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approve the gaza ceasefire deal, israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu accuses benjamin neta nyahu accuses hamas benjamin netanyahu accuses hamas of backtracking on some details of the proposal. meanwhile there is anticipation in gaza after months of death and destruction. a senior hamas official says the group is committed to the agreement which has raised hopes to an end to 15 months of war. here in the uk the economy grew by 0.1% in november, the first time in three months. sir keir starmer says it is a step in the right direction. the uk's second busiest port, holyhead in north wales, reopens this morning six weeks after storm damage shut it down. and the latest figures show thousands of families are spending hundreds of pounds a month on adhd medication because of long waiting times for nhs prescriptions. shortly we will take you live to central london. in a speech

the leader of the liberal democrats ed davey is set to urge the government to negotiate a new negotiation with the eu. he says stronger ties will strengthen our hand in dealing with new president donald trump who has threatened to impose trade tariffs when he enters the white house from monday. before we bring you that speech we can update you on some other news. as we have been reporting this morning british prime minister sir keir starmer is a new crane. he is set to sign a partnership with the country, a security partnership to strengthen ties between the uk and ukraine. in the last half an hour or so we heard from our correspondent in kyiv who said an air raid siren had signalled and that multiple explosions were heard as air defences went to work in kyiv.

the ukrainian air defence system is working in the capital, she said. that came one hour after sir keir starmer had laid a wreath on the square in central kyiv. our correspondence they are saying the air raid alert is still active. we will update you on developments in kiva as and when we get them. we can return to our top story, the ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli cabinet was due to approve the truce today but a meeting has been delayed. the israeli prime minister's office has accused hamas of reneging on an element of the deal. i said make such visits are fully committed to it. israeli air strikes continued in gaza overnight with reports 73 people have been killed. we bring you the latest updates as and when we get them. let's bring you this special report on the situation in gaza from special correspondent fergal keane.

they're used to false rumours. hope has been a lost language in this war. but tonight, perhaps an end. to fear. exhaustion. degradation. they have suffered while the talk has gone on and on. mahmoud aldebe and his family have evacuated nine times. his children scavenge for anything that could be sold to buy food. and they suffer for it. skin diseases. hepatitis. "the smell is suffocating," he says. "and the dogs are everywhere. there's nowhere to go to the bathroom. so at night, my family

and i went together to relieve ourselves, only to be attacked by dogs that tried to bite us." they lived here before the war, jabalia. bombed now into an age of stone. the consequences of the war stretch the length of gaza and into every life in one way or another. noara al—najjar and her children, just after the israeli strike that took her husband. their father abdel rahman, one of more than 70 people killed in an operation to rescue two hostages. his daughter malak lost an eye in the attack. "pain," she says. "i lost my father. enough." noara was pregnant at the time and now has the couple's baby, rahma. the ceasefire is welcome, but it's not the end of suffering. translation: after the i

ceasefire, i want to give my children the best life. i want them to get over the fear we lived. my children are really scared. the terror has settled in their hearts. the scale of rebuilding ahead is immense. of a lost world of broken lives. fergal keane, bbc news, amman. we will bring you the latest developments on the ceasefire as and when we get them. here in the uk, the economy returned to growth in novemberfor the first time in three months but onlyjust. britain's economic output inched up by a lower than expected 0.i% output inched up by a lower than expected 0.1% in november compared with october. chancellor rachel reeves says she will fight everyday to deliver economic growth. our business correspondent ben boulos has more.

what we have learned this morning is that the uk economy grew by the very thinnest of margins, just 0.1% growth in november, and that is below what had been expected. gdp, gross domestic product, is a measure of how much economic activity is going on and how much we are making, building, buying and selling. and more of that is seen usually as a good thing. it means with growth there tends to be more in the way of hiring by businesses, it is easier to get a pay rise. that in turn leads to more people paying more tax, which means more for the government to spend on services. and that's why this figure is being watched so closely. when you look at the detail, different parts of the economy performed to varying degrees. construction, things like house—building, performed most strongly. services, which make up the biggest part of the economy, they grew only very, very slightly. bright spots among the services were restaurants, pubs and it services. meanwhile the amount

of manufacturing actually declined in november. this growth figure overall of 0.1% in november is an estimate so it's worth remembering it could later be revised either up or down. it follows a couple of months where the economy shrank. it shrank by 0.1% in september and october, and that followed a period of no growth in the late summer and early autumn. this figure today comes just a day after we found out that inflation, the rate of average annual price rises, slowed slightly in december but remains above the bank of england's target. overall the government has said its priority is to get the economy growing, and the chancellor said this week she wants to go further and faster with that. rachel reeves meeting regulators this week to press them on what they can do to ease restrictions that might be hampering businesses from growing. this gdp figure comes at a time of great sensitivity because the lack of growth in the economy we saw

in the later part of last year is partly why investors have lacked confidence in lending to the uk government. that has pushed up borrowing costs, those higher interest payments leaving the government with less money to spend on services. and a big factor that economic growth relies on is confidence among businesses. if they are confident they are more likely to grow, to invest, to take on more staff. but groups representing businesses say many of them are worried about the impending rise in national insurance contributions from employers and the rise in the national minimum and living wage. both of those measures from the autumn budget kick in in april. that may well be playing a part in today's figures and holding back growth from being higher. ben boulos.

