live from london. this is bbc news. fresh strikes in beirut as israel's cabinet plans to hold a special meeting on whether to approve a ceasefire deal with hezbollah. three bodies have been recovered from a tourist boat which sank off egypt's red sea coast. more than a dozen people are still missing. ukraine's air force says russia has launched a record number of drone strikes, damaging critical infrastructure across

the country. in the uk, the clean—up operation begins after storm but brought major disruptions are part of the country. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place. and so rod stewart has been named as the artist to play the coveted legends slot at next year's glastonbury festival. they have been a fresh blast despite hopes that a lebanon, despite hopes that a temporary end to the fighting between israel and the iran— backed group hezbollah could be agreed in the coming hours. we will take a look at the live shots from southern lebanon there was where you can see there was just a huge blast a moment ago. this is indeed a series of explosions that have been taking place, including in southern parts of beirut early this morning. lebanese

government officials saying more than 7300 people have been killed in israeli attacks across lebanon since october hezbollah went then moved further from hezbollah went then moved furtherfrom israel's northern border so civilians could return to their homes. 0nce return to their homes. once they have departed, the lebanese army and un observer forces will deploy in areas close to the border. the eu's

foreign policy chief said israel has no reason to refuse a lebanon ceasefire. i was in lebanon, i was injordan, and i got fresh first—hand information of what's going there. in lebanon, there is no excuses for a ceasefire. 0n the proposal agreement brokered by the us and france, israel has all security concerns. there is not an excuse for not implementing a ceasefire. 0therwise, lebanon will fall apart. in lebanon, there are almost 4,000 civilian victims. all the south of lebanon has been destroyed. fully destroyed. the eu's head of foreign

policy. almost everyone, whether journalists, commentators or analysts or even politicians who are likely to be in the know are saying that we are just a few hours from such an announcement and that the announcement and that the announcement will probably come out of several places. the us, probably the israelis will announce it here as well in lebanon there will be an announcement. so there is a belief that this will happen, but we have to remember that we have come very close to such optimism regarding a ceasefire in gaza months ago, there were even celebrations in gaza, the way we saw celebrations yesterday among some of the displaced lebanese who are eager of course to go back to their homes or in villages, but then that proved not to be the case. so there is also caution

alongside this optimism. there is the idea here, especially that of the israeli prime minister cannot be trusted, benjamin netanyahu, that he has manoeuvred in the past and he might do it again. but at the same time, people are acting and they are talking as if, yes, this isjust about and they are talking as if, yes, this is just about to happen very soon and there will be some sort of announcement. and everybody is pouring over the details of the things that have been leaked about this agreement. there is nothing official yet, and we will wait to see the full text and what exactly it will mean in terms of the withdrawal of israeli forces that have crossed the border into lebanon and also in terms of the return of people to their homes and villages. are there any red lines for lebanon? i am thinking about if

hezbollah violates potential agreements and israel then potentially has the right to move into lebanon, is that a contravention? is that a red line in terms of lebanese sovereignty? £31 line in terms of lebanese sovereignty?— line in terms of lebanese sovereignty? of course the lebanese _ sovereignty? of course the lebanese first _ sovereignty? of course the lebanese first of _ sovereignty? of course the lebanese first of all - sovereignty? of course the lebanese first of all will i sovereignty? of course the lebanese first of all will be quick to point out that the resolution 1701 was violated far more by the israelis since 2006 then it was by anyone in lebanon, and also many lebanese politicians, including some who are close to the speaker who is in charge of the negotiations, so they have not seen anything regarding any kind of israeli freedom of movement inside lebanon, according to the ceasefire agreement. there is also something we have been hearing in the israeli press from israeli sources who have been saying that parallel to this agreement, there is some kind of us guarantees to israel regarding what it can or cannot do if it believes or suspect

