thousands of displaced palestinians are prevented from returning to their homes in the north of the gaza strip as israel accuses hamas of breaching the terms of their ceasefire deal. donald trump praises british prime minister keir starmer and says he will call him in the coming 2a hours. and the rare alignment of five planets offers stargazers a spectacle in the skies. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. thousands of displaced palestinians have been prevented from returning to their homes in the north of the gaza strip after israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of their ceasefire deal. israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until plans are in place for the release of israeli civilian arbel yehud, who is being held by

the palestinian islamichhad. the dispute came after hamas freed four israeli women soldiers and 200 palestinian inmates were released from israeli jails, the second exchange to take place as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. lucy williamson reports from tel aviv. in a theatre of war, the theatre of victory. cheering four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially built stage. naama, liri, daniella and karina smiling for the cameras. after 15 months in captivity, theirfreedom signed moments before. hostages taken by brute force, released with a pen. back home in israel, they watched them freed. tension breaking into relief. into tears.

the childhood friends of leary clinging together as she appeared. a moment imagined many times, still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i saw liri walking on her two legs. it's everything. she's a hero. she's a fighter. and this moment, this couple of minutes just show me how brave she is. cheering in exchange, israel released 200 palestinians from its jails to gaza, egypt and the occupied west bank. first glimpses of long—lost relatives. first glimpses of post—war gaza. running to meet the red cross van in gaza,

rafe alfare�*s niece and nephew, with their mother. "it's been 20 years," she said. "my brother. "my heart." but the homecoming of those displaced by the war here was delayed. blocked by israeli forces after israel accused hamas of breaching the deal by not releasing a civilian female hostage held by another militia group. then panic as shots were fired. israel doesn't allow outside journalists in to operate independently from gaza, but reports suggest one man was killed and others injured. israel's army said it fired warning shots into the air. across the border, 15

months of waiting ended. in the relief of hugging a parent holding a child. their return also a reminder of 90 hostages still held in gaza. for them, this isjust the beginning in a long and precarious road home. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. meanwhile in lebanon, the israeli military is expected to miss a critical deadline for withdrawing from the south of the country, under the ceasefire agreement reached with hezbollah two months ago. the agreement mandated a phased withdrawal of israeli forces over 60 days, to be replaced by the lebanese army and un peacekeepers. however, delays have raised tensions, with lebanon accusing israel of stalling, and israeli leaders citing incomplete compliance by hezbollah and the lebanese state.

let's speak to simon frankel pratt, senior lecturer in political science at the university of melbourne. thank you forjoining us. where do things currently stand with the ceasefire both in gaza and lebanon?— the ceasefire both in gaza and lebanon? , ., ., ., lebanon? the situation in gaza seems to be — lebanon? the situation in gaza seems to be relatively - seems to be relatively straightforward and it looks as though hamas was not able to get the hostage arbel yehud in time for the hostage exchange that they did the transfer comprising hostage soldiers, instead of civilian women. this is a straightforward violation of the ceasefire agreement and the response from israel has been not to call the whole thing off but to refuse to

evacuate the corridor until arbel yehud it is released. both parties understand is a violation but not a particularly serious one and arbel yehud can be released and they can return to commitments. lebanon is more complicated. israel has claimed a series of ceasefire violations in attempt to take control and the idf is still apparently finding hezbollah weapons cachet is and it's no indication of how long idea for stay there. i've no idea for stay there. i've no idea when warm a resume but thatis idea when warm a resume but that is the situation as i see it. ., . , , ., that is the situation as i see it. for currently, israel says it. for currently, israel says it will not— it. for currently, israel says it will not withdraw - it. for currently, israel says it will not withdraw troops l it will not withdraw troops from lebanon by the deadline, what are your thoughts on that? i think that israel is in a difficult position strategically where if they are

not reassured that hezbollah is not reassured that hezbollah is not able to simply resume control of southern lebanon on an israeli government cannot guarantee its citizens at the north will remain secure. remember, there are many internally displaced israelis you need to retire to the north of the country so they can resume life there and the israeli government is in a difficult situation but so is the lebanese army which is not all that strong by comparison to hezbollah. as i said, it's not clear how this will resolve other than the fact that pretty much all parties to have an eventual interest in israel leaving lebanon and the lebanese government establishing firmer control and pushing hezbollah are.- pushing hezbollah are. thank ou for pushing hezbollah are. thank you fervour— pushing hezbollah are. thank you for your time. _

