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good evening. israel's security cabinet has approved the ceasefire agreement with hamas. the government's full cabinet is now meeting to vote on the deal. if as expected it passes, the ceasefire — after 15 months of war — is due to come into force on sunday. the deal includes the release of the first of over 90 israeli hostages still being held in gaza. since the agreement was first announced two days ago, 116 people have been killed in israeli air strikes, according to the hamas—run civil defence agency. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. this is the boy who lived. asal halifa, three years old are looked after by neighbours in gaza city. and that's his cry for help, from the rubble the night before last. he was strong enough to wave. the men had been about to abandon their

search. and he was strong enough to try to clear concrete dust from his mouth. the israelis killed his parents, his baby sister, aunt, and uncle, when they destroyed the building a few hours after the ceasefire was announced. the background buzz is from an israeli drone. miraculously, asal only had cuts and bruises. he has been taken in by his mother's best friend. translation: this been taken in by his mother's best friend. translation:— been taken in by his mother's best friend. translation: this little boy lost his mother _ friend. translation: this little boy lost his mother and _ friend. translation: this little boy lost his mother and father— friend. translation: this little boy lost his mother and father because l friend. translation: this little boyi lost his mother and father because a pilot flying a plane in the sky took a decision. and took away all the care he had. a decision. and took away all the care he had-— a decision. and took away all the care he had. their neighbourhood used to be _ care he had. their neighbourhood used to be the _ care he had. their neighbourhood used to be the richest _ care he had. their neighbourhood used to be the richest part - care he had. their neighbourhood used to be the richest part of - care he had. their neighbourhood| used to be the richest part of gaza city. 50 miles away injerusalem, the israeli cabinet ratified the ceasefire agreement. ultranationalists voted against. they want prime minister netanyahu to resume the wall. the faces of the 1200 killed in the october attacks

are everywhere in israel. this was outside the prime minister's office, also a reminder that israelis are deeply divided over the best way to get the hostages back. netanyahu's critics say he has broken his promise to rescue the hostages by destroying hamas completely. instead, he has made a deal with hamas. translation: fiur instead, he has made a deal with hamas. translation: our message is ve clear - hamas. translation: our message is very clear - that — hamas. translation: our message is very clear - that a — hamas. translation: our message is very clear - that a ceasefire _ hamas. translation: our message is very clear - that a ceasefire deal - very clear — that a ceasefire deal is a surrender to hamas. we will only— is a surrender to hamas. we will only support a deal if all hostages are released. that would send the message — are released. that would send the message to the enemy that we are the rulers _ message to the enemy that we are the rulers. �* . ., ,~ �*, rulers. ben'amin netanyahu's coalition rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis _ rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is _ rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going - rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going to - rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going to be l rulers. benjamin netanyahu's. coalition crisis is going to be of little importance to donald trump, who will always put the interests of his own presidency first. and he wants to re—enter the white house being able to claim, with some justification that he was able to deliver a ceasefire thatjoe biden could not. now, longerterm, the

structure of a ceasefire could be a problem because it's over a period of weeks and months and it is in phases. and that gives plenty of time for events to happen. that could be exploited by those who want the ceasefire to fail. outside the prime minister's official residence, supporters of the hostages suspect netanyahu could be one of them. they say he prolonged the agony of hostages and all israelis by delaying a ceasefire for months. we lost too many people. infighting. we lost too many people. infighting. we lost too _ lost too many people. infighting. we lost too many — lost too many people. infighting. we lost too many hostages _ lost too many people. infighting. we lost too many hostages from - lost too many people. infighting. we lost too many hostages from israeli. lost too many hostages from israeli bombs _ lost too many hostages from israeli bombs we — lost too many hostages from israeli bombs we lost_ lost too many hostages from israeli bombs. we lost too _ lost too many hostages from israeli bombs. we lost too many- lost too many hostages from israeli bombs. we lost too many people . lost too many hostages from israeli. bombs. we lost too many people from killing _ bombs. we lost too many people from killing by _ bombs. we lost too many people from killing by hamas _ bombs. we lost too many people from killing by hamas. the _ bombs. we lost too many people from killing by hamas. the situation - bombs. we lost too many people from killing by hamas. the situation in - killing by hamas. the situation in israel. _ killing by hamas. the situation in israel. the — killing by hamas. the situation in israel, the society, _ killing by hamas. the situation in israel, the society, become - killing by hamas. the situation in israel, the society, become very, very— israel, the society, become very, very ball — israel, the society, become very, ve bad. , ., ., , very bad. explain to me why the delay happened- _ very bad. explain to me why the delay happened. shall— very bad. explain to me why the

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prolonged the war and avoided a ceasefire first of all because he wants to avoid an inquiry into those who were responsible for the security failures that led... that allowed the hamas attacks. many israelis believe he would be the number one in that. and he is also on trialfor corruption number one in that. and he is also on trial for corruption and he wants to prolong that and perhaps avoid eventually a jail sentence. now, to prolong that and perhaps avoid eventuallyajailsentence. now, he was able eventually a jail sentence. now, he was able to eventuallyajailsentence. now, he was able to prolong the war, the argument goes, and avoid a ceasefire essentially because he defied president biden's demands that he should sign up to it. but it has become clear that president to be trump has twisted his arm and he won't be as easy for netanyahu to defy as biden had been. jeremy bowen injerusalem, thank you. the health secretary wes streeting has warned of

