hamas will hand over six more hostages, including arbel yehud, paving the way for displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza on monday. president trump and his colombian counterpart trade threats of tariffs after colombia turned back two migrant deportation flights. a report on the south korean plane crash details how the pilots spotted a flock of birds seconds before they declared an emergency. celebrations and protests. some call it �*australia day', others, �*invasion day'. hello and welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai.

we start today in the middle east. israel says six hostages will be freed this week, including civilian arbel yehud. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had accused hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal under which israeli civilians were to be freed first in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. israel has now said it will allow residents to return to the northern gaza strip on monday after the row over ms yehud was resolved. 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". our correspondent lucy williamson sent this report 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 l 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. jeremy konyndyk is the president of refugees international, he previously led the obama administration's response to international disasters. thank you forjoining me. as we saw in that report palestinians in gaza focused on returning home and is not going to any other third party country? there are many things wrong with president trump �*s comments, not least he endorsed ethnic cleansing, at its core palestinians do not want to go elsewhere in the countries around don't want to take them in, it's not really any kind of reliable option for.

palestinian groups in the area accused the president of advocating ethnically engine as you alluded to for these proposals to move people from gaza to other countries, as he does not read the room here? it's a little hard to know if he was making a policy pronouncement orjust speaking pronouncement or just speaking off pronouncement orjust speaking off the cuff, we will learn more in the coming days. if he were to proceed with this, there would be huge implications for us relationships in the middle east, the signature middle east foreign achievement of his first term was that abraham accords which moved to normalise relations between arab states and israel but not yet saudi arabia, that is a huge priority for his second term. you can be sure that framework will collapse of the ethnic cleansing does or were to go forward especially with us support. to go forward especially with us smart-— to go forward especially with ussu--ort. . �*, ., us support. that's right we are here and israel— us support. that's right we are here and israel will— us support. that's right we are here and israel will allow- here and israel will allow displaced palestinians to turn to northern parts of gaza, a

significant deal? it to northern parts of gaza, a significant deal?— significant deal? it is, the most populated _ significant deal? it is, the most populated part - significant deal? it is, the most populated part of. significant deal? it is, the i most populated part of gaza before the beginning of the war, most people have been forced out of that part of gaza, by idea of military action and expulsions over the last year, and the fact people can begin going home is really significant. however, it is heavily destroyed, they will require unique immense amount of humanitarian relief support in order to do that successfully, that is also imperilled by another announcement that came out of the trump administration on friday, global total freeze on all us forces.— friday, global total freeze on all us forces. where does that leave the _ all us forces. where does that leave the people _ all us forces. where does that leave the people in _ all us forces. where does that leave the people in gaza - all us forces. where does that leave the people in gaza now, | leave the people in gaza now, the ceasefires holding, somewhat, the exchange of prisoners, four hostages going along, what happens next, beyond that?— along, what happens next, beyond that? along, what happens next, be ond that? ., , beyond that? the aid freeze is a risk that _ beyond that? the aid freeze is a risk that will _ beyond that? the aid freeze is a risk that will create - beyond that? the aid freeze is a risk that will create human l

a risk that will create human damage in gaza on an immense scale, the us is the largest owner of humanitarian aid, if that shuts down, as it is starting to happen during this 90 day aid freeze that could not come at a worse time for palestinians and for the ceasefire, recall the ceasefire itself was negotiated in part on the premise it would allow a surgeon humanitarian aid so potentially threatening the viability of the ceasefire if they'd freed —— if the aid freeze is not revisited. they'd freed -- if the aid freeze is not revisited. now that donald _ freeze is not revisited. now that donald trump - freeze is not revisited. now that donald trump is - freeze is not revisited. now that donald trump is an - freeze is not revisited. now that donald trump is an office do we know how we seize events in gaza playing out now, who will be in charge of gaza? he has not will be in charge of gaza? he: has not articulated any kind of clear plan or vision for that, the israeli government has vicariously resisted any plan or vision for that either, it's possible this kind of insecure and very harmful limbo gaza now find itself and could endure for quite some time. jeremy,

thank you _ for quite some time. jeremy, thank you for _ for quite some time. jeremy, thank you for your _ thoughts and insight. that's jeremy konyndyk. president of refugees international. 0n there's a battle brewing between the us and colombia een the us and colombia over president trump's policies on immigration and deportation. colombia has ordered 25% tariffs on us imports, in response to trump's earlier threats of tariffs, travel bans, and sanctions. it all began when the country blocked us military deportation flights carrying around 80 migrants. president trump said his 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. donald trump has made removing unlawful migrants from the us a cornerstone of his

immigration policy. meanwhile, raids by immigration, customs and enforcement 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. joining us from miami is luis fajardo, our latin america expert from bbc monitoring. we'll also speak to cynthia arnson, distinguished fellow and former director of the latin american program at the wilson centre in washington in just a moment. luis, can you walk us through the reaction in colombia to these moves by president trump? there has been an explosion in social media in particular people will showing extreme concern and surprise. that the us would _ concern and surprise. that the us would threaten _ concern and surprise. that the us would threaten with - concern and surprise. that the us would threaten with what l us would threaten with what people in colombia call potentially devastating tariffs

on colombian trade, the us is the main trading partner of the us, and it has also been a very close ally for decades. this has changed in the last couple of years under the left—wing government of the colombian president he is now saying and many people are saying this is unfair because of the us imposing or threatening to impose this very strong sanctions, but there is also a lot of criticism against the government of mr pedro, they say his reaction on social media itself was hotheaded, it should have been through diplomatic channels and our people are very concerned about the potential economic impact this would have on the country. talk us through how related colombia and the us are, how impactful this could be for colombia?— impactful this could be for colombia? , , ., colombia? extremely, they are related, colombia _

colombia? extremely, they are related, colombia 's _ colombia? extremely, they are related, colombia 's main - related, colombia �*s main inaudible. colombia sells nearly $15 billion every year of merchandise to the united states, things like oil, like coffee, like flowers, and many of the sectors feel that a tariff would be very very serious, i was talking recently to a colombian business expert who said of these tariffs would go through they would have to redesign the entire business strategy. there is some concern in the us some consumers would be affected, for example if flowers, colombia exports a substantial amounts of flowers exported to the us, it could not come at a worse time to impose this restriction on trade if it goes ahead. the impact is expected to be very serious with the export fallout, many industries could feel a very strong impact of the us imposes these 25%

tariffs. :, :, , tariffs. eight out of every ten residents _ tariffs. eight out of every ten residents -- _ tariffs. eight out of every ten residents -- are _ tariffs. eight out of every ten residents -- are exported . tariffs. eight out of every ten residents -- are exported to | residents —— are exported to the us, is this an opportunity to countries like china to step into the void, or make the most of this tension between us and colombia?— colombia? certainly the us government _ colombia? certainly the us government has _ colombia? certainly the us government has for - colombia? certainly the us| government has for several, several us covenants have been complaining china was increasing its profile in latin america, that could come at a cost for us influence in the region. certainly one of the first things that happened today in the median colombia the chinese ambassador posting saying john had always been a friend of colombia, certainly the colombian president will continue to react on social media in a very aggressive ways to the situation with the us, as suggested colombia would be looking for other partners. however this would be very

difficult to implement, colombia has for decades been an economic and political ally of the us, certainly some people saying one of the consequences this could have if it goes through, colombia starting to move in another direction, it may be away from its traditional alignment with the us, economic and political. 0ne the us, economic and political. one more question for you on migration. we are seeing people from colombia being deported back to colombia, or that have a negative impact on people wanting to go to the united states? :, , ., , states? for decades many colombians _ states? for decades many colombians have - states? for decades many colombians have gone - states? for decades many l colombians have gone some states? for decades many - colombians have gone some of them in many undocumented to them in many undocumented to the united states. there have been crackdowns on migration before. very often you see people even after they have been deported, they try to reach president trump suggesting this is harsher

crackdown it remains to see. certainly many people, violence and parts of would certainly be of moving to the us their plans even emerging.— of moving to the us their plans even emerging. cynthia, iwant to net even emerging. cynthia, iwant to get your _ even emerging. cynthia, iwant to get your thoughts _ even emerging. cynthia, iwant to get your thoughts on - even emerging. cynthia, iwant to get your thoughts on the - to get your thoughts on the tensions emerge in between colombia and the united states? what is surprising to me is how quickly the whole situation has spun out of control, just a couple of hours. there was a strong statement by secretary of state marco rubio that the colombian government had given permission for this deportation flight, to land, and this was revoked in midair. the issue really i think, is the tone

that both presidents have used. i think petro has dramatically overreacted to what should be a routine situation, there were well over 100 deportation flights during the biden administration, without incident. it is routine for deportees to be handcuffed, on these deportation flights, this is also not anything that is especially new. the escalation tit—for—tat, of the imposition or the decision by president petro to revoke the permission and the immediate imposition of these very punishing sanctions ijy these very punishing sanctions by president trump, 25%, to as your correspondent was saying, to a country that has the united states is its largest trading partner, the united states also has colombia is one

of the few countries where the us actually has a trade surplus. so there has been very healthy increases in bilateral trade, since the conclusion of a pre— trade agreement, over 15, close to 20 years ago. this is going to help hurt colombian workers, it will hurt colombian private sector, it will hurt people that sanctions inevitably hurt, but are not necessarily the ones that have run afoul of the us government. these are issues that should be dealt with through diplomacy and it's going to be increasingly difficult now, with visas being revoked, and anyway, it's really a sad, it's anyway, it's really a sad, it's a sad day of the united states and for colombia, given this 1535 00:16:5