donald trump has told the bbc�*s anthony zurcher that the british prime minister has done "a very good job" and said he would call sir keir starmer in the next 2a hours. he said the pair get along very well, saying, "i may not agree with his philosophy, but i have a very good relationship with him." trump's ally elon musk recently criticised sir keir�*s government over its response to child exploitation cases. reporter: if you go to the uk do you think you will get along with keir starmer and the labour government? i do and i've met him three times and he has come over twice and he and i have a call over the next 24 hours and i get along with him well, and he is liberal, which is a little bit different from me but i think he's a very good person. i think he has done a very good job so far. he is very new at the job but he has represented his country in terms of his philosophy. i may not agree with this philosophy but i have a very good relationship with him i've

met him twice and had dinner with him at trump tower, as you probably know, you know that, right? president trump made the comments on air force one as he returned from a visit to nevada. that's a state that flipped republican in the recent presidential election for the first time in two decades. he told a rally of his supporters he might re—join the world health organization days after he ordered the us to withdraw from the un's global health agency. he said it would have to be — as he put it — cleaned up. president trump also addressed his plans to tackle illegal immigration. he's sending hundreds of troops to states bordering mexico, like neighbouring arizona, to boost security. these are new pictures of soldiers arriving at fort bliss in texas, just across the border from mexico — a staging ground as they prepare to deploy. there's been criticism from members of the us congress after trump administration has fired at least a dozen federal watchdogs, a move which could face legal challenges. for more on this, here

is our north america correspondent, david willis. we have seen the tightening of the attempt to tighten the control over the central federal government by the putting in place of these loyalists, donald trump loyalists, while we have also seen evidence overnight of an attempt to put loyalists in place in the federal government, or perhaps i should say remove those seen as disloyal, with about a dozen inspectors general of some of the largest departments in the federal government, including the departments of labor and transportation, suddenly dismissed it has been reported, and thought that may even be illegal, bearing in mind that it is now the law that congress be given 30 days' notice of any such dismissals. there has been no word on this so far from the white house, but a lot of consternation expressed by those who believe this really is the thin end of the wedge, as far as rooting out opponents of donald trump and the government are concerned.

thousands of homes are still without power this morning, after storm eowyn caused chaos across parts of the uk. the met office says it was probably the strongest storm here in at least 10 years. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has more. at the cleanup gets under way from a once in a generation storm, huge numbers of people are still without power today. electricity companies say some customers may have to wait days until being reconnected as a team struggle with damage caused by winds in excess of 100 mph and continuing high winds, snow, ice and debris in some areas. in our relents, those wins with the strongest ever recorded and claimed the life of this 20—year—old,

killed in county donegal when a tree fell on his car. across ireland, nearly half a million customers are still without electricity, with warnings from power companies could take several days to reconnect them. in the uk, 49,000 several days to reconnect them. in the uk, 119,000 homes and businesses are still without power today. argyll, in scotland, was one of the worst affected areas, where the roof of this leisure centre was ripped off and people in the kintyre peninsula, south perth side and the trossachs could be without power until monday. it was really bad. the lock was white and there was spin drift coming across the lock and we batted the house down and the windows would shake and all the roof tiles, quite scary.— roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences, roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences. you _ roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences, you name _ roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences, you name it, - roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences, you name it, down, l fences, you name it, down, roofs, — fences, you name it, down, roofs, chimney stack. in northern _ roofs, chimney stack. in northern england, a man had to be rescued from water by the

river humber by lifeboat crews and winds cause widespread damage. this situation was so serious the uk government called an emergency cobra meeting to plan the response to the storm. travel was badly disrupted and trains are likely to see cancellations and delays ongoing today. network rail scotland logged nearly 400 incidents of damage. the rare, red weather alerts are over but yellow warnings are in place across most of the uk today, the heavy rain, high winds, health no and flooding. —— hill snow. the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, is all but certain to secure a seventh term today when belarusians vote in their presidential election. these are live pictures from a