"shocking inequalities" in maternity services after bereaved families wrote to him calling for an independent review into an nhs trust. a bbc investigation found that the deaths of at least 56 babies, and two mothers, at the leeds teaching hospitals nhs mr streeting said he found the parents' testimony deeply shocking and chilling. divya talwar reports. my whole world just exploded in that moment. i wasn't listened to. so this is the blanket she was in. i'm probably never going to wash it. when amajeet was 32 weeks pregnant, she went to leeds general infirmary�*s maternity unit with severe abdominal pain twice within 2a hours. both times, she said she was told she had ligament pain. days later, she needed emergency surgery. a massive internal bleed was found and her daughter was stillborn last january. i don't want to be here. i say that to him a lot.

yes. because my whole family said it would be painful for us not to have you. but, for me, it's more painful not to be with her. a trust review of amajeet�*s care identified issues which may have made a difference. nearly 20 families have told us they received inadequate maternity care at leeds. data from the trust shows 56 potentially preventable deaths of babies and two mothers over a five—year period. these deaths were reviewed by the trust which identified care issues it considered may have made a difference to the outcome. the trust told us it cares for the most poorly babies as a specialist centre. it said the vast majority of births are safe and potentially avoidable deaths are very small. the care quality commission rates these maternity services rates leeds maternity services as good but a clinical staff member working there

said they are unsafe. this former maternity support worker who did shifts there in 2023 agrees. maternity services at leeds, i think, are truly disgusting. how chaotic it is. the lack of listening to patients. fiona and dan don't think any future cqc investigation into leeds could be independent with sirjulian hartley as its chief executive. he was previously chief executive of leeds and in his post when their daughter died after gross care failings. there is a huge, huge, huge conflict of interest. if the cqc was to say, "no, that's not the case, "we are going to be transparent and accountable "about this, you wouldn't have anyone believe them". the cqc told us it had robust policies to manage any conflict of interest. leeds said it apologised to these families. but they say that's not enough and that change will only come from an independent review. divya talwar, bbc news. joining me now is our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. very sad cases in leeds but they are

not isolated, are they? unfortunately not. the first thing to say is that if you are a pregnant when watching this, the overwhelming likelihood is that you will receive safe maternity care, that is most likely to happen. but it is the case that they are simply too many errors in maternity services in the nhs. parents in morecambe bay, east kent, nottingham, in shrewsbury and telford and other places will recognise what we heard from leeds. the reasons are complex but they have never properly been addressed despite a number of inquiries. they are to do with not enough staff, more complex paths. lots of it comes down to cultural issues, midwives and obstetricians not working together, and attempt to blame an individual when something goes wrong, ratherthan individual when something goes wrong, rather than looking at the wider team, the nhs trust then often isn't open with the family, protecting its reputation and that means that it doesn't actually learn from the incident. the health secretary, wes streeting, wrote to a number of families failed on

maternity services last week. he told them that he would like to imminently announce an immediate improvement but that he wasn't happy with the proposals he had been given so far, the department of health run by nhs england. he said he was considering specific inquiries into maternity care in particular local areas. we know that has been requested from leeds. he didn't say tonight whether he would grant them that inquiry. he said he wanted to fix maternity services but haven't outlined how he will do it.- outlined how he will do it. thank ou. outlined how he will do it. thank yon michael _ outlined how he will do it. thank you. michael buchanan - outlined how he will do it. thankl you. michael buchanan reporting. tiktok — the app for bite—size videos — which is used by millions globally is set to be banned in the us — after a ruling by the supreme court. there've been concerns about the platform relating to issues of national security — because of the company's ties to china. live to san francisco and our technology correspondent lilyjamali. tell us more about why this has happened and what's the reaction been? time was running out. the supreme court of the united states was asked

to weigh in on an expedited basis and that's exactly what they have done, deciding on a unanimous basis to uphold this law, which is now set to uphold this law, which is now set to take effect as planned on sunday. we should note there were only two options to tiktok, one was to sell to a us buyer, which they have repeatedly said they will not do. the other was to watch this ban take effect on january the 19th. now, the other was to watch this ban take effect onjanuary the 19th. now, it looks like that ban will go forward and affect 170 million american users of the app, some of whom have already expressed their outrage. and their sadness about this decision. many of them get their news on tiktok and others promote small businesses and the like. they have weighed in and some have flocked to another chinese app red note called as an alternative. this decision from the supreme court places it in line with the us congress and a lower court is in the us as president biden, the finding is that this is a national security risk and

the wild card here is what president elect donald trump will do. he once tried to ban it himself and now says he likes it, thinks it helped him get re—elected in november and the latest word from him — stay tuned. thank you very much, lilyjamali reporting. it's been announced tonight that donald trump's inauguration on monday — when he'll be sworn in as the us president — will take place indoors due to freezing weather. however, you can watch it from the warmth of your own home here on the bbc. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... it's always nice to win. ..and will, to the best of my ability... make make america great again. ..preserve, protect, and defend... i raised my right arm and started shouting, "fight, fight, fight!" ..so help me god. congratulations, mr president. ijoin us monday for live coveragel of president trump's inauguration on bbc news from midday. with a special programme from 3:30pm on bbc one and on iplayer. _

police in scotland have given details of a sighting of two sisters in aberdeen a day before they went missing. eliza and henrietta huszti, who are 2 of a set of triplets, disappeared ten days ago. police have been searching the river dee for them. live now to louise hosie who's in aberdeen for us. what have we polies been saying? well, it has been more than ten days since eliza and henrietta were last seenin since eliza and henrietta were last seen in a case which has baffled police and their loved ones. the sisters are both aged 32, they are two of a set of triplets and they moved to scotland from hungary ten years ago. newly released cctv footage shows the visited the same bridge, victoria bridge around 2.50 tm the day before they disappeared. they then return to their flat and it is thought they did not leave again until shortly before they were last seen. police

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