arbel yehud, paving the way for displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza on monday. president trump reverses his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. a report on the south korean plane crash details how the pilots spotted a flock of birds seconds before they declared an emergency. hello and welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. 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. since the ceasefire deal came into force, seven hostages and more than 200 prisoners have been released. 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 ceasefire 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 spent 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. translation: 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. as you've heard in lucy's report there, us president donald trump has said he wants egypt and jordan to take in palestinians from gaza. describing gaza as a "demolition site", trump suggested it be "cleaned out".

hamas has said it will oppose any plan to relocate palestinians while egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza. our correspondent nick beake has more. 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. 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. jeremy konyndyk is the president of refugees international. he previously led the obama administration's response to international disasters. he told me trump's suggestion of moving gaza to neighbouring countries is not very viable. —— moving gazans to neighbouring countries is not very viable. there are many things wrong with president trump's comments, not least

that he seemed to endorse ethnic cleansing. at its core, palestinians do not want to go elsewhere and the countries around don't want to take them in, so it's not really any kind of a viable option. palestinian groups and the arab league have accused president trump of advocating ethnic cleansing for these people to move from gaza to other countries. as trump does not read the room? it’s countries. as trump does not read the room?— read the room? it's a little hard to know _ read the room? it's a little hard to know if _ read the room? it's a little hard to know if he - read the room? it's a little hard to know if he was - read the room? it's a little - hard to know if he was making a policy pronouncement orjust speaking off the cuff. i think 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 policy achievement of his first term was the abraham accords which worked to normalise diplomatic relations between many arab states and israel, although not yet saudi arabia. that's obviously a huge priority for his second term. you can be sure that that framework would collapse if the ethnic cleansing of gaza were

to go forward, articulately with us support. == with us support. -- particularly. - with us support. -- particularly. we - with us support. -- particularly. we are j with us support. —— particularly. we are hearing that israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to the northern parts of gaza. that's a significant deal, isn't it? it gaza. that's a significant deal, isn't it?— gaza. that's a significant deal, isn't it? it is, it was the most _ deal, isn't it? it is, it was the most populated - deal, isn't it? it is, it was the most populated partl deal, isn't it? it is, it was. the most populated part of deal, isn't it? it is, it was- the most populated part of gaza prior to the beginning of the war. most people have been forced out of that part of gaza by idf military action and expulsions of the last year plus. so the fact that people can begin going home is really significant, however is heavily, heavily destroyed so they will require an immense amount of humanitarian relief support in order to do that successfully, and that is also imperilled by another announcement that came out of the trump administration on out of announcement that came out of the trump administration on friday, which is a global total friday, which is a global total freeze on all us foreign freeze on all us foreign assistance activities. 50 assistance activities. 50 freeze on all us foreign assistance activities. so where does that lead _ assistance activities. so where freeze on all us foreign assistance activities. so where does that lead _ assistance activities. so where does that lead to _ assistance activities. so where does that lead to people - assistance activities. so where does that lead to people in - does that lead to people in gaza now? it seems as though does that lead to _ assistance activities. so where does that lead to people - assistance activities. so where does that lead to people in - does that lead to people in gaza now? it seems as though the ceasefire is holding the ceasefire is holding

somewhat, the exchange of somewhat, the exchange of prisoners and four hostages is prisoners and four hostages is going along but what happens next beyond that? the going along but what happens next beyond that?— next beyond that? the aid freeze is _ next beyond that? the aid freeze is a _ next beyond that? the aid freeze is a tremendous . next beyond that? the aid| freeze is a tremendous risk because it will create human damage in gaza on an immense scale. the us is the largest donor of humanitarian aid and so if that all shuts down as is now starting to happen during this 90 day aid freeze, they could come at a worse time for palestinians and for the ceasefire —— that could not come out. and given the ceasefire was negotiated in part that it would allow a surgeon humanitarian aid, it threatens the viability of the ceasefire if this aid is not delivered.— ceasefire if this aid is not delivered. �* ., ., , delivered. and now that trump offers, delivered. and now that trump offers. do _ delivered. and now that trump offers. do we _ delivered. and now that trump offers, do we know _ delivered. and now that trump offers, do we know what - delivered. and now that trump offers, do we know what he . offers, do we know what he thinks or how he sees events, . , , . ,

offers, do we know what he thinks or hov very.ees events, . , , . , offers, do we know what he thinks or hov very harmful1ts,, . , ,., offers, do we know what he thinks or hov very harmful limbo , ,., insecure and very harmful limbo that gaza now finds itself in could endure for quite some time. to the other big story we've been watching — the spat between the us and colombia over president trump's policies on immigration and deportation. in the last hour, the white house released a statement, saying it will not impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia — this after the south american nation agreed to accept deported migrants from the united states. 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 his retaliatory measures are: colombia had earlier ordered 25% retaliatory tariffs on us imports in response to trump's earlier threats of tariffs, travel bans and sanctions.

