Thanks for being with us. Trade unions and groups representing the families of israeli hostages are holding a General Strike to press the government to reach a deal to free those still held by hamas. Its already affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of seventh 0ctober. That led to mass Demonstrations Injerusalem and Tel Aviv On Sunday with the organisers calling on prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with hamas to bring home the estimated 100 remaining hostages. Sundays protests were largely peaceful, but some crowds broke through police lines, blocking a major highway in Tel Aviv. 0ur Correspondentjon Donnison has been following the story. After the biggest protests in israel since the start of the war in gaza, with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating across the country, today a General Strike. So thousands of businesses are going to be closed. Some schools, universities, government ministries, banks, some bus networks. So were expecting a major hit on the economy here today in israel. And the outrage against hamas is a given. But these protests are not about that. These protests are against the government of prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is accused of pursuing his own personal political ambitions and his survival, in sacrifice of a Hostage Release and Cease Fire Deal in gaza. Mr netanyahu insists that the best way to get the remaining hostages out of gaza is to keep applying Military Pressure on hamas. However, many, many people in israel dont feel that way, including some of the hostage families. They have accused Mr Netanyahu of having the blood of their Loved Ones on his hands. There were chants of murderer at last nights protest. And its notjust the public, it is also within his own government. So weve had reports in the last week of a Shouting Match between the prime minister and his defence minister, yoav gallant, who says that, in effect, Mr Netanyahu is blocking this deal with hamas that the worlds diplomats have been pursuing now for weeks and months. As i say, Mr Netanyahu Up To now has has rejected that pressure. And he says that it is hamas who are the murderers and that they will be pursued and punished. Jon donnison there. The un Childrens Charity Unicef says the first full day of a Mass Polio Vaccination campaign in gaza went well, with more than 72,000 children treated. Palestinians have been taking their children to three Health Centres in gaza in the first phase of the campaign. The aim is to vaccinate some 640,000 children. Louise wateridge is with the un Relief Agency for palestinians, unrwa. Yes, it was incredibly relieving to see so many children and families turn out for the vaccination yesterday morning. I visited an unwra Health Facility in Deir Al Balah and a school turned shelter, and also went with the Teams Tent to tent. It was generally a positive atmosphere for for families towards the polio vaccination. A lot of the parents expressed their relief that this vaccine was available. But of course, you know, we have these periodic humanitarian pauses. We need a ceasefire. You know, having these pauses, weve had strikes this morning, there were strikes yesterday afternoon. Its still a very tense atmosphere here in the gaza strip. It was a little weird yesterday, to be honest. I think everybody noticed. To go even an hour without Hearing A Bomb or a strike is something weve not experienced for weeks. To go a day without having Evacuation Orders issued. It was very unusual after what weve experienced the last two weeks. So its great that this humanitarian pause has so far been respected. But we need a ceasefire now. Louise wateridge there from unrwa. One or two Word Inspection assessments for englands schools are being scrapped with immediate effect. Last year, an inquest found an inspection by the education standards office, 0fsted, had contributed to the suicide of a Headteacher Leading to widespread calls for change. The government said the overall grades werent fair or accurate, but the change was criticised by the conservatives for removing a vital indicator for parents. With me is ellie price, our news correspondent. Just explain what change we are seeing here. Just explain what change we are seeing here just explain what change we are seeinu here.. seeing here. Untilyesterday we had an effect 0fsted seeing here. Untilyesterday we had an effect 0fsted reports, seeing here. Untilyesterday we had an effect 0fsted reports, the seeing here. Untilyesterday we had an effect 0fsted reports, the Body L an effect 0fsted reports, the body that goes and tests out the adequacy of The School, how good it is at teaching in various different ways, and it would come up with a report with obviously plenty of exploration of the quality of education, behaviour of attitudes, personal Development And Leadership and management of The School but it would in Essence Grade The School with one word. That led to many criticisms and sadly the tragic suicide of a Head Teacher in 2023 amidst concerns this was too simplistic, that you couldnt shine a light on the effectiveness of a school in one word. Today the government has changed that one word, in effect the report will now be more complex in terms ofjudging a school. But i think crucial to say, it hasnt fundamentally changed the way an 0fsted report works. In a year, the government will look to seek out something called a report card, in effect looking at certain