a hero s welcome for kevin sinfield as he finishes day two of seven ultra marathons in seven days to raise awareness for mnd. we know that the rugby community care about people that need them in this event, this community really needs you. what we have seen today is some unbelievable support. it s sunday december 3. good morning. our main story today: a major incident has been declared by police in cumbria after heavy snowfall caused huge disruption and challenging conditions on the roads. people are being urged to stay away from the county and only travel unless it is necessary. meanwhile, a yellow weather warning has been issued across the midlands, northern england and wales. with the latest, here s louisa pilbeam. north west of england has seen up to 15 centimetres of snow in the 2a hours. kendall, cars came to a standstill. on the motorway, drivers were stuck for hours. in grasmere, more people were stranded in their vehicles. and in ambleside, these scenes when drivers
now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, here at the bbc london headquarters. after a brief pause, will the war in gaza enter a new and even more worrying stage? the vast majority of the gaza population are in the south, that will mean a lot of casualties if they continue the way they have, civilians dead. as cop28 rolls out in dubai, disturbing evidence about the health effects of oil and gas production on the people of the region. really high levels of respiratory disease, asthma, also high levels of heart disease and this is particularly bad in communities that live close to the gas flaring. and is europe as a continent lurching towards the far right? when it comes to concerns about the cost of living, i think when it comes to migration, you can say that europe is moving to the right. the pattern that has been followed in just about every war israel has fought since 1973 has been repeated now in gaza. israel is attacked, hits back
the next three days of the truce. thousands of displaced palestinians have used the pause in fighting to go back to their homes despite israeli warnings that the war is far from over. let s get this update from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. let s show you some live pictures from gaza. this is kind newness, and this is the gaza skyline. the pause in fighting seems to be holding. this is exactly 2a hours now since that truce began, and as you can see it is looking calm, which bodes well for the release of further hostages promised later on today. we are also hearing, a lot of aid getting in yesterday and hopefully more to come as part of this deal, there is more flow of aid than has been happening in recent days so hopefully that will continue on later today. let s get this update from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today,
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 a