this is bbc news, the headlines: two russian—israeli hostages are freed by hamas — further releases are expected today of both israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. hamas claims the youngest israeli hostage, 10 month old kfir bibas, as well as his brother and mother, were killed in an israeli air strike. israel is investigating. a senior israeli government spokesman confirms to the bbc that the temporary truce will be extended by another two days. scientists discover what they describe as "the perfect solar system". they hope to soon uncover its secrets.

a senior israeli government spokesman has told the bbc that a senior israeli government spokesman has told the bbc that the temporary truce will be extended by two days. the present deal was due to expire in the early hours of thursday but! if told me that ten hostages will be relieved each day in return for the release of palestinian prisoners. —— would be released. in the past couple of hours two further hostages taken from israel by hamas on the 7th of october have been released. they are two russian israeli women, aged 71 and 50. they were handed to the red cross. the israeli military say they are with idf special forces and our inside israeli territory. it's believed a second group of hostages has also been given to the red cross. this is the scene outside

ofer prison. israel said it had released 30 prisoners from the resin. hamas, which the uk and us governments say is a terrorist organisation claimed that youngest israeli hostage, a ten—month—old baby, was killed in an israeli air strike. they hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 14,800 people have now been killed in israeli military action in gaza following last month's attack on israel. 240 people were taken hostage in that attack. we are joined by a senior associate fellow at the carnegie institute and i spoke to him about what israel and hamas will be looking for to extend the truce. it hamas will be looking for to extend the truce. , , , the truce. it is pretty straightforward, - the truce. it is pretty i straightforward, hamas the truce. it is pretty - straightforward, hamas are the truce. it is pretty _ straightforward, hamas are looking to extend the ceasefire... the

pause, as it were, for as long as possible. the israelis want to extract as many of the hostages from the gaza strip as possible. i must point out, we aren't talking about a complete cessation of hostilities, even while this pause is going on. the idf is still quite active on the west bank, there has been a lot of violence taking place over there and we rh to ourselves to keep in mind that as we are focusing on gaza, which is receiving the heavier weight of attention, there's a lot going on in the west bank as well that doesn't look particularly pretty, to put it mildly. r lii pretty, to put it mildly. r u surprised — pretty, to put it mildly. r u surprised hamas _ pretty, to put it mildly. r u surprised hamas has - pretty, to put it mildly. r u surprised hamas has not put the brakes on this given what israel is doing in the west bank —— are you surprised? doing in the west bank -- are you surprised?— doing in the west bank -- are you surrised? ., , ., .,, ., surprised? no, they are operating in an ad hocway- _ surprised? no, they are operating in an ad hocway- i— surprised? no, they are operating in an ad hoc way. i don't _ surprised? no, they are operating in an ad hoc way. i don't think - surprised? no, they are operating in

an ad hoc way. i don't think they - an ad hoc way. i don't think they expected that to be the situation and right now they know that if they give up a certain number of hostages, then various some respite, there is a breather which can take place with regards to gaza, which i think hamas wants. it is unsurprising they would want that. the question is what happens next and i think it's very clear from all of the signals that the israelis are putting out there that once this pauseis putting out there that once this pause is over they will not only return to the fighting in gaza, forget about the west bank, where it never stopped, forget about the west bank, where it neverstopped, but forget about the west bank, where it never stopped, but they will return with even more personnel and arms and bombing than they did previously, and what they did to the south, —— what they did to the north, they intend to do to the south. 3 north, they intend to do to the south. �* ., . ., north, they intend to do to the south. �* . .., ., “ south. a federal court in new york has formally _ south. a federal court in new york has formally immersed _ south. a federal court in new york has formally immersed charges i has formally immersed charges against an has formally immersed charges againstan indian has formally immersed charges

against an indian government employee. it is alleged he conspired to assassinate a us citizen who has publicly advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for sikhs. it's important to remember that this comes two months after the massive row with canada and india after canada said they had credible information and evidence to suggest that the indian government was involved in the killing of a seat separatist leader in british columbia. ink this case the united states says that an indian man was recruited in may by an indian government official to carry out a murderfor hire plot, targeting another secret leader, an associate of the man who was killed in canada. they say that the plot started with nikhil gupta, that is the man's name, trying to hire a hit man for

