Jonathan Head

Thailand had been reluctant, claiming that the last ceasefire was not properly implemented.

The Thais also resented what they saw as Cambodia's efforts to internationalise the conflict.

In the end, they struck the deal at a bilateral meeting, led only by the two countries' defence ministers.

The BBC's Jonathan Head reporting.

Cambodia, Thailand, and it started up today.

Tomorrow I have to make a phone call.

Who else could say I'm going to make a phone call and stop a war of two very powerful countries?

Thailand and Cambodia, they're going at it again.

What do you think are the advantages of Calibri?

Do you think your typeface lacks decorum?

That's a kind of an ephemeral media, isn't it?

Do you think that in some sense that means that we are less appreciative of lettering than we are in print?

Well, it depends very much on the screen.

There are great sheets of rain driving across the roads.

This is not the first typhoon this season, but it may be in terms of its size the biggest and it's carrying huge quantities of rain.

And that's what's really worrying the authorities here.

For the moment, people are sheltering in any solid buildings they can find.

Earlier today, we watched coastal areas evacuating, people leaving anywhere near the sea or any low-lying or flimsy houses and moving into sports centres, city halls, any kind of solid building where they can shelter for the night while these driving winds cross the country.

There were officially eight people still technically being held, but we already knew that two of them had died in captivity. They're among the 44 Thais who have died either in captivity or in the initial Hamas attacks. So that left six, and I think a lot of people here were hoping that all six would be released. But five of them, all men,

There were officially eight people still technically being held, but we already knew that two of them had died in captivity. They're among the 44 Thais who have died either in captivity or in the initial Hamas attacks. So that left six, and I think a lot of people here were hoping that all six would be released. But five of them, all men,