will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud on friday — in exchange for the release of 30 palestinian prisoners. it could pave the way for israel to allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. jordan rejects president trump's suggestion that arab nations take in a million and a half gazans — calling the strip "a demolition site". i would like egypt to take people and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean out that whole thing. lebanon says israeli troops have killed 22 people, as thousands of villagers tried to return to their homes in the south. and exit polls give alexander lukashenko 87% of the vote in a belarusian presidential election dismissed

as a "sham" by the us and eu. hello, i'm leila nathoo. a senior officialfrom the palestinian militant group islamichhad has told the bbc an agreement has been reached with mediators for the release of an israeli civilian hostage. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal by not releasing arbel yehud, along with the four female israeli soldiers. the islamichhad official said she will be freed on friday in exchange for the release of 30 palestinian prisoners. that paves the way for hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. many have gathered in central gaza — waiting for the israeli military to allow them to head to the devastated north. gazan hospital officials say one person was killed and several injured when israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd. the idf says it operated

against several threats in the strip today. that news comes after president trump said he'd like to see 1.5 million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he's 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 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 from gaza? yes, and i'd like - egypt to take people.

i'm talking to general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take| people and i'd like jordan to take 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's had - many, many conflicts 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 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. jordan's foreign minister has rejected trump's suggestion. my colleague nick beake has the latest from jerusalem. just a few days ago, president trump was talking about the gaza strip as if it

were a piece of prime real estate. he said it was a phenomenal location by the sea with the best weather. now, though, he's describing it as a demolition site and says it's over and that it needs to be cleaned out. and that has sparked a lot of concern today. critics saying that this sounds like language which is tantamount to ethnic cleansing. which is tantamount to ethnic cleansing, if palestinians have to leave gaza. mr trump was suggesting that the likes of egypt and jordan could take in more palestinians, and that people would be able to live in peace there. jordan has already got more than two million registered palestinian refugees, and the foreign minister has been saying that they've got this unwavering commitment to palestinians remaining in gaza while there is, of course, reconstruction of the place, which has been so badly damaged in the past 15 months. egypt has said previously that any sort of forced displacement of palestinians from gaza could jeopardise the peace deal

that was signed back in 1979 between egypt and israel. in israel, there has been reaction from far—right politicians. they have welcomed the comments from president trump because ultimately they would like to see jewish settlers return to gaza to live there in the years to come. so i think many people will be looking now to see if president trump says more about this idea he seems to have come up with. he was asked specifically whether he saw this as a temporary suggestion or a more permanent thing. he said either plan could work at this point. so i think a lot of people waiting to see what more he has to say. 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 15 people and injuring dozens more. israel's military missed today's 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 hezbollah fighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. our correspondent in beirut is hugo bachega. he sent this update. what we saw today is that thousands of residents tried to return to their homes in the south of the country, despite warnings from both the lebanese and the israeli armies and the united nations that it wasn't safe to do so. this happened after the end of a deadline for the withdrawal of all israeli troops from the south, also for the removal of hezbollah fighters and weapons from there. now, israel says lebanon hasn't really fully implemented the deal, which also includes the deployment of thousands of lebanese soldiers to the south of the country. so the situation now is that israeli soldiers remain in the country, today they opened fire. they say that they had fired warning shots. they didn't really explain those incidents that happened today. we still don't know how many israeli soldiers

remain here in lebanon, how long they're planning to stay, but this is a country with memories of past foreign occupation. so the presence of israeli soldiers here is seen as unacceptable and a source for concern. meanwhile, our bbc world service correspondent in beirut, carine torbey, has been to one of the towns which people headed to from their villages in defiance of israeli occupation. here is her report from tyre, the historic lebanese port city. people gathered here are among those who tried to cross into their occupied villages further in the south. they are here to hear news about others who were injured after the israeli army opened fire to disperse them. they were brought to this hospital. translation: we were heading to our village and we found - the israelis there. we remained there. they started firing in the air, but they didn't scare us.

then a drone threw sound bomb on us and the soldiers started firing at us. a guy standing next to my brother got shot. people started panicking, not knowing in which direction to head. one of the villages where people tried to go to is just two minutes�* away from where we are standing here — on top of this hill over there. basically, people who were trying to cross today knew that they were taking a big risk, but they told me this didn't stop them. translation: i was just standing there and the i israelis fired at us. i wanted to stay, even if it meant we'd be martyred. it's our land we're going to. should we leave it to the israelis so they blow up our homes? how is that acceptable?

