decision made by the leaders of israel and _ decision made by the leaders of israel and lebanon - _ decision made by the leaders of israel and lebanon to - _ decision made by the leaders of israel and lebanon to end | leaders of israel and lebanon to end the violence, and to remind us that eace is the violence, and to remind us twat peace is possible. president biden announced the deal to end the fighting. so what could the deal mean for the war gaza? also tonight... 1100 jobs are at risk with vauxhall planning to end van production in luton. cctv from a special school in north east london shows autistic children being mistreated in so called "calming rooms." new leadership at the school found the footage, and called police. the truth has to come out fully, and people have to know what happened in there was not right and should not be happening. one of america's most wanted men has been arrested in north wales, 21 years after a double bombing in san francisco. and the world's oldest man, john tinniswood, dies at his care home in southport. he was 112.

and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. a breakthrough in the wars in the middle east tonight, with the israeli security cabinet agreeing to end the fighting with hezbollah in lebanon. with hezbollah in lebanon. over the next 60 days, over the next 60 days, israel will withdraw its troops, israel will withdraw its troops, after invading the country nearly after invading the country nearly two months ago in response two months ago in response to almost a year of rocket to almost a year of rocket attacks from hezbollah, attacks from hezbollah, based in southern lebanon. north of the litani river. based in southern lebanon. president biden said the ceasefire president biden said the ceasefire is a crucial step towards achieving is a crucial step towards achieving peace and prosperity peace and prosperity in the middle east. in the middle east. the deal would see hezbollah's the deal would see hezbollah's fighters moving some 30 kilometres fighters moving some 30 kilometres away from the israeli border, away from the israeli border, north of the litani river.

israeli troops would then gradually pull out of the country. a un force would remain in the south, and over time there'd be an increased lebanese military in presence too. in a moment, hugo bachega will have the latest from beirut, after a day of intense israeli air strikes ahead of the ceasefire announcement. and lucy williamson reports on the israeli communities now hoping to return to their homes in the border region. but first, sarah smith is live in washington, where president biden hasjust been giving details of the truce, brokered by the us.

it was very pleased to be able to save that both hamas and hezbollah, sorry, hezbollah and israel have accepted these deal to end the conflict and to allow the people who have been living as refugees in both lebanon and israel to return to their homes. effective at 4am tomorrow, local time, the fighting across the lebanese—israeli border will end. will end. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. what is left of hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed, i emphasize, will not be allowed to threaten the security of israel again. what the deal will involve is hezbollah moving its forces north about 30 kilometres, and having to remain there while the israeli army pulls out south back into israel, proper, that will be pleased by the lebanese army and other international allies. the israeli

prime minister benjamin netanyahu had a differentjob to sell this to his country and his government so he was stressing what is right has achieved in this conflict, that hezbollah has been set back decades, as well as several of their most senior commanders killed, and pointing out that if they do violate these deal in any way including trying to rearm themselves, israel can and will attack them. it was interesting when president biden was speaking at the white house, not long ago, because he also said he now wanted to make another serious push to achieve a peace deal in gaza and he has two months left in office but he thinks it is worth entering those talks now in order to try and do that. donald trump is on his way into the white house and has been fully briefed on the steel, and his team are said to look on this favourably and he's always trying to take for this, saying actors in the region are trying to make peace now because he has been re—elected to

the white house. because he has been re-elected to the white house.— because he has been re-elected to the white house. sarah smith, thanks for 'oinin: the white house. sarah smith, thanks forioining us- — well, it's hoped the ceasefire deal will see many tens of thousands of civilians on both sides return safely to their homes in the border region. lucy williamson has been to northern israeli to speak to some of those who left their homes. sirens wail in northern israel, sirens warned of rockets, as residents warned of surrender. israel's pounding of lebanon continued, hours before the ceasefire was announced. these two left their home in kfar giladi on the 8th of october last year. the lebanese villages they lived alongside clearly visible through the border fence. i hope for a day where we could, you know, be at peace with each other.

