also ahead... a new report describes the state of potholes in england as "a national embarrassment" that is putting people at risk. and can trump stop the clock for tiktok? fans and influencers hope the app will get a reprieve — ahead of a us ban on sunday. archaeologists in italy have unearthed a huge bathhouse in pompeii, the roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago. hello, i'm nicky schiller. more now on our main news this hour — the confirmation by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that a deal to secure the release of israeli hostages in gaza has been agreed. the arrangement was first announced on wednesday — but votes to approve it in israel were delayed when israel accused hamas of seeking last minute changes. if everything goes as expected in the coming hours,

those votes will be held in israel, and then the ceasefire is expected to come into force on sunday. pending that ceasefire, the fighting has continued in gaza. camera crews based on the northern border with israel captured these explosions in the distance overnight. it's not yet known if there were any casualties from that, but the gaza civil defence has said the death toll in the gaza strip since the ceasefire agreement was announced is 101 people, with 264 wounded. these are the live pictures from khan younis in gaza. you can see that people are walking around there. we also have some more details and those numbers are mentioned with cards are�*s civil defence saying that 101 people have died since the ceasefire deal was announced on wednesday. they said that included 27 children and 31

women, with 264 wounded and an official spokesman saying that nine people were killed in an israeli strike last night on a house in northern gaza and five were killed yesterday when a home was hit in central gaza. so those the live pictures and khan younis. we also seeing live pictures from jerusalem, this is near to the israeli prime minister's office, where we understand that the security cabinet are reportedly convening to approve the ceasefire deal, so there are going to be two meetings today to agree this ceasefire, the first with the security cabinet, then it will go to the full cabinet, and they will... they will look go to the full cabinet, and they will. .. they will look to approve the deal. of course, there were these delays to the meeting of the cabinet yesterday after mr netanyahu accused hamas of seeking changes to the final agreement. but those have

been overcome, the last minute disputes, and it was a predawn statement from mr netanyahu confirming that the ceasefire and hostage release deal had been agreed with hamas. so we're keeping eye on the live pictures from jerusalem, where we expect these meetings to happen during the day. of course, as soon as we get any information on whether those have happened, we will go back to our correspondents in the region. let's hear now from dr mustafa barghouti, a palestinian political leader based in the west bank, who spoke to my colleague lukwesa burak. here's what he had to say about the ceasefire deal and the conditions surrounding it. it's a relief that finally we have an agreement. it's a big relief for especially the population of gaza. we are talking about 2.2 million people who are taken hostages practically by israel. they are suffering from starvation. they've suffered huge losses. we're talking about maybe at least

70,000 people killed, according to the lancet, and more than 109,000 people injured. it's almost 10% of the population of gaza. that's a huge number. if it happened in the united states, you would be talking about 32 million people killed in 15 months. so the people of gaza so the people of gaza are feeling relief, are feeling relief, hoping that there will be a true hoping that there will be a true ceasefire that could last. ceasefire that could last. and of course, there will be release and of course, there will be release of israeli captives of israeli captives and palestinian prisoners, and palestinian prisoners, which is also very, very useful. which is also very, very useful. but i also feel but i also feel very sad because all of this very sad because all of this could have happened exactly six could have happened exactly six months ago, on the 3rd ofjuly. allow it to take place. months ago, on the 3rd ofjuly. this agreement was there. this agreement was there. hamas had accepted it. hamas had accepted it. palestinian side had accepted it. palestinian side had accepted it. but it was israel and netanyahu but it was israel and netanyahu in particular who blocked in particular who blocked the agreement and did not allow it the agreement and did not allow it to take place in the process. to take place in the process.

the agreement and did not the agreement and did not allow it to take place. in the process we lost 10,000 more people and lots of destruction, and netanyahu caused the death of many israeli prisoners because of his bombardment. it is clear that if it wasn't for the big pressure that was exercised by president trump, netanyahu would not have signed this deal at this time. yossi mekelberg is senior associate fellow of the middle east and north africa programme at chatham house. he explained why he thinks the israeli security cabinet will sign off on the ceasefire deal. there is also even a bigger majority in the parliament because the opposition parties support this agreement. there is a general and wide, broad agreement within the israeli public for a very long time. that's what the public says for a long time, that they support a deal that will see the hostages also returning, even if it means the end of war.

