live from london. this is bbc news. president trump says he'd like arab nations to take in a million and a half gazans — calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". i would like egypt and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean up that whole thing. lebanon says the israeli army has killed 11 people and wounded 83 in the country's south, as a deadline for the idf to leave expires. belarus is voting in a presidential election — with alexander lukashenko all but certain to secure a seventh term. hello and welcome. we start in the middle east and comments by president trump on gaza. he's said he'd like to see a—million—and—a—half of its residents taken in by other arab nations —

including jordan and egypt. 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. hamas says it would oppose any plan to relocate palestinians, while islamichhad says it would 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 i 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. it could be temporarily. it could be long term. i 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 place for 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 nick beake reports from jerusalem. thousands of palestinians told they would be able to head north but issue blocking the

way, accusing hamas of breaking the terms of the fudge as his first, so they wait another moment of uncertainty in 15 months of war, among them this woman desperate to find her husband's body still buried in the rubble.— husband's body still buried in the rubble. �* ,, �* the rubble. translation: the checkpoint _ the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is _ the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is still _ the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is still close, - the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is still close, who . checkpoint is still close, who knows when it will be open, when we cross we will see the destruction that took place and retrieve those buried under the rubble. this is an israeli military hostage, arbel yehud, held in gaza, issue says it will open the checkpoint until her release is exchanged and hamas says she will be freed next weekend. president trump called gaza a demolition site and talked about cleaning out the territory, bringing accusations he was suggesting ethnic cleansing. the president said he would like to see neighbouring egypt and jordan

taking on more palestinians. here in israel prominent far right politicians have been delighted by the comments of president donald trump, wanting to seekjewish settlers moving into gaza, hamas say they will block any point first from their homeland gazans and palestinians must rebuild. for more hostages were released by hamas this we and really with their families, hamas this we and really with theirfamilies, 200 palestinian their families, 200 palestinian prisoners theirfamilies, 200 palestinian prisoners many serving life sentences have been freed from jail as part of this deal. the weekend and the precarious truce is holding but under increasing strain and the next stages look even more fraught, nick beake, bbc news. earlier i spoke to gershon baskin injerusalem. he is a hostage negotiator and the middle east director for the international communities organisation, a uk—based non—governmental organisation. he gave his reaction

to president trump's comments. these comments are not thought out very deeply, talking about the region, on the one side palestinians have a right to choose where they want to live but in the real world countries have limitations on who they open their doors to and how many people they are willing to take in, we see donald trump instituting a policy in america to deport millions of people living in the united states who chose to live in the united states without the permission of the united states, if this were to happen in gaza with egypt and jordan we are risking the stability of the regimes of both countries, both have peace with israel. this is a dangerous statement for donald trump to make and even uttering the statement itself can shake the regimes. at the root of this is the palestinian issue, most of the world and certainly

the entire arab world, says the occupation of israel of palestinian land should be ended and a state created of the palestinians' own. many arabs interpret. we don't know what president donald trump meant by the words, we can only play the words themselves, on the wider issue you have been involved in the hostage negotiations, in the first phase of this ceasefire and hostage release deal and israel has accused hamas of not releasing a certain civilian and failing to provide the agreed list of the status of the remaining hostages. how difficult is it at this time where there are still

negotiations going on, and how do they actually work, you having been part of them? it is a dangerous period right now because the ceasefire is very fragile, the list of names, the condition of the remaining hostages, 26 hostages that are supposed to be released in the first 42 days according to the agreement that was reached with the help of qatar and the united states and egypt. there are a total of 90 hostages left in gaza, the remaining supposed to be released in phase two, negotiations supposed to begin no later than the 16th day of the current ceasefire period, it is unlikely they will begin or end of the scheduled date. here we have the difficult situation of a clash of interests between prime minister netanyahu protecting his relationship with president trump and prime minister netanyahu keeping his coalition government intact because another party has threatened to bolt the coalition if the

