6pm of the same day. -- around 4pm of the same day. —— pause. around 4pm of the same day. -- ause. ~ ~ around 4pm of the same day. -- ause. ~ k k, around 4pm of the same day. -- ause. ~ ; a, a, a, pause. much more to come on the programme. _ pause. much more to come on the programme, including... - (commotion). ..violence on the streets of dublin after three children were stabbed near a school earlier in the day. the world health organization has asked china for more information after clusters of pneumonia were reported in children in the north of the country. thousands of rats sweep through australian fishing towns with many believing the worst is yet to come. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.— singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, thank you for bein: it's newsday. hello, thank you for being with _ it's newsday. hello, thank you for being with us. _ the world is watching to see if the temporary ceasefire agreed between israel and hamas that's due to begin in a few hours' time will take effect as planned. there's been violence close to the deadline — hamas claims at least 27 people have been killed by an israeli

strike on a un—run school in northern gaza. israel hasn't commented. if the ceasefire does go to plan, the four—day pause in the fighting in gaza will begin on friday at 7:00 in the morning, local time. the first group of israeli hostages — 13 from a group of 50 — will be released a few hours after that. israel has confirmed it has a list of names and has been contacting the families. and in return, israel will release 39 palestinian prisoners with a commitment to free 150 if things go well. according to hamas, four trucks and 200 aid trucks will be allowed in to gaza. israel has been clear the truce

is not the end of its war against hamas, but clearly there are hopes the pause could be extended. orla guerin reports. singing. in tel aviv tonight, friends and campaigners coming together. there is hope here and there is caution. the first israeli hostages should be coming home tomorrow. 13 families should be reunited. but it's bittersweet. many hostages will remain in gaza. only 50 are due to be released during the ceasefire. sisters daphna and ella are not on the list for tomorrow, according to their mother. she tweeted tonight, "it's incredibly difficult. "i long for their return "but i am relieved for the other families". gil dikman says all the families will share thejoy when hostages come home. his cousin carmel is being held. she's 39 and loves to travel.

her sister—in—law is also trapped in gaza. even if our hostages are not released in the next few days, the fact that there will be hostages released, pictures of children and mothers coming back, that's very, very strong and i think people are going to feel as if it's their own children. in gaza, one more day of death and wrenching loss. this is rafah, in the far south, where israeli air strikes flattened a neighbourhood. this boy says, "they brought the building down on top of us". he's asked if he was at home. "yes," he says. "i put my hands over my head

and fell to the floor." if hamas was the target here, civilians seem to have paid. israel says it has been striking hamas wherever it's hiding. hamas says the truce will be temporary and its fingers will remain on the trigger. gunshots. many palestinians are hoping that at least for the coming four days, israel's crushing assault on gaza will be on pause. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. for more on the hostage deal and future of israel's military operation sumi somaskanda has been speaking to solheim ridge. a spokesperson for benjamin

netanyahu. we know that negotiations leading up to this hostage release have been fraught. what can you tell us about how the next 24—48 hours will proceed? about how the next 24-48 hours will proceed?— will proceed? thank you for havin: will proceed? thank you for having me. _ will proceed? thank you for having me. i— will proceed? thank you for having me, i can _ will proceed? thank you for having me, i can confirm i will proceed? thank you for i having me, i can confirm that at this point we have received the list of the hostages as part of the first batch or supposed to be released tomorrow, hopefully. as you know, there are no guarantees here. we are dealing with a britell terrorist organisation and the only reason as to why they have not released hostages is because you have exerted heavy military pressure and diplomatic pressure behind the scenes —— brutal. we're not making the list public at this point and i'm sure you can understand why, being part the media, but we have notified these families as well as the families of other hostages, 240 families, who have been going through a torture of mind and soulfor 50 days now, dying worrying about the fate of their loved ones and we are committed to them. we are in this with them in the pain and

