you don't see men queueing down the road waiting to enlist, as we saw in the early days of the war. you do see ukrainians in the dock, accused of desertion. and within the streets of pompeii, a once—in—a—century find, buried in the ancient italian city. stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis in the uk and around the world. good evening. israel's security cabinet has approved the ceasefire agreement with hamas. a meeting of the government's full cabinet has been under way for several hours now to vote on the deal.

if as expected it passes, the ceasefire, after 15 months of war, is due to come into force this weekend in stages. starting on sunday, phase one sees 33 israeli hostages being freed over the next six weeks. 95 palestinian prisoners will also be released and humanitarian aid will be allowed into gaza. subsequent phases will include more hostage and prisoner releases, and eventually the long—term reconstruction of gaza. the ceasefire announcement comes after months of talk, and also three days before donald trump's inauguration as president, after he vowed to bring an end to the war. from jerusalem, here's jeremy bowen. this is the boy who lived. asad halifa, three years old. he is being looked after by neighbours in gaza city. crying. and that is 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 asad's 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, asad only had cuts and bruises. he has been taken in by his mother's best friend. translation: this little boy 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. their neighbourhood, rimal, 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 war.

the faces of the 1,200 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's broken his promise to rescue the hostages by destroying hamas completely. instead, he's made a deal with hamas. translation: our message is very clear, that a ceasefire deal - is a surrender to hamas. we will only support a deal if all hostages are released. that would send the message to the enemy that we are the rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going to be of little importance to donald trump, who is always going to 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 that

joe biden could not. now, longer term, the structure of the ceasefire could be a problem because it's over a period of weeks and months and it's 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 fighting. we lost too many hostages from israeli bombs. we lost too many people from killing by hamas. the situation in israel, the society, has become very, very bad. explain to me why the delay happened.

shall i tell you the truth, what i think? i think that somebody in the government didn't want it, the situation, to finish, because of his personal position in his life. and who is that person? bibi. netanyahu, the prime minister? yes. on the posters, their lives before and after the 7th of october. happy moments in the past, and the gaps left by the missing and the dead. for the families, the wait is an agony. for israelis and palestinians, the clock is ticking towards the ceasefire far too slowly. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu is under strong pressure from the right—wing of his government, which is deeply critical of the ceasefire

deal with hamas. so, what shape is hamas in after 15 months of conflict, and what threat might it still pose? james landale has this assessment. when hamas launched its brutal attack on israel in october the 7th, it was a powerful force. it sent about 3,000 fighters across the border and launched about 5,000 rockets. in all, the armed group and political movement was estimated to have about 30,000 fighters, hidden in hundreds of tunnels across gaza. but after 15 months of war, israel says it is a shadow of its former self. hamas has been decimated. their leadership has been eliminated. their rocket arsenal has been destroyed. their tunnel network has been compromised. their operational capabilities have been shattered. they are no longer the force they once were. certainly, many senior figures have been killed.

hamas' political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran in july. its main commander in gaza, yahya sinwar, was killed in october. the numbers are hard to verify but israel claimed in september to have killed 17,000 hamas fighters. for all that, the americans believe the group could still come back. each time israel completes its military operations and pulls back, hamas militants regroup and re—emerge, because there's nothing else to fill the void. indeed, we assess that hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. those new recruits may have fewer tunnels to hide in, they may get fewer weapons from a weakened iran, and they may be younger and more inexperienced than the trained fighters they are replacing, but they can still fight. they still have small groups in some different areas who could fight israel for a very long time,

because they work like a militia now, not like before the 7th of october, as a semi—army in gaza. so hamas is weakened. its ability to mount a sustained military operation is much reduced. but it hasn't been destroyed, something israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu once promised would happen. james landale, bbc news. and we can go back tojeremy now. all eyes on this cabinet meeting, which has been going on for hours. yes, the security cabinet earlier signed anything off but now there is a wider meeting and it seems that everybody wants to stand and have their say. where i am, it is gone midnight on thejewish sabbath so this is highly unusual, a sign that this is highly unusual, a sign that this is highly unusual, a sign that this is controversial among the

