for that the prospects for that ceasefire and also injecting caution because after so many false dawns in the past few minutes, treasury minister tulip siddiq it is good to be cautious. in the past few minutes, treasury minister tulip siddiq resigns, after growing pressure over an anti—corruption investigation in bangladesh. trump's pick for defence secretary — pete hegseth — vows to restore a "warrior ethos" to the military — but is grilled by senators over his views on woman in combat. we can no longer count on reputational deterrence, we need real deterrence. for thank as she visits patients at the staff of the hospital that treated her.

negotiations to agree a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages are said to be in their "final stages", according to mediators in the qatari capital doha. the proposed deal is believed to be multi—staged, with an agreement to release 3a hostages and israel freeing hundreds of palestinian prisoners. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, says he believes a ceasefire will be achieved, and has spoken of the need to �*forge a new reality in the middle east'. let's get the latest from our international editorjeremy bowen, who's injerusalem. we've had so many occasions where there's been optimism, idealist talked up and then it's not come to fruition. does this feel different? it it's not come to fruition. does this feel different?— this feel different? it does, our bed- — this feel different? it does, our bed. back— this feel different? it does, our bed. back in _ this feel different? it does, our bed. back in the - this feel different? it does, | our bed. back in the spring, this feel different? it does, l our bed. back in the spring, i think it was in may president joe biden notoriously eating an ice cream at the time predicted

that there might be a cease—fire by the end of the weekend, was a phrase he used, something like that. that was months and months ago. this is different. i think the major difference is the donald trump factor. the fact that he is putting pressure on the israelis via his middle east envoy to make some important concessions. hamas were under a lot of pressure anyway. as well is that i think of feeling perhaps on both sides that when he takes office and it's only a week away, less than a week, the deal may conceivably change. this might be a good time to try to take away from the table what they can. just cive me the table what they can. just give me a — the table what they can. just give me a sense _ the table what they can. just give me a sense of - the table what they can. just give me a sense of the politics at play in israel. at least two of the far right ministers who make up this coalition have been very vocal in their opposition. do they have the capacity still to potentially torpedo this?—

capacity still to potentially torpedo this? capacity still to potentially toredo this? , ., torpedo this? yes, the way that the system _ torpedo this? yes, the way that the system works _ torpedo this? yes, the way that the system works is _ the system works is there's always a coalition. prime minister netanyahu chose to embrace his current government, of course he had many governments over the years. the longest—serving israeli prime minister. he chose to base it on the parties and the votes of two ultranationalist parties. two ultra nationalist parties. and two ultranationalist parties. and you ministers in particular, ben—gvirand and you ministers in particular, ben—gvir and smart trish who are real hardliners who have both said repeatedly that if a deal is done with hamas they don't approve of the day will bring down the government. david expressed the disapproval of what they believed to be taking place in qatar. but they hadn't specifically said that they will walk away at this point. one argument is that they are hoping that donald trump may be more amenable to things they really do believe in. very

strongly, in the case of both men in fact putting jewish settlers into gaza, taking territory away from the palestinians. and perhaps even annexing, bringing into israeli officially part of the west bank with donald trumps permission. the argument may be they might want to hang around to see if that can happen. there is another one. i was speaking to a settler leader, a very prominent woman today who said she had been on the phone all day trying to stop this happening foot up trying to say to one of her neighbors in her old west banks settlement that he has to bring the government down because she was certainly characterizing what was going on in her view as an act of treachery. that was the word she used. because of the fact that she felt it was boasted more in for israel's security,

building a nation to have jewish settlers inside gaza. in terms of the detail what we know about the deal, take me through how stage one is supposed to work, the timeframe and the details. £12 supposed to work, the timeframe and the details.— and the details. 42 days. in the call of _ and the details. 42 days. in the call of that _ and the details. 42 days. in the call of that there - and the details. 42 days. in the call of that there will i and the details. 42 days. in | the call of that there will be a gradual tip exchange of hostages for palestinians who are of either been sentenced to prison or have been detained without trial. they will be exchanged. and during that period they will also be a phased withdrawal and the details, the kinds of things they will be discussing i think at the moment in no hard. there will be a phased withdrawal of israeli troops from parts of gaza, back towards the borders with israel. the extent with how much israel might pull back has been one of the many

