six more hostages. donald trump has reversed his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia, after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. rebels in democratic republic of congo say they have taken control of goma in the east. the drc accused rwanda of sending troops across the border. survivors of the holocaust, along with heads of state and royalty are gathering at the site of the nazi concentration camp auschwitz — to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. hello. i'm sally bundock. we begin in the middle east — where displaced palestinians

have begun returning to northern gaza. it comes as hamas says it will release six hostages this week including arbel yehud — the civilian at the centre of a row which led to israel delaying the return of gazans to northern gaza. hamas released 4 soldiers on saturday, but not ms yehud. israel accused hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal under which israeli civilians were to be freed first in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. but a statement from qatar's foreign ministry says israel would now permit tens of thousands of palestinians waiting to return to their homes in the north to do so from this 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 more than a 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�*. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. let's start with those thousands of displaced palestinians, they could back go home as soon as this morning?— go home as soon as this mornin: ? , ., ., . _ morning? the idf announcing by now localtime, _ morning? the idf announcing by now local time, the _ now local time, the palestinians can cross the corridor that is separating the south of gaza from the north of gaza, we can see in the images, tens of thousands of palestinians, are going to that area should road, that is next to the sea, the idf allowing them to pass only by foot. they walked tens of thousands, not tens of thousands maybe 10

kilometres on foot to be able to go to their home. we do not know yet if they are able to cross the corridor or not, but they are heading to it, as we understand at the moment, in two hours by 9am, the idf announced that they would allow the vehicles to cross not from this road but from salata dene road, it's a big moment for these palestinians and its the festive season.— these palestinians and its the festive season. these are live ima . es festive season. these are live images we — festive season. these are live images we are _ festive season. these are live images we are receiving - festive season. these are live images we are receiving this i images we are receiving this morning, we can see they are definitely on the move the idea in the israeli defence force. thousands were at this military barrier, they were blocked for several days. as this critical exchange was going on with regards to hostages, and prisoners. talk us through the logistics this week on the release of hostages? indeed

there was — release of hostages? indeed there was a _ release of hostages? indeed there was a problem - release of hostages? indeed i there was a problem happening between both parties on the israeli soldier arbel yehud, not rod —— not released. they managed overnight to agree that she and another two will be released on thursday. there will be an additional release of hostages on thursday. and there will be a scheduled one again on saturday. so they agreed on that, hamas handed the names of all the hostages that will be released in the first stage of the deal, until they start in a few days, the negotiation on the second phase of the deal. things seem to be going on and carrying on in the right direction.— right direction. briefly talk us through _ right direction. briefly talk us through the _ right direction. briefly talk us through the reaction i right direction. briefly talk us through the reaction to | right direction. briefly talk - us through the reaction to the comments from the president donald trump about what could happen to palestinians, moving

them out of gaza? big reactions of course. _ them out of gaza? big reactions of course, jordan _ them out of gaza? big reactions of course, jordan and _ them out of gaza? big reactions of course, jordan and egypt - of course, jordan and egypt both rejecting the statement and said they do not encourage gazans to leave gaza. as we can see these tens of thousands of palestinians are keen to go back to their destroyed homes, demolished home in the hope they will settle again in their home. this devastating war that left more than 50,000 people die in gaza did not encourage them to leave or to think will leave their places. this will be having lots of ramifications in the region, and at the moment, there is not in acceptance of that. on the other hand on the israeli side the right wing ministers they, they welcome these statements from donald trump and said it is good for them.— from donald trump and said it is good for them. thank you so

much. that was mohamed taha from bbc arabic. as you were listening you could see the images we are receiving this morning of literally thousands of people will walking across, trying to get to their homes once again. you can see them there next to the sea. now, let's speak to benjamin radd — political scientist and senior fellow at the ucla burkle center for international relations. hello to you again benjamin. a very important moment and symbolic for gazans today as they go back to the north for they go back to the north for the first time?— they go back to the north for the first time? indeed, a day long-awaited, _ the first time? indeed, a day long-awaited, part _ the first time? indeed, a day long-awaited, part of- the first time? indeed, a day long-awaited, part of the - long—awaited, part of the beginning of the rebuilding process hopefully allowing for the residents to begin to put back the pieces of their lives and what is left of it and to hopefully turn over a new chapter in the future of gaza and something more promising than what they have endured the last year if not longer. it goes to show with the events of the last two or three days how

fragile, are difficult this process is, in every stage it would seem, there is obstacles, there are hiccups in the process of handing over hostages and prisoners? indeed, fraaile as hostages and prisoners? indeed, fragile as the _ hostages and prisoners? indeed, fragile as the word _ fragile as the word demonstrating notjust the complexity of the deal and the many moving parts but the fragility with regards to the specifics of the deal, in this case, whether it is the hostages that israel is referring to are they in the control of hamas, or islamic jihad, it shows the degree of chaos and disorder whether it is deliberate or a byproduct of the war it means coming to an agreement and carrying it out challenging. agreement and carrying it out challenging-— agreement and carrying it out challenging. interested to get our challenging. interested to get your reaction _ challenging. interested to get your reaction to _ challenging. interested to get your reaction to the _ challenging. interested to get| your reaction to the comments from president trump about what should happen going forward in the future where he said, gaza should be cleaned out. suggesting palestinians go to other nearby countries. your

reaction to that?— reaction to that? this is an off-the-cuff _ reaction to that? this is an off-the-cuff remark - reaction to that? this is an off-the-cuff remark in - reaction to that? this is an off-the-cuff remark in the | off—the—cuff remark in the sense president trump is laying a position he knows is unsustainable and not supported, that would not be honoured and would be outright rejected by parties on the other side. rejected by parties on the otherside. it rejected by parties on the other side. it is laying a position and indicating he was the position he would like to see, he is a real estate developer energy looks like gaza from his perspective it needs to be completely rebuilt which he is suggesting there is no place for inhabitants until that happens and it makes sense from a humanitarian standpoint to displace them without any regard for their connections and routes to that land, and the impact it would have on subsequent generations of palestinians. it's more of a laying out a bargaining position saying, this is one option, it's the extreme option, it's the extreme option, and by presenting that very extreme option the idea is something would be negotiated closer to a more moderate position. bits from a position he sees of one of strength, the united states takes this

extreme view the only room for it to manoeuvre is someplace more moderate, which would leave the us in a position with a deal that is more favourable to it and its allies. not one we take too seriously no—one is thinking is a reality but it does indicate what his mindset is and how i think little regard he has an understanding for the challenges notjust facing the reconstruction but in displacing from and they have lived in for generations now. benjamin radd — political scientist and senior fellow at the ucla burkle center for international relations. we shall keep you across developments in gaza today. they have just started, gazans that have been waiting to go back to their homes in the north, they have just begun to move in that direction. we are keeping you across those developments can we bring you the latest on the war of words erupting between the us and columbia over the deportation of migrants. white house

releasing a statement saying president trump has reversed his plans to impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia after it agreed to accept deported from the us. earlier the colombian president, had objected to migrants being returned in us military plane saying they should be treated with more dignity. rry of retaliatory measures against colombia, including 25% tariffs on its goods. colombia quickly responded with a reciprocal threat of 50% tariffs on goods from the us. this after 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 as they weren't criminals. trump also said he would immediately revoke visas for colombian government officials and "supporters" of president petro. but the row has been diffused with colombia's president sending his presidential plane to collect the deported migrants from

the united states. let's cross live to bogota, to speak to richard mccoll — a freelance journalist based in colombia. what a flurry of activity hard to keep up? what a flurry of activity hard to keep op?— to keep up? it's been a long da for to keep up? it's been a long day for us — to keep up? it's been a long day for us watching - to keep up? it's been a long day for us watching social i day for us watching social media listening to various outlets about what's going on but it does seem like the crisis has been averted for now. they have reached an agreement of course it is being billed in the us as a major victory for the trump policy on migrants, because we need to go back to the basics, it wasn't that colombia was refusing the entry of migrants, it was just these two planes, the military planes, it was colombia �*s policy has been, the policy of

gustavo petro has been he wishes was countrymen to be returned in a dignified manner. colombia received over 120 planes last year, it has been a war of words over technicalities.- war of words over technicalities. , ., ~ technicalities. do you think this is now _ technicalities. do you think this is now completely - this is now completely diffused, could erupt again depending on logistics? the difficult one, _ depending on logistics? the difficult one, i— depending on logistics? tue: difficult one, i don't depending on logistics? tta: difficult one, i don't think depending on logistics? "tt2 difficult one, i don't think it is gone entirely, we have our first ever leftist president in charge here in colombia, his politics do not sit well with the politics of those in the white house and the united states. they are going to come to a head again. this is undoubtedly going to be the case. , , ., , case. interestingly as well, president _ case. interestingly as well, president petro _ case. interestingly as well, president petro is - case. interestingly as well, president petro is very - case. interestingly as well, | president petro is very vocal on social media as you say with his comments, various threats, quite interesting at one point

to see these two presidents playing it out in the world of social media?— playing it out in the world of social media? indeed at one oint social media? indeed at one point president _ social media? indeed at one point president petro - social media? indeed at one point president petro wrote| social media? indeed at one | point president petro wrote a 700 word, almost poetic tweet, starting out saying how boring he found visiting the usa. we really need to look at what's going on in colombia as well. i don't think it was planned this way. but at the very same extent, this days laurie of diplomatic spats, is actually diverted attention away from very serious issues taking place in the region of colombia where there is ongoing conflict between warring gangs, and it is well out of control. i between warring gangs, and it is well out of control