more than one million palestinians from the gaza strip to arab countries. i'd like egypt to take people and i'd like . jordan to take people. icould... i mean, you are talking. about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean out that whole thing. _ lebanon says the israeli army has killed at least two people in the country's south, as a deadline for the idf to leave expires. and chancellor rachel reeves announces proposed changes to england's planning system, aimed at boosting economic growth. hello and welcome. we start in the middle east and comments by president trump on gaza.

he has proposed removing 1.5 million of its palestinian residents and asking jordan and egypt to take them. he told journalists the strip was "literally a demolition "site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. mr trump's comments will be seen as unacceptable by palestinians, who see gaza as their homeland, and by arab countries, which reject the forced displacement of people. hamas says it will oppose plans and islamichhad says it will encourage war crimes. but they are already being welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. let's take a listen to what mr trump said. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess.

you would like jordan to take people? _ you would like jordan to take people? i'd like jordan- to house people from gaza to take people. i'd like egypt to take people. i'm meeting with... i'm talking to the general- tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take people. l and i'd like jordan to take j people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half— people, and we just clean out that whole thing. - it's... over the centuries, it's. many, many conflicts on that site. and i don't know, it's- something has to happen, but it's literally a demolition site right now, almost- everything is demolished . and people are dying there. so i'd rather get involved with some of the arab i nations and build housing. at a different location where they can maybe live .

in peace for a change. could be temporarily or long—term. - president trump's comments come as thousands of displaced palestinians are being 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. these are the live pictures from gaza, where people are waiting to return to their homes. there were some chaotic scenes on saturday evening as palestinians who had expected to be able to walk north following the completion of the hostage release found the road was still blocked by israeli tanks. israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until plans are in placefor the release of israeli civilian arbel yehud, who is being held by the islamichhad. the dispute came after hamas freed four israeli women soldiers on saturday. they had been taken hostage from a military base on the gaza border in the 7th of october 2023 attack. and 200 palestinian inmates were released from israeli jails, the second exchange to take place as part of the gaza ceasefire deal.

0ur correspondent nick beake has more from jerusalem. president trump's comments, as well. from the israeli perspective, the right—wing here has already said that this is fantastic news. you've got prominent right wing politicians saying that this is exactly what they want to be hearing from america. we know that there are far—right extremists here who say that gaza should be their homeland, and they'd like to seejewish settlers move there. in terms of the reaction from palestinians, if you put yourself in the position of those families, we saw pictures just a moment ago of people waiting to move from the south, where they've been displaced back to the north to try and find out what remains of their homes. i think there's a few ways of looking at this. clearly, their immediate priority is getting back home. but when they hear that

sort of language from president trump saying that gaza is a wasteland, "it's in ruins, it's over. "clear the whole place out", that would be concerning. and also, we've seen in the choice of the next american ambassador to israel. this is someone mike huckabee who previously has rejected the idea of a palestinian state, among other things. 0n the other hand, president trump says he wants peace in the middle east. he wants to strike bargains around the world, do deals. and included in that would be, you'd imagine, a deal between israel and saudi arabia. saudi arabia and arab countries around here, there's no way they would countenance the expulsion, the moving out of palestinians. so two ways of looking at these comments that president trump has made today. off the fly, it would seem he didn't really give a huge amount of policy detail. and when he was asked whether this was a temporary solution or a long term thing, he said, either could work. yeah. i'm just seeing reports that a hamas official has vowed to, quote, oppose president trump's idea of relocating gazans.

president talked about how he was going to talk tojordan and egypt. how are they likely to react to what he has suggested in those comments on air force one? well, i think like everyone, they'll be trying to assess them and put them in the context of decades of american foreign policy, which has said that ultimately there should be a palestinian state. the biden administration were clear about that. and you had president biden and antony blinken, his secretary of state, and others talking about reconstructing gaza for gazans. clearly, this is a huge operation, but the arab states were looking towards that. so we'll have to see what reaction comes in from the likes ofjordan and egypt during the day. but clearly, this is diametrically opposed to the direction they want to head in in terms of beginning this task of rebuilding gaza. of course, that's weeks, months off because we're just a week into this very fragile ceasefire. yeah. and on that, thousands of palestinians, as we've said, are trying to get back into northern gaza. but again, prime minister netanyahu's office saying