polling station in linz. with his fiercest critics and most serious rivals either in prison orforced into exile, the electoral process has been described by the opposition and eu officials as a "farce". mr lukashenko has been in power for more than three decades. after the last elections in 2020, which he claimed to have won with 80 per cent of the vote, he crushed street protests prompted by allegations of vote—rigging. in recent months, he has released some but more than 1,200 remain behind bars. russia has been struggling to contain a major oil spill off the coast of the annexed crimea following an incident with two tankers which was badly damaged in the black sea over a month ago. bbc verify�*s 0lga robinson has more. over the past month, russian social media has been flooded with images like this, showing people in suits

cleaning tar—like substances on the beach, and it is oil used to fuel vessels and estimated that 5000 tons has leaked in the sea. it happened here, the kerch strait that separates russia from the crimean peninsula. two vessels were damaged in late december and russian scientists estimate their spill could be twice the size of the last significant oil spill in the strait, in 2007. this is a video of the latest incident that were released by russian authorities in december showing one oil tanker split in half, with streaks of oil clearly visible in the water. the other one went aground. ukrainian activists have accused these vessels of being part of russia's shadow oil fleet, tankers poorly maintained and not properly insured and thought to be used to move oil to avoid sanctions but analysts could not confirm this. greenpeace estimates that the spill area covers around 400 square kilometres

and at least some of this oil has sunk to the bottom of the sea and here is a video from an independent russian environmental group and it shows what looks like oil on the seabed. some signs of pollution have been visible in recent recent satellite imagery. here is a beach in a russian resort town in december, days after the incident and you can clearly see oil and this is a more recent picture from the january 10, showing two streaks of oil, one about 25 kilometres long, or 15 miles, in the kerch strait. reports from russian media officials and greenpeace have analysed these and suggest that in recent weeks the oil has spread as far as occupied ukraine and all the way to the western coast of crimea. this map shows some of the approximate areas where oil has either been reportedly spotted or cleared up and yet greenpeace told us

the true scale of the leak may never be known because of the lack of free flow of information in russia. what does the disaster mean for wildlife? local activists they some 70 dolphins have been found dead in the area following the oil spill and officials in the south of russia say that some 6000 birds affected by the oil spill have been delivered to rehabilitation centres. one source told us that only i7% of those treated have survived. this is a horrific blow to the ecosystem, according to one senior russian scientist, and he added that in his view it is the most serious environmental catastrophe for russia since the start of the 21st century. tomorrow is holocaust memorial day, when the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz and remembers the millions of people murdered by the nazi regime. to mark the anniversary,

our chief presenter lucy hockings will be live from poland. earlier, she has been speaking to aron goodman. the 19—year—old american college student is the grandson of tova friedman, one of the youngest survivors of the auschwitz death camp. aron has been teaming up with his grandmother to educate his peers on the holocaust, with many of their videos going viral. lucy first asked him how their tiktok journey began. it started in high school when it started in high school when i was 16 and i noticed a lack of holocaust education. when around my school interviewing people to figure out what parts of the holocaust they didn't understand know about. when i started using tiktok i realise just how much do you semitism and holocaust disinformation is spread on social media in one day i sat down with my grandmother after dinner and recorded an introduction video, saying this is who she is, she is a holocaust survivor, and here to combat anti—semitism on tiktok because it was a light and still is a lots of white what was the thing you found

most shocking.— most shocking. that young eo - le most shocking. that young people didn't _ most shocking. that young people didn't understand l most shocking. that young - people didn't understand about the holocaust? it people didn't understand about the holocaust?— the holocaust? it was basic facts like — the holocaust? it was basic facts like the _ the holocaust? it was basic facts like the number - the holocaust? it was basic facts like the number of. the holocaust? it was basic- facts like the number of people who were murdered and some of the names of the concentration camps. some of my early videos focused on common misconceptions about the holocaust that people don't know about or at least have not been taught. know about or at least have not been taught-— been taught. which of your tiktok have _ been taught. which of your tiktok have most - been taught. which of your| tiktok have most resonated been taught. which of your - tiktok have most resonated with people? tiktok have most resonated with --eole? ., ., tiktok have most resonated with neale? ., ., f~ tiktok have most resonated with --eole? ., ., j~ ., people? one video had 8 million views that have _ people? one video had 8 million views that have my _ people? one video had 8 millionj views that have my grandmother showing it to and it was one of the first times we did that on the first times we did that on the account and having a survivor physically in front of you talking to you in showing you talking to you in showing you a piece of evidence from the holocaust is incredibly powerful and i think that is why resonated with most people. what sort of things people say, what sort of feedback? we what sort of things people say, what sort of feedback?- what sort of things people say, what sort of feedback? we get a mix of comments, _ what sort of feedback? we get a mix of comments, so _ what sort of feedback? we get a mix of comments, so there - what sort of feedback? we get a mix of comments, so there is i what sort of feedback? we get a mix of comments, so there is a |

