"at least 50 hostages — women and children — will be released over four days, during which a pause in the fighting will be held. "the release of every additional ten hostages "will result in one additional day in the pause". the deal was approved by israel's cabinet after a lengthy meeting that ran into the early hours. ahead of the meeting, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war effort would continue even if a hostage agreement was struck. the deal has been welcomed by president biden, who says it should bring home additional american hostages. in its own statement, hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments, says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. in the past few minutes, qatar, which helped broker the deal, has said the starting time of the pause will be anounced within 2a hours. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more on the hostages who may be released and their families, who hope the deal means their return. after means their return. six long weeks, there is hope. after six long weeks, there is hope. here are some of those who could soon be coming home. aurelia is for and loves football and ice cream. and cashier, just ten months old, who recently started crawling. he is always smiling, relatives say. this woman is being held with three of her children, including her two young sons. husband and eldest daughter were killed by hamas. her brother hopes to get his relatives home soon. he has been counting the dark days. the bad and the pain is bad. we are going to live with this pain forever, but the good things is in front of us and they will come.— things is in front of us and they will come. what is the first thing _ they will come. what is the first thing you _ they will come. what is the first thing you would - they will come. what is the first thing you would like i they will come. what is the first thing you would like to do when you are altogether? first, to tell them i'm sorry, because it is sad and it is a shame what happened, then that i love them. you can imagine how gs fulsomely dates now when the time comes, we are going to do it. in the time comes, we are going to do it. . do it. in return, gaza will get a resnite _ do it. in return, gaza will get a respite from _ do it. in return, gaza will get a respite from israel's - a respite from israel's assault, at least for a few days. israeli troops were still advancing today. food and fuel will be allowed in to the rubble, and some palestinian women and children will be released from israeli jails. israel's prime minister got a warm reception from these troops. benjamin netanyahu said releasing the hostages was a sacred duty but the war wouldn't stop after they were freed. tonight, there is an empty place here at this table for everyone that is being held in gaza. the first hostages could be released as early as thursday. live now tojerusalem, from where i'm joined by caroline glick, senior contributing editor for thejewish news syndicate, also a former assistant foreign policy advisor to benjamin netanyahu who previously served in the idf. caroline, welcome to the programme. give me your reaction, then, to the news of this deal. reaction, then, to the news of this deal-— this deal. put it this way, it is bittersweet. _ this deal. put it this way, it is bittersweet. i _ this deal. put it this way, it is bittersweet. i mean, - this deal. put it this way, it i is bittersweet. i mean, look, we have two goals in this war, one is to release our hostages that were illegally seized by hamas and other terrorists on october seven and the other is to eradicate this jihadist organisation, and there is a contradiction between the two because essentially by holding our people, one person that i had yesterday likened it to a woman being raped, and having a gun pointed at her child at the same time and that is essentially where we are, so we have to get the gun away but then we really have to go after then we really have to go after the rapist, and that is precisely what this deal enables us to do. we are pausing, we are releasing our children, then we will go on and continue to fight to eradicate haouas. for and continue to fight to eradicate haouas. ., �* ., eradicate haouas. for ben'amin netanyahu i eradicate haouas. for ben'amin netanyahu and i eradicate haouas. for ben'amin netanyahu and his * eradicate haouas. for benjamin| netanyahu and his government, there were hours and hours of talks and discussions in the knesset. also, when it comes to the release of palestinian women and children being held in israeli prisons, does that have to be approved by the supreme court before that happens? what is the process, do you know?— happens? what is the process, do you know? yes, because they are convicted _ do you know? yes, because they are convicted terrorist, _ do you know? yes, because they are convicted terrorist, it - do you know? yes, because they are convicted terrorist, it is - are convicted terrorist, it is not women and children, it is not women and children, it is not the same, there is no moral equivalence between our hostages and the palestinian terrorists who are being held in jail, terrorists who are being held injail, some of whom are minors and some of whom are female but that is the deal such as it is, and to understand, it is not that the hostage crisis is over, it is that they are releasing some of our children and some of our women but they are holding an additional 185 israelis hostages, and so the hostage problem goes on.— hostages, and so the hostage problem goes on. isn't the idea that the release _ problem goes on. isn't the idea that the release of _ problem goes on. isn't the idea that the release of the - problem goes on. isn't the idea that the release of the other i that the release of the other hostages will happen? there is a process in place or a discussion of a process in place for the other hostages for release, is there not? i mean the process under way is whether hamas will gain, after they release some 50, whether another 50 will be released over an additional five days. but again they are holding 236, actually it is 235 because one of them was murdered by islamic jihad, an octogenarian who appeared on a hostage video last week, islamichhad announced they had killed her. how confident are you that the four—day pause will stand, that it will be secure? are you concerned it could be breached on either side?