hamas have breached the ceasefire deal. why are they saying that hamas have breached the deal? so, this all boils down to the fate of one particular civilian hostage, arbel yahud. she is 29 years old. it was widely expected and reported in the israeli media over the past week that she would be released yesterday. but on friday night, when hamas gave the list of the four women to be released, she wasn't on it. and in fact, they were four soldiers. so israel says that hamas has basically undermined the deal, which says, in essence, that civilians should be released before soldiers. so what's happened is israel says that as a result, they are stopping all those palestinian families in the south of gaza, moving to the north. they were getting ready to to make that move with all the possessions they still have. so what has happened now is that hamas have said, "well, actually, she'll be

released next weekend." and hamas and islamichhad, another militant group, have apparently provided proof of life for this civilian. and so it would seem now we're waiting too for the israelis to say whether or not this satisfies them, and they will give the green light to that huge number of people being able to move from the south of gaza further to the north. meanwhile, as part of the ceasefire deal yesterday, we saw those four israeli young women soldiers being released. what is the latest on their condition? well, the hospital said yesterday they're in a stable condition. we saw the images of them being reunited with their families. of course, it comes after a is—month anguish ordeal. huge relief for them. and that was evident in the material that was released. also in lots of public places across israel, there was rejoicing, people watching big screens, monitoring all of this.

of course, what we don't know and what is beneath the smiles and the waves that the women gave as they were surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of hamas fighters in gaza city yesterday at the start of their release. we don't know their psychological state. they've been held in captivity for more than a year. so these psychological tests, as well as medical assessments will be getting under way. and you'd imagine that a large degree of that would remain private. but what the israeli authorities have said that their physical conditions at this point are stable. meanwhile, we saw celebrations in ramallah as 200 or so palestinian prisoners were released from israeli prisons again as part of this deal. that's right, 200 men released yesterday. they were welcomed as heroes, welcomed back by their friends and their families. this time around, of course, this was the second round of this prisoner hostage exchange, some of these men had been convicted of extremely serious crimes.

there were men who'd been convicted of killing many civilians in israel. and so that's why for some people here, it is a controversial deal and some on the far—right saying there shouldn't be a ceasefire at this point and that the military operation against hamas should continue. but in the west bank, these men were welcomed back. also, a number of them, about 70, will not be returning to their families because they're to be deported. israel says that they've committed the most heinous of crimes, and so they'll be sent to other countries. so the thinking is for about a week or so from now, they'll be going to turkey and other places. but yes, this is all part of the ceasefire deal. ultimately, in this first phase, 33 hostages will be released from gaza and about 1,900 palestinians in israeli prisons will be freed. so that is the mathematics behind it. but it's taken so long to get here and we know it is particularly precarious. and there are things that could well disrupt this whole process. staying in the middle east.

the lebanese health ministry says at least three people have been killed and 31 others injured by the israeli military in the south of the country. this follows the expiry of a 60—day ceasefire deal, under which israeli troops and hezbollah fighters were due to have completed their respective withdrawals from southern lebanon. under the terms of the deal, israeli forces would 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. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. this deal stipulated the withdrawal of israeli troops from the south of the country and the removal of hezbollah fighters and weapons from the south. at the same time thousands of lebanese soldiers would be deployed to that part

of the country. what the israelis are saying is that this hasn't implemented this fully and the lebanese military hasn't fully deployed to the south. in response, the lebanese are saying that there have been delays in this deployment because of what they described as israel's procrastination in pulling out from the country. i think at the heart of what is happening here is what the israelis have been saying and that is that they need more time to destroy and dismantle has a lower back infrastructure in the south of the country. there is still concern about lebanese military�*s ability or willingness to act against hezbollah in the south. this is a part of lebanon where for decades, has been the word—mac has been the dominant force. we don't know how many israeli troops are still here in london on or how long they might stay in the country and we don't

