temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued — these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it's also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused — israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these — showing people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza — indicate how difficult conditions there are. we'll bring you the latest on all of these developments in this programme but we start with this report on the delay to the hostage and prisoner exchange deal from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start around 10:00 local time on thursday morning, and then by noon you would start to see the release of the first batches of hostages held by hamas. and following that, a release of prisoners held in israeli custody. now, it was, i think, by the evening, wednesday night, that we started to see that perhaps things weren't quite as they seemed, because daniel hagari, the chief spokesman for the israeli military, was by now saying there wasn't a clear time for a ceasefire. they didn't know what time a ceasefire might begin. so the first seeds of doubt there, i think, and what we've had now is tzachi hanegbi, the national security adviser in israel, saying that there will be no release of hostages before friday. so it seems like a significant delay now, despite the fact that we had the israeli government having signed off on all this on tuesday night and all the expectations were that the package would start to be implemented on thursday. now, he also said the entire deal is progressing, that they still expected to take place effectively. but we do have this very significant delay. and i think what this goes to show and to underline is just how fraught with risk, the risk of failure that all of this is, because it's so unprecedented, the numbers involved and in particular, and now one of the relatives of a hostage was saying earlier that they wouldn't believe that any of the releases were taking place until they saw their loved one in person. and so it continues to underline how the people were feeling this most amid all the reporting and speculation that it might take place. the toughest, of course, is for the families of those waiting for their loved ones to come home. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. tom just outlining some of the source of why there has been this file and the risks attached of this deal. what are you hearing about the delay? there are many details about this deal, sally. there are details about who is going to be released from the hostages and the prisoners. what are the names, when they are going to be released. we understand they are not going to be released all immediately so across the four days of this truth or a pause in fighting, there will be a number of hostages and prisoners will be released each single day. how many are they going to return in the first day? whom they are going to be? we understand this deal also is included an american toddler whose birthday is going to be on friday so president biden is keen she will be released first. many details about who will be released and when. —— there are not many details. which party will receive the prisoners and the hostages. also details about what is the situation regarding the aid thatis situation regarding the aid that is going to be going to northern gaza. the israelis do not want any people to move from southern gaza to northern gaza in these four days of truth but will they be allowing the ada to go? there are at least 100,000 people still in northern gaza, they are in bad need for medical equipment, in bad need forfood need for medical equipment, in bad need for food and water, and other supplies. are they going to allow them to cross and go to the north? there are many details regarding the aid, the prisoners and the situation of fighting and that situation the military aircraft movement in these days.— in these days. let's talk about the fighting — in these days. let's talk about the fighting overnight - in these days. let's talk aboutj the fighting overnight because it has been another intense night of conflict between the two sides?— two sides? indeed. there israeli strikes _ two sides? indeed. there israeli strikes did - two sides? indeed. there israeli strikes did not - two sides? indeed. there| israeli strikes did not stop two sides? indeed. there i israeli strikes did not stop at all on gaza, especially on the north, middle and south, everywhere, practically. hamas run health ministry are saying that at least 200 people died overnight from these airstrikes. there were incidents in ashkelon that some rockets have been fired from gaza into southern israel during overnight so there is intensified fighting. hamas also released a video showing the attack of armoured vehicle in gaza killing some israeli soldiers and officers. the israelis say there is an officer that died in northern gaza putting the number of their losses in gaza 272. and their losses in gaza 272. and the palestinians are saying that the numbers people killed in gaza reached nearly 15,000 people. —— israeli losses in gaza to 72. officials in the us say a car crash at a border crossing with canada in niagara falls does not appear to have been a terrorist incident. two people who were travelling inside the car are reported to have died but there were no other serious injuries. this footage from security cameras at the border shows the moment the car approached the area at high speed, before being thrown into the air. here it is again — slowed