britain and ukraine's leaders sign a100—year agreement, aimed at strengthening defence ties between the two countries and blue origin's new glenn rocket — funded by amazon boss jeff bezos — has successfully launched from cape canaveral and reached orbit for the first time. hello, i'm annita mcveigh and this is verified live a vote by the israeli cabinet on the gaza ceasefire deal has reportedly been delayed until tomorrow, as its negotiating team in qatar continues to discuss the final details. the israeli government has accused hamas of backtracking on parts of the agreement. a far right coalition partner in israel has told the bbc it will only stay in government if israel ensures it can resume

fighting as soon as the first phase of the ceasefire ends. but first let's cross now to my colleague mark lowen in tel aviv. mark — first of all is there any update on when the delayed israeli cabinet meeting might happen and the reasons behind that delay? la ke lake lenny hoping employees for the remaining hostages release but political uncertainty still. , ., but political uncertainty still. ., , ., but political uncertainty still. ., still. yes and many of those rallies take _ still. yes and many of those rallies take place _ still. yes and many of those rallies take place in - still. yes and many of those rallies take place in the - rallies take place in the square, this is a square right in the heart of tel aviv outside of the museum of art thatis outside of the museum of art that is come to represent the trauma of israelis since the 7th of october attacks of people gathering here on a daily basis with tenants and encampments to show the faces in the ages and the names of the hostages that are still not home and 98 hostages are still not returned to israel out of the 250 or so who were seized

on the 7th of october and the plan of the cease—fire agreement which was struck last night, the first phase of the cease—fire agreement with the hostages returned in a week by week basis with groups returned here in exchange for palestinian prisoners in hundreds of palestinian prisoners from is reallyjust from who is injersusalem. from is reallyjust been released. he can see just prisoners from is reallyjust been released. he can see just how many days they've all been how many days they've all been held and there are rallies here held and there are rallies here and many of them antigovernment and many of them antigovernment rallies trying to put pressure rallies trying to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu to move on benjamin netanyahu to move faster in order to ensure the faster in order to ensure the hostages return and yet, there hostages return and yet, there is another glitch with the is another glitch with the israeli cabinet having been do israeli cabinet having been do to meet this morning to approve to meet this morning to approve the cease—fire deal but the cease—fire deal but accusing hamas of reneging on accusing hamas of reneging on the agreement and not saying the agreement and not saying they will only meet tomorrow. they will only meet tomorrow. let's get the very latest. let's get the very latest. joining me now is joining me now is

the bbc�*sjonah fisher the bbc�*sjonah fisher who is in jersusalem. who is in jersusalem. tell us more about what's gone on in the cabinet meeting. to talk on in the cabinet meeting. trr talk into the

on in the cabinet meeting. trr talk ir be :he on in the cabinet meeting. trr talk ir be linked to the might be linked to the philadelphia corridor which is a piece of land which is effectively the border between egypt and the southern part of the gaza strip which israel controls at the moment. we simply do not know and hamas is denied making any additional demands and it's actually making the point that it feels that this point is been raised by the israeli government as a distraction from the clear divisions that exist within prime minister benjamin netanyahu's administration over this cease—fire deal. it’s netanyahu's administration over this cease-fire deal.— this cease-fire deal. it's an extraordinary _ this cease-fire deal. it's an extraordinary turn - this cease-fire deal. it's an extraordinary turn of - this cease-fire deal. it's an | extraordinary turn of events and we always think it's not there until it is there because there until it is there because there are several false starts over recent months and last night we also thought it was over the line and in the 59th minute of the 11th hour, it is still not there. is there risk that this could fall apart? to

be frank. — that this could fall apart? trr be frank, mark, to use your footballing terminology come in overtime now and i think what's interesting is what happened last night is that there was a feeling that israel felt a little bit bounced into that and remember, incoming president donald trump tweeted his excitement about the hostage deal before the israelis that confirmed it in they're also press conferences by the by the administration of quite early on and there is something that we've seen today in uneasiness within the benjamin netanyahu commission and members of the cabinet were of course, we will not sup members lal. of course, we will not sup members of the cabinet were very much opposed to him and and members of the cabinet were very much opposed to thatis very much opposed to him and that is certainly playing on the background you and the possibility that they will be the background you and the possibility that they will be able to vote against the deal able to vote against the deal

