live from london, this is bbc news. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not rest until "all of its war goals are completed," which includes the return of every single hostage being held in gaza. translation: we are keeping very significant assets - in our hands in order to bring them all home. donald trump is on his way to washington as the countdown to the inauguration begins. ahead of this, he will be holding a victory rally in the capital. dozens of people have been injured in a ski lift accident at the astun

ski resort in spain. indication that the first phase

of the deal would not come into effect, as scheduled, tomorrow morning at 8.30 local time. translation: we promise you that we will keep - to all the objectives of the war and we will bring them all home. up to today, 157 of those hostages have come home, and now in that agreement we are going to bring 33 of those brothers and sisters, most of them are still alive. and this is a result of the heroism of our soldiers in the war and because of our steadfast stand, and it was very difficult against all the pressures from within and from without. it is also a result of the collaboration and cooperation of the outgoing presidentjoe biden�*s

administration and the incoming president trump's administration. on wednesday night they spoke to me and congratulated me, and stressed that in the first phase of that agreement is a temporary ceasefire. and before the next phases, we are keeping very significant assets in our hands in order to bring them all home, in order to keep to all the goals and objectives of the war. both president biden and president trump have fully backed those objectives of the war. if they feel that they do not think that we are achieving that in the second phase, then, of course — and i truly appreciate what they are doing — and president trump will ensure that we will have all the

weapons and the ammunition and the arms that we need. but if we do not achieve it, then we will achieve it with tremendous force later on. the first principle is that we must maintain the ability to go back and fight if needed. but we are reserving the right to go back to the war with the backing of the united states. mr netanyahu mentioning the backing of the united states and he mentioned mr trump in that context. you can see the lane that context. you can see the plane on _ that context. you can see the plane on the _ that context. you can see the plane on the screen, that is mr trump about to head from mar—a—lago, from florida to washington ahead of the inauguration ceremony on monday, and he is planning a rally on sunday. events about

to happen in washington. very cold in washington, so the inauguration vents have been moved indoors for the first time in quite a long time, so we will keep an eye on the plane and should see it take off sometime during the bulletin. returning to the middle east. so far, we've not had any response from hamas to mr netanyahu's comments. we have had one other development however — egypt, one of the countries which helped to mediate the ceasefire deal, has said that israel will release 1,890 palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 israeli hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire. and our correspondent jonah fisher had further analysis from jerusalem. the overwhelming message from mr netanyahu in his address was that this was going ahead, but it certainly didn't feel like peace in our time, did it? i mean, part of the reason that he, mr netanyahu, is not talking about this being a permanent ceasefire is because by getting to that point of permanent ceasefire, it throws up all sorts of difficult questions,

both for him politically and questions about what happens in gaza. at the moment, with it as a temporary arrangement, it's easy to, if you like, keep the option of war open and indeed not try and tackle some of the significant issues and problems around discussions about gaza's future. there is, it seems, a very difficult discussion to be had here in israel about who might end up governing gaza in the future. the government here doesn't want hamas, of course, to be involved. it doesn't also want the palestinian authority, which has authority over parts of the west bank, to to be involved either. but it has not put forward any sort of vision for what the longer—term future of gaza might be. it's telling that today we had some indications from sources that there would in fact be some police officers, hamas police officers being allowed to be involved in the return of displaced people back to their homes as this peace deal, this ceasefire agreement is implemented, because the

problem is that you suddenly take out israel, the israelis have bombarded hamas and gone for all of their networks, but on day one, who is in control, who is going to be managing things? and more than likely it's going to be hamas coming out, or at least hamas officials coming out and trying to resume some of the roles that they've performed before the war took place. so talking about permanence, talking about this being a long—term, a longer—term thing is very problematic for mr netanyahu in relation to gaza discussions. it's also problematic for him when we're thinking about his own political strength here in israel. he relies on two far right extremist parties to keep his coalition in a majority. and those parties have made it clear that they are not happy

