of federal grants and loans. senators grill president trump's pick to lead the department of health, robert f kenneder, and at least 30 people have been killed after a crush hello. you are very welcome. just one day after widespread public backlash, it is rescinding

a memo that authorised after a lawsuit was filed. and that is creating its own confusion. the point that the press secretary was making there was that the executive orders that direct the federal and determinewhich ones do not are still responsible for looking at programmes on federal spending, that has now been lifted. although, as you mentioned, the lawsuit is still proceeding. that original memorandum and the freeze have pointed

"nothing has really changed. "this lawsuit should keep going forward," and the judge so, as of today, anthony, where do all of those various well, right now they are... the freeze has been lifted. is going, is saying is that review has to be taking place, but there is still a very large grey area here, hence all the confusion still. president trump signed a memorandum instructing

who are in the us illegally. the bbc�*s north america editor sarah smith soon there will be so many people in detention, there is not the space to house them all. with numerous allegations of abuse, even torture. the american people. this will double our capacity

immediately, right? and tough... every aspect of american government is being radically to appointing controversial cabinet members. he was asked about his baseless claims that vaccines can cause it is a medical condition in his throat that gives mr kennedy this very distinctive voice. i support the polio vaccine. from taking either of those vaccines.

measles is a deadly disease. that's not true. go beyond just vaccines. many republicans are worried about his staunch support and ultra—processed food. fit for office. and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks. it was often a perverse scene of despair and violence. the bbc has approached robert kennedy for comment. i'm going to let him go wild on the food. i'm going to let him go wild on medicine.

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with some democratic support despite concerns the law is named for laken riley, and was killed by an venezuelan national laken's familyjoined trump at the ceremony, where he blamed past immigration policy into the united states. with more ice raids.

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you are watching bbc on thursday in exchange for more than 100 palestinian it comes as israel's defence minister said his country's of security operations there,

their bombardment in the area has forced residents to flee from jenin. they are arbel yehud, a 29—year—old who was abducted from a kibbutz near the gaza border on the october 7, and agam berger, a 20—year—old military observer also taken they're due to be released along with an 80—year—old man, gadi moses. now, hamas have also unexpectedly said

and they're not formally tied to this deal. aspartofthe deal. now. . . . ,. and home areas in occupied eastjerusalem and the occupied several of those who've been sentenced to life imprisonment for much more serious offences

won't be allowed to return to those areas. they will be exiled either to egypt or neighbouring arab countries. to be swapped. it's a fragile ceasefire. that it won't last beyond the initial six weeks. those talks to try and extend the ceasefire will continue, it means there will be several hostages still held in captivity in gaza. which is being addressed now in gaza, that could also worsen. so good news all round more prisoners being released, but there are concerns that the ceasefire itself might not last

earlier today hamas said that a delay in aid may affect the further release of hostages. israeli officials have not spelt out how new legislation and clinics serving tens of thousands of people 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. homeless and displaced, but most gazans were classed as refugees even before this war. of palestinians who fled their homes in fighting when israel was created in 1948. for seven decades, one un agency, unrwa,

if this ban comes into place, what it will mean is that for the past 15 months. "they already completely forgot israel has long criticised unrwa, saying it teaches have joined the deadly assault. they were fired. israel insists problems remain.

in israeli—annexed eastjerusalem. and now palestinians feel israel is using this opportunity to push its own solution. retired local doctor salim anati tells me people here reject the change. there are uncertainties over how israel's ban will work, but un officials say

in gaza, and warn it could jeopardise long—term chances of peace. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. in a crush at the kumbh mela festival in northern india. to escape the crush, the kumbh mela and up to 100 million people are there today to take part in a bathing ritual in the ganges. prime minister narendra modi has offered his condolences.

translation: i could never have imagined that something we didn't know we would be stuck behind so many barricades, unable to move freely and left to die. police breaking their own barriers, sprinting to disperse the crowds. wanting to bathe in the holy waters.

now what witnesses have told us just over this way is the main bathing area, where everyone over this way and, as ever in this kind of a crowd, one person gets pushed and it ended up that people got trampled on. a festival to celebrate faith has left many grieving instead. samira hussein, bbc news, prayagraj.

there are reports that rwandan—backed m23 rebels have seized more territory in the east of the democratic republic of congo after capturing the key city of goma. in an address to the nation, the congolese president, and restore government authority in the east. he said the international community wasn't doing enough to stop the rebels' advance. the drc government accuses rwanda of aiding m23, m23 fighters want control of goma congo

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thanks for stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. also some ice across northern scotland and northern ireland, now, it'll still be quite windy to the northern isles, with a few showers, and maybe the odd shower close to irish sea coast

to around 6—8 or nine degrees through the afternoon. now, this weather front will start to move in during thursday night and into friday, so a bit of a fly in the ointment for friday's weather. and we will initially see some snow on the hills of scotland, north wales, and the pennines as that rain moves into the cold air, but it will tend to fizzle out so quite a bit of cloud through central and eastern areas. wales, southwest england, 0therwise, where it's cloudier, six or seven degrees at best. now, as we move out to friday into the weekend, where it will be windier here, but it looks like central and eastern areas will hold on to the dry weather especially towards the southeast. where we have stronger winds, and we'll be up to around ten degrees for belfast. otherwise, for the vast majority

sunday we start to see this weather front move in, with some sunshine and it will brighten up to the west of it. 6—9 celsius. as we head into next week, bringing some rain, for example, will bring a lot of dry, settled weather

since maybe world war ii. it's just impacted everything.

now, many businesses across the uk want their workers to come into the office more. if in six months time, we were looking for a member of staff and someone was to say, "doesn't suit me," well, then we'd have to probably say, "maybe this isn't the right role for you." are you angry?! crowd roars we have to fight for workers' rights, and i'm proud to do that. they have issues. you deal with it. so is it time we got back to the office more?