president trump raises a potential plan to relocate more than one million palestinians from the gaza strip to arab countries. i would like egypt and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and wejust about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean up 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. and the rare alignment of five planets offers stargazers a spectacle in the skies.

hello and welcome. we start in the middle east and comments by president trump on gaza. he has proposed removing a—million—and—a—half 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 to relocate palestinians, while islamichhad says the plans will encourage israel to commit war crimes. but mr trump's comments 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 president trump told reporters on air force one. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess.

you would like jordan to house people? i'd like egypt to take people. 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. - over the centuries, it'si 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 prisons, the second exchange to take place as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. our correspondent nick beake is injerusalem and has more on president trump's comments and reaction to them. 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. on 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.

our official from our officialfrom hamas our official from hamas promised to our officialfrom hamas promised to oppose it. talking to jordan and promised to oppose it. talking tojordan and egypt, the president said, how are they likely to react to what he has suggested on those comments on air force one? i suggested on those comments on air force one?— air force one? i think like everyone _ air force one? i think like everyone they _ air force one? i think like everyone they will - air force one? i think like everyone they will be - air force one? i think like l everyone they will be trying air force one? i think like - everyone they will be trying to assess them, put them in the context of decades of american foreign policy which has said ultimately there should be a palestinian state, thejoe palestinian state, the joe biden palestinian state, thejoe 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 but the arab states were looking towards that despite a huge operation. we will have to see what reaction comes in from the likes ofjordan and egypt during the day but clearly this is opposed to the direction they want to head on in terms of beginning this task of rebuilding gaza. weeks and months on, just a week into the

very fragile ceasefire. fin very fragile ceasefire. on that, thousands - very fragile ceasefire. on that, thousands of palestinians as we have said are trying to get back into northern gaza, prime minister netanyahu's of saying that the deal has been breached by hamas, why? this boils down _ breached by hamas, why? this boils down to _ breached by hamas, why? this boils down to the _ breached by hamas, why? ti 3 boils down to the fate of one particular civilian hostage, 29 years old, it was expected in the israeli media she would be released yesterday but she was not on the list. israel says hamas has undermined the deal which says in essence that civilians should be released before soldiers. what has happened is issue says as a result they are stopping all the palestinian families in the south of gaza are looking to the north. they were looking to

make the move north. actually, she will be released next weekend, they are saying, arbel yehoud. apparently the civilian, proof of life has been provided. we are waiting for the israelis to say whether or not they satisfy the stem and they will give the green light to the huge number of people being able to move from the south of gaza further to the south of gaza further to the north. nick beake. staying in the middle east. the lebanese health ministry has accused the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in southern lebanon, killing at least three and injuring 1m. israel's military has missed a deadline to leave the area, as a 60—day ceasefire deal expired, it has not said how long its forces will stay in lebanon. both israeli troops and his brotherfighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. israel says lebanese troops have not deployed fast enough, while the lebanese military

blames israeli procrastination. lebanon's new president, generaljoseph aoun, called for restraint. our 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 also the removal of hezbollah fighters and weapons from the south, and at the same time, thousands of lebanese soldiers would be deployed to that part of the country. now, what the israelis are saying is that this deal hasn't been fully implemented, that the lebanese military hasn't really fully deployed to the south. and 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. but 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, to dismantle hezbollah infrastructure in the south of the country. they're still concerned about the lebanese military�*s ability or even willingness to really act against his to really act against hezbollah in the south. this is a part of lebanon where for decades it has been the dominant force. now, we don't know how many israeli troops remain here in lebanon. we don't know how long they might stay in the country, and we don't know how hezbollah is going to respond. i don't think anyone is expecting the conflict to resume, but i think any kind of violent reaction from hezbollah is likely to face opposition, not only from its critics here in lebanon, but also from some of its own supporters in the country. hugo bachega. 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 chancellor also hinted the government would support a third runway at heathrow airport. the conservatives have accused ms reeves of driving down growth and business confidence. our political correspondent damian grammaticas explained what rachel reeves is suggesting. she's been outlining what is essentially part of the core, sort of part of the government's approach mission, it says, to create growth. now, what she's talking about today is ways to free up the planning system so more big projects can be built. that means streamlining the environmental impact assessment process, reducing the number, or potentially looking at reducing the number, of organisations that would have to be consulted about big projects. so things like environmental inspectorates, historic inspectors, people who would have a view on planning and all of that, she says, is designed to try to speed up the process.