and cabinet if it does counter and cabinet if it does counter that cabinet but they do have that cabinet but they do have the power if they should so the power if they should so choose to try to bring down the choose to try to bring down the benjamin netanyahu benjamin netanyahu administration completely, that administration completely, that is lingering in the background is lingering in the background and whether these far right and whether these far right ultranationalist members of ultra nationalist members of benjamin ultranationalist members of ultranationalist members of ultra nationalist members of benjamin ultranationalist members of benjamin netanyahu's government benjamin netanyahu's government feel strongly enough about this feel strongly enough about this issue to potentially be willing support the deal. issue to potentially be willing to walk out and try to bring it to walk out and try to bring it all down. all down. to walk out and try to bring it all down-— to walk out and try to bring it all down-— all down. thank you very much indeed. all down. thank you very much all down. thank you very much indeed- they _ all down. thank you very much indeed. they were _ all down. thank you very much indeed. they were saying - the all down. thank you very much - they were _ all down. thank you very much - they were saying - all down. thank you very much indeed. they were saying that| indeed. they were saying that there are these two ministers all down. thank you very much - they were saying that| indeed. they were saying that there are these two ministers come the far right ministers and benjamin netanyahu use government who consistently netanyahu neta nyahu use and benjamin netanyahu use government who consistently opposed any cease—fire deal and opposed any cease—fire deal what was the finance minister government who consistently opposed any finance re deal government who consistently who caught the cease—fire deal opposed any finance minister what was the finance minister who caught the cease—fire deal a surrender. ohad tal is member of the israeli parliament — the knesset — for the religious zionism party. he has this response

to a potential deal. of course, we will not a

and this is why we will of course be against the deal. but it has taken about. yeah. sorry, i was i was going to say it has taken 15 months to get to this point. this is the deal that is on the table. you have got all the, the, the concessions that you are likely to get from the from hamas. you have got an incoming trump administration who says a deal. it is time for a deal. the hostage families are saying to you, enough is enough, bring them home. why aren't you going to vote for it? i think ijust explained, you know, there are 33 families of hostages who are very happy today, but there's 65 families of hostages who are not going to get their loved ones. does that make any sense? not only that, they're not going to get their loved ones. we are giving away every leverage that we have over hamas that will allow us to bring these 65 hostages.

they could vote against the steel and indeed withdrawal from the government altogether. the israeli media is now reporting that the final hurdles of been overcome in the cabinet is likely to meet tomorrow morning but as we were saying earlier, we will wait to report that until it actually happens and we will only see a deal once it is agreed upon by the israeli cabinet and once it comes into place. meanwhile, until the cease—fire deal comes into place, destruction and gaza goes on in the civil defence forces say that at least 70 people have been cured and the hours since the cease—fire agreement was struck. we will continue to bring you all of the updates from across this region. do not forget we can get more in our life plays page for updates and

analysis across this region. alon pinkas, a former israeli diplomat and previously advisor to israeli prime minister shimon peres, gave us his analayis of the agreement. this deal is complex, even if there's goodwill on all sides, which apparently there isn't. so its complex to implement. it's brittle, it is very precarious. and the fact that it even didn't start and already you have these grandstanding statements, each side accusing the other of violating the terms of the deal or trying to undermine the deal is hardly surprising. it's depressing, but it's not really surprising. what is really happening here is that mr netanyahu is caught between... ..uh, two of the manipulations that he tries to exert simultaneously. he's trying to manipulate

and deceive his coalition partners, telling them, don't worry about it. this is not going to go beyond the first phase. the ceasefire will not hold for the duration of the ceasefire is questionable. don't don't make any unnecessary drama. but he can't say the same thing to president elect donald trump and the current administration. the biden administration provided assurances that the ceasefire will hold and that israel will proceed to the second phase of this. the second phase, if you recall included, includes an israeli withdrawal from gaza. that is the part that mr netanyahu cannot explain to his coalition partners. and this is a you know, this is a dilemma that he self inflicted on himself. this is, uh, you know, this this is on brand, mr. netanyahu. he he gives different interpretations to different he gives different interpretations to different people at a different time of the day for the same text, and then is surprised when everyone is angry at him.

well, alan, let's try and explore that a little bit more, because to do that, i want to ask for your thoughts on how specifically donald trump has managed to get this deal over the line with benjamin netanyahu. is it that he's given him an ultimatum? is it transactional? and whichever of those it was or a combination of both, will that pressure from donald trump be sufficient to hold israel, to hold benjamin netanyahu to the deal beyond this initial phase? it should. and you know what? it's not even transactional because in a transaction there's a quid pro quo element. and other than agreeing to the deal, there's no, uh, quo that netanyahu could provide trump with. trump said three times ever since winning the election in november, trump said on three separate occasions. i want this wrapped up. i want this out of sight. i don't want this on my table. i want this done. um, that was the pressure that