$100,000, to kill this seek leader in the united states but that the individual was in fact an undercover us agent, someone working with the us agent, someone working with the us government. they say that the indian government gave nikhil gupta the target's address, phone number, his daily whereabouts but the united states was able to foil the plot and nikhil gupta was actually arrested in the czech republic injune and is awaiting extradition on those murder for hire charges. what the united states have said is that they took this plot extremely seriously and they raised it directly with the indian government at the highest levels. president biden has spoken to india's prime minister hendrik modi at the g20 and the cia director has travelled to india to launch their complaint —— prime minister modi. they say that new delhi are

going to look in this and that they will investigate and that they were shocked by the revelations. the reuters news agency has quoted the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau as saying that america's charges against this indian government official in the assassination plot underscores india's need to take canada's similar allegations in seriously. cop 28 is due to begin tomorrow and the summit president has denied claims from the bbc that the meetings will be used to make oil and gas deals, so what can we expect from the summit? cop 28 is this year's un climate summit and is a chance for world leaders and other organisations to get together to discuss limiting climate change and how to plan for the future. this

year it is hosted by dubai. the talks have yet to start but there already controversy because the uae is one of the world's top oil producing nations. this man here is possibly one of the most important people on the planet when it comes to the climate. he is chief executive of the state and oil companies which is one of the largest in the world. the bbc has recently been leaked documents that say that the uae plans to use cop 28 to strike deals on oil and gas. this is what the sultan had to say. these alleaations is what the sultan had to say. these allegations are _ is what the sultan had to say. these allegations are false, _ is what the sultan had to say. these allegations are false, untrue, - allegations are false, untrue, incorrect and inaccurate. and it's an attempt to undermine the work of

the cop 28 presidency. flarer an attempt to undermine the work of the cop 28 presidency.— the cop 28 presidency. over 200 governments _ the cop 28 presidency. over 200 governments have _ the cop 28 presidency. over 200 governments have been - the cop 28 presidency. over 200 governments have been invited i the cop 28 presidency. over 200. governments have been invited to this year's summit. in attendance will be world leaders including the uk prime minister rishi sunak kameric and king charles. president joe biden and president xi jinping will not be in attendance but the us and china will be represented by their climate envoys. there will be faith groups and businesses and charities there to discuss action. what will be on the table? it's hoped they will be pushing to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees, as agreed in paris in 2015 and they will be discussing a move to cleaner energy, there will be a focus on financial aid from richer nations to poorer countries, nature and people and also making cop 28 more inclusive. but what impact will it have? previously climate activists including greta thunberg

have accused climate summits of green washing, when companies and governments give the impression of being socially responsible without taking action. it is hoped that cop 28 will lead to more global agreements on top of national measures. cop 28 begins tomorrow and you can get the latest on the bbc news website. the solar system which is 100 light—years away has six planets all about the same size. they have barely changed since their formation, up to 12 billion years ago. these undisturbed conditions make it idealfor ago. these undisturbed conditions make it ideal for learning ago. these undisturbed conditions make it idealfor learning help world's were formed.

our solar system had a violent beginning. worlds crashed into each other as they formed, disturbing their orbits and eventually leading to the planets of vastly different sizes that we know today. but if we travel through space 100 light years, we find another solar system — but one that was created in much calmer conditions without so many violent collisions. the system has six planets, all of a similar size. their orbits haven't been disturbed and so are in perfect harmony. it also has a bright star that makes it easier to study their atmospheres for signs of life. this system has such unique properties. the star is so bright that it's going to allow us to do so many studies from telescopes on the ground and in space about their atmospheres, how they form, how they evolve. and we have never had the chance of observing such a bright system with so many planets all at once until now. astronomers have discovered thousands of solar systems

in the past 30 years, but none of them are so well suited to study how planets formed as the newly discovered one. i think itjust makes me really excited. every day we're finding new, exciting systems that are going to allow us to learn more about these planets, that are going to test our models and our current understanding. so is this solar system the perfect solar system, because it gives you the perfect laboratory to find out how planets are created? exactly. so everything about this system is ideally suited for the information we need to find out. so we have the bright star, the planets are in a really interesting configuration, and because of that, we know that nothing too dramatic can have happened over the billions of years since they formed. this perfect solar system, published in the journal nature, will help astronomers discover exactly what these far—away planets are made from, how they evolved and, critically, whether they

