in exchange israel has freed 183 palestinian prisoners, after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose at a school in sheffield. energy independence. hello, i'm kasia madera. and reunited with

families in ramallah. 34—year—old or levy was captured at the nova music who's 52 were both taken from kibbutz beeri. exchange of the gaza ceasefire authorities say seven khan younis after they arrived in the west bank. our middle east correspondent from tel aviv, on the hostage and prisoners release.

of the latest hostages. but when they emerged, ohad ben ami, who's 56, weak and pale. by masked gunmen. and after cheers went up from those watching the live feed in kibbutz beeri, where two of the three men were seized from their homes, adding to their pain, it's still not clear his brother in law was watching from the uk. albeit he's wearing baggy clothes, you can see that his wrists were skinny. he was gaunt. the darkness under his eyes, the pale skin. and the real... the light gone from his eyes. in hostages square, the main family support group said the disturbing images showed there can be no talks on a sensitive second

stage for the gaza ceasefire are soon due to start in earnest, and many israelis and palestinians worry a full end to the war and the return i'm afraid that some are going to be left behind, but i'm also afraid because we experienced no one. are releasing than 180 hostages. are releasing hm 180 hostaues. _, . are releasing hm 180 hostaues. . ., 180 hostages. some convicted of attacks 180 hostages. some convicted of - attacks and _ 180 hostages. some convicted of - attacks and dozens - 180 hostages. some convicted of - attacks and dozens held l deadly attacks and dozens held without but this week, fears the deal might collapse have only

over by the us. more about how the red cross has called for the next release of hostages to be held in private. the red cross have put out this statement, a far more robust so public that they're on these stages that they are seen, i mean, to watch them, hamas are clearly trying they're using what should be a humanitarian exchange to say to the watching world, we are still in charge. damage done to them, clearly by the israeli that they want to be part of a humanitarian exchange,

they didn't use that word. but i think certainly here in israel, that's how it is seen. they say the mood went from celebratory before yes. exchanges so far. thegrelszbzeenvideos but out we should say there's no independent journalist there, because it of course, it isn'tjust the three

hostages who were released today, but 183 and while there were some people in there who were that resulted in the deaths of people, there are also without any any conviction. of the border as well. and worth also saying, joe, that some of those palestinian because of the state, the condition that they were in of them needed hospital treatment as well. so both sides clearly unhappy with the condition

omri miran. he was taken hostage by hamas on october 7th. i've been asking his brother—in—law moshe lavi what he knows about his condition and potential release. i wish i knew what to answer. i don't know anything about omri's condition. the hostages to ensure that they receive proper treatment, proper nutrition, that they are not abused and tortured. and sanitation, and i'm very concerned about them. that phase two happens as soon as possible. captive if we want to see

them home alive. that my sister will hug him, that my nieces will kiss him. but time is of the essence. omri was taken from kibbutz nahal oz. tiny, tiny little girls at that stage. if you could relive that. yes. certainly. my entire immediate family experienced october 7th were all in, in the area where, where i grew up. but we experienced the worst. hamas terrorists barged into their home first through the windows of the bathroom, and then

they use a teenage boy from the kibbutz, tomer, to lure them to open the door. sadly, tomer�*s body was found a few days later. he was killed on october 7th. so for hours more, they were held captive in their own home. my nieces, ronni and alma were held at gunpoint. and pointing a gun at herface. they were in a group with another family in the kibbutz. they took her phone and filmed it. she'll take care of the girls and ask him not to be a hero. but he has been a hero

ever since surviving. and we're waiting to see him. luckily, my sister and my nieces were rescued that day we could have lost them as well. my entire family. but luckily we are whole, but not entirely whole because we're still waiting for omri to return. megan sutcliffe is a middle east analyst at the intelligence consultancy sybilline. occupant of the white house. a transition to post—war governance that would be in the third phase.

the displacement of two million palestinians from gaza, third phase would look like and what exactly israel is hoping to achieve in these negotiations. it's been categorically rejected by hamas as well as by egypt and by jordan. and so it's likely that this has been a real spanner and, megan, as we watch some of those 183 palestinian released from israel's ofer prison are undertaking medical what is your understanding as to where we are? is there a potential that this first stage will be extended? it all remains very uncertain.

at present, we don't receive a running commentary of how exactly negotiations are going, because there is a degree held with indirect mediators, qatar and egypt. but what we do know is that there have been several seen israel and hamas engaging with negotiators on monday regarding the transition to the second phase. that would be the permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of idf personnel from gaza. but then we saw on tuesday the israeli prime minister's office announcing that negotiators would only depart towards the end of the week, and we haven't received transition, given that we are running out of time before the 2nd of march, when the first phase will expire. it's becoming increasingly

unlikely that we will see see some form of idf operations in gaza resuming much on the situation in the middle east on our website much on the situation in the we dle east on our website much on the situation in the we dle return| our website much on the situation in the we dle return to ii’ website much on the situation in the we dle return to it website much on the situation in the we dle return to it on bsite much on the situation in the we dle return to it on bbc and we will return to it on bbc news. a special church service has been held this morning, to death at his school in sheffield on monday. another 15—year—old, who cannot be named because of his age, a march is about to take place from sheffield town our reporter gerryjackson is in sheffield, following well, at the end of a devastating week

to this immensely popular teenager, but also to take the anti—knife crime message to the streets of his home city. this morning, a special mass was dedicated to harvey area of sheffield. that's right next to his old primary school, gathering for what will be an anti—knife crime message. the home of sheffield united, the club that harvey supported. a joy to be around.

