degrees. we start next week with dry weather, more unsettled towards the end of the week, but nothing as stormy as we have had over the last few days. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two. here on bbc 1, it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. prime minister netanyahu refuses an american request for pauses in israel s offensive, unless hamas releases more hostages. in a long awaited speech, the head of hezbollah blames america for the current crisis, and says his movement will not be intimidated by us military deployments. we ask the pentagon whether it s hezbollah who blinked first. we do see that, broadly speaking, a broader regional conflict has been deterred. and so we ll continue to do that. we do not seek any conflict. and we speak to one of the british passport holders staying in gaza. i m exhausted. it s been 27 days, i think, of struggling for survival. a