it is so dead the scale of the destruction in the villages that are still under israeli occupation and that are off limits, is massive. as the israeli army continues to detonate houses and to bulldoze homes. now the lebanese army is deploying in many areas in the south. it is here in bint jbeil and further. the idf says the lebanese army hasn't done a good job deploying all over the south. but the lebanese army says it is the stalling of the israelis and their delay in withdrawing that is preventing it from deploying all over the place. president trump says he will impose wide—ranging sanctions and tariffs on colombia after it refused to allow two us military aircraft deporting migrants to land. he posted that he will slap emergency 25% tariffs on all colombian goods in the us, rising to 50% in a week. mexico has also refused to let us military aircraft deporting migrants land on its territory.

but on friday, two deportation flights each carrying around 80 migrants were allowed to land in guatemala. donald trump has made removing unlawful migrants from the us a cornerstone of his immigration policy and is promising "mass deportations". to belarus now, and the first exit poll in the presidential election the eu has branded �*a sham' — shows alexander lukashenko on course to win a seventh term with 87.6% of the vote. he was up against four other candidates — one of whom ran under the slogan "together with lukashenko". his fiercest critics and most serious rivals are either in prison or have been forced into exile. as people voted, mr lukashenko sparred with the world's media at a news conference lasting more than four hours, and said some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison. translation: someone chose a jail, someone i 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 is in minsk and was at the president's impromptu press conference. 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 in jail or they're in exile. which is why the european union's foreign policy chief described this as a sham election. let's speak to tatsiana kulakevich, associate professor of instruction in the school of interdisciplinary global studies at the university of south florida. thank of south florida. you forjoining us here on thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i wondered first what you made of that figure, the 87.6% as quoted in the exit poll that gives lukashenko this victory? poll that gives lukashenko this victo ? . ~ poll that gives lukashenko this victo ? ., ~ poll that gives lukashenko this victo ? ., ., ., victory? thank you for having me and let's _ victory? thank you for having me and let's just _ victory? thank you for having me and let's just look - victory? thank you for having me and let's just look at - victory? thank you for having me and let'sjust look at it, l me and let's just look at it, it is the seventh election in a row and the six out of seven

had over 80%, some of those were over 90 so the expectation was that he would prefer something around 80, 88 is again expected. if you look positively at this number is that he himself confirms that there is no real opposition, real opponents running against him. 50 real opponents running against him. real opponents running against him, .,, ., real opponents running against him. ., ., real opponents running against him. ., real opponents running against him. so it was not a choice for voters. what _ him. so it was not a choice for voters. what have _ him. so it was not a choice for voters. what have you - him. so it was not a choice for voters. what have you made l voters. what have you made about how the process of the election has unfolded? there were no independent - election has unfolded? there i were no independent alternative candidates, all four candidates at one point supported lukashenko in the past. observers, the belarusian media were looking at the presidential service they had

questionable past and lukashenko looked on during that press conference and was actually you are ready showed, actually you are ready showed, a bit dismissive of the bbc�*s steve rosenberg by saying, well, it is expected in belarus and a new experience for the western people.— western people. what is the seventh term _ western people. what is the seventh term going - western people. what is the seventh term going to - western people. what is the seventh term going to bring| western people. what is the i seventh term going to bring for the people of belarus? for seventh term going to bring for the people of belarus?- the people of belarus? for the --eole of the people of belarus? for the people of belarus, _ the people of belarus? for the people of belarus, continued l people of belarus, continued crackdowns, we know over 1200 political prisoners at the moment in the country, no independent media inside of the country, if we look at the democracy scores of the country, looking at the freedom house scores, they are the worst and belarusian history, let's not forget that it is not just domestic consequences,

internationally the consequences are also bad. for example, lukashenko is very well known that he supports russia's military machine by producing optical equipment, ammunition and the united states sanctioned this effort so it is widely recognised. let's not forget that he has been weapon icing the nato border by instigating middle eastern migrants, sending them there, conducting military drills with russia and china there. so that also is expected. presumably, lukashenko's _ expected. presumably, lukashenko's fortunes | expected. presumably, i lukashenko's fortunes will lu kashenko's fortunes will depend lukashenko's fortunes will depend somewhat in terms of how the russian war with ukraine unfolds. , , . ., unfolds. definitely. the change in belarus _ unfolds. definitely. the change in belarus will _ unfolds. definitely. the change in belarus will not _ unfolds. definitely. the change in belarus will not be _ unfolds. definitely. the change in belarus will not be from i in belarus will not be from inside, inside everything is suppressed. people fear him so thatis suppressed. people fear him so that is why we don't see any protests and no opposition.

abroad, the polling stations were not organised, only 61 people voted from abroad, actually coming into the country. so all changes are going to come from outside because he has outside support from russia and if something happens in russia, then there will be a window of opportunity for belarusian people, not before, unfortunately. thank ou ve before, unfortunately. thank you very much _ before, unfortunately. thank you very much indeed, i before, unfortunately. thank you very much indeed, from | before, unfortunately. thank. you very much indeed, from the university of south florida, many thanks. here in the uk, a 19—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a vehicle was driven at a police officer in greater manchester. it happened at a retail park on wilmslow road in cheadle, on saturday evening, leaving her seriously injured. my colleague charlotte gallagher has the details on what we know so far. police were called because people said there were people acting suspiciously inside a car when a female police officer arrived, she walked towards the car.

the car then set off, was driven at high speed towards her and hit her. she received very, very serious injuries and was taken to hospital. and as you said, this 19—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. greater manchester police have said she is recovering from her injuries. she's obviously still in hospital and she's being supported by her fellow police officers and they said it was a truly shocking incident. there's no explanation as to why it happened as the way it did, and also it underlines the risks that front line officers take when they go to these kinds of incidents and how quickly they can escalate. they've also said assaults on our officers are completely unacceptable, won't be tolerated. and obviously in this case, the officer suffered incredibly serious injuries. un chief antonio guterres has called on rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern democratic republic of congo and halt support for m23 rebels, who are trying to capture the city of goma. at a special session of the un security council there has been widespread condemnation of the escalating violence. m23 fighters are closing

in on goma — which is eastern congo's largest city and home to more than1 million people. government forces are battling to stop them seizing the city. in the last week, 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces have been killed — most of them south african and malawian. the un says several sites on the outskirts of goma which were sheltering more than 300,000 people displaced by the recent fighting have completely emptied in just a few hours. flights have also been grounded from the local airport. our reporter emery makumeno is in the drc�*s capital, kinshasa. he gave me the latest on what's happening in the east of the country. the m23 have closed in. i've talked to some residents. they've told me, and they are in the north of the city, and they can hear gunshots and heavy artillery being fired from the morning up till now. many residents are now,

hiding in their residences. the governor of the north kivu, who took office just two days ago, has come out and said that, all the forces in goma and all the patriots in goma should take arms and be ready to defend, goma not to fall under the control of the m23. so the situation is tense and, of fear inside goma as we speak. and, emery, we've heard from the un that they are pulling all of their nonessential staff out of goma. i mean, there already is a dire humanitarian situation in that part of the country. even before this latest outbreak of violence. what do you think the consequences are of the un reducing its presence there? well, they did say that

the essential, they are still helping the congolese army to halt the advance of the m23. so the boots are still on the ground. yes, all the nonessential civilian staff have been leaving the city as of yesterday and today as well. though it has, it has been made difficult with the, um, at the airport not operating fully. but it's just about everyone who can afford accommodation and food outside goma are trying to leave the capital city of the north kivu and most of the people who are staying there are people who don't have any means to survive, far, far away from their homes. sudan s army chief general abdel fattah al burhan has visited the military�*s headquarters in khartoum for the first time in almost two years. two days ago his forces broke through to the complex, which had been surrounded by the paramilitary rapid support forces. the city of el fasher in darfur is still under siege though, and the world health organization said 70 people

were killed in a attack on a hospital there on friday. 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. here in the uk — a third runway at london's heathrow could be given government support this week after the chancellor hinted she was in favour of expansion, as part of plans to grow the economy. rachel reeves said a third runway at heathrow — which is already the world's busiest two—runway airport — would mean that instead of circling london, flights could land more quickly. our political correspondent iain watson reports. growth is our number one mission. the number one mission to grow the economy. gi’ow oui’ economy. so you get the message by now, the drive for growth is rachel

reeves's number one priority. but critics are questioning whether reality matches the chancellor's rhetoric. with taxes rising on businesss and gloomy messages from government about the public finances. so today she talked up the economy and promised to help developers. my optimism has never burned brighter than now and that is why we are going further and faster in removing those things that are blocking investment. that means ministers using powers to approve big projects and simplifying the planning system with fewer legal challenges and less consultation. in a speech this week the chancellor will back further airport expansion. while she hasn't confirmed support for a third runway at heathrow it sounds as if it has been cleared for take—off. a third runway will mean instead of circling london flights can land at heathrow. some in her own party including the mayor of london

against expanding heathrow and some opposition politicians are circling. there is no economic case for expanding heathrow and we know how damaging it will be to the environment and the noise impact on everyone living all across west and south—west london. economic growth matters because it can help fund public services without the need for tax increases but the rate of growth has been glacially, so some members of rachel reeves's own party are now worried big and unpopular spending cuts could be on the horizon and some labour mps are concerned that the government's green agenda will be downgraded in the pursuit of elusive growth. but the chancellor insists there should be no conflict between boosting the economy and protecting the environment. the conservative leader says labour doesn't have a credible plan for the economy. your hearing announcements, not plans. when you hear what people want to hear without saying how

you will deliver it then you run into trouble after you win. the chancellor hopes that if the economy grows then so also will labour support but she may face opposition to her plans before voters reap any of the benefits. tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland are still without power as the aftermath of storm eowyn is still causing chaos across parts of the uk. the majority of the rail network in scotland remains closed with network rail dealing with around 400 separate incidents. david wallace lockhart is in glasgow for us and told us about the impact there. a 19—year—old man has died after his car was struck by a falling tree in east ayrshire last friday. shortly before that red warning came into force. and the disruption is still being felt here in scotland. i'm in glasgow central train station, one of the main train stations in scotland. very quiet for this time of day and if you look at the departures board behind me, you can see why. around 20 trains on that and the vast, vast majority

of the scheduled trains cancelled, including trains going down to london and manchester. around 20,000 homes in scotland without power currently. a slightly worse picture on that front in northern ireland. 75,000 homes without power. and the storms continue to come, because we're expecting heavy rains and strong gales coming into the southwest of england and wales. that's storm herminia, not as strong as the storm we've just experienced, but more bad weather still to come. plenty more on that story and all of our top stories on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a deep area of low pressure has again taken charge

of our weather during today. another storm system, this one named by the spanish weather service for impacts it is having in spain. but storm herminia also bringing impacts here. met office yellow warnings for wind and rain remain in force through the rest of today into tomorrow. the satellite picture shows this storm, the centre of the storm, well out to the west of us, but through today we've been watching this development here, a hook of cloud appearing along the line of this weather front. actually, we've spun up another very small scale area of low pressure, and that will be shifting northwards through this evening and tonight, bringing a spell of very heavy rain. yes, across england and wales, increasing the risk of flooding. but also as this little feature works its way northwards just on the southern edge, see the little hook in the rainfall pattern there? we could have some very squally conditions for a time. a few places could see gusts of 60—70, maybe 80mph, but that will be quite a localised feature, in other places it willjust

be a blustery night. and these small scale features are always hard to predict in terms of the exact track they will take, but it may well be that we see some heavy rain first thing across eastern scotland. if it gets a little bit further west, well, it could turn to snow over high ground. another band of rain driving out of northern ireland, northern england into southern scotland. again some snow over high again some snow over high ground, some blustery heavy ground, some blustery heavy downpours into wales, downpours into wales, the southwest of england. the southwest of england. very windy around these very windy around these southern and western coasts. southern and western coasts. gusts of 60—70mph, a sustained gusts of 60—70mph, a sustained period of strong winds, period of strong winds, pretty brisk winds inland pretty brisk winds inland across the south as well. across the south as well. so another rather disturbed day so another rather disturbed day weather wise on monday. weather wise on monday. as we look ahead to tuesday, as we look ahead to tuesday, well, our area of low pressure well, our area of low pressure will still be with us, will still be with us, but it will be weakening, but it will be weakening, it will be filling. it will be filling. and so while we will continue and so while we will continue to see some showers or longer spells of rain, the weather to see some showers or longer generally looking a little bit calmer with more in the way calmer with more in the way of dry interludes around, of dry interludes around, some spells of sunshine some spells of sunshine and temperatures of around

seven to ten degrees. and temperatures of around now, as we look a little bit further ahead on wednesday, southern parts could see another dose of heavy rain, another area of low pressure moving through. bit calmerfor the end of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the militant group palestinian islamichhad, has told the bbc they've agreed to free the israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud, on friday, in exchange for 30 palestinian prisoners. 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 is 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 22 people have been killed and over a hundred wounded. belarus is voting in a presidential election, which the eu has described as "a total sham". alexander lukashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news, it's sportsday.