our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more. we knew there were serious talks go on via qatari and egyptian mediators come up with us involvement as well, to try and bring about a new hostage release deal, a new ceasefire deal. we have heard from a palestinian source, knowing that as a palestinian delegation in cairo, is that they have had proposals for these five stages laid out there. the first one sounds quite like but we saw back in november when we had a renewable ceasefire in exchange for the release of many of the hostages that were being held by hamas in gaza and palestinian prisoners being released from israeli jails in batches. this would

work water, we understand, a fifth stage, which would be a long—term cessation of hostilities. what we understand from the palestinian source who has been speaking to us is that the big difference remained at the moment between the two sides when israeli forces would withdraw from the gaza strip. the suggestion under what the egyptians have laid out is that they would stay in until the final stages, and hamas has been rejecting that and wants to come out earlier. england striker michael owen says he would "swap eyes" with his son if it were possible for the teenager to see again. james owen, who is 17, hoped to follow in his father's footsteps playing football, but was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition when he was eight. they spoke to the bbc�*s disability and mental health podcast, access all, about their story. and we can talk about it

all now with the presenter of the access all podcast, emma tracey. just start by telling us a bit more about michael and james�* story. james was diagnosed at 17 with stargardt disease, add eight years old with stargardt disease, which is a degenerative eye condition, which means it gets worse over time. he is a visually impaired. before he was diagnosed, he was learning to be a footballer. his dad says he was really good on the ball but struggled to know what else was going on the pitch. he hasjust made a documentary with his dad about partially sighted fits all, an indoor football game which has partially sighted fits all, an indoorfootball game which has been adapted for the visually impaired people. i think he has gone on a bit

of a personaljourney people. i think he has gone on a bit of a personal journey with that as well, meeting the players and getting to know some visually impaired people as well. it�*s getting to know some visually impaired people as well. it's here a bit of our impaired people as well. it's here a bit of your chat _ impaired people as well. it's here a bit of your chat with _ impaired people as well. it's here a bit of your chat with michael - impaired people as well. it's here a bit of your chat with michael on - bit of your chat with michael on access all now. it is very difficult, if i could do a swap, i will do tomorrow. i get tired of thinking _ a swap, i will do tomorrow. i get tired of thinking about _ a swap, i will do tomorrow. i get tired of thinking about it - a swap, i will do tomorrow. i get tired of thinking about it and what if and the rest of it. we are just so positive. i wouldn�*t want to spend my time with anyone else. we will be out in town, we will be watching racing on the television. he will be able to see it, but he can hear the commentary. we will be watching the football, all of that. emma, as a disability generally is, what was your sense of how the family are coping with all of this?

was really interesting because i speak to so many disabled people and the family is about having become disabled at a later point in life. he wasn�*t born at visually impaired. the difficulties around that. it takes a while to get your head around it, it takes a while to get the right support and learn how to live your best life in a slightly different and adapted way. as michael said there, they are really positive. they are working with charities. they do want to help james�* vision and are putting money into that, but they�*re not thinking about that every day. james has pivoted. he wanted to be a footballer, he is now really business minded. from the podcast, i wouldn�*t be surprised to learn he wouldn�*t be surprised to learn he would be doing more tv presenting in the future. he is at college, using special software to read his books.

michael said in the interview that out of his four children, he is at least worried about james�* future because of his business mindset and positive mindset. he was eight years old when he was first diagnosed with stargardt disease. of course, that's a hammer blow to a parent. you just want everything to be perfect. of course it was a sad time, thinking about the future, thinking about how that is going to compromise his life. you know, will he be able to drive? will he be able to work? what jobs will be there for him? and all these things run through your mind. so, of course, it's like anything — time is a great healer. injames' case he has developed so much as a human being as well and it's been easy to put in the back of your mind and just to get on with life. james is very positive, he wasn't necessarily so positive early on, but certainly in the last 5—8 years he has become a real positive lad.

and to be honest, we never speak about his condition, he gets treated like everybody else. if our viewers want to hear more aboutjames and michael if our viewers want to hear more about james and michael owen�*s story, where can they find out? the? story, where can they find out? they can find on — story, where can they find out? they can find on the _ story, where can they find out? they can find on the access _ story, where can they find out? they can find on the access all _ story, where can they find out? iie: can find on the access all podcast, the bbc�*s weekly disability and mental health podcast on bbc sounds, or wherever you get your podcasts. you can have a listen to their unsubscribe if you like what you hear. . ~ , ., ., unsubscribe if you like what you hear. . ~ ., ., , ., hear. thank you for “oining us on bbc hear. thank you for “oining us on sac news, h hear. thank you for “oining us on bbc news, emma. _ now, the black sabbath frontman, ozzy osbourne, is birmingham born and bred — and according to his wife, sharon osbourne, he wants to perform his final shows in his beloved home city. but first sharon — a television personality and music manager in her own right — will take to the stage this week to share her life story at a birmingham theatre. ben sidwell has been to meet her.