that some kind of violation is there, but that would not be part of the agreement or something that lebanon would recognise as related in any way to the agreement. what matters is the text of the agreement, and that we still have not seen. , ., , ., �* seen. joining us from beirut. and of course, _ seen. joining us from beirut. and of course, we _ seen. joining us from beirut. and of course, we have - seen. joining us from beirut. and of course, we have a - seen. joining us from beirut. | and of course, we have a live page on our website where we are continuing to monitor this potential ceasefire deal with hezbollah in lebanon between israel and hezbollah. there is, as is described on our website, as is described on our website, a mixture of hope and of course pessimism, given what has been going on. we arejust monitoring all of those error strikes as well. lots more on our website, so you can get up—to—date and we will bring you more at the moment we get any more developments, especially on that potential ceasefire. in breaking news story. another breaking story this hou, and the governor

of egypt's red sea region says that three bodies have been recovered from the tourist boat which capsized on monday. according to the statement, 13 people are still reported as missing. two britons were among those who were not accounted for. the identities of the bodies which have been recovered have not yet been made public. the boat had set off on a five—day diving tour from port ghalib in egypt. there were 45 people on board, 31 tourists and 1a egyptian crew members. 28 people have been rescued so far further down the coast. 0ur bbc arabic reporter is in egypt with more on this update. this line was covered by reuters, they quoted the red sea governor saying that three bodies have been recovered so far during the search and rescue operations. 16 people were missing, including two british people, we don't know yet the nationalities of the bodies recovered. but are generally speaking, the

information is being given out very carefully by the authorities here, first of all because it is the army who is in charge of the rescue operation, and they are usually very cautious when it comes to releasing information or public statements. secondly, this incident has a very bad effect on the tourism industry in egypt, especially on the red sea shores, this is the high season for this area of country. this is why they are treading really carefully when it comes to reporting on this incident. what we understand so far is that rescue in search operations are still going on, it is the navy who is taking the lead. they have dispatched ships and a couple of helicopters, while the survivors, we understand, are in good condition and only have bruises and minor wounds. so as far as we know, the search operations have not been concluded yet, whether or not we will be able to find anybody

alive, that remains to be seen. this was meant to be a tourist trip, this was a multipurpose diving trip, is how it is described. just talk us through the impact on tourism within the impact on tourism within the region, because these are popular types of trips. absolutely. these kinds of trips are very popular in the red sea, they are very frequent. this trip sailed from marsa alam and was supposed to be concluded here where i am, it was the last five days. but after a few hours, they issued after a few hours, they issued a distress call asking for emergency help. that incident might reflect really negatively on the tourism industry in this country, which is a lifeline to the egyptian economy which is already in a bad shape. this area of the red sea is a popular tourist destination for

european tourists in particular, they come here to dive, enjoying the clear waters and warm weather and colourful coral reefs. now after what happened, we don't know if tourists will be discouraged, but the people working in the industry are definitely concerned about their livelihoods. b, concerned about their livelihoods. �* ., livelihoods. a reported that where the _ livelihoods. a reported that where the boat _ livelihoods. a reported that where the boat was - livelihoods. a reported that where the boat was meant | livelihoods. a reported that i where the boat was meant to livelihoods. a reported that - where the boat was meant to end its journey. where the boat was meant to end itsjourney. much more when where the boat was meant to end its journey. much more when we have any updates. the ukrainian air force says russia has launched a record number of drones overnight, damaging buildings and critical infrastructure in several regions. the attacks took place across ukraine, with officials describing them as �*massive' in scale. 188 drones were involved, many of which are believed to be iranian—designed shahed unmanned aerial vehicles. 76 were shot down and another 95 were either lost from radar tracking, or brought down by electronicjamming systems. that would suggest that at least 17 got through.