down — you can see the car at the top of the screen, appearing to be thrown up over a fence. the car caught fire after it crashed and some witnesses reported hearing an explosion, but it's not yet known what caused that blast. the incident triggered a security alert along the border, with several crossing points being temporarily closed. but officials say that the first investigations indicate that this was not an act of terrorism. we will continue to investigate but our preliminary assessment of the situation is it was not terrorism—related, but we will continue to stay vigilant, we will continue to make sure that the information we have is passed on to the public, but as the sheriff said, people can lower their heightened sensitivity is knowing that we do not believe this is a terrorist event. live now to kelsey anderson, a news anchor at news four buffalo. good to have you on the programme. what's the latest from the investigation? what has been found out. thank you for having me join you this morning early, it is late here tonight. this is the latest information, sources have told us the couple who was in that car who had passed away when travelling from a local casino right down the road from that bridge crossing and they were crossing the bridge to go over to a concert in toronto. toronto is about 1.5 hours away from niagara falls and they were crossing to go over to this concert and we have found out from sources that is the couple who has passed away, a man and a woman into that vehicle, so very sad news that tonight. we do know from the governor and many others that this was not a terrorism act, so that was good news for us to find out today into the western new york region but of course very sad news now mourning the loss of two people we are told are from this area. and the timing, with thanksgiving being today, added to the significance, didn't it? absolutely. here in america, thanksgiving is today, thursday. when this crash happened, the day before things giving is the busiest travel day of the year in the country and so we have a lot of people travelling by plane, a lot of people travelling by car, by train, and so we are already feeling heightened and the heightened security across the world is up there, so as this happened during a busy travel day, the governor says, when she saw the video it looked surreal to all of us and to her. that is cause for concern. as soon as that situation happened, a massive explosion happening at the bridge, everything kind of shutdown. the fbi was contacted immediately. they came to the scene to investigate. is this possibly terrorism? were they explosive end of the car? we have found out from the fbi there were no explosives. they immediately closed down. there are four local crossings in this area. the rainbow bridge crossing where this happen is right in the middle of niagara falls, right in the city, you can see the big waterfall from the bridge as you are crossing over it so it is one of the busiest crossings in this area, but they close all international crossings in this entire area, there were truck smiles down the street waiting to cross for about five hours, they closed all the crossings and once they found that this was not an act of terrorism, they reopened most of the crossings. the rainbow bridge is still closed and i because it is a safety control. as of the picking up the pieces from that car and second of all it did a lot of damage to some of the security booths so they have to make sure they can get back up and running before they open up the bridge.— open up the bridge. thank you so much for— open up the bridge. thank you so much for the _ open up the bridge. thank you so much for the latest - open up the bridge. thank you so much for the latest on - open up the bridge. thank you | so much for the latest on that. economic analysts say yesterday's autumn statement in the uk, when the chancellor laid out his tax and spending plans, was an attempt to put the conservatives onto an election footing. so what was in and in terms of measures trying to boost the economy. but it was also an attempt to put the conservatives on an election footing. it's also fuelled speculation that a snap election might be held in the spring. emma simpson has been gauging reaction from voters. these reforms will save around 2 million self—employed people an average of £350 a year... tuning into the autumn statement. a good place to test the mood. statement. a good place to test the mood-— the mood. pensioners seem ha - . the mood. pensioners seem happy. increasing _ the mood. pensioners seem happy. increasing pension i the mood. pensioners seemj happy. increasing pension is aood for happy. increasing pension is good for me- _ happy. increasing pension is good for me. and _ happy. increasing pension is good for me. and young - happy. increasing pension is - good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage as well.