i always say that if the end of the world happened, there�*d be cockroaches, ozzy and keith richards. reporters: sharon, sharon, sharon. sharon osbourne�*s a woman who�*s never afraid to tell it like it is. we�*ve had amazing things happen, but a lot of bleep too. at birmingham�*s alexandra theatre, she�*s promised to tell all, as she takes to the stage for the very first time. i don�*t sing, i don�*t dance. i can�*t go and, like, entertain with anything other than my life experience. sharon! stop screaming! already a successful music manager, it was when sharon, ozzy and family let cameras into their house for the tv reality show, the osbournes, that sharon found worldwide fame. people say, "oh, god, why did you give up doing the osbournes and this, that and the other?" and i�*m like, "because we were the first." i will say very slowly,

"it is not my band and i don't want to do any promotions." do you want to do it? yes. of course, ozzy is ingrained in the fabric of birmingham, and it�*s a city sharon�*s become very familiar with. it�*s just an incredible, lively city. usually places that change go backwards. but birmingham has gone forwards, which is so brilliant. and ozzy, you know, he left birmingham a long time ago, but it�*s such a huge part of who he is and all his recollections and most of his stories that he tells. and, you know, like, when he�*s dreaming, he never dreams he�*s in la, he always dreams he�*s in birmingham. it�*s something so weird within him. but he�*s never really left. he�*s just that birmingham boy. i wouldn't mind going back to birmingham. yeah, it�*s great there now, it�*s fantastic. it�*s a whole different city. it�*s amazing. the family now have their own podcast and on it they announced

plans for an ozzy museum in birmingham, which sharon is hoping to finalise while she�*s here this week. you can come and see all of ozzy�*s accolades, everything from his past. there�*s an interactive part where you can go in and you can talk to ozzy and he�*ll answer you. so it�*s going to be state—of—the—art, but attached is going to be a music school. so kids can come, it�*s free. with the family set to move back to the uk this year, sharon�*s likely to be spending a lot more time in birmingham, starting with a show at the alexandra theatre. ben sidwell, bbc news. and, finally, once a staple on the uk high street, after more than a decade away, could woolies be making a comeback? woolworths closed back in 2009 after the financial crisis, but there are still stores in germany —

called woolworth, without the s — and its current owner says the uk is on his "bucket list" of destinations to expand to. now it�*s time for a look at the weather. hello there, rightly so, the weather story has been dominated by the storms across the uk this week, but something that�*s been a little bit overshadowed is the feel of the weather. cast your mind back to last week, we had lying snow in highland scotland and an overnight low of —15. this morning, yes, it was windy, but with a lot of cloud around noticeably milder, 5 degrees. now, one of the reasons for this, storm jocelyn pulls away to the near continent is a change of wind direction to a south—westerly, a milder source. that�*s pushing this milder air right across the country as we go through the remainder of today and into tomorrow. there�*s still some showers around, some of them quite frequent as well, accompanied by gusty winds across the far north of scotland.

but some of these showers should thin out for the remainder of the afternoon and one or two perhaps into northern ireland. there will be some hazy sunshine clouding over from the far southwest later on in the afternoon. and still a windy day for all of us, gusts in excess of 35—65mph. but because of the direction, yes, it�*s mild with those temperatures above average for the time of year for all of us, generally ranging from 8—12 celsius. now, as we go through the night tonight, we�*ll continue to see this cloud spilling in from the southwest. so acting like a blanket, preventing those temperatures from falling too far at all, maybe low single figures with some clearer skies in the far north and east of scotland. but it will be a cloudy, mild start to thursday. but sandwiched in between these two weather fronts, a lot of cloud, and it�*s going to be a quite murky, gray, disappointing day. there will be outbreaks of rain from time to time, heaviest of which certainly across scotland, pushing its way steadily northwards.

generally there�*ll be a lot of low grey cloud, drizzle and poor visibility along west—facing coasts. but again, that mild theme stays with us. we could see temperatures peaking at 13, possibly 14 degrees, average in the southeast at this time of year, around 7 or 8. friday, a brief ridge of high pressure builds and quieten things down. there�*ll be greater chance of seeing some sunshine. but yes, a few scattered showers. with the sunshine and the clearer skies at times, not quite as mild. but the mild, quiet and calmer theme looks set to stay with us. there will be outbreaks of rain continuing in the far northwest.

live from london, this is bbc news. a russian military plane crashes, killing all of those on board. moscow says ukrainian prisoners of war were on the plane and accuses kyiv of shooting it down. donald trump defeats nikki haley in the republican

primary in new hampshire — but haley vows to stay in the race. here in the uk, while royal mail deliveries could be reduced to as few as three days a week. prime minister rishi sunak and labour opposition leader sir keir starmer clash at prime minister�*s questions. hello, i�*m a lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. a russian military transport plane has crashed in the country�*s south, close to the border with ukraine. the bbc has verified this video showing the moment of the crash. you can see the aircraft in the distance falling through the sky. 74 7a people were on board the plane altogether, no one is reported to have survived.