deal goes through, netanyahu would lose his majority and we would likely see israel heading for another round of elections. if he does not agree to move forward, he will potentially jeopardise the relationship between the state of israel and president trump. thank you very much, gershon baskin. the un's palestinian refugee agency says it has been ordered by israel to evacuate its premices and cease operations in occupied eastjerusalem by next thursday. the area — which has been occupied by israel since 1967 — is widely considered internationally, to be palestinian territory. the order comes months after the israeli parliament voted to ban unrwa from operating in both israel and eastjerusalem. unrwa — which supplies aid, education and health care to palestinians — have said the move is contradictory to israel's international obligations as a member state. let's speak tojuliette touma in amman, jordan. she is the director of communications at unrwa — the united nation's

palestinian refugee agency. what would be the impact on this demand by israel? the direct impact _ this demand by israel? the direct impact is _ this demand by israel? the direct impact is for- this demand by israel? tue: direct impact is for 70,000 this demand by israel? tte: direct impact is for 70,000 to go to clinics in occupied east jerusalem and just over 1000 kids who go to schools. that is the direct impact. if the latter is implemented injust overfour latter is implemented injust over four days. latter is implemented in 'ust over four daysi latter is implemented in 'ust over four days. you talk about the letter _ over four days. you talk about the letter from _ over four days. you talk about the letter from the _ over four days. you talk about the letter from the united - the letter from the united nations, i want to read what israel has said. developments came as a direct response to the acute national security risks posed by they say the widespread infiltration of the ranks of unwra and the agency's

refusal to address concerns raised by israel and remedy the horrible situation. months of good faith engagement with the united nations and years of related grievances conveyed to unwra have been met with disregard compromising its neutrality beyond repair. how do you respond? we neutrality beyond repair. how do you respond?— neutrality beyond repair. how do you respond? we have done an investigation. _ do you respond? we have done an investigation, the _ do you respond? we have done an investigation, the outcomes - do you respond? we have done an investigation, the outcomes are i investigation, the outcomes are out there in the public domain. we have done a review, internationally according to which unrwa has the most repost systems in place when it comes to the adherents of neutrality, humanitarian principles with regards to our stance and our programmes and occupations in the gaza strip and west bank around the region. the third

thing, we have over the years, for 15 years, been providing the israeli government with lists of our staff to work in the occupied territories including the gaza strip and the west bank. pare including the gaza strip and the west bank.— including the gaza strip and the west bank. �* , ., , the west bank. are you prepared to sit down _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with the _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with the israelis - to sit down with the israelis before the deadline they say next week comes into force to try to work something out? qt try to work something out? of course we are, we have been asking for information, asking for cooperation, we have written so many times to the government of visual and have not received a response, it should come into place in the israeli parliament injust should come into place in the israeli parliament in just a few days and we haven't received formal communications, but we don't know whether our whole application across the occupied territories, the west bank, whether this operation is going to be allowed to continue

as of the 30th of january. indie as of the 30th of january. we are in the _ as of the 30th of january. we are in the first _ as of the 30th ofjanuary. we are in the first phase of the ceasefire in gaza, eight tracks have been getting on, how much aid have you been able to get in and is the picture looking any better in gaza? tt is any better in gaza? it is certainly _ any better in gaza? it is certainly much - any better in gaza? it is certainly much better. any better in gaza? it is i certainly much better than any better in gaza? tit 3 certainly much better than how it was before the ceasefire when we talked aboutjust over 50 trucks of eight, now we are talking about thousands of trucks going on, what needs to happen is for the ceasefire to hold for more commercial trucks to come into gaza and for unrwa to come into gaza and for unrwa to be continue to work, we are the largest humanitarian organisation in the gaza strip. thank you, juliette touma from unrwa. 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,