before the white house statement was released in the last hour, i spoke to luis fajardo, our latin america expert from bbc monitoring, and cynthia arnson, distinguished fellow and former director of the latin american program at the wilson centre. i began by asking luis about the reaction in colombia when trump first threatened tariffs on us imports. there's been an explosion in columbia, on social media in particular, of people showing extreme concern and surprise that the us would threaten with what people in colombia are calling potentially devastating tariffs on colombian trade. the us is the main trading partner of the us and it has also been every close ally for decades. this has changed in the last couple of years under the left—wing government of colombian president petero. people are saying this is

unfair because of the us imposing or threatening to impose this very strong sanctions —— one. but there's also a lot of criticism about the government of gustavo petro. the thing his reaction on social media itself was hotheaded and it should have been through diplomatic channels and now people are very concerned about the potential economic impact this could have on the country. talk us through _ could have on the country. talk us through how _ could have on the country. talk us through how related colombia and the us are, or how impactful this could be for colombia?— impactful this could be for colombia? , , ., colombia? extremely. they are related in a _ colombia? extremely. they are related in a word. _ colombia? extremely. they are related in a word. again, - colombia? extremely. they are related in a word. again, the i related in a word. again, the us is colombia's main trading partner, main investment partner. colombia sells nearly $15 billion every year of merchandise to the united states, things like oil, like coffee, like flowers and any of these sectors feel that a tariff would be very, very

serious for their activity and i was speaking recently, a few hours ago, to a colombian business expert who said if the tariffs go through, they would have to redesign their entire business strategy. there is some concern also in the us that some consumers would be effect, for example in flowers, colombia export a substantial amount of the flowers consumed in the us and with valentine's day coming up it could not come at a worse time to impose this new restriction on trade goes ahead so the impact is expected to be very serious besides the political fallout but in economic terms a lot of people and a lot of industries in colombia could feel a very strong impact of the us imposes this 25% tariffs on colombia. it is thought that eight of every ten colombian residents are exported to the us, significant indeed. do you see what is happening now as an opportunity for countries such as china perhaps to step into the void or make the most of this tension between the us and

colombia? . , this tension between the us and colombia? ., , ,, colombia? certainly. the us government _ colombia? certainly. the us government has _ colombia? certainly. the us government has or - colombia? certainly. the us government has or several l colombia? certainly. the us. government has or several us governments have been complaining that china was increasing its profile in latin america and that they could come at a cost for us influence in the region. certainly, one of the first things that happened today in colombia was the chinese ambassador tweeting or posting on x, saying that china had always been a friend of colombia and certainly, the colombian president who has also continued to react on social media in very aggressive ways to the situation with the us has suggested that colombia would be looking for other partners. however, this of course would be very difficult to implement. colombia has for decades been a close economic and political ally of the us but certainly some people are saying that one of the consequences this could have if it goes through would be colombia starting to move in another direction may be, away from its traditional alignment with the us economic and political objectives in the

western hemisphere. thank you for that. cynthia, _ western hemisphere. thank you for that. cynthia, your— for that. cynthia, your thoughts. i wanted your thoughts. i wanted your thoughts about the tensions were seeing, particularly with the two presidents?— the two presidents? what's really surprising _ the two presidents? what's really surprising to - the two presidents? what's really surprising to me - the two presidents? what's really surprising to me i - the two presidents? what's l really surprising to me i think is how— really surprising to me i think is how quickly this whole situation has spun out of control, _ situation has spun out of control, really enters the couple _ control, really enters the couple of hours. there was a strong — couple of hours. there was a strong statement by secretary of state — strong statement by secretary of state marco rubio that the colombian government had given permission for this deportation flight _ permission for this deportation flight to— permission for this deportation flight to land and it was revoked in midair. the issue, really. — revoked in midair. the issue, really. i— revoked in midair. the issue, really, i think, revoked in midair. the issue, really, ithink, is revoked in midair. the issue, really, i think, is that — is the — really, i think, is that — is the time _ really, i think, is that — is the time that both presidents have — the time that both presidents have used. i think petro has dramatically overreacted to what — dramatically overreacted to what should be a routine situation. there were well over 100 deportation flights during the idun administration without

incident — the idun administration without incident -- _ the idun administration without incident —— biden. it is routine _ incident —— biden. it is routine for deportees to be handcuffed on these deportation flights— handcuffed on these deportation flights so this is also not anything that is particularly new— anything that is particularly new and so the escalation, you know, _ new and so the escalation, you know, tit—for—tat, the imposition of the decision by president petro to revoke the permission and the immediate imposition of these very publishing sanctions by president trump, 25% to, as your— president trump, 25% to, as your correspondent was saying, to a country that has the united _ to a country that has the united states as its largest trading _ united states as its largest trading partner, the united states— trading partner, the united states also has colombia is one of the _ states also has colombia is one of the few— states also has colombia is one of the few countries where the us actually has a trade surplus. so there has been very healthy— surplus. so there has been very healthy increases in bilateral trade — healthy increases in bilateral trade since the conclusion of a free _ trade since the conclusion of a free trade _ trade since the conclusion of a free trade agreement over 15, close — free trade agreement over 15, close to — free trade agreement over 15, close to 20 years ago. and so, this— close to 20 years ago. and so, this is— close to 20 years ago. and so, this is going to help her to colombian workers, it is going

to hurt— colombian workers, it is going to hurt the private sector in colombia _ to hurt the private sector in colombia and people that function inevitably heard but are not— function inevitably heard but are not necessarily the ones that— are not necessarily the ones that have _ are not necessarily the ones that have run afoul of the us government. these are issues that— government. these are issues that should be dealt with through diplomacy and it's going _ through diplomacy and it's going to be increasingly difficult now with visas being revoked _ difficult now with visas being revoked and, anyway, it's really— revoked and, anyway, it's really a _ revoked and, anyway, it's really a sad — it's a sad day for— really a sad — it's a sad day for the _ really a sad — it's a sad day for the united states and for colombia, given this long, historic— colombia, given this long, historic relationship that has lasted — historic relationship that has lasted for a quarter of a century~ _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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