with this bittersweet moment, we are a nation that is committed to leaving nobody behind and we will continue to work tirelessly towards this goal of bringing all of our sons and daughters back home, back to israel inaudible with theirfamilies. back to israel inaudible with their families.— back to israel inaudible with their families. does that mean israel would _ their families. does that mean israel would consider - their families. does that mean | israel would consider extending this truth for the release of the hostages?— this truth for the release of the hostages? indeed. we said so. first the hostages? indeed. we said s0- first and — the hostages? indeed. we said so. first and foremost - the hostages? indeed. we said so. first and foremost from - the hostages? indeed. we said| so. first and foremost from the very outset of this will be said the only scenario in which we would agree to cease fire, to a pause in the fighting, is a scenario which involves the release of hostages and based on this outline which we have agreed upon, for every extra ten hostages that hum us would agree to release, we will give them another pause, another day of pause in the fighting. right. of pause in the fighting. richt. ~ ., , of pause in the fighting. richt.~ ., of pause in the fighting. richt. ., right. we hope that once we have his mechanism - right. we hope that once we have his mechanism in - right. we hope that once we have his mechanism in place| right. we hope that once we i have his mechanism in place it leads to the release of more hostages. i leads to the release of more hostages-— leads to the release of more hostaues. ., ., i. ., hostages. i would ask you about the government _ hostages. i would ask you about the government being _ hostages. i would ask you about the government being with - hostages. i would ask you about the government being with the i the government being with the families of the hostages. the bbc have spoken to various

family members who have told us they are really not happy with they are really not happy with the complete lack of communication from the israeli government. why has it been that way? it government. why has it been that way?— government. why has it been that way? it depends who are ou that way? it depends who are you talking — that way? it depends who are you talking to. _ that way? it depends who are you talking to. i _ that way? it depends who are you talking to. i can - that way? it depends who are you talking to. i can totally i you talking to. i can totally understand why some families, and many people in israel would want to receive more answers. right now after the october seven mazzagatti, and there will be time for that. we assure them and we are sure you but right now, we are committed and united in our resolve ——october seven massacre. determined to —— achieve these two goals for the operation, dismantle hamas and bring back the hostages. i'm sure regarding this deal by the way if you talk to families you will hear various opinions right now, as we have in the country, but the deal that israeli government has agreed upon, we took a very brave decision as you can imagine, it really reflects the public consensus in israel because we want to see our sons and daughters back home. i want to see our sons and daughters back home. i want to

ask ou, daughters back home. i want to ask you. the — daughters back home. i want to ask you, the times _ daughters back home. i want to ask you, the times of _ daughters back home. i want to ask you, the times of his - daughters back home. i want to ask you, the times of his role . ask you, the times of his role has been reporting the defence minister uv galante has said short troops there will be at least two more months of intense fighting. is that true? this is what he said and we said it, we define a very clearly that the current falls in the fighting to facilitate the release of hostages is only temporary and we determine as i say to achieve the other goal of this operation as well which is the dismantlement of the terrorist regime, we will no longer tolerate life next a terrorist enclave and it's a decision that not only the government took but i can tell you are someone who also speaks to many israelis, it's a decision that our nation has taken. ., ., . taken. that was the spokesperson - taken. that was the spokesperson for i taken. that was the - spokesperson for israeli taken. that was the _ spokesperson for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the war in gaza has also triggered a flare—up along israel's border with lebanon. tens of thousands of people on either side have been forced to leave their homes. israel has

been accused of wilfully targeting fleeing lebanese civilians, including a family who were hit in an air strike earlier this month. israel says it is investigating the incident. we are davis has more. doing thejob incident. we are davis has more. doing the job along incident. we are davis has more. doing thejob along one of the most dangerous frontiers in the world, almost every day since hezbollah and is rubbing and fighting, volunteers have beds towards the aftermath of air strikes and missile attacks. this is the strike on attacks. this is the strike on a family home, it happened about 40 minutes ago. what we know is there was a mother, father and several children and members of the family have been injured and taken to hospital and this is a lebanese family in a housejust and this is a lebanese family in a house just across the border from in a house just across the borderfrom israel. israeli houses there in the distance. we later learned that an elderly woman was killed in the

attack, a young girl with serious abdominal wounds among the injured. the local civil defence chief says civilians have increasingly become victims of this war. for us, the biggest _ victims of this war. for us, the biggest concern - victims of this war. for us, the biggest concern is - victims of this war. for us, | the biggest concern is about the biggest concern is about the civilians. we have to save them every time. it’s them every time. it's dangerous. - them every time. it's dangerous. yes, - them every time. it's dangerous. yes, it'sl them every time. it's _ dangerous. yes, it's dangerous. yes, we dangerous. yes, it's dangerous. yes. we know- _ dangerous. yes, it's dangerous. yes, we know. but _ dangerous. yes, it's dangerous. yes, we know. but living - dangerous. yes, it's dangerous. yes, we know. but living in - yes, we know. but living in lebanon is dangerous. b5 yes, we know. but living in lebanon is dangerous. as we film, lebanon is dangerous. as we film. and _ lebanon is dangerous. as we film, and israeli _ lebanon is dangerous. as we film, and israeli groan - lebanon is dangerous. as we | film, and israeli groan cruised the skies above. over lebanese territory, where the powerful islamist hezbollah organisation is dominant and from where it fires rockets into israel. the drones are used by israel to strike what it says our hezbollah positions. the united nations, which patrols the fragile blue line between israel and lebanon, says that over seven weeks, the conflict he has escalated almost daily. difficult to say because the shelling has been intense, there's thousands of rockets and exchanges of fire on a