we were talking earlier about a speech from the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey. we can go to central london and listening.- london and listening. new forums to _ london and listening. new forums to foster _ london and listening. new forums to foster peace - london and listening. ii? forums to foster peace and uphold human rights. united nations lead at birth by the british liberal gladwinjeb. nato driven by a labour's ernest bevin and led by its first secretary general, the british general load is made. the european convention on human rights drafted by the conservative sir david maxwell fyfe. new forums for trade and economic cooperation forged at bretton woods where that great british liberaljohn maynard keynes played such a crucial role. ambitiously designed not just to rebuild after years of destruction but also to prevent the tit—for—tat trade barriers sound nationalist protectionist

economic policies that had caused so much hardship and ultimately led to war. some of those institutions have been more successful than others. some have withstood the test of time well, some less so. but the point is this, when the world was in crisis, fragile and fearful, britain took the lead, working with others to create a new order of things. recognising that the concerns of one nation so often become the concerns of all nations. and guided by ourfundamental british values of democracy, liberty and respect for the rule of law, we stepped up. amidst the rubble of war, in the shadow of the holocaust, and with the new spectre of nuclear weapons, british leadership offered real hope.

and in spite of all the challenges that followed, the trials and tribulations of the past 80 years there is no doubt the world has been betterfor it. more peaceful and more prosperous than it would have been without britain's leadership. the united kingdom standing tall in the world, championing our values and working together with others, a powerful force for good. that's what the world needed 80 years ago and it is what the world needs so badly again now. because the world feels very fragile right now, doesn't it? in eastern europe where vladimir putin continues to murder ukrainian civilians and destroy their homes, where he has tried to extend his grip on to georgia, moldova and romania too. across the middle east where the scenes are of so much appalling death and destruction, where despite the

welcome news of a ceasefire, palestinians in gaza still face a humanitarian crisis where hamas still holds innocent people hostage and where we still have a long road towards a lasting peace. in sudan, where tens of thousands have been slaughtered and i2 where tens of thousands have been slaughtered and 12 million forced to flee their homes, where there are reports of mass killings and horrifying sexual violence against women are stomach churning. and from devastating wildfires in los angeles to horrifying floods in valencia to catastrophic typhoons in the pacific, we see the terrible effects of climate change all around us. and we see the impact of it all here in the united kingdom too. from a refugee crisis on our shores to the rising food prices in our shops to sky high costs of heating our homes. the concerns of one nation so often becoming the concerns of all nations. so

much instability and insecurity, so many challenges facing our country and our planet. and all of these challenges are about to be made much tougher when president trump is sworn in on monday. because the truth is, while british leadership helped to shape so much of that crucial post—war creations like the un, nato and the rest, they were also built on the fundamental assumption that the united states, the world's largest economy and most powerful military force, could be relied upon to play by the rules and uphold the agreements we forged. and whatever else you might say about donald trump, it is clear he cannot be relied upon to play by the rules or stick to international agreements. on monday he will become the first convicted criminal to take the oath of office. and this is the

president who in his first term withdrew united states from the paris climate agreement, iran nuclear deal. he started the process of withdrawing from the world health organization, something he reportedly plans to finish this time around. so much for the art of the deal. more like the art of breaking the deal. and more dangerously this is the man who has praised putin's invasion of ukraine is genius and said he would encourage russia to do whatever the hell they want to nato allies. the man who has even refused to rule out invading a nato ally himself. the man who says trade wars are good and proudly calls himself a tariff man. when he was last in the white house president trump hit our economy with tariffs on british steel and scotch

whisky. this time he is threatening to go even further. so the reality is unfortunately very clear. the incoming trump administration is a threat to peace, prosperity in the uk, across europe and around the world. forthe across europe and around the world. for the next four years the uk can't depend on the president of the united states to be a reliable partner, on security defence or the economy. with donald trump as predictable as he is we can't leave the destiny of the free world in his hands alone. other democracies must step up and the uk must help lead that effort. whether it is supporting ukraine as it 153