that the war is ending. and indeed, they are arguing explicitly that they would like a commitment from mr netanyahu to go back to war in six weeks' time when this first phase of the ceasefire agreement expires. so some idea there of the political tightrope that's being walked here and why, in mr netanyahu's address, the emphasis was so much on going back to war, the possibility of fighting again rather than anything really about the possibilities of peace, possibilities of peace. and i suppose illustrating one of the difficulties for them is mr netanyahu talked about the killing of sinwar, the leader of hamas, but he, in fact, had been at one stage a prisoner in an israeli jail and was then released and went on to plan the october 7th attack. so i suppose one of the other things is the discussion about which prisoners are being released as part of this deal and how palatable that is for an israeli public who've suffered so much under this. yeah, it's not palatable

for many in the israeli public, but i think they are taking it as a sort of a necessary evil that has to happen in order to get these 33 hostages home. from what we know about the palestinian prisoners who are being released, there's a list of somewhere in the region of 730 that's been released that are going to be released in stages through the course of this, six—week ceasefire agreement. among them are palestinians who've been put injail for murdering israelis, palestinians who've been involved in bomb attacks in which multiple israelis have been killed, and they will be — well, set free is perhaps too strong a word, some of them will be sent to qatar and turkey, who've agreed to take some of these prisoners when they are released, at least for a six—week period to try and ensure they don't come straight back and commit more crimes. but, yes, it's going

to be difficult for the israeli public. in all, close to 2000 palestinians are going to be released. not all of them are convicted criminals. something in the region of 1,000 of them are people who have been detained since october 7th, 2023, in gaza who have not been convicted of anything, but it looks like they will be set free as well. and tell us a bit — i mean, there's also the desperation of the people in gaza, clearly many of whom have been innocent, killed in a war which they didn't necessarily want to be involved in. tell us about the humanitarian situation there and what will happen if the ceasefire goes ahead. well, we've heard a lot about how bleak things are, particularly in the northern part of gaza. it has been extremely difficult for aid agencies to get enough aid in, to get enough fuel in, to power generators in hospitals. as part of this agreement, 600 trucks a day are supposed to be allowed to go into gaza. they are already queuing up,

we've heard, around the borders of gaza ready to to go back in. so almost immediately, those people, the displaced people in gaza should immediately be able to feel an improvement in their quality of life in terms of the amount of medical aid, food aid and basically assistance that's getting into the gaza strip. jonah fisher there. and as the key ceasefire countdown continues, there is a countdown to the inauguration and one of the big foreign policies that will be on trump's plate is at the middle east. we have some reaction to the events there. he has given an interview to nbc news and on our website, you can see the details of it, he said the administration would make sure the ceasefire deal agreed between israel and hamas would hold it through good government. he has said he was asked how confident he was

that the hostages would be released as part of a deal and his response was, well, we will see very soon, and it better hold. and on premise to benjamin netanyahu, who trump said he would be meeting with fairly shortly, the president—elect told nbc news that he has already informed his israeli counterpart to just keep doing what you have to do, you have to have... this has to end, we wanted to end, but keep doing what has to be done. some lines coming through from president elect trump as he heads off from florida back to washington where he will be inaugurated for his second term inaugurated for his second term in office. and clearly this on monday will be one of the big highlights of the transition of power between president biden and president trump. we know this time around the formal ceremony is not going to be outside in the wait normally is. it is being moved indoors because of the forecast of extreme cold weather, or dangerously cold weather being

forecast next week in washington, and the address as well as other speeches will now take place inside the us capitol�*s rotunda, rather than outside as is the normal practice. in fact, the less pleasant to be sworn in indoors was ronald reagan in 1985, so it gives you an idea of how infrequent this kind of situation is. there is the plane taking off. the end of one chapter four president elect trump as he starts the journey to washington and at the weekend of events surrounding the inauguration, with mundy�*s inauguration comedy moment where he will take power once more, then he will move back into the white house after he has become officially the 47th president officially the 47th president of the united states. is it not inevitable that someone is standing right in front of the camera when you need the shot of the plane? there he is off. let's return to the middle