— like the rise in the minimum wage as well. i'm going to and 996 more. _ wage as well. i'm going to and 996 more, who _ wage as well. i'm going to and 996 more, who would - wage as well. i'm going to and 996 more, who would not - wage as well. i'm going to and 996 more, who would not like l wage as well. i'm going to and i 996 more, who would not like it. 9% more, who would not like it. but other workers said the cut in national insurance is not enough. in national insurance is not enou:h. ., in national insurance is not enough-— in national insurance is not enou:h. ., , enough. not with the way things are at the moment. _ enough. not with the way things are at the moment. cost - enough. not with the way things are at the moment. cost of- are at the moment. cost of living is too expensive. £450 divide that — living is too expensive. £450 divide that by _ living is too expensive. £450 divide that by 12, _ living is too expensive. £450 divide that by 12, divided - living is too expensive. £450 divide that by 12, divided by| divide that by 12, divided by the family, is it enough? i the family, is it enough? don't the family, is it enough? i don't think so. here are the key details. national insurance cut going from 12% to 10% for all employees from january. the self—employed was the attacks cut as well. the state pension is going up by a .5% a week from april. honouring the so—called triple lock. —— stash 8.5%. universal credits and other benefits increased. and an encouragement to investment made permanent. deduction on what you spend on new equipment-— what you spend on new ea-uiment. , , , equipment. this is 'ust the start but i equipment. this is 'ust the start but we h equipment. this isjust the start but we promise - equipment. this isjust the start but we promise that i equipment. this isjust the - start but we promise that when we are in a position to reduce the burden on families who are going for a very tough time, perhaps are not the headline taxes but they will help to grow the economy, great people's salaries and that is the way we will get living standards up the families up and down the country. but overall the _ and down the country. but overall the tax _ and down the country. but overall the tax burden is still rising because of the freezing income tax pressure. labour settled will be worse off. i think we already knew going into this statement that working people will not be better off and are not better off after 30 years. nothing the government is planning to do will change that. we have made a principalfocus will change that. we have made a principal focus of our policy platform about stronger and better economic growth. in fact, that is the only way that we will see the reasonable burdens in terms of taxation and reasonable funding of public services in future. what was required in this budget, the chances that it was one for growth, but growth has been downgraded for the year after that in the year after that. the government says it has kept things in the right direction but the watchdog says growth is likely to be weaker we're still facing the largest fall in real living standards for 70 years. emma simpson, bbc news. we will have more reaction to that autumn statement in around 15 minutes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the former deputy chief medical officer for england sirjonathan van—tam — who became a household name during the pandemic — has said he and his family received death threats in 2020. he told the covid inquiry that police were so concerned for their safety they advised them to leave their home at night. hundreds ofjobs are at risk after the owner of scotland's only oil refinery, at grangemouth, announced that it could close in 18 months�* time. its owner, petroineos, said it plans to turn grangemouth into a terminal for importing fuel. the bbc has been told that, if confirmed, the move would result in at least 400 job losses. one of the uk's biggest—selling pop groups, girls aloud, are to reunite after an 11—year break. they're planning a 15—date tour, kicking off in dublin next may, with tickets on sale next week. the shows will be dedicated to their former bandmate, sarah harding, who died of cancer in 2021. lots more on our website. you're live with bbc news. votes in the general election in the netherlands are still being counted, but it seems that the veteran anti—islam politician, geert wilders, has led his pvv party to the largest share of the vote. pvv — which translates into english as �*freedom' — is set to take around 35 of the 150 seats. that won't be enough to govern alone and several other parties have said they won't enter a coalition with the far right mr wilders. he says the people want him to be prime minister. translation: the voters have s - oken. translation: the voters have spoken- the — translation: the voters have spoken. the voters _ translation: the voters have spoken. the voters have - spoken. the voters have determined that the pvv will be the largest party by far, it would be very undemocratic as i assume it will happen that voters would be sidelined. voters will not accept that, they'd find it terrible. we need to see were common ground is and then we need to do business with each other because we have to help the netherlands move forwards. the hope of so many people is that things must change in the netherlands, that the influx of asylum seekers will be limited and ordinary dutch people have more money in their pockets, the homes will go back to the dutch and the dutch will be put in the first place again stop. 0ur correspondent in the netherlands, anna, gave us this analysis of the early results of the election. the early results are sending a shock wave through dutch society who had predicted that this woman, dilan yesilgoz who would become victorious in the first severalfemale prime minister of the netherlands. she has taken a hard line on immigration and she came to the netherlands as a child refugee and now she is being accused by her opponents of opening the door to make way for wilders saying she was prepared to work with him in a coalition government something her predecessor, mark rutte, the longest serving prime minister