— on either side? well, the palestinians _ on either side? well, the palestinians breached - on either side? well, the palestinians breached it i on either side? well, the | palestinians breached it in on either side? well, the - palestinians breached it in the round of war we fought in 2014 during the humanitarian pause, they killed and seized the body of an idf captain on the ground in gaza, so there is a lot of fear here that hamas is going to exploit the pause in fighting to try to carry out a similar atrocity against our soldiers on the ground yes. so there is no confidence. we are conducting negotiations with a mix of the nazis and daesh, so there is no confidence.- there is no confidence. thank ou there is no confidence. thank you very _ there is no confidence. thank you very much _ there is no confidence. thank you very much for _ there is no confidence. thank you very much for talking - there is no confidence. thank you very much for talking to i there is no confidence. thank. you very much for talking to us on the bbc. let's discuss this deal. with me is said shehata, from bbc arabic. tell us what you have been hearing, in terms of the reaction to this deal in the social media arabic speaking world, the press. what have you been seeing emerging in the last hour or so? the been seeing emerging in the last hour or so?— been seeing emerging in the last hour or so? the mood is welcoming — last hour or so? the mood is welcoming among _ last hour or so? the mood is welcoming among many - last hour or so? the mood is i welcoming among many people last hour or so? the mood is - welcoming among many people who are saying it is a good step to release hostages from an prisoners in israel, as well as to allow more trucks and fuel to allow more trucks and fuel to come into gaza strip and to have a four day truce to help the injured. so there is a welcoming mood in the arab world. but at the same time, there is a problem, because it is not the end of the problem, because displaced people from the north, they cannot go back again. the fuel will be cut after the four days. but the testis after the four days. but the test is a test. it is a good step, whether it can build on that step or not is a question among the arab world. hamas, they said they are ready for any israeli attack because the truce or the agreement saying there is no air traffic over gaza for six hours per day, the truce will be not attacking or detaining anyone from gaza so it is good news from them. so the commitment of the two parties to apply that might help for future negotiation to have more truces and may be a ceasefire. but benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, saying we continue to eradicate hamas. so it is still a test for both sides. it is eradicate hamas. so it is still a test for both sides.- a test for both sides. it is a hu . e a test for both sides. it is a huge test. _ a test for both sides. it is a huge test. in _ a test for both sides. it is a huge test, in terms - a test for both sides. it is a huge test, in terms of - a test for both sides. it is a - huge test, in terms of whether this four—day pause will be carried out with any breaches. there is a lot of mistrust on both sides. the international red cross will be very involved, won't it, in this process of hostage release, but also the humanitarian aid coming in, etc. there is a lot that they want to achieve in these four days to help cows people, isn't there? it these four days to help cows people, isn't there?- people, isn't there? it will start according _ people, isn't there? it will start according to - people, isn't there? it will start according to the - people, isn't there? it will i start according to the qatari and american officials, saying it will start tomorrow morning, 24 hours from the official announcement, as they say. irate announcement, as they say. we don't know — announcement, as they say. we don't know the timing of it just yet. don't know the timing of it 'ust et. ., , don't know the timing of it just yet-— don't know the timing of it 'ust et. ., , , , just yet. not exactly but it is tomorrovv- — just yet. not exactly but it is tomorrow. they _ just yet. not exactly but it is tomorrow. they will - just yet. not exactly but it is i tomorrow. they will announce within 24 _ tomorrow. they will announce within 24 hours _ tomorrow. they will announce within 24 hours when - tomorrow. they will announce within 24 hours when it - tomorrow. they will announce within 24 hours when it will i within 24 hours when it will start. , . ., , start. the prediction is it will happen _ start. the prediction is it will happen tomorrow, i start. the prediction is it l will happen tomorrow, and start. the prediction is it - will happen tomorrow, and they are preparing themselves to help, the international community, especially in the very critical cases, and they will talk about may be more pauses in fighting in the future. so they try to make this deal successful in order to build on it but the most important thing is qatar, the mediatorfor important thing is qatar, the mediator for this agreement, but egypt played a role, and qatar mentioned that in the foreign office, foreign ministry website. foreign office, foreign minist website. ., ministry website. thank you so much, ministry website. thank you so much. good — ministry website. thank you so much. good to _ ministry website. thank you so much, good to have _ ministry website. thank you so much, good to have you - ministry website. thank you so much, good to have you and