how do you catch a missing monkey? thermal imaging cameras are rolled out on day two of the search for the escaped highland macaque. on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — it's a busy night in the premier league. we'll have the latest from nottingham forest where arsenal will be looking to cut liverpool's lead at the top of the table. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. power sharing in northern ireland could finally be up and running again by the end of this week after the main unionist party, the dup, backed a deal with the uk government on post—brexit trade agreements. there's been no government in northern ireland for two years now, after the dup walked out in protest — angry at amongst other things trade checks between northern ireland

and great britain. but now the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, says new legislation has been agreed with westminster, which would "remove checks on goods" and which he says would mean an end to northern ireland "blindly following eu laws." with no stormont executive in place for 727 days now, there've been no pay rises for almost all of northern ireland's 226,000 public sector workers. there've been no ministers at stormont to negotiate pay deals. waiting lists have soared in that time too — with more than 210,000 patients, out of nearly two million people in northern ireland, have been waiting more than a year to see a consultant, partly because without stormont health care budgets couldn't be secured. 0ur ireland correspondent sara girvin is at stormont. a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie _ a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie and _ a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie and a _ a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie and a big - a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie and a big night i a big moment sarah? it is is a big moment sophie and a big night as well, one of high stakes and drama for the dup. a five hour meeting that was supposed to be private ended up being live posted on social media. we understand that the dup

member responsible for leaking that material wore a wire to allow them to do so, but despite all the leak, all the tweets, the protest, at 1.00 this morning the leader of the dup sirjeffrey donaldson announced he is now preparing to bring his party back here to stormont, to restore power—sharing after a boycott of two across night people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two—years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay, unions hope that increases will now be a priority. hope that increases will now be a riori . , , ., ., hope that increases will now be a riori . , , ., , priority. our members have a sense of ho -e priority. our members have a sense of hepe but — priority. our members have a sense of hepe but they _ priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are _ priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. | of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers haven't had a pay increase for three year, they have waited long enough. they have watched

teachers wages grow far ahead oaf wages in northern ireland. that is one priority. wages in northern ireland. that is one priority-— one priority. parents hope that financial hope _ one priority. parents hope that financial hope with _ one priority. parents hope that financial hope with childcare i financial hope with childcare available in other parts of the uk will now be signed off.— will now be signed off. families here have _ will now be signed off. families here have been _ will now be signed off. families here have been watching - will now be signed off. families - here have been watching developments elsewhere in the uk, in england we have seen record investment in childcare and the ex the unshfr to 30 hour scheme, childcare and the ex the unshfr to 30 hourscheme, it childcare and the ex the unshfr to 30 hour scheme, it is considerably more than families can access in northern ireland. the dup walked out of power—sharing in 2022 in protest at trading arrangements brought in after brexit. the party says those arrangements saw northern ireland treated differently from the rest of the uk. it has been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove economic barriers but the dup leader says enough progress has been made. i believe that what we have delivered is significant, and on the basis that the government continues to deliver, then we will be in a position to convene a meeting of the

assembly and proceed with the restoration of the political institutions. the uk government will publish the details of the deal tomorrow, and is expected to bring legislation by thursday. the secretary of state for northern ireland says he hopes to finalise the deal soon. i northern ireland says he hopes to finalise the deal soon.— finalise the deal soon. i believe that all the _ finalise the deal soon. i believe that all the conditions - finalise the deal soon. i believe that all the conditions are - finalise the deal soon. i believe that all the conditions are nowl finalise the deal soon. i believe. that all the conditions are now in place for the assembly to return, and i look forward very much to the restoration of the institutions at stormont as soon as possible. the assembly may be recalled as early as friday or saturday, but whenever the power—sharing institutions return they will do so with a nationalist first minister in the shape of michelle 0'neill. it will be the first time in northern ireland's existence that the top job will be held by a leader who wants a united ireland i will be held by a leader who wants a united irelan— will be held by a leader who wants a united ireian— united ireland i am glad we are caettin to united ireland i am glad we are getting to a _ united ireland i am glad we are getting to a juncture _ united ireland i am glad we are getting to a juncture where - getting to a juncture where power—sharing maybe possible again, i believe in power—sharing and i believe in life you get much more