of the netherlands had ruled out. wilders now that the results are confirmed to have the opportunity to try inform a governing coalition. that is no easy task because so many parties have previously ruled out working with him although now some are saying they will have to step over their shadows and make concessions in order to represent the people. so many of whom who had voted for wilders. populist, anti—immigration, anti—islam party. the final results are expected on thursday. from that moment on, the process of forming a coalition will begin, and if wilders does not manage to do it, it will fall to the next biggest party which is looking like the green—left labour alliance led by frans timmermans, whichjust reflects the fact that the dutch society is so polarised at the moment and one of the main challenges for the future coalition will be to try to bring people back together and restore faith in politics. anna holligan there. in india, the rescue teams trying to reach 41 workers who've been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel say they have drilled three quarters of the way to the men. the group have spent 11 days underground. engineers have been trying to drive a steel pipe through around 60 metres of earth, concrete, and rubble. a thin pipe has already reached the trapped workers, delivering food, water, air, and electricity. 0ur south asia correspondent, samira hussain, is at the scene of the rescue in uttarkashi in northern india. tell us what's happening at the moment. we understand there is a delay. moment. we understand there is a dela . , , ,. a delay. yes, sir rescue operations _ a delay. yes, sir rescue operations here - a delay. yes, sir rescue operations here have i a delay. yes, sir rescue | operations here have hit another snag. this time what happened was as the machine drilled into the mouth of the tunnel which you see behind me, they hit some metal mesh, so it required special machinery to come in and be able to cut that match before they could drill soon. we'vejust match before they could drill soon. we've just been told by officials here that it has been broken through and that they are hopeful that they will be able to start drilling in the next several hours.- able to start drilling in the next several hours. which i am sure isiust _ next several hours. which i am sure is just what _ next several hours. which i am sure is just what these - next several hours. which i am sure is just what these men . sure is just what these men want to hear. talk about how they are being capped positive and kept going during this period of time. it is 11 days now. ,., , , now. right, so remember this happened _ now. right, so remember this happened last _ now. right, so remember this happened last sunday - now. right, so remember this happened last sunday similar| happened last sunday similar even entering our 12th day that they've been stuck underground. from the very get go they've been able to get walkie—talkies down to the trapped workers and they've been able to communicate. since then also considered notjust one but two metal rods that they've been pushing oxygen, food, water, and medicines to the workers. what was interesting is that there was some video that was released two days ago that with a first image is actually of the construction workers that are underground and what they showed was manwaring construction hats, hi viz vest, and they were able to respond to questions. the officials had asked them to do a bit of a roll call to say whose name just to test how they were responding to questions. the other thing that was really interesting to note is that what the officials have said to them right away as soon as they were able to hear them on the video was don't worry, we are trying to rescue you, we will get you out. trying to rescue you, we will get you out-— trying to rescue you, we will get you out. absolutely that's the hope- _ get you out. absolutely that's the hope. thank _ get you out. absolutely that's the hope. thank you - get you out. absolutely that's the hope. thank you and - get you out. absolutely that's the hope. thank you and we | get you out. absolutely that's - the hope. thank you and we hope to speak to you soon. samira hussain keeping across the rescue for in uttarkashi in northern india. with new immigration figures being released at this morning, migration rates to the uk are set to be at an all—time high. net migration hit a record figure of around 606,000 last year but the new office for national statistics figures are expected to show a new milestone of 700,000. our home editor, mark easton, reports. the nhs in england employs over a quarter million staff overseas, migrants taking up around 90% of the workforce, a high proportion still in social care with special government schemes allowing employers to recruit from around the world to cope with sky high vacancy rates —— to cope with sky high vacancy rates “19%. for suggestions the net migration figure may be a new record and the prime minister promising to reduce immigration, the government is considering a crackdown on foreign workers who are the biggest driver of the increased. among the ideas being considered are limiting to one number of relatives healthcare workers can bring with them. raising the minimum salary required to be eligible for most work visas. and abolishing the system allowing employers to pay less than that where there are recognised shortages. the government official advisor migration have long argued the shortage occupation list needs to go but sectors like