i ministry website. thank you so i much, good to have you and your perspective on all of this. let's show you gaza this morning. people are waking up in gaza and israel today, waking up to the news that a deal has been brokered and will be announced on the start of the pause of hostilities, a four—day pause. the news of the starter that will be announced in the next 24 hours. it is hoped this deal will mean that hundreds of lorries of humanitarian, medicaland humanitarian, medical and funeral aid humanitarian, medicaland funeral aid will be able to enter all parts of the gaza strip, via egypt's rafah crossing. it's a big day today for the uk chancellor, jeremy hunt. he's expected to say that the economy is "back "on track" when he stands up in the commons around lunchtime to deliver his autumn statement. the bbc understands that he'll announce a cut in national insurance for millions of workers and a series of measures, aimed at boosting business investment. his mini—budget is also expected to feature tough new benefit sanctions. but the minimum wage will go up significantly from next april. we'll have more on this in business after half—past. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. downing street has stressed that the uk has "no doubt" about the sovereignty of the falkland islands after argentina's new president—elect suggested it was time to "get them back". javier milei reportedly said that buenos aires had "non—negotiable sovereignty" over the falklands. in 1982, britain sent a task force to recapture the islands after argentina invaded and briefly occupied the territory. doctors have been told to be on high alert for measles, after the number of children being vaccinated against the disease dipped to a 10—year low. it's the first time in decades such guidance has been issued by the royal college of paediatrics and child health. a plan that would see the huge expansion of the all england tennis club in wimbledon, including an 8,000 seater show court, has been rejected by one of the councils responsible for the land. wandsworth councillors voted to refuse planning permission because of concerns about the impact on the local area. you're live with bbc news. south korea has partially suspended a military agreement with north korea, after pyongyang successfully put its first spy satellite into space. the agreement, reached in 2018, was designed to reduce military tensions. south korea earlier said it would also resume surveillance activities previously suspended near the border with north korea. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, hasjoined the us in condemning north korea over the launch. washington has described it as a brazen violation of un sanctions that risks destabilising the region. live now to our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie. tell us more about reaction to what north korea has done. this what north korea has done. as ou what north korea has done. sis you say, what north korea has done. s you say, the what north korea has done. sis you say, the main reaction today has been this one from south korea which is really quite significant. south korea has withdrawn from parts of a military packed inside with north korea back in this pack came along after a time are particularly heightened tensions on the peninsula and the point of the pack was to try and prevent skirmishes across the border or prevent tensions from escalating. it banned both military from doing certain things along the border for the injuries a no—fly zone, stop them from holding live fire exercises and remove some of the guideposts. the feeling was the last year �*s disagreement has been fairly successful in reducing tensions. but they had warned if north korea had gone ahead with the satellite launch they could withdraw from parts of this agreement and that is because it has felt recently over the past couple of months the agreement leaves it too vulnerable to an attack and it is not able to do the surveillance at once on the north because i cannot send reconnaissance planes and drones for that now would be north launching this first reconnaissance satellite that will allow it to survey troops in south korea, the president, national security members, defence chiefs are all in agreement they have decided they are going to suspend this part of the agreement and restart there are reconnaissance abilities. thank you. for more on this i'm joined now by professorjustin hastings who's a visiting senior research fellow at the national university of singapore's korea centre. thank you for being on the programme. what you make of this news that north korea has put its first spy satellite into place?— put its first spy satellite into lace? ., s, s, into place? north korea has been attempting _ into place? north korea has been attempting to - into place? north korea has been attempting to launch i into place? north korea hasj been attempting to launch a rocket into space for sometime. this is the third attempt this year. it looks like it is the first one that is successful. if they did put a spy satellite in that is functioning, that is good for north korea and increase its capability. in some sense the main point of all this is to create a deterrent against us by creating a long—range missile that can credibly and consistently hits the us. but what does — consistently hits the us. but what does it _ consistently hits the us. but what does it mean going forward for relations between the north and south? as we mentioned south korea has already partially suspended and military agreement with north korea. in military agreement with north korea. ,s, military agreement with north korea. , , korea. in some sense the point ofthe korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 _ korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement - korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement was - korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement was to i of the 2018 agreement