welcome to bbc news. here are the headlines. the us tiktok ban is set to go ahead on sunday, but the biden administration says it is up to donald trump for he enforces it. the israeli security cabinet has recommended approving the ceasefire deal. the head of the un development programme says it is ready to scale up as urgent assistance immediately in gaza. in a colombian tree frog in a bunch of roses in sheffield. we will hear it from the author of a study into invasive and

potentially dangerous species reaching european shores. let's return to the middle east. israel's security cabinet has recommended approving the gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal agreed with hamas. it comes after a meeting which lasted several hours. the full government cabinet is now convening to give a final ratification to that agreement. if approved, benjamin netanyahu's office has said the release of the first hostages will go ahead on sunday as planned. my colleague has been looking at the hostages held in gaza who are expected to be freed on sunday. the first six—week phase of the ceasefire will see 33 hostages including women, children, and elderly people exchanged for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. with the first hostages set to be released on sunday, a list of names has been published on a number of israeli media sites.

the 28—year—old is one named on the list. this 19—year—old had just started her military training as an army lookout when hamas attacked. she was taken along with six other female conscript soldiers.

five of them remain in captivity. she appeared in a video posted by hamas at the weekend, in which she was seen urging her government to make a deal. also on the list is a 52—year—old, seen here with his wife and two daughters. they were all murdered, along with his brother. one of the oldest hostages due to be freed is an 84—year—old man. his wife was one of the first hostages to be released back in october 2023. his daughter has told the bbc the family don't know if her father is still alive. we should say we don't know the condition of any of the hostages who are still being held, israel believes that most of the 33 on this first list are alive. once the hostages have been handed over, and of course theirfamilies have been updated, their names will be released to the public.

let's continue with the situation in gaza. the head of the united nations development programme spoke to me earlier. we started by talking about the moment we had reached with the ceasefire agreement. i think like anyone, first of all, in gaza, in israel, and the whole region, or across the world who has been following this conflict for 15 months, i think it is a moment of extraordinary anticipation and perhaps relief in the sense that yes, let's see if on sunday the guns stop, the killing stops, so in that sense, yes, it is an extraordinarily important moment. tell me about the immediate relief efforts that you are involved with. as the secretary—general highlighted in his statement, the united nations with its multiple agencies, from unicef to the world food programme, our emergency relief

coordinator, and some of you will remember seeing the images of hundreds of trucks being lined up to bring in humanitarian supplies, the first priority is food, medicalsupplies, essentially addressing an extraordinarily desperate situation, and that first phase of being able to scale up that humanitarian support takes precedence over everything else. what we are also doing as part of the united nations response is to think about early recovery, and i can speak to that in a moment. yes, i will come to that in a moment. we are seeing pictures of people actually just getting some of the aid that has been distributed, but so little has got in. so much is needed. tell me about the need in your assessment, where you'll focus first of all, how you will actually try to do this. what we have seen over the last few months is not only enormous restrictions being imposed

on the international community in providing basic humanitarian relief, those trucks are loaded in their hundreds with food. this is addressing an issue that has become not only chronic but acute, malnutrition, people literally starving, no access to medicines, medicalfacilities having been destroyed, and equipment. so all of these elements literally overnight can be brought in and significantly change the condition in which people are trying to survive at the moment. the second step is obviously where we look at early recovery, we look at the public and social infrastructure, as many of your viewers will know, much of the infrastructure across the whole of gaza has been destroyed or damaged, whether it is buildings, shelter where people live, but also basic infrastructure, sanitation, there is no public and solid waste management. access to clean water. we have been ready to bring in a significant number of solar—powered water treatment plants to be

able to restore healthy drinking water. and from there on, we have to address issues such as rubble. unbelievable amounts of rubble from this destruction are currently preventing people from being able to return, both because they cannot get back to their houses or the places they used to live, but also in that rubble is unexploded ordnance. very dangerous. and then shelter and rehabilitation, employment opportunities, allowing people to have a chance to earn a livelihood again, all of this is part of an early recovery strategy, before we then start talking about reconstruction, which would be the project that would then have to follow. we are in the final days of the joe biden administration. the final speeches are currently made by the secretary of state and the defence secretary. pictures from washington, antony blinken arejust pictures from washington, antony blinken are just there at the microphones, thanking a