areas on which school can be judged, but it hasnt talked about how that will work yet. At the moment we have the Headline Figure of these one Word Description is being scrapped. That has been broadly welcomed by Teaching Unions who say that the previous system was too simplistic. But there are those who say this has reduced Choice And Understanding for parents. Previously it was seen as a more simplistic Way Ofjudging A School if you are looking for a school for your child. Its if you are looking for a school for your child if you are looking for a school for our child. ,.. your child. Its a balance between the concerns your child. Its a balance between the concerns of your child. Its a balance between the concerns of the your child. Its a balance between the concerns of the children the concerns of the children primarily but also the parents in choosing a school, and we know there was also a very difficult individual Familys Case that led to these initial calls or the focus on this call for change. Initial calls or the focus on this call for change. Thats right, the suicide of ruth call for change. Thats right, the suicide of ruth Perry Call for change. Thats right, the suicide of Ruth Perry in call for change. Thats right, the suicide of Ruth Perry in january | suicide of ruth Perry Injanuary 2023. She was a Head Teacher at a school in caversham in the south of england and she knew her school would be rated inadequate because on one issue of Safeguarding Children it had received an inadequate rating, but the rest of The School was deemed to be outstanding. Because of that one issue, The School gets entirely downgraded. It is bad news for The School but often in those circumstances it would lead to a change of management as well, so very sadly injanuary to a change of management as well, so very sadly in January 2023 to a change of management as well, so very sadly inJanuary 2023 Ruth so very sadly in January 2023 Ruth perry took her own life which then led to calls for change, not least for her family but also parents from The School and the broader Teaching Community that said it is too simplistic to do a one Word Description of how well a school is doing, you need to shine a light in a more complex report. But i dont know if you have ever read and 0fsted report, they are very turgid, big reports. Fora parent 0fsted report, they are very turgid, big reports. For a parent who may not have time to look at these things, it gives a sense of how a school is doing so there is a Trade Off between the simplicity of The One word but obviously really how meaningless that can be in a school where it is notjust about results, notjust about one area, the whole broader picture needs to be looked at. The whole broader picture needs to be looked at the whole broader picture needs to be looked at. Complex, and more to come on this be looked at. Complex, and more to come on this all be looked at. Complex, and more to come on this all day. Be looked at. Complex, and more to come on this all day. La be looked at. Complex, and more to come on this all day. La price, come on this all day. La price, thank you very much indeed. Ellie price. The Uk Government has promised to look into the problems caused by so called Dynamic Pricing of tickets to gigs and concerts. The practice which allows official Ticket Sellers to inflate prices when demand is high will now be included in a planned consultation on protecting fans from ticket touts. Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of people queued online for hours as they tried to buy Oasis Tickets as Leigh Milner reports. A warning there are flashing images coming up. First came the hype. When both come together, you have greatness. Then the disappointment. Millions of Oasis Fans spent Saturday Morning battling lengthy online queues and technical glitches in the hope of bagging tickets to next Years Reunion gigs. Many of those who did get through then faced another hurdle. Tickets costing hundreds of pounds more than expected thanks to so called Dynamic Pricing. Thats when high demand pushes up costs, a practice more commonly seen on taxi Hailing Apps or airline websites. The cheapest tickets were between 70 and 205, i think, which you can kind of Sort Of, well, yeah, ok, thats not too bad. But then the only ones that were available were the platinum, so it was like 500. We didnt want to pay that so, um, no. So were not going. Tonight im a Rock And Roll star. The government had already pledged a consultation to tackle ticket touting. Thats the resale of tickets by secondary vendors. So maybe youre gonna be The One that saves me. Now it says it will add Dynamic Pricing, which is done by the primary vendors, to that consultation. This must be welcome news. Dynamic pricing was an odious Business Product that was brought overfrom North America and really does disadvantage a significant number of consumers. Its vitally important that government actually understands how this industry works, not just what theyre told by ticket companies. You gotta roll with it, you gotta take your time. The society of Ticket Agents and retailers has stressed that Ticket Prices are set by artists and their management. Whoever s responsible, Music Fans will be hoping prices come down. Leigh milner, bbc news. Theres been another wave of russian missile and Drone Attacks on ukraine with kyiv hit several times. The mayor, vitali klitschko, said the entrance of a metro station, which was being used as a shelter, was struck, as well as a water treatment plant. Military officials said Air Defence units had destroyed 22 out of 35 missiles, and 20 out of 23 attack drones, spread across six of ukraines regions. Two people were injured. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. The german chancellor, 0laf scholz, has urged mainstream parties not to lend support to the alternative for germany, the first far right party projected to win a State Election since the second world war. The afd appears to have done well in thuringia and also in saxony. Other parties have said they wont help it form a Governing Coalition. 0ur Correspondent in berlin, damien mcguiness, explained the results for us. So what weve seen in thuringia is that the afd has won the most votes, which is around 33 getting in The End a third of all seats of the parliament. And in saxony they came a close second, but also have ended up with pretty much almost a third of the seats in parliament. So both results are seen as historic. Thats why the afd is celebrating. Of course, this leads to a political problem in saxony itself, because even though no other parties will work with the afd because its seen as so extreme and some of the leaders are seen as so toxic, itll, you know, so that means they wont get into government, but itll make forming a Coalition Government very difficult, because the other parties will find it very hard to cobble together a majority. Youre going to have some very uncomfortable alliances with, for example, conservatives having to come together with radical leftists, which they wouldnt usually do. And then nationally, its going to have a big impact because the three parties and 0laf schulz s national Governing Coalition were really punished at this election. And for many people, it was a real signal to berlin that theyre not happy in this government. So on the ground, its going to have an effect politically, but also nationally. And of course, next year we have national elections here in germany. So thats why this is something that all the parties are looking closely at, whats been happening in Eastern Germany in those regional elections with great worry, because it means that theyre going to, you know, not have an easy ride over the next year in the run Up To these elections next year. Markus ziener a professor who teaches political theory, and nonresident fellow of the german Marshall Fund of the us explained why there was so much support in these two states. Well, i think there is a couple of factors in play, in particular when we look into the east. The two parties, the afd, which was mentioned before, and also the alliance of former left politician, they both are capturing a certain mood, trying to convey a East German sentiment. This East German nostalgia for even the gdr, the former East German Socialist Party of germany. So i think this was The One part. And secondly, of course, it was about migration, in particular in the eastern part of germany. They people believe that we have too many migrants, and we have to put a stop to that. I think this is one of the. Two of the biggest issues. And just tell me about those populations in those two states of germany. I mean, what is the wealth and the education of that population . Is there a big Migrant Population there . Well, actually, when it comes to migrants, there are not that many migrants in the eastern part. So its kind of an irony that in particular in the eastern part of germany, where we dont find that many migrants, people are voting more strongly against having more migrants in germany or more more strongly against having migrants in germany or more migrants in germany. This is The One thing. And secondly, when it comes to the wealth and how well off are people in the east, of course, i mean, there is a structural disadvantage here at play in the east. People who used to live in the former gdr are not as well off as in the western part. And look at the. How much money is inherited from one generation to the next. 90 , actually, of everything thats inherited to the next generation that comes. Happens in the western part of germany, not in the eastern part. So there is a structural disadvantage and people feel like they are left behind, but this is only part of it. I think there are more things here at play. And if you look at russia and the sympathy for russia, there is a nostalgia for the life that used to be. And people are, i think, forgetting how life under Gdr Oppression really was. Just finally, what does this mean . Just finally, what does this mean, do you think, for national elections coming up and the overall Sort Of political mood in germany now . Yeah, on The One hand, one can say, well, this is only a small part of people in germany. I mean, if were talking about the two states where we have seen Elections Yesterday and The One is coming up in brandenburg in three weeks, this only makes up for less than 10 of the whole population of germany. So probably we should not exaggerate. 0n the other hand, if we look at berlin, and as it was mentioned earlier, for the coalition thats ruling in berlin, this was a heavy blow because they dont even. They were way below 20 and put all together all the three parties together. So for 0laf schulz, looking at the elections in next year, i think he will really have a hard time to maintain as a candidate for the Social Democrats because he has no Leadership Qualities and he has not really charisma t