done when you work together as opposed to working apart. shifter done when you work together as opposed to working apart. after two ears of opposed to working apart. after two years of uncertainty, _ opposed to working apart. after two years of uncertainty, frustration - years of uncertainty, frustration and division, it looks like the stormont stalemate will soon be at an end but it is not done yet, so people in northern ireland must do what they have done for nearly two years. wait. let's speak to our political editor, chris mason, who's in westminster. what's changed 7 the key thing to emfay sills tonight, is we don't know, because the new plan has not yet been published. plenty of key figures have seen it, so we have been able to glean some of the details but we won't get the precise details until it is published here at westminster tomorrow. now all of this relates to two of the most complex and contentious elements of contemporary politics, northern ireland and its painstaking path to peace and the uk's departure from the european union, and right at the heart of both things are borders, they are

important, their symbolism, their important, their symbolism, their import in a part of europe where people feel the importance of them to a far greater extent than perhaps in many other places, so what of that detail? we know that the democratic unionist party for the last couple of years have not liked the brexit deal, even the revised deal known as the windsor framework of a year ago, but most of them now do, so, we understand that trade between england, scotland and wales and northern ireland will be easier, there might be an east—west council to emphasise the connections between the different parts of the uk, and in addition to that, the northern ireland will be able to take part and benefit from free trade agreements that the uk strikes abroad. but we await the detail tomorrow and then the expected passage of the law on thursday, there will be a debate here in the commons as well we expect tomorrow, and then on friday, that big moment,

perhaps friday, perhaps a few days later who know, as soon as friday the restoration of devolution, that is hugely important, and a sinn fein first minister, chris mason in rail passengers are facing more disruption this week, as drivers walk out again in their long running dispute over pay. today is the first in a series of strike days, with members of the aslef union walking out at six train companies, mostly across the south of england. other areas will be impacted on different days, until next monday. here's our transport correspondent, katy austin. here we go again. more strike, more picket lines, this was london waterloo this morning. strikes tomorrow, friday, saturday, and next monday will affect different train companies each day, they will run few or no services. i companies each day, they will run few or no services.— companies each day, they will run few or no services. i am a student so i few or no services. i am a student so i have — few or no services. i am a student so i have to _ few or no services. i am a student so i have to get — few or no services. i am a student so i have to get into _ few or no services. i am a student so i have to get into campus - few or no services. i am a student so i have to get into campus and i few or no services. i am a student. so i have to get into campus and it, i mean we have to to not come in,

sometimes you mislectures. there i think it is affecting the wrong pe0pie. — think it is affecting the wrong pe0pie. i_ think it is affecting the wrong people, i needs to affect the people upstairs— people, i needs to affect the people upstairs not us. it people, i needs to affect the people upstairs not us— upstairs not us. it seems to be a permanent _ upstairs not us. it seems to be a permanent state _ upstairs not us. it seems to be a permanent state of _ upstairs not us. it seems to be a permanent state of affairs - upstairs not us. it seems to be a permanent state of affairs and l permanent state of affairs and something you have to get used to. the rmt agreed a deal to end walk outs for o now but after 18 months aslef�*s dispute rumbles on. most are on contracts where the government has a lot of control. the operators group has done negotiating with the unions but ministers have sign off on what is on the table. aslef ejected the latest offer in april last year, it has involved two 4% pay rises conditions to ways of working and the employers and ministers say are necessary because they argue the industry's finances are unsustainable. they say that deal would take average driver pay to £65,000, and the union should let members vote. the to £65,000, and the union should let members vote-— members vote. the finances the railway still _ members vote. the finances the railway still haven't _ members vote. the finances the railway still haven't got - members vote. the finances the railway still haven't got back - members vote. the finances the railway still haven't got back to l