mix of comments, so there is a lot of positive feedback and people saying things like my god i've never heard of this and thank you for telling me and thank you for telling me and teaching me. and the other side we have people saying $6 million —— 6 million people, hitler was right and comments that make it difficult to continual.— that make it difficult to continual. ., ., ., , continual. your grandmother is the most remarkable _ continual. your grandmother is the most remarkable woman, l continual. your grandmother is i the most remarkable woman, this survivor with an incredible story and a woman of such strength and resilience. did she talk to you about the holocaust when you were growing up holocaust when you were growing up quacy low i've known about it for my most of my life. she started slow, _ it for my most of my life. sue: started slow, explaining it for my most of my life. sie: started slow, explaining this is my number because i was a prisoner and as i got older she will explain more details about the holocaust so she wouldn't scare me or scar me when i was young but slowly. find scare me or scar me when i was young but slowly.— young but slowly. and how do ou feel

young but slowly. and how do you feel about _ young but slowly. and how do you feel about being - young but slowly. and how do you feel about being a - you feel about being a descendant of a holocaust survivor and the fact we're talking about the 80th anniversary about the liberation of auschwitz today? it is our responsibility to continue, as a third generation and sent forth generation survivors and fifth—generation and it's up to us to continue the stories of relatives because they will be forever and the 80th anniversary, there won't be as many survivors as the previous anniversaries and it shows we need to be here and be talking about this. we work with museums so if you were to go to a holocaust museum in germany there is my grandmother's story there but one has to go to a museum whereas with social media, we come to them rather than them seeking out holocaust education, we can reach out to them. one of our messages of tiktok is not to be a bystander. if you see an anti—semitic incident or something you consider hatred

in your school, don'tjust sit back and let it happen, say something, bring it up to an administrator, mention on social media, don'tjust sit silently. we will be marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz over the coming days. and on monday 27th january, on holocaust memorial day, lucy hockings will be presenting from auschwitz where survivors and world leaders will come together for day of commemorations. if you look up at the sky, you could be in for a treat. six of the planets in our solar system have lined up, in what is sometimes called a �*planetary parade'. after sunset, venus, jupiter and saturn and mars will be visible in an arc—like formation and can seen with the naked eye. uranus and neptune will also be part of the line—up, but you'll need a telescope to spot them. now, let's speak to astrophotographer andrew mccarthy. he managed to capture photos of the planetary parade, which he has shared

with his 1.6 million followers on instagram. thank you forjoining us. where can people see the planetary parade, and when? you can people see the planetary parade, and when? you have to look u- parade, and when? you have to look no to _ parade, and when? you have to look no to see _ parade, and when? you have to look up to see it _ parade, and when? you have to look up to see it because - parade, and when? you have to look up to see it because they l look up to see it because they are all across the sky right now, just after sunset, the first star you see in the sky is not a star at all. if you are in the northern hemisphere and look southwest, you will see a bright object, the southwest, that is venus, the brightest object in the sky right now and if you follow an arc along the sky you can see and trace venus along and see saturn, below, and look straight up and you will see jupiter. and if you look further towards the horizon towards the east, you will see mars as a shining red dot. we also have neptune and uranus, but not visible to the naked eye but they are there and if you have a decent telescope, it doesn't take much, or a pair of binoculars you can find them.

