and world leaders and markets react after president—elect trump vows import tariffs on his first day in office. hello, i'm carl nasman. us presidentjoe biden confirmed a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah — saying it shows peace is possible, in what he called the "deadliest conflict in decades." nearly four thousand people have been killed in lebanon since october 2023 — according to the country's health ministry — and tens of thousands of rockets fired into northern israel. the us has been working hard to help broker peace deals in the region — to try to keep the conflicts from expanding. the president finished his speech by calling the deal a crucial step towards achieving peace and prosperity in the middle east.

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. over the next 60 days, the lebanese army and state security forces will deploy and take control of their own territory once again. hezbollah�*s infrastructure in southern lebanon will not be allowed to be rebuilt. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu confirmed in a national address that his government will approve the deal. but he vowed that israel would �*respond severely�* should hebollah shows signs of re—arming. mr netanyahu added, the war would not end until residents in northern israel can return home safely , the area has been hit hard by hezbollah from cross—border attacks that intensified in recent months. including in the moments just before a ceasefire deal was announced.

translation: the first reason is to focus on the iranian - threat, and i will not expand on that. the second reason is to give our forces a breather and replenish stocks. i say it openly, it is no secret that there have been big delays and weapons and munitions deliveries. these delays will be resolved soon. we will receive supplies of advanced weaponry that will keep our soldiers safe and give us more strike force to complete our mission. in the third reason for having a cease—fire is to separate the fronts and isolate hamas. it's hoped the ceasefire deal will mean many tens of thousands of civilians on both sides of the border region between israel and lebanon can return home. lucy williamson has been to northern israel, to speak to some of those who fled. 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 borderfence. 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. the ceasefire will begin in the early hours of tomorrow

morning, but earlier, before the annoucement, israel launched extensive air strikes on beirut�*s southern suburbs, as hugo bachega reports. loud boom. 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.

we can speak live now with frank lowenstein. he formerly served as special envoy for israeli—palestinian negotiations at the us state department. great department. to see you, frank. i'm sure great to see you, frank. i'm sure you've been looking at the details of this deal, how durable do you think the deal will be? it durable do you think the deal will be? , u, will be? it significant achievement - will be? it significant achievement for - will be? it significant - achievement for president biden, he's been working hard on this for the last several months, he endured through several setbacks. they put them on the path to de—escalation and avoided a wider regional war. there's a long way to go, there's a lot of questions that aren't fully resolved in respect to how it's going to work and there's a 60 day period for both sides have to begin to withdraw, so yeah it's a good day, but a lot of work remains to be done. you pointed out and rightly — remains to be done. you pointed out and rightly so _ remains to be done. you pointed out and rightly so that _ remains to be done. you pointed out and rightly so that the - out and rightly so that the president biden has spent a lot of time, political capital on

trying to reach a cease—fire here in the region, what you make of the timing then? why do you think both sides are willing to come to the table now? i willing to come to the table now? ~' , ., , ., now? i think the israelis had achieved _ now? i think the israelis had achieved everything - now? i think the israelis had achieved everything they - now? i think the israelis had achieved everything they set out to achieve militarily in terms of destroying hezbollah�*s arms and decimating their leadership. netanyahu really wants to get the civilians back home to northern gaza and as he mentioned in his speech, they need to rearm and focus their attention now on hamas in gaza. and from the lebanese perspective, from hezbollah�*s perspective, from hezbollah�*s perspective, they've been defeated at this point so there was no point and then continuing the war so i think that's a matter of the military campaign running its course rather than a big achievement by the biden administration. fix, by the biden administration. a big focus as well will be focusing on hezbollah regrouping and rearming itself, how effective do you think it will be? �* . will be? but the great question. _ will be? but the great question, and - will be? but the great question, and it - will be? but the great question, and it will l will be? but the great l question, and it will you

will be? but the great - question, and it will you will determine whether the cease—fire is sustainable or not. a letter with the united states to attack any targets they want to attack in lebanon if hezbollah is rearming. it'll take a major effort including with iran, perhaps with russia to prevent them from sending weapons into hezbollah that could destroy the cease—fire. i did want to ask you about iran, hezbollah is its most powerful proxy in the region are, how does iran view the steel? with this be in discussions with hezbollah before hezbollah agree to it?— agree to it? iran is really ullin: agree to it? iran is really pulling the _ agree to it? iran is really pulling the strings - agree to it? iran is really pulling the strings on - agree to it? iran is really i pulling the strings on this, they are not interest in continuing this regional conflict, they've suffered hard blows and they want an opportunity to regroup as well, it's a significant develop may my, there's a period of time where this could have gone either way, where this could have gone eitherway, if where this could have gone either way, if iran had responded to israel's last

