arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. in return it says israel will allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza, starting monday morning. egypt and jordan have rejected president trump's suggestion that they take in one and a half million gazans because the strip is — quote — "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. exit polls give alexander lukashenko 87 percent of the vote in a belarusian presidential election dismissed as a "sham" by the us and eu.

hello, i'm leila nathoo. palestinian militant group hamas will hand over female israeli hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday — according to a statement that has just been released by qatari mediators. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal by not releasing ms yehud, along with the four female israeli soldiers. that will pave the way for hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza — starting monday morning. the israeli military refused to allow them through yesterday because the civilian hostage wasn't released. gazan hospital officials say one person was killed earlier and several injured when israeli soldiers opened fire on a crowd gathered in cental gaza.

the idf says it operated against several threats in the strip today. meanwhile, bothjordan and egypt have rejected the us president's suggestion overnight that they and other arab nations take in one and a half million of gaza's residents. donald trump 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, and islamichhad called the proposal "deplorable". but the us president's comments were immediately welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. here's 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 general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take people. l and i'd like jordan to take j

people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half— people, and we just clean out that whole thing. - it's... over the centuries, it's many, many conflicts on that site. i 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. - temporarily? could be temporarily or long—term. - our correspondent lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. dreams of going home aren't only for hostages or prisoners, but also for gazans displaced

by the war. the road to an israeli checkpoint on gaza's coast, now a waiting room for tens of thousands impatient to return to their homes in the north. faith in the promises of gaza's cease fire deal undimmed by new delays and disruptions. samir ali hussein said he'd moved six times since the war began. translation: we want to go home. god willing, we will. we spend the night here. it was cold. it rained and soaked our clothes and the ground. israel delayed the withdrawal of its troops here yesterday, and the reopening of this road north, after hamas postponed

the release of a civilian woman hostage, arbel yahud. both sides have accused the other of violating the truce. in gaza's battered northern neighbourhoods, those who survived the war are now waiting for their relatives to return. i can't describe my feelings, said um sharif. i'm going to see my children. i've been waiting for this moment since day one of the war. israel doesn't allow journalists access to report independently from gaza, but the un estimates that 60% of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed. donald trump has described it as a demolition site and talked of clearing gaza out, relocating its residents to egypt and jordan. the idea has delighted israel's far right politicians, who want israelis to resettle there, and outraged gazans themselves. translation: with all due respect, the us . president is an idiot. we are staying put here in gaza. translation: with all due respect, the us . president is an idiot. we are staying put here in gaza. we don't want to emigrate. why should we do that? if we wanted to emigrate,

we could have done that a long time ago. lives, already made unpredictable by war, are facing an unpredictable peace. but after 15 months of conflict, these crowds waiting to go home are proof that families move, buildings collapse, but roots are not easily destroyed. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. my colleague nick beake has more reaction from jerusalem to president trump's proposal. 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, 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 white house says a ceasefire agreement between israel and lebanon will continue to be in effect until the 18th of february. the deal was meant to allow the lebanese army to deploy alongside un peacekeepers in the south, with the israeli army withdrawing by the end of sunday. earlier, the lebanese health ministry accused the israeli soldiers of firing at residents trying to return to their homes earlier, the lebanese health ministry accused the israeli soldiers of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in southern lebanon, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens more. in southern lebanon, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens more. 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. the us president says he's imposing sanctions

and tariffs on colombia after it refused to allow two us military aircraft deporting migrants to land there. donald trump announced travel bans and visa sanctions for colombian officials and 25 percent tariffs on all colombian goods coming into the us — rising to 50 percent after a week. colombia's president has hit back, announcing 25 percent tariffs on us imports. mexico has also refused to let us deportation flights land on its territory. but on friday, two us military 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. our reporter mimi swaby has been monitoring developments and gave us her assessment. this was a very decisive move, an urgent retaliation, as he called it, when he put out the statement on the social media platform, truth social and the actions were said to bejeopardising us