know how has the will respond. i don't think anyone is expecting the conflict to respond —— we don't know how hezbollah will respond. we know that violent action from hezbollah will face opposition from its critics here in lebanon but some of its supporters in the country. here, the chancellor, rachel reeves, has set out details of proposed changes to the planning system in england, aimed at boosting economic growth. the reforms include streamlining environmental impact assessments for new homes and infrastructure, to help developers save time and money. the conservatives have accused ms reeves of driving down growth and business confidence. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. what has rachel reeves been saying? elementary has been outlining what is essentially part of the core outlining what is essentially part of the cor- part of the core part of the governing's _ part of the core part of the governing's mission - part of the core part of the governing's mission to - part of the core part of the i governing's mission to create growth. she is talking about

ways to free up the planning system some more big projects can be built. that means the environmental impact process and reducing the number or looking at reducing the number of organisations that have to be consulted about big projects are things like environmental inspectors and historic inspectors and historic inspectors and historic inspectors and everyone who would have a view on planning. and all of that she says is to speed up the process. one big issue she was asked about is the potential for a issue she was asked about is the potentialfor a new runway at heathrow airport. she didn't quite go as far as to say she would be to turn the decision would be to turn the decision would come soon and this is what she said. fix, would come soon and this is what she said.— what she said. a lot has changed _ what she said. a lot has changed in _ what she said. a lot has changed in aviation - what she said. a lot has changed in aviation and | changed in aviation and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand~ — economic growth go hand in hand~ we _ economic growth go hand in hand. we are an open training academy— hand. we are an open training academy and we need to bring investment in but i believe —— an open— investment in but i believe —— an open trading economy. i

believe _ an open trading economy. i believe reducing carbon emissions is good for economic growth — emissions is good for economic growth and we can do the above. and that — growth and we can do the above. and that decision we will have to wait and see —— we and that decision we will have to wait and see --_ to wait and see -- we can do the both- — to wait and see -- we can do the both. they _ to wait and see -- we can do the both. they had _ to wait and see -- we can do the both. they had meant i the both. they had meant talkin: the both. they had meant talking the _ the both. they had meant talking the country - the both. they had meant talking the country down | the both. they had meant i talking the country down on the both. they had meant - talking the country down on the other issue that rachel reeves was asked about was the sentencing this past week of the killer in the southport killings axel rudakubana who killed three young drills. the issue that —— three young girls. we know that she had accessed online content —— he had accessed online content and they were there as to major social media companies demanding they take down some of that content which is illegal and needs to be tackled. there is a welcoming and that will make them force them to do that in a few months. the government wants them to do it now. is

months. the government wants them to do it now.— them to do it now. is totally unacceptable, _ them to do it now. is totally unacceptable, the _ them to do it now. is totally unacceptable, the fact - them to do it now. is totally unacceptable, the fact that l them to do it now. is totally i unacceptable, the fact that the killer_ unacceptable, the fact that the killer before he went on to commit _ killer before he went on to commit those horrific crimes was — commit those horrific crimes was able _ commit those horrific crimes was able to access really easily— was able to access really easily and some of the online platforms such hateful material. and the companies have — material. and the companies have any— material. and the companies have any moral responsibility to take — have any moral responsibility to take the content down and make — to take the content down and make it — to take the content down and make it harder for people to access— make it harder for people to access it _ make it harder for people to access it. already, in some countries _ access it. already, in some countries around the world including australia, the companies had taken down they can do— companies had taken down they can do that. we are asking them to do— can do that. we are asking them to do that — can do that. we are asking them to do that-— to do that. the conservative leader kemi _ to do that. the conservative leader kemi badenoch - to do that. the conservative leader kemi badenoch was i to do that. the conservative i leader kemi badenoch was on to do that. the conservative - leader kemi badenoch was on the same talk show after rachel reeves and she said that she believes that the whole question about integration needs to be looked at. she was asked about what the evidence she had in this case that the killer was born in this country. she said the evidence

she had with her own african christian upbringing and feeling part of the hole. she said that the asking about evidence that mac we need to —— that mac we need to discuss this issue. that mac we need to discuss this issue-— on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. it was opened by the nazis in occupied poland 1940. it started as a concentration and labour camp but was transformed into a notorious extermination camp. more than one million people were murdered there, the majority were jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. dov forman is the great—grandson of an auschwitz survivor, lily ebert,

