colombian media reports say the father of the liverpool footballer luis diaz has been released by the eln rebel group. he was abducted nearly two weeks ago. live now to bogota and our correspondent daniel pardo. he correspondent daniel pardo. was given away by co| old est he was given away by columbia's oldest guerrilla group, who took him 12 days ago and happy to agonise a complicated and generated a huge memory for most colombians for the past 12 days. he was given into un officials, take it into a helicopter and then he went, now he is being seen by doctors. huge relief from colombians, but also anger because colombians, but also anger because colombians are tired of dealing with this situation, especially with a gorilla group that has no political means, according to colombians, and they are only looking for money and trying to increase their capital. i know this story has onlyjust broken but is anything emerging about how this release was actually secured because it has been a while since the original kidnap, his mother was released pretty quickly, but not the case with his father and it was a huge hunt. case with his father and it was a huge hunt-— case with his father and it was a hue hunt. .,, ., ., ,': :: :: huge hunt. there was, more than 300 officials took — huge hunt. there was, more than 300 officials took part _ huge hunt. there was, more than 300 officials took part to _ huge hunt. there was, more than 300 officials took part to rescue _ huge hunt. there was, more than 300 officials took part to rescue him. - officials took part to rescue him. but once we knew that it was the eln who had him in their hands, it changed because currently there is a negotiation of peace between the current government of gustavo pedro and this guerilla group, so there is and this guerilla group, so there is a little bit of credibility and that the guerilla group said they didn't know it was lewis diaz's father, and once they knew they wanted to release him. so in their words this was a humanitarian move —— louise diaz. there was no fire, no hunt, most of the army that were in place left to days ago in order to get this process done. it was a unilateral move and what we know is that that negotiation which many colombians hate all criticise at least is still in place. the government is still going to try and get peace with the guerilla movement.— get peace with the guerilla movement. ., ~ , ., , movement. thank you. good news emerging- — time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. we start in hollywood, where the longest strike ever to hit the us entertainment industy could soon be over. the main screen actors�* union sag—aftra says it's reached a �*tentative' deal with studio bosses to end the walkout shortly, after 118 days on strike. the dispute over pay, conditions and the threat of artificial intelligence to performers�* livelihoods has paralysed production at film studios and streaming services. michelle fleury is in new york for us. 118 days, not been good news for the actors but they say there was a point to make. what have they secured in this deal? we point to make. what have they secured in this deal?— point to make. what have they secured in this deal? we still don't have all of the _ secured in this deal? we still don't have all of the details, _ secured in this deal? we still don't have all of the details, we - secured in this deal? we still don't have all of the details, we are - have all of the details, we are waiting for those to be released but it is fair to say the issues were pretty complex and we do know a little bit from the studios about what they have secured. the largest increase in minimum wages in the last a0 years, performers will also receive higher residuals, repeat fees they get for work on shows that are for streaming services. that had been one of their primary complaints initially, was that the shift away from linear television to streaming companies like netflix and others, it meant they were not reaping the same salaries they had in the past so they were pushing hard to redress that. the other issue, perhaps the one most difficult to resolve, related to these of artificial intelligence. this is increasingly being used in storytelling where the studios turn to digital technology to clone the likeness of an actor so it can be used in future productions. the unions say they have achieved unprecedented provisions for compensation that will protect its members from the threat of ai. those details still waiting to find out more about, all said and done though, the longest strike, finally over, now they can get back to the business of entertainment.