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hospital, where they will undergo treatment before being reunited with their families. this is the fourth release of hostages since the ceasefire hostage square in tel aviv this morning. were greeted by crowds in the west bank's ramallah. hello.
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agreement reached between israel and hamas. ofer kalderon — a dual french israeli citizen — gaza strip. a few minutes later he was followed by yarden bibas — the third hostage — keith siegel — was handed over in gaza city. in exchange, a palestinian advocacy group says israel previously reported.
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this is hostage square, where the family, . .. and loved tbs emilie; frisnés ans! tfigfie’ those campaigning the fi'fiil’g�*; friehee ehe! teeee’ those campaigning for the vof if 7 ofisraeli 77 77 release ofisraeli hesteges in gaza release ofisraeli hestages in gaza continue to keep held in gaza continue to keep to console one 7 today also but crucially today also celebrate the of those who been ”thoseiwho mtge}; an 7 ofthose who havebeen held in gaza. let's cross live to jerusalem and speak we are starting to see some reaction to the releases. yeah, on israeli media and online, trying to follow of the trying to follow some of the live here, and there is live pages here, and there is �* think it's not joy, i think it's not surprising that some of these hostages, three more have ji— 77 today, we have 7 today, we have quotes some of the saying
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can breathe again, they can finally breathe again, on the joy of commenting on the joy of getting family members i getting family members back, i think specifically the pictures getting family members back, i thi have fcifically the pictures getting family members back, i thi have seen lly the pictures getting family members back, i thi have seen of the pictures getting family members back, i thi have seen of yarden :ures getting family members back, i thi have seen of yarden bibas we have seen of yarden bibas reunited ring of his family will be a source joy for will be a source ofjoy for those we've seen in hostage square. it's interesting, i've tryin 57:27: e trying to monitor as 22:5 ”thediffegrentw 77 the different ways this is covered being covered by different news it's a that was makin- was making earlier, she was making earlier, i thought it very interesting, we've in the 77 we've in the west haw h�*ee weee h ehe �*e’e=�* releases hew ehee weee h ehe �*e’e=�* releases would hew ehee weee h ehe �*e’e=�* perceived releases would hew ehee weee h ehe �*e’e=�* perceived in releases would hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=�* perceived in israel, 5 would hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=e perceived in israel, and uld hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=e i been/ed in israel, and uld hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=e i been following el, and uld hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=e i been following the and uld hew hhee weee h ehe �*e’e=e i been following the live uld [wee fiééfi. fillfifiifig ehe. lit"? and watching this [wee fiééfi. fillfifiifig ehe. lit}? and watching this is réégéig éfifi fiéiifiifig ehe ii flit. scientific éégéig éfifi fiéiifiifig ehe ii flit. scientific an a scientific sample, it's an israeli channel here, i haven't seen any pictures of at seen any pictures of them at all, have not seen a —£ process. mention of that process. the is, and suppose it's focus is, and i suppose it's not surprising, it's understandable, focuses exclusively on the things we —=: ' ”of? ' " "berri;
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saw of the people being released and of the west is very there is very stage—managed releases we had from organised hamas, but haven't from hamas, but haven't seen those releases elsewhere, maybe are focusing on eleee ee�*eeeee e'eeeleee if}; ” are focusing on the today they are focusing on the release people. release of their own people. and you are talking there are some of the reaction we about some of the reaction we have coming in, we said a statement from the president of israel, once making the israel, once again making the point that will continue all the hostages have been just talk us through jeleased. just tatk'ias'through political implications of we are these hostage releases we are seeing. is these hostage releases we are seeina. , . ., , seeing. that is certainly the ofthe seeing. that is certainly the - of the hostage - hope of the hostage families, that this will continue hope of the hostage families, thi the is will continue 7477 7 77777 7 7 hope of the hostage families, thi the is will cor are e 7477 7 77777777777 7 7 hope of the hostage families, thi the is will cor are released. 77777777777 7 7 all the hostages are released. deal is out as it the. deel ie eet edt ee it that this will
