of in depth care very soon. 5,500 women will give birth in the next month. 15% of them will need a caesarean section. 25% of their children will be born preterm. that's thousands of babies. that's not 31, 29 or 38. that's literally thousands of babies will be born. separately, the who's chief said he is appalled by an attack on gaza's indonesian hospital. the hamas—run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. the director of gaza's indonesian hospital has told the bbc there is still intermittent shooting being heard at the site. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from jerusalem with more on the situation on the ground. alive, against the odds — premature babies rescued from al—shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nour has just been reunited with her twin girls. translation: i didn't know anything - about their condition. today, i saw them for the first time since the day they were born. thank god, i have been reassured that they are fine. then they are wrapped up for the journey across the border — faces of the war in gaza whose suffering caught the attention of the world. in egypt, specialists standing by with a waiting incubator. still desperately vulnerable, but now safe from harm... ..unlike about a million other children who remain trapped in gaza. in israel, families of those held in gaza are daring to hope there will be a deal to free at least some of them. this was the moment on 7 october when the hostage ordeal began. here, women being dragged away by hamas, barefoot and in terror. gil dickman�*s cousin was among them. so this is my cousin, carmel, 39 years old. she's an occupational therapist. she loves travelling, she loves music, she's a wonderful aunt. carmel gat is being held along with her sister—in—law, yarden, whose 3—year—old keeps asking when she is coming home. hamas doesn't give us any signs of life. we don't even know whether yarden and carmel, my cousin and her sister—in—law, are alive or not. the same goes for about a0 israeli children being held hostage — among them, babies. the children are expected to be freed if there is a deal, along with some women. gil knows his loved ones may not get out now. some of them are going to come before the others. and i understand that some of them are going to come before carmel and yarden. i believe if they're there, they also understand it and they want the children to come back before them. for israelis, a deal may bring dozens of hostages home. for palestinians, a few days�* respite from israeli bombings. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. you heard there about the possible hostage deal. reuters news agency is now reporting that hamas officials are �*approaching a truce agreement�*, as they put it, with israel. there's been no further details about the terms of the agreement. here's what the white house spokesmanjohn kirby said on a potential deal earlier. we believe we are closer than we've ever been so we are hopeful, but there is still work to be done and nothing is done until it's all done, so we're going to keep working on this. the international committee of the red cross has further raised hopes of a deal by saying its head will meet with hamas. the icrc has helped facilitate previous deals. our security correspondent frank gardner has more details on the progress to reach a deal. is a deal to release the hostages getting close? well, it certainly sounds like it but we have been here before. and this is incredibly tough for the families, the relatives, who been marched up this hill before and marched down again with enormous disappointment, so it's not done until it's done. but i have managed to speak to some of the parties involved in this negotiation, indirectly, and they are more optimistic than they have been before, that in the coming days there could well be a release of dozens of israeli hostages in a single batch followed by further batches and in return there would be pauses in the fighting of a few hours for each day for a number of days, 3—4, five days, something like that, and also fuel being allowed into gaza. but the problems, the things that have been holding this up, at this stage, are really more about practicalities than logistics. —— and logistics of it. what do we mean by that? the negotiations are taking place in doha, in qatar, in the gulf. but you have to the messages from there back to gaza where the military commanders are of course fighting a war, so they're mostly underground in tunnels, in hiding, knowing their communications are almost certainly being monitored by the israelis, and so it takes time to get those messages received and approved, agreed with, and then you've got a second logistical problem which is that if you cast your mind back to that horrific day on 7 october when all those villagers were taken at gunpoint from southern israel into gaza, hamas and their associates scattered them out, they basically farmed them out in different locations because they thought suddenly the israeli special forces would come after them, so they are being held in different locations, not all being held by hamas, some being held by different group called the palestinian islamichhad, some of them may even be in private houses under lock and key. almost certainly most are underground in tunnels. so they've to be gathered up and collected. the good news is — the good encouraging, the good news is — the good encouraging sign — is that the head of the international committee of the red cross is on his way or is already there or close to getting to doha, and that means the red cross has a good chance of being involved in these releases, just as they were with the previous hostages who came out. so it's looking more encouraging but it's not there yet. us defence secretary lloyd austin made an unannounced visit to kyiv on monday in support of continuing aid to the country as the russia—ukraine war nears 21 months. while there, general austin announced the us will send an additional $100 million in weapons. he says ukraine's effort to defeat russian forces "matters to the rest of the world" and that us support would continue "for the long haul." this is more than just ukraine alone. this is about the rules—based international order, this is about making sure that an autocrat cannot override his peaceful neighbour at well. more than 170,000 russians are still living in ukraine, almost two years after russia launched its full—scale invasion. some are even fighting in ukraine's army, but their situation is complicated. they say they can't access basic services without a ukrainian passport. to get that, they'd first have to travel to russia to surrender their citizenship. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. three women in wartime ukraine. bound by their love the country. trapped by their links to russia. gallina was born here in central ukraine but raised in russia and has a russian passport. her pregnancy is spent stitching t—shirts for the wounded. she speaks ukrainian, sees herself as ukrainian, the state considers her to be a russian. translation: when you go | to a city with your documents, they look at you like you are something strange. changing a passport was difficult even before the war. now it is just impossible. galina needs a ukrainian passport apply for work, to access free health and prevent her bank account from being blocked. to get it, she says she needs to go to russia to surrender her citizenship. but fears she won't make it back. galina's connection with ukraine is intertwined. a bond with maxim, a ukrainian soldier. they were married in church, but the state won't recognise it because she doesn't have settled status. this is sergei and alina, another russian and ukrainian union. but theirs was cut short. alina is fighting for her country. sergei, a russian, was fighting against his. after years of trying, and failing to get ukrainian citizenship, he died in combat without it. translation: i think this fight is not over. | ukraine as a state must pay its debt to the one who defended it. i see this as the ultimate injustice to our defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is due process. and it won't be made easier operations. ——and it won't be made easierfor russians. it has been made simpler they say for people who have been fighting. like anastasija, a russian combat medic ukraine. since i came here from the first day, i am fighting for a ukrainian passport, notjust forfreedom but for my passport. nobody was asking me for my passport and by nationality. for sure, my colleagues know. whereas galina remains in a vulnerable window. she gets a brief moment for her husband who was fighting on the front. if something happened to your husband, what would that mean for yourfamily, given your situation? translation: i'm afraid to even think about. - it's very scary. it's very hard. james waterhouse, bbc news, central ukraine. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the uk covid inquiry has been told borisjohnson was "clearly bamboozled" by the science. that's according to the government's former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance. he also wrote in his diary that mrjohnson was "a weak, indecisive pm". our health editor hugh pym was listening to patrick vallance's evidence, and spoke to sophie raworth. in the late autumn of 2020, as lockdown was looking more and more inevitable, so patrick's diaries referred to a shambolic day at that time when the prime minister was arguing for, "letting it rip", and they would have to be more casualties because people had, "had a good innings". dominic cummings had said that rishi sunak had also agreed that it was ok to let people die. of course, mr sue nacc and mr johnson will give their own evidence to the inquiry. —— mr rishi sunak. borisjohnson, rishi sunak and the former health secretary, matt hancock, will all appear at the inquiry before christmas. you're alive with bbc news. ——you're live with bbc news. devastating flash flooding in the horn of africa has caused more than 100 deaths. the floods have also caused extensive damage to homes and infrastructure. the united nations says more than three million people were affected by the heavy rains and flooding between september and mid—november — and more than 700,000 people have been displaced. kenya, somalia, uganda, burundi, and ethiopia are the most affected countries—with somalia being the worst. 1.7 million people have so far been affected. it's the latest in a series weather events to hit the horn of africa region which has just emerged from the most severe drought on record. flooded roads have now made access to fresh produce difficult for residents, as one local explains. translation: the price of a lot of produce has gone up because there is not enough in the market. a kilo of tomatoes is going for 200 shillings. that is like 1.31 us dollars. we cannot access the produce in the farms because the roads are inaccessible. earlier i spoke with william spindler, unchr global spokesperson, thank you forjoining us. we are seeing west essentially flooding after the worst drought that has been seen. what is the situation on the ground? what is the situation on the round? , ., ., , ground? the situation is worrying _ ground? the situation is worrying because - ground? the situation is worrying because there | ground? the situation is. worrying because there is ground? the situation is i worrying because there is a deepening humanitarian crisis hitting countries like kenya, somalia and ethiopia, where thousands of people who were already displaced by conflict and drought are now on the move again, because of these floods that have devastated many parts of these countries, and affected hundreds of thousands of people, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to their suffering.