— get back to the business of entertainment. . , ., entertainment. that is the important oint in all entertainment. that is the important point in all of — entertainment. that is the important point in all of theirs, _ entertainment. that is the important point in all of theirs, for _ entertainment. that is the important point in all of theirs, for actors - point in all of theirs, for actors that had been bad news but also for the studios, they have not been able to create content and do what they are supposed to do, but in the short—term, some firms have done pretty well out of it, it has invented the good news, explain how. this strike is going on notjust with the actors but also writers, so that has meant many productions shutdown. if you are not in production, you are not spending any money. that has been helpful in some cases to studios, in part because with what is going on in the industry, there is a shift from linear tv, away from that to streaming, and none of the players involved have been immune to the changes, including the streamers. as they face more competition from traditional players. this had been a chance for these companies to retrench and save a little bit of money, but it is a short—term gain. in the long run this is difficult, warner brothers says it will cost them around $300 million, so the key for everyone involved is to get back to work. ., ~ , ., now, the british department store retailerjohn lewis hasjust released its much anticipated christmas advert. over the past decade and a half, it's become something of an annual tradition in the uk, and signals the countdown to christmas. but the company behind it has been struggling through some difficult times. let's hear now from ian forrester. founder and chief executive of the advertising agency daivid. we tend to look at these things and think it is christmas ad, they are warm and emotional and lovely, it is big business though, it involves a lot of money. big business though, it involves a lot of money-— big business though, it involves a lot of mone . . , ., ., ., , lot of money. yeah, they are totally critical to performance. _ lot of money. yeah, they are totally criticalto performance. new- critical to performance. new research from the advertising association launched today shows record amounts of being spent on media in the uk at christmas, £9.5 billion. that is not surprising when you consider injohn lewis's case a0% of their annual profit occurs at christmas, super important. iugl’liiiie 4096 of their annual profit occurs at christmas, super important. while we have a chat. — christmas, super important. while we have a chat, let's _ christmas, super important. while we have a chat, let's look— christmas, super important. while we have a chat, let's look at _ christmas, super important. while we have a chat, let's look at the - christmas, super important. while we have a chat, let's look at the end, - have a chat, let's look at the end, people might be surprised, normally it is a tear—jerker, mixes feel warm and cosy, this one is a bit different. explain maybe some of the thinking. it is different. explain maybe some of the thinkina. , , g ., thinking. it is interesting, jon lewis created _ thinking. it is interesting, jon lewis created the _ thinking. it is interesting, jon lewis created the template . thinking. it is interesting, jonl lewis created the template for thinking. it is interesting, jon i lewis created the template for a christmas ad in the uk. by that i mean the emotions that i christmas i should invoke, so they stay within a template, it invokes warmth, a sense of appreciation and joy but had also moved out—of—the—box, so in addition to the standard jon lewis emotions this betrayal of a venus fly trap as a christmas tree was intended to surprise and amuse and it has succeeded. but the caveat is it confused some people and scared others, so it is polarising which john lewis christmas ad tend not to be. i john lewis christmas ad tend not to be. , , , . , john lewis christmas ad tend not to be. i suspect they probably started workin: on be. i suspect they probably started working on this _ be. i suspect they probably started working on this january _ be. i suspect they probably started working on this january of- be. i suspect they probably started working on this january of last - working on this january of last year, these things take a long time, and how do they measure it getting their money back? big budget productions, they spent a lot of time and money getting it right, how do they work out whether it pays off? ., ., . ., , do they work out whether it pays off? ., ., _,, ., do they work out whether it pays off? ., . _,, ., . off? you have the cost of the ad, makin: off? you have the cost of the ad, making the _ off? you have the cost of the ad, making the ad — off? you have the cost of the ad, making the ad itself, _ off? you have the cost of the ad, making the ad itself, then - off? you have the cost of the ad, making the ad itself, then the i off? you have the cost of the ad, i making the ad itself, then the cost of the media. attribution of sales to that is slightly messy. various models can be applied. given of how the impact this could have, in 2016 whenjohn lewis launched the boxer, it drove 11 times the amount they spent on the ad, going to show why john lewis care so much about this christmas bought.— christmas bought. interesting, the attention we _ christmas bought. interesting, the attention we pay — christmas bought. interesting, the attention we pay to _ christmas bought. interesting, the attention we pay to them, - christmas bought. interesting, the attention we pay to them, maybe l christmas bought. interesting, the i attention we pay to them, maybe just because we're talking about it, it has served its purpose. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the golden topped tower on the edge of bath. rescued from decay with almost £a million of heritage lottery money. pickford's tie what todayis lottery money. pickford's tie what today is wrapped up for renovation. but nearby in the grounds, a stone grotto has been excavated. the team have removed almost 100 tonnes of soils to reveal it.— soils to reveal it. next people won't know — soils to reveal it. next people won't know that _ soils to reveal it. next people won't know that this - soils to reveal it. next people won't know that this is - soils to reveal it. next people won't know that this is here, | soils to reveal it. next people i won't know that this is here, so they will be able to discover this, visited when they tower reopens. they will be able to come down and see this amazing arch, so beautifully built, it is a perfect arch with bath stone on the sides of it. �* , ., it. but why did the writer and collector william _ it. but why did the writer and collector william beckford i it. but why did the writer and i collector william beckford build it? beckford was a private man, he didn't like interacting with the public. he had a footpath built up to the tower, by going under the road, via this tunnel. he kept away from the general public. you're live with bbc news. the uk prime minister's office has insisted that rishi sunak has "full confidence" in his home secretary, after she sparked a major row by questioning the integrity of the police. writing in the times, suella braverman said officers "played favourites" when policing protests by cracking down on right—wing demonstrators and leaving what she called pro—palestinian mobs "largely ignored". number ten also said it had not approved ms braverman's article and was looking into what had happened. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro—palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day — but not at the same time as the commemorations, and away from the cenotaph. the police believe the risk of major unrest isn't high enough to warrant calling it off. there is an almighty row about in westminster, though, with the home secretary at its heart. take a look at the language suella braverman uses here in an article for the times. she writes... she goes on... and then adds... she was called to explain herself in the commons, but the policing minister went on her behalf, explaining that ms braverman was with a close family member who's been having an operation. this weekend should first and foremost be about remembering those who gave their lives in defence of this country. any disruption to remembrance services would be completely unacceptable and an insult to their memory. and i have confidence the metropolitan police and other police forces will ensure this weekend passes off peacefully and without disruption. the home secretary's political opponents weren't holding back, though. she is deliberately inflaming community tensions in the most dangerous of ways. she is encouraging extremists on all sides, attacking the police when she should be backing them. it is highly irresponsible and dangerous and no other home secretary would ever have done this. a key question here is whether or not the prime minister sanctioned the home secretary's words. and this morning, downing street confirmed that rishi sunak did not clear the article, with number 10 adding that it was looking into what had happened. for now, though, we're told she does still have the prime minister's full confidence, but beyond westminster, there are wider concerns about the impact her words will have on the ability of the police to do theirjob. it is fraught with difficulties and there is a heavy political element to many of the things the police in london have to tackle. but the police are not political. they must police without fear or favour. their operational independence is of enormous importance. this is a politician who certainly knows how to get tongues wagging, and maybe, just maybe, she has one eye on being conservative leader one day. but is her current position on increasingly shaky ground? pete saull, bbc news. a line of breaking news, islamic jihad has released a video postage is it claims to hold in you may remember that hamas holding a lot of hostages, but it was thought right from the beginning that a number of groups were actually holding the hostages, so the palestinian group islamichhad has released a video of hostages it claims to hold in gaza. we will bring you more on that has beget it. a significant line to chase for us here. we will keep an eye on it and bring you more and soon we have it. number ten continue to look that article as they look to see, asking similar questions about what the home secretary has said, including this. suella braverman has also been accused of deliberately stoking tensions by using northern ireland as a point of comparison while characterising pro—palestinian protests as "hate marches". live now to belfast and our northern ireland political correspondent jayne mccormack. in terms of northern ireland, remind us what the home secretary said specifically about that in this article. , ., ., ., article. these are not the common staff made — article. these are not the common staff made the _ article. these are not the common staff made the biggest _ article. these are not the common staff made