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stands that this will happen, but it's broken down into phases. this is the first phase, which involves the 7—2 e—e release of 33 hostages. there is now to be a process of negotiation between israel and hamas to get into two, hamas to get us into phase two, and that is very hopeful and that is very much hopeful by the families that that but it is not happens, but it is not guaranteed. it is not certain this will the thet thie {hill eehfihue the for that is reason for that is that although there is huge pressure for it to happen, there is pressure, significant pressure, particularly on the of the particularly on the edge of the net in her who, on what you net in herwho. on what you call far right groups would call far right groups here run two men, touch and itamar ben—gvir, and they have the power to government down, so how
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the governmentdowh. sd how get through this, how 7t°7 .. . 7 to7have the7 7 7 to7have the7government not to have the government brought down, but also the overwhelming majority of israelis want to the israelis want to see the brought back. there is hostages brought back. there is not unanimity of opinion here about what exactly the next step should be. adding to that president tran comrie he president tran comrie says he wants to be a peacemaker, has taken a huge amount of credit, heard their earlierfrom heard their earlier from a we heard their earlier from a member of hostage families, member of the hostage families. �*does he react he sees how does he react when he sees netanyahu benjamin netanyahu next week? thank you, speaking to us from jerusalem. just to show the jerusalem. just to show you the live pictures have coming in live pictures we have coming in from tel from hostage from tel aviv, from hostage square, we are still getting reaction the families of
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who been released those who have been released today. we a statement from today. we had a statement from the family... siegel, tbefamilygf keith siegel. a man who was the 65—year—old man who was the last to be freed today. they say, at this very moment, our a foot on the of israel, we soil of israel, and we are with indescribable filled with—indescribable and as joe was excitement, and asjoe was mentioning there, theirfamily mentioning there, their family want mentioning there, theirfamily want to say thank you, president trump, for bring your �* back. 7 7 �* back. there 7 �* back. there are 7 7 �* back. there are more father back. there are more waiting to hostages waiting to be reunited with their loved ones, our hope 7 7with 7you. that's taught through on the actions of the new trump. how much president trump. how much you think you can take the7 7 the7 developments the developments we are for the developments we are seeing middle at the for the developments we are seeing iviiddle at the for the developments we are | seeing _ at the for the developments we are seeinu . , . ., moment? i mean, his incoming administration _ moment? i mean, his incoming administration can _
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edmihiethtieh eeh defihitelf ’*w’ a lot edmihiethtieh eeh defihitelig' " " ' " a lot of i think, take a lot of credit, i think, forgetting the ceasefire over 7 over the 7 ov7er the line, 77 7777ov7er7the7l7in7e7,7 t7hink finally over the line, i think pressure that was put on the _7 pro ba 7e-e—t§eeee probably instrumental in this. i this. i think hamas achieving this. i think hamas for a while had been willing to 77 7 777d7eal7that7 77777 deal that on 77 7 777d7eal7that7 7535s accept the deal that was on the hamas very sorts �* ways, and from7its 7 7 from7its allies77 7 77 77 ironfii; 5165777ch h'eeeej'e "a" its allies. �*h ehe e' ~ ~ .. -.. a. ' and also :e”-e s“... 'ee e"e' �*h ehe e' " ~ ,. -,, a. ' and also those :e”-e s“... 'ee e"e' �*h ehe e' ~ ~ ,. -,, a. , and also those allies region and also those allies themselves being severely ~ ~ ~ ~ iran, etc, so i think weakened, iran, etc, so i think is down to the israeli it is sewn. te the lereli ., fl... ,.. in it is sewn. te the lereli ,, ,. w, in the end deciding, government in the end deciding, that's obviously the prime minister, 7 7 77 netanyahu, the moment to do it, for president trump, his and for president trump, his inauguration onjanuary 20. the question is now where does this i think we broaden go? i think we could broaden its likely we so far,
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its liiselig thst vie have se fer;"" ' ” " talking about these two we are talking about these two and the that we are talking about these two coming 1d the that we are talking about these two coming up, 1e that we are talking about these two coming up, which that we are talking about these two coming up, which is that we are talking about these two coming up, which is meant 1at we are talking about these two coming up, which is meant to ifsicioming up. which is meant to the release of all the see the release of all the remaining hostages, many more palestinian prisoners and potentially an end, natural rather than a truce, in gaza to rather than'a energetic; gaza to �* there. rather than'a'tmcerin gaza to �*there. i father than'a'tmcerin gaza to �*there. i think when you the war there. i think when you at president trump, and look at president trump, and again, it's speculative, 7; 7 president trsms; e-e,eee says. are qualified people are much more qualified than me to say they than me to say what they think you might or might do, but isnt7>7thing 7 7 is nothing if 7 is nothing if not 7 he is nothing if not unpredictable, and certainly 777 is7 doubt 7 7 777 is7 doubtthat7 7 isdoubtthat ii; 7a7big7g7a7n717e77777 77 7 7a7big7g7a7n717e7for77 77 7 a big game for him in of being 7 as the terms of being seen as the person who is able to get this across the line, i think that will continue, most probably, in terms of the phase. he wa nt wa7n7t this 7 wa7n7t this to7 be seen77 will not want this to be seen as an completed work, that that the credit he has received
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the credit he has reseived ' fade if the second phase yvioéglédfade if the second phase and the yviqglédfade if the second phase and the remaining 7 hostages 7 7 hostages not israeli hostages were not released in the war continued in gaza. of the sea, we also —= = -= know, he is susceptible to persuasion, and benjamin is a histggyahu is avery oersuasive character, person, character, as we've seen time and time again, so he have some input7which could may have some input whichrcould what president trump change what president trump says and what he thinks, but is it more importantly, broadening it, what the palestinians have been saying throughout is that must look what you must look beyond what happened in october the 7th, you must look beyond the conflict, that go decades, 7 decades, and 7 decades, and there needs ie to be a resolution to that. one of the things we saw, certainly in first of the °7f .. 77777 77°7f77 77the7 77th, aftermath of october the 7th, hammers led attacks israeli israel and then the israeli offensive against hamas in gaza, we saw the international gaza. we saw the international up gaza. we saw the international up phone community talking up the phone for the first in a long
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= -7 “7 time the two state solution, that had hold as a that had been on hold as a concept for a very time, concept for a very long time, and many in the ass eeee ie ehe eeleefleee had ass eaee ie ehe eeleefleee had lost egg eehe ih ehe eeleeflh'eh — had lost faith ass eaee ie ehe eeleefleee had lost faith in territories had lost faith in in the long term, the it. in the long term, the palestinians saying we must = -:: whatthey 7as havewhatthey regard as and justice be justice, andjustice would be �*own justice, andjustice would be �* own state, that would ehel'. own state. and that would likely be a two most likely be a two state solution, in one form or is president trump, another. is president trump, with the kind of officials another. is president trump, w put 1e kind of officials another. is president trump, w put in kind of officials another. is president trump, w put in charge officials another. is president trump, w put in charge around; is [out in. ethge efeued him. man js [out in. ethge efeued him. man to is [out in. ethge efeued him. man to go towards that? he the man to go towards that? he has people he has put in very, very significant positions, who as far as diplomatisally. oihe as far as know, diplomatisally. vihe as far as know, from things they said diplomatisally. vihe as far as the )w, from things they said diplomatisally. vihe as far as the past, >m things they said diplomatisally. vihe as far as the past, >m thii necessarilyi 7 :7— -7 that, do not 7 7 believe that 7 7 7b7e7lieve7t7hat the necessarily believe that the palestinians warrant state, palestinians warrant a state. some of what we that some of what vie deee�*ee the that some of vihat vie deee�*ee the more far right that some of vihat vie deee�*ee israel ore far right that some of vihat vie deee�*ee israel are far right that some of vihat vie deee�*ee israel are correct, and that in israel are correct, and that israel has right the israel has a right to the aceaseee—e— even israel has a right to the amaeeee—e— even in the
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areas. aerhaas. eve’e'i-h'e'he' ~ and areas. eerhaes. eve’e'ih'e’he' ~ and that areas. aerhaas. eve’e'i-h'e'he' ~ and that would be 777tha7t7wil7l777 77 something that will need intense pressure from the and the us still world*;ahd theb's will still to be at the of need to be at the forefront of that. we'll president be man to 7777m7a7h £577 that7 7 7777m7a7h t7o77 that7through, the man to see that through, if that happen, if and if that doesn't happen, if there is a much bigger, wider resolution of these immense long—standing issues between longestanding issues'between and the palestinians, israel and the palestinians, can there be real can there be any real solution to this the term rather —e the short—te7rm? would a becoming the ceasefire becoming the end of the war in gaza, the of the vvar in. raza the e'eaeehf — e— .. . . — e—— the vvar in. raza the eleaeehf .- -.---- —— the hostages, the the vvar in. raza the eleaeehf .- -.---- .. the hostages, the release thousands more thousands7 more palestinian that in 77 77that ih7it7s7el7f7 7 a move towards ending be a move towards the ending the long—term conflict israel and between jsrael. and already just be palestinians, already just be another sticking palestinians, alreadyjust be another sticking plaster in year or two removed again in a year or two or a years when the or a few years when the conflict will out again? conflict will break out again? we are seeing in the occupied = -=: bank, w7e bank, we are west bank, we are seeing it forces carry out a