attack. it was so iran wants to step back from the brink as well. , �* ., well. president biden mentioned gaza and potential _ well. president biden mentioned gaza and potential peace - well. president biden mentioned gaza and potential peace deal. gaza and potential peace deal there, do you think that this cease—fire might help pave the way for that? cease-fire might help pave the way for that?— way for that? well, i think that they _ way for that? well, i think that they are _ way for that? well, i think that they are right - way for that? well, i think that they are right in - way for that? well, i think i that they are right in pointing out that this is probably a step in the right direction. in terms of hamas and gaza, the promise from hamas's perspective that they were fighting a regional war and had many allies on their side, with hezbollah out of the game, perhaps they'll feel more pressure, that being said, they show no indication in being any kind of cease—fire short of israeli troops withdrawing. it's a step of the right direction, is probably a little bit more likely than it was before but that remains a pretty remote possibility of this point. pretty remote possibility of this point-— pretty remote possibility of this oint. �* ., ., , this point. a lot of observers ofthe this point. a lot of observers of the region _ this point. a lot of observers of the region just _ this point. a lot of observers of the region just like - of the region just like yourself would probably point out this region has been there before, looking back at 2006

for example and yet we ended up with this conflict happening over these past year or so, as you watch this 60 day cease—fire unfold, what will you be looking for to see whether or not this is proceeding in a different direction with mark well i think a lot of it will depend on the posture of syria and iran and some of the folks that have been giving hezbollah weapons. have been giving hezbollah weapons-— have been giving hezbollah wealons, ., ., , , weapons. hezbollah arms depots have been severely _ weapons. hezbollah arms depots have been severely destroyed . weapons. hezbollah arms depots have been severely destroyed at| have been severely destroyed at this point, so if there's an effort by those folks to prevent them from getting more weapons than i think the cease—fire has a chance to succeed. if hezbollah starts with rearming there is no better implementation mechanism then what was in place for the prior deal, lebanese forces are very weak, they will not be able to... this will depend on the actions of the party on the ground more so then what is agreed to at this point. it will be interesting to watch and see how this plays out.

thanks. these are live pictures of lebanon's capital — and israel's northern border with lebanon —as the ceasefire deadline approaches, with lebanon as the ceasefire deadline approaches, less than two hours away now. just hours ago air strikes and rockets lit up the skies. and we are seeing fresh warnings from israel's army for residents of southern beirut — warning of imminent airstrikes. of course, we note that the cease—fire deadline will be approaching about a few hours' time really, we can look now at the border region there, looking at northern israel and southern lebanon, again, a quiet scene there tonight as we are waiting on the implementation of that cease—fire deal. it's taking place momentarily. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk.

the government has published its "get britain working" white paper — outlining measures aimed at getting more people jobs and reducing the benefits bill. or training for every 18 to 21—year—old. critics say the announcement lacks details. a woman who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life, has beenjailed for "extreme neglect". 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 girl's mother had previously admitted to four charges of child cruelty. mps are preparing to vote friday on the assisted dying bill — which would allow some terminally ill people in england and wales the right to die at a time of their choosing. they must have the mental capacity to make the choice and would only be able to seek help to die if two doctors agree and if a high courtjudge approves. they are preparing to vote on friday for that bill. you're live with bbc news.

egyptian rescuers have found four bodies and five survivors during search operation in the red sea, after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on monday. a total of 33 people have been rescued so far but seven remain missing — including two britons. the boat departed port ghalib on sunday with 31 tourists and 13 egyptian crew members on board. it had been due to sail on a five—day diving trip in the red sea, finishing further north, in hurghada. however at 5:30 on monday morning, the boat sent a distress signal after reportedly being hit by a large wave. officials say it capsized and sank within five to seven minutes in this area just off the coast, where 28 survivors were found initially. our correspondent sally nabil is in egypt. the first survivors rescued after their diving boat sank off the coast of the egyptian red sea resort of marsa alam. today more people rescued,

but more bodies recovered, too. on saturday, there were weather warnings about high wind speeds and high waves. yet, on sunday, the sea story left port with 44 passengers and crew on board for a five—day trip. just a few hours later, the boat sent a distress signal. officials say it capsized and sank within five to seven minutes in this area, by the wadi el—gemal reserve. the boat should have ended itsjourney here in hurghada, but it never made it. cruises and diving trips are quite popular among tourists visiting the red sea, but now there are concerns that this tragic incident might have a negative impact on tourism here, hugely important to the local economy. egypt's red sea coast attracts thousands of tourists each year.