railway still haven't got back to where they were before the pandemic, taxpayers are putting an extra £54 million a week into the railway network we want to give our colleagues a pay rise but it has to be sustainable. but colleagues a pay rise but it has to be sustainable.— colleagues a pay rise but it has to be sustainable. but aslef say that was unacceptable. _ be sustainable. but aslef say that was unacceptable. there - be sustainable. but aslef say that was unacceptable. there haven'tl be sustainable. but aslef say that - was unacceptable. there haven't been official negotiation since last april. official negotiation since last aril. ~ ., official negotiation since last aril. ~ . ., ., official negotiation since last aril.~ . ., ., april. we have had no contact with the transport _ april. we have had no contact with the transport minister _ april. we have had no contact with the transport minister for - april. we have had no contact with the transport minister for 14 - april. we have had no contact with i the transport minister for 14 month, we have had no contact with the rail minister for we have had no contact with the rail ministerfor 13 month, we haven't seen the employer since we rejected the deal. aha, seen the employer since we re'ected the deal. �* ., seen the employer since we re'ected the deal. �* . ., , ., the deal. a new law means train companies _ the deal. a new law means train companies can _ the deal. a new law means train companies can now _ the deal. a new law means train companies can now require - the deal. a new law means train i companies can now require enough staff to work on strike days to provide 40% of usual service, the prime minister says they should do it, but none are this time round. industry sources say it would be challenging to put in place. if operators do it in the future, aslef says it would respond by putting on more strikes. katie a man has been shot dead by police in south london after reports he was armed with a crossbow

and trying to force his way inside a home. the met police said armed officers were called to the house in southwark, just before 5am. the man, in his 30s, was allegedly threatening people inside. the independent office for police conduct has launched an investigation. prices in shops across britain are rising at their slowest rate since may last year — partly because of heavy discounting in the january sales. the british retail consortium also says the rise in food prices has slowed as well compared to december, with the cost of butter, tea and milk falling. 0ur cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, has been finding out what all of this means for our shopping baskets. after a couple of years of being battered by price increases, chinks of light are starting to emerge. i can buy more tea bags now. you know, it'sjust sort of, you just buy one great big box whenever. but now we can buy more, and toilet rolls, well, with a family like mine, you go through no end of them.

butter, milk, tea bags and toilet roll are falling in price. but overall, costs are still on the up. £4—odd, £5 for a small chicken. never like that years ago. bacon — everything it's gone sky high, you know? i mean, you've got to be loaded to eat. 0h, butter. oh, god, don't even go there. my daughter likes lurpak. and i say to her, you're buying your own lurpak, there's no way i'm about to pay six quid for a tub of lurpak. the price of milk and butter has actually been falling. they both peaked at the same time in march last year. butter was around £2.36 for an average price. that's now fallen to closer to £2. milk peaked at £1.70. that's fallen to closer to £1.50. i mean, it's still expensive, but it's a relief for shoppers when basic goods begin to move in the right direction. that's because farm costs like feed and fertiliser were really high last year, but they are starting to fall.

farmers are now getting around £20 less for each litre of milk their cows make compared to last summer. where the price is now, we're probablyjust about breaking even. we were fortunate earlier in the year, we were getting a higher price and that's left us enough money to tide us over. and the uk's biggest butter manufacturer told me recently their costs are still high, so they've cut pack sizes, instead. we've made packaging changes so consumers can still continue to taste the brands that they love, but maybe in smaller pack sizes with a reduced cost. and we're spreading the budget more thinly with as many as 86 million more packed lunches eaten in work last year. imported food may go up over the coming months thanks to new brexit rules and shipping problems in the red sea. but the hope for shoppers is that price cuts in everyday items will continue. colletta smith, bbc news in salford.