the air force says russia also fired four iskander m ballistic missiles but did not say if they were intercepted. here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, in kyiv. yeah, certainly we were aware of a very significant amount of activity late last night. it went on here in kyiv for a good couple of hours, and you could hear explosions on a pretty regular basis towards the edge of the city. so there was a lot of activity. we think that quite a significant number of drones arrived in this general area. but that figure of 188 is the largest for a single night, anywhere at any time over the best part of three years. it was all over the country, as we have often seen in the past. and in one city in the west, ternopil, far to the west, they experienced some quite significant damage to their local energy infrastructure,

with the result that a city ofjust under a quarter of a million people is suffering significant loss of electricity, with lots of knock—on effects in terms of public transport and water today. it's unusual for a city that far west to get hit. there's no obvious reason why it should be, but i suppose we can probably see all of this in terms of a general russian effort to try and make life as difficult as possible as temperatures drop and the winter arrives. and, paul, i know you've been travelling across ukraine. you were in dnipro, further east recently. just in terms of morale, when you hear and when you see these huge — what is being described as massive drone strikes across the country — what is morale like for the people there? you know, that word massive is used pretty much every time there is a large—scale attack. so i think we should slightly discount the kind of novelty of such large attacks.

this country is incredibly used to widespread, country—wide missile and drone attacks. the fact that the number is higher may be of some significance, but it's not unusual. and the people here are very used to it in dnipro. as we walked around the streets there, the streets were echoing to the sound of generators large and small, as businesses and shops and restaurants keep their business open, their doors open and, to the extent that they can, keep customers flowing through the doors. as you go around a city like kyiv, again, you'd be hard—pressed to really notice very much effect during the day. at night, certainly, it's extremely dark. last night, as these explosions could be heard, i looked out of my window into streets that were absolutely plunged into darkness. and then every now and again, a city somewhere in the country experiences a sort of catastrophic failure. 0desa, down in the south, was the most recent

to have a really significant impact, again with effect on water and transport. and that went on for several days. and so, you know, we do see these happening pretty routinely. ukrainians have become very resilient, very resigned to the reality of this. and if it's designed to sap morale, well, i suspect that the more sapping effect is the news from the eastern front, where everyone knows that the russians are advancing slowly but steadily across the broad swathe of the fighting in the east. and that definitely is having an impact on morale. 0ur our thanks to our diplomatic correspond their paul adams, joining me they are from kyiv.

here in the uk, prime minister sir keir starmer has promised to get more people into employment. under the banner, "get britain working" the plans include a £2110 million investment to overhaul the current network of job centres across britain, and more funding for mental health services. around this table, people not in education, implement or training. several suffering from mental health problems and low self—esteem. b5 from mental health problems and low self-esteem.— low self-esteem. as soon as you no from low self-esteem. as soon as you go from not _ low self-esteem. as soon as you go from not going _ low self-esteem. as soon as you go from not going to _ low self-esteem. as soon as you go from not going to college, - go from not going to college, you don't know what is going to happen, so it affects you really badly, to the point that you are dead rotting. it really badly, to the point that you are dead rotting.- you are dead rotting. it has 'ust you are dead rotting. it has just been — you are dead rotting. it has just been hard _ you are dead rotting. it has just been hard to _ you are dead rotting. it has just been hard to go - you are dead rotting. it has just been hard to go from l just been hard to go from school_ just been hard to go from school and everything else, i'm autistic— school and everything else, i'm autistic so _ school and everything else, i'm autistic so i find things quite

hard — autistic so i find things quite hard 50. _ autistic so i find things quite hard. so, yeah, it isjust very interesting _ hard. so, yeah, it isjust very interesting to go from being in a classroom of ten people and then— a classroom of ten people and then working with 50—60 people, it is a _ then working with 50—60 people, it is a ttit— then working with 50—60 people, it is a bit of— then working with 50—60 people, it is a bit of a learning curve _ it is a bit of a learning curve-— it is a bit of a learning curve. ., , curve. the government says it wants to get _ curve. the government says it wants to get more _ curve. the government says it wants to get more young - curve. the government says it i wants to get more young people into work by expanding mental health support. mounting job centres with a careers service in england, and it also says it will sanction young people if they don't take offers of work or training. they don't take offers of work ortraining. if they don't take offers of work or training-— or training. if you don't have basic skills _ or training. if you don't have basic skills or _ or training. if you don't have basic skills or if _ or training. if you don't have basic skills or if you - or training. if you don't have basic skills or if you are - or training. if you don't have basic skills or if you are out| 1530 00:18:33,267 -