room, theyjust wanted to stand outside and see him but will probably catch a glimpse of him very shortly. i think this was boris johnson s big moment, as he saw it, to set the record straight. it feels like we have been building up to this moment in the last two weeks. we ve heard from scientists, civil servants, other politicians, political aides. servants, other politicians, politicalaides. it servants, other politicians, political aides. it feels like it was building up to this man, boris johnson, who ultimately made all the big decisions. questions to answer about lockdowns, about how decisions were made, the culture within downing street, i m sure tomorrow we will get to the likes of partygate and some of the things that happened laterally into the pandemic. but i think the striking moment this morning was his apology, it had been trailed in the newspapers over the weekend that he would apologise, seek to set the record straight, he certainly did that, he saw two took pe
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police searching for four teenagers who have been missing in north wales since sunday morning have found the bodies of four boys one was 16, two were 17 and one was 18 years old. jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris had travelled by car from shrewsbury to eryri national park, or snowdonia where it s believed they were camping. police say their car was spotted this morning by a member of the public in the village of garreg. it had left the road and was upside down and partially submerged in water. our correspondent phil mackie is at the scene. yes, sophie, so this police road block has been here all day and there has been a lot of activity since the early hours of this morning. residents living up there told me they were woken up by search lights as helicopter came round the valley which you can t see because it is dark, that is where the car was first spotted this morning, this was first spotted this mor
are on the cusp of what could be a critical moment in the course of the war. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been meeting his cabinet to vote on a proposed deal that would 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 100 palestinian prisoners and there would be a four day pause in fighting. let s get the latest from our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, who is in tel aviv. tonight, the talking continues at the israeli government. ministers are having their say. this deal was carefully prepared over weeks of negotiation involving mediation by qatar and egypt. it has strong backing from the united states and there is a strong desire fear among israelis to see the hostages brought home. so, when the talking is finished in t
and other groups in gaza. a senior israeli official told the bbc that in return, israel would pause its attacks on hamas forfour days, while a us official says some palestinian prisoners would also be released. will so what about those prisoners held by israel who may be released under the deal? earlier i spoke to sari bashi, programme director at human rights watch, who s based in the occupied west bank. she gave me her reaction to the negotiations. any development that would lead to civilian hostages being returned in particular, mothers and children would be welcome. i do have to say, though, that human beings are not bargaining chips. hamas and islamichhad are required to immediately and unconditionally release all civilian hostages men, women and children. this shouldn t have to wait for a deal. the deal itself and i will underline every time i say we re we re not in any position of any confirmation, but we re just reporting what we re hearing so far from various off