at the same time, a split — some of the far right opposse it

we don't know the state of of many of the hostages, physically, mentally coming back, and in return, who is going to be released on the israeli side? but you're absolutely right. the second phase is going to be very, very difficult to negotiate, from to negotiate, from the same reason that the same reason that you see opposition in you see opposition in israel, from the far israel, from the far right, from within the government, right, from within the government, within the coalition, within the coalition, even even one minister even even one minister from likud threatened yesterday from likud threatened yesterday to resign in cases israel leave to resign in cases israel leave the philadelphia corridor, the philadelphia corridor, but also from hamas — but also from hamas — they are not going to make it any they are not going to make it any easy to reach an agreement easy to reach an agreement because this is going to entail because this is going to entail the release of the rest the release of the rest of the hostages that, of the hostages that, from their point of view, from their point of view, as cruel as it is, they see it as cruel as it is, they see it as their insurance policy.

as their insurance policy.

linked to election violence — but it's been repeatedly delayed and her parents now wonder if they'll ever get justice in kenyan courts. anne soy reports from kisumu. a beautiful but painful reminder of a child this couple longed to have. baby samantha pendo was born after three miscarriages. that little girl i named after my mum. and they never lasted so long. and they took her away from me. a friend took this picture when pendo was six months old. 0nly days later, tragedy struck. it was election season, august 2017. then—president uhuru kenyatta won re—election in a disputed poll. protests broke out in opposition strongholds and the state deployed police to quell the riots. at the time, pendo�*s family lived very close to the main road.

and so when the police officers were deployed here to nyalenda informal settlement to deal with the aftermath of the announcement of the 2017 election, pendo�*s home was one of the places they went to, and their actions that night forever changed herfamily. they heard the police break down their neighbours doors and beat them with clubs. when the officers got to theirs, they threw a tear gas canister inside the house, forcing the family to come out, holding a suffocating baby. what did they hear the next time? the grip of my daughter holding me tightly as if she's in pain. i said no. i turned her. what was coming out of her mouth, it was foam. after seeing that, i had to go and rescue his dad because he was being beaten. that's when i hear my wife shouting.

just say, "they have killed our daughter." they say the officers retreated when they realised the baby had been severely injured. pendo died after three days in the icu from internal bleeding in the head. a public inquest and further investigations found the police culpable, but the quest forjustice has been delayed. we do believe that by conduct the kenyan state has led by the dpp in this particular instance is showing inability and unwillingness to prosecute the perpetrators of these offences. when reached for a response, the office of the director of public prosecutions said it couldn't handle our request due to unforeseen challenges. it did not explain why. it's been seven agonising years for pendo's family. they moved away from this home where it all happened to help ease the trauma they suffered. but the delays getting justice have only prolonged their suffering. anne soy, bbc news.

to south korea now and once again the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, has again refused investigators�* efforts to question him over his failed martial law bid. it comes as the deadline on his current detention approaches. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, updated us on the latest from seoul. we are at said the detention centre and it is another day of high emotions and high dramas. hundreds of his supporters have gathered outside. there has been shouting and chanting, many have been chanting his name, saying stop the impeachment. they have also been speaking about how unjust and illegal this process has been, essentially echoing what the impeached president has been saying. if i can show you where i am, this

is the detention centre, and the investigation team have yet again called on the suspended president to show up for questioning, he has yet again refused. we understand that they are going to seek another warrant to keep him for up to 20 days forfurther warrant to keep him for up to 20 days for further questioning. remember, these events have been dramatic, unprecedented. he is the first sitting president in south korea's history to have been arrested and now he remains detained. but we actually haven't heard anything from him since his arrest on wednesday, he has refused to answer or cooperate with investigators. separately his impeachment trial continues in the constitutional court, where we understand that another hearing is due next week, on tuesday. england's local roads have been branded "a national embarrassment" by the head of an influential select committee. conservative mp sir geoffrey clifton—brown