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biden administration, so those of the live picture is just coming into the bbc. let's turn from that to the incoming administration, because in the last hour, it has been revealed that donald trump has spoken by phone to china's president xi. he said that we discussed tiktok as well as other subjects, and that the expect to solve problems together. it comes as the imf has warned that donald trump's economic policy threatens global disruption in its twice yearly forecast for the world economy. the imf said that mr trump's threatened wave of tariffs could exacerbate trade tensions, so again, more reaction to the incoming presidency of donald trump, this time from the imf. let's

speak live to an economist and associate at the china centre at oxford university, and also the author of red flags a book about why china is in jeopardy. thank you forjoining us. so many issues we have been discussing today, and recent days, when we have been listening to marco rubio, the new incoming secretary of state, china is really central focus for donald trump. but i want to start by talking about the chinese economy, because i want your assessment of where it is, because we see things like 5% growth, but underlying, what is your assessment of how strong that the chinese economy is? i strong that the chinese economy is? ~ , strong that the chinese economy is? ~' ., , , is? i think china's economy is a curious _ is? i think china's economy is a curious thing _ is? i think china's economy is a curious thing to _ is? i think china's economy is a curious thing to behold, - is? i think china's economy is a curious thing to behold, on| a curious thing to behold, on the one hand you have what everybody i think really understands and sees a lot of nowadays, which is a very advanced modern sector that is

advanced modern sector that is a world leader in things like electric vehicles and batteries, wind and solar equipment, and a lot of manufacturing. this is a very dynamic part of the economy, but it is only about seven to 10% of the economy. much of the rest is pretty much flat on its back, actually. and so the numbers which came out for china today, which confirmed the government's target was met, it is always met every year, are a bit of a fiction, really. and don't really tell the full story about how challenged large swathes of the economy are by debt, by poor productivity, by overproduction... productivity, by overroduction. .. productivity, by overroduction... ., overproduction... tell me more about how _ overproduction... tell me more about how challenged, - overproduction... tell me more about how challenged, becausej about how challenged, because you talk about huge government debt, you have deflation as well, and a pretty unbalanced economy, isn't it? it

well, and a pretty unbalanced economy, isn't it?— economy, isn't it? it is, and in fact china's _ economy, isn't it? it is, and in fact china's leaders - economy, isn't it? it is, and in fact china's leaders have | in fact china's leaders have been talking about rebalancing the economy to something that we would recognise a little bit more with greater contribution from consumer spending and service producing industries and so on. they have been talking about it since 2004, 2005, but have not really made any headway at all, and part of the reason for that is politics. it is really, really difficult for the communist party to shift its focus to an economic model that we are very comfortable and familiar with, but which they don't think is really right for them. so they are very much hooked on manufacturing and industry and infrastructure, real estate is a big problem for them, so they have to try to wean themselves off these things, but it involves lots of very difficult political decisions... involves lots of very difficult political decisions. . .- involves lots of very difficult political decisions... yes, and it has been — political decisions... yes, and it has been problematic - political decisions... yes, and it has been problematic doingj it has been problematic doing that over the years, and certainly recent years, but in terms of any underlying

weaknesses that you are outlining, what does that are present in terms of potential dangers for all of us around the world? it dangers for all of us around the world?— the world? it has lots of implications, _ the world? it has lots of implications, obviouslyl the world? it has lots of| implications, obviously if china is not as robust as we used to think it was, and some people clearly still do, then politicians such as rachel reeves recently went to saying china was as big growth generator in the future. i don't think it is, actually, i think it will be a very pedestrian slow—growing economy, and it will be hard to increase trade and exports to that country, which we only do about four or 5% of our trade with anyway. but china's ability to leveraged power in the world has been based on rising economic heft, and if that a different story in the

20 305, that a different story in the 20 30s, then geopolitics takes on a very different view from that with which we are familiar today. that with which we are familiar toda . �* ., today. and if there are economic _ today. and if there are economic pressures, l today. and if there are - economic pressures, then, does that make a potentially more likely to come i don't know, have potentially dangerous foreign policy decisions made by beijing? it was interesting listening to marco rubio in that senate session that we had, he said if we continue down this path, china will end “p down this path, china will end up deciding everything we do in the us. so it went thought about the dangers of chinese foreign policy, and whether the americans are right recognising china as the big threat for the next little while?— next little while? yes, i think the 64 trillion _ next little while? yes, i think the 64 trillion dollar - next little while? yes, i think the 64 trillion dollar question is whether china will become more truculent and assertive abroad in its foreign policy, particularly with regards to the south china sea. frankly, we don't know that. logically, china should basically steer

well clear of ruffling feathers there, because what they certainly do not need or want is a real economic war which would hurt everybody, but particularly there. but sometimes politics takes strange courses. shall we just need to be vigilant, but with regards to marco rubio, i don't think we should over exaggerate either the risks that china is going to change everything in the world of the future. they would like to change the way the world works. it may not really be that easy or possible to do that, though.— to do that, though. great to have you — to do that, though. great to have you on _ to do that, though. great to have you on the _ to do that, though. great to l have you on the programme, really fascinating. thanks so much forjoining us here on bbc news. much for “oining us here on bbc news. ., ~ much for “oining us here on bbc news. . ~ , ., much for “oining us here on bbc newsh around - news. thank you. around the world and _ news. thank you. around the world and across _ news. thank you. around the world and across the - news. thank you. around the world and across the uk, - news. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this| world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. a fascinating story now, a colombian tree frog was found in a bunch of

roses in sheffield, prompting a study into invasive and potentially dangerous species reaching uk shores. it is believed that the trade in imported cut flowers and pot plants runs the risk of all sorts of pests catching a lift, notjust sorts of pests catching a lift, not just frogs but also sorts of pests catc