the biggest headlines | article. these are not the common i staff made the biggest headlines but particularly in northern ireland they really have raised eyebrows. it was while suella braverman was talking about pro—palestinian protest which she has called hate marches that she then went on to say they are an assertion of primacy by certain groups, particularly its limits, of the kind we're more used to seeing in northern ireland. she didn't finish there, she then continued and said, disturbingly reminiscent of ulster are reports that some of saturday's group and having links to terrorist groups including hamas. the question being raised after the article came out was, who was he referring to? typically in northern ireland, every summer, we have orange order parades that take place with hundreds of demonstrators from the president and unionist and loyalist community. they would be the most well—known marches in northern ireland. a source close to the home secretary clarified that she was actually referring to the activities of dissident republicans who would not have as big marches, so i think the conclusion to be drawn in northern ireland about what suella braverman said is that she doesn't appear to have great knowledge of the situation in northern ireland and whatever view is taken on her remarks, there is a feeling that it would not have done anything to help the government with where talks are currently at two get stormont, devolution back up and running, talks with the largest unionist party here at the minute, not going anywhere particularly quickly. suella braverman's interventionwnd i would think were not have helped relations, so they haven't gone down well. the sdlp underlines party have both called for rishi sunak to sack suella braverman —— and the alliance party. live pictures from number ten, i give you a line coming to us from the number ten spokesman, saying they are continuing to look into what is happening regarding suella braverman's piece. the spokesperson saying she had no further updates on what has been said this morning but the prime minister had confidence in the prime minister had confidence in the home secretary and her team, repeating that. asked if suella braverman had broken the ministerial code, she said it wasn't energy she could comment on, wouldn't comment on any private conversations that may have taken place between the prime minister and his ethics adviser. the latest coming in from downing street stop let me return to that news i brought you in terms of islamicjihad, the video they say they have released, i am just leading the latest copy from paul adams injerusalem. he says this is the first glimpse of israeli hostages for around ten days in the video released by the second largest armed faction in gaza, that is islamicjihad. two hostages are seen addressing camera, one is a woman in her 70s, addressing camera, one is a woman in her70s, it addressing camera, one is a woman in her 70s, it seemed fitting in a wheelchair, she was abducted from one of the kibbutz is on october seven, the second is a teenage boy from the same community in the video, both hostages sharply criticising israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, not clear if they are reading from a script. that is some of the latest information coming to us from jerusalem from our diplomatic correspondence. more here on that in a moment. the chief executive of mcdonald's in the uk is to be questioned by mps over allegations of a toxic workplace culture at the restaurant chain. it follows a bbc investigation in which more than 100 current and recent staff alleged sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying. our employment correspondent zoe conway reports. ed is studying for his a—levels. he started a newjob at mcdonald's at the beginning of the year. he says that very soon, one of the senior managers at the store repeatedly pestered him for sex. ed was 16. this happened in front of others when he would pass it off as banter. but then, behind closed doors, in the fridge or the crewroom, or the stockroom, when no—one else was there, he would very much give the impression that he was being absolutely serious. the harassment went on for several months, until ed quit in april. i would get really upset about going into work and i would cry a lot before my shifts. and...yeah. injuly, a bbc investigation revealed that more 100 current and recent mcdonald's employees alleged a toxic culture of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying at the company. steve reid contacted the bbc injuly about what he said was a sexist and bullying culture at the store his daughters worked at. liv decided to quit at the beginning of the summer. she says one of the senior managers was openly racist about a new employee. there was a member of staff, fairly new to the store, about two or three weeks in, and she was sikh, and there was a comment made about how it was her type of people that bomb us. you're still working there. yeah. has it changed since liv left? it's exactly the same. the behaviour is still as she left, exactly the same. it hasn't changed. in a statement, alistair macrow, the ceo of mcdonald's uk and ireland said... "i initiated a company—wide programme of independent investigations, auditing