This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janet Jalil and at four hours GMT on Thursday the 9th of October, these are our main stories.
President Trump announces that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza peace deal,
paving the way for hostage and prisoner releases.
Nine months after one of Los Angeles worst fires devastated the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood,
police arrest a suspect.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first billionaire footballer.
Also in this podcast, the longest-running musical in London's West End,
Les Miserables celebrates its 40th anniversary.
It has evolved over the years, so it's been restaged.
New casts come and go and bring their own interpretation to it.
As we record this podcast,
the world is beginning to react to the news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal that should see hostages and prisoners released soon.
President Donald Trump took to social media to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of his peace plan.
He said this meant that all the hostages in Gaza would be released soon.
although it's thought perhaps it will be all living hostages initially given the difficulty of retrieving the bodies of those who have died.
He also said that Israel would withdraw its troops to what he called an agreed upon line,
although it's not clear where that line will lie.
As the news spread, Palestinians in Gaza thronged the streets of Hanyunis,
even though it was the middle of the night,