants, but also, critically, for patients, and so i really hope that consultants feel able to accept this offer, pay for the newest consultants and the most senior will go up, which has been welcomed by the doctors' union. so the pay scales currently are very out—of—date and they're a big contributor to the gender pay gap. we are trying to reform that, so that money is being used to achieve this reform. but why did senior doctors have to resort to strike action? we would rather not have done that, we would have preferred if these talks happened at the start of the process, as we tried repeatedly to have, but it has taken strike action to get to the stage where there is a credible offerfor members. so what are the details of the new offer and how has the government found the extra money? consultants in england have already had a 6% pay award. now the government is putting in an extra a.95%, payable from april and backdated. some consultants won't get any extra but others could get up to 13% more. part of it is funded by scrapping some merit awards. a total of more than one million appointments and operations over the last year were cancelled in england because of strike action by different health unions. simon has a long—standing spinal condition. he had to give up his hobby of karate and he faces a long wait for surgery. one appointment with a consultant was cancelled because of a strike. he is hopeful there won't be any further action. on the headlines we've got today, it's a relief. however, i'm just a little sceptical about, you know, waving my hands in the air too quickly in case my hopes are dashed. that still leaves junior doctors, who are in talks but that dispute isn't resolved and it still possible further strikes will be called. hospital doctors in wales are in a pay dispute. there's a consultant ballot in northern ireland. in scotland, senior doctors are considering their position. so there's uncertainty still for the nhs and patients around the uk this winter. a diplomatic row has broken out between the british and greek governments over the parthenon sculptures. better known as the elgin marbles, they've been on display in the british museum since the 19th century, but pressure has been growing for them to be returned to greece. the greek prime minister was due to meet rishi sunak tomorrow in london. but number ten cancelled the meeting at the last minute. let's talk to our political editor, chris mason. this spat has suddenly blown up. why? something older than the scultures why? something older than the sculptures themselves, - why? something older than the| sculptures themselves, politics. why? something older than the - sculptures themselves, politics. the greek prime minister has been in the uk for a couple of days and met keir starmer today and was due to meet the prime minister tomorrow and he was in this very room yesterday talking to laura kuenssberg about the sculptures and other things. he spelt out why he thinks they should be returned to greece. you would cut the mona lisa in half and you would have half of it at the louvre and half of it at the british museum. do you think your viewers would appreciate the beauty of the painting? this is exactly what happened with the parthenon. putting this gently, this dispute is not exactly new but what is new is that the british museum is exploring the idea of a longer arrangement with greece to return the marbles for at least a while. technically, a loan rather than a permanent move, which doesn't need a change in the law, so it could happen regardless of what politicians had to say, but there's a difference of instinct between the and labour. the conservatives say this meeting are to be cancelled tomorrow because the elgin marbles belong here it is reckless for any british politician to suggest this is subject to negotiation flip who are they referring to? keir starmer because, in his meeting, he said that labour is not a long—standing position, where they wouldn't stand in the wake of the museum, to a loan arrangement if they were in government but they wouldn't change the law to allow it to become permanent. they reckon rishi sunak is pathetic. the greek government, i am told, baffled and annoyed and think these disagreements should be talked about to dump the greek prime minister was offered an alternative meeting with the deputy promised oliver dowden, and the answer, i don't speak greek so here is the english, it was no, it's not happening. chris, thanks so much. with just days to go before the un's climate change summit gets under way in dubai, the president of cop28 is facing calls to resign after leaked docments seen by the bbc appear to show that the united arab emirates has been using its role as host as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals. greenpeace says the allegations, if true, are a "scandal". tonight, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has expressed astonishment at the bbc�*s findings. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has this report. and now, more than ever, we need to unite on climate. the man in charge of the latest round of un climate talks has bold ambitions for cutting carbon. the united arab emirates government appointed dr sultan al—jaber to head up its cop28 team, but he is also the head of adnoc, the man in charge of the latest round of un climate talks has bold the uae�*s huge state oil and gas company, and its renewable energy business masdar. leaked documents obtained by the bbc and the centre for climate reporting show in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments, arranged as part of the climate process, drjaber was briefed to discuss business deals for these state firms. they suggest telling china that the uae�*s oil company is "willing to jointly evaluate liquefied natural gas "opportunities in mozambique, canada and australia." and the brazilian environment minister was to be asked for help with the uae�*s multi—billion dollar bid for a brazilian oil and gas processing company. now attempting to do business deals, especially oil and gas deals during the cop process, appears to be a serious breach of the standards the un expects of cop presidents. it told the bbc presidents should be impartial and act without bias or self—interest. professor michaeljacobs is an expert on un climate politics. this looks breathtakingly hypocritical, but i think it is worse than that, because the uae at the moment is the custodian of a united nations process, aimed at reducing global emissions, and yet in the very same meetings it is actually trying to do side deals which will increase global emissions. we know at least one country followed up a potential fossil fuel deal raised in a cop meeting, but 12 of the 27 countries say business deals were not discussed. i questioned the uae�*s cop28 team in abu dhabi earlier this month. mr majid, as you know, there is some anxiety about an oil executive being put in charge of a climate conference. what would you say to reassure people of the independence of cop28 from adnoc? our team is fully independent. we are very confident that our team is focused on delivering cop28, is focused on delivering the results we need to do. the cop28 team did not deny using climate meetings to discuss fossil fuel deals. it told the bbc... "private meetings are private, and we do not comment on them." this former cop president fears if countries lose trust in the cop28 team, it could stall progress on climate. the president of the cop, it is the leader of the world, it is trying to be consensus on behalf of the planet. if any person of the cop tried to bring a particular inquiry, it could be one country or one commercial interest, that immediately could mean a failure of that cop. these are serious allegations, but ultimately the success of the uae�*s leadership of the climate talks, experts say, will be judged by the results achieved at the summit. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the first human case of a new form of swine flu has been detected in the uk. health officials say the individual in north yorkshire has fully recovered, and the source of their infection is being investigated. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. how worried should we be? alarm bells always ring when flu viruses jump from pigs or poultry to humans. that's how pandemics start. at this particular strain, ukhsa, very common in pigs, does not spread easily between humans —— this particular strain, easily between humans —— this particularstrain, hin2. easily between humans —— this particular strain, hin2. the case here was picked up a north yorkshire as part of routine flu surveillance by the uk health security agency and gps. it is a bit genetically different from anything we have seen in humans so far. it is a mystery how the individual in north yorkshire got infected. they don't work with pigs, and scientists think it is possible they may have caught it is possible they may have caught it from another individual through a very limited human—to—human transmission. they don't know, so they are stepping up monitoring. the important thing is the individual got a mild illness. they didn't need hospital treatment for hini. of course, hini is what we know of as swine flu —— be didn't need hospital treatment for hin2. that is now a seasonal flu every year for which there is a vaccine.— seasonal flu every year for which there is a vaccine. fergus, thank ou. a court has been told that two i6—year—olds who are accused of murdering a transgender teenager in cheshire had a preoccupation with torture. 16—year—old brianna jye was found with fatal wounds in a park in warrington in february. she'd been stabbed 28 times. the i6—year—olds, a boy and a girl who can't be named because of their age, deny murder. judith moritz reports. in the days after her death, vigils were held in the uk and around the world for 16—year—old brianna ghey, who was transgender. brianna's body was found in this park near warrington in february. she had been stabbed 28 times. the court was told there can be no doubt that she was the victim of a sustained and violent assault. a boy and girl who were each 15 at the time and are now 16 are charged with her murder. their age means they can't be named and we're calling them x and y. they sat in court surrounding by support staff. the jury was told that the teenage girl was fascinated by the fact that brianna was tra nsgender. in one text message she described herself as "obsessed". the teenage boy is said to have referred to brianna as "it" and considered her unnatural. the court was told that the boy and girl had originally planned to kill another teenager known as e, then texts between them show they had a different idea. the girl, known as x, said, "if we can't get e tomorrow, we can kill brianna." the boy known as y agreed, saying, "yeah, it'll be easier and i want to see if it will scream like a man or a girl." x replied, "we need to think of a plan. let's stab her, back and throat." the court heard that x and y were preoccupied with violence, torture and death, and discussed killing other children too. there is no dispute that they were seen running away from brianna ghey�*s body. each denies her murder, each blames the other. the trial will last until christmas. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. almost two million people in russia and ukraine have been left without power after hurricane winds, snowfall and heavy rain cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. more than 2,000 towns and villages in ukraine have been left in the dark as wind speeds reached 90mph. from kyiv, james waterhouse sent this report. nature doesn't discriminate. in war or peace time, it knocks when it wants. in occupied crimea, russian emergency crews rescue people on ukrainian soil after a river burst its banks. southern ukraine felt the brunt of this storm. it meant in the odessa region, no one was going anywhere without help. instead of russian bombs, people here faced a different enemy, punishing winds, which damaged homes and left many without power in the biting cold. translation: it is undoubtedly | a catastrophe on a huge scale, not only for the city, it's a statewide disaster. amid the misery, hope. baby victoria was born at her mother's home. the hospital was out of reach, so they took refuge at a fire station. for the southern russian city of sochi, the storm meant this. the black sea pounded hundreds of miles of coastline. the weather for ukraine's capital is more bittersweet. high winds mean drone attacks are less likely. relative calm after a weekend where russia launched 75 of them at kyiv. translation: just our weather. what's more important is keeping the boys warm in the trenches. we will survive it here. i start crying when i think about soldiers. it's hard to imagine what it feels like there. it's painful to think about it. for all of the struggles caused by this storm, they're most acutely being felt by the soldiers fighting in the endless trenches and tree lines. it's been a devastation for the region, which for once hasn't been caused by russia's invasion. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the aa is advising motorists to "avoid puddles" after a record number of breakdowns caused by potholes. the breakdown service said it had received more than 50,000 call—outs in october related to potholes — the most for any october on record and up i2% on the same month last year. danny savage reports. they cost motorists a fortune. now the aa says they had to go and help 52,500 drivers last month with damaged cars from defective roads. some roads are absolutely terrible, absolutely. you never know, you know, which way to go, you're zigzagging across the road. a couple of years ago, a tyre, obviously coming over, and it smashed my rim. it cost you a bit of money? yeah, i had to get it replaced. can't remember exactly how much, but a couple of hundred pounds. two tyres. so they're very strong... they've snapped? - ..and they snap. joe often has to repair broken suspension parts. so in 2023 how would you describe the state of our roads? appalling, because i drive round - europe and i don't have this problem on roads whatsoever. even the farm tracks in france are in better condition- than our main roads. and what happens is the ball and plastic bushing wear out... the idea of avoiding puddles of unknown depth is viewed as sensible but not always achievable. yes, puddles do obscure the potholes, but the state of the roads, the potholes are developing overnight in some areas. and once you've hit them, the damage is done. now the irony is that that garage is located on this road, which is notorious locally for its uneven surface and potholes. if they want to test a vehicle's suspension, they drive it down here. the prime minister has pledged more than £8 billion in funding to tackle potholes over the next decade. it can't come soon enough in the world of mechanics and drivers. danny savage, bbc news, ripon. now then, before we go, take a look at this. this is a rare sumatran rhino born at the weekend on the indonesian island. and it's important because there are fewer than 50 sumatran rhinos left in the wild. how sweet is that? this male calf, who has yet to be named, weighs an impressive 55 lbs and was born on a rhino sanctuary on the island, the second this year as staff battle to save the species. you can't do better than that! time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. i love some good news before the weather. some bright and sunny weather. some bright and sunny weather on the way and it will be chilly and that is how it tends to stay over the next few days into the weekend and quite probably into next weekend and quite probably into next week as well. absolutely no sign of any mild weather at all which is not necessarily good news. it might be good news depending what you like. this is the really miserable weather we had yesterday. a drizzly day and for a time today. that is out of the picture and now we have the skies clearing across many western parts of the country. there will be some showers around during the course of the night and the temperatures will tumble. broadly speaking across the northern half of the country temperatures in many towns and cities will be below freezing or hovering around. to the south, i think from the peak district, south, around 3—a , with one or two exceptions. the morning starts of bright if not sunny for many of us, cold winds pushing in to the scottish mountains and there might be one or two showers in the north—east of england. showers elsewhere in the south and these are the highs, if you can call them that, a degrees in glasgow and six in central england, about nine on the south coast. this is wednesday. i think more frequent wintry showers in the north. maybe some travelling a little further south into lincolnshire but that's pretty much it. it will be a cold day. this is like january so two degrees for glasgow and edinburgh, five