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As part of a temporary ceasefire deal with Israel, 39 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails are due to then be released to the West Bank. Also on the programme: there is shock in Ireland as far-right rioters trash parts of central Dublin; and the former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is granted parole by a South African court. (Image: People look at an installation which shows the pictures of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 24 November 2023. Credit: Reuters/Zvulun )

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Qatar has announced that the four-day halt to fighting in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning. A foreign ministry spokesman in Doha, Majed Al-Ansari, said humanitarian aid would start to be delivered as soon as possible. He said 13 hostages abducted by Hamas would be released later on Friday, along with a number of Palestinians released from detention in Israel. Also in the programme: Victory for the far-right in Dutch elections; and reports of an outbreak of pneumonia in China. (Picture: Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Getty Images)

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release 50 hostages being held in Gaza during a four-day pause in fighting. Hamas says 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released from Israeli jails under the deal. The start of the pause will be announced in the next 24 hours - if successful it will be the first break in fighting since 7 October. We'll hear from a former senior Qatari diplomat about the role his country played in bringing about the agreement and also from a family member of one of the hostages held in Gaza since the start of the conflict about their feeling on the situation. Also in the programme: What the return of a fired and re-hired artificial intelligence boss means for the future of the technology; and why South Africa's parliament has voted to close the Israeli embassy and suspend all diplomatic relations with the country. (Photo shows a man holding an Israeli flag with the date of 7 October 2023 on it during a demonstration to demand the liberation of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel on 21 November 2023. Credit: Amir Cohen/REUTERS)

We hear from the father of a nine year-old girl believed to be held by Hamas and we look at what a deal would mean for the next stage of the war. A senior Palestinian official also outlines his plans to govern Gaza. Also on the programme: Can elections in the Netherlands launch a new era in politics? And the Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler on auctioning his mighty guitar collection. (Photo: A person calls for a deal to release people kidnapped by Hamas, near the The Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, 24 October 2023 Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The leader of Hamas earlier said they were close to reaching a "truce agreement" with Israel, raising hopes of a pause in hostilities that could see hostages freed. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that they "are making progress" on the release of hostages snatched by Hamas on 7 October and taken to Gaza. We'll speak to a senior advisor to the Israeli government and hear how Qatar has huge influence negotiating in the Hamas-Israel war. Also in the programme: A rediscovered BBC interview with the mysterious artist known as Banksy on his art and reaction from the public to it; and we'll hear about the debates at the heart of the OpenAI stand-off. (Photo shows smoke rising after Israeli air strikes in Gaza on 21 November 2023. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)