netanyahu government, the idea of making a deal with hamas and doing it this way round because essentially, netanyahu is caught between the promises he made to israel, which were taken particularly seriously by his own political base, and that promise was of total victory, the annihilation of total victory, the annihilation of hamas, and the use of israeli military force to bring back all the hostages. that is on one side and on the other side, he has got donald trump twisting his arm and saying, there has got to be a ceasefire. so rather reluctantly, he has gone down this road. of course, it has triggered a coalition crisis. now, how will he get out of this? one thing that his hardline supporters want, his allies want, is to resume the war. in the first phase, perhaps, of the ceasefire, the first 42 days, or certainly before it gets into the second phase. now, the big

question is whether donald trump will continue trying to pressure him, orwhether will continue trying to pressure him, or whether he might be distracted elsewhere, ukraine, perhaps, and then netanyahu can get back to perhaps resuming the war because that is certainly what key supporters of his actually want. thank you forjoining us. jeremy bowen reporting, there. the former scotland, manchester united and manchester city striker denis law has died at the age of 8a. he spentjust over a decade at old trafford, where he scored 237 goals. he remains the only scottish player to have won the prestigious ballon d'or. andy swiss looks back at his career. to manchester united fans, he was known simply as the king. oh, yes! denis law's arm in the air celebration became one of the most familiar in football, with his flair, flamboyance and ruthless finishing. denis law, and he scores!

brilliant, absolutely brilliant! all the more remarkable, considering that as a boy growing up in aberdeen, he struggled with his eyesight. i had a squint and i used to play football with, like, one eye closed. i had to take off my glasses, obviously. i always felt self—conscious. so i really — i played football with one eye. but after surgery, his career soon blossomed. when denis law signs - for manchester city on the 15th of march, he becomes the most expensive player in britain, - valued at £53,000. he joined manchester city, then torino in italy, before the move that would define his career. in 1962, he signed for manchester united, with an immediate impact. law, header, beautiful goal! what a goal! it set the tone for a glorious few years. in 1963, he scored at wembley as united won the fa cup. law, he'll do it!

he's done it! alongside bobby charlton and george best, he formed united's so—called holy trinity. and after two league titles, he was the toast of the fans. law also shone for scotland, too. with 30 goals, he still shares the national record. but after a serious knee injury, he eventually left united and rejoined manchester city. and in 1974, against his beloved united, who were facing relegation, he did this. pulled across for law! denis has done it! the distraught law asked to be immediately substituted. he never played league football again. instead, he went to work in the media, where his charisma won him yet more fans. while at old trafford, of course, he was always the king. the one and only king _ of the stretford end, denis law! one of the most regal talents that football has ever seen.

the footballer denis law, who's died at the age of 8a. tiktok, the app for bite—size videos, which is used by millions globally, seems set to be banned in the us, after a ruling by the supreme court. us lawmakers say the platform poses a serious risk to national security because of the company's ties to china. our correspondent lily jamali reports. tiktok didn't exist a decade ago. now it is one of the most popular shortform video apps on the planet, with 170 million users here in the us. and with that, the tiktok era comes to an end. today, the supreme court upheld a law passed by congress banning tiktok in the us over national security concerns. that's unless its china—based parent company sells the platform, and the deadline is sunday.