he, um, applied to, to israel. now, mr netanyahu in this situation has no leverage over mr trump. when there is a democratic administration, as is the case withjoe biden, presidentjoe biden, then mr. netanyahu could play the you know, he goes to congress and he riles up the democrats and he rallies the republicans against them. he plays domestic politics and meddles in congress and and relations between congress and the administration. he can't do that as of next monday because he's got no allies. if he goes frontal, uh, in a confrontation against, uh, mr. trump. a teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 15—year—old girl in croydon in south—east london in a row over a teddy bear. hassan sentamu, who is 18, attacked elianne andam outside a shopping centre in september 2023. our uk correspondent

adina campbell reports. elianne andam, an aspiring lawyer described by her family as beautiful, outspoken and respectful. she was always reading, you know, she's a very, very academically. always reading. and justice was really important for her. yeah. she wanted to become a lawyer. human rights lawyer. at the age of 15, she was murdered by this man. i'm looking for someone who just stabbed someone. hassan sentamu, seen in this hassan sentamu, seen in this police body cam footage as he's police body cam footage as he's arrested less than 90 minutes arrested less than 90 minutes after repeatedly stabbing after repeatedly stabbing the teenager with a kitchen the teenager with a kitchen knife in broad daylight. knife in broad daylight. i didn't don't do nothing, bro. i didn't don't do nothing, bro. officers say sentamu, officers say sentamu, who was 17 when he murdered who was 17 when he murdered the schoolgirl, had blood the schoolgirl, had blood on his hands and trainers. on his hands and trainers. urgent assistant king henry's urgent assistant king henry's drive near the park. drive near the park.

elianne andam was a close friend of hassan sentamu, ex—girlfriend. in her last snapchat video, she talks about the couple's recent split and how he failed to return her friend's belongings, including a teddy bear. he didn't even bring the stuff.

and she said no. and i went on the internet because that's the only thing i could do. and it says a girl has been stabbed in croydon. community leader anthony king was one of the first eyewitnesses on the scene where a mural of elianne was unveiled last september. i still have flashbacks. uh, yeah, i do hearthe sound of the girls screaming out that day as the news was broken to them. but standing here, it's like i still feel the blood screaming. i still feel that the blood is speaking of elianne, because there was no reason for her to have to lose her life on these streets. we see him discarding items in a bin. - we later find out that that's the two pairs of gloves - and the face mask that he'd taken out with him. - we see him continuing to run i

away, and he then tries to hide and dispose of the knife, the murder weapon - in a front garden. during the trial, the court heard that hassan sentamu had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when he was 14. he had also spent some of his teenage years in foster care, a pupil referral unit and in a special educational needs school following reports of self—harm, suicidal thoughts and violence with knives. but the jury did not believe his autism led to diminished responsibility. and he's now facing a life sentence in prison. how do you want people to remember elianne? i want people to always know that a very beautiful girl has been lost. speaking outside court today, elianne's father, michael andam, paid tribute to his daughter. he said elianne was a kind and a loving soul who embraced life. and he said today is

the first step towards justice for elianne. 2023, our world was shattered and our hearts are broken by the senseless and violent loss of our beloved doctor elianne. at this 15 years old, she had her whole life ahead of her. filled with hopes and dreams for the future. all cruelly taken away from her and from us. her death is left a void in our lives they can never be filled. this trial has been our fight forjustice filled. this trial has been our fight for justice forcing us to confront the devastating details of elianne's final moments and details that will remain with us forever.

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the british prime minister, keir starmer, has warned that unless ukraine achieves a just peace, built from a position of strength, it'll embolden notjust russia but other aggressors around the world. speaking on his first visit to kyiv as prime minister, he said the history of the 21st century was being written now. sir keir�*s signed what he called a landmark partnership with ukraine, that is intended to last a hundred years. the visit aims to underline european solidarity with kyiv, ahead of donald trump's imminent second term as us president. sir keir and the ukrainian president zelensky held a news conference where mr starmer outlined the support. we'll give more military support to ukraine than ever before. we have already committed £3 billion for military aid this year, and we are going further

to support the front line, providing a £2.2 billion loan, which will be paid back not by ukraine but from the interest on frozen russian assets. we are also galvanising british industry. so today, i'm pleased to announce that we are providing 150 artillery barrels for ukraine made by sheffield forgemasters. that's the first time in over 20 years that these barrels will be produced in the united kingdom, and they will start arriving in ukraine in just a few weeks time. i can also announce that we will be delivering a new mobile air defence system named greyhawk british designed, co—funded with denmark, developed to meet ukraine's needs. and we will keep going further

to train ukrainian troops. in addition to the 50,000 we've already trained in the united kingdom, we will work with allies to ramp up this work. the blue origin rocket — belonging tojeff bezoz — has launched from florida and entered orbit for the first time, after technical problems caused delays to its launch. bezoz is the billionaire founder of amazon, and wants his company to rival spacex, which is owned by elon musk. pallab ghosh reports. lift-off. jeff bezos�* new glenn rocket hurtles into the night sky. its powerful engines take it toward space. pressures are good. vehicle's cleared the tower. but can it achieve its main objective — to reach earth orbit for the first time? we got to orbit safely. congratulations, blue origin.