has warned that road users are being put at risk by highways riddled with potholes. charlotte gallagher reports. they're despised by drivers and a danger to cyclists and pedestrians. but potholes continue to plague our roads. a damning report says highways in england are a national embarrassment that are putting people at risk. it says the department for transport hasn't taken responsibility for its role in how roads have deteriorated. fiona jack is one driver who's become used to a bumpy ride. the whole road down here is horrific. she even burst her tyre on one of them. that one there is the one that did my car. and then you've got all these extra ones. and for cyclist becky hamilton, the cost of hitting a pothole was more than financial. it was just like the equivalent of hitting a kerb, smack,

and ijust thought, this is it, this is my time. i was heading towards the oncoming car, on my helmet, just towards this oncoming car, which managed to swerve to avoid me. so i was very lucky. the rac says there are at least one million potholes on uk roads, with six potholes per mile on council maintained roads in england and wales. pothole—related breakdowns also jumped by 17% in the final three months of 2024, with more than 4700 drivers needing help. and if your car gets damaged by one, it will cost an average of £460 to get it fixed. the politician behind this new report says we don't even know the sheer scale of the pothole problem. this is part of what we're asking for, is the government to really get a handle on this problem through proper data, through proper scanning of our roads. there's modern machines that you can drive

along roads and scan, which will give you a precise readout of what the condition is of every road. so once they've got on top of the data, they then can make up their minds with a proper policy of how much they're going to fund the whole problem to get on top of it in the timescale that they — well, really, the shortest possible time scale. the department for transport says it's investing a record £1.6 billion for the coming year to help local authorities fix up to seven million more potholes, adding that it's committed to multiyear funding settlements to enable councils to better maintain their roadworks, and avoid potholes forming in the first place. for drivers like fiona, that can't happen soon enough. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the us supreme court is expected to rule later on whether to uphold a law banning tiktok in america on grounds of national security unless its chinese owner sells off its american operations to a non—chinese buyer.

as it stands, tiktok will be banned on sunday, just a day before president—elect trump's inauguraton. but there are growing indications that the president—elect may give tiktok a reprieve. his incoming national security adviser mike waltz told fox news there's provision in the law to delay the ban for 90 days if it looks like a buyer can be found. elon musk, former us treasury secretary steve mnuchin, and even online personality mr beast have all been named as possible buyers of tiktok�*s us business. many of the 170 million americans who use tiktok are hoping a ban can be averted. the bbc has been hearing from two influencers who have built their careers on the app. i don't think creators�* voices are being heard. i don�*t think creators�* voices are being heard. these businesses are being heard that are going to be affected by this. i think these decisions are being made again at such a high level where you just feel left out and you kind of feel powerless. even though it�*s something that�*s so important.

i mean, it�*s truly a lifeline for a lot of people, and i don�*t think that�*s being taken into consideration as much as you would think it would be. it's why i'm where i am today, and it's why i'm here pursuing art and entertainment in new york to this day. brands and companies, when they wanted you to do advertisements, they would want it to be on tiktok. so indirectly, tiktok was the majority of my income. because all brands want their stuff to be promoted on the app. i�*ve been someone who�*s been on instagram primarily, and tiktok, and the audiences don�*t transfer as much as you think they would. i know people who have hundreds of thousands of tiktok followers and maybe only 10,000 instagram followers, which i know is still a decent chunk, but it�*s not a survivable amount as a creator, if that�*s your only source of income. influencing, modelling, it's women—dominated fields, so tiktok is putting a lot of money

into women's pockets, and so i would hate to see that go. people are finding community, people who've never really had a voice are sharing their story. so i would hate to see all of that go. for hundreds of years, the buried city of pompeii has given archaeologists astonishing snapshots of life in ancient rome — but it still holds some secrets. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle is in pompeii and the director of pompeii archaelogical park, gabriel zuchtriegel, has been showing her a new discovery. this is a major discovery. it has been lying buried beneath a canon rock and ash and you�*re going to be the first people to see this. it lies just beyond the store. we have here the director. shall we go in? we will take you with us. wow. this is a spectacular room. what is this?