sticking points. and not least what happens to the border gaza has at its southernmost end with egypt, which is called the philadelphia corridor. when it seemed as if back in the summer in agreement on the cease—fire may be close prime minister netanyahu suddenly unveiled this as a massive stumbling block and said israel's security absolutely depended on it. now under the pressure of donald trump and his representatives it appears that he may be dropping that assertion. going from saying that israel is totally dependent on the philadelphia corridor to say we might have to pull out. this is a very political process that is happening as well. from the israeli point of view in that period there is going to be in increased realization that from the very outset prime minister netanyahu has said that has to

be what he calls total victory and the only way to get the hostages back is by using military force. once again it's being shown that if this does come to pass and if hostages are released in exchange for those palestinians than actually it won't necessarily beat military pressure. of course that has been part of it, it will be negotiations and diplomacy. that's why there are hostage families inside israel who are heartbroken and furious saying that this deal could have been done months ago. yes. have been done months ago. yes, joe biden have been done months ago. yes, joe biden saying — have been done months ago. yes, joe biden saying effectively this is sort of deal has been on the table since may. we're far hundred and 65 days into this conflict, when the secretary of state says he hopes the cease—fire will be achieved and the need to forge achieved and the need to forge a new reality in the middle east, what do you think he's envisaging? fist

east, what do you think he's envisaging?— east. what do you think he's envisaauin? ., , ~ 4, ., envisaging? at any blinken laid out his and _ envisaging? at any blinken laid out his and president _ envisaging? at any blinken laid out his and president biden - envisaging? at any blinken laid out his and president biden is i out his and president biden is view how it should all go very early on in the war. —— antony blinken. but they effectively said is there should be progress towards the two state solution, the fable two state solution, the fable two state solution, an independent palestine alongside israel. and that israel in return for allowing that to happen would then get first of all more security assurances from the us but would also get normalization from exchange of diplomats, that kind of thing from saudi arabia, which would be a very large event in the middle east if that were to happen. but the key to that process unfolding is very much getting that irrevocable progress towards a palestinian state. that is something that mr netanyahu and his government

have come out against very explicitly for them and the saudis have said no palestinian state, nope deal with israel. that's where the on pass actually is. one of the arguments being discussed widely at the moment is that this is a vision that president trump maybe had dangled in front of him. that if all this comes to pass, if there was a palestinian state, if there was something that look like peace between israelis and palestinians, if there was it israeli deal with the saturdays, if the region became much less turbulent then you never know, they might even be a nobel peace prize to be won. that for him of course is a very alluring prospect. actually something that is dismaying people on the hard right in israel who were hoping that he would come in and support them even more vociferously than president biden has done.—

vociferously than president biden has done. jeremy bowen live in jerusalem. _ biden has done. jeremy bowen live in jerusalem. thank you i live injerusalem. thank you very much for that analysis. in the last hour treasury minister tulip siddiq has resigned from the government after being named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure spending in bangladesh. ms siddiq had referred herself to the pm's standards adviser, but insisted she has done nothing wrong. tulip siddiq and says she has done nothing wrong. in a statement the mp said that whilst it was found should not breached the ministerial code remaining in her role would be a distraction. emma reynolds has been appointed the new economic secretary to the treasury.

just explain a bit more, given all of that why she is gone. i think she is gone because she and her own words has become a distraction to the work of the government. this is the big problem for ministers facing this sort of onslaught on their propriety, led byjournalists. this is been an investigation ijy this is been an investigation by the daily mail and the sunday times. it has led to her resignation. it's interesting of course that she is now the third big resignation within the government, sue grey went are the prime ministers because advisors went over distraction, distracting rows within number ten, distracting from the work of the government. the transport secretary louise haig went for similar reasons and now tulip siddiq. the prime minister has said he wants to thank her in a letter being published this afternoon. he was a thank her for her commitment during her time as economic secretary. and for referring herself to that

independent advisor on parliamentary standards and her commitment to ending this ongoing distraction from delivering our agenda to change britain. it's a bit of a familiar story as to the basic and broad reasons why she has gone. and broad reasons why she has one. ., y ., and broad reasons why she has ione. ., , ., ., gone. tom, you referred to the ministerial _ gone. tom, you referred to the ministerial code, _ gone. tom, you referred to the ministerial code, ministerial. ministerial code, ministerial standards, tell me more about that. , , ., ., that. did ministerial standard advisor and _ that. did ministerial standard advisor and he _ that. did ministerial standard advisor and he advises - that. did ministerial standard advisor and he advises the i advisor and he advises the prime minister on whether ministers have adhered to the ministerial code tulip siddiq referred herself to him. he was carrying out an investigation into the basic facts carrying out an investigation into the basic