and us president biden celebrates his 81st birthday by marking an annual tradition that's for the birds. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. a group of 28 premature babies evacuated from gaza have now crossed into egpyt. the world health organization says 12 of them were flown into cairo for further treatment. the babies were patients at the al—shifa hospital in gaza city, which was seen heavy fighting in the area. the hamas—run health ministry says 259 sick and wounded pepole remain stranded at al—shifa. and the who says there could be many more babies in need of indepth care very soon. 5.5 thousand women will give

birth in the next month, 15% will need a cesarean section, 25% of their children will be born preterm. that's thousands of babies, not 31, 29 or 38. that's literally thousands of babies. separately, the who's chief said he is "appalled" by an attack on gaza's indonesian hospital. the hamas—run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. for more on what hospitals in gaza are facing, and the latest on the ground, our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from jerusalem. alive, against the odds — premature babies rescued from al—shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nour has just been reunited

with her twin girls. translation: i didn't know anything - about their condition. today, i saw them for the first time since the day they were born. thank god, i have been reassured that they are fine. then they are wrapped up for the journey across the border — faces of the war in gaza whose suffering caught the attention of the world. in egypt, specialists standing by with a waiting incubator. still desperately vulnerable, but now safe from harm... ..unlike about a million other children who remain trapped in gaza. in israel, families of those held in gaza are daring to hope there will be a deal to free at least some of them.

this was the moment on 7 october when the hostage ordeal began. here, women being dragged away by hamas, barefoot and in terror. gil dickman�*s cousin was among them. so this is my cousin, carmel, 39 years old. she's an occupational therapist. she loves travelling, she loves music, she's a wonderful aunt. carmel gat is being held along with her sister—in—law, yarden, whose 3—year—old keeps asking when she is coming home. hamas doesn't give us any signs of life. we don't even know whether yarden and carmel, my cousin and her sister—in—law, are alive or not. the same goes for about a0 israeli children being held hostage — among them, babies. the children are expected to be freed if there is a deal, along with some women.

gil knows his loved ones may not get out now. some of them are going to come before the others. and i understand that some of them are going to come before carmel and yarden. i believe if they're there, they also understand it and they want the children to come back before them. for israelis, a deal may bring dozens of hostages home. for palestinians, a few days' respite from israeli bombings. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. you heard there about the possible hostage deal. us presidentjoe biden has signalled it could come soon. here's the white house spokesman, john kirby, on the deal. we believe we are closer than we've ever been so we are for, but there is still work to be

done and nothing is done until it's all done, so we're going to keep working on this. the international committee of the red cross has further raised hopes of a deal by saying its head will meet with hamas. the icrc has helped facilitate previous deals. our security correspondent frank gardner has more details on the progress to reach a deal. isa is a deal to release the hostages getting close? it certainly sounds like it but we have been here before. this is incredibly tough for the families, the relatives who been marched up this hill before and marched out again with enormous disappointment, so it is not done until is done. but i've managed to speak to some of the parties involved in this negotiation directly and they are more optimistic than they have been before but in the coming days there could well be a release of dozens of israeli hostages in a single batch followed by further batches and in return there would be pauses in the fighting

of a few hours each day for a number of days, 3—4, five days, something like that, and field allowed into gaza. but the problem is, the things that have been holding this up, at this stage, i really worry about practicalities than logistics. what we mean by that? the negotiations are taking place in doha, qatar, the golf. but you have to the messages from the back to gaza whether military commanders are of course fighting a war so they are mostly underground in in hiding, knowing big medications are almost certainly being monitored by the israelis, and so it takes time to get those messages received and approved, agreed with, and then you have a second distal problem which is that if you cast your mind back to be graphic day on october the seventh and almost, villagers were taken at gunpoint from southern israel into gaza, hamas and their associates scattered them out,

they basically put them to different locations because they thought suddenly that is really special forces come after them, so they are being held in different locations, not all being held by hamas, some being held by different group called palestinian islamichhad, some may be in private houses under lock and key. almost certainly most underground. in tunnels. they have to be gathered and collected. the good news is all the good encouraging sign is that the head of the international committee, the red cross, is on his way or is already there or close to getting to doha, and that means the red cross has a good chance of being involved in these releases, just as they were with the previous hostages who came out. so it is looking more encouraging but it is not there yet. us defence secretary lloyd austin made an announced visit to kyiv on monday in support of continuing aid to the country as the russia—ukraine