safety and he said that these tariffs, the 25% tariffs on all colombian imports, were the beginning and next week they would rise to 50%. this is a huge step and it shows notjust the significant breakdown of diplomatic ties but also adds to a growing chorus of discontent in latin america on the us�*s presidency. really clamping down and mobilising his government for this mass deportation, this largest deportation in us in us history. so a very decisive and urgent measure taken from the us president. and what impact could these potential sanctions have? it could really dent to the colombian economy. this will have a huge impact on the columbia economy and the us imports around $2 billion from colombia and this is in addition to other imports such as avocados, flowers, crude oil. this will have a very

detrimental impact on americans themselves and, interestingly, this is the first time trump has gone through with the threats he has made on implementing tariffs that he viewed as being influential on migration and he's threatened tariffs on mexico and canada but tariffs on colombia, the first time he's actually taken action and these are alongside some very decisive travel bans having a travel ban and the media on government officials with our allies and supporters as well is their enhanced inspections on all colombians and cargo and these arejust the beginning. mr trump is taking a strong stance and he wants this to be a message to other latin american nations because if they don't play ball or pick up their side of the deal on this immigration measure and the state of emergency where there

is an invasion happening from illegal migrants, if they don't play ball on their side his measures will not work and this is the thing from mexico, guatemala, colombia, guatemala, colombia. very much making an example out of colombia when they decided to refuse the two planes, the two military aircraft from landing on colombian soil carrying what mr trump has called illegal migrants who are criminals rather than civilians in his eyes. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is confirming the civilian, one of the hostages being held by hamas will be released as well as the soldier, our gam burger,

and another hostage, so confirmation from the israeli pm according to the reuters news agency that three hostages will be released. one man, and a soldier, and another hostage whose name we currently don't have the will be released by hamas. wejust have the will be released by hamas. we just received have the will be released by hamas. wejust received news in the last half hour or so from the last half hour or so from the qatari foreign ministry who had been mediating the talks between israel and hamas, that hamas would hand over arbel yehud and according to the qatari foreign ministry, they will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern mum —— northern gaza beginning monday morning and thatis beginning monday morning and that is a confirmation from the israeli prime minister the arbel yehud will be released alongside a soldier, and another hostage. the prime minister's office says sir keir starmer

has spoken on the phone with president trump. they discussed the importance of working together for security in the middle east, as well as issues related to trade and the economy. the two leaders have agreed to meet soon. 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 of a car. when a female police officer arrived, she walked towards the car, the car then set off, driven at high speed towards her and hit her. she received very, very serious injuries and was taken to hospital and as you say, a 19—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. greater manchester police had said she has recovered from injuries and is still

in hospital and being supported by her fellow police officers and they have said, it was a truly shocking incident. there is no explanation as to why it happened as the way it did in 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 have also said assault on our officers are completely unacceptable, will not be tolerated and in this case the officer suffered incredibly serious injuries. the democratic republic of congo has accused rwanda of "declaring war" by sending troops across the border to support m23 rebels who are threatening the city of goma. m23 fighters are closing in on the city — which is home to more than one million people. government forces are currently battling to stop them seizing the city. at a meeting of the un security council, the congolese foreign minister called for sweeping international sanctions against the rwandan government. while rwanda's representative in turn accused the congolese army of allying with genocidal militias and pushing for regime change in rwanda. in the last week, 13 foreign soldiers serving with peacekeeping

forces have been killed — most of them from south africa and malawi. the un says several sites on the outskirts of goma which were sheltering more than 300 thousand people displaced by the recent fighting have completely emptied in just a few hours. our reporter emery makumeno is in the drc�*s capital, kinshasa. he gave me the latest. the m23 have closed in. 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 we are hearing reports that gunfire can be heard in the city centre of goma as rewind and backs rebels moving from the north and a french agency journalist his large explosions after night fell in goma and m 23 group called on the congolese delay dame —— lay down their arms. 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.