may be home to life. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. at the central methodist hall in coventry, volunteers have come together to put on the £1 panto. it's called cinderballer and is a take on cinderella but the twist here is she wants to play football, rather than go to the ball. # like a diamond in the sky. cinderballer, she is poor and she has an evil stepmum and she has dreams of being a massive football player. and the dream is to show young kids and everyone else that anyone can follow their dreams. gareth southgate and sarina wiegman, the national team coaches, are in the cast. european champions and world cup

finalists this year. i manage the men's and we've won... anyway. cinderballer runs from december 4th—9th and details of how to go are on social media. prime minister rishi sunak has accused the greek play minister of trying to grandstand over the elgin marbles, also known as the parthenon sculptures. they are in the british museum in london. mr sunak defended his decision to cancel the planned meeting with his greek counterpart yesterday over the dispute about the sculptures, which greece wants return to athens. in a fiery parliamentary exchange, keir starmer accused of mr sunak of trying to humiliate the greek leader. chris mason reports. prime minister's questions is a brutal spectacle.

jeers and cheers. prime ministers fear it, even hate it. the thing is, that is the point of it — the brutality of accountability. the greek prime minister came to london to meet him. a fellow nato member, an economic ally. but instead of using that meeting to discuss those serious issues, he tried to humiliate him and cancelled at the last minute. when it was clear that the purpose of the meeting was not to discuss substantive issues for the future but rather to grandstand and re—litigate issues of the past, it wasn't appropriate. rishi sunak accusing a fellow european leader of grandstanding is quite a thing. keir starmer tried to portray himself as a prime minister in waiting, pointing out he did meet the greek prime minister and again and again, he mocked mr sunak.

there could be few experiences more haunting for the members opposite than hearing this prime minister claim that he's going to sort out a problem. it is ironic that he's suddenly taken such a keen interest in greek culture, when he's clearly become the man with the reverse midas touch. just this past week, we've delivered the biggest tax cuts since the 19805, for millions of people and businesses, increased pensions and benefits and this week, secured £30 billion of new investment for this country. so he can keep trying, mr speaker, to talk... ..but britain isn't listening... that moment at the end, his microphone turned off, underlining it was one of those days for rishi sunak. he won't want many more days like this one. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.

british genetics has announced new safeguarding rules for young gymnasts. the policies follow an independent investigation that found systematic issues of physical and emotional abuse taking place. we can go to norwich and speak to a former england gymnast. thank you for joining us. what do you make of these new rules?— joining us. what do you make of these new rules? there's a lot to think about _ these new rules? there's a lot to think about with _ these new rules? there's a lot to think about with the _ these new rules? there's a lot to think about with the new - these new rules? there's a lot to think about with the new policies j think about with the new policies and it's definitely a step in the right direction in that the admission from british gymnastics, the physical abuse, is a really big step but i don't think we can shy away from the fact that these had to become policies in the first place and things like children going to the toilet and drinking in sessions have been withheld from children. it's unacceptable. i think for the

safeguarding policies to be worthwhile, british gymnastics need to reform their safeguarding processes because so far we don't have any real resolution in any of the historic and really relevant cases that the review spoke of over the last three years. these coaches are still coaching and teaching and there are abusive practices. you rovided there are abusive practices. you provided testimony to the whyte review and some people may be surprising about these things in the first place, denying toilet breaks. what kind of testimony was given to the whyte review?— what kind of testimony was given to the whyte review? we've heard lots of re orts the whyte review? we've heard lots of reports from _ the whyte review? we've heard lots of reports from gymnasts _ the whyte review? we've heard lots

