firas maksad, senior director for outreach, thank you for speaking to us on bbc news.at potential cease—fire, arguably we had been expecting the israeli cabinet to vote on it but as we saw there, one of those members, it israeli national security minutes or, saying that she would — minister, saying he would resign from government if the deal is agreed. stay with us, lots more reaction, and also in life page operating on the latest developments, because there are a lot here on bbc news. let us bring you up—to—date with another breaking use. some breaking news to bring you: the american filmaker, david lynch, has died at the age of 78. he was best known for the surrealist tv series �*twin peaks' and films including mulholland drive, and the elephant man. he received three best director oscar nominations and won a life time achievement oscar in 2019. with me is our culture reporter charlotte gallagher. what a huge loss to the film industry and tv series industry, just a massive man. a, industry, just a massive man. totally visionary, that word sometimes overused but not w

joining me now is firas maksad.dle east institute. from your sources come working tells about the status of those mediation efforts? i tells about the status of those mediation efforts?— tells about the status of those mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing — mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is _ mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is that _ mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is that they're - we're hearing is that they're pretty close and the fact is we have been here before and the fact is, the deals never, is not too different than the deal that was on the table back in the spring get back injuly but the spring get back injuly but the conditions as changed and what has changed is the amount of pressure that is palpable from the area and with the handle from joe biden to donald trump, returning from the region, perhaps the surprises that both teams donald trump and joe biden are working in very coordinated fashion and president biden very much was moving on the same thing h