and says 15 people have been killed and dozens injured. israel's military — which missed today's deadline to leave the area, after a 60—day ceasefire deal expired — says its troops had fired "warning shots" in order to "remove threats". both israeli troops and his brotherfighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beruit and outlined what the deal was. 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 hezbollah in the south. this is a part of lebanon where for decades hezbollah 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 uk chancellor rachel reeves says social media companies have a �*moral duty�* to take down harmful and illegal, violent content in the wake of the conviction of the southport murderer axel rudakubana. she was commenting on a letter the home secretary, yvette cooper, has written to x, meta — which owns facebook — tiktok, google and youtube calling on them to act. rudakubana viewed a host of violent and extreme content online. the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, says rudakabana's online viewing is evidence he'd failed to fully interg rate into british society — despite being born here. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas.

the government has written seeing the ease of access to such dangerous and illegal content is unacceptable. we are again requesting... it is unacceptable, the fact the killer before he went on to commit those horrific crimes was able to access easily on some of the online platforms such hateful material. the companies have a moral responsibility to take the content

he had materials about white genocide and so on. if you are being inculcated in hate, you are not integrating well. what is your evidence that. a lack of integration was part of the reason that he went on to commit these - absolutely heinous crimes? i have seen what has come out of the court case. i have made an observation. i think that these are things that need to be looked at. but every single time a politician wants to talk about these issues, there is often a push back, what is the evidence? we are not really sure.

should we use the sort of language chris to mark the minute we start to go down this track, i think we lose our way. police found rudakubana at 17 had bought knives online. today, the comet said online retailers will have to get proof of selling before selling. delivery companies will have to hand packages over and proof of age as well. a third runway at heathrow could be given london's heathrow airport could be given the go—ahead this week after the chancellor hinted she would back the airport's expansion as part of plans to go "further and faster" in growing the economy. addressing concerns about increased pollution rachel reeves said a third runway at heathrow "will mean that instead of circling london, flights can land", as simon browning reports. after a week of speculation, the chancellor inched closer this morning to backing a third runway at heathrow. rachel reeves told the bbc that sustainable aviation and growth can go together and that she'd reveal more in her speech on wednesday. a third runway will mean that instead of circling london, flights can land at heathrow. a lot has changed in aviation, and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand. but we're an open trading economy. we need to bring investment in. demand for travel is growing and heathrow is almost at capacity. but opposition to heathrow�*s

expansion is well established, with recent objections reaching the courts. it's a long time since we last had a proper economic analysis of what heathrow expansion would deliver, and even when it was last done, it was marginal at best, and i don't think that picture is going to have improved. so there is no economic case for expanding heathrow, and we know how damaging it will be to the environment and to the noise impact on people living all across west and south west london. in the last fortnight, rachel reeves has promoted the uk's aims for growth in china and davos to politicians and business leaders. on wednesday, we'll hear more about those plans. including reforms to the planning and infrastructure bill to axe red tape that slows down approvals for major building projects. building homes near transport hubs to enable better connections for workers to towns and cities. and a regeneration project in old trafford, greater manchester, to develop housing, commercial and public spaces. but a decision on heathrow is expected on wednesday. there are no live and current planning processes for it, unlike other airport expansion schemes, and they will take a long time to achieve.

that, alongside conflicts with environmental and climate targets. simon browning, bbc news. a teenager whose car was struck by a falling tree during the storm has died of his injuries. the 19—year—old was driving in mauch—lan, in east ayrshire, the 19—year—old was driving in mauchline, in east ayrshire, at about 6:16 on friday morning when the accident happened. he was taken to the queen elizabeth university hospital in glasgow for treatment but died on saturday. he is the second person to die following friday's storm. at least 18 people have been killed in a fuel tanker explosion in nigeria. the authorities in the south east of the country say ten others have sustained burn injuries. the national road safety agency said the truck suffered a brake failure, which caused the driver to lose control and crash into vehicles on an expressway. it's the latest in a series of tanker blasts that have killed hundreds of people