war nears 21 months. while there, general austin announced the us will send an additional $100 million in weapons. he says ukraine's effort to defeat russian forces "matters to the rest of the world" and that us support would continue "for the long haul." this is more thanjust ukraine alone. this is about the rules—based international order, this is about making sure that an autocrat cannot override his peaceful neighbour at well. more than 170,000 russians are still living in ukraine, almost two years after russia launched its full—scale invasion. some are even fighting in ukraine's army. but their situation is complicated. they say they can't access basic services without a ukrainian passport. to get that, they'd first have to travel to russia to surrender their citizenship. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. three women in wartime ukraine.

bound by their love the country. trapped by their links to russia. this woman was born here in central ukraine but raised in russia and has a russian passport. her pregnancy is spent stitching t—shirts for the wounded. she speaks ukrainian, sees herself as ukrainian, sees herself as ukrainian, the state considers her to be a russian. translation: ~ , ., ., ., ., translation: when you go to a ci with translation: when you go to a city with your _ translation: when you go to a city with your documents, - translation: when you go to a city with your documents, they i city with your documents, they look at you like you are something strange. changing a passport was difficult even before the war. now it is just impossible. before the war. now it is 'ust impossiblafi impossible. she needs a ukrainian _ impossible. she needs a ukrainian passport - impossible. she needs aj ukrainian passport apply impossible. she needs a - ukrainian passport apply for work, to access free health and prevent her bank account from being blocked. to get it, she says she needs to go to russia

to surrender her citizenship. but fears she will not make it back. galina passed a connection with ukraine is intertwined. a bond with maxine, a ukrainian soldier. they were married in church, but the state won't recognise it because he does not have settled status. this is so and galina, another russian and ukrainian union. but theirs was cut short. alina is fighting for her country. thurgate, a russian, was fighting against his. after years of trying, and failing to get ukrainian citizenship, he died in combat without it. translation: i without it. translation: i think this fight is not over. ukraine _ think this fight is not over. ukraine is— think this fight is not over. ukraine is the state must pay its debt— ukraine is the state must pay its debt to the one who defended it. i see this as the

ultimate _ defended it. i see this as the ultimate injustice to our defenders. ultimate in'ustice to our defenders.— ultimate in'ustice to our defenders. ' . . , ~ ., defenders. officials in ukraine told us this — defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is _ defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is due _ defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is due process. . told us this is due process. and it won't be made easier operations. it has been made simpler they say for people who have been fighting. like anastasija, a russian combat medic ukraine.— medic ukraine. since i came here from — medic ukraine. since i came here from the _ medic ukraine. since i came here from the first - medic ukraine. since i came here from the first day, - medic ukraine. since i came here from the first day, i - medic ukraine. since i came| here from the first day, i am fighting for a ukrainian passport, notjust forfreedom but for my passport. nobody was asking me for my passport and by nationality. for sure, asking me for my passport and by nationality. forsure, my colleagues know. by nationality. for sure, my colleagues know.— by nationality. for sure, my colleagues know. whereas galina remains in _ colleagues know. whereas galina remains in a _ colleagues know. whereas galina remains in a vulnerable _ colleagues know. whereas galina remains in a vulnerable window. | remains in a vulnerable window. she gets a brief moment for her husband who was fighting on the front. if something happened to your husband, what would that mean for your family,

your husband, what would that meanforyourfamily, given mean for your family, given your situation? meanforyourfamily, given your situation? translation: i am afraid to even think about. it is a very scary. it is very hard. , ., , it is a very scary. it is very hard. , . , . ., ., , it is a very scary. it is very hard. .,, “ hard. james waterhouse, bbc news, central— hard. james waterhouse, bbc news, central ukraine. - latin america's mainstream media has used different terms to describe argentina's newly—elected president javier milei — from "ultra—rightist" and "libertarian" to "anarcho—liberal" — but they left little doubt that his decisive election victory signals a dramatic change of political course for the south american nation. milei won the election with close to 56% in the decisive run—off, ahead of his left—wing rival, sergio massa, with 44%. milei's victory comes amid a deep economic crisis in argentina with inflation standing at over 140 % and two in five argentinians, or a0%, live in poverty. mr milei promised drastic changes if elected including ditching the local currency for the us dollar and "blowing up" the central bank in order to prevent it from printing more money, which he argues is driving inflation.

earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to our south america correspondent, katy watson, about what these results mean for argentina. he has made these bold plans. can he follow through? i think will be interesting to see what kind of javier will be interesting to see what kind ofjavier milei president kind of javier milei president will will kind ofjavier milei president will will be, will he be brush with these unorthodox proposals or will he have to turn them down because he is not going to have a huge amount of support in congress, he will have to work with other parties, other politicians to get proposals, and at the same time the country is in a massive economic crisis and he is going to have to be very aware that he won't be making the situation even worse than many millions of argentinians who have so much hope on his

presidency and the change has talked about bringing about. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the uk covid inquiry has been told borisjohnson was "clearly bamboozled" by the science. that's according to the government's former chief scientific advisor sir patrick vallance. he also wrote in his diary that mrjohnson was "a weak, indecisive pm". our health editor hugh pym was listening to patrick vallance's evidence — and spoke to sophie raworth. in the late autumn of 2020, as lockdown was looking more and more inevitable, sir patrick's diaries refer to a shambolic day at that time when the prime minister was arguing for "letting it rip" and that there would have to be more casualties because people had "had a good innings". and dominic cummings had suggested, according to sir patrick's diary, that rishi sunak had also agreed that it was ok to let people die. of course, mr

sunak and mrjohnson will give their own evidence to the inquiry early next month. borisjohnson, rishi sunak and the former health secretary, matt hancock, will all appear at the inquiry before christmas. you're live with bbc news. the us supreme court has rejected an appeal by former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin over his conviction for the murder of george floyd. chauvin was found guilty of second—degree murder in the killing of george floyd during a 2020 arrest on a minneapolis street. his lawyers claimed thatjury bias and previous rulings by a judge deprived him of his right to a fair trial. chauvin is serving a 22.5—year sentence. hundreds of employees at openai — the creator of chatgpt — have called on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign on monday after the shock dismissal of former boss sam altman. in a letter, they question the board's competence and accuse it of undermining the firm's work.

they also demand altman's reinstatement. however, microsoft hired altman on monday and it appears he wants to stay. microsoft is a close partner of the company and has invested billions of dollars in openai. altman says it was his "top priority" that openai continues to thrive and is committed to "fully providing continuity of operations to microsoft's partners and customers". joining me to discuss the developments is ashley gold, tech reporter at axios. thanks indeed for talking to us. can you talk us through briefly what happened at openai as a company to go from one at the forefront of such disruptive technology to a situation that appears to be so chaotic? it situation that appears to be so chaotic? ., , , situation that appears to be so chaotic? . , , ., chaotic? it has indeed be an extremely — chaotic? it has indeed be an extremely chaotic _ chaotic? it has indeed be an extremely chaotic past - chaotic? it has indeed be an extremely chaotic past 72 i chaotic? it has indeed be an - extremely chaotic past 72 hours orso extremely chaotic past 72 hours or so for openai, and all of us

tech reporters. openai has had a for—profit arm and a nonprofit arm. the nonprofit arm — which is where the board sits — is ultimately who has held all the control over what happens at openai. who works there, who's in charge, whether sam altman is kept as ceo. they've been worried about safety, whether these ai models are going too far. they've been worried that the technology is developing too fast without proper guardrails, whether from within the company or within the government. and this is still reporting — it is not entirely confirmed by the board themselves yet — but those fears came to a head and they thought that sam altman was sort of the face of the company moving too fast without the proper guardrails. so they ousted him very unceremoniously, and there was immediate pushback. the people who work at openai absolutely love sam altman. they have so much loyalty to this man. he has such a great reputation in silicon valley among all the places he's worked. that swift

pushback has resulted in a chaotic past couple of days where we still are not even totally sure where things stand with openai and microsoft as we speak. with openai and microsoft as we seak. , ., speak. indeed, reuters are reporting — speak. indeed, reuters are reporting tonight _ speak. indeed, reuters are reporting tonight that - speak. indeed, reuters are reporting tonight that the l reporting tonight that the board has approached the google—backed anthropic about a potential merger. what impact would that have on the technology?— would that have on the technology? would that have on the technolo: ? . , ., technology? the impact is that there would — technology? the impact is that there would be _ technology? the impact is that there would be a _ technology? the impact is that there would be a little - technology? the impact is that there would be a little less - there would be a little less competition. so there's a couple of tech companies who are really leading in al right now, especially this generative ai, this more forward—looking technology. with google backing anthropic, openai, amazon doing its own thing, and of course you have what meta is doing as well — as these companies start to merge, there's not going to be quite enough competition. and that's competition on both the products and how innovative they are, and how far we can take ai they are, and how farwe can take ai — and also they are, and how far we can take ai — and alsojust competing on whether they're