and i think that trust was broken when our army found the tunnels and the ammunition and all of these preparations to effectively come and, you know, massacre us. their house and community — empty for more than a year. i'm sorry about the mess. it'sjust, we put everything inside. a ceasefire deal is meant to get them permanently back home, but it could mean their lebanese neighbours returning too. apart from completely erasing these villages and having no people here, there is no real physical thing that can make me feel safe. it's just, you know... hope. israel's leader has achieved many of his war goals in lebanon. these lebanese border villages now

empty, controlled by israeli forces. but there are also compelling domestic reasons for ending this war, like getting residents on this side of the border back home. israel's forces are tired and its economy is suffering. but hezbollah, damaged but intact, is still fighting. and some ask why their prime minister, fighting a much weaker enemy in gaza, is signing a ceasefire in the north. lucy williamson, bbc news, northern israel. so, the ceasefire will begin in the early hours of tomorrow morning, but earlier today, before the annoucement, israel launched extensive air strikes on beirut�*s southern suburbs, as hugo bachega reports. loud bo0m as lebanon waited for a ceasefire, the war didn't stop. the most intense israeli bombardment of beirut in this conflict. the israeli military said these were hezbollah facilities.

here, they gave a warning before attacking. here, in central beirut, it didn't. this building collapsed. seven people were killed. in the evening we tried to visit the site, but we were caught up in another wave of israeli airstrikes. so there has been an attack now. there has been... loud roar we're now hearing several explosions after an evacuation warning was issued by the israeli military. we've been trying to get to the site of one of the attacks, but we've been told that the site had been evacuated because of those warnings. israel is now unleashing a wave

of attacks targeting beirutjust hours before this possible ceasefire. people tried to flee. there was chaos. horns beep this war has been devastating for lebanon. hezbollah has been severely damaged, but it hasn't been destroyed. this deal may bring the conflict with israel to an end, but many here fear a new internal conflict could follow. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. what could the peace deal mean for the war in gaza? frank gardner's in jerusalem. that is the big question, because what has been happening in the south? ., , what has been happening in the south? . , _, what has been happening in the south? . , . south? that is the core conflict in the middle _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again - south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again and l south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again and itj the middle east once again and it depends on whether you see the glass as half full or empty because optimist would say if you could do do a dealfor lebanon, you could do

one for gaza, and antony blinken said we are 90% of the way there, not long ago, but pessimists say this will make it even harder, and israel is going to redouble its military efforts on gaza and the conflict continues, and i think the sticking point here is that for hamas to release those hostages and sign a peace deal, they want to see undertaking that israel will withdraw its forces from gaza and stay out, and israel does not want to do that because it says it does not want to abandon the border between gaza and egypt because it worries that hamas will simply use it to smuggle weapons in again and fire rockets at them, they have got to get through this, and qatar, the big mediator, recently said the two sides need to get closer, to have some common ground, they are not there yet, but it is still a doable deal. ., ~ there yet, but it is still a doable deal. . ~ ., ., deal. frank gardner, thanks for

'oinin: deal. frank gardner, thanks for joining us- _ here, the owner of vauxhall has announced plans to close its van—making factory in luton, putting around 1,100 jobs at risk. the company, stellantis, which also owns other brands including citroen, peugeot and fiat, says it wants to consolidate electric van production, at its other uk plant in ellesmere port in cheshire. simonjack reports. the vauxhall motor company was founded in 1857 and has been building cars and vans in luton for over a century. in recent years, it has produced only vans, but soon these production lines may come to a standstill as parent company stellantis plans to shut the plant for good, marking the end of an era and the loss of 1,100 jobs. my grandad used to work there back in the 80s and stuff, so, you know, it provided so manyjobs for the town. hundreds of people work there, which my husband is part of it, so it's really, really shocking to hear the news here. just before christmas everyone's