was to increase cognitive is a two sides. the point of reconnaissance was diminished as a point of lower tensions. if north korea launches more tests all that would violate you in sections by the way, then the 2018 agreement has already partially aggregated. and the south korea perspective they see this as necessary to maintain some credibility against north korea's provocations. in against north korea's provocations. against north korea's rovocations. , s, provocations. in terms of the geopolitics — provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of _ provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all _ provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all this, - provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all this, we - geopolitics of all this, we have seen what has been happening recently in terms of north korea getting very close to russia. the thought of north korea supplying arms to russia and its war against ukraine. and on the other hand the united states and its support for south korea. fulton about the wider geopolitics of this, what do you think this step today has been taken means? what we will see in some senses north korea continuing to get closer to russia for at least the medium term. russia promised satellite technology to north korea in its recent meetings. i think it is too early to have seen that play out, this is probably the result of north korea africa line. we will see a realignment. north korea has made a lot of money now from russia. getting help from it. in some sense this is a continuation of the trans— already been occurring. north korea will try to find other allies to deter the us. from north korea _ allies to deter the us. from north korea 's _ allies to deter the us. from north korea 's its _ allies to deter the us. from i north korea 's its relationship north korea �*s its relationship with russia is important because it is to gain from russia killed technology ideas, information about its own military ambitions. which of the west is very concerned about. s, the west is very concerned about. t, t, t, the west is very concerned about. s, s, s, , , about. north korea is capable of producing _ about. north korea is capable of producing equipment, - about. north korea is capable l of producing equipment, russia as we saw, ukraine is not capable of building new equipment at scale because what russia can give north korea is no help, intentional technology, experiences and higher technology perhaps was which north korea wants and in some cases north korea won't be building an entirely new military and what russia gives them. ~ ~ , s, s military and what russia gives them. ~ ~ ,s, s , them. we will keep a close eye regardless- _ them. we will keep a close eye regardless. thank _ them. we will keep a close eye regardless. thank you. - police searching for four missing teenagers in north wales say they have found the bodies of four males in an upturned car. the vehicle matches the description of the one jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris were last seen in. it's thought they were camping in eryri, also known as snowdonia. louisa pilbeam reports. teenagersjevon hirst, teenagers jevon hirst, harvey owen, teenagersjevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris were school friends who just out of college together. their disappearance sparked a huge search after loved ones lost contact with them at the weekend. we know the boys left shutesbury on saturday night after deciding to go camping in snowdonia. on sunday, the boys were reported missing and harvey owen �*s firing was last used around midday. yesterday before nude police said they found a vehicle. weather conditions on sunday were appalling in what is a beautiful but isolated part of wales. this was where their car, a silver ford fiesta veered off the road. as a police investigation continues into what happened, tributes have been paid to the boys. truth be college whether started their a levels said in a statement... the teenagers families have asked for privacy. now to the netherlands, where voting will get under way shortly in a snap general election. it follows the collapse of the four—party coalition government of outgoing prime minister mark rutte. the final tv debate saw party leaders clash over migration, the economy, climate change, and a chronic housing shortage. dilan yesilgoz, from the business—friendly vvd, is hoping to become the country's first female prime minister. from the hague, anna holligan reports: many dutch voters are in the market for a new style of government. in one of the world �*s richest nations, the population of newport is growing. with 26 parties and, they can afford to shop around for one that promises to meet their individual needs. judith is constantly looking for ways to save money. i is constantly looking for ways to save money.— is constantly looking for ways to save money. i have nocturnal eatin: in to save money. i have nocturnal eating in two — 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to this problem-— to give a solution to this roblem. �* s, s, problem. among the front runners buying _ problem. among the front runners buying to - problem. among the front j runners buying to navigate problem. among the front - runners buying to navigate the nation through these uncertain times for that we are trent zimmerman giving a topjob to lead a alliance between labour and the. t lead a alliance between labour and the. s , , and the. next, cute builders presenters _ and the. next, cute builders presenters right _ and the. next, cute builders presenters right ring - and the. next, cute buildersi presenters right ring freedom party— presenters right ring freedom party would _ presenters right ring freedom party would he _ presenters right ring freedom party would be prepared - presenters right ring freedom party would be prepared to i party would be prepared to compromise _ party would be prepared to compromise in _ party would be prepared to compromise in order- party would be prepared to compromise in order to - party would be prepared to i compromise in order to form part— compromise in order to form part of— compromise in order to form part of the _ compromise in order to form part of the governing - part of the governing coalition. _ part of the governing coalition.