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greeted by crowds after leaving israel's ofer prison. in this exchange — some of those freed will now be transferred to hospital for treatment friends and relatives gathered in tel aviv in the conflict between rebels and government in the drc forces since sunday. sparking fires in a built up neighbourhood. had been on board. we'll have more on the situation in the middle east

the eastern democratic republic of congo could escalate into a regional war. advancing south. a stark warning from bureau de�*s president, what you make of it? —— burundi. is de's president, what you make of it? -- burundi. _ of it? -- burundi. ”first?! _ indication - of it? -- burundi. “fist?! _ indication of - of it? -- burundi. “fist?! _ indication of the l containing indication of the rise of tensions in the region. this conflict seems to be furtherjust beyond escalating furtherjust beyond the of the the boundaries of the democratic republic of is spreading % is spreading further, 77 is spreading further, but 77 is spreading further, but we hearing 77 7 hearing of 7 are hearing of immense more than 700 casualties, more than 700 people since

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and we've had the largest single release — so far — atjust after 8:30 local time, 0fer kalderon — a dual french—israeli citizen — was released to the strip. he was followed by yarden bibas — who's wife and two infant the 65—year—old was kidnapped with his wife aviva siegel. she was released after 51 days in captivity under in exchange, today israel has released more than 180 palestinian prisoners.

of 0fer kalderon who has just been released, as well as who is still being held hostage by hamas. and how he is feeling about the release of his friend. and there is closure for the kalderon family that i know keith all his life. about the children in gaza while keith is still there, she is an angel.

she is an angel, and seeing keith go out today, i was so happy. back, which is the most important hostage she said it's the first day she feels joy and happiness since october 7th, seeing arbel going out, so it's the energy here is crazy. you can see all the people from the square of tears face, how calm and happy they are, how the tears go

what has the recent ceasefire meant for you and the fact that we've seen a steady stream of those held captive in gaza being freed? what has it meant for your movement? being elected and put the hostage issue as a strong and important it is to see the hostages back home, and as well to bring a ceasefire to gaza and make

that's so important. can expect any more terror organisations to 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. what are your concerns for him? to release elderly. i mean, today is the first day when we see young men going out of gaza.

he has blood pressure issues, he had a lot of health we are not optimistic, but you know, a miracle about my grandfather since november 23. look what is going on here. ijust i just to ijust to bring i just to bring you ijust to bring you a statement from arab foreign who are meeting today ministers who are meeting today in cairo, officials from egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, qatar, in cairo, officials from egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, 0a and the palestinian authority and the palestinian authority and the arab league. they are reacting to statements from

77 trump calling president donald trump calling for egypt and to taken far egypt—and jordan ta taken from the gaza strip. residents from the gaza strip. they they reject the they are'saying they'reject the of palestinians from transfer of palestinians from their land under any . or ci rcumstances or they say we citcumstancesor they say we are justifications. they say we are looking forward to with looking forward to working with the trump administration to thetrunap'administratic-n to a just and l eace -eace deal “a east based on his two solution. reaction there state solution. reaction there to comments from 55. 5555; inglessc £72; “liz�*s ww" ....... for 55. 55.555 55555555 5555 5�*555�*5 ............... ....... for some 55. 555.55 55555555 5555 5�*555�*5 ............... w”” for some of trump calling for some of neighbours to taken from there as the is 7175515577 territory is being reconstructed those reconstructed and those calls are being rejected by arab foreign ministers meeting in . today. he gave his assessment on today's hostage release.

which actually risked the lives of the hostages being released. today was very orderly. it was organised. it was...you could see the preparation was done, locations were selected, even the same location. there was crowd control. thursday and hamas took it seriously. will begin for the second phase, which would look at ending the conflict. committed to making sure this ceasefire works? i'm not at all confident.

which is supposed to bring about an end to the war and with steve witkoff, the emissary of president trump. and then we might hear president trump and just explain to us how significant president trump's to achieving a ceasefire. and when i looked at my calendar and saw that three weeks was january

20th, it was very clear administration, the incoming administration, that president trump, didn't want to create any problems between the president and himself. and in fact, he's been rewarded for that as new administration. now, the big question is whether trump will will adhere to that pressure and move forward with this second deal. israel certainly will not accept hamas continuing made by anyone who's going to control gaza. first and foremost, the question for the that's been done to gaza.

the 100,000 wounded, 80% 2 million people homeless. and whether or not they in fact want hamas to continue to govern that territory. and of course, with these hostage releases, and crucially, how they would take take part in any future negotiations. well, it's very clear that hamas has not been destroyed that they're putting on a show of strength. they were supervising the movement of of of the gaza strip. so hamas is making a clear show that they are still in control. i as an israeli watching this, i note, as opposed to many other israelis, that in fact,

still needs to be undertaken by the palestinians, by the arab countries, egypt and jordan, with the americans, because there will be no construction will simply be destroyed again, and no one is going to throw out that money in in just to point you to our live where we continue to have reaction on the 7 reaction on the middle life reaction on the middle east and the report that 0fer

east and the-report that qfer has met with his kalderon has met with his family, we showed you the earlier. to him that it is over saying to him that it is over we will bring more on saying to him that it is over w developments more on saying to him that it is over w developments here 3 on saying to him that it is over w developments here on 1 saying to him that it is over w developments here on bbc those developments here on bbc news. the federal aviation administration is investigating. 0ur reporter barry caffrey has the latest. cctv footage captured the medical helicopter coming northeast of the city. crowded streets littered with fiery debris and

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for some this weekend, six nation matches. but with some sunny spells. increasing amounts of cloud, though, in dublin, and the breeze picking up here, and that's all because we've got these weather fronts, the zone of cloud pushing with this morning. of which will be towards the coasts bordering now, into tonight, these areas will see the cloud thicken up many other parts will be dry, and with clearer skies developing across central

and eastern england, morning, but a lot more sunshine in these areas compared with today. 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, the west of scotland, maybe a bit damp in northern ireland, too, by brightening up here. it will turn increasingly cloudy and damp through western england and wales, not as good a day as today. seven to ten degrees. a bit closer together. gale force winds, with gusts maybe in excess of 60 miles ireland, but away from that

a dry day with varying amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and, for some of you, a little bit milder than this weekend. rain will spread southwards and eastwards, though, looking largely dry. you can check full details wherever you are on the bbc weather app. see you soon.

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