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Hamas agrees to fully disarm in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza

The US-led Board of Peace announced that Hamas has agreed to fully disarm in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. President Trump revealed the deal on Truth Social, calling it a "monumental step" towards peace, with Turkey, Egypt and Qatar having mediated the agreement. However, Israel has yet to comment, and an Israeli political source said beforehand that the proposal did not "satisfactorily" address Israel's demand for full demilitarisation of Gaza, adding that the issue wasn't even raised during this week's Trump-Netanyahu meeting in Washington. Hamas negotiator Ghazi Hamad said the group was making "concessions... to save them from killing and displacement," while stressing Israel must also comply with the deal's terms.

The Board of Peace, chaired by Trump, said its focus now turns to implementation, with mediators Egypt, the US, Qatar and Turkey expected to meet in Cairo shortly to agree on a timetable. Analysts caution significant hurdles remain, including that the Palestinian committee meant to govern Gaza has yet to be allowed into the territory, and Israeli forces still control more territory than they did when the ceasefire began in October.

Also today

• BP has launched moves to sell its North Sea business, the British oil and gas giant announced today, as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces pressure to ease drilling restrictions in the area.
• The European Commission has launched a call to create seven large-scale artificial intelligence centres in a bid to boost Europe’s competitiveness and accelerate development in the field.
• Businessmen Gérard Lopez and Eric Lux, along with two former Fola Esch board members, are set to appear in court in mid-December over allegations of intellectual forgery.
• Anthropic says three versions of its Claude AI model gained unauthorized access to outside organisations' systems during safety testing, fuelling industry-wide concern over AI safety.
• A trial opened in Pristina over the 1999 Racak massacre, one of the worst atrocities of the Kosovo conflict, with 21 Serb officials being tried in absentia.
• Search teams have recovered four bodies near the site of an avalanche that struck a climbing expedition led by mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan.

On air

The studio played another round of Lucy's infamous "Not a Band Yet" game, with a special shoutout to 'Underrated Rabbits' and 'The Roof is a Manmade Thing'. Later on, DB3 welcomed three special musical guests: CJ Penn, Gina Simmons and The Nobodies, and finally, The Skinflicks.

Figure of the day

Thousands cross into Spain's north Africa enclave in new migrant crisis

• In recent days, a total of around 60,000 migrants have crossed into the Ceuta territory, a police source said, many swimming around the small border barrier that meets with the Mediterranean sea.
• So far, 34 people have died attempting to reach the Spanish enclave.
• The influx marks the largest arrival of migrants in the region since 2021.
• Spain's interior minister has said that 37,500 people who had crossed had voluntarily returned to Morocco.

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