someone chose jail, someone chose exile, as you say. we did not expel anybody and more over, we open the whole country and i've probably already stated it five times that we are not vindicative people, not malicious and everyone will get a chance. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in minsk and was at the president's impromptu press conference earlier. 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. director of the independent belarusian thinktank center for new ideas, alesia rudnik told me that the result of the exit poll was what she expected. the exact number that will be reported by the central electoral commission tomorrow will most likely be tomorrow,

that does not change much in the countries politics and does not have any effect on what is going to happen in that country, just as the previous election has not changed. the numbers do not really matter but they were expected by many experts including me, so the election was without any equal access for the opposition candidates which were absent and there were no international observers. and there was no multiple violations of the electoral rights and these are just a few features that in any other country would probably not even class it to be called a free and fair election. so as well as a lack of choice between candidates, it is the process of how the election was carried out that's a problem. how do you think that lukashenko will be emboldened by winning a seventh term?

i don't think his new term will be a new suprise, just imitation of politics and the slight institutional changes might be within the political elites but the core of the regime and the political system will remain the same and the regime will further continue with its repression and continue to deprive people of their primary human rights and political expression and freedom of speech and many others and it will continue to use the repressive tactics that it's been developing during the five last years to control the political situation in the country. how will he be looking on, and and that will play a huge part in the next term unfolding. the evolution of the russian war in ukraine will play a huge part in how the next term unfolds. that's for sure and there is no surprise here either. and he will support putin

as little as they can as little as he can but as much as he needs to make sure the country survives and lukashenko remains in power. a third runway at london's heathrow airport could get 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. 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 on business rising, 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. the third runway will mean instead of circling london, flights can land at heathrow. some in her own party, including the mayor of london, are against expanding heathrow and some opposition politicians are circling. so 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 glacial 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 say 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. stay with us here on bbc news.

another stormers week start the new working week and named by the spanish met service because of the effects will have on the iberian peninsula, and it's called store erminia and across

the uk heavy rain and strong gusty winds and weather warnings in place and this time it is the southern half of the uk that bears the brunt of the worst of the weather over the next few days so the storm has been brewing in the atlantic and there is a mass of cloud with outbreaks of heavy rain at times and further north and east through the night to hook on the rain producing potentially squally gusts of wind up to 60 or 80 mph but clearing into monday morning so this is how we start the day with perhaps some hills know as the rain curls into southern and central areas of scotland and central areas of scotland and there will be squally showers in the west and gusty winds and heavy rain pushing east from northern ireland into north west england and into southern and central areas of scotland as well, but strong winds out towards the irish sea, about 60 or 70 mph and for some western channel coast and some western channel coast and some of the showers likely to have thunder and lightning and hail and some very heavy downpours and strong gusty

winds with temperatures between six and 9 degrees, and brighter across eastern areas of england. an improving picture on tuesday as the low pressure weakens and builds but plenty of showers around and maybe not as potent as they might have been on monday and then some brighter spells with decent areas of cloud and the north—westerly wind is blustery towards the western coasts with temperatures between six and nine celsius for most of us. and the area of low pressure clears away to be followed by another one that will be bringing heavy rain at times towards southern areas of england in particular and still a lot of debate on how far north of the rain will get and if it does get further north and this then over the higher ground, some snow for potentially but for the northern half of the uk, dry, a few showers around and temperatures between six and nine celsius but on thursday a ridge of high pressure so more settled conditions, generally

dry and some sunshine and more rain potentially on friday and through the weekend. by dive. —— goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines qatar says hamas will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. this is bbc news, the headlines qatar says hamas will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday 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 twenty—two people have been killed and over a hundred wounded. alexander lukashenko is on track to win a seventh term as belarusian president with 87.6% of the vote in sunday s election, according to an exit poll. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news.