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offensive injenin, offr refuge7e jeni7n, there, particular refugee camp, there, a hotbed, we palestinian militants, palestinian militants, palestinian fighters. what we have heard, we cannot go by that 100%, have heard, we cannot go by that100%, but have heard, we cannot go by that ioo%, but what we have heard from people that heard from the people that trump have has put president trump havehas put him, they are not eee�*ihe�* hihh ehe? ehe hee the efe�*fhe�* h'he ehee etfe hee the feeling efe�*the�* h'he ehee effe hee the feeling in the against the feeling in the israeli government that they have a to act with great have a right to as; with great the have a right to ggt with great the occupied have a right to aet with great the occupied west force in the occupied west bank. that could lead to more rather than resolving problems rather than resolving them. a, ~ problems rather than resolving them. ., ~ ,, problems rather than resolving them. ., ~ . problems rather than resolving them. ., . ., them. thank you so much for shafinu them. thank you so much for sharing your _ them. thank you so much for sharing your - with - them. thank you so much fori sharing your - with us. oui’ our regional 7 77 our regional middle that's our regional middle east editor.
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as well as relative of arbel yehud — one of the hostages released on thursday — and grandson he told us what the feeling is like in hostage square, of his friend. i mean, today have been released ofer is closure for the kalderon family that all of them now are back home. people, no matter what she does, how she cares about the children in gaza while keith is still there, she is an angel. it's an unbelievable weekend for me, seeing arbel coming back, which is the most important hostage
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she said it's the the energy here is crazy. and pain it became the square ofjoy and happiness, and you see the faces, you see the look on each one's face, how calm and happy they are, how the tears go out, it's unbelievable. released. gaza being freed? what has it meant
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for your movement?
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run any country or to control people like that. and just tell us a bit more about your grandfather, who is still being held by hamas. we are very concerned. i mean, today is the first day when we see young men going out of gaza. those should happen so long time ago. great—grandfather, he has blood pressure issues, he had a lot we are not optimistic, but a like yesterday,
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know, aemiracle likeyesterday, gives hope, but we have no it gives hope, but we have no indication about my grandfather -e! since november 23. we are so today to happy teéay te eee everyeherrr— ~— , ~ ~ look happy teéay te pee everyeherrr— ~— , ~ ~ look is happy taaay ta aee 2v2"yehe—~— ~— , ~ ~ look is going on clapping. look what is going on here. it is unbelievable joy. we have some breaking news coming in from scotland. eliza and henrietta hoosti. in aberdeen last month. another body was discovered on friday evening near the river dee. formal identification is yet to take place, but the sisters' family has been informed. in a move which he said
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would put america first. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas reports. tough tariffs on day one. to have finally arrived. i always say tariffs is the most beautiful word mr trump says those taxes on imported goods will be trading partners. a 25% tariffs on mexico, 25% tariffs on canada and a 10%
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and allowed to distribute into our country. worrying about the impact on their economies. is there anything china, . canada and mexico can do tonight to forestall your implementation - of tariffs tomorrow? of tariffs tomorrow? no, nothing. no, nothing. not right now. not right now. no. no. not a negotiating tool? not a negotiating tool? no it's not. no it's not. no. no. and he hinted that something similar might be coming for those across the pond too. for tat trade war in his first for those across the pond too. am i going to impose tariffs on the european union? do you want the truthful answer or should i give you a political answer? you a political answer? absolutely, absolutely. absolutely, absolutely. the european union has treated us so terribly. this is in mr trump's playbook.