the inquiry has been ordered by an attorney general. the students barnaby webber and grace 0'malley kumar, were both fatally stabbed on the 13th ofjune along with 65—year—old school caretaker covid on their killer was given a hospital order after admitting manslaughter on diminished responsibility grounds and our legal expertjoins us now and our legal expertjoins us now and can explain more. this and our legal expertjoins us now and can explain more.— and can explain more. this is a re and can explain more. this is a pretty unusual _ and can explain more. this is a pretty unusual review. - and can explain more. this is a pretty unusual review. not i pretty unusual review. not impossible. but very seldom as it carried out where inspectors are asked to look at the specific decision—making in a specific case. there will be two key questions, first, how did the cps the decision to drop the murder charge after

reports came in that he was so mentally unwell that he was not in control of his actions on the day and how was this communicated with the families concerned? how were they consulted. that's an important part of the case because there are effectively codes of practice about trying to keep victims informed as they go along. the key thing in this is the issue of the medical evidence and in court last week that was described as overwhelming and so the cps felt it had no choice but to allow the murder charge to go away. in effect the review cannot change that. you cannot effectively have a retrial without significant new evidence but what it may do is answer some of the questions that the families now have about what happened to leave them in a situation where they have, in many respect, lost trust in justice. the time is 6.15pm. our top story this evening. after two years of stalemate, a power sharing government looks likely to return to northern ireland. and still to come how the cast of les miserables helped the actor return to the spotlight after having

a stroke in his 30s. 0n sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, marcus rashford is available for manchester united again after an internal disciplinary matter. but after being dropped twice the season, where does his long—term future lay? have entered a hospital in the west bank and assassinated three palestinian men who were all members of armed groups. this included a member of hamas who are designated a terror organisation by the uk government. one of the men killed in the hosptial injenin was a patient receiving treatment. cctv footage shows an undercover unit in the hospital. the israeli miltary says the men were hiding there and claimed one was about to carry out an attack. 0ur middle east correspondent,

lucy williamson, reports. a building with a mission to heal the sick. visitors with a mission to kill. israeli forces, in headscarves and medical coats filmed on security camera, at the heart ofjenin's iba sina hospital. guns in one hand, handbag, baby cot in the other. here to assassinate a patient and his two companions, fighters with armed palestinian groups. translation: at dawn today, | a military operation was carried out inside the hospital. three people were martyred, including a patient who was injured a month ago and was being treated in the rehabilitation unit. they targeted his room, and all the occupants were killed. 0n the third floor, they killed basel ghazawi in his bed as he slept, his brother mohammed shot in a chair. both fighters in jenin's resistance groups. a third man, mohammad jalamana, was a key hamas figure,

wanted by israel, who says he was armed with this gun, and hiding in the hospital, and that the group had been planning an imminent terrorist attack. israel has also targeted hospitals in its war with hamas in gaza, arguing that hamas makes them legitimate targets by hiding there. and today, more detail from israel's government on its accusation that the un's palestinian refugee agency is a front for hamas, and that some of its staff took part in the 7th october attacks. six unrwa employees infiltrated israel in the attack. not only does the evidence show that unrwa staff were involved in the massacre, they were also directly implicated in holding hostages once they were in gaza. israel says the agency, its shelters, schools and food aid should be defunded. aid workers say gaza's

humanitarian crisis is already slipping out of control. miriam and her seven children are living without a proper tent or food on a beach at the southern tip of gaza. a roadside cart for sweets now beach side housing for a baby. adults and infants alike, dependent on others for food and shelter, dependent on others to stop the war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. satellite images from the gaza strip suggest that more than half of its buildings have been destroyed or damaged since the beginning of israel's offensive. caroline hawley has been looking at the extent of the destruction. for weeks, aid agencies have been warning of the huge scale of suffering and destruction in the gaza strip, but no journalists have been allowed in independently. now bbc verify, working with academics who've used satellite radar mapping analysis, can show the extent

of israel's military strikes. the un says a ceasefire is desperately needed. these maps showing how the damage has built up since the start of the israeli response to the hamas attacks on october the seventh. israel has repeatedly said hamas embeds itself, deliberately, in civilian areas. now, the analysis shows between 50% and 61% of buildings are either badly damaged or destroyed. israel initially told civilians to move south for their safety, but this is the southern city of khan younis, which has also now been badly hit. here before the israeli air strikes and now afterwards. and you can see a dramatic change to the city landscape. more than 38,000 buildings have been destroyed here alone. now, drone footage shows whole residential areas, once bustling streets now in ruins. and this was israel blowing up a whole university in what appears to be a controlled explosion earlier this month.