who died in october, aged 100. dov and lily used social media to tell her story. he also campaigner against anti—semitism and educates school children about the holocaust. thank you forjoining us in the studio. tell me about the way. my studio. tell me about the way. my great—grandmother is incredible. she passed away at a hundred and lived an incredible life after the holocaust. she thrived and survived and built a large family of 30 great—grandchildren and ten grandchildren and in her ioist you are a great grandchild —— a great great grandchild. she was born to an orthodoxjewish family and the eldest of six children and described her childhood as idyllic very similar to what i grew up in. she said it all changed in march of 1944. treads the end of the war when the nazis invaded hungary. within days, they were forced to so sires to

they were forced to so sires to the next eyes and a close and they were forced out of the town —— they were forced to sew stars onto their close. they were forced into ghettos and then on to a cattle truck with hundreds and one carriage and transported to ash woods. 0n transported to ash woods. on arrival, my great—grandmother's arrival... much as she would survive and share her story but so that they can extract the maximum amount of work before sending her to death. for --eole sending her to death. for peeple who _ sending herto death. for people who don't know about auschwitz describe what happened there. mi; happened there. ij�*i great—grandmother happened there. m great—grandmother describes arriving there to this purpose built factory of death. she describes the moment of realisation that that is what it was when she saw a few hours after arriving in the camping when they shaved her hair and

gave her the striped clothing that we now associate with our streets —— with asterisks to enact our streets —— she asked about the smoke coming out of the chimney and asked about the factory and they told her that thatis factory and they told her that that is not a factory does where they burnt your family. that is the moment she realised that it was a state sponsor place of death so the nazis could efficiently as quickly as possible gas, cleaning and murder as many people as possible. for my great—grandmother a hungarian due, more than 400,000 hungarian dues were murdered there within three months —— hungarianjew. this is the it happened to her but instead she promised t this f that if it happened to her but instead she promised tthis is hat if place where most were murdered it happened to her but instead she promised tthis is the if hungarianjew. this is the place where most were murdered and that is where my and that is where my great—grandmother was for four great—grandmother was for four months during the holocaust. months during the holocaust. she went on to live not a life she went on to live not a life of anger or are questioning why of anger or are questioning why

it happened to her but instead it happened to her but instead she promised herself that if she promised herself that if she promised herself that if she survived, for all of those who are murdered i will tell my story. that is what she did and in her last months, she became increasingly worried that the world hadn't learned and that the echoes of the past are again prevalent in society and she was one of the world to learn that words can have consequences and hatred, basic hatred can lead to neighbours turning our neighbours. ordinary people, lawyers, doctors, scientists became part of a system that murdered ordinary people and citizens, overi millionjewish people in our streets. over1 million jewish people in our streets.—

over1 million jewish people in our streets._ --| had over 24 million views. —— one of the tiktok videos. why did you and her decide to set up a tiktok account? when she was in _ set up a tiktok account? when she was in our— set up a tiktok account? when she was in our streets - set up a tiktok account? when she was in our streets she - she was in our streets she promised results —— when she was in auschwitz she wanted to tell her story and she dedicated her life to telling a story in schools and places of faiths and probably this very studio to share how a hearing testimony. i can imagine how difficult that was —— her harrowing testimony. in covid when she was unable to share i was asking her questions

wanting to know more and i started posting these videos just for my own knowledge and social media. i started on twitter and they went viral and i realised that people are going viral and tiktok for silly dances and i showed her and i said that star a channel and i said that star a channel and she said i am doing it but not dancing. we posted incredibly important videos not just about her testimony on what happened to her there but also about how dark and challenging times are, because we go through challenging times, not the holocaust but we all have difficulties, there is light at the end of the tunnel and we can get through with a smile. i think that is why my great attracted so many people. we have overi billion views sharing to the world about how you cannot survive through any challenge but also build again, rebuild and have a life of resilience and hope. i suppose that the thing _ resilience and hope. i suppose that the thing that _ resilience and hope. i suppose that the thing that tiktok - resilience and hope. i suppose that the thing that tiktok is i that the thing that tiktok is that the thing that tiktok is that it that the thing that tiktok is thatitis