was making them even stronger. and as you say, a 15—year—old boy has been charged with harvey's murder and this week was remanded into youth detention. now it's time for a look at today's sport. it is all about the football today. it is. to grow on warren gatland as wales made it 1a straight defeats with a 22—8 loss against italy in rome. it a miserable day for them. fightback coming far too,,, , late. they have little, too late. they have beaten in three out of beaten wales in three out of the last four meetings. that man under pressure. italy man is under pressure. italy were in the driving seat early wales rallied with two

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to put a lot of pressure half scare to beat third tier leyton orient. at one of the biggest cup upsets in east london. strike byjamie donley which came back off the bar, and rebounded in off city goalkeeper stefan ortega. themselves back into it — rico lewis's shot deflected in off substitute abdulkadir khusanov, before another sub — if we think about madrid, today we win. we have two we don't win. we have two finals, six semifinals in a row in the fa cup, we take it

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goals in la liga so far this season. a 2—0 test series win against sri lanka in galle. wickets between them. lots more happening on the bbc where you can sport website where yeh can up—to—date the sport website where you can up—to—date the football [ugh mu [ugh 7wil7l on; reports suggested that usaid's staff could be slashed this was the scene on friday

at the organisation's america's role in foreign aid assistance, but the dismantling our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. aid has already started. signs identifying the agency's washington headquarters have remains unclear. ajudge has put on hold the trump administration's plan to save the agency. with this ruling, it does provide a reprieve. as well for payments

that the us government for international assistance. when you look at usaid, that's a fraud. the whole thing is a fraud, very little being put to good use. and transactions is either corrupt or ridiculous.

latvia, estonia, and lithuania disconnected their electricity that serves most of the rest of the european union. the three baltic nations, all former soviet republics, wanted to do so to block russia's ability to our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, is across this and told us more. for a long time been warning of that. and obviously when russia launched its invasion, first of crimea and then the full scale invasion of ukraine, it became clear just how powerful a weapon energy blackmail was. republics are essentially severing further from their soviet past. with this, they're linked into a network of soviet era

belarus and russia. they've switched those off today. so the eu's foreign policy chief, she said it's a victory for freedom and for european unity. the estonian prime minister called it historic. the lithuanian prime minister said it would strengthen energy both to the baltic republics and also to the entire eu. and there's a further complication because russia has between lithuania and poland, and that, the link from this network to kaliningrad has also now been turned off.

energy island of its own. fine. they've been preparing it for years, and it so it's a very complicated situation. yes. it's extraordinary, isn't it? incredibly isolated, that little enclave. just in terms of the physicality of this, been quite a bit of work. yeah. but this has been years, more than 15 years in the planning. the three baltic nations are now operating in what's to the wider european

electrical system. the king and queen hosted a black—tie dinner last night and david beckham and the actor stanley tucci attended cooking methods. sounds delicious. i didn't get my invite. you my invite. thank you for watching news. saturday my invite. thank you for watching bbc news. saturday has been a dull day with rain and drizzle. if you went high been a dull day with rain and driz hills, you went high irete. . been a dull day with rain and driz hills, some ent high irete. . been a dull day with rain and driz hills, some wintry h irete. . the hills, some wintry nurse over the past 2a hours, this in county durham is too part in county durham is too metres above sea and

few flurries. for most, just a few flurries. for most, just rain falling from cloud. in not a in the scotland, not a cloud in the sky, a beautiful day. we have had a ridge of high pressure and we will keep the clear skies in the night. cold and overniht. further frosty overnight. further extensive low cloud, south, extensive low cloud, turning misty with rain and drizzle pretty extensively. temperatures stay just about freezing. in scotland, above freezinge to scotland. for northern widespread frost for northern areas, lowest down areas, lowest temperatures down to —7. the high pressure for get stronger—across scotland sunday. that means what during sundayelhatemeanswhat should have broken scotland should have broken cloud and spells of sunshine. fewer showers for eastern areas, for northern ireland, and wales, a lot of england and wales, a lot of cloud with mr extensive. a few cloud withrextensifi. a few patches possible cloud withrextensive. a few patches possible and rain fog patches possible and rain and drizzle. of the damp and drizzle. most of the damp weather will focus on eastern areas and the midlands through

the there could be the afternoon. there could be party drizzle everywhere. party drieele everywheree ~ ww w in the most part, temperatures in the most part, four or 6 degrees. high pressure start in the north—east, feeding these northweast; feedingin these east winds. they make cold, east winds. they make it feel quite cold if you're out and about. another and and about. another grey and misty start, with rain and drizzle in the morning, drieele in the’merning. the far particularly the far more in the way of south—east. more in the way of cloud pushing into eastern cloud pushingrinto eastern of scotland, there areas of scotland, where there could be some showers towards the coast. across western could be some showers towards the coast. that >ss western could be some showers towards the coast. that is. western could be some showers towards the coast. that is where rn could be some showers towards the coast. that is where we will scotland, that is where we will see the best breaks in the cloud and any sunshine. cloudand any sunshine. spot the difference. tuesday, spot the difference. the a??? tries to the weather front tries to but makes overall comment but makes overall progress. mostly it little progress. mostly it misty and drizzly and stays misty 3nd drizzlu 3nd . continue to stays rnisty 3nd drizzly 3nd . continue to feel cold. in will continue to feel cold. in fact, in our outlook and on the weather are, we keep the wegther are. we keep the cloud week, weather are. we keep the cloud week, although friday, the this week, although friday, the weather system threatens

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