east. aaron david miller is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, i asked him for his views on the language benjamin netanyahu used in his speech, reserving the right to "resume war" and calling the first phase a temporary "ceasefire". he claims he has assurances, both from the biden administration and from the trump administration, that certainly if hamas violates the agreement, the israelis have a freer hand. he also referred to the israeli, quote unquote, security demands are not met. that's unclear. we've heard something ofa similarvein from some of the incoming officials in the trump administration. we haven't seen much or heard much from the president—elect on this. and it gets to a core point, which is this — donald trump owns this agreement now. chances are, if it doesn't begin implementation tomorrow, it will begin on monday and he will be the president. it's either going to

crater on his watch or it's going to succeed. and if he is at all interested in the regional aspirations for getting the israelis and the saudis together, he's going to have to make this work and then some. so it will be fascinating to see, as this transition goes forward, how much tougher donald trump is prepared to be with benjamin netanyahu than the former president, still presidentjoe biden. tell us a little bit about the balance of power. i mean, mr netanyahu was at pains to say that he'd reshaped the middle east. is that a fair assessment of what's happened in the last few months? i've been around this region for a better part of a0 years, working for half a dozen administrations. reshaping the middle east, transformations — i mean, this region is littered with the remains of great powers and smaller ones who believe they could impose their will on smaller ones. and i suspect israel has demonstrated escalation dominance in gaza, in lebanon and even in iran. so there are real opportunities here, i think, to turn this sort of escalation dominance

into more enduring, durable security political arrangements. but it's going to be a very tough lift. gaza is just an example. i mean, hamas is going to survive — as an insurgency, to be sure, it may not be able to govern gaza, but it will survive as a legitimate political actor, able through intimidation and co—optation basically to outflank and outmanoeuvre whatever palestinian governing authority. and by the way, none is now contemplated other than the weak palestinian authority that controls no more of 40% of the west bank and is led by an ageing 89—year—old leader with authoritarian tendencies. so, i mean, reshaping the middle east — i'll believe it when i see it. the question is, can we turn this agreement into something more, something that would actually create a pathway for israelis and palestinians to begin

to deal with the broader issues of the decades—old conflict that has caused both people such a great deal? and i suppose, i mean, we're talking about the future of gaza, we need to sort of presuppose that these initial stages actually work, but if they do, what are the challenges in rebuilding gaza when the un says something like 70% of all structures in the strip have been destroyed? yeah. i mean, first of all, you need to end the war. you cannot operate and begin to deliver... the last 15 months have demonstrated that with a frightening and terrifying clarity, and an extraordinary humanitarian catastrophe for palestinian civilians you cannot deliver humanitarian assistance, let alone begin the process of reconstruction, unless you get an end to the conflict. you cannot do this in a free fire zone. so that poses a huge question of who or what is going to take the place of the israelis. the place of the israelis

should they be willing and or able to withdraw from gaza. an international force mandated by the un security council or outside of that structure? i doubt it. arab boots on the ground, the emiratis, the moroccans, the egyptians? maybe, if, in fact, you could create a political framework where gaza first is not gaza only, and demonstrate to key araba states that the israelis are indeed serious about moving forward in in a way that would create a permanent status arrangement, probably based on two states. the metropolitan police say they made 77 arrests during a palestine solidarity protest in london. a spokesperson said it was the highest number of arrests they have seen during similar demonstrations, with what they described as the most significant escalation in criminality. the march had been banned from marching to certain parts of london, and was only permitted to remain in whitehall. 0ur correspondent nickjohnson was at the demonstration, and he sent us this update.