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he engaged in a brief tit he engaged in a brief tit for tat trade war in his first term, when he slapped tariffs on canadian aluminium products and steel. canada retaliated and they've promised to do the same again. mark carney, the frontrunner to be the new canadian prime minister, said they won't be pushed about. i think president trump probably thinks that we in canada will cave in, but we are going to stand up to a bully. we're not going to back down. we're united. um, and we will retaliate. but many economists say these tariffs are a risky move that could spark a wider trade war, and american consumers might pay the price. an air ambulance carrying six people, including a child, has crashed in a heavily—populated residential area in the us city of philadelphia. local media is reporting that the child on board the learjet had been receiving care for a life—threatening condition and was returning home to mexico. the federal aviation administration is investigating. our reporter barry
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caffrey has the latest. cctv footage captured the medical helicopter coming down before a large fireball rose over a built up neighbourhood in philadelphia. several fires started on the ground in the northeast of the city. emergency crews rushed to the area as residents crowded streets littered with fiery debris and pieces of the aircraft. witnesses described a chaotic scene with people who were injured and structures ablaze. what you're seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disaster. for as awful as that aviation disaster was, tonight, we also saw the best of philly. we saw neighbour helping neighbour. we saw pennsylvanians looking out for one another. i want to especially thank and salute philly fire and philly police who did an
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extraordinaryjob this evening. we know that there will be loss in this region, and we want to offer our thoughts and our serious prayers for those who are grieving at this moment. according to a statement posted online from the company believed to be operating the flight, six people, four crew members, a child patient and the patient�*s escort were on board at the time of the crash. a spokesperson from jet rescue air ambulance told reporters the child on board was receiving care
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officials suspect all 67 people aboard both retrieved the flight recorder from the helicopter. barry caffrey, bbc news. a reminder of our top story, which is that today has seen the fourth release of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners as part of the pfiaphera'aa'pa'fepf'th’a’ agreement between ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas. a reminder of hostages released, the the hostages released, the first keith he was first was keith siegel, he was 65 years old, he was in fact
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the last to be released, he is ”a aeaway way to a medical for to a medical for to . treatment. we saw the of ofer also saw the release of ofer who is 53 years old, kalderon, who is 53 years old, and then shortly after that was kalderon, who is 53 years old, anc release ortly after that was kalderon, who is 53 years old, anc release or yarden that was kalderon, who is 53 years old, anc release or yarden bibas, as the release of yarden bibas, who is 3a years old. this is a bittersweet moment, because yarden bibas was into yarden bibas was taken into captivity alongside his wife and two all and two young children, all three are said to have been in an israeli air killed in an israeli air strike, according to but israel confirm those details. also seen the release oil we've also seen the release of prisoners palestinian'prispners from prison. you're watching offer prison. you're watching bbc news, stay us. hello.
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at murrayfield, it's going to be on the chilly side got these weather fronts, the zone of cloud pushing as it comes in, that's where we start to see to northern ireland, but mainly across western scotland. of which will be towards the coasts bordering the north sea, but western parts of england and wales, temperatures at the highest where the wind across western now, into tonight, these areas will see the cloud thicken up further and degrees strengthen
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a bit more. many other parts will be dry, and with clearer skies developing across central and eastern england, it's here you're most likely to see a frost into sunday compared with today. that weather front, though, that pushes in tonight all becomes stranded on sunday. into the west, that tends to kill the weather front off, so the heaviest of the rain likely in the morning, too, by brightening up here. it will be a good deal sunnier than today, and temperatures fairly similar to today's values, at around 7 to 10 degrees. into sunday night and through to monday, these next batch you will notice isobars starting to become a bit closer together. that's an indication that the winds will be picking up.
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the highlands and islands, later into the end of looking largely dry. you can check for details wherever you are on the bbc weather app. see you soon.
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live from london.
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it comes after the earlier release of three israeli the three will now be transferred to an israeli hello. agreement reached between israel and hamas. on friday and shortly after 8.30 local time
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