safe and effective for human beings. so that could lead to more consolidation and concentration.- more consolidation and concentration. ~ , concentration. we see reporting that altman _ concentration. we see reporting that altman has _ concentration. we see reporting that altman has joined - that altman has joined microsoft. his co—founder, greg brockman, hasjoined as microsoft. his co—founder, greg brockman, has joined as well. it seems, according to various points on x, formerly twitter, that hundreds of the staff have also at least been approached ljy also at least been approached by microsoft, if they haven't already signed on. does this mean that openai as we know it may, in fact, mean that openai as we know it may, infact, cease mean that openai as we know it may, in fact, cease to exist and there'll be a new unit, essentially, within microsoft? one would think, if all these reports hold true and all those hundreds of employees — i think it was up to over 700 last time i checked — go to microsoft, then yes, that might be true. but i want to really be clear here — everything is still in flux. you have the ceo of microsoft doing multiple media interviews just this evening saying he'd be ok with sam altman going back to ownope and

not technically being employed by microsoft. what happens now is still just completely unwritten. is stilljust completely unwritten.— is stilljust completely unwritten. �* , , unwritten. and the employees have called — unwritten. and the employees have called for— unwritten. and the employees have called for the _ unwritten. and the employees have called for the remaining l have called for the remaining three directors of openai to resign. how likely is that, given what you've been saying there about the concerns, the regulation?— there about the concerns, the regulation? honestly, it could ha en. regulation? honestly, it could happen- of— regulation? honestly, it could happen. of things _ regulation? honestly, it could happen. of things the - regulation? honestly, it could happen. of things the board l regulation? honestly, it could i happen. of things the board has said —— a couple of things the board has said — if they think the mission of openai has been lost — the board says the mission has always been responsible ai that helps humanity and isn'tjust responsible ai that helps humanity and isn't just for profit — if they can't succeed in their mission, they've said they're ok with destroying themselves. potentially, yeah, i could see them resigning. ok. we'll i could see them resigning. ok. wellwait— i could see them resigning. ok. we'll wait to — i could see them resigning. ok. we'll wait to see _ i could see them resigning. 0k. we'll wait to see what happens in the coming hours and days. ashley gold, tech reporter at axios, thanks indeed for joining us.

more than 200 people have been jailed for a total of more than 2,200 years, in one of the italy's biggest anti—mafia trials for years. the case was brought to target one of the world's most dangerous criminal organisations, the calabrian ndrangheta. sofia bettiza has more. this is the culmination of a huge trial, which lasted nearly three years, against the italian mafia group known as ndrangheta. now, over more than 200 people have been convicted after an italian court heard thousands of hours of testimonies, including from former mafia members. and the fact that informants decided to testify was crucial here. it is very rare for anybody to come forward because the ndrangheta is based on family ties and connections. now, the witnesses shed new light on how the ndrangheta operates, from using ambulances to transport drugs to hiding weapons in churches. and they also described the brutality of the ndrangheta. basically anybody who tried to oppose them was threatened and they would find dead puppies, goats or dolphin heads — dolphin heads — dumped on their doorstep.

now, the ndrangheta is based in southern italy and is made up of approximately 150 italian families and their associates. but this goes far beyond italy. the ndrangheta is now operating in more than a0 countries and they have become one of the most powerful criminal networks in the world. they are involved in all sorts of criminal activities and they dominate the cocaine trade here in europe. and so these convictions are a significant victory for anti—mafia prosecutors in italy and in the rest of europe. now, the ndrangheta is based in southern italy and is made up of approximately 150 italian families and their associates. but this goes far beyond italy. the ndrangheta is now operating in more than a0 countries and they have become one of the most powerful criminal networks in the world. they are involved in all sorts of criminal activities and they dominate the cocaine trade here in europe. and so these convictions are a significant victory for anti—mafia prosecutors