despite that ceasefire agreement being in place, that hasn't stopped the many hundreds of people that have come out in support of the palestine solidarity campaign. we're in whitehall, surrounded by government departments, in central london. that way, downing street full of protesters. that way, trafalgar square, also full of many hundreds of protesters. a common presence at these protests over the past year or so has usually been smaller counter—protests, as you can see. you can see the israeli flag. you can also see yellow balloons, the sign of hope for the safe return of hostages from gaza. now, we've spoken to the organisers of this march, the palestine solidarity campaign, who say they welcome that ceasefire agreement, but they say it is very tentative. they're worried about it not holding and they say, therefore, the decision to stop these marches or keep these national marches going, which they have been over the past year

or so, is under review. donald trump has begun hisjourney from his home in florida to his old home in washington ahead of his inauguration as the next president of the united states. mr trump — along with his wife and youngest son — are flying to the nation's capital. he will hold a victory rally in washington on sunday, before taking the oath of office on monday. but not everyone is happy to see mr trump's return to the white house. a protest has been taking place in washington — called the people's march — with demonstraters moving through the city opposed to his policies. arizona was one of the so—called swing states that flipped to donald trump in last november's presidential election. they have been a bit happier to see him coming to power. my colleague helena humphrey is there. we're here at a market speaking to locals here in yuma, and they've been telling us that overwhelmingly they are excited. perhaps a few nerves mixed in. but nevertheless, earlier today, we were speaking

to trump supporters who had gathered here in yuma for something they were calling a trump victory caravan, so essentially they were gathering. they were driving their vehicles through the streets here, through the desert roads. they were waving flags in support of donald trump and jd vance, beeping their horns, and so on. when i speak to people about some of the concerns, immigration, economy comes up in the same way that we saw those issues coming up nationally. but this is a really interesting area because it is a latino majority population here in yuma county. some people have been speaking to say that they are worried about people coming over from mexico with seasonal work visas, for example, to work on the agricultural land getting caught up in these promised mass deportations, which donald trump says that he will carry out from day one. other people saying that for them, the economy really was a big issue and another range of issues. also coming up with some of the voters i was speaking to here. take a listen to what they told me.

one time, you know, he's talking bad about servicemen, people in the military, and, you know, i got injured in vietnam and i don't like people talking bad about any veteran of the service, whatever branch of the service they were in. what matters to you? probably medical freedom is one of those things — i no mandatory vaccinations and stuff like that. - i know he was into . that, so that's good. so someone like rfkjr as health secretary, what do you think about that? absolutely wonderful. yeah, he's real. my brother is a sergeant, he's deployed right now, and obviously that is something that is always in the back of my head, and i hope he does something good for that. you know, peace all round. we'll see. i'm a little iffy. i'm, like, excited, but not excited, and i'm ready for change.

i'm just ready for change. so as you can see, a range of views here, but also that indecision we've been hearing as we've been speaking to people here as well, they weren't overly enthused with either choice, donald trump or kamala harris, and they said that made the choice difficult. and some people saying ultimately they just wanted to see change from the past four years. and even if they were undecided, that pushed them and even if they were undecided, that pushed them to vote for donald trump. and of course, that was one of the factors that saw him have that clean sweep of the swing states like arizona. helena humphrey reporting there — helena humphrey reporting there. we will have full live coverage _ there. we will have full live coverage of donald trump's inauguration here on bbc news with the — inauguration here on bbc news with the special programme from washington _ with the special programme from washington starting _ with the special programme from washington starting at _ with the special programme it"rrrn washington starting at 12 gmt on monday. join us for that if you can. 17 people have been injured, three of them seriously, after a ski—lift accident at a resort in the pyrenees in northern spain. it happened at the astun resort near the french border. eyewitnesses say a cable appeared to fail, throwing

people from their chairs. at one point it was thought 80 people were trapped. here's our madrid correspondent guy hedgecoe. high in the mountains, what for many was supposed to be an idyllic weekend in the snow halted abruptly. rescuers rushed to skiers, with the exact cause of the accident on the chairlift on the canal roya ski run yet be confirmed. but eyewitnesses told of the panic as it happened. translation: well, it's like a cable came out. and suddenly the whole chair started bouncing, and people came out. people were flying and pirouetting. people started to fall off too because the chairs were bouncing. we all ran as fast as we could and left our skis. there were boards falling down. for others, relief to escape relatively unscathed. suddenly we were in the chair and it started to fall. it was very quick. everything happened in seconds. we were lucky because, in my case, the chair was just at the beginning.

