for car makers struggling with electric vehicle targets. more than 50 years after a former monk was mysteriously killed by the ira, experts say they may have reached a breakthrough in the search for his body. and from honey badgers to beluga whales, now�*s your chance to pick which snap should win the prestigous wildlife photographer of the year people's choice award. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to verified live. thanks forjoining us. thousands of displaced people in southern lebanon are defying warnings from the israeli military and lebanese authorities telling them not to return to their homes yet, as a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah appears to be holding. lines of vehicles are backed up on the main highway that links beirut to southern lebanon, with some drivers displaying hezbollah flags

and posters showing the group's former leader hassan nasrallah. these are live pictures from tyre in southern lebanon where the roads have been busy with people returning home. in northern israel, there is apprehension about safety, as around 60 thousand israelis are also considering whether to return to their homes near the border. in a moment, we'll have latest from our correspondents across the region. but first, this report from yolande knell injerusalem. the long road home. israel is warning displaced lebanese not to go back to the south until its soldiers have pulled out. but within hours of the ceasefire with hezbollah, main routes were jammed. "they announced the ceasefire at 4am. "by imo, i was on the road home. "it feels indescribable."

"i'm reborn. "thank god i can breathe again," this man says. "there's nothing like the earth of the south." and there was no shortage of hezbollah flags. supporters returning to the ruins of the group's strongholds and celebrating with gunfire in dahiya in southern beirut. after more than a year of war in lebanon, the lebanese capital was hardest hit yesterday with a series of deadly strikes just before a ceasefire was announced. and this was the destruction left in israel's north after the final hezbollah rockets rained down here. after a year in which israel says it was attacked with 17,000 missiles and drones, many locals say they still don't feel safe and that israel should have carried on fighting in lebanon. "we've been displaced for 14 months "from our home, but it's crazy to bring our children

"back in this situation. "it's sad that the government abandons us," this mother says. "it's very bad," adds another woman. "they did nothing and our soldiers were "killed for nothing." israel sent troops into southern lebanon to target hezbollah two months ago. it's dealt its old enemy a major blow in this war, even killing its long—time leader. hezbollah began firing rockets at israel to show solidarity with hamas after its deadly 7th of october assault. but, as a truce takes hold on the northern front, there's no end in sight to the parallel conflict in gaza. in one of its latest strikes in the territory, israel's military says it killed a hamas figure in this school turned shelter. clearing up, palestinians say they, too, yearn for a ceasefire.

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur correspondents lina sinjab in beirut and frank gardner injerusalem told me more about the ceasefire deal. since the ceasefire began, after 13 months of violence in lebanon where the last two months of extreme violence that left overi million displaced. today we are seeing people rushing back to their homes, i have been out to the southern suburb of beirut and people were walking over the rubble of their homes where they had spent their lives, looking at what is left, there is nothing left from their lives before. but yet they are happy there is a ceasefire, they are worried about what will come next and how this will go back

to life, how to rebuild. but everyone is really holding their breath at least there is no more violence, no more destruction, no more air strikes. there are many questions at stake here because people are concerned about the ceasefire to hold, to continue, to be, really, the end of the war, and questioning who will help from the international community or even the regional powers to rebuild their own areas. people are also watching what hezbollah is going to do for the next period of time. the group is celebrating the ceasefire as a victory on their own side, but many people feel that any mistake that would come from the group, we could go back to square one. however, as we talk now, the idf also made an announcement that there would be a curfew starting at five p m local time in beirut until saturday, where no one in the south of

litani can move to the north, or nobody in the north can move down, until7am. so we can see everybody is looking at this situation, trying to control the situation, the lebanese army is still preparing to be deployed to the south to take up its duties. but for the ordinary people who have lost their homes, in towns and villages, they are rushing to go back to some sort of normality despite the distraction. —— despite the distraction. —— destruction. let's go to frank gardner injerusalem. how does the ceasefire look from there? we have been talking about people returning to their homes in lebanon, are many israelis back on the move to the north of the country, the

