This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Friday, the 17th of January, these are our main stories.

Israel's far-right national security minister, Itimir Ben-Givir, threatens to resign from the government over the Gaza-seas-fire deal.

We hear from Israel and Gaza on people's fears

for their future, with the agreement due to be ratified by Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition

on Friday. In Cuba, the jail dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer is released from prison. Also in this podcast,

North Korea opens its borders to tourists from places other than Russia,

and we meet the volunteers who are working to clean up the Ugandan capital.

There is no proper system where we separate the plastic, from the food materials and from the metallic kind of stuff.

There have been serious disagreements in Israel's cabinet ahead of a vote to approve the Gaza

ceasefire and hostage release deal. The vote is due to take place on Friday a day later

than expected.

But Israel's far-right security minister, Itimir Ben-Gavir, has said he'll resign if the government approves the deal,

describing it as a reward for Hamas. The current deal gives them greater appetite, gives Hamas more motivation.

This deal teaches them that they can kidnap and abuse and hurt.

And finally, ultimately, get what they want.

I think that the release of the hostages should be done in another way.

We should stop completely the humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Humanitarian only if we get

the hostages back. The U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, says he's confident the six-week

truce during which Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are to be freed would begin on

Sunday as planned. I asked our Middle East

regional editor, Sir Boucher, for more details on Mr. Ben-Gavir's statement and what impact it may have.

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