five people have been found alive — and four bodies have been recovered —after a tourist boat sank off egypt's red sea coast. and world leaders and markets react after president—elect trump vows import tariffs on his first day in office. 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." the truce is said to be implemented over a 60 day period which will take effect in about one hour's time but thatis in about one hour's time but that is for in the morning local time. we can show you live pictures. this is beirut and there you can see a relatively calm scene and we can also show you the northern border with lebanon where skies are dark and very quiet at this

hour as we approach the ceasefire deadline. hours ago and rockets lit the night sky. israel issued evacuation orders for the southern suburbs of beirut in the last hour or so. nearly 4000 people have been killed in lebanon since october 2023 according to the countries health ministry and tens of thousands of rockets have been 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. 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 organisations will not be allowed, i emphasise, 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 terrorist infrastructure in southern lebanon will not be allowed to be rebuilt. hezbollah will withdraw north of the river. in turn israeli troops will gradually withdraw from southern lebanon with the regular lebanese army deploying in their place alongside the existing un force that is already there. the israeli prime minister confirmed in a national address to his government that they will approve the deal but vowed israel woods responsibility should hezbollah show signs of return. translation: mb? should hezbollah show signs of return. translation: why should we have a ceasefire _ return. translation: why should we have a ceasefire now? - return. translation: why should we have a ceasefire now? three i we have a ceasefire now? three main reasons. the first is to focus on the iranians threat and i will not expand on that. second is to give alf forces a breather and to replenish stocks. i say it openly, there

is no secret that there has been big delays in weapons and ammunition deliveries in these delays will be resolved soon. we will receive supplies that will keep our soldiers safe and give us more strikeforce to complete our mission. the third reason for a ceasefire is to separate the fronts and isolate hamas. it separate the fronts and isolate hamas. , ., , ., hamas. it is hoped that the ceasefire — hamas. it is hoped that the ceasefire deal _ hamas. it is hoped that the ceasefire deal will - hamas. it is hoped that the ceasefire deal will mean . hamas. it is hoped that the i ceasefire deal will mean many civilians on both sides of the border region 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 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. we wa nt we want to show you a quick live look here at the border region along the area therebetween northern israel and southern lebanon. again, this is calm now but of course we believe that ceasefire deal will take effect in about an

hour or so. that was announced, that it will begin in the early hours but before the announcement israel launched extensive airstrikes on the southern suburbs of beirut�*s clinic the southern suburbs of beirut. 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.

dana stroul is a former us deputy assistant sceretary of defence for the middle east. she gave me her thoughts on the agreement. it isa it is a significant diplomatic breakthrough that president biden �*steam as well as france and others have been working for some months. what is interesting at this moment in time is that what hezbollah did to get to the ceasefire agreement is break its commitment that it made since october eight when it started to fire rockets and precision munitions at israel less than 24 hours after the attacks of hamas saying it would never agree to a ceasefire until there was a ceasefire in gaza. hamas is now so weakened and its position so threatened that its position so threatened that it has broken the hamas leaving hamas and gaza are isolated and i wanted to know if you thought it was because the leadership structure was damaged or if it might also be a case that they may see a potential deal on the

horizon in gaza as well. it remains to be seen. i think one of the key messages we have heard across the biden administration is that the impediment to a ceasefire in gazais impediment to a ceasefire in gaza is on hamas. it is hamas who will not agree to believe —— release the remaining hostages. when it comes to hezbollah its military arsenal has been eliminated by months of intensive israeli operations and its senior leadership and the rank—and—file members have been absolutely decimated as well as political stranglehold over the government in beirut has been undermined and the popular support across lebanon is severely at risk so i think at this point hezbollah is looking at all this and would never have agreed to the ceasefire if tehran had not given a green light. it signals weakness and re—evaluation across the region. weakness and re-evaluation

