Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. So the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, theyre largely agreed. They can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. Theres a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. In return, a much larger number of Palestinians Prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had been moved south into rafah
For londons top cop to get the chop . For londons top cop to get the chop. 7 next up, tony blair has admitted that labour must reset its relationship by negotiating closer political ties and trading with the European Union if it wins the next general election, can labour be trusted on brexit. 7 and whos calling the shots . Sir on brexit . And whos calling the shots . Sir keir starmer also, tony blair and Meghan Markles in a bit of a pickle over her new designer jam because one of meghans celebrity chums was photographed at her hollywood mansion with a jar of the stuff, which has been variously labelled as an advert for happiness or embarrassing. And thats all coming up now. Between now and 6 pm. Once the show always a delight to have your company. Hope you had a fantastic weekend. Weve got a huge week ahead, starting with this crucial commons crunch. Rishi sunak has threatened to lock them all up for the evening until they vote the rwanda bill through. He said the flights through. He s
health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school where they had been seeking safety in khan younis in southern gaza, the family say. crushed by the rubble, mohammed lost his mum, dad and his unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed. every day we are losing our loved ones, says this bereaved man. those who lived and even though still in the womb. those who lived and even those still in the womb. nearby, the rumble of tank fire amid fierce street fighting continues. further south, the town of rafah is now a sprawling campsite for displaced palestinians, but even here by the egyptian border aid distribution is difficult. un officials are now warning of mass starvation and despite a us veto for a resolution on friday, they are demanding action by the security council. i r
Philippe coutinhos £142 million move to barcelona from liverpool will be rubber stamped today, making him the the second most expensive player in the world. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may has begun the most extensive reshuffle of her cabinet team since she became prime minister. In the past few minutes, Brandon Lewis has been named the new conservative Party Chairman, replacing patrick mcloughlin. Mrs may is also due to announce a successor for her close ally, damian green, who was sacked for breaching the ministerial code. Earlier this morning, the Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire resigned from the cabinet for health reasons. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. A new year, a new cabinet. Morning prime minister. Will this rejuvenate the party. She will hope so after the tories botched election last year, the question is who will she choose to chop, rejig and row motor in her team . This morning the Health Secretaryjeremy team .
Layer of low clouds trapped underneath and that is what we have at the moment across a good part of southern england, the midlands, east anglia and most of wales. Stratocumulus cloud going nowhere fast, it will be all day. In shorthand, look outside because the weather you have got is the weather you have through the rest of the day. The best of the sunshine further north. It will be a cold day either way, temperatures not getting too much above freezing, typically around for degrees. For quite a number of us. Overnight, the winds turn more south easterly which pushes the low cloud further north. Across much of Northern England, probably getting into Northern Ireland and scotland at the end of the night. Some spots of drizzle with that, a bit of a frozen drizzle and snow grains falling from the clouds over the hills like the pennines. A cold night and cold start of the day in western scotland, the highlands potentially down two minus eight. Tomorrow, a lot of cloud, some drizzle here a