the most senior hospital doctors. they'll vote on a new government pay offer over the next few weeks. during that time, the threat of further strikes will be lifted. let's talk to our health editor hugh pym, whojoins us from the newsroom with the latest. hugh, this news has just come in to us. what are the details of what looks like a breakthrough in a long—running dispute? it like a breakthrough in a long-running dispute? like a breakthrough in a lonua-runnin disute? ., , long-running dispute? it does look that way although _ long-running dispute? it does look that way although the _ long-running dispute? it does look that way although the deal - long-running dispute? it does look| that way although the deal will have to be put to members over the next month. but it does lift the threat of further strikes by senior doctors which was really worrying nhs leaders. they were very concerned about what might happen over the winter period. consultants in england were given a 6% pay award for this year. what's been added on top is a sum of about 4.95% that won't be paid out until the start of the next financial year in april and backdated. it's a complex set of reforms to the way consultants are paid so some won't get any more than 6%, others will get maybe 10% or more on top because the complex funding system will be simplified considerably and that means that it will affect doctors in different ways. the government argument is its reform, they want to make the whole thing more efficient and give the right incentives. the bma have argued, we've been making this point for some years and inflation has eaten away at pay and no notice was taken. they were criticised for staging strike action and he is what they have to say about the arrangement. we really felt that this couldn't go on and that we actually had to take action to make sure government did actually listen and start to address these problems. and we'd rather not have done that. we really would've preferred if these talks had happened at the start of this process, as we tried repeatedly to have. but unfortunately it has taken strike action to actually get to the stage where there is a credible offer for our members. so, this payoff is full senior doctors, consultants, what about junior doctors because there's been a lot of strike action by them? do new a lot of strike action by them? dr? new doctors are also members of the bma, they have a separate strand of talks and we don't really know how those are going. they have different demands, they asked initially for 35% and then said they wanted a credible offer. that's been conducted in quite a lot of secrecy so there is no immediate implication for those talks based on what's just happened with the consultants. it may lead some to feel, well, having the consultant still might make it a bit easierfor the the consultant still might make it a bit easier for the government and thejunior bit easier for the government and the junior doctors. bit easier for the government and thejunior doctors. i'm bit easier for the government and the junior doctors. i'm told victoria atkins the health secretary has only been there a couple of weeks and did get quite involved in finessing the latest deal. she was x treasury, so that helped. we'll have to see what happens with junior doctors in england. to see what happens with “unior doctors in england.* there are hopes the current four—day truce in gaza, which expires today, could be extended with the possibility of more israeli hostages being released. well, for the latest on that, let's go straight to my colleague anna foster, who's in tel aviv. thank you. hamas has said it would be open to a deal that would extend the temporary ceasefire with israel beyond today, its fourth and final day, when it ends at midnight tonight. hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. the group claimed it would push for an extension if "serious efforts" are made to increase the number of palestinian prisoners released by israel. in the last few moments of the israeli prime minister office has released a statement saying negotiations on the list of hostages due to be released today are still continuing. they say they are aware of the tension for the families and will release additional information when possible. more than 50 israeli hostages have returned home. these 1a were released yesterday evening. more should be freed today. so far, in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. this is the scene looking into gaza, where there is international pressure for the four—day ceasefire to be extended beyond tonight to allow more captives to be released and much needed aid to keep making its way into gaza. our correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest from jerusalem. celebrations in israel as more hostages return home. the latest group of captives released by hamas last night, iii israelis and three foreign nationals. this is the moment the sisters, 15 and eight, were finally reunited with their mum. this woman was freed with her three children. for the family of this 84—year—old woman, the agony isn't over. she is now fighting for her life in hospital after being deprived of her medical treatment in captivity. this girl spent her fourth birthday as a hostage, she is israeli—american and president biden campaign for her release. hamas killed both her parents. celebrations in the west bank as part of the deal, israel released 39 palestinian prisoners from jails. women and teenagers. many children are detained by israel on charges of throwing stones. they had a heroes welcome. the green flag of hamas flying in the crowds. today is the final day of the temporary ceasefire truce between israel and hamas. president biden said his government would work to extend the deal. imar would work to extend the deal. war is needed would work to extend the deal. — is needed but this deal is delivering life—saving results. critically needed aid is going on and hostages are coming out. this deal is structured so it can be extended to keep building on these results. that's our goal. the israeli prime _ results. that's our goal. the israeli prime minister - results. that's our goal. the israeli prime minister says he's open to an extension but that war isn't over. we open to an extension but that war isn't over. ~ . open to an extension but that war isn't over-— open to an extension but that war isn't over. ~ ., , ., isn't over. we have three goals for the war. eliminating _ isn't over. we have three goals for the war. eliminating hamas, - the war. eliminating hamas, returning _ the war. eliminating hamas, returning