construction, hospitality, agriculture i worry that without the ability to bring in foreign people to fill injobs they to bring in foreign people to fill in jobs they businesses will suffer, but it is healthcare where the greatest impact may be felt in the short term with the government tightening rules. the nhs workforce plan envisages expanding training and recruitment in england and migration is expected to fall over time a squeeze on foreign recruitment would have immediate consequences. mark easton, bbc news. the us will celebrate thanksgiving on thursday, and preparations are under way for one of the traditional events — the macy's parade in new york. taking centre stage, as ever, will be huge balloons of cartoon characters, filled with helium, as they float down the streets and avenues of manhattan. technical teams spent the night inflating them and making sure they couldn't fly away. we'll bring you the best of the parade later today, here on bbc news. and also in five minutes when we look at all the business stories and of course we will unpack the autumn statement, reaction to that. we are also looking at the business of thanksgiving outside the us. it is big business elsewhere so i'll be back with all that and more injust a moment. don't go anywhere. hello. we're all under the influence of mild atlantic air at the moment. so temperatures were higher on wednesday than they were tuesday. around the moray firth, actually, we had 15 degrees celsius, well above average. but it's all about to change. by the end of the day ahead, the cold air�*s established across northern scotland, and across all parts, that arctic air is with us for the start of friday. in fact, it's sitting behind this weather front here. so some wetter weather rolling south across scotland through the remainder of the night towards the central belt. really mild and murky to the south of that, some drizzle around the coasts and hills in the west, some hill fog as well. so a fairly unpleasant rush hour for central parts of scotland, southern scotland. that rain pushes its way southwards through the day. further south, though, after a little bit of a grey and murky start, some dampness around, perhaps a little bit more optimistic of getting some sunshine through those clouds during the course of the afternoon because it gets windier. the wind helps to break up the cloud. it's mild, though. wetter for the afternoon across parts of northern ireland and northern england. windier as well here — gusts of about 50 miles an hour — but gusts of perhaps 60, 65 miles an hour picking up across scotland, pushing those heavy frequent showers and turning to snow by the end of the day across the northern isles and continuing to blow southwards through the night, blowing that rain out of the way. not much rain left on that weather front by the time it gets to the south and temperatures should still hold up, but it will be far colder further north to start friday morning. and those snow showers, initially at lower levels, probably lifting onto the hills through the day, but it will feel a lot colder. we'll really notice that, even where we keep some cloud around, ithink, but particularly for scotland and for eastern parts of england — these are maximums. but, i think, add on the effect of that wind, still blowing a gale across northern and eastern areas, potentially it will feel much, much colder than we've become used to. and, actually, by saturday morning, a widespread frost to greet us, but that means plenty of sunshine. and just a few showers, still, as we see on friday, pestering eastern coastal counties. still that keen breeze here and a wind chill, but i think the winds easing elsewhere. fewer showers around, and we should see not as high temperatures as friday, but actually, without the wind, probably not feeling quite as bitter. still another cold start on sunday, but a question mark as to how quickly the rain comes in from the west. it does look as though we'll still see a good deal of dry, bright weather. the best of the sunshine in the morning. live from london, this is bbc news. tax cuts for workers and businesses but the uk's still paying more than at any time in the last 70 years. so will the chancellor's autumn statement get the economy growing again? rather than a recession, the economy has grown. rather than falling as predicted, real incomes have risen. 0ur falling as predicted, real incomes have risen. our plan for the british economy is working. for the british economy is working-— for the british economy is workin. ., . ., , working. the chancellor claims economy has — working. the chancellor claims economy has turned _ working. the chancellor claims economy has turned a - working. the chancellor claims economy has turned a corner l working. the chancellor claims i economy has turned a corner yet the truth — economy has turned a corner yet the truth is — economy has turned a corner yet the truth is that under the conservatives growth has hit a dead _ conservatives growth has hit a dead end _ also coming up, the cost of staying alive. how doctors in india are taking on big pharma to make cancer treatment affordable plus, cryptojitters — the next chapter. customers pull a billion dollars off the binance exchange after its boss pleads guilty to money laundering charges. good to have you with us. we're now to talk through the top business stories. "the biggest package of tax cuts to be implemented since the 1980s" — that's how the uk government's finance chief, chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt