"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. these are live pictures from gaza — where israel is continuing to stop tens of thousands of palestinians returning to the north of the strip after accusing hamas of a second ceasefire violation. chancellor rachel reeves hints a third runway at london's heathrow airport could get government support — as part of plans to grow the economy. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan. president trump says he'd like to see

a—million—and—a—half of gaza's 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, quote, "cleaned out". israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. hamas says it would oppose any plan to relocate palestinians, while another militant group, islamichhad described the plans as "deplorable". but the us president'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. it's a real 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 i and i'd like jordan to take| people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half people, i and we just clean - out that whole thing. over the centuries, - it's many, many conflicts on that site. and i don't know, - 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 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 the president's comments come as thousands of displaced palestinians are gathering in central gaza — waiting for the israeli military to allow them to return to their homes in the north of the strip. on saturday, israel said it wouldn't allow palestinians to return to their north as expected — accusing hamas

of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal. here's nick beake. this is central gaza today. thousands of palestinians who'd been told they'd be able to head north to what remains of their homes. but israel is blocking their way, accusing hamas of breaking the terms of this fragile ceasefire deal. so they wait with all they still possess. another moment of uncertainty in 15 months of war. among them, umm wael abu jarad, desperate to find her husband's body still buried in the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is still closed. _ only god knows how much time it will take for the checkpoint to open. when we cross, we will still see the destruction that took place. and we will retrieve those who are buried under the rubble. this is israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud, who's being held in gaza. israel says it won't open the checkpoint until her release is arranged.

hamas says she will be freed next weekend. president trump has now described gaza as a "demolition site" and talked about "cleaning out" the territory. it's brought accusations he was suggesting ethnic cleansing. the president said he'd like to see neighbouring egypt and jordan taking in more palestinians. here in israel, prominent far—right politicians have been delighted by president trump's comments. they want to see jewish settlers move into gaza eventually. hamas say they will continue to block any plan to force gazans from their homeland, and that palestinians must be the ones rebuilding the strip. this weekend has seen four more israeli hostages released by hamas and then reunited with their families. 200 palestinian prisoners, many serving life sentences, have been freed from jail as part of this deal. a week in and this precarious truce is holding.

but it's under increasing strain, and the next stages look even more fraught. nick beake, bbc news, jerusalem. i spoke to nick a little earlier — he told me more about concerns of those palestinians waiting in wadi gaza to return to their homes in the north. people just do not know. they were told that this weekend they would be able to make that trip back towards their communities, which they know are destroyed to varying degrees, so that wait continues. i think it all goes to watch the israelis are saying now, it all boils down to said they will not let all those palestinian families move until the arrangements have made for the release of the civilian hostage, who hamas say will be released next saturday, so it seems that the ball is in the court of the israelis, what exactly will happen next. but

it feels this is a pretty precarious moment, this ceasefire has been in operation a week now but it is very fragile by its nature. and what reaction has _ fragile by its nature. and what reaction has there _ fragile by its nature. and what reaction has there been - fragile by its nature. and what reaction has there been where you are and in the wider region to what we have heard from president trump?— to what we have heard from president trump? yes, far right politicians _ president trump? yes, far right politicians here _ president trump? yes, far right politicians here in _ president trump? yes, far right politicians here in israel - president trump? yes, far right politicians here in israel are - politicians here in israel are delighted by what he's had to say, you have got the finance minister smotrich saying this is a really good thing another prominent politician saying it is a good thing that president trump is effectively speaking their language, because a lot of the far right here have the stream, as they put it, to see jewish settlers moved into gaza and set up homes there. for the palestinian families, hundreds of thousands of families, they, i guess, like all of us, we'll be interpreting president trump because mag comments, because just a few days ago he was talking about gaza in terms of

being prime real estate, he said had fantastic weather and was a superb location by the sea but not his latest comments have had him describe it as a wasteland, saying it is over, it needs to be cleaned out. as we've been hearing that has prompted accusations from some that this suggestion he has come up with without saying it is temporary or permanent is tantamount to giving a green light to ethnic cleansing. the president says that he wants peace in the middle east, he wants to do deals, so it may well be that people who are concerned about this sort of language would look to others who say that actually, mr trump we want to do a deal that involves bettering relationships and normalisation of relationships between israel and saudi arabia because it is worth stressing that the saudis surely would not stand any sort of deal which would involve in some way millions of palestinians being forced out of gaza.

we go live to wadi gaza in the centre of the territory. as we heard, there are palestinian families who never that ceasefire has been in place for many days now, want to get back to their homes in the north, but as we heard from nick, are unable to because it will have accused hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire. you can see in the pictures there the crowds of families who are gathering, waiting to get home. that all comes as we are hearing reports on the israeli media that donald trump's middle east envoy is going to travel to israel on wednesday to oversee the gaza ceasefire. that's coming to us from some of the news agencies who are

quoting israeli media. that donald trump's middle east envoyis donald trump's middle east envoy is due to travel to the region. 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 fifteen people and injuring dozens more.(box oov)israel�*s military missed and injuring dozens more. israel's military missed today's deadline to leave the area, as a sixty—day ceasefire deal expired. it has not said how long its forces will stay in lebanon. both israeli troops and hezbollah fighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. our correspondent hugo bachega is in beirut and gave us this update. this morning right after this deadline expired, we saw some dramatic images of thousands of residents trying to go back to their towns and villages along their towns and villages along the lebanese israeli border, and in recent days hezbollah�*s tv station actually encouraged residents to go back home. this is an area where hezbollah has

a very strong presence, it still enjoys significant support, despite warnings from the lebanese military and the israeli military that it wasn't safe to do so. so in some places in the south, the israeli military store has a presence and we have seen —— still has a presence, and we have seen shootings happening, the israeli military confirming it had opened fire, confirmed it had opened fire, confirmed it had opened fire, confirmed it had hit people, it also said some people had been detained for interrogation, so it shows a very tense situation there is the israelis say that this withdrawal is going to continue gradually, it hasn't said how long these troops will remain in the country, but obviously this is a country that has memories of israeli occupations in the past, so the idea that israeli soldiers are going to continue here in lebanon, inside the country, beyond this deadline, is seen as

unacceptable and a reason for concern. , , , , unacceptable and a reason for concern, , , , , ., concern. just bring us up to date on _ concern. just bring us up to date on the _ concern. just bring us up to date on the humanitarian . date on the humanitarian situation there as well. yes, so 1.2 million _ situation there as well. yes, so 1.2 million people - situation there as well. yes, i so 1.2 million people residents were displaced because of the conflict, between israel and hezbollah that intensified in september with a huge air campaign by the israeli military targeting hezbollah positions across the country. many residents returned to their homes at the beginning of their homes at the beginning of the ceasefire, so today the end of this 60 day timeline that would see the withdrawal of israeli troops from the south of the country and also the removal of hezbollah fighters and weapons from the south, was seen as an opportunity for many of those residents in towns and villages really near the border, which is an area that has been completely, heavily destroyed, heavily damaged because of the conflict, so many saw this pay is an opportunity to return to their

homes. —— this day. we are talking about billions of dollars in economic damage, in destruction, especially in the south does in the bekaa valley, another part of the country that has a very strong hezbollah presence, and here in the city's southern suburbs. i don't think this will be the resumption of the conflict between israel and hezbollah because this is a country that has been under a lot of pressure, has been exhausted really after years of economic crisis, also the suffering, the destruction caused by the war here and there is any kind of valid response from hezbollah would face opposition not only from hezbollah�*s critics but some of its own supporters, given the very bad situation in many parts of this country. it's the world's busiest two—runway airport — and this week, london heathrow could get the go ahead for expansion. uk chancellor, rachel reeves hinted she was in favour of a third runway —

which she said would mean that instead of circling london, flights could land more quickly. 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 will 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. we're an open trading economy, we need to bring investment in. demand to 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 that 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. we start with football and the premier league.

four fixtures on sunday, two of which are under way. tottenham are hosting leicester with both teams in desperate need for three points. spurs are without a league win in six, leicester have lost their seven. it is currently to leicester. -- 2-1. crystal palace are also taking on brentford right now. it is currently goalless in that one. very soon, aston villa take on west ham in a repeat of graham potter's first game in charge, while in the later kick off, ruben amorim takes his manchester united side to face fulham. plenty of interesting games happening across europe on sunday too. earlier in scotland, rangers beat dundee united. they trail celtic by 10 points. in serie a, ac milan's hopes of a top four finish were boosted thanks to a dramatic home win against parma, while city rivals inter can close the gap on napoli at the top to three points with a win at lecce. in spain's la liga, barcelona are looking for a first league win in five matches when they host relegation threatened valencia,

while marseille will hope to cut psg's lead to seven points when they face nice. top seed jannik sinner has retained his australian open title, beating alexander zverev in straight sets. the italian top seed delivered in the decisive moments to win 6—3, 7—6, 6—3 against the second seed. joe lynskey reports. for this sport and for his nation, jannik sinner is the new force. at this australian open, he has defended his title and for the last 12 months he has blocked out the noise. last march he tested positive for low levels of a banned substance and was cleared of any blame, but the case has been appealed. on the court, sinner finds ways to get on top. zverev here in his third grand slam final saw crucial points for out of reach. fall out of reach. the world number two faced a yellow brick wall. sinner�*s mindset was forged in the mountains of northern italy. at 23, he has reached

another summit. the first man from his country to win three grand slam titles, and while parts of his story remain controversial, on the court, jannik sinner could spend a long time at the top. and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later. now to an election which the eu has described as "a total sham". voting is under way in belarus in the presidential election. alexandar lukashenko is all but certain to be re—elected for a seventh term. a close ally of russia's president putin, and a supporter of his war on ukraine, most of his fiercest critics — and serious rivals — are either in prison or in exile. speaking at a press conference earlier, the belarusian president said that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison.

translation: someone chose a jail, someone chose exile, as you say. we did not expel anyone from the country, and moreover, we opened the country. and i have probably already stated five times that we are not vindictive people, not malicious. everyone will be given a chance. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this update from minsk. well, i've never experienced anything quite like this before on an election day. so alexandar lukashenko came to the polling station behind me, he cast his ballot, and then he proceeded to give a four hour long press conference from the polling station live on state television, while people were voting. that's the kind of airtime that the other four candidates who've been allowed to run against him simply don't enjoy. about the other candidates, by the way, i met two of them earlier this week. one of them said he actually supports alexandar lukashenko. the other one was full of praise for the current

leader of belarus. and when i put this to mr lukashenko at the press conference, he told me, "well, this is a new experience for you, steve." the leader of belarus faces no serious challenge in this election. all his most vocal critics, his staunchest opponents, are either injail or they're in exile. which is why the european union's foreign policy chief described this as a sham election. for more on this let's speak to dr stephen g f hall, lecturer in russian and post—soviet politics at the university of bath. welcome to the programme. many of our viewers will not know a huge amount of detail about alexandar lukashenko, but he is a colourful and very controversial leader, of course likely to win these elections because as steve was saying, many countries believe they are a sham, he doesn't have any

opponents. tell us why he is such a significant figure. he is such a significant figure. he: is significant in that he's widely been labelled as the last dictator in europe, that was before vladimir putin may have become the second dictator in europe with russia's invasion of ukraine. he is significant because he is a russian ally and also simply because he has been a great political survivor, this is his seventh presidential election, and he is likely to win it, in fact it is almost certain, so he's been around a long time and he's very close vladimir putin in russia.— and he's very close vladimir putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also — putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also touching - putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also touching on, - putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also touching on, any| steve is also touching on, any credible opponents are annex i or in prison, we werejust hearing from our correspondent in warsaw which says that when he said that the opposition leader has been at a protest march: fellow belarusians not to give up hope of change. is

there any hope for critics of president lukashenko that they could be —— there could be a democratic process in the country one day?- democratic process in the country one day? there is alwa s country one day? there is always hope. _ country one day? there is always hope. never - country one day? there is always hope. never say . country one day? there is - always hope. never say never. it is possible. lukashenko is mortal, he may think otherwise but he is and it depends what happens with regards to the russian war in ukraine, and whether there is a possibility that ukraine is able to negotiate from a position of strength and vladimir putin is weakened, and russia stopped subsidising the belarusian subsidising the bela rusian economy, subsidising the belarusian economy, which may have felt lukashenko to remain in power. but that seems unlikely for now, so it is good to be very much a long—term game. now, so it is good to be very much a long-term game. thank ou so much a long-term game. thank you so much — much a long-term game. thank you so much for— much a long-term game. thank you so much for taking - much a long-term game. thank you so much for taking us - you so much for taking us through that story. us president donald trump has told a rally of his supporters in las vegas that he might re—join the world health organization — just days

after he signed an executive order to pull the us out of the un global health agency. mr trump has criticised the who for its handling of the covid pandemic and complained that washington pays too much into its budget. the us is scheduled to leave the who injanuary next year. hans kluge, is the europe regional director at the world health organization, and has been speaking to us from copenhagen. the united states is a founding member of the who since 1948. it contributes about 20% of the global budget, so of course it is very, very serious organisation but it is a lose lose situation because the united states would no longer be around the table for the exchange of biological samples for example, to make very important vaccines, and also american institutions have benefited, so it would make the world but also america much more unsafe and unsecured. send

