paving the way for displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday. president trump and his colombian counterpart trade threats of tariffs after colombia turned back two migrant deportation flights. and we report from belarus as the authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko looks to have overwhelmingly won the presidential election, which the eu has called a sham. hello. i'm carl nasman. we begin with news out of the middle east. israel says hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehud. israel had accused hamas of breaching their ceasefire terms when she wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday morning.

in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza after us president donald trump said he'd like to see 1.5 million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally "a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". hamas says it will oppose any plan to relocate palestinians. for more on the situation, our correspondent nick beake sent this update. 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. many will want to see if president has more to say about this. 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. and just this past hour,

the white house announced that the ceasefire deal between lebanon and israel has been extended to february 18. earlier on sunday, israel said it would keep its forces in lebanon in spite of both the idf and hezbollah�*s ceasefire agreement to withdraw its troops for the area. israel accused the lebanese military of not doing enough to stop the iran—backed militant group hezbollah from regrouping in the south. the lebanese health ministry accused the israeli army of firing at residents attempting to return to their homes in southern lebanon, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 100 others. let's bring in senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute here in washington, kristin smith diwan. thank you for being here. i want to start with those comments from president trump aboard air force one. how seriously should we be taking this? to seriously should we be taking this? ., ., ~ seriously should we be taking this? ., , ., _ this? to take it seriously in the sense _ this? to take it seriously in the sense that _ this? to take it seriously in the sense that it _ this? to take it seriously in the sense that it is - this? to take it seriously in the sense that it is the - the sense that it is the president of the united states who said this and if these words become us policy, this

would be a significant change in us policy. of course, we are not supposed to be seeing removal of palestinians from the states. we are supposed to see a two—state solution with palestinians remaining in their country but i think we are a long way from making this official policy that has been tested and worked out with other parts of the us government.- other parts of the us covernment. ~ . ., ., , government. we are already nettina government. we are already getting some _ government. we are already getting some reaction - government. we are already getting some reaction really| government. we are already. getting some reaction really - getting some reaction really — egypt with this proposal. how do you think this will be perceived by other countries there and come across, the palestinians themselves? we palestinians themselves? no other palestinians themselves? i157 other country would accept this, no palestinians, obviously. we have to accept the neighbouring countries of jordan and egypt have accepted — especiallyjordan — have already accepted refugees, as have leaven on. and the history of receiving refugees through war and displacement has been highly destructive to those

countries themselves —— lebanon. so all of these countries support a two—state solution that would keep palestinians within their state and would be very fearful of the idea of some kind of forced displacement which would not be an avenue towards a more peaceful and stable region. the . uestion peaceful and stable region. the question remains, of course, as we see these aerial views of the gaza strip — the palestinian people there, more than 1 palestinian people there, more than1 million, they will need somewhere to live until this has been rebuilt, and it is going to take a long time. where is that going to be? how workable is it, really? there is this many people with in right now is reallyjust rubble. right now is really 'ust rubblei right now is really 'ust rubble. ., ., ., rubble. yeah, it is a mammoth task. ithink_ rubble. yeah, it is a mammoth task. i think the _ rubble. yeah, it is a mammoth task. | think the un _ rubble. yeah, it is a mammoth task. i think the un was - rubble. yeah, it is a mammoth task. i think the un was giving | task. i think the un was giving out figures and it will cost about $50 billion for one decade to talk about rebuilding this with over1 million palestinians at least having lost their homes. of course, this is all going to be taking place two and a situation where the israelis are still going to

be limiting to some degree the kinds of items that can come in and out of the strip. it is not and out of the strip. it is not a free and open territory. so, even just thinking about that, obviously it is a huge task and we don't have the details of how this would be carried out. it is interesting to hear these proposals being voiced by president trump. we also know that he is hopeful of a deal to normalise relations between israel and saudi arabia, these arab accords. how did these separate ideas fit together, do you think?— you think? they don't. that is the perception _ you think? they don't. that is the perception that _ you think? they don't. that is the perception that president| the perception that president trump has put forth today. the saudis as another state would never accept this expulsion of palestinians from their territory and, in fact, they have explicitly said they would not go forward with any

normalisation with israel unless it was under significant steps taken ta ken towards taken towards the recognition of a palestinian state and concrete steps being taken towards that. so, there are some things that are irreconcilable in their between those two visions as there is a swell with the emirates which is a state that is looked at that could play a role. we have less than one _ that could play a role. we have less than one minute _ that could play a role. we have less than one minute left - that could play a role. we have less than one minute left but l that could play a role. we have less than one minute left but i | less than one minute left but i wanted to ask the situation in lebanon. we saw a flareup of fighting back, an extension of that truce. does that now seem more fragile than it did 60 days ago? what is the situation between israel and lebanon now? yes, it does, just in the sense that the israelis have not withdrawn from lebanon. that puts the lebanese government in

a difficult situation and we see lebanese citizens trying to return to the south were shot at. we had a number of them killed and injured today so thatis killed and injured today so that is very concerning. it does look like they were able to extend the truce for now which is good news but definitely a more worrying situation than we saw 60 days ago. kristin diwan, great to get your view. thank you. thank you. president trump has spoken to the british prime minister sir keir starmer on the phone. yesterday, trump praised sir keir, saying he had done a "very good job thus far" and that the pair have a "very good relationship". in the call today, downing street said:

there is now a battle brewing between the us and colombia over president trump's policies on immigration and deportation. colombia ordered 25 percent tariffs on us imports in response to trump's earlier threats of tariffs, travel bans, and sanctions against colombia. it all began when colombia blocked us military deportation flights carrying around 80 migrants from landing in the south american country. the colombian president said migrants should be treated with dignity, adding that they weren't criminals. president trump said on social media that the us retaliatory measures are:

colombia's foreign ministry says they are now making a presidential plane available for the return of their citizens. 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. earlier i spoke with our bbc mundo correspondent in colombia for more. can you walk us through the reaction in colombia to these moves by president trump? there has been a — moves by president trump? there has been a lot _ moves by president trump? there has been a lot of— moves by president trump? there has been a lot of frustration - has been a lot of frustration and uncertainty about what is going to happen but i think the most important was done by the president in colombia announcing that he will impose announcing that he will impose a 25% tariff on us imports into

columbia, so analysts have spoken to — are in line with some opposition critics are saying which is that the situation has been managed poorly in diplomatic terms by president gustavo petro and some say he is doing it right by not submitting to trump's threats on the contrary. just cominu threats on the contrary. just coming in — threats on the contrary. just coming in from _ threats on the contrary. just coming in from reuters, the united states has suspended visa processing at the us embassy in bogota. that is in response to the decision not to let those deportation flights land. as we were speaking about earlier — tariffs — do you think we could see something of a brewing trade war between the two countries? it is a brewing trade war between the two countries?— two countries? it is difficult to say but _ two countries? it is difficult to say but petro _ two countries? it is difficult to say but petro is - two countries? it is difficult to say but petro is wanting | two countries? it is difficult i to say but petro is wanting to push hard against what president trump is doing in

colombia. they talked about a specific date which is, for example, saint valentine's day but it is a concern because colombia is a big exporter of flour to the united states and colombian exporters usually make a lot of cash for the states and that is one of the situations that they were pointing out that could be problematic and could already be filling an impact if those threats by president donald trump finally materialise. the election in belarus — which is widely accepted to have been rigged — has allowed the man often described as europe's last dictator to continue his 30—year rule. an exit polls claims to show alexander lukashenko winning by nearly 90 per cent of the vote. while belorussians were casting their ballots, he held a four hour news conference — where he said he had no regrets about helping russia invade ukraine, claimed some of the political opponents he jailed had chosen to be in prison, and announced any successor of his had to be a man as — in his words — a woman could not be

a dictator. our russia editor steve rosenberg questioned lukashenko at that conference and sent this report from the capital minsk. alexander lukashenko could afford to smile in a stage managed election. he was guaranteed victory. this you'd expect to see at a polling station, but not what happened next. with voting ongoing in a room next door. candidate lukashenko gave a 4.5—hour press conference live on tv. "how can you call this a democratic election?" i ask — "when all your main rivals are either in prison or in exile?" translation: some are in prison and some are in exile. but you are here. everyone has the right to make their own choice. that's democracy.

you said recently that people in belarus should be allowed to say what they think, and not have their mouths shut. so why not let your opponents out ofjail? translation: prison| is for people who have opened their mouths too wide and have broken the law. that's only natural. what — don't you have prisons in britain and america? the other candidates were more like spoilers than serious challenges. one actually supported mr lukashenko. another was full of praise for him. in a strange election, i say. translation: steve, this is - a whole new experience for you. the last election in 2020 was followed by a brutal crackdown on protesters, who accused mr lukashenko of stealing their votes. western governments dismissed the election as a farce. the eu's foreign policy chief has called the 2025 vote

tooa sham. translation: i swear to you, i couldn't care less _ whether you recognise our election or whether you don't. the most important thing for me is that the people of belarus recognise it. his critics say that after 30 years ruling belarus, the most important thing for alexander lukashenko is staying in power. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the chancellor rachel reeves says tech companies have a "moral responsibility" to remove violent content online. the home secretary yvette cooper has written to social media firms, warning them that keeping extreme material available could encourage attacks similar to last year's southport murders. the killer, 18—year—old axel rudakubana, had repeatedly viewed violent content. greater manchester police say a 19—year—old man has been

arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an officer was seriously injured in cheadle. the force says a car hit the officer last night after she was called to reports of people acting suspiciously at a retail park and described the incident as truly shocking. the government says its proposed reforms will unclog the planning system in england and drive economic growth. it's been suggested they could include support for a third runway at heathrow airport. some labourfigures have questioned the environmental implications. but the chancellor has pointed to advancements in sustainable fuel, and says it could mean planes spend less time circling over london. you're live with bbc news. donald trump has made removing unlawful migrants from the us a cornerstone of his immigration policy. raids by immigration, customs and enforcement agents are under way in multiple sanctuary cities across the us from los angeles to chicago. the white house says 538

undocumented immigrants have been arrested so far. on sunday, vice presidentjd vance defended a move to raid schools and churches as part of a crackdown. speaking on cbs's face the nation programme, jd vance said he hoped the policy would have a "chilling effect" on undocumented workers coming to the us. i spoke with alderman raymond lopez, a city council member in chicago, for more. thank you for taking the time here. we are hearing these reports of immigration actions and we want to hear your reaction and what you are hearing from the community? we have hearing from the community? - have been hearing about potential aids or actions or targeted missions in the city of the cargo for the past week ever since president donald trump was worn back into office. today, townhall men and a host of the federal government agencies descended

upon the city of chicago, going after targeted individuals for their mission of immigration enforcement, and as we are learning who some of the individuals that have been captured are, i am very encouraged that one — they are focusing on those threats in our communities and to — they are trying to be as strategic as possible, limiting the captures in a city that refuses to co—operate with them. this would not have been necessary if the city of chicago had amended its welcoming ordinance, it is a sanctuary law, and allowed for our police department to work with immigration officials when we arrest officials that are a high priority to them, but sadly, that was not the case. 39 of my colleagues chose to join the mayor in saying they were going to stand and defend child sexual predators and human traffickers as opposed to working with some common sense to help immigration carry out

their missions when we attempt to arrest someone in our city. ijust to arrest someone in our city. i just want to get to that sanctuary city debate because it is really interesting. i was there for a few days around the inauguration and there was this palpable sense of fear in chicago which has this large immigrant community, many undocumented people there as well. you said you were relieved that these were targeted enforcement actions rather than what the community was fearing which would have been casting a broader net, is that right?— that right? absolutely. local media has — that right? absolutely. local media has played _ that right? absolutely. local media has played a - that right? absolutely. local media has played a large - that right? absolutely. local| media has played a large part along with many elected officials and the city of chicago, spreading the incorrect message that whole neighbourhoods were going to see a agents descending upon them, knocking on doors, trying to find any undocumented, 1535 00:1