to what we have witnessed in the knesset today, right wing politicians in a shouting match with the families of the israeli hostages. also on the programme, the decision to sack sam altman has provoked rebellion at openai. more than 2 thirds of staff threatened to quit today unless the board resigns. and happy birthdayjoe biden. the us president turns 81 today a number that seems to be moving in the opposite direction to his polling his approval rating today slumped to the lowest level of his presidency. good evening. there are hopes rising that some of the 240 people kidnapped by hamas on october 7th could soon be freed. the qataris, who are leading the negotiation, said only minor obstacles remain. president biden says he and his team are working hour by hour to get it done. but the families of these hostages, who today have been meeting members of the war cabinet, say the priorities of the government are all wrong. talk life, not death plead the families incensed
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was the government s chief scientific advisor during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime minister, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out initiative it was very obvious that the eat out to help out scheme launched by the then chancellor, rishi sunak, would increase transmission of coronavirus. and key measures to stop the spread of covid including lockdown weren t brought in soon enough. here s our political editor, chris mason. it felt like he was on our screens almost every night, sir patrick vallance. . , ., vallance. the evidence i shall give shau vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, vallance. the evide
took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israel s ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital organisations from indonesia behind it. hamas run health ministry says that at least 12 people have been killed. take a look outside hospital. tanks close by indonesian foreign minister says strike a violation of humanitarian law. whoalled israel says terrorists opened fire from within the hospital towards idf troops, 28 premature babies are out. 28 premature babies have been taken out. they were being treated at the al shifa hospital. they been moved to egypt and you can see they travelled through in these incu