authorities say an investigation is under way. sally nabil, bbc news, hurghada. russian media say moscow has expelled a british diplomat on grounds of espionage and acts of sabotage. the diplomat had replaced one of six others who were expelled in august — also for alleged spying. meanwhile in brussels, leaders of the nato military alliance and ukraine have been holding emergency talks on tuesday, after russia attacked a central city in ukraine with an experimental ballistic missile last week. tensions have been high since the us gave ukraine permission to use american long—range missiles against targets inside russia, known as atacms. it comes as moscow admitted that a ukrainian strike using those missiles hit one of russia's key air defence systems and an air base in the kursk region. the rare acknowledgement from moscow follows its largest ever drone attack on ukraine. kyiv says a record 188 drones were launched overnight, damaging buildings and critical infrastructure in several regions.

in the last hour i spoke to ivo daalder, former us ambassador to nato, and the ceo of the chicago council on global affairs. i asked him if this emergency meeting is a sign of serious concern among nato leaders. they are concerned, there is a good reason to be concerned because the russians are throwing just about everything they have at the ukrainians, they are gaining more territory, the drone strikes you just mentioned, the largest since the beginning of the war and of course this demonstration of an intermediate range ballistic missile that was launched just less than a week ago are all indications that things are not moving in the right direction and ukraine is looking to its allies, it's looking to its friends in this case the nato allies in brussels to say we need you, we need you to help us, we need you to continue to support us because without you, this is only going to get worse. yeah, and we know the weather

and the seasons are not playing into ukraine's favor here either, it's going to get cold there. with russia launching this record number of drones overnight, does it feel like ukraine obviously has done it before but can it make it to this winter, doesn't have the defence to hold off these attacks? it will make it through the winter but this winter will be tougher than the last winter and the most important thing is that since the summer, really, the russians have been able to destroy about 50% of the power generating capacity for the ukrainians, that will have a major impact on lights of course, and also on heating in many cases. it's getting cold and ukraine and it will only get colder and that will make it tougher for people to get through their day—to—day lives. at the same time, this is a country that is being attacked. it is a country that has been invaded, it is a country that has already seen extraordinary brutal actions by the invader and it is a country united

in the determination to withstand it. we so it will be hard, it will be tough, every so it will be hard, it will be tough, every day will be difficult, we're getting close to three years of full—scale war, but i think ukrainians will get through it. it would help if the west would continue to support it, if the kinds of weapons we are providing can continue to go and... what do you make of these weapons? we heard ukraine firing those to pretty good effect recently, is this a potential wild card, is it something that could really put ukraine on the offensive? no, it won't. what it will do is be able to strike more deeply into russian territories, mission supplies and bases and troop concentrations and headquarters in order to disrupt offensive operations by the russians. but clearly, the ukrainians are on the defensive now, no—one is talking about a counteroffensive. but you need to strike deep and these weapons

that the brits on the french are providing provided ukraine that the brits and the french are providing provided ukraine plus the long range drones that its manufacturing itself with the capacity to hit russia deep and to start inflicting some serious pain, but this is all about maintaining defence until such time that the tide can be turned. let's also remember the russians are losing a lot. by the latest numbers they are losing somewhere between 12,000 people, dead and wounded each week. those are extraordinary numbers. the mexican peso declined sharply and the canadian dollar hit a four—year low after donald trump announced he'd slap tariffs on his first day in office. trump revealed plans for 25% taxes on all imports from canada

and mexico, saying he's using them as leverage to curb drug trafficking and unauthorised immigration. the announcements have provoked strong reactions. mexican president claudia sheinbaum said tariffs would do nothing to curb drugs or migration, noting that us drug demand drives the supply of fentanyl. she urged cooperation, but warned mexico could retaliate with tariffs. saying both countries would lose. and justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, convened an emergency meeting — saying he and the president—elect already had a "productive" conversation by phone. trump also vowed 10% tariffs on chinese goods, adding to those already in place. for more reaction, our correspondents in canada, mexico and china sent us these reports. trudeau tried to offer reassurances to canadians today, it's clear that business and political leaders are concerned. the us is canada's largest trading partner. in the words of ontario premier doug ford, the economic impact of tariffs would be devastating. one message they're trying to hammer home is that us

consumers would also be hurt by tariffs — noting for example that 60% of us crude oil imports come from canada. on wednesday, trudeau will be meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts to discuss the path forward with the us — it'll likely be a bumpy one. there's a sense of deja vu amongst the mexican business community over donald trump's latest comments. not even his feet are under the desk in the oval office and he's already threatening his neighbours with sanctions. plus there's the feeling that mexicans should differentiate between his bark and his bite. president claudia sheinbaum has written him a letter in which she says tariffs are not the way to go in order to deal with undocumented immigration, and warned she would have to retaliate with some of her own. plus, the mexican authorities wonder what more they can do on the issue. they've already clamped down on people moving north without the right paperwork as a result of pressure from the biden administration — and donald trump is set to inherit a situation in which fewer undocumented migrants are being apprehended at the us—mexico border than at any other time over