in italy and in the rest of europe. the singer shakira has settled a multimillion euro tax evasion case — agreeing to pay a fine of more than seven million euros to spanish authorities. the singer was about to go on trial in barcelona, charged with defrauding spain of more than 1a million euros in tax. prosecutors had wanted to jail herfor up to eight years if she'd been found guilty. our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe, gave us the details of the settlement. prosecutors in this case said that, during the period of 2012 to 2014, shakira had been spending enough time in spain for her to be a resident of the country. and that she was spending at least six months of each year here in spain — and therefore she should be liable to pay taxes on her earnings for that period. until now, shakira had insisted that was not the case — that during that period, she was travelling around the world performing and

recording. however, as the trial started, she admitted that she had, in fact, been a resident of spain and was, indeed, liable to pay taxes here for that period. and so the deal she reached with prosecutors was that she was given a three—year suspended jail sentence and she was also fined around 7 million euro — that's a bit more than $7 million. this meant that the trial goes no further, and also means that an array of witnesses who had been called to testify in this case would not have to do so. they had included hairdressers, stylists, and even a former zumba instructor of shakira, all of whom had been expected to testify. that won't happen. before we go, it was a busy day forjoe biden who turned 81 on monday. he celebrated by continuing a white house tradition that's a few years younger than him,

the 76th national thanksgiving turkey ceremony. i hereby pardon liberty and bell! cheering and applause two lucky birds received a presidential pardon ahead of thanksgiving on thursday. liberty and bell will retire to a university of minnesota farm in the twin cities with their new lease on life. and to continue the festivities, first ladyjill biden welcomed the 2023 national christmas tree to the white house. 'tis the season, nearly, indeed. i'm katrina perry in washington. do stay with us here in bbc news. take care. hello. the weather's fairly quiet at the moment — typical autumn weather, really. towards the end of the week, possibly a little dose of winter on the way. but let's concentrate on the here and now. so tuesday, a rather cloudy day across england and wales, but across scotland and northern ireland, i think some sunshine on the way. now, the satellite picture shows that we're sort of in between weather systems. we have got thicker

cloud on the way. that will be in place across the country on wednesday. but before that happens, this area of high pressure nosing across the country, and that means that the morning will have been sunny across scotland and northern ireland and also quite chilly, whereas we've got the thicker cloud across the bulk of england and wales, with temperatures between seven and ten celsius. so later on in the morning, i think it stays fairly cloudy across east anglia, parts of the midlands and the south. some showers too. you can see that breeze off the north sea. but sunshine developing across many parts of northern england and wales. the opposite is true across scotland and northern ireland. after that crisp, sunny start, thicker cloud moving in and perhaps some spots of rain.

and then take a look at wednesday — really thick cloud across the northern half of the uk, a stronger breeze and also some outbreaks of rain. but the temperatures will be a little bit higher. this is relatively mild atlantic air, so in some spots, up to about 14 degrees, for example, in belfast. and then thursday and into friday, we see some big changes going on in the air. this cold front is expected to sweep southwards across the uk, opening up the doors to stronger winds and colder air sweeping in from the northern climes, all the way from the norwegian sea. and, yes, that does mean that we'll see some wintry showers, particularly across the scottish hills. now, thursday isn't going to be too chilly. i think temperatures will quickly, later on in the day, drop in the north. but i think in the south, we're still talking about 13 or so. now, thursday isn't going to be too chilly. i think temperatures will quickly, later on in the day, drop in the north. but i think in the south, we're still talking about 13 or so. by friday, after the passage of that cold front, you can see a north—westerly or northerly wind, some wintry showers there across the scottish hills, but also a lot of crisp sunshine. and with that colder air, temperatures only around four degrees in the lowlands of scotland, maybe about eight or nine in the south. bye— bye.

feeding frenzy in silicon valley. openai staff say they'll walk if bosses are not reinstated. plus, the young woman helping thousands

around the world access menstruation products. hello and welcome to asia business report. we begin with the chaos at openai where there is a growing rift between employees and the company's upper management. nearly all staff at the a! are threatening to walk if the company's former bosses are not reinstated. meanwhile, other tech industry giants seem to be trying to take advantage the growing discontent. cloud—based software firm salesforce as well as microsoft have said they'd be willing to employ openai's researchers. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the latest from new york. what began as the firing of openai ceo and co—founder sam altman on friday is now a stand—off between hundreds of open a! employees and the company board.

nearly all of their workers are threatening