rare that you can see six planets like this in the sky at once and it's a great opportunity in backyard astronomy!— opportunity in backyard astronom! ., ., , ., ie astronomy! how rare is that? is tricky when _ astronomy! how rare is that? is tricky when it — astronomy! how rare is that? is tricky when it comes _ astronomy! how rare is that? is tricky when it comes to - tricky when it comes to astronomy. it won't be exactly like this for about 150 years but every year something like this kind of happens where you get a congregation of planets on one side of the sky. two years ago we had something very similar, the order wasjust shuffled. towards the end of february we will actually have seven planets in the sky at the same time because mercury will alsojoin this same time because mercury will also join this alignment, however, venus will be lower on the horizon and saturn will be much lower on the horizon so harder to see these planets especially if you are trying to see them at high magnification through a telescope. alignments themselves are not particularly rare but you will not feed exactly like this again. were callinu exactly like this again. were callin: it exactly like this again. were calling it a — exactly like this again. were calling it a planetary - calling it a planetary alignment the planets are

always aligned, it is about how we can perceive them right now? there is the equatorial plane, the disk of the planet's orbit around the sun. it doesn't always appear in a straight line, which is actually more of an arc when you look up in the sky, but the fact that they are all in the same side of the sky is really what makes it special because they will always follow the arc no matter what. briefly, where is the best place in the world to see these planets aligning? the place in the world to see these planets aligning?— planets aligning? the cool thing about _ planets aligning? the cool thing about it, _ planets aligning? the cool thing about it, it _ planets aligning? the cool thing about it, it doesn't l thing about it, it doesn't matter. so long as you have a clear view of the sky and a cloud, you can see this from anywhere in the world, just look up once the sky gets dark! brilliant to hear, anyone watching, you can go out when it is dark and see the planetary parade. thank you, andrew. mi; planetary parade. thank you, andrew. y ,

stay with us here on bbc news. hello. saturday was a day where the clean—up could begin from that incredibly powerful storm eowyn that battered parts of the uk and the republic of ireland on friday. a much calmer end to the day saturday. we had a fine sunset across southern areas. it was quite cold across northern portions of the uk on saturday, cold enough for some snow in the showers across high ground. now, eowyn is continuing to disintegrate just to the west of norway, but this is our next weather system that's coming in off the atlantic. and this is another named storm. it's been named by the spanish authorities as storm herminia, and it's going to be bringing wet and windy weather over the next few days, with rainfall totals building up, particularly across parts of wales, the midlands, and south—west england, where we could see some localised flooding concerns as we head into the early part of the new week. now, at the moment we've got a little trough pushing eastwards, bringing rain, a bit of sleet and hill snow, mostly above 200m elevation across northern england and scotland, could be a few centimetres actually in scotland and a risk of some

icy surfaces wherever we see a frost. so, into sunday morning, actually most of us having a fairly decent start to the day. there will still be some showers and blustery conditions for conditions for northern scotland, and it won't be long before we see the rain and winds pick up across england, wales, and northern ireland. gusts through the irish sea coast reaching around 60 to 70 miles an hour. winds that strong could topple one or two trees, bringing some localised disruption, but it won't be on the same scale of disruption that eowyn brought on friday. that really was an exceptional system. monday, the same area of low pressure is with us. we've still got further outbreaks of rain and the wind is still blowing at the same kind of levels around coastal areas. it will be, i suppose, a fairly mild kind of day, but probably not feeling

so, given the strength of those winds. by tuesday, a lot of the rain will start to work a little bit further northwards, affecting parts of scotland by this stage. but the worst of the weather should clear through from wales and south—west england. still a few showers left over, still breezy, but the worst of the wind, the worst of the rain should start to push away. temperatures ranging from around seven to ten degrees, so a few degrees above average for the time of year. now, looking later in the new week, it looks like the weather should tend to settle down as the week goes by and into the following weekend, it might be dry for most of us.

voice-over: this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of displaced palestinians are prevented from returning to their homes in the north of the gaza strip as israel accuses hamas of breaching the terms of their ceasefire deal. donald trump praises british prime minister keir starmer and says he will call him in the coming 24 hours. the democratic republic of congo has severed diplomatic relations with neighbouring rwanda, accusing it of backing m23 rebels who've been advancing on the eastern city of goma. the united nations and others also accuse rwanda of fuelling the conflict with its own troops and weapons. in the last few days, thirteen soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in eastern congo have been killed in clashes with m23. and the rare alignment of five planets offers stargazers a spectacle in the skies.