Good evening. It's 6PM, Tuesday, 17th December. The headlines: #Israel and #Hamas are close to an agreement on #Gaza. Sara Sharif's father, Urfan Sharif, stepmother, Beinash Batool, and uncle Faisal Malik have been given life sentences after revelations of extreme cruelty. A Russian general has died in a #Moscow blast. #UK salaries saw a 5.2% increase in October. #BBC #News