one big issue that she was asked about is the potential for a new runway at heathrow airport. she didn't quite go as far as saying that she would be complaining. she said a decision on that is coming soon. this is what she said. a lot has changed in aviation and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand. we're an open trading economy. we need to bring investment in. but i believe that clean energy, that reducing our carbon emissions are good for economic growth. we can do the two together. now on that decision, we'll have to wait and see. but the conservatives, of course, have been saying that the government, with its talk about their economic inheritance, it had have been sort of talking the country down. 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 girls. now, the issue there that she confronted, she said, was the problem about online content. we know that he had accessed online content and watched violent videos and the like. now the government has written this weekend to the some of the major social media companies demanding that they take down some of that content. they say it's illegal and that needs to be tackled. there's a law coming in that will make them, force them to do that in a few months' time, but the government wants them to do it right now. it's totally u na cce pta ble. the fact that the killer before he went on to commit those horrific crimes was able to access really easily on some of the online platforms such hateful material. and those companies have got a moral responsibility to take that content down and make it harder for people to access it. already in some countries

around the world, including australia, companies have taken it down so they can do that. we are asking them to do that. now the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, she was on the same talk show shortly after rachel reeves, and she said that she believes, a line she said before, 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, axel rudakubana, that that was an issue. he was born in this country. she said that the evidence she had was her own background, her own african christian upbringing, the effort we make to make people feel part of the whole. but, she said asking for evidence is the sort of thing that we start to lose our way. we need to discuss these things. and that was her clearly expressed view. damian grammaticas. jannik sinner is just one set away from claiming back to back australian open titles. he's leading alex zverev two

sets to love in the final in melbourne. world numbers one and two. both sets were tightly contested but one break was enough for the italian to take the first... and the second was won on a tie break. sinner has won both his grand slam finals so far. while his german opponent has lost his first two. 11—2 now. meanwhile madison keys has been out and about in melbourne with her new australian open trophy. the american said she hadn't had much sleep since defeating two—time defending champion aryna sabalenka in a three—set thriller... her first grand slam title in her second final that came more than seven years after her first. the worst kind of 12 hours has been very quick. there were different sometimes i didn't know if i was ever going to be

able to get back into a grand slam final and able to get back into a grand slam finaland i able to get back into a grand slam final and i really wanted another opportunity to try to play on my terms and walk away with my head held high and to be able to do that is just incredible. the top seeds won the women's doubles title... and for the number one ranked player in the world katerina siniakova a 10th grand slam victory. the czech player... alongside american taylor townsend beat taiwan's hsieh su—wei and latvia'sjelena ostapenko over three sets to add the ausralian title to the one they won at wimbledon together last year. pakistan have been set 254 to win the second test against west indies... with more wickets tumbling on day two in multan. noman ali has taken ten of them. the tourists batted better in their second innings... reaching 244 before being bolwed out. pakistan are 64—3 as they attempt to win the series 2—nil. a chance later for tottenham to arrest

their recent premier league slump that has seen them fall into the bottom six. that's after no wins in their last six league games, during which time manager ange postecoglou has shown increasing frustration at the questions he's being asked about their recent form. but ahead of their match against a team having an even worse run than them, leicester, postecoglou insists their fortunes will improve when his squad is fully fit... we've just got we'vejust got injuries, we've just got injuries, you can do investigations and talk to anonymous sources but you don't need to talk to an anonymous source, you can talk to me. i am responsible for it, i am the one guiding this, if you're looking for a head on a stick, take mine. but i am absolutely 100% confident that we are in a much better place in all areas of the foot club today than we were when i started. ruben amorim has similar problems. he called this current manchester united team the worst in the club's history after their most recent league defeat that has them in 13th place. but a dramatic europa league win against rangers on thursday improved their situation

and his mood as they prepare for a trip to fulham. i want iwant them i want them to know me in a different_ i want them to know me in a different way but always preparing the matches with stress, _ preparing the matches with stress, we don't have the time to do— stress, we don't have the time to do that _ stress, we don't have the time to do that. i think it is important, the secret of teams, even _ important, the secret of teams, even when _ important, the secret of teams, even when you have the best players. _ even when you have the best players, if you don't have that feeling — players, if you don't have that feeling it _ players, if you don't have that feeling it is really hard to win _ feeling it is really hard to win 50 _ feeling it is really hard to win 50 i _ feeling it is really hard to win. so i want to build something like that here. but we need _ something like that here. but we need time for that. and we've had a first in ski—ing. at least in competition. italy's miro tabanelli pulled off a 2340 in aspen on saturday night. that's six and a half 360 rotations. that was enough for a score of 98.00 to win the big air event on the third and final day of the x games at buttermilk mountain. and that's all the sport for now. i would like you to do that.