the extent and pace of damage is remarkable. i've never seen this much damage appear so quickly, satellite radar indicated damage appeared so quickly. and in that sense, it really stands out. we've also been looking at satellite imagery illustrating the extent that farmland shown in these squares has been effectively laid waste. the idf told us they found hamas tunnel entrances and rocket launch sites in various agricultural areas. but there have been allegations of deliberate destruction and of course it's caused massive displacement for civilians. this was an area near the egyptian border in october. and this more recently, tents and temporary structures now covering three and a half square kilometres. a sprawling new city of hunger and despair. caroline hawley reporting. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been sentenced to ten years in prison, after being accused

of leaking state secrets. his party has called it a mockery. imran khan is already serving a three—year term, after being convicted of corruption. it comes the week before general elections in which he is barred from standing. jurors in the trial of constance marten and mark gordon have for the first time seen images of their baby victoria, whose body was later found in a shed. the parents are accused of the manslaughter of the baby through gross negligence — a charge they deny. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is outside the old bailey. yes, the trial of constance marten and mark gordon has been going on forfour days on thejury and mark gordon has been going on for four days on the jury have heard how baby victoria was found dead in a bag for life in a shared in brighton last march and today, for the first time, the jury showed pictures of victoria on a cctv camera and constance marten can be seen adjusting the position of the baby under her coat and the code

comes open and you can see baby victoria in her baby grow, very much alive but not wearing a hat or gloves or code, and later some cctv from a restaurant shows constance marten putting baby victoria into a buggy which has been bought by mark gordon from argos. the jury heard two days before that, the couple's car caught fire on the a61 near manchester and they spent more than £600 on taxis london via liverpool and essex and one of the taxi driver said when he saw the baby it was only wearing a nappy and no clothes, so it was wrapped in a blanket. after that the couple were, according to the prosecution, camping in freezing temperatures on the south downs and the prosecution say they were trying to avoid the authorities knowing about baby victoria because their previous four children had all been taken into care. hsbc has been fined nearly £57.5 million by the bank of england for "serious failings"

over its measures to protect customers' money. the problems occurred between 2015 and 2022. hsbc said it was pleased to have resolved the "historic matter". it's the second highest penalty ever imposed by the financial watchdog. the international monetary fund has warned the chancellor, jeremy hunt, against announcing more tax cuts. it says money will be needed to invest in key services like the nhs, education and social care. the warnings comes as the imf�*s latest forecast points to slower than expected growth over the next two years. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, joins me now. what will the chancellor think of that? ,, ., ., ., . what will the chancellor think of that? ., ., . ., that? some unwanted advice for the chancellor from _ that? some unwanted advice for the chancellor from the _ that? some unwanted advice for the chancellor from the international i chancellor from the international body charged with seeking out financial danger. we are used to the odd dustup between the imf on the uk government but what is interesting is the timing and the context that we are in the run—up to the budget on march the 6th and today the

chancellor received from his own watchdog, the office for budget responsibility the raw numbers, the draft forecast and what the chancellor would be calculating from thatis chancellor would be calculating from that is his room for manoeuvre while sticking to a meeting of meeting his self—imposed limits were burrowing so the pressure from his backbenchers on the hints he is given is that much of that, maybe ten or 20 billion per year could be used for tax cuts in this election year, but the message from the imf is, hang on a minute, the basis of those calculations is an assumption about spending after the election and spending contracting quite a lot in a way that the imf thinks is not feasible or realistic and in fact they assume it does not happen and spending stays the same and then the question is, how much room for manoeuvre is there. and an unwanted intervention from the imf that sets the guide rail to the budget and perhaps the general election two. an actor in les miserables

in london's west end is back on stage after having a stroke at the age ofjust 38. adam pearce thought his days in the show were over. but the cast and his friends rallied together, raising more than £50,000 for his treatment. and now — a year later — he's back in the spotlight. our culture correspodent, charlotte gallagher, reports. # do you hear the people sing... les mis is one of the most famous musicals in the world. and adam pearce is returning to the show, just over a year since he had a stroke after coming off stage in another production. i started taking my costume off and hanging it back on the rail, and as i was going to put my trousers on to the rail i was telling my arm to do it, and it was going in slow motion, so it was terrifying. after coming out of hospital, adam had months of physio and rehab to learn how to walk again. a big goalfor me was walking my son to school.

