alastair fee reports. is that funny? is everything funny? food. she's quite highly motivated by food. annie has a rare form of epilepsy. we've changed their names to protect their identity. it's harrowing, it's tiring. it's exhausting, it's scary. it's the scariest thing ever — seeing your child seize. the only drug that her parents say helps is an oil made from the cannabis plant. but there's a catch. the medicine mumjane gives her daughter is illegal. i don't want to be breaking the law, but currently i probably would say i don't actually care that i'm breaking the law. because of the change you see in your daughter? she's happier. but, most importantly, she's having a dramatically reduced amount of seizures. in london, 14—year—old jasper also takes cannabis oil to control his epilepsy. he's gone from having hundreds of seizures to almost none. but his supply is legal and privately prescribed. it costs the family £30,000 a year. i work literally seven days a week to pay for it. we are just aware that we are incredibly lucky, firstly, to ha

alastair fee, bbc news.uspended president yoon suk—yeol has held its first hearing. the hearing was adjourned after four minutes because mr yoon did not attend. he is facing charges over his failed attempt of imposing martial law, plunging the country into its deepest political crisis in decades. there is a separate warrant out for his arrest on insurrection charges. our asia correspondent shaimaa khalil told us more about what will happen next. as expected, yoon suk—yeol did not attend the first impeachment hearing. his lawyers have told us that, citing safety concerns and other objections that they had about the logistics of the hearings. it lasted about four minutes, it was very, very quick. essentially it was the marking of the start of the impeachment trial procedures. we are expecting another hearing later this week. this, as protesters and anti—yoon protesters continue to gather outside the presidential palace. what the constitutional court has to decide is whether the declaration of martial law by yo

alastair fee, bbc news. we have a busy hour coming up.ional editorjeremy bowen as we move towards a ceasefire deal. we will get the latest on the resignation from westminster, tulip siddiq going in the last hour, and we will be back in washington as pete hegseth continues to give evidence in front of the senate committee. tough questions posed to the potential new defence secretary. live from london. this is bbc news. hopes rise that an israel—hamas ceasefire is very close. mediators in qatar say the major obstacles have been overcome. iam in i am in jerusalem i am injerusalem talking about the prospects for that ceasefire and also injecting caution because after so many false dawns in the past few minutes, treasury minister tulip siddiq it is good to be cautious. in the past few minutes, treasury minister tulip siddiq resigns, after growing pressure over an anti—corruption investigation in bangladesh. trump's pick for defence secretary — pete hegseth — vows to restore a "warrior ethos" to the military — but is grilled by senators over hi

alastair fee, bbc news.file on 4 investigates', on radio 4 tonight at 8pm and on bbc sounds now. the bbc has been told of safety failings on board an egyptian dive boat that sank in november, killing eleven people. authorities blamed the disaster on a "massive wave", but one leading expert has questioned the theory. 0ur correspondent, joe inwood reports. it is almost unimaginable. 35 hours trapped here, in a boat that is slowly sinking. for lucianna, it has taken a terrible toll. i was ready to die. and for me, to be honest, it's very weird to be alive compared to the others. she was one of the last people to be rescued from the sea story, a dive boat that sank in egypt's red sea. we've interviewed nearly a dozen survivors who, for the first time, have spoken of the terror of that night. we remember looking at the boat, and the boat kept sinking, and we just screamed, "swim away from the boat!" on november the 24th, the sea story set off from port ghalib, heading south for sataya, a popular dive spot. this v

alastair fee reports. is that funny? is everything funny? lunchtime. by food. annie has a rare form of epilepsy. we've changed their names to protect their identity. it's harrowing. it's tiring. it's exhausting. it's scary. it's the scariest thing ever — seeing your child seize. the only drug that her parents say helps is an oil made from the cannabis plant. but there's a catch. the medicine mumjane gives her daughter is illegal. i don't want to be breaking the law, but currently i probably would say i don't actually care that i'm breaking the law. because of the change you see in your daughter? she's happier. but, most importantly, she's having a dramatically reduced amount of seizures. in london, 14—year—old jasper also takes cannabis oil to control his epilepsy. he's gone from having hundreds of seizures to almost none. but his supply is legal and privately prescribed. it costs the family £30,000 a year. i work literally seven days a week, um, to pay for it. we are just aware that we are incredibly lucky, firstly, to have been able to secure a presc