that is coming in from reports to the afp news agency, the news in that the far right figurehead jean—maries died. he was president of the national front party from 1972 through to 2011. he was a former presidential candidate in france, that mantle taken on by his daughter now, marine. he was born in 1928 on the news is just into us that rotem three le pen has died. one of the best—known and most controversial political figures in france, known around the world and that image there with his daughter marine le pen, and during his political career he saw a growth in votes for the far right in france. as i say, he was born in 1928 and founded, not only was a leader that founded the national front political party representing the main right—wing opposition to a country's mainstream parties. and from the 1970s until recent times, but a very controversial figure accused by his opponents of xenophobia. and just before we continue with our lead story, a recap, if you arejoining us of with our lead story, a recap, if you are joining us of the news coming into us that the french far right figurehead

samantha: the crisis in eastern democratic republic of the congo is intensifying, with the afp news agencymore than 100 people have been killed in the city of goma. the fighting between rebel groups and government forces escalates. the news agency at nearly 1000 others are wounded. we are looking at pictures of armed people outside of goma's airport, which is under the control of around 23 fighters. the u.n. says hospitals in goma are struggling to handle the number of people injured in the conflict. south africa says more of its peace peak -- peacekeepers serving the mission have been killed, in addition to nine already reported. 17 u.n. peacekeepers from the not multinational mission have been killed in recent days. experts have long accused rwanda from backing the n23, something wanda denies. they called -- the you and calls on them to restart strikes. they say the international community has not done enough to stop the fighting between m23 and government forces. the embassy among those under attack is closed until further notice. u.s. citizens have also been urged to leave the country.

airport where the 737 800 plane travelling from bangkok crash landed and we are just hearing via the afp newsned from leaving south korea after this crash and they are quoting local police. let's speak to aviation expert geoffrey thomas. thank you forjoining us. investigators extracting data from the black box, just explain why this box is so important. explain why this box is so important-— explain why this box is so imortant. ., , , important. the two black boxes are critical _ important. the two black boxes are critical to _ important. the two black boxes are critical to most _ are critical to most investigations and especially this investigation. there are two black boxes which for the viewers, are actually orange or red in colour. one is the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of conversation and the digital flight data recorder is the heartbeat of the aeroplane and monitors every major system on the aircraft. and that has a capacity of up to 25 hours of recording. the cockpit voice recorder as you suggest, it has been downloaded and they are working on the transcript

the afp news agency is reporting that more than 100 a city of two million people. the control of m23or shake—up of the louvre announced by the french president. emmanuel macron said the louvre would be redesigned, world's busiest museum. outside the european union a higher entry fee. vibrant celebrations. dragon and snake figures. the goddess mazu for good fortune. more on this in the business news. in meantime, you are news. in the meantime, you are bbc news. stay watching bbc news. stay with us. hello, there. with these low pressure systems, which have brought days are looking dry. in fact, for the end of the week, high pressure will tend to build in to bring a lot of dry and sunny weather. wednesday we've got a lot of sunshine around, a few but it will bring a windy, cloudy, wet day to the extreme now the heaviest of the rain, the strongest winds remaining offshore, but it looks like the channel islands dry with some sunshine. it will be a chilly day, temperatures in but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, could be a risk of ice where showers have fallen. for thursday mo

one representative told the afp news that his group was keen to reach an agreement.respondent is covering the talks from jerusalem. >> the talks in qatar are intensifying. there is an israeli and hamas negotiation but they haven't talked directly. they have been negotiating mediators. -- through mediators. both delegations, while not in the same room, not meeting face-to-face, they are in the same building, working on technical details. some detailed points relating to how the cease-fire agreement might work on the ground. the broadbrush of the deal, it should be said it is a partial deal. it is the first of three phases. the first has been fully spelled out in the draft deals being leaked from this process. that would involve 42 days of cease-fire and during the cease-fire, there would be a phased release of israeli hostages who were taken during the hamas attack on october 7, 2023. they would primarily be women, children and the elderly. for each hostage hamas released, israel would release dozens of palestinian prisoners. age trucks and fuel trucks, -- aid trucks