if you are trusting tiktok to preserve your privacy, or the security of our country, you are delusional. congress cited the possibility that china could access american user data and use it for intelligence purposes, or manipulate the content that americans see on the platform. tiktok has denied both of those allegations. hi, everyone. today, its ceo tried to reassure users. rest assured, we will do everything in our power to ensure our platform thrives as your online home for limitless creativity and discovery. i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok— i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok because i won it for use by 34 points — and tiktok has an ally in president—elect donald trump, who takes office on monday, one day after the "ban or sell" law is due to come into effect. he could order the usjustice department to ignore it. this evening, mr trump announced on his own social media platform truth social that he has spoken

to china's president, saying, "the call was a very good one for both china and the usa. we discussed tiktok and many other subjects. president xi and i will do everything possible to make the world more peaceful and safe." tiktok influencer and small business advocate tiffany cianci hopes that donald trump will save the platform in the us. he knows he has 170 million americans right now that are expecting him to deliver on his promise to save tiktok for the american people so that is where i'm keeping my focus. in the words of donald trump, stay tuned. lilyjamali, bbc news, san francisco. 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. but you can watch it here on the bbc from the warmth of your own home. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... it's always nice to win. ..and will, to the best of my ability... 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. join us monday for live coverage of president trump's inauguration on bbc news from midday, with a special programme from 3:30pm on bbc one and on iplayer. another of mr trump's foreign policy assertions has been that he could end the war in ukraine in a day after coming to power. his envoy to ukraine has now revised that figure up to 100 days. russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine began in february 2022, with troops advancing to take more territory. while ukrainian forces have pushed back some of those gains, moscow now controls 18% of the country and continues to take more territory. with the coming change of administration in the us — and amid growing speculation about possible peace talks — orla guerin reports now on the dark mood in ukraine.

waging war on ukraine's eastern front. a drone unit assembles improvised bombs by hand, some parts 3d printed. we get a close up view. they work by torchlight to avoid detection by the russians just a few miles away. then the drone is launched towards the enemy. it's called a vampire — bringing death by night. and here the pilot, commander mykhaylo from the 68th jaeger brigade. he drops an anti—tank mine on an underground russian position at the edge of the city of pokrovsk. we see it explode just wide of the target.

mykhaylo is not expecting much from president trump — even less from president putin. do you think there's any way to do a deal with putin? translation: maybe, maybe not. but he seems like a completely unstable person, and that's putting it very gently. for now, he's focussed on trying to hold back the russian advance. but after three years of war, some ukrainian soldiers have put down their weapons. like sergey gnezdilov, who's now on trial. as many as 100,000 ukrainian soldiers are accused of leaving the battle. what message do you want to send about the war? translation: we must

continue to fight. - we have no other choice. but soldiers are not slaves. everyone who has spent three years or more on the front line deserves the right to rest. it's a real sign of the times here now. you don't see men queuing down the road, waiting to enlist — as we saw in the early days of the of the war. you do see ukrainians in the dock accused of desertion. and you also see funerals of those who died for ukraine and the agony of those left behind. anastasia fedchenko is pregnant with herfirst baby, a girl. her husband, andrii kuzmenko, was killed in action in the east. he fought so ukraine would survive, for their unborn child, anastasia says.

she doesn't believe in peace deals. "this war will last as long as russia does", she says. "i truly fear our children will inherit it from us and will have to fight." the suffering and the sacrifice continue here. what's missing is the talk of victory. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. three lawyers — who defended the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny — have been sentenced to up to five and a half years in prison. they were convicted of taking part in what was termed "an extremist organisation". navalny was vladimir putin's highest—profile critic within russian politics. he died suddenly — in an arctic prison — last february. steve rosenberg reports. walk into a courtroom,

and you wouldn't expect to see this. in the dock, three defence lawyers — alexei liptser, vadim kobzev and igor sergunin. they had defended the late opposition leader alexei navalny. now they were on trial... ..on extremism charges. "guilty", said thejudge. the punishment — prison terms of up to five and a half years for passing on messages from mr navalny when he was in jail. applause from their supporters, who dismissed this trial as politically motivated. the lawyers reply — "thank you for being here". from their defence team, andrei orlov tells me it's an unprecedented outcome that will have consequences for legal defence in russia. it's nearly one year since alexei navalny died