some skiers were stranded on the chairlift, waiting to be rescued. the emergency services have been treating the injured and airlifting them to nearby hospitals in northern spain. but there have been reports that part of the structure of the ski lift broke, causing a loss of tension in the cable. this resort, a few miles from the french border, is popular with spanish and french skiers. the authorities will be keen to discover what happened here. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, spain. just a quick reminder we are keeping an eye on events in the middle east where the ceasefire deal between hamas and its weather is due to take effect from 6:30 gmt tomorrow morning, 830 local time. we have heard today from the israeli prime minister saying he reserves the right to resume fighting hamas

if needed should further negotiations collapsed. we have also heard from mediators in egypt that israel will release 1890 palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 israeli hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire. stay with us on bbc news for plenty more. bye for now. hello, some parts got to see... you can see the extent of the clyde on saturday afternoon and underneath the temperatures in parts of lincolnshire hovering over freezing for much of the time. northern ireland with the few brighter breaks up to 11 celsius. that split remains as we go through into the start of sunday. now this condition is in the west. temperatures close to freezing in many areas where you have the cloud or not. down to minus four in parts of

north—east england, cloudier compared with saturday, best of the breaks in the cloud northern parts of scotland. northern ireland. and brighter breaks out towards the west of england and wales possible. temperatures, though, not going to recover through the day. accept any west, 610 celsius here. we will see the cloud they carried out later, outbreaks of rain into the evening, patchy light rain or drizzle towards the south—west as well. that edge is a bit further eastwards as we go through sunday night and into monday morning. to the east of it, the chance of some frost around as we start the brand—new week. fairly cloudy start for many on monday. this time though, a greater chance of some rain or drizzle across parts of the west, and that may even fall as a bit of sleet and snow over the higher ground. not a huge amount around many places to the south and east. just about dry. best of the sunshine on monday. still in the north—east of scotland. one thing on monday though, temperatures will start to lift just a little bit compared

with what we've seen through the weekend. into tuesday, we've still got a fair bit of cloud, maybe a few brighter breaks as we start to pick up the breeze, but the clouds thicken up with a weak weather front straddling central areas. some rain around the coast, maybe a little bit of sleet or snow over the likes of the pennines. some heavier showers into the north—west of scotland. and then through wednesday and thursday, the cloud amounts will still generally dominate. now, it's to the south where we could actually see some longer spells of rain push in linked into this weather system, which is going to bring a miserable few days across parts of portugal and western spain. but as that clears through another batch of rain for thursday and then turn our attention to the west, the jet streams waking up for the end of the week, and what that could signal later in the week is a potentially stormier period, with much more in the way of rain, a bit of hill snow, and potentially some disruptive winds. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not rest until "all of its war goals are completed," which includes the return of every single hostage being held in gaza. donald trump is on his way to washington as the countdown to the inauguration begins. ahead of this, he will be holding a victory rally in the capital. and donald trump says he'll "most likely" give tiktok a 90—day reprieve from a potential ban in the us after he takes office on monday. let's return to our main story.

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he reserves the right to resume war with hamas "if necessary". in a statement to the israeli people, hours before the gaza ceasefire is due to come into effect, he vowed to bring back all the hostages held by hamas. but he said both outgoing us presidentjoe biden and his successor donald trump have given full backing to israel's right to return to combat, should the second stage of the ceasefire prove pointless. mr netanyahu had earlier suggested that israel was still awaiting the names — from hamas — of israeli hostages to be freed. in a statement, he said "we will not move forward with the agreement until we receive the list of hostages who will be released, as agreed. but in his televised address, mr netanyahu gave no indication that the first phase of the deal would not come into effect, as scheduled, tomorrow morning at 8.30