getting the bad news. _ the stellantis boss, seen here at luton in 2018, has warned that requirements to sell more electric cars while consumer demand stalled, was unsustainable. this year, 22% of all cars manufacturers sell in the uk must be pure electric and 10% of vans — targets most will miss. next year it's 28% of cars and 16% of vans. 80% must be battery—powered by 2030. and the government tonight renewed its commitment to ban sale of all petrol and diesel cars by 2030, with hybrids making up the difference. missing annual targets can result in punitive fines. the mandate is too onerous. and secondly, there aren't enough in the way of incentives to actually encourage people to actually go out and buy electric cars and vans, so that's the big problem. so it's a way of trying to cut costs in order to keep operations in the uk going. the news broke as the business secretary was in front of mps. this is a very difficult day for luton. and he conceded the rules

needed a rethink. i think we've got to be willing to do it, not in a way, as i say, which undermines the destination. but let's look at what it has meant and means right now for british vehicle manufacturing, because i don't think right now it's working as anyone intended it to. thank you. he also said it could have been worse. stellantis is investing £50 million in ellesmere port and creating hundreds of newjobs, but not enough to offset the 1,100 going at luton. some have said the ev rules are a convenient excuse for cost cutting, but the uk is not alone. across europe, car makers fighting new chinese rivals are shutting factories and cutting tens of thousands ofjobs. that will be little comfort to workers in luton tonight. simon jack, bbc news. the work and pensions secretary, liz kendall, has promised to "get britain working again" by overhauling employment services. she told mps that 2.8 million people are out of work due to long—term sickness, and almost one million young people are not in education, employment or training. the government plans to spend

£21i0 million on overhauling job centres and provide more funding for mental health services. and faisal will have more on this on newsnight on bbc two shortly. how do we get young people with poor mental health into work? we quiz the education secretary, bridget phillipson. and whether pushy parents are gaming the exam system with extra time for their children. therese coffey, jo swinson and barry gardiner are on newsnight. and the inside track on the isreali—lebanon ceasefire. a busy one — on bbc two, bbc iplayer and bbc news at 10:30. all right, five or, thanks for that. one of america's most wanted men, has been arrested in north wales,

21 years after a double bombing in san francisco. daniel andreas san diego, who's a6, has appeared before magistrates and now faces extradition to the us. daniel sandford is here. yes, he spent more than 21 years on the run, and for 15 of those he was on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. yesterday he was arrested near some woodland in conwy in north wales, a surreal end to more than two decades on the run. daniel san diego was 25 years old when he allegedly carried out two bomb attacks in california, the first double at a technology company with two devices designed to go off on our part. the second was a bomb wrapped in nails that are nutritional products company. a group calling itself revolutionary cell claimed responsibility and soon

afterwards, he disappeared. in the wanted poster he was described as a committed vegan with ties to animal—rights exclude —— not extremists. today he appeared at westminster magistrates' court as part of the process of extraditing him back to the united states. daniel sandford, many thanks. a woman who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life has been jailed for extreme neglect. chester crown court heard the child was fed milky weetabix through a syringe. the girl, who prosecutors said had "never known daylight or fresh air", was only discovered when a visitor to their house in cheshire heard her crying. the mother was jailed for seven and a half years. a bbc news investigation has obtained cctv from inside a special school, which shows autistic children being pushed into padded

rooms, pinned up against walls, or left alone sitting in their own vomit. one safeguarding expert has told us the footage from whitefield school in north—east london, recorded between 2014 and 2017, resembles torture. a police investigation into the abuse inside so—called calming rooms ended earlier this year without any charges. the school says new leadership discovered the footage after the rooms had been shut, and shared it with the police. noel titheridge's exclusive report does contain graphic images of children in distress, from the start. inside the school that abused its own pupils, pushed into so—called calming rooms, often self—injuring, and even left sitting in their own vomit. three years ago, we began investigating when 500 hours of cctv was discovered at whitefield school. now we've obtained some of the footage, revealing the reality of abuse in the rooms.