if you see it normal in pompeii, you would think this is a public bath complex, there were several in the city, but the special thing is, we are in a private home here, so someone has had really a lot of money and a lot of space, and in this private place, he or her had his bath complex. this is only part of it, you would have had cold fresh water from the aqueduct here, then you have the warm room and the hot room. it�*s a bit like a hammam, you go through various spaces. we are in a courtyard here, so it is partly open—air, and this is really what made us think how to explain the fact that in a private home we have

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here which would have let the cold water come out into the pool. and just on the corner, one of my favourite things, a little pot that was found exactly here. it favourite things, a little pot that was found exactly here.- favourite things, a little pot that was found exactly here. it has been there for almost _ was found exactly here. it has been there for almost 2000 _ was found exactly here. it has been there for almost 2000 years. - was found exactly here. it has been there for almost 2000 years. still. there for almost 2000 years. still in the position could was in in 709a.d when it was buried in the city was destroyed. 709a. d when it was buried in the city was destroyed.— 709a. d when it was buried in the city was destroyed. we're 'ust going to move around i city was destroyed. we're 'ust going to move around a h city was destroyed. we're 'ust going to move around a little _ city was destroyed. we're just going to move around a little bit _ city was destroyed. we're just going to move around a little bit to - city was destroyed. we're just going to move around a little bit to show. to move around a little bit to show another part of the bath house. a lot of scaffolding here because of these exquisite around the place. we are going to head over to here. they are going to head over to here. they are lovely, the pots. would you normally find ones like this in the middle of a bath house? what normally find ones like this in the middle of a bath house?- normally find ones like this in the middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when — middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when you _ middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when you think— middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when you think of— middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when you think of the - middle of a bath house? what we have in mind when you think of the roman l in mind when you think of the roman world are often these drawings based on texts essentially and excavations of destroyed houses. here in pay we find everything as it was in a.d709, and probably it might be normal but the roman world was a bit more

disorderly than we think, but it might also be linked to reconstruction and renovation work going on in the house. there is a pipe here, this is also maybe not so normal because it was not covered, so maybe they were rebuilding some of the water system and the bath complex. i of the water system and the bath com - lex. ., of the water system and the bath comlex. ., .., ., ., complex. i love coming here, roman lumbin: complex. i love coming here, roman plumbing is — complex. i love coming here, roman plumbing is really — complex. i love coming here, roman plumbing is really night, _ complex. i love coming here, roman plumbing is really night, is _ complex. i love coming here, roman plumbing is really night, is the - plumbing is really night, is the kind of stuff that you don�*t normally think about. —— is really neat. normally think about. -- is really neat. , . ., , normally think about. -- is really neat. , ., ., normally think about. -- is really neat. , . ., ., neat. they had actually hot water and cold water. _ neat. they had actually hot water and cold water. there _ neat. they had actually hot water and cold water. there is - neat. they had actually hot water and cold water. there is a - neat. they had actually hot water and cold water. there is a room | and cold water. there is a room without any decorations, painting, just as slaves working there, this is the dark side of rome. they had many slate workers in their society. —— slave workers. they would make a fire under a huge water boiler, then you had hot and cold waterfor the bath complex. you you had hot and cold water for the bath complem— you had hot and cold water for the bath complex. you have the luxury and then the _ bath complex. you have the luxury and then the poor _ bath complex. you have the luxury and then the poor people - bath complex. you have the luxury and then the poor people having i bath complex. you have the luxuryj and then the poor people having to supply the luxury. ijust

and then the poor people having to supply the luxury. i just appear, very quickly, i�*m just going to give us a little glimpse of the lovely fresco. . ., , fresco. there are athletes there in vafious fresco. there are athletes there in various poses. _ fresco. there are athletes there in various poses, it _ fresco. there are athletes there in various poses, it has _ fresco. there are athletes there in various poses, it has something i fresco. there are athletes there in j various poses, it has something to do with religious rituals also. it is meant to create an atmosphere of greek nests. the greek culture is