across the region.— weakness and re-evaluation across the region. you think it is a durable _ across the region. you think it is a durable deal? _ across the region. you think it is a durable deal? we - across the region. you think it is a durable deal? we know. is a durable deal? we know israel retains the right to go backinif israel retains the right to go back in if they detect that hezbollah is rearming itself. is that something where we could see that happen and then temperature simply begin to rise again?— rise again? yes. i think so. what we — rise again? yes. i think so. what we know— rise again? yes. i think so. what we know right - rise again? yes. i think so. what we know right now i rise again? yes. i think so. what we know right now is| rise again? yes. i think so. i what we know right now is that the ceasefire will go into effect in a few hours but what will happen over the next 60 daysis will happen over the next 60 days is a phased deployment. as hezbollah leaves areas 25 kilometres north of israel, north of the river, that is when the lebanese army will deploy south so it is on the lebanese army and on the united nations to actually verify that hezbollah is leaving its areas and disarming as it moves in the united states has made this very important commitment to monitor the ceasefire and support israel if israel needs to take action in self defence. nobody here trust hezbollah and nobody trusts iran so once again it is the critical us role to enforce the ceasefire

agreement. role to enforce the ceasefire agreement-— role to enforce the ceasefire agreement. and what will this mean for the _ agreement. and what will this mean for the people - agreement. and what will this mean for the people who i agreement. and what will this mean for the people who live | agreement. and what will this | mean for the people who live in lebanon in northern israel, evenin lebanon in northern israel, even in beirut where we have seen these strikes? at what point do you think they will feel like it is safe enough for them to return home? i don't think it will— them to return home? i don't think it will happen _ them to return home? i don't think it will happen soon. i i think it will happen soon. i think it will happen soon. i think worrying development is that much of the leadership of these towns in northern israel have said they do not trust the government when they say the ceasefire is going to enable these communities to return to their homes. again what we enter into is the first 60 day test period. there is no confidence on either side it is about what the united states can do, what the international community and france, as a guarantor of the lebanese side. this is a test case. significant muscle has been put into this and that we must verify. we know there was some opposition to this deal within the cabinet.—

opposition to this deal within the cabinet. security minister said that he _ the cabinet. security minister said that he favoured - said that he favoured continuing the war until hezbollah was completely eliminated as a military force. do you get the sense, however that israel has achieved its objectives in lebanon and is simply ready to now retreat? what i think is important about the israeli campaign in both gaza and in lebanon, that everyone needs to recognise and clearly israeli can security establishment realises this is that there is no military only solution to either lebanon or gaza. but what israel has done is successful battlefield operations to set conditions to now transition to a political process. it is up to the political will in israel and beirut, across the middle east in washington and in europe to enforce an agreement that could give confidence to both sides that there will be economic support, that civilians can return to their communities and that the world is committed to

blocking iran from playing a spoiler role and rearming has below. these are big challenges for the international community. foreign ministers from the world's leading economies expressed support for that ceasefire as they met for the final day of the g7 summit in italy. in attendance were leaders from italy, the us, britain, germany, france, canada and japan. the situation in gaza was a key topic of discussion on the last day. the final statement adopted by g7 leaders said israel must quote, "facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance in all its forms" to palestinians there in gaza. us secretary of state antony blinken says the ceasefire in lebanon will positively impact the wider region. it will make a big difference in creating the conditions that will allow people to return safely to their homes in northern israel and in southern lebanon stop i also believe that by deescalating the tension in the region it can also help us to end the conflict in gaza. in

particular, hamas will know we cannot count on other fronts opening up in the wall. so we are tracking this closely and we hope and believe we can get this over the finish line. leaders there also hoped to reach consensus on whether to enforce an international arrest warrant for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i spoke about that — and reaction to the ceasefire agreement with christina ruffini, a foreign affairs journalist and host of the one decision podcast. thank you forjoining us here on the bbc. i would assume that many of the foreign ministers greeted the ceasefire announcement positively. one of the interesting _ announcement positively. one of the interesting things _ announcement positively. one of the interesting things about i the interesting things about the interesting things about the g7 is that the italians expanded and invited a lot of people and i had a chance to talk to the italian foreign minister today and i said why did you want to it to arab leaders, to qatar, to the uae, but the focus seemed to be on

the middle east, on trying to get some sort of deliverable ceasefire. he said because it cannotjust be the g7 in a globalised world all of these conflicts are going to impact all of us. the timing was odd. the official announcement did not come until the g7 concluded that off the record and behind—the—scenes we were being told it behind