— their suffering. you say there are about _ their suffering. you say there are about three _ their suffering. you say there are about three quarters - their suffering. you say there are about three quarters of. their suffering. you say there are about three quarters of a | are about three quarters of a million people who have been displaced, they are on the move. where can they go to seek shelter? ~ ., , ., ., shelter? well, many of them are movin: shelter? well, many of them are moving to _ shelter? well, many of them are moving to higher— shelter? well, many of them are moving to higher ground, - shelter? well, many of them are moving to higher ground, but. moving to higher ground, but some of them are just sheltering under trees because their houses have been destroyed or severely damaged by the floods. unfortunately, some people have also drowned in the flash floods, and rivers have burst their banks, and they have also caused a lot of damage, and there are rescue efforts, and authorities in kenya for example have used helicopters to rescue some people, but in the refugee camp for instance, which hosts somali refugees who left their countries because of conflict and insecurity, many of these families are now displaced again, andjust families are now displaced again, and just seeking shelter wherever they can. in some cases staying in schools, which is going to affect schoolchildren, who will not be able to go to school because schools are being used to shelter displaced families. the situation is horrific. it is really troubling, and we are appealing for more humanitarian aid to help these people. figs aid to help these people. as ou aid to help these people. as you say. _ aid to help these people. as you say, the humanitarian crisis is deepening in the death toll, we understand, is likely to rise again. just what is needed, what sort of specific humanitarian aid are you looking for.— specific humanitarian aid are you looking for. haka the main needs are _ you looking for. haka the main needs are for _ you looking for. haka the main needs are for emergency - needs are for emergency shelter, clean water, tents, blankets, jerry cans, hygiene kits, just the basic things so people can have a better quality of life and just have the basic supplies. medicine also is needed because of grave concern is after the floods there will be the spread of infectious diseases including cholera. so we need to act quickly, as the impact of these floods is going to be long lasting. many people have lost their livelihoods, a lot of livestock has died, a lot of agricultural land has been submerged by the flood, so we are worried a lot of people, the drought has already caused a devastating impact on people's livelihoods but now these floods are going to create even more hardship. given everything else going on elsewhere in the world, is the international community giving enough focus to this humanitarian crisis, do you think? �* . ., ., think? i'm afraid not. the needs of— think? i'm afraid not. the needs of our _ think? i'm afraid not. the l needs of our multi-playing. needs of our multi—playing. there are several humanitarian crises in the world today, the situation in sudan, the situation in sudan, the situation in sudan, the situation in syria, in yemen, in many parts of the world that are suffering from needs, and there is a proliferation of crises, and of course the response from the international community is not keeping pace with the needs. so we are really worried that many people will suffer because of the lack of adequate humanitarian response to the needs. figs of adequate humanitarian response to the needs. as you sa the response to the needs. as you say the long-term _ response to the needs. as you say the long-term impact - response to the needs. as you say the long-term impact is i say the long—term impact 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joining me with that - die. thank you very much for joining me with that update. | joining me with that update. thank you. hundreds of employees at openai, the creator of chat gpt, have called on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign, after the shock dismissal of former boss, sam altman. in a letter, they question the board's competence and accuse it of undermining the firm's work. they also demand mr altman's reinstatement. however, microsoft hired mr altman on monday, and it appears he wants to stay. microsoft is a close partner of the company, and has invested billions of dollars in openai. i spoke with ashley gold, tech reporter at axios, can you talk us through just briefly what happened at openai as a company, to go from one at the forefront of such disruptive technology to a situation that appears to be so chaotic? it situation that appears to be so chaotic? ., , , situation that appears to be so chaotic? . , , ., chaotic? it has indeed been an extremely _ chaotic? it has indeed been an extremely chaotic _ chaotic? it has indeed been an extremely chaotic past - chaotic? it has indeed been an extremely chaotic past 72 - chaotic? it has indeed been an l extremely chaotic past 72 hours orso extremely chaotic past 72 hours or so for openai, and all the best tech reporters. openai has had a for—profit arm and a nonprofit arm, and the nonprofit arm, and the nonprofit arm, and the nonprofit arm, which is where the board sets, is ultimately who has held all the control over what happens at openai, who works there, who is in charge, whether sam altman is kept as ceo. they have been worried about safety, whether these ai models are going too far. they have been worried that the technology is developing too fast, without proper guard rails, from within the company orfrom proper guard rails, from within the company or from within the government, and it is not entirely confirmed by the board themselves yet but those fears kind of came to a head and i thought that sam altman was kind of the face of the company moving too fast without the proper guardrails. so they ousted him, very unceremoniously, and there was immediate pushback. the people who work at openai absolutely love sam altman. they have such loyalty to this man. he has a great reputation in silicon valley and all the places he has worked, so that pushback has worked, so that pushback has resulted in a chaotic couple of days where we are still not entirely sure where things stand with openai and microsoft as we speak. indeed, raters are _ microsoft as we speak. indeed, raters are reporting _ microsoft as we speak. indeed, raters are reporting tonight - raters are reporting tonight that the board has backed —— approached the google backed anthropic about a potential merger. what impact would that have on the technology? the im act have on the technology? the impact is _ have on the technology? the