pads used in rugby training were employed. here, a child is pinned to the wall. the first thing is that he looks so young and he's, like, so small. ashley is autistic. he appears on over 50 hours of footage, more than any other child. he's obviously really angry that he's in that room, and then he gets someone's attention through hitting something at the camera, and then they come in and grab him. he must be saying something. and then the staffjust whacks him in the head. it's just nuts. ashley's uncle laurence says his time in the calming rooms caused severe psychological damage and led to him being sectioned. jumping out of moving cars. jumping into lakes in the midst of winter. he'sjust been on a downward spiral ever since whitefield. he's not been given any help to recover from that trauma. children faced emotional

abuse and neglect. here, this boy's coat is thrown at him. often they were left to injure themselves. parents say they noticed significant changes in behaviour after the rooms began being used, but they were tied to about their use. we've learned some families complained about unexplained injuries, such as one to the nose of this boy, but there was no investigation, despite the presence of cameras. si, si, si. is there any humanity in that video? i don't think they should be getting away with it. genuinely, i don't think. many of the pupils are non—verbal. halima says she's been abandoned to deal with her son's worsening health and violent outbursts towards her after being placed in the rooms. we just have been left with the damage, to be honest with you. we have to live with the guilt of seeing him having those difficult moments.

just crying to himself. why is it so important that people see this footage? the truth has to come out fully and people have to know what happened in there was not right and should not be happening in another place. but we can reveal that a three—year police investigation ended this summer without a single staff memberfacing charges, and we've also learned of other failings across the uk. one autistic child was placed in this cage while another pupil was pinned to a beanbag. this safeguarding expert says the cctv resembles hostage videos. it is easily the worst footage i've seen. watching it, itjust gets worse as it goes on. you know, we look at the children, they're being defeated and how they're responding to that treatment through self—injurious behaviour, it's torture. torture. look at the imagery of the child, you know, slumped in the corner or in a foetal position protecting themselves in a padded cell. so what's the impact on these children? there's that immediate physical harm, but in terms

of the psychological harm, that's lifelong, particularly for autistic children. being deprived of opportunities for social interaction will have a significant effect on how they are able to develop socially. their social development is being significantly impaired by the people whose role it is to to develop that and to improve that. the department for education says what happened at whitefield is deeply disturbing, and it's looking at ways to strengthen guidance on how calming rooms are used. the metropolitan police says it continues to conduct wider inquiries, while waltham forest council says it's offered counselling to those affected. the bbc has spoken to 17 of the 39 families affected by seclusion at whitefield. they told us that years have been wasted, which could have been spent addressing the harm caused to their children. they say they'll be living with the consequences of seclusion for the rest of their lives.

this is distressing stuff, noel. how common is the use of these so—called calming rooms in this type of school? this will be very difficult footage to watch for any family of a child with special educational needs. whitefield is an extreme case, but is clear that the use of seclusion varies widely across the uk. we asked many schools how they used these rooms, and head teachers described colourful lighting, the use of murals, staff always present in the rooms, whereas others defended the use of locks. it is the variety of use exposed by a regulation that has led to the exposure tonight. she says she pushed for clear guidance after our last report and says it must now happen without delay. she says that

action is needed to stop schools from having to invent their own policies and prevent cultures from going badly wrong. meet policies and prevent cultures from going badly wrong. noeltitheradge, thank ou. the raf is investigating who's responsible for flying drones near bases used by the american military in the east of england. jonathan beale is here with more details. thank you, clive. we still don't know who's behind this, but western officials think the level of coordination suggests it's more than a few hobbyists. over three consecutive days last week and again last night, multiple drones were spotted flying over three military bases in the uk used by the us air force. they're all in east anglia. they include raf lakenheath, the us base for its f35 and f15 fighterjets, raf mildenhall, where us air—to—air refuelling tankers are stationed,