you've gone orbital! the folks behind me are celebrating. it is a good night here up in mission control. we have lift—off. blue origin�*s rival, spacex, sent rockets into orbit more than 400 times. and last october, it did this... catching the first stage of its rocket booster on the launch pad. butjeff bezos�*s company, blue origin, is building more rockets for a series of test launches, and they hope to take on spacex. blue origin has been sending people into space for ten years, but briefly, and not into orbit. up until now, blue origin has been using a rocket system called new shepard. it's 19.2 metres high, and although it can get into space briefly, it's not powerful enough to get into low earth orbit.

the new system, new glenn, at 98 metres, is gigantic by comparison and it can get 45 tonnes into low earth orbit. but it's not as big as elon musk�*s starship at 121 metres. it eventually will be able to take up 200 tonnes into space. the lower stage of the rocket failed to return to this can be room for more than one multi—billionaire to find their own corner and not end up slugging it out in the ring because i think that's really to no 1's best interests. i would like to think that they will kind of manoeuvre around each other and find their respective nations. each other and find their respective niches. reducing the costs of space

travel has its setbacks. pallab ghosh, bbc news. at the international space station, involved as we heard there, sydney williams and her colleague butch arrived last june as a part of those meant to be a week—long test flight of boeing possible starlight or capsule by the glitch means that when i come home until march this is herfirst that when i come home until march this is her first space walk in the ob and x1 next week. stay with us on bbc news. hello. good afternoon. fairly stagnant weather at the moment with high pressure around, which means only subtle changes in our weather from day to day, where we keep the clear skies and the sunshine. by day we'll get patchy fog at night and a touch of frost, but it is mainly dry for many of us right the way through the weekend under this

area of high pressure, that's keeping these weather fronts at bay. however, interestingly, over the coming few days, we lose our southwesterly wind and we start to draw in this colder air currently across the low countries, france and germany. and so temperatures actually will start to dip away and it will be quite chilly, probably the coldest day being sunday. and the fog of course is a real issue for travellers. this was nuneaton earlier on. it's taken a long time for that fog to clear through the morning. in contrast, llandrindod wells in powys enjoying lots of sunshine. as i say, it is really contrasting our weather today. we've got hazy sunshine as well across scotland, parts of northern ireland and even some glimmers of sunshine coming through under this cloud band in the south. but generally it's rather grey, but plenty of sunshine for much of the midlands, wales and northern england. it's not helping our temperatures. of course, we haven't got much strength from the sun at this time of year, just 4 or 5 degrees where the low cloud lingers. seven in the sunshine.

the highest temperatures with temperatures with the milder air. the southwesterly wind in the north and west, which will escalate a little further as we go through the night, bringing in some patchy rain and drizzle. the cloud elsewhere will tend to fill in with fog and mist, and there could be a touch of frost again come morning, but it looks less likely to be as widespread as it was this morning. nevertheless, there could be some some frost around first thing in the morning. and of course, that fog, which will take its time to clear our weak weather front, is more prevalent during tomorrow with some patchy rain and drizzle in the north, so more cloud generally. but again, the sunshine may well break through in northern ireland, eastern scotland, east of the pennines, eastern parts of wales. but in some places it could linger that grey weather all day and some of the fog too. and that's where we'll just see 4 or 5 degrees. now we do pick up a different wind direction over the weekend, as i say, but not a particularly strong wind. so we will keep the issue with fog for parts of england and wales as we go through

the next couple of nights as well. but you can see that dip away in temperature right the way across the uk, just 5 or 6 this weekend before temperatures recover again into next week. this is bbc news, the headlines israel delays a cabinet vote on the gaza ceasefire deal , after accusing hamas of reneging on elements of the agreement.

israel's forces have continued to pound gaza, killing more than 70 people. killing more than 80 people. britain and ukraine's leaders sign a 100—year agreement, aimed at strengthening defence ties between the two countries let's catch 1552 00:2