regular basis, so when you have such an intensity of the conflict in a very localised area where people are living, of course there are is the risk of course there are is the risk of hitting and killing civilians.— of hitting and killing civilians. , _ civilians. this family, buying su - lies civilians. this family, buying sunplies for _ civilians. this family, buying supplies for their _ civilians. this family, buying supplies for theirjourney . civilians. this family, buying supplies for theirjourney to | supplies for their journey to beirut earlier this month, knew it was too dangerous to remain near the border. minutes later, their car was hit by a strike from an israeli groan. three little girls killed in the back, grandmother in the front —— drone. she was also killed. somehow the mother sitting on the driving seat was able to be dragged to safety by her uncle. the organisation human rights watch said what happened here could amount to a war crime. the family's uncle rejects israel's explanation that it struck a suspicious vehicle containing several terrorists. israel also says it is investigating claims there may

have been civilians in the car. translation: j have been civilians in the car. translation:— translation: i will always remember _ translation: i will always remember her _ translation: i will always remember her screams - translation: i will always remember her screams and j translation: | will always - remember her screams and cries. she was telling me, "get my kids out of the car. "get my kids out of the car. "get my kids out of the car. "get my kids out of the car." she repeated this over and over, until i dragged her out. 14—year—old rima, who was 12, and ten—year—old leanne only came back to the border to pick up came back to the border to pick up their schoolbooks, says samir. school years they will never complete. very davis, southern lebanon. to india, where rescue efforts to retrieve 4i where rescue efforts to retrieve 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel were paused overnight. the workers have spent 12 days underground. engineers have now managed to reach them to deliver food, water, air and electricity and late on wednesday, though, the operation slowed after drilling

machine encountered a steel structure that it could not come through. the men appeared to be in good health and ambulances in specially fitted structures are standing by in preparation for their rescue. samir hussein is at the scene with the latest. in the last 24 hours, rescue workers here have made very little progress. now, just behind me, you can see the mouth of the tunnel. that is where all of the rescue operations are taking place, and what they're trying to do is to drill a hole through the rubble and debris where the men are trapped behind. but each time they get closer, they hit other rocks, debris. and now they're hitting metal, which damages the drilling machine, so it forces rescue operators to bring new machinery up into this area. and the longer that this rescue operation takes, the longer that those 41 construction workers remain. now, we did see some video of them earlier this week.

it was the first video released of the construction workers that have been trapped since last sunday. and they appeared in the video wearing hard hats, some with high—vis vests, and they were saying that they are in good health. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. household energy prices in the uk will rise injanuary, putting more financial pressure on bill payers at the coldest time of year. energy regulator ofgem said the typical annual household bill would go up by 94 pounds or 5%. it said it was the result of higher wholesale costs faced by suppliers. the car manufacturer nissan is expected to announce on friday that the electric versions of the qashqai and thejuke are to be made at their sunderland plant

in north east england. the plant currently employs around 6,000 staff to build petrol versions of the two cars, as well as the electric leaf. british families will be £1,900 poorer at the end of this parliament compared with the beginning, according to the think tank, the resolution foundation. it said this government would set a grim new record for living standards going down. but chancellorjeremy hunt said the tax cuts announced in the autumn statement would put more money in people's pockets. you're live with bbc news. there have been functions in dublin with protesters never seen over multiple stabbings for the police condemned what they called a lunatic fashion driven by far right ideology. a woman and three young children were hurt in the knife attack. a man who was arrested is being treated for serious injuries. sara girvin reports. tonight, dublin has

been witness to violent classes between rioters and police. vehicles have been set alight, smoke seen rising from the city. this afternoon, three young children were attacked outside their school. two of them and a woman remain in hospital. eyewitnesses said bystanders wrestled a man with a knife to the ground. i looked across the road and i seen a man in a stabbing motion with a load of children, so i flew across the road and the man was after stabbing two children as far as i could make out. we got the children up to the left with the women that were there and the teachers, i presume. the man, in his 40s, is being described as a person of interest. irish police say they are not looking for anyone else. what happened here has led to hours of intense violence. cars on fire, shops

broken into and fireworks thrown at police. the garda commissioner said people involved should go home and let police do theirjob. i think it's disgraceful scenes in terms of major investigation, the maintenance of a scene, the gathering of evidence. and we have a complete lunatic hooligan faction driven by far right ideology, and also then this disruptive tendency here and engaged then in serious violence. riot police have been at this scene for hours now and we've watched as at least one officer was injured. he was led away by his colleagues just behind me here. there were then several loud bangs. we watched as this smoke billowed up over dublin city centre. the irish prime minister says extra policing resources have been made.