all our hostages and making — returning all our hostages and making sure that gaza doesn't become a threat _ making sure that gaza doesn't become a threat to— making sure that gaza doesn't become a threat to the state of israel again — a threat to the state of israel again. we will continue until the end, _ again. we will continue until the end. untit— again. we will continue until the end, untilvictory, nothing will stop— end, untilvictory, nothing will stop us — end, untilvictory, nothing will stop us in_ end, untilvictory, nothing will sto us. ., , stop us. in gaza, the pause has allowed the _ stop us. in gaza, the pause has allowed the delivery _ stop us. in gaza, the pause has allowed the delivery of - stop us. in gaza, the pause has - allowed the delivery of much-needed allowed the delivery of much—needed aid. and brought the most sustained piece since the start of the war. taste piece since the start of the war. we ho -e piece since the start of the war. - hope the truce expanse because we are tired and can't take it any more. we are worn out, not functioning. our mental state is also exhausted. our kids are in one place and we are in another. we don't know where to go. two early indications suggest hamas could agree to an extension. amid the ruins of gaza, palestinians wait, hoping the dates stay quiet. hours before the final exchange of hostages and prisoners, it seems there are some differences between israel and hamas over who should be free today and report safe qatari mediators are working to solve this dispute. for every israeli hostage returned, three palestinians are being released from israeli jails. it would seem that there are early indications suggesting the truce that ends today could be extended between israel and hamas. israel is offering a further day's pause in the fighting in gaza for every ten hostages released and hamas says it's open to an extension but right now the negotiations continue. thank you. a short time ago, my colleague in gaza, adnan el—bursh, sent us this update on what life is like in the territory during the current ceasefire. as you can see, the weather is raining and very cold. there are tens of thousands of people living in tents like these across the gaza strip. they are weak and i have seen many of them fly open because of heavy winds. displaced families cannot find winter clothes or bed covers to keep the children warm at night. i saw many of them go back to their destroyed homes to look for old clothes and blanket covers under the rubble. aid coming into gaza during the ceasefire does not include clothing. conditions here are very bad, especially for children. people here also worry that the war could restart tomorrow. they hope that the ceasefire would be extended, as many of them are tired after around 50 days of war and suffering. we'll have all the latest from across the region throughout the day, but for now, from tel aviv, it's back to ben in london. thank you very much. as we've been hearing, qatar has been central to achieving the current truce agreement between israel and hamas, which has so far held for four days. the question is whether mediators in the gulf state can extend that truce any longer and secure the release of more hostages. let's get the latest on that from our security correspondent, frank gardner. frank, what are you hearing? well, the qataris are trying to be optimistic, they are working flat out. they've sent officials to both gaza and israel, which given that carter has no formal diplomatic relations with israel, its unusual but qatar is no stranger to this. they were the mediators and negotiators with the taliban. they hosted the taliban embassy as it were, de facto embassy in doha for quite some time. they've been instrumental in trying to bridge relations between the west and the taliban in afghanistan. so, they've got form in this. part of the problem is that qatar reckons there are around a0 hostages in the gaza strip that hamas doesn't have control over. we tend to think 0ctober control over. we tend to think october the 7th, that was the hamas raid. they spearheaded it but there were a lot of other people who took part in it. palestinian islamic jihad, people from gangs, people who picked up a kalashnikov and went across the board and snatched hostages and committed other atrocities. trying to round these people up and get them back to one central point to hand them over, they need time to do that. israel i think has made it clear that if they can't get more hostages out, they are going to resume the war whether the rest of the world likes it or not. . ~ the rest of the world likes it or not. ., ,, , ., ., ,, it's been revealed that the united arab emirates has been planning to use its role as host of this year's un climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals with other countries. the bbc has seen papers showing plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with foreign governments ahead of thursday's cop 28 summit in dubai. climate change activists have called it a complete betrayal that is shocking and scandalous. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. and now more than ever, we need to unite on climate and deliver a clear message of hope. the united arab emirates government appointed dr sultan al—jaber to head up its cop 28 team, but he is also the head of the uae�*s huge state oil company and its renewable energy business. the documents show that in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments arranged as part of the un climate process, drjaber was briefed to discuss business for these firms, including oil and gas deals. now, attempting to do business deals, especially oil and gas deals during the cop process, appears to be a serious breach of the standards the un expects of cop presidents. it told the bbc presidents should be impartial and act without bias or self—interest. professor michaeljacobs is an expert on un climate politics. this looks breathtakingly hypocritical, but i actually think it's worse than that, because the uae at the moment is the custodian of a united nations process aimed at reducing global emissions, and yet in the very same meetings, it's actually trying to do side deals which will increase global emissions. we know at least one country followed up a potential fossil fuel deal raised in a meeting arranged by the uae�*s cop 28 team. but 12 countries say there was either no talk of business deals or meetings did not take place. the state oil company's hq towers over the abu dhabi skyline. the cop 28 team did not deny using climate meetings to discuss fossil fuel deals. it told the bbc private meetings are private, adding mrjaber was focused on delivering ambitious and transformational climate outcomes. justinjoins me now. extraordinary documents that have been uncovered. what's been the reaction? it been uncovered. what's been the reaction? . , been uncovered. what's been the reaction? ., , reaction? it was always controversial _ reaction? it was always controversial having . reaction? it was always controversial having a i reaction? it was always - controversial having a petro state hosting climate talks but our revelations have brought the concerns about a conflict of interest into clearer focus. the human rights organisation global witness is saying drjaber should resign. 