of reports from gymnasts and - the whyte review? we've heard lots i of reports from gymnasts and members who have been in contact with us and i spoke to ann whyte about some of the things i experienced, some of them were programmes that meant i couldn't go to the toilet if i needed to or take drinks in the corner, which isn't acceptable for people training such long hours. but so far british gymnastics have not done anything with any of the complaints that have been submitted through the whyte review, over 400 gymnasts and coaches came forward and no significant removal of any of the coaches that were abusive over those four decades. this the coaches that were abusive over those four decades.— those four decades. this is 'ust british gymnastics i those four decades. this is 'ust british gymnastics who is h those four decades. this isjustj british gymnastics who is doing this, what about other bodies, organisations like commonwealth organisations like commonwealth organisations or olympic bodies? are they signing up to reduce rules, and should they be? i they signing up to reduce rules, and should they be?— should they be? i think they absolutely _ should they be? i think they absolutely should _ should they be? i think they

absolutely should be. - should they be? i think they absolutely should be. we i should they be? i think they i absolutely should be. we need should they be? i think they - absolutely should be. we need to think about the welfare of children. this is such a young sport and at the moment it's important that athletes in all levels of sport, gymnastics and every other sport, that people engage with, are safe and do it in a fun way that allows them to succeed.— and do it in a fun way that allows them to succeed. british in attics have responded _ them to succeed. british in attics have responded and _ them to succeed. british in attics have responded and said - them to succeed. british in attics have responded and said they i them to succeed. british in attics - have responded and said they intend to go beyond the recommendations of the report to stamp out harmful practices. —— british gymnast x. you have seen some of these harmful practices, does this go far enough for you? practices, does this go far enough foryou? —— british practices, does this go far enough for you? —— british gymnast gymnastics. for you? -- british gymnast gymnastics-— for you? -- british gymnast . mnastics. , . �* ., gymnastics. they haven't engaged with an of gymnastics. they haven't engaged with any of the _ gymnastics. they haven't engaged with any of the legal— gymnastics. they haven't engaged with any of the legal claims - gymnastics. they haven't engaged with any of the legal claims or - gymnastics. they haven't engaged l with any of the legal claims or ways of obtaining facts and insights into the training practices and that

means our confidence of these policies being enacted is very low. without processes that allow coaches to be removed, the policies are redundant. to be removed, the policies are redundant-— to be removed, the policies are redundant. ., ., , �* ., redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, redundant. unfortunately we're out of time. we — redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, we have _ redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, we have to _ redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, we have to leave - redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, we have to leave it - redundant. unfortunately we're out of time, we have to leave it there. | of time, we have to leave it there. thanks forjoining us. with cop28 starting tomorrow the british cabinet has announced a number of new puzzles. —— proposals. they include a proposal to create a new national park in england — with areas such as the chilterns, the cotswolds and dorset all being considered for the designation. here's our environment correspondent, claire marshall to explain more. there are thousands of square miles of country and coast which should be made international parks. extensive districts to be preserved in their natural aspects and kept for public enjoyment and health. national park, the road to freedom, freedom of england's country. post—war, this road

to freedom was taken. a network of national park, created to help protect the jewels of the crown of the british countryside. 15, so far, across the uk. now there are plans for a new one. they're a really important part of our way of life. that's why we're launching this competition for a new national park but we are going than that. we are putting in an extra 5 million this year, an extra 10 million next year. people enjoy the national park for a reason. we want to expand that and really build on the history we have, and have a further national park as part of that process. lines on a map haven't even been drawn, yet. it will take years for this new national park to become a reality and in the meantime the existing network is already struggling. like here on dartmoor where dwindling park resources makes it a challenge to fund even vital repair work, like shoring up eroded footpaths. park chiefs will study the new funding announcement carefully. the devil is in the detail.

what we really need is revenue funding to pay for salaries, staff on the ground, feet on the ground, which helps us to deliver practical projects for nature and for people. with wildlife in steep decline, a clear vision of how to protect nature is needed more than ever. claire marshall, bbc news. we can speak to nick hall, the political affairs manager at the campaign for national parks, who on the line for us. surely we already have more than enough national park. who needs another national park? what do you make of the announcement? thanks for havin: me make of the announcement? thanks for having me on. — make of the announcement? thanks for having me on. the _ make of the announcement? thanks for having me on, the announcement - make of the announcement? thanks for having me on, the announcement is - make of the announcement? thanks for having me on, the announcement is of. having me on, the announcement is of course a fantastic thing to have. it's a great conversation to be having, for people who wouldn't perhaps ordinarily think about national park, to get their heads around it and have a broader discussion about what national park can be. we saw from the report, national password created from legislation in the 40s before

climate change, nature, biodiversity challenges and so on were being talked about. so you national park, fantastic but what we really want to see is an improvement across the whole system of national park. funding, legislation and the resources they get, so we can really boost it. honestly national park aren't being given what they need to meet the challenges of the future. what do they need? you say this goes back to the 40s.— back to the 40s. what do they need to net it back to the 40s. what do they need to get it up — back to the 40s. what do they need to get it up to _ back to the 40s. what do they need to get it up to modern _ back to the 40s. what do they need to get it up to modern standards? l to get it up to modern standards? the purposes of the national park stand to say anything about nature recovery or access, for instance. studies show that some of the most sensitive and important nature sites in national parks are doing worse than insights outside of them. people might see them as wonderful, green, thriving places but looking at the detailed in a protected landscapes aren't doing a good

enoughjob to protect landscapes aren't doing a good enough job to protect nature themselves so we want to amend the purposes, the very legal free themselves so we want to amend the purposes, the very legalfree —— framework of national park so they can recognise their role and take the work forward. similar with access and inclusivity. 1% of visitors to national parks are from an ethnic minority background and 6% are from people under 25. these groups have traditionally found it difficult to visit national park so what we want to do is open them up so the national park can be given back to the nation.— so the national park can be given back to the nation. thank you. there is much more _ back to the nation. thank you. there is much more on _ back to the nation. thank you. there is much more on that _ back to the nation. thank you. there is much more on that story - back to the nation. thank you. there is much more on that story on - back to the nation. thank you. there is much more on that story on the i is much more on that story on the bbc news website. that's it from me.

a cold evening with temperatures around freezing in many parts of the country and that's how it's going to stay for the rest of the week, the weekend, probably into early next week. and then after that, it does look as though things gradually could turn a little less cold. the satellite picture shows where we had the clearer skies earlier on. but out towards the southwest, a weather front is looming and that may spell some wintry weather in the high ground of southwestern parts of england through the night and into tomorrow. but by 9:00, you can see temperatures there around freezing across many parts of the uk, a little bit milder in cornwall and devon. and that's because we have that weather front here. but through the night, the northeasterly winds continue to bring wintry showers to northern and eastern scotland. some on that north sea coast

as well, north york moors, possibly into east anglia. temperatures minus five there in the morning in glasgow, below freezing in the south, too. now, that weather front that's hugging the south and the southwest will be bumping into that cold that's to the north. so across dartmoor and exmoor, we could see a spell of rain, sleet and snow — could be a covering in places. don't be surprised, but it's not a widespread area of snow here. i think, more than anything, it's going to be really cloudy in the south with outbreaks of rain feeling cold, quite strong winds, too. really unpleasant weather conditions with temperatures hovering around five degrees. now, to the north of that, a totally different picture. lots of sunshine around, about four degrees in liverpool with that crisp sunshine.

and again, through the day and into the evening hours, if you squint, you canjust about see these blobs of white there, wintry showers generally across the hills. ok, the forecast then for the end of the week — i think will be entering the peak of the cold, freezing cold weather across scandinavia. that east northeasterly wind blowing over us. again, a lot of dry, bright, sunny weather, a few showers, some of them wintry. and after a frosty start, the temperatures really will struggle on friday. look at that, barely above freezing in glasgow and aberdeen. around three or four degrees in the south. so more like january or february. so here's the outlook for the rest of the week, the weekend and into next week. staying cold. the weather, however, from time to time will change from sunshine to showers back to sunshine. bye— bye.

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: in the last few days, a question: if, after this phase - of retaining our abductees is exhausted, will israel return to fighting? so, my answer is an unequivocal yes. a child who loves to play with ragdolls. to dress up as batman. are they a threat to hamas? we've agreed to the extension of the humanitartian pause. and ten hostages are going to released every day for the extension and this is going to happen for the next two days. i don't have enough money to buy my children medicine. my husband is seriously ill. my son was in the hospital yesterday, and my baby daughter needed help to breathe.