after over 150 children and women were killed. the struggling oil giant is expected to refocus renewables investment. hello. packed programme today. ukraine says it's agreed a deal with the united states that

details still aren't clear on exactly what each side the deal as "very big". this analysis. these are the first signs of agreement against a very . . backdrop. we must hostile backdrop. we must remember, president trump has falsely called president zelensky a dictator and blamed four russia's zelensky a dictator and blamed now our russia's invasien. zelensky a dictator and blamed now we russia's invasien. zelensky a dictator and blamed now we have ia's invasien. zelensky a dictator and blamed now we have sources sien. zelensky a dictator and blamed now we have sources at n zelensky a dictator and blamed now we have sources at the and now we have sources at the presidential office saying an agreement been made in agreement has been made in favourable terms for ukraine. you 73772??? �* you look at �*you look at reports, are lots 7 are lots of 7 are lots of them, it there are lots of them, it seems america has dropped its demand of access to $500 billion worth ukraine's billion worth of ukraine's natural resources for continued

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is the vague area. we don't know to what this know to what extent this know to what extent this agreement secures future military assistance, for example, for ukraine. donald trump used the phrase the right to fight on. clearly what he means is the fight will continue, as he elaborated, until there were negotiations with president putin and russia, whenever that happens to be. he russia, whenever that happens to be. �* , russia, whenever that happens tobe. r to be. as you say, the devil will be in — to be. as you say, the devil will be in the _ to be. as you say, the devil will be in the detail, - to be. as you say, the devil will be in the detail, whichl to be. as you say, the devil. will be in the detail, which we don't have yet. but all eyes will be on the optics as well. on friday, president zelensky

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let's go to central africa now, and survivors of a devastating the bbc they want justice, but don't expect to get it. which it's thought was started by male inmates trying to escape. it happened in the eastern city of goma as m23 fighters — advanced across the country. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin has this report, and a warning you may find some of it distressing.

back to a place of horror. two survivors return to goma's central prison for the first time. and have chosen to be filmed. without being convicted. they enter the main yard of the women's prison, where many used to sleep crammed together. theirjailers had fled, fearing the rebel advance.

by prisoners who came over the wall from the block next door. the unlucky ones were raped. the lucky ones got out without being raped. the prison was engulfed by chaos. but the women were still trapped — among them nadine, who saw many take their last breaths.

translation: instead of opening the door, . they let us die like animals in the prison. i see the dead again, all the bodies i saw before i got out. among the dead, there were 26 children, the oldest just seven. a witness told us some started to die when police fired tear gas into the prison, though it was already ablaze. but couldn't save esther, her two—year—old daughter. "i had esther on my back",

she says, "when we wanted to escape, and something fell on her. a bomb? i don't know. she died on the spot". but we do know that women and children were trapped here, of those who died here, and an indictment of those who let them. some parts of chile are still out of electricity after a near nation—wide outage on tuesday left

millions with power. a state of emergency has been declared and an overnight curfew is in place in affected areas. on emergency generators. to try to encourage young people to get married and have children. apple ceo tim cook says the company may have to change its diversity practices, just minutes ending dei programs. big tech firms like meta and amazon have already ended or rolled back policies like using race and sex in hiring decisions. president trump has criticised dei policies as discriminatory. let's turn to the middle east now. negotiators in cairo say

an agreement has been reached hostages held by hamas. hamas accused israel of deliberately disrupting meanwhile, gaza's civil defence agency says in the last two freezing temperatures. travels to israel as part of a tour of the region.

let's start with the of the release of confirmation ofrthetrelease of prisoners. confirmatien oftthetreleaseof - m— these prisoners. good news. tomorrow. _ these prisoners. good news. tomorrow, thursday, - these prisoners. good news. | tomorrow, thursday, hamas will hand over four bodies of hostages. in return for the hostages. ln return for the detainees who were delayed detainees who were supposed to be released on saturday. in addition, half of the women and children detained the women and'chitdren'detained gaza after october the 7th. in gaza after october the 7th. this is good news, they can now look for the visit of the special envoy to the american special envoy to the east, steven witkoff on middle east. steven witkoff on to discuss the second sunday to discuss the second stage of the deal. end sunday to discuss the second stage of the deal. stage of the deal, the next w wswthl problems,wwww ' w wswthl trainer ' w wswthlproblewmsw,wthwvwas ' are still problems, it was supposed to on the 16th eo- of phase, day of the first phase, february the 3rd, but it was and now we are delayed and now we are coming to the end of the first phase on coming saturday. the most