that the thing that tiktok is that it is very much a young person's social media platform. yes. , ., ., ., yes. there will be a lot of eo - le yes. there will be a lot of people who _ yes. there will be a lot of people who really - yes. there will be a lot of people who really do - yes. there will be a lot of people who really do not | people who really do not understand what happened in the second world war. it is impossible _ second world war. it is impossible to _ second world war. it 3 impossible to comprehend what happened and they're only two ways to begin to do it. one is by hearing survivor testimony and that eyewitness testimony and that eyewitness testimony and tomorrow we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the holocaust. unfortunately on this anniversary we are facing a new reality which is that these survivors are dwindling and this may be the last memorial day where survivors are able to go to auschwitz and share their stories. that is the new reality so there are two ways for that and one is by hearing the testimony and we need to record and preserve their testimony and posted online so that anyone can go and watch it on the second is by going to these former sites as the king will do tomorrow and the prime minister did last week, to go and see for yourself the scale of the operation and the

vastness of it. again to see that this was a purpose built factory of death not to produce anything but ratherjust to kill over i anything but ratherjust to kill overi million people. again 6 million ordinary innocentjewish men women and children were murdered for no reason for other than the fact they were born jewish. reason for other than the fact they were bornjewish. so in they were bornjewish. so in the world today we see so much anti—semitism and hatred and it is for that reason for me to go in tiktok where there is so much disinformation, it considered effort to delegitimise jews in considered effort to delegitimisejews in society considered effort to delegitimise jews in society so i wanted to go to where young children would be presented with the truth to young people. it is impossible to comprehend that they can do that by hearing eyewitness testimony and knowing what happens because they heard one person's story and no that is what she went through. i saw the number on her arm as we sat in the video. i on her arm as we sat in the video. ., , on her arm as we sat in the video. . , ., ,, . ., on her arm as we sat in the video. . , . ,, . . video. i really appreciate your

time today — video. i really appreciate your time today and _ video. i really appreciate your time today and thank- video. i really appreciate your time today and thank you - video. i really appreciate your time today and thank you for| time today and thank you for coming in. we will have coverage tomorrow of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. we will be presenting him auschwitz where survivors and world leaders will come together for a presentation. stay with us on bbc news. hello. it is already turning wet and windy to the south and west of the uk. it is likely to be a period of disruptive winds and heavy rains. numerous warnings in force. it is from storm herminia. it is a large storm with spells of rain that will run through the low pressure system and means that

for some parts, particularly the south and west they will be bigger in impacts. they will be more rain to come in the next few days so there are warnings at. it will go to northern ireland and across all of england and wales as the sunshine fades and southern scotland. snow on the hills a bit but winds close to 80 miles an hour postop in mind 40 or 50 miles an hourand an hour postop in mind 40 or 50 miles an hour and class description. and it's the sustained period, really, of potentially gale force, even severe gale force winds and bouts of heavy rain. that concerns us. you can see this storm system out in the atlantic already. as i say, that rain is in the south and west. it's pushing northwards. another spell of rain with winds and lots of rain with winds and lots of heavy showers pressing on heavy showers pressing on

behind these weather fronts. behind these weather fronts. how and lightning as well. we have those severe gale force winds continuing around our coastline is in the west and south. temperatures done at sunshine between the showers which continue through monday night into tuesday. the low pressure by then to go eastwards and you winds following a notch but still a lot of heavy showers —— following a notch. temperatures fairly academic at the above for the time of year. a settled picture and further disruption and winds. you can see all of the details online.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump moots a potential plan to relocate more than i million palestinians from the gaza strip to arab countries. palestinians have expressed shock at his suggestion but it's been welcomed by the israeli far—right. in belarus, polls have begun to open in the presidential election. leader alexander lukashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term. mr lukashenko has been in power for over three decades. tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the uk remain without power,

two days after storm eowyn ripped through the north of the uk.