borders with lebanon? no, it is nothing like the situation in lebanon because there is an enormous feeling of mistrust, even some anger among residents of northern israel who say this war has ended too quickly. they worry hezbollah has too much left intact, especially its rocket arsenal, and they think back to the un security council resolution 1701 which followed security council resolution 1701 which followed the 2006 lebanon war with israel where hezbollah was meant to stay north of the litani river but did not, it built up a task force, dug tunnels and caves, stored the rockets and attacked as you heard the from october the 8th onwards. —— but it didn't, —- but it didn't, it —— but it didn't, it built up its arsenals. there was a poll carried out in a few hours ago on this first day of the ceasefire, this is an israeli poll which roughly split down the middle of of those asked, "are you in favour of the ceasefire," a third said they were not sure,

roughly a third said we approve, roughly a third said we don't approve. the government is putting it forward as not exactly a victory but, yeah, i think mr netanyahu used the word victory yesterday, but they feel this is a success, they say the hezbollah of today is very different to the organisation that first attacked them on october the 8th last year and they have got rid of its leader, hassan nasrallah, destroyed a lot of its weapon stocks, eliminated many of its senior members and so on. but nevertheless i think the population of northern galilee will be very wary because that is notjust —— will be very wary because their big fear is notjust about the rockets. the rockets that have driven

lots of people south, living in hotels and friends�* sofas and so on, but that big fear is that hezbollah was planning some kind of repeat of what hamas stayed on october the 7th last year, namely break through the borderfence and carry out a raid, killing, hostage taking and dragging people back into lebanon, and i think that is why lots of people will be waiting to see what happens with the 60 day ceasefire. it is only day one, it is more or less holding but there is a fair degree of suspicion and reluctance, i would say, on this side of the border. frank gardner and lina sinjab. let's speak to paula yacoubian. she is a lebanese mp and member of the national coalition party. shejoins us from she joins us from beirut. shejoins us from beirut. i think there may be a problem with the line. i think it has come good, i hope you can hear me, paula yacoubian?_ come good, i hope you can hear me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having — me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. _ me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. hopefully - me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. hopefully the - for having me. hopefully the line will stay _ for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. - for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. i - for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. i want l line will stay stable. i want to ask you, how does it feel to

be in lebanon today, to be in beirut today, day one of the ceasefire? it beirut today, day one of the ceasefire?— beirut today, day one of the ceasefire? , ., ., ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire- _ ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire. the _ ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire. the image - ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire. the image of - ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire. the image of the l ceasefire. the image of the lebanese returning to their villages, their homes, is heart—warming and full of hope. however, lebanon is going through its worst financial and economic crisis, and during this crisis we had this unnecessary war, just to implement the 1701. lebanese are heading into the unknown again and we don't know where it will go right now. it is a very nice image to see people returning, howeverthe very nice image to see people returning, however the future is still unknown. will hezbollah keep the same politics, the same strategy, fearmongering? this war will tame them a little bit? it will

change their approach to a more conciliatory approach when it comes to the internal politics of lebanon? lots of questions today, but it is a day for celebration in lebanon and as we can see, people are celebrating their return. one of my questions _ celebrating their return. one of my questions for - celebrating their return. one of my questions for you - celebrating their return. one of my questions for you one hezbollah, do you think that iran will put pressure or say to hezbollah, stick to this deal if it does not want to get into or try to avoid any further confrontation with israel? another critical question in lebanon is iran, and what iran will do. iran has long used its proxies, especially in lebanon, especially hezbollah, in advancing its agenda. this time i think things are different. everyone is waiting for the new us president trump to take power and then things will be

clearer, how would they handle iran? is it a final deal this time for lebanon? as you know, lebanon has been unstable over time, everything is unstable in lebanon and iran was a big factor in this instability. people in lebanon are hoping we can work on rebuilding institutions, our country, electing a president very soon, and iran has a big say in all of that. i know iran agreed on this deal otherwise it would not see the bite, so it is not just an american paper and the israeli cabinet approved it, it is also the iranians apparently are also giving their guarantees and the question is how lebanon will survive. we need lots of help and funding because the south is completely destroyed, most of david's