the past four years. many of those are i already hit by tariffs. what donald trump is saying is he wants to slap an extra i 10% on top of that — now that's things like furniture, _ phones, even your leather bag. he wants to do this to try. and curb the flow of fennel and curb the flow of fenanyl from here in china to the us. but today, beijing had a warning of its own. i it says that a trade war is not| one that any country can win, and they say they're doing . all they can to try to prevent fentanyl reaching the us. but it's clear that on day one of his presidency, . donald trump seems set to renew his global trade confrontation with china. the world's oldest man, john alfred tinniswood, has died at the age of 112. born the same year the titanic sank and having lived through both world wars, he said the secret

to his longevity was down to "pure luck". here's danny savage. it was the year the titanic sank — 1912. there we go, john. we've got your fish and chips. it was also the year this man was born. he became the world's oldest man in april this year, with an acknowledgement from the guinness book of records. he married his wife, blodwyn, in 1942. she died back in 1986. john retired aged 60 in 1972. of course, he answered the obligatory question to the secret of a long life. if you don't eat too much, and so long as you exercise, will both the brain and the body, you should keep them young. if you don't, they will wither. it's as simple as that. john alfred tinniswood insisted he was no different to anyone else, saying you either live long or you live short,

and you can't do much about it. john tinniswood, the oldest man in the world, who has died at the age of 112. before we go here as a reminder of our top story at this hour. the cease—fire being agreed between israel and lebanon to hold that hostility there along the border with hezbollah, that deal is expected to come into place in the next few hours or so, we'll have plenty of updates on our website, that's bbc .com/ news, you can stay tuned right now as well, we'll continue to bring you updates as we get them. more coming up on bbc news. hello there. storm conall was named by the dutch weather service. we won't get the really strong winds from that, but we're already seeing some rain coming into england and wales. that rain has followed what was a generally dry and sunny picture for many

places on tuesday. but this is the developing storm moving up from the south—west, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain. the heaviest of the rain, overnight and into wednesday morning, will be in the far south—east of england. further north, there will be some rain, but no great amounts — but any more rain, given all the flooding, will not be particularly good news. and further north still, into the far north of england — scotland in particular, and northern ireland — some frost around here early on wednesday, some mist and fog patches, too. but further south, it looks pretty cloudy. the rain should've cleared wales and the south west by the morning, and that heavy rain clearing the south—east of england by late morning. eventually, this rain does move away from lincolnshire and east anglia, where it will turn quite windy as the rain clears. and the winds will bring in a few showers along the east coast of scotland and the north—east of england. otherwise, many northern areas

seeing some sunshine. a chillier day, though, than it was on tuesday, particularly if any of that fog lingers in northern ireland. this is storm conall — it's really developing as it leaves our shores, hence the strongest of the winds are likely to be in the netherlands. and following on from that, a ridge of high pressure will build across the uk — that's bringing light winds, clear skies — and that's pointing to a widespread frost by thursday morning. there may be some mist and fog patches around, as well, which will slowly lift. could be a little grey for a while in the south—east of england. many places, though, will be dry with some sunshine, but towards the far south—west of england and wales, a little rain coming in here and pushing into northern ireland later on in the day. here, the winds are strengthening, lifting the temperatures somewhat — but elsewhere, where it's dry with some sunshine, it'll be another chilly day on thursday. things will change, though, towards the end of the week — that high pressure gets pushed away. a weather front may well bring some rain into the far north and west, but we'll find, with low pressure to the west of the uk, high pressure to the east, we see a southerly wind picking up, and that will lift the temperatures, as well. so, stronger winds by the end of the week and into the start of the weekend.

a lot of cloud around, mind you — it won't be as cold at night, we're losing the frosty conditions, and it should be turning mild by day, as well. bye for now.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk,

i'm mishal husain. my guest today, here in london, is an israeli—born architect who wants to change his chosen profession. he works in what he calls forensic architecture, where details of buildings and physical spaces — and their destruction — are used to highlight abuses and persecution. is he right to see architecture as political — a way in which human beings can oppress as well as create? eyal weizman, welcome to hardtalk. your organisation is called forensic architecture. let's begin with you telling us what the essence of it is. what is it about? forensic architecture is an organisation that provides architectural evidence in international forums, in tribunals

and international courts.