in a remote penal colony. he was the kremlin�*s fiercest critic. his family, his comrades, say he was murdered. the russian authorities deny any involvement in his death but continue to pressure his associates. towards the end of this trial, one of the lawyers convicted today, vadim kobzev, addressed thejudge and summed up in one sentence what has been happening here. "we are on trial", he said, "for passing on the thoughts of alexei navalny." but it's notjust mr navalny�*s lawyers who are being put in the dock. these journalists are on trial, too. they've been accused of working with mr navalny�*s outlawed anti—corru ption foundation. and yet, in the town of petushki, where the lawyers were in court, the only trials people seem interested in are their own trials and tribulations. "i'm more concerned that they've dug

up the road and there's no running water", she says. "and that they still haven't cleared all the snow." the fact that, just down the road, three lawyers have been convicted and sent to prison barely registers. steve rosenberg, bbc news, in the town of petushki. and katie razzall will have more on the tiktok ban on newsnight on bbc two shortly. katie. tonight, we're taking you into the trump white house ahead of his inauguration on monday, with key insiders who know trump really well. what's happening behind—the—scenes? plus, the impact of the us tiktok ban. we talk to a young tiktoker with more than 35 million followers. it's going to be lively. 10:30 over on bbc two, on bbc news and iplayer. katie, 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 trust over the past five years may have been preventable. 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 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. theatres across london's west end dimmed their lights for two minutes this evening, in memory of the actress damejoan plowright,

who has died at the age of 95. on, on, you noblest luca. she enjoyed a seven—decade career across stage and screen, in films such as tea with mussolini. other acclamed roles included performing in the 1960s alongside her husband — the fellow actor sir laurence olivier — in the entertainer. the latest excavations in pompeii in italy have thrown up new treasures. archaeologists have discovered a beautifully preserved private bathhouse, complete with exquisite artwork, and a huge plunge pool. the roman city was destroyed when mount vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago. rebecca morelle has been given exclusive access to the site. it's been hidden for 2,000 years. now, a once—in—a—century discovery emerges — the grandest of spaces, with a perfectly preserved plunge pool. it's the centrepiece of a sumptuous

bath complex in a private residence. for a private house, it's actually enormous. it's, i think, the biggest found here in pompeii, in a private home. think in the hot summers, your feet in the water, maybe a cup of wine. it's these spaces that really are part of the pompeii effect. you go there and you can really imagine being there — five minutes ago or 2,000 years ago. the bathhouse is part of a grand residence. as well as the frigidarium, or cold room, there's a changing room, a warm room, and a hot room. and powering all of this was a boiler room. the water came in from the street, moving along a pipe into the house. i mean, look at the plumbing! it looks so modern, like you could still turn

this valve on and off. the pipe would have fed into a lead boiler and then underneath this was a furnace. you can still see the soot. in unbearable conditions, who would have had to have made sure that the guests next door were happy by looking through this tiny window up here. in another room, a woman's skeleton was found and a man was discovered close to a doorway. i think they thought they were safe in this room and they'd barricaded themselves in. they'd closed the window, the doors. so the pyroclastic flow had come from vesuvius along the street just outside this room and had caused this wall to collapse. and that had basically crushed him to death. so, in fact, she was still alive while he was dying. and then this room filled with the rest of the pyroclastic flow, and that's how she died. the woman was found with valuable items, suggesting she was high up in society. ah, and you've got the items here. these are now kept in pompeii's vault. wow! gold coins still gleaming.

and gold and natural pearl earrings, and intricately etched gemstones — one showing the god mercury. when we found this kind of object, the distance from ancient times and modern times disappears. and we can touch a small piece of the life of these people. the excavation here is now coming to an end, but traces of these lost roman lives continue to emerge. rebecca morelle, bbc news, pompeii. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten, please turn over to bbc one or you can watch on iplayer. next it's newsnight.

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