0ther campaigning organisations including greenpeace and amnesty are saying they are shocked and we need to see a clear signal from the cop28 team and the president that they are committed to getting an ambitious deal on climate. the cop28 team said to the bbc that it's focused on delivering and transformational climate outcomes. and transformational climate outcome— a vigil is being held in dublin this lunchtime at the scene of last thursday's rioting. people who work in the city centre have been invited to attend during their lunch break to denounce what happened and stand in solidarity with the victims of the violence. 0ur ireland correspondent, sara girvin, is there. yes, people have been gathering here in the city centre of dublin since about 1pm for what is described as a vigil, both for those people who were injured in the stabbing on thursday, and also in solidarity for the many city centre workers who were caught up in the violence and rioting that followed four hours afterwards. what happened that night has been attributed by police to a right—wing faction. they say violence was whipped up online after social media rumours began to swirl that the man who was detained at the scene of the stabbing was a migrant. we have spoken to the vigil organisers, who say they want to specifically speak to migrant workers today to tell them that they enrich dublin city centre and ireland as a whole, and people who have attended here tell me that it is important their voices are heard, that they want to say those images that they want to say those images that were beamed across the world last week do not speak for them, and it was not in their name. and to bring you up—to—date in terms of the conditions of those who were hurt last week, we know that the five—year—old girl who was stabbed remains critically ill in hospital. the childcare worker, a woman in her 30s, who tried to save her, it remains seriously ill in hospital, and two other children who were hurt have been released from care. thank you very much indeed. the time is 1.18. our top story this afternoon: a fresh pay offer has been made to senior doctors in england that could end their long—running pay dispute with the government. and still to come — meet reqs the fire investigation dog, putting his paws up after a job well done. coming up on bbc news, jude bellingham breaks another record for real madrid. he's now scored ia goals in his first 15 games with the spanish side — that's more than cristiano ronaldo. the london mayor sadiq khan has told the covid inquiry "lives could have been saved" if he had been invited to the government's emergency cobra meetings earlier. mr khan said he made repeated requests to attend the meetings in march 2020, but they were rejected by number 10 on the grounds that other mayors would also have to be present. he's one of three regional mayors due to appear today. ellie price reports from the inquiry. in march 2020, just before the first lockdown, london was in the eye of the covid storm. the inquiry has heard well over half the patients who were in intensive care at the time were in london. worst case scenario is projected london hospitals would be overwhelmed in nine days, with a central estimate ofjust nine days, with a central estimate of just over two weeks. nine days, with a central estimate ofjust over two weeks. i nine days, with a central estimate ofjust over two weeks.— nine days, with a central estimate ofjust over two weeks. i swear that micro that the _ ofjust over two weeks. i swear that micro that the evidence _ ofjust over two weeks. i swear that micro that the evidence i _ ofjust over two weeks. i swear that micro that the evidence i shall - micro that the evidence i shall rive. .. micro that the evidence i shall give- -- that — micro that the evidence i shall give... that the _ micro that the evidence i shall give... that the evidence - micro that the evidence i shall give... that the evidence i - micro that the evidence i shall. give... that the evidence i shall . ive. . . give... put the inquiry heard that this morning, despite such a serious situation in london, the mayor was not invited to emergency government cobra meetings, a decision he says cost lives. i had been kept in the dark as the mayor of london, they felt almost winded as to what was in london, but also realising there were things we could have done in relation to some of these issues. i will never forget that sort of feeling of lack of power, lack of influence, not knowing what is happening in our city. the inquiry also heard the mayor of london knew early on that ethnic minorities were suffering disproportionately. it was clear from a number of metrics. 0ne it was clear from a number of metrics. one is, if you see the photographs of the first ten doctors who lost their lives, i think what strikes you as they are all people of colour. i'm afraid in london, we lost 105 transport workers. they lost their lives. i would write to every transport worker whose details i had, their bereaved families, and just the names i was writing were all ethnic minority names. i swear by almighty god... a few— i swear by almighty god... a few moments ago, the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham was sworn in. he will give more evidence this afternoon. starting that evidence this afternoon, andy burnham talked about the early part of the pandemic in which he said he convened a committee of local political leaders and public health types will stop he said he did not need to, but thought it was a good idea. he criticised central government and said he did not have very many instructions are indeed guidance from central government at the time. i think we will hear more this afternoon. you may remember, andy burnham is very much at public loggerheads with government later on in the pandemic in october 2020, when manchester found itself in stricter restrictio