and raf feltwell, a logistics and accommodation hub. the us air force said the drones flying near these bases varied both in size and numbers. but we know thet were small ones like this. officials say they weren't deemed to be a direct threat, but they have increased security. so who could be behind it? well, the suspicion is likely to fall on one state in particular. although much is unknown at the moment about this latest incident, the pattern fits russia and particularly in this period where there is heightened escalation, russia making it very clear that it views itself in a state of conflict, if not armed conflict, with the uk. this is not an isolated incident. a few days ago, a drone was identified tracking the royal navy's hms queen elizabeth

as she sailed near hamburg, germany. the raf is now helping boost security at these three bases, with extra surveillance and counter—drone systems. that suggests that the uk and the us have not identified the culprit. all right, jonathan, thank you. it will be one of the most profound decisions of their political careers when mps vote on the assisted dying bill this friday. if passed, it would allow terminally ill adults in england and wales who meet certain requirements to get help to end their life if two doctors and a high courtjudge approve. vicki young has been speaking to some of the mp5 making up their minds. hi, jess. hello. how are you? nice to see you. lovely to meet you. jess asato entered parliament injuly and now has to make one of the most significant decisions an mp could take. people are trying to explore their own feelings, their constituents' feelings, and also of course listening

to the national campaigns. i joined her a few weeks ago as she started to weigh up this contentious issue. you can never really get your constituents, they are not going to agree on this, are they? it is going to come down to you. you vote for your member of parliament and then you put your trust and faith in that person to be able to weigh up that evidence. one of the first things that we had was this. on the other side of westminster, i met new conservative mp rebecca paul. are you daunted by this decision you are having to make? yes, i am daunted. it is probably the most consequential decision i will make as an mp, and i am having to make it straightaway, when i have only been an mp for a few months. the approach i have taken really, is to do as much research as possible, so i like to make decisions based on facts and evidence, and try to take some of the emotion out of it. but there is no escaping the emotion. on a cold night injess's lowestoft constituency, dozens have turned up to have their say.

with the assisted dying i see that not necessarily as an easy way out. you could skip some of the pain, you can skip some of the upset and it is your choice. my father passed away two weeks ago, there was excruciating pain and he did beg to die on more than one occasion, to more than one family member. what about those people that are in hospital, or ill, - and they think they are a burden on their family, or they think- they are a burden on society or a burden on anybody? - if i have a terminal illness and i am severely disabilitied, then i want to decide when i want to go. i would like to go peacefully. i think you really need to think of the practicalities. and in her reigate constituency, rebecca is meeting a local doctor. how easy is it to actually estimate the amount of time someone has left? you can tell when people are very close to death. you can often tell when people might have quite a longtime left to live,

but the prediction of six months as an arbitrary figure is going to be open to huge interpretation. while rebecca and jess are taking soundings, plenty of other mp5 have made up their minds. my dad was really larger than life, he was a wonderful man. and for many, their personal experiences have informed that decision. last year he became really ill, and he was given a terminal diagnosis. he was in a lot of pain. seeing him like that made me realise that we needed a change of the law, and we need to be able to choose. back in parliament, it's decision time for rebecca and jess. i have decided to vote against the bill this friday. what about you, rebecca? so it has been a really difficult decision and i have listened to lots of people, and really grappled with all the various issues, but i have also decided to vote against the bill. what would you say to those

who might at this moment be terminally ill and feel they have the right to choose what happens to them at the end of life? it is heartbreaking, but the fact is, is that for that one person i have to balance the interests of many, many other constituents, and the fact is we have to consider the needs of the most vulnerable. i am open—minded about this. i think it will come up again, and ijust hope that some of the questions that have been asked, that i feel haven't been answered, are looked at in more detail next time. polls suggest a majority of the public are broadly in favour of a change in the law, but hundreds of mps still haven't declared how they will vote. we will find out what they think on friday. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. now, in tonight's champions league, arsenal came away and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten, please turn over to bbc one, or you can watch on the iplayer. next, it's newsnight.