. —— gaza truce reported by the afp news agency. obviously the efforts are continuing.airo and washington. still to come on the world today — donald trump's pick for us secretary of defence pete hegseth was heckled several times at the senate armed forces services committee. we'll find out more about a british government minister who has resigned after growing pressure over an anti—corruption investigation in bangladesh. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. the british treasury tulip siddiq has resigned from the government coming after she was named it an investigation in bangladesh and claims that her family embezzled up the 5.9 billion from infrastructure spending. in a letter she denied any wrongdoing and said theissue denied any wrongdoing and said the issue had become a distraction for the government. our political and investigations reporter reports. the family she credited with inspiring her political rise may have also played a part and it's art involved.— played a part and it's art involved. g ., ., , played a part and it's a

bring you a bit of breaking news which is coming from president zelinsky, we are reporting from the afp newssident, ukraine has captured two north korean soldiers, they are describing them as prisoners of war, and president zelinsky is a saying that investigators are questioning these two captured north korean soldiers. apparently, these were north korean soldiers, we know that north korea has been sending soldiers numeral... numerous numbers of soldiers to bolster the russian efforts in following the full scale invasion by russia of ukraine. apparently, these two captured north korean soldiers were fighting according to president zelinsky in russia's kursk region, this follows an offensive that ukraine has made into that russian region on the borders of ukraine. the moment we get any more on that we will bring it to you, that latest line from president zelinsky saying that two north korean soldiers are being questioned by ukraine following their capture in russia's kursk region where ukraine is currently doing an assault on that region. much more when we get it. the british chancellor has b

the news agency afp says one of the nurses has just been freed.fe, the french justice armed with a makeshift knife, the frenchjustice minister said that on social media all resources have been mobilised and he is being appraised of the situation in real time. the inmate was serving a sentence for armed rape and had been demanding a move to a different jail. around the world and across the uk, this bbc news. to south korea where, after a dramatic six—hour—long standoff with security for the suspended president yoon suk yeol, police have called off an attempt to arrest him. if they had been successful, yoon would have become the first sitting president to be arrested in south korea's history. the political drama began on december 3rd when mr yoon tried to impose martial law, shaking the country and reminding people of the dark days of military rule. days of protests followed, culminating in parliament voting to impeach him on 14th december, their second attempt to do so. investigators have until 6th january to arrest him before the current warrant e

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we're just seeing the afp news saying that palestinian dt detainees have started to be released.f this peace deal because we are only at phase one where we expect 33 hostages to be released overall.— to be released overall. that's correct. these _ to be released overall. that's correct. these are _ to be released overall. that's correct. these are the - to be released overall. that's i correct. these are the hostages for women, correct. these are the hostages forwomen, both correct. these are the hostages for women, both civilians and soldiers, also those civilian men including some who are known to be sick and infirm, some of them very elderly, but we also expected at this stage to hear from we also expected at this stage to hearfrom hamas a list of the 33, who is dead and two is alive. that is really the state of uncertainty. it might not, that list, include the names, it mayjust have a number of those who are still living hostages but that is information that families are desperate for. that's another cause of the real anxiety here. the first phase is due to have negotiations

another confirmation of that, another source briefed on the talks speaking to our colleagues at the afp newsy who have just saying israel and hamas agree a dealfor just saying israel and hamas agree a deal for gaza just saying israel and hamas agree a dealfor gaza ceasefire and the hostage release. this is very much what we have been hearing all through the day and it appears that the deal that has been struck is what was being leaked to the israeli media, and indeed what was pretty much on the table for the last eight months, which is that there will be a phased ceasefire deal, three phases. in phase one, which will last six weeks, there will be a release of 33 hostages. a reminder that 98 are still being held in gaza, so about a third of them will be released in the first phase. that will include women, both soldiers and non—soldiers. also the elderly, the sick and the injured, who will be released injured, who will be released in small groups over every week in small groups over every week in return for hundreds, possibly up to 1000 palestinian prisoners being released from israeli jails.

according to a guy is a security official talking to the afp news agency.and running on the bbc news website. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. hello. 80 years ago today on the 27th of january 19a5, allied troops came to where i am standing and discovered the horrors of the auschwitz—birkenau concentration camp. 1.1 million men, women and children were killed. during the second world war, more than 6 million people were murdered in what is known as the holocaust and today is holocaust memorial day. commemorating those victims, the vast majority of them were jewish. there will be events taking place all over the world. we have seen some already but their main focus will be here in auschwitz. the weather here, it is clear. it is close to freezing. very, very cold. it has not discouraged around 50 survivors. they are getting old now. in the 80s and 90s. you can see them here supported by friends and relatives very early this morning. they came to lay wreaths at what is known as the black wall. it is sometimes known as the death of all. that