of our complaints processes, reviews of our codes of conduct, and, in a number of cases, full disciplinary hearings." mcdonald's prides itself on employing one of the youngest workforces in the country. its critics say it's failing in its duty to keep them safe. zoe conway, bbc news. papa picasso pa pa picasso masterpiece papa picasso masterpiece hasn't sold in new york for $139 million. it achieved the highest figure ever for the artist's work. the 1932 painting depicts a french model who was the subject of many of his works. we are about to take a break we will be back with the latest on that major political story going on in the uk. here are the live pictures from number ten. the spokesman saying they are continuing to look at what happened regarding suella braverman's newspaper piece that has caused so much controversy through the course of today. the official spokesperson saying she had no further updates on what had been said this morning, but asked if the prime minister had confidence in the home secretary and her team, repeated that assurance. the latest on that story, let me take you together live pictures from the gaza — israel border, also that information we were hearing in the last little while with the release of another video with hostages, paul adams telling us this is a physical and have more israeli hostages for around ten days. this particular bidding from islamicjihad, apparently showing two hostages seen addressing the camera and one woman in her 70s seen sitting in a wheelchair, abducted from a kibbutz and october seven, the second person was a teenage boy from the same community, but sharply critical of benjamin netanyahu. no word in terms of any coercion but not clear if they were reading from any sort of script. we will get the latest from paul injerusalem here on the programme in the next little while. let's pause now for the weather. no shortage of big shallow class today, really hefty downpours, as can see from the earlier satellite picture. this pickle shower clouds racing in from the atlantic, all circulating around an area of low pressure. the low sticking with us tonight and tomorrow, the showers. clay spells between them tonight. this rain moving away from the public of ireland and into wales, midlands, south—west by the end of the night, wind strengthening. it will be mild across the south—west corner, eight celsius for plymouth. the northern half of the uk will get quite cold, some parts of scotland minus four celsius, frost and fog for some. friday, low pressure still with us, as a by squeezing together first thing in the south—west corner. could be expelling girls for exposed parts in the south—west as this clutch of heavy downpours moves after wales and the midlands and down it is having of england. clearing during the morning, behind that some sunny spells. when turning northerly, focusing the showers into areas exposed, north wales, merseyside, eastern parts of england and perhaps most especially northern scotland by the end of the day. that is where we will see the bulk of the showers. temperatures 7—12. is this area of low pressure rose away eastwards into the start of saturday, this brief window of mainly fine weather, night win, fog patches around on saturday morning, afro for some, then this is the driest and brightest hay of the weekend. a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between six and 12 celsius. the laid—back order than that of mist and murk lingers for any length of time. as we head into saturday night, one frontal system moves in from the south—west but breaks apart, it will provide extra moisture to give rise to some widespread mist and fog on sunday morning, some of that could be slow to clear, quite a murky day. further north ids, decent chance of staying dry, south and west rain moving in from the atlantic, turning milder down towards the south—west and channel islands. to sum things up, saturday looks mostly dry, sunday will bring rain for some, overnight we will see some frost and some fog. live from london, this is bbc news. as thousands more flee the war in northern gaza, the white house says israel will begin daily four—hour pauses in the fighting. but close—quarters combat continues between israeli forces and hamas militants close to the al quds hospital. there's violence too in the west bank — at least 10 palestinians are killed in the latest raid by israeli soldiers. in other headlines, questions over the future of britain's home secretary, who's accused the metropolitan police of "double standards" when it comes to policing protests. in this country, politicians do not have day—to—day direct control over the police. they can't tell people who to arrest, they can't tell what protests must be policed and in what manner. the army in colombia says the father of liverpool footballer luis diaz has been released after being held hostage by left—wing rebels. hello and welcome to verified live. president biden says he's asked for a three—day pause in fighting in gaza, and a pause much longer than that to get hostages being held by hamas out. but he added there is currently "no possibility" of a ceasefire between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. meanwhile, thousands of palestinians are continuing to leave the north