don't have enough cameras to cover it! �* ., , . , to belarus now where polls are open in the country's presidential election — alexander lu kashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term in power. 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 powerfor more than three decades — and is a close ally of russia's president putin. after the last elections in 2020, which he claimed to have won with 80% of the vote, he crushed street protests prompted by allegations of vote—rigging. in recent months, he has released some political prisoners, but more than 12 hundred remain behind bars. live to minsk where there is, alexander lukashenko has been

holding a news conference for well over two hours now, our russia editor steve rosenberg is inside they're asking questions during the press conference. he said belarus had a brutal democracy and they weren't silencer put pressure on anyone. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. the camp was opened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940. it started as a concentration and labour camp but was transformed into a notorious extermination camp. more than 1 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. i've been talking to dov forman, 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 campaigned against anti—semitism and educates school children about the holocaust. he began by telling me more about his great—grandmother, and what she experienced when she first arrived at auschwitz. when she saw a few hours after arriving in the camp, given the striped clothing we associate with the camp, anotherjewish inmate who had been there longer, she said what factory is this, what smoke and fire, what are they producing? the other turned _ what are they producing? the other turned to _ what are they producing? tue: other turned to them what are they producing? tte: other turned to them and what are they producing? tt2 other turned to them and said thatis other turned to them and said that is not a factory, that is where they have burnt your family who have arrived with you. that is when my great—grandmother realised this was a systematic state—sponsored place of death so the nazis could efficiently as quickly as possible gas,

cremate and murder as many people as possible. for my great—grandmother, a hungarian due,, more than 300,000 murdered in three months. this was the place most were murdered and that is where my great grandmother was for four months during the holocaust, not to live a life question why did this happen to me but instead she promised herself in auschwitz if i survive, for all those who didn't, all those who were murdered, i will tell my story and that is what she did. in her last month she became increasingly worried that the echoes of the past are again prevalent in society and she always wanted the world to learn that words can have consequences and basic hatred can lead to neighbours turning a neighbours and to ordinary people, doctors, scientists, accountants, lawyers, can become part of the system which murdered ordinary citizens,

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whole question promised to l set up a tick-tock? during the i whole question promised to tell her story, she dedicated her life for decades going to schools, universities, workplaces, to share her harrowing testimony and i can imagine how difficult that was for her, during covid when she wasn't able to go out and share her story, wasn't able to go out and share herstory, i wasn't able to go out and share her story, i have been interested about history and her testimony and i began asking her questions wanting to know more and eventually i started posting these videos just for my own knowledge on social media, i started on twitter and then i realised people were showing silly videos dancing on tiktok and i showed this and she said i will do it but i'm not dancing. we post a video is notjust about her testimony and what happened to her there but no matter how dark life can seem and no matter how challenging times are because we all go through challenging times, not like the holocaust but we all have our

own difficulties, is life at the end of the tunnel. that is why my great—grandmother i think attracted over 2 million followers, over1 billion views showing to the world how you cannot only survive life through any challenge but build again, rebuild and have a life of resilience and hope. dov forman. plenty of tiktok videos on his and other social media accounts. we will be marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz tomorrow with special coverage here on bbc news. lucy hockings will be presenting from auschwitz where survivors and world leaders will come together for day of commemorations on holocaust memorial day. join us here on the bbc news channel and also on the website and app for coverage from

auschwitz tomorrow. hello there. : firstly start in the north, already turning wet and windy across the south and west of the uk with the next storm upon us and it is likely to be a sin stain period of disruptive wind and heavy rain, numerous warnings and force tied in with storm armenia, likely to last for the rest of sunday into monday, the tightly packed isobars, a large storm, rain running through around the low pressure system and that means for some parts, particularly south and west, there will be “p south and west, there will be up to 80 millimetres of rain with more to come in the next few days. the rain is going to move to northern ireland through the afternoon, cross of england and wales and southern scotland. some snow the hills,

wind gusting close to 80 mph, in 140-50 wind gusting close to 80 mph, in 140—50 enough to force disruption, certainly 60—70, go force or severe gale—force right the way across the southern and western coast, to dumfries and galloway, into northern ireland, continue north of night, the rain. another spell of rain rushes through across england and wales, that is what i was talking about, the rainfall amounts adding up on the already saturated ground we have. the likelihood of floating will continue to increase through today, tonight and into tomorrow, heavy showers rushing in behind the weather fronts with hailstones, lots of lightning, squally wind, the fact we have the gale—force and severe gale—force and severe gale—force wind continuing around our coastline is in the west and south, temperatures, some sunshine around the showers, continue through monday night and into tuesday, the low pressure by then starting to just track its way

eastwards. they went falling off a notch but still lots of heavy showers around, for the non—saturated ground. fairly academic but runnable average, for this time of year, temperatures. stormy weather is giving us cause for concern, disruption, flooding, you can check out all the warning details online.

this is bbc news, the headlines... president trump moots a potential plan to relocate more than a 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. lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south, killing at least two people . israel's forces have missed a deadline to leave the area, as a 60—day ceasefire deal expired. chancellor rachel reeves announces proposed changes to england's planning system — aimed at boosting economic growth. tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the uk remain without power,

two days after storm ay—oh—win ripped through the north of the uk