live from london, this is bbc news. the recovery operation is due to resume for the passengerjet that collided with a helicopter as it was landing in washington. hamas names the next three israeli hostages to be released as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. they will be freed on saturday. three judges who oversaw family court hearings involving sara sharif in the years before she was murdered can now be named, after an appeal by the bbc and other media. germany's parliament is to debate whether to tighten immigration, with the far—right

afd party expected to play a crucial role. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now. divers are expected to resume their recovery operation shortly in the potomac river when daylight breaks in washington dc. they suspended the search overnight after an american airlines commercialjet crashed with a helicopter near washington national airport on wednesday. these are the live images coming into us now. the conditions were too cold for the divers to operate in. 67 people died in the country's worst air disaster in more than 20 years. a preliminary report will be issued in 30 days. we're also starting to get more details about the victims —

they include a filipino police officer, two chinese nationals and two russian figure skating stars. investigators have recovered the flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, from an american airlines jet which collided with a us army helicopter above the potomac river near washington dc. according to two sources cited by the bbc�*s us partner cbs news, there was only one controller managing traffic for helicopters and planes, a job normally handled by two people and we've heard from president donald trump, who has blamed diversity rules under his predecessors, saying he believes people hired for air traffic control roles were not always qualified. he has offered no evidence for this. we have also heard thatjust 2a hours before the deadly mid—air collision over the potomac, anotherjet had to abort its landing at reagan national airport after a helicopter came close to its flight path, according to air traffic control audio. the runway is now closed at least until next week according to the faa.

people have been told not to touch any debris that could arrive on shore, and to immediately contact the authorities. let's take a look at a pair of video clips in which we can see both the commercial plane and the helicopter. we are expecting the search to continue today, a lot of big questions but a lot of big questions outstanding. there are still a of bi outstanding. there are still a i of big questions. - can | outstanding. there are still a i of big see stions. - can | outstanding. there are still a i of big see behind - can | outstanding. there are still a| i of big see behind - this

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and their children, ariel and ever since then, there has been real concern hamas released a video in november 2023, which they said in an israeli air strike. 0fer kalderon, he was 53 when he was taken from the same he's now 5a.

on 7th october. and so if everything goes as expected or as hoped tomorrow, he too will be free. people released yesterday were handed over to it is worth saying that they don't organise the israelis crowds, of crushes, they say endangering the lives of their citizens. palestinian prisoners

from israeli jails. debating legislation to tighten immigration. to rely on the support from the far—right afd party. staged protests outside the party's headquaters. alternative fur deutschland. with the far—right.

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it she was murdered can be named for the first time. including the bbc, arguing that judges must expect "their decision—making to be the subject of public

2013 and 2019. for life last year. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg has been we have been permitted to name the three family courtjudges. and sally williams. to give a sense of what happened in the family about "unborn sharif".

be taken into care? there was another supervision order, which meant full and in 2019 urfan sharif made a private law application, he says the children are now living with him

they have been back with him since march 2019 and this 0lga, their mother, at that stage, is supporting it. should stay with her father and have contact with their mother. it's nearly three years since russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine-. .-- to what a possible end to the conflict could look

has been to meet one woman whose parents are amongst from occupied southeastern ukraine... ..a message of reassurance and love. invasion of their country. the russians and disappeared. forfour months, lyudmila had no information at all. a hospital in a coma. she died without ever coming round.

my mum was 51. she loved life. then everything was cut short. herfather, 0leh, has still not been found. it will kill me. when the russian army took over her town, many ukrainians there protested. as the russians began rounding up those suspected of siding with kyiv. lyudmila now knows her mother was charged with espionage. she's no closer to knowing where tetiana was held, how she came to die, or what has happened

ukraine's police force is trying to find 0leh, this officer didn't want to be identified, but he did the police officer here is just explaining how they use facial and they have lyudmila's father's photograph way of finding him. but there's been no trace at all of him. three months later, he showed up in hospital — his family, now abroad, tell me leonid then vanished he's now facing trial

in russia, accused of taking photographs of the military that had occupied his town. translation: he'd been in| the most terrible conditions. he said, "mum, in a word, i was in hell." he said, "when i was a kid, you used to talk about heaven and hell. it is stories like leonid's, however tough, that give lyudmila hope that her father too, is somewhere in a basement these are pictures from these are pictures from the recovery washington where the recovery effort will resume dawn effort will resume as dawn breaks.

hello. farfor some of you. a bit damp in places too, but we've already started into the afternoon, especially across western areas. a lovely afternoon for much of northern ireland, it brightens up across other western fringes of england, your temperatures at, if not a shade above, where we should be for the end of the month. towards france in the next few hours, be prepared, you will chase the rain that we got rid of. we'll see the cloud across eastern england push some patchy rain or drizzle. many other parts will be dry. some clear skies around, an odd pocket of frost and fog. for the vast majority.

this weather system is trying to push its way in. northern ireland and western scotland could see a little will break up to some sunny spells. temperatures fairly similar to today's values. so for tomorrow's six nations matches it is looking dry, by and large. in behind, it is going to just thin and weaken it may start off damp in northern ireland, but quickly brightening up. a little bit more breeze on sunday.

another weather front will gradually push its way it will weaken. we've got high pressure there across europe. with some sunshine. take care.

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