— part of the governing coalition. ., , s, part of the governing coalition. s, , s, , s s, coalition. louis formed such a contract party _ coalition. louis formed such a contract party has _ coalition. louis formed such a contract party has been - coalition. louis formed such a contract party has been riding| contract party has been riding high upon the opinion polls and dilan yesilgoz took over as leader of the liberal conservative vvd and could become the netherlands first female and first immigrant prime minister. dilan yesilgoz came to the netherlands from turkey as a child refugee but has adopted a hard line on immigration. polls suggest a majority of dutch people even those on middle incomes are concerned about the future. and what they really want is a government that can secure their existence. i will be talking to a leading economist about that election and the challenges facing those voters. before we go, let me bring you these pictures of thousands of starlings captured swooping above a nature reserve near preston, lancashire in northern england. the phenomenon, known as a murmuration, is believed to be one of the largest of the year so far. experts believe murmurations offer protection from predators as it is not easy to single out a single starling from a whirling group of thousands. absolutely make sense. isn't nature amazing? we have so much for you here on bbc news. shortly we will be unpacking what is expected in the autumn statement, what the experts are saying, what business leaders want. let's show you guys at this morning, this is the bbc live page actually. updating all the time. we have had breaking news through the night where this deal has been brokered between israel and hamas as gaza and israel wakes up hamas as gaza and israel wakes up to the news that there could be a four day paul is starting soonin be a four day paul is starting soon in the intense hostilities. back with more in a moment. hello. some changes in the feel of our weather over the next few days. tuesday brought temperatures generally around the average for the time of year. it was a little bit chilly in some locations. for wednesday, westerly winds introducing milder air and double digit temperatures for the majority. but then the end of the week will bring northerly winds and something colder. in the short term, wednesday morning brings high pressure to the south of us, low pressure to the north. and this frontal system between this warm front here and this cold front here, a wedge of warm or at least mild air. within that wedge of mild air, a lot of cloud, that cloud producing some rain at times, particularly across hills in the north and the west. that rain enhanced by a weather front in the north of scotland. pretty cloudy for northern ireland, northern england, north wales, the odd spot of rain. further south and east, a few brighter glimpses on what will be a breezy day, in fact, a windy one across the northern half of the uk. temperatures, though, in double digits forjust about all of us broadly 11—14 celsius. now, as we head through wednesday night, we will see this frontal system starting to journey southwards, outbreaks of rain with that. ahead of it, a lot of cloud, it is going to be very mild. behind that frontal system, we will just start to introduce something a little bit colder. it will turn increasingly windy, too, across the north of scotland. so here's our weather front for thursday. it'll be moving southwards. it's a cold front you'll notice, that means the air behind it is going to be turning colder. so here's ourfrontal system — this is the dividing line ahead of it. a lot of cloud through the day on thursday. behind the weather front, sunny spells and showers. some of those showers turning wintry over high ground in northern scotland. gales developing in the far north here. it really will feel cold by the end of the afternoon. furthersouth, holding on to something milder. but by friday, all of us into these northerly winds, some showers which will be wintry, especially over higher ground in the north, perhaps even to lower levels in the far north for a time. some decent spells of sunshine, still 11 celsius in cardiff and plymouth, but most places feeling colder than that. in fact, when we factor in the strength of the wind, it will feel subzero for some parts of eastern and northeastern scotland. into the weekend, we stick with a chilly feel. there will be quite a lot of dry weather, though, and some spells of sunshine. bye for now. live from london, this is bbc news. it's a big day on the british fiscal calendar, as the chancellorjeremy hunt prepares to announce the autumn statement. the binance boss agrees to plead guilty to money laundering violations. it's a deal to end years of investigations into the company he co—founded. dutch voters go to the polls to choose a new government, as the cost—of—living crisis continues to bite. and what to do about spacejunk — one of the big questions on the agenda at the uk space conference. hello. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories, and the headlines will be dominated today by the announcements coming from the uk government on its tax and spending plans for the year ahead. the autumn statement is one of two big fiscal events each year, and this time, the chancellor is under pressure from his party to cut taxes. just this week, the prime minister rishi sunak suggested "the time had come" to cut tax. economists expect a focus on business taxes as cutting them is seen as key to helping the economy to grow, and late yesterday, the chancellor announced the minimum wage is to go up by more than a pound,