to now be back doing eight shows a week, and costume changes and wig changes, and quickly getting up stairs to go on stage and coming off, it's incredible. i'm having a ball. # i had a dream my life would be... starring in a west end show is physically and mentally demanding. the producers of les mis adapted the musicalfor adam. we have a rake in the stage, which is the incline at the front of the stage, and adam said "there's no way i can sort of turn both ways, so i'm going to have to walk backwards on to that rake," so we adapted the role to suit him. adam, he's quite slow for getting changed, so we split all of his trouser legs at the side, with poppers, so he can get them on over his boots, so he doesn't have to change them, and then when they're on, a dresser snaps them up. ijust can't believe that i'm

here, if i'm honest. this time last year i wouldn't have expected it. i'm feeling very proud of myself. applause after a sold out show, it's time for adam's curtain call — a standing ovation, of course. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. how do you find a missing monkey? in the cairngorns, they're using thermal imaging to try to locate a japanese macaque that escaped from the highland wildlife park over the weekend. the monkey has been on the loose for three days now. will it be found? iain macinnes has more. after another cold night under clear skies, there's a fresh buzz in the air today. there's also hope on this third day of searches for the missing monkey. there's been a sighting of the monkey near the entrance to the park than it was yesterday. so the local mountain rescue team are just getting their drone up to see what they can see.

the monkey was last caught on camera on sunday morning in a local garden, but today the thermal imaging drone identifies a new hotspot. the team are hopeful it could be the missing macaque. let's see what he does. he's not in the best position for data. he's under some really thick, heavy cover. the sighting is checked out, but this time, sadly, it's a false alarm. whistle from the high tech solutions to something a little simpler. we were hoping that in getting it close enough, it would be able to hear the whistle. and because of all our training, they've got that strong association with the whistle. and they would know, it would know that it's feeding time and so then it would potentially hop back over and join its troop. but this afternoon, another sighting close to the park. and we managed to see him as well. so we spotted him as well. so you actually saw him? yes, idid. yeah. and what was he looking like? was he looking frightened? yeah, he wasjust hunkered down. he spotted me as well. and obviously, we need to make sort

of a plan of attack and i don't want to spook him. so we sort of left them to it. tonight, the monkey remains on the loose and another night beckons under the highland skies. iain macinnes, bbc news, kincraig. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. it's been quite a calm day, weather—wise and we have had sunshine across the northern half of the uk and it was a beautiful picture in porthmadog earlier as the sun was going down. across southern parts of the uk we will keep that settled spell into tomorrow, so generally dry, bright and breezy but not the same and we have some disruptive weather on the cards and things are taking —— turning increasingly wet and windy across northern parts of scotland. we have a storm on the way and it has been named by the norwegian meteorological service and is passing to the north of the uk but we have the tail end of it which has a sting, bringing strong winds. the winds are picking up across the north west and the cloud will move in and by the end of the night rain

heading in and widespread gales across northern and western scotland but further south got clearer spells and we will see temperatures down to freezing or below in some parts of england and wales, so a chilly and bright start in the south, variable cloud but further north it's all about the front moving in that will bring heavy rain and gales as well and just look at the gusts that we could see 85 or 90 mph in the northern isles into the far north of mainland scotland as well, so could be some hail and thunder on the band of rain as it tracks southwards and gusts of 60 miles an hour in northern ireland so disruptive weather in the north with wind and rain but further south are different picture, sunny spells and most missing temperatures between eight and 10 degrees. the rain shifts gradually further south as we had through wednesday evening and overnight into thursday the frontal system is out of the way and it is high pressure that builds behind it, so we are in for a drier, quieter day by the time we get to thursday and still some rain in the north

west, sunny spells