likely is the first likely scenario is the first phase will be extended, and the will be but no ceasefire will be there but no exchange of hostages, nothing will happen but the ceasefire. negotiation the two wwwfqfthewww ww w w w wwwwwngrehervithdrawanwwwww w ww wwwwwngrehervithdrawanwofwww w ww forces from gaza, israeli forces from gaza, permanent ceasefire, in return israeli forces from gaza, pei the rent ceasefire, in return israeli forces from gaza, pei the whole asefire, in return israeli forces from gaza, pei the whole asefire, i from rn for the whole hostages from gaza to israel. there is on mr netanyahu by the pressdre on mr netanyaho�* by the �* right not to go to the far right not to go to the second phase otherwise the coalition could collapse, but the white house confirmed mr trump is keen to see the ceasefire go through. if mr trump is keen to see the ceasefire gwill 'ough. if mr trump is keen to see the ceasefire gwill be gh. if mr trump is keen to see the ceasefire gwill be working with netanyahu will be working with trump on that or the right wing trdmp ontha—t or—the—right wing come into occasion... will come into the occasion... to have a special different plan for reconstruction of gaza, without displacing

people... gaza, without displacing peeple- - -_ gaza, without displacing --eole... ., . seven planets — mars, jupiter, uranus, venus, neptune, mercury and saturn — will all be visible in the evening sky. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. for weeks, we've been able to see as many as six set of the other planets in our solar system. so as i love a good planetary parade, i've cycled up a clear view of the western horizon, where mercury

parade this week. brightly up there. there in the east, so i've seen three of the best planets, even if the elusive mercury is hiding behind the clouds. 0ur earth is one of eight planets that orbit the sun. usually, you can't see them all in one go because they go round at different speeds. to see in the night sky. mercury, venus, mars and jupiter are visible with the naked eye. and for uranus and neptune, you will need a telescope and then you need to look over

at mercury and saturn over in the west, both very low down. it's the brightest of the planets, absolutely sparkling. you can't miss it. if you've got a telescope, you can find neptune and uranus. and then further round still isjupiter. that's really bright too. eastern sky is mars. so it really stands out too. again will be in 2040. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

0k, ok, so we tried last night, husband, kids, we were husband, the kids, we were looking at light sky with naked w anoint" w has" 5ngth w wnsleli 'w w may have w apparenwthywiw w apparently i need spotted mars. apparently i need an app to identify which is which. —— at the night sky. but give it a go. we have several nights still, so it be nights still, so it will be to say sure. back something to say for sure. back with the business we with the business stories, we mentioned bp, the former lord browne said bpp would ceo lord browne said bpp would stand for beyond petroleum, but stand for beyond'petroleom; but has changing his tune. there is a fair bit of dry weather in the outlook as we look towards the end of february and the start of march. with some outbreaks of rain swinging eastwards,

in the southern uplands. but that band of rain should pivot its way following on behind into england and wales. northern ireland and scotland perhaps seeing a fair bit of cloud lingering into the afternoon with some outbreaks of patchy rain. northern scotland doing perhaps best of all for dry 7—10 celsius. now, during wednesday night, we see this band of cloud a few showers into the northwest of the uk — of high pressure beginning to expand its influence —

northern and western parts of scotland. it will stay fairly breezy here, but for most, thursday should bring quite a lot of sunshine and temperatures of around 8—10 celsius. through thursday night, as this area of high pressure establishes itself more strongly, the winds will fall light, we will see quite a widespread frost and some fog, as well — and some of that fog could linger through friday morning, it should clear. and then, a lovely—looking day, spells of sunshine, of around 9—10 celsius. now, this weather system tries to push in from the northwest — weather front just weakens. so, a lot of dry weather on the way. forecast on the bbc weather app.

country to continue its defence against russia. look, it could be a trillion deal. it could be whatever. but it's rare earths and other things. a big u—turn at bp — the struggling oil giant is expected to refocus

on oil and gas after years of ramping up renewables investment. the latest data is slightly encouraging, but dozens live from london, this is business today. i'm sally bundock. agreed the terms of a major minerals deal with the us. the precise terms of the deal are unclear but its reported that washington has dropped and a demand from ukraine for firm security guarantees has not been granted.