with the clashes still ongoing, work to contain these violent scenes will continue into the night. sara girvin, bbc news. staying in the uk, metropolitan police officers have seized a record 150,000 tablets of the synthetic opioid nitazene. it says the tablets were found in a makeshift factory and were probably being sold on the dark web. nitazine emerged as a problem in the uk earlier this year. the drug was first developed in the 1950s as a pain—killing medication but are so potent and addictive they have never been approved for medical or therapeutic use. 11 people have been charged. as we reported, the world health organization has asked china for more information over reports of hospitals being overwhelmed with children suffering from flulike illnesses. the request was made after an alert was issued through promed — a global surveillance database which monitors disease outbreaks, warning of an epidemic of undiagnosed

pneumonia in young people. dr amish adalja is an associate editor of the journal health security. anytime there is a cluster of unexplained respiratory illness, that should be something that is concerning. until we think about what is behind it. however, early indications are this is not something that is novel or new. but many of the usual types of respiratory pathogens all circulating and all attacking a lot of people at once. it is important anytime we see this type of cluster that we really run it down and figure out what is behind it to make sure it is not something. it is behind it to make sure it is not something.— not something. it is not unusual— not something. it is not unusual for _ not something. it is not unusual for the - not something. it is not unusual for the who i not something. it is not unusual for the who to | not something. it is not - unusual for the who to request further information from countries about outbreaks of disease. it is rather unusual for them to announce that they have done so. are they trying to get out of this, given the criticism of china being slow

to report the covid—i9 virus? it is probably the fact both the who has had a loss of confidence and the cluster happening in china for that we are seeing the who being aggressive and very transparent about what information is there are to characterise this outbreak and the fact that it is happening in china, less notorious for lack of transparency. the lack of transparency. the lack of transparency. during covid and the sars outbreak is all playing into this. it is important that it is considered a norm that you have an outbreak in your country that you are very transparent very quickly to put the world at ease and make sure everybody is comfortable of what is going on in your ability to handle it. an infectious disease outbreak is different than any other kind of it happening in the country because of its spread outside the country because we want countries to be transparent and it is good the who is being forthright and forceful with china because what we don't want is a lack of transparency that can lead to conspiracy theories as well as

more loss of confidence and distrust amongst countries it is essential to health security. is essential to health security-— is essential to health security. is essential to health securi . ., security. indeed. can you tell us more _ security. indeed. can you tell us more about _ security. indeed. can you tell us more about this _ security. indeed. can you tell us more about this system i security. indeed. can you tell. us more about this system that first flagged these illnesses? it is not something very high—tech. it is basically an e—mail listo were doctors and under individuals involved in infectious diseases e—mail each other and reported by these outbreaks might be happening in the country or home town and people discussing for that not something very fancy or sophisticated. it is what gave us warning of the first sars outbreak in 2003 of the middle east respiratory outbreak in 2012. it does work even though it is low—tech. this is a critical form for infectious disease experts to exchange information because sometimes as we have seen official channels lack. they are not as transparent or open as individual clinicians, epidemiologists speaking with each other about what they are seeing. each other about what they are seeina. �* . each other about what they are seeina. �* , ., each other about what they are seeina. �*, ., ., ~ ., each other about what they are seeina. �*, ., .,~ ., seeing. let's now take a look at some other _ seeing. let's now take a look at some other stories - seeing. let's now take a look at some other stories in - seeing. let's now take a look at some other stories in the l at some other stories in the

global headlines. dutch political leaders are preparing for negotiations to form a coalition government, after the far—right freedom party pulled off a surprise election victory. no party won a majority, but the freedom party's controversial leader, kheert wilders, may now lead negotiations. his political agenda includes ending immigration and banning the quran. one of the rising stars of american politics, the new york city mayor, eric adams has been accused of sexual assault. a summons alleges that the plaintiff was assaulted in 1993 — while they both worked for the city. a spokesperson for mr adams said he "vigorously denies" the claims. in ecuador — 35—year—old, daniel noboa has been sworn in as president — becoming the country's youngest ever leader. at his inauguration, in the capital, quito, mr noboa promised to tackle the twin challenges of economic stagnation — and a surge in violent crime. if you're a bit squeamish,