suburbs are also destroyed and it is... lebanon was already show for it —— suffering from a very deep economic crisis, perhaps the worst in its history. perhaps the worst in its history-— perhaps the worst in its histo . ~ ., ., ., history. we heard from a lebanese _ history. we heard from a lebanese cabinet - history. we heard from a. lebanese cabinet minister saying that he hoped the 60 day ceasefire would lead to phase two of growing stability and a long lasting peace, which would . which would be essential to deal with the long lasting peace, which would be essential to deal with the infrastructure issues you are infrastructure issues you are talking about. you mentioned talking about. you mentioned the new us administration and the new us administration and when donald trump moves into when donald trump moves into the white house again, do you the white house again, do you think there could be some shift think there could be some shift because of the new because of the new administration's approach to the region? administration's approach to the region? we have (inaudible) we have (inaudible)

. totally pro—israeli. trump gave lots of promises, the annexation of the west bank. many, many (inaudible). the genocide was not enough for this administration. we have (inaudible). paula yacoubian, i'm really

in the uk, the conservative leader kemi badenoch has called for a new approach on mass migration. she's warned that unchecked, rapid immigration could undermine society. in a speech, ms badenoch also

admitted that previous, conservative governments had made mistakes and called for a cap on the number of migrants. 0ur political correspondent tom symondsjoins us from symonds joins us from westminster. we know there will be the latest migration figures out tomorrow, tell us more about what kemi badenoch was saying? about what kemi badenoch was sa in: ? �* ., about what kemi badenoch was sa in? , saying? kemi badenoch has only 'ust saying? kemi badenoch has only just become _ saying? kemi badenoch has only just become the _ saying? kemi badenoch has only just become the leader - saying? kemi badenoch has only just become the leader of - saying? kemi badenoch has only just become the leader of the i just become the leader of the conservative party during a campaign for the leadership where she really avoided talking about any firm policies. but today she has started a discussion, a policy discussion, about immigration. most importantly, i think, she has said that we as a party and i as the new leader accept we got this wrong, by this she means policy on immigration. she said there had not been enough of an effort to try to prevent people coming to the

uk. she said, for example people were told the countries they were coming from that kemi badenoch believes were safe and therefore they should not be allowed into the country, and she also said there should have been a firm cap on immigration. she said this country is not a dormitory and not a hotel, and she said without a shared national identity our country will suffer. the conservatives are concerned for example that lots of people who have come here recently do not, for example, speak good english. in terms of policies she said the conservatives would develop a plan for immigration which would ensure that a british passport was not a... it was a privilege, not a right, that would be zero—tolerance for foreign criminals in the uk, a transparent approach to weighing up the costs and benefits of the types of migration that have happened

and, crucial policy, strict numerical caps for visas. something robertjenrick talked about when he was opposing her for the party leadership, we will review every policy including membership of the european court of human rights and the human rights act, the kinds of policies and legal frameworks which dictate who gets to come to the uk. here are some of what she said in the speech. are some of what she said in the speech-— the speech. the new conservative - the speech. the new conservative leader l the speech. the new- conservative leader trying to draw very clear lines between the conservatives a smug approach to migration and that of the labour government? labour perhaps wants to talk less about migration that the conservatives did. and it rishi sunak the conservatives talked about a firm promise to stop the boats. —— under rishi sunak. the prime minister has spoken less about that, he has said the emphasis will not be on trying to deter people through a scheme like wonder

why people's asylum applications would be considered offshore, but instead via a policing process where the police would go and treat illegal immigration as though it were terrorism, trying to stop smugglers getting people on the boat sent across the channel. so a very clear difference. don't forget, immigration as a core policy for the conservatives. they have reform to their rights and full reform immigration needs more of the policy, so the conservatives need to be seen to be coming out firmly and saying something about an issue which i think it is clear is something that concerns them. thank you very much, tom symonds. reports from egypt say five people have been found alive, two days after a tourist yacht capsized off the red sea coast. a total of 33 people have been rescued so far, but seven remain missing — including two britons. sally nabilfrom bbc arabic is in harghada,

where the boat was meant to finish its trip and sent in this report. more survivors finally made it to shore after their boat sank off the coast of the egyptian red sea on monday. we've been told all the five passengers pulled out alive, as well as the four dead bodies recovered on tuesday, were trapped inside the cabins of the sunken sea story. there were 44 people on board, including 31 tourists and 13 egyptian crew members. most of them have been found alive. the egyptian army oversees the ongoing rescue operation, now looking for a few people still unaccounted for. the reception on board, with a warm shower and dinner after, and all the care they took, because we were shaking with cold and shaking... and they warmed us up.