more unsafe and unsecured. and in the executive _ more unsafe and unsecured. and in the executive order, the president was very clear that he feels that, quote, the who continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the united states, far out of proportion with what other countries pay. in particular, he mentioned china. does he not have a point, that the us does now pay a lot more than other countries that use it, for example china?- countries that use it, for example china? countries that use it, for examle china? , ., :, �* example china? yes and no. but it's important — example china? yes and no. but it's important to _ example china? yes and no. but it's important to realise - example china? yes and no. but it's important to realise there i it's important to realise there are two important sources of income for the who. there is the so—called core contributions according to gdp and frankly speaking, the us gives 260 million, china almost 200 soon not much difference but the big difference is and what we call voluntary contributions, and they are the us traditionally goes through the who file china for global health goes bilateral. the us

pays 20%, it is true that by far the number one but they are a founding member, that is important for america and for the rest of the world. doctor ted just came back from tanzania to help control the virus outbreak there, so they are the who has exchange control pandemics, very important for everyone. do you think there _ important for everyone. do you think there is _ important for everyone. do you think there is a _ important for everyone. do you think there is a possibility - think there is a possibility now that the president is having a change of heart, as we had in las vegas on saturday night? you think it is time to really look at what each country gives? a mean, i have just asked you this but does not have a point given what you have just said that maybe america could reduce its contributions in other countries like china could be implored to give more? it is definitely — implored to give more? it is definitely a _ implored to give more? it is definitely a catharsis - implored to give more? it 3 definitely a catharsis but i think each crisis, you speak about china, crisis in chinese news also opportunities are

what we have to do? number one, stop the bleeding now, containment measures, and particularly avoid a domino effect because that would be a catastrophe, and we count on the uk and the european union to help us. number two, the who has to reinvent itself, it is a good moment to be more going back to the basics. the number three, as you rightly say, to negotiate and see what are the real concerns and how can we jointly address those? the views of the wh ayew in the make—up —— views of the who there. we are getting reports now that president trump's middle east envoy is going to travel to israel this week, thatis travel to israel this week, that is from israeli media

reported that, as the president says he wants egypt and jordan to take palestinians from gaza, and you can see there are a number of palestinian families waiting to enter the north of the territory. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. this turbulent spell of weather continues. we have another deep area of low pressure in charge of the scene today. this is another named storm, but this one named by the spanish weather service, for impact it is going to have in spain — storm herminia. but here in the uk, the met office has issued a range of yellow warnings for wind and rain. the satellite picture very clearly shows the centre of our storm, the centre of our area of low pressure. 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 hook of cloud developing, and it may be that we see another very small scale area of low pressure forming, and that could bring a swathe of very strong winds for some of us overnight tonight. but it is windy out there through the afternoon, a band of rain pushing its way northwards,

some very heavy thundery showers following on behind, this as we get into the evening, there is still, even at this short range, some uncertainty in our forecast. the centre of the area of low pressure will be out to the west of us, but some computer weather models allow this separate very small scale area of low pressure to develop, bringing a big lump of heavy rain and maybe some flooding. butjust on the southern flank of that, there is the chance that we could see a swathe of very, very strong winds. short lived gusts of 60, 70, 80mph. but there's uncertainty about exactly where that feature may track its way northwards across england and wales. in fact, it may even be that we see some wet and blustery weather into eastern scotland tomorrow morning. and if that feature comes a little bit further west, that could give some significant snow over high ground. tomorrow, we will see this band of heavy rain driving northwards that could have some snow mixed in over higher ground. lots of showers further south

and another very windy day. those strong winds continue. gusts of 50, 60, 70mph for exposed coasts in the south and the west of the uk. temperatures probably the least of our worries at 6 to 9 degrees. now, that area of low pressure will track its way eastwards as we move on into tuesday. that low weakening and filling somewhat, so tuesday won't be as windy, but there will still be some showers or some longer spells of rain. could see some very wet weather for a time in the south on wednesday. it does turn a little bit calmer for the end of the week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: 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". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least 15 people were killed and several others injured. an election slammed as a sham and a farce — alexander lukashenko prepares to return to power as president, with all real challengers either in prison or enforced exile. uk chancellor rachel reeves hints a third runway at london's heathrow airport could get government support — as part of plans to grow the economy.