it might be time to look away. rats in massive numbers have over run areas of the australian state of queensland. residents have been overwhelmed. a wet winter and a good harvest have created ideal conditions for the rodents to breed. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. the rats are everywhere. social media has been full of images like this one. tens of thousands of rats, both dead and alive, have swept up on beaches across queensland. now, as you can imagine, local media has been covering this. the abc here, they've posted a video where you can see those rats at this shoreline. now, in some cases, those dead rats have attracted flies and other insects. they've also been seen floating in the water. to give you an idea ofjust how big the rats can be, take a look at this image. you can see a hand and also the rat there. now, the rodents, they have been forced to move across the state in the search for food.

derek lord, he owns a vehicle hire company. he posted this video. he said it was terrifying how the rodents could destroy a vehicle overnight by getting at the wiring in an engine, so much so that he set up these homemade traps to try and catch the rodents. how many this morning? oh, another four. the area worst hit by the rat plague is here around the town of normanton and karumba, which is on the queensland coast, well—known for fishing and bird watching. so, why has there been a sudden surge in the rat population? well, experts say it's down to a combination of factors. first of all, the wet weather has meant there have been ideal conditions for breeding. add to that the fact that the rats reproduce quickly. there has also been a bumper harvest of food for the rats to eat. now, more wet weather is forecast for queensland, which has led some people to fear

that the worst is yet to come. and we could see many more rats in the area. if you do want to find out more about that story or anything else we have covered here on newsday, please check out our website. that is it for the programme, thank you so much for watching. hello. a change is taking place in our weather. thursday brought temperatures as high as 15 degrees in parts of the uk. i don't think we'll see 15 on friday. colder air has been pushing down from the north. a cold wind, some sunny spells, yes, but scattered showers, some of which will be wintry over high ground in the north. we've got high pressure to the west of us, low pressure to the east driving these strong northerly winds, bringing that cold air southwards — although, as you can see, we start the day with something a little bit milder

across parts of wales, southern and south—western england and the channel islands. colder further north, wintry showers for a time, even to quite low levels in northern scotland. i think the wintriness increasingly becoming confined to the hills. quite a few showers down the east coast of england, too. northern ireland, wales, the south—west starting cloudy, but brightening up as the day wears on. breezy for all, but windy for the east coast of england and most especially for north—east scotland. there'll be a significant wind chill through friday afternoon. so, these are the temperatures on the thermometer, but factor in the strength of the wind, it will feel like freezing across parts of north east scotland, particularly the northern isles. a little bit milder down towards the south—west corner. now, during friday night, winds will slowly ease. it does stay quite breezy for these eastern coasts with a few showers, but with high pressure building from the west, we'll see clearing skies, lighter winds and a really cold night. some places likely to get to —5 celsius as we start saturday morning. quite a widespread frost, but lots of sunshine to start the weekend. still some showers

down this east coast. i think it'll still feel quite chilly here. still a fairly brisk wind, but not as windy. top temperatures, 4 degrees for glasgow, 8 degrees in plymouth. so, yes, a chilly—feeling day, but it will not be as windy. now, as we move into the second half of the weekend, high pressure tries to hold on — a frosty start for some on sunday. but low pressure attempting to push in from the west, so it does look like we'll see some outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards. but eastern parts of england, certainly north east scotland staying largely dry. could see a bit of rain getting into shetland. something milder trying to push in from the south—west. but broadly speaking, actually, next week looks like remaining cold, with spells of rain at times and perhaps a little bit of snow in places. that's all from me. bye for now.

the week that shook the tech world: we have a look at how the turbulence are two trailblazing companies is rippling through an entire industry. plus, the black friday shopping festival is here again but amid high inflation and high interest rates, can it be a success?

hey there. welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. let's begin with separate stories that rocked the technology industry this week because on tuesday, the boss of the world's biggest crypto exchange finance quit after pleading guilty to money laundering charges in the united states and then the next day, only a week after being sucked sam altman returned as the boss of openai —— sacked. earlier, i spoke tojennifer duke scott who told me the drama at openai resulted from a bigger underlying conflict between public and corporate interest. 50 between public and corporate interest. . ., interest. so much to unpack in terms of what _ interest. so much to unpack in terms of what happened - interest. so much to unpack in terms of what happened at - terms of what happened at openai. i think this drama in the past few days ultimately really showed the tension between our society —— how society has been impacted and influenced and controlled by