23—year—old yusuf, an egyptian instructor, was among those who made it safely. the divers' job was not an easy one at all. one of the divers told us they had to keep many sharks at bay and struggle against strong tides underwater. it took a lot of effort to get into the largely submerged boat, open the cabins and get the locked up passengers out. the diving tour that was supposed to last for five days turned into a nightmare. after sending distress signals, the vessel sank within minutes, according to the authorities. 0n the day the sea story sailed from the resort of marsa alam, the weather was said to be quite bad, with strong winds and high waves. investigations are under way. many locals here live

on tourism, and they are concerned that this incident might hit them really hard. sally nabil, bbc news, hurghada. the uk government is to announce changes to the electric car transition amid growing concerns over how the vehicle industry will cope. petrol and diesel vehicles are currently due to be phased out by 2030 — that deadline will stay, but manufacturers could get more help in meeting it. but vauxhall owner stellantis said it would close its van—making plant in luton, putting 1,100 jobs at risk. elsewhere, germany's volkswagen is facing challenges partly caused by the electric car transition. responding to fears of unfair competition, last month eu countries approved the imposition of hefty import tariffs on chinese—made evs. i've been speaking to professor david bailey from the business economics department at birmingham university. he told us more about the electric vehicle government

mandate here in the uk. the uk, for example, this year there is a mandate from the government which basically is saying to car companies, 22% of your vehicle sales have to be electric, and if they don't hit that, they're fined very heavily. that increases to 28% next year, 80% by 2030. and then after 2030, the ban on petrol and diesel sales comes in. car firms are saying they aren't going to all hit the 22%. they face substantial fines, which could run into something like £1.8 billion a year. they also may have to buy credits from companies that do hit the targets, which will tend to be mainly chinese companies only selling electric cars. so this is a weird situation. we're finding domestic industry subsidising chinese firms, which are already getting very heavily subsidised by the chinese government. yeah. so the business and trade secretary here in the uk talking about keeping those targets, but finding a better way forward, what could that look

like, or should that look like, in your opinion? well, i think there should be four things they need to do. one is greater flexibility in the mandate so they if they don't hit the targets initially, maybe later on they could recoup that by extra battery electric vehicle sales. so a bit more flexibility. secondly, they need to bring back some sort of incentives for people to buy electric vehicles. at the moment it's all stick. basically the government is hitting the industry with a big stick. there are no carrots to encourage people into electric vehicles. other countries still do that. they give upfront subsidies in france, france, belgium, the netherlands. to get into an electric car, we need to do the same. we also need to see a faster build out of the charging infrastructure to underpin confidence and an industrial strategy to really support the industry. so there are various bits of jigsaw there that need to be fitted together, but they they have to do that quickly. yeah. and specifically, then, on that luton plant, stellantis saying these targets part of the issue, do you think they're the biggest part of what's going wrong

there or is it something else? well, i think there's a whole load of different things going on in terms of the industry, in terms of the downturn in the chinese market, stalling electric vehicle sales, chinese vehicles penetrating the market here. so a massive restructuring taking place, as we heard about in terms of volkswagen. stellantis, though, to be fair to them, have warned consistently that policy in the uk makes operating in the uk difficult, and they have been threatening to shut plants for some time. they've now come through on that. so i think we have to take that seriously. professor david bailey. stay with us here on verified live on bbc news. for many parts of the uk wednesday was bright and sunny but cold for many of us, some sparkling visibility here in scotland. for others, flooding continued to be of concern,

particularly in the passage of this area. storm conall, led by authorities in the netherlands where cuts could be up to 80 mph. it brought some heavy rain across southern coastal counties, less rain across so