across the country. prosecutors in south korea have formally charged the suspended president — yoon suk yeol — with insurrection, over his brief implementation of martial law in december last year. on saturday, a court in seoul rejected a request to extend mr yoon's detention — forcing prosecutors to indict him orfree him, ahead of the end of his custody period on monday. if convicted, mr yoon could face years in prison. 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 1200 remain behind bars. exiled belarus opposition leader, svetlana tsikhanouskaya told us earlier she believes there is still much resistance to the president. yeah, absolutely. you're absolutely right. it's not election. it's imitation. a staged show. because what's happening now in belarus is simply a special electoral operation, you know, to keep him in power. it's all fake, and everybody knows this. lukashenko desperately tries to restore legitimacy. there are no real candidates, no independent observers, no votes being counted. belarusians rejected lukashenko back in 2020, and now they never accept him again since. lukashenko behaves as thousands are still standing near his palace, repressions before so—called

elections intensified. the internet is being blocked. cities are full of soldiers and police. lukashenko feels that people hate him and he feels fragile because of this. you know, since 2020, belarusian people are going through such a brutal repressions in belarus. actually, people live like in stalin's time era. so that's why i don't want people now sacrifice themselves for no reason. because this imitation of elections is only for lukashenko. it's not for our country. it's not change of policy. what we demand is free and fair elections and the observation of our democratic partners. so i ask people to prepare their energy, you know, they determine us to a real moment of opportunity that might be connected with vitro of ukraine or some economic issues, or, i don't know, problems with health of lukashenka, like nobody knows. but there might be many scenarios, but not now.

i don't want people to be in prison for no reasons. 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. in tennis, and the men's world number one jannik sinner has retained his australian open title, beating germany's alexander zverev in straight sets. sinner�*s victory in melbourne makes him the first italian to win three grand slam single's titles. "it's an incredible tournament for me, i hope i can keep it going." stay with us here on bbc news. more on the sport

website and app. this turbulent spell of weather continues. we have low pressure again in charge, another named storm, named by the spanish weather service, it is storm herminia. in the uk, the met office has issued a range of yellow warnings for wind and rain. the satellite picture clearly shows the centre of the storm. but i also want to draw your attention to what is happening down here, along the line of this weather front, we can see this cloud developing. it may see we see another very small scale area of low pressure forming and that could bring a swathe of very strong winds overnight tonight for some of us. it is windy through the afternoon. a band of rain pushing its way northwards, some very heavy thundershowers following on behind. as we get into this evening, there is still some uncertainty in the forecast. the centre of the area

of low pressure will be out to the west. some computer weather models allow this separate small—scale area of low pressure to develop bringing a big lump of heavy rain and maybe some flooding on the southern flank, we could see some very strong winds. there is uncertainty about exactly where that feature may track its way northwards across england and wales. it may even be that we see wet and blustery weather into eastern scotland tomorrow morning. that feature further west could give some significant snow over high ground. tomorrow, this band of heavy rain driving northwards. that could have snow mixed in over heavy ground. another very windy day. strong winds continuing.

50—70mph on exposed coasts south and west. temperatures the least of our worries, six to 9 degrees. that area of low pressure will track its way eastwards as we move on into tuesday. that low weakening and filling somewhat but tuesday will not be as windy. they will still be some showers or longer spells of rain. some very wet weather in the south on wednesday. turning a little bit calmer for the end the week.

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the headlines... president trump says he'd like arab nations to take in a million and a half gazans — calling for a "clean out" of the strip which he described as "a demolition site". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south, killing at least eleven people and injuring several others. israel's forces have missed a deadline to leave the area, as a sixty—day ceasefire deal expired. belarus is voting in a presidential election, with alexander lukashenko all but certain to secure a seventh term. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. he said a new generation should emerge to lead belarus by 2030. and the rare alignment of five planets offers stargazers a spectacle view in the skies. after sunset, venus, jupiter, saturn and mars will be visible in an arc—like formation, and can be seen with the naked eye.

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