seven have been taken to hospital in khan younis. at a school in sheffield. lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled south africa's president cyril ramaphosa says his country criticised south africa's land laws and froze american aid to the country. hello thanks for being with us. both sides have expressed concerns for the health of those involved in the fifth exchange of the gaza

ceasefire deal. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has expressed shock at what he described released by hamas. suffered severe weight loss. today in ramallah were in need of medical care and seven were taken straight to hospital. 16 hostages and 566 prisoners have been freed since the ceasefire. wyre davies reports from tel aviv. for the families of the three hostages held for 490 this date was the one they'd been waiting for. amid a show of force from hamas fighters, as the minibus carrying ali sharabi, ohad ben—ami watching from their tel aviv home, sarabhai's family but as the three emerged

looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i he looks thin. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality brother in law, watching from south wales. and the real... the light that is always there with eli. after seeing the conditions of the hostages released

as quickly as possible. that is by no means guaranteed. under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans detained during the war and held without charge. the palestinian red crescent said seven of those released were admitted to hospital in the occupied west bank they humiliated us for a year and a half, says this released prisoner. about the outside on both sides. home, to where he will return on his own, but not alone. buddha davis,

bbc news, tel aviv. on the hostage releases. gaunt than we have previously seen and there has been widespread condemnation and real concern about their welfare. the three men were taken to a military hospital we've seen that and have had a statement from the hospital looking after them in the last hour or so, saying that they are severely malnourished. the palestine red crescent has also expressed some on the other side? yes, we've had calls from both sides and when you see the again, some of them look

in a bad condition. we had a rather competent interview, by a saying that some of the their condition too. we are seeing both sides trying to highlight the condition of the people released today. obviously, there is pressure for these exchanges are to continue and for the ceasefire process to continue. just update us and want the latest thinking is under that. there are negotiators, israeli negotiators on their way to technical details around the first stage of the ceasefire. the stage we are currently

an actually, we had from the are coordinating this, they say that future exchanges should be done in private. this is a much more difficult to bid. stage one because as a temporary ceasefire where it stage two is about moving to a permanent ceasefire, permanent peace between the two sides and all the remaining 11 hostages are released. difficult, but to the fact that we have had this intervention from president trump, so much talked about over the last of the middle east and handed over to the us to be controlled by them. they are feeling a little bit more uncertain.

discussed and how they're going to be discussed until we get news from the talks. this round of talks that were supposed to be happening. that would have been on monday. both sides were quite keen to point out at the time that take place between israel and hamas directly, they always egyptians and americans. on monday, i did have a statement from hamas saying that they were in qatar are ready for talks and you had israelis in washington having conversations between neetanayhu and the us special representative.

i do not think the conversations were starting in a removal sense as they were expecting. talks. they were going to be framed and dictated by conversations that the prime minister netanyahu had in washington, most notably one with mr whitcof and president trump. and to those conversations were taking place and prime minister netanyahu were back and can set parameters with those negotiators. fawaz gerges is a professor of international he gave his assessement on the latest hostage and prisoner exchange. let's focus on at the positives right now. think of the families and loved ones of the israeli the challenge facing

the international community is i don't think the second phase of the ceasefire will see the president trump's statement about forcing the palestinians out of gaza to the israeli prime minister's it is still standing despite the fact that it has been weakened.

the palestinian people in gaza and hamas are unified in maintaining their steadfastness in gaza. you have to wait and see what happens in the next few days and weeks. are there moves to try and change some of the ground for stage two to go ahead, because part of that included israeli forces making a complete withdrawal? benjamin netanyahu will have pressure on the right of the political parties there for that not to happen yet, there must be huge pressure from all those hostage families correct. you put your finger on the pulse of what, i hostages on stage, forcing them to thank hamas, was part in parcel of hamas�* strategy to get the israeli public to put

pressure on benjamin netanyahu and his coalition to go ahead israeli hostages back. the reality is there is a great deal of pressure on benjamin netanyahu internally and we know in the past 15 months that the internal pressure was not effective. benjamin netanyahu agreed to the ceasefire as a are concerned about what donald trump did in his meeting with benjamin netanyahu. in the uk and to remember 15 year old harvey willgoose, who was stabbed to death at his school earlier this week. gerry jackson reports.

sheffield, and the name of one boy rings out across his home city... five days after his death, this was the response of his community, notjust in tribute to him, but to take an anti—knife message onto the streets. he used to come down to my matches and he helped deserve this at all. pausing at a church to allow moments of celebration and reflection. a sense of goodness with people and goodness in the city, that's happened. i think i needed that service.

it was silent with everybody together, gathering those l harvey was a sheffield united supporter, and today, matchday, normally boisterous fans were keen to pay their own respects. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with harvey willgoose's murder and remanded into youth detention. gerry jackson, bbc news. tiktok is being sued by the parents of four after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the app in 2022. the lawsuit accuses tiktok of pushing dangerous to the so—called "blackout" challenge have been blocked. laura kuenssberg about it...

and lisa for you, what do you hoped the court case might achieve, because it is a big deal for parents to take on a huge corporation, to go to court in america? accountability. they need to look at notjust us, it's notjust in england, it's the us, it's everywhere. and we want tiktok to be forthcoming, what why hold back from giving us the data? how can they sleep at night? with both lisa and the three other parents bringing the complaint on laura kuenssberg's programme tomorrow morning. the deaths of a british couple, whose bodies were found at their home. the bodies of dawn and andrew searle

the cause of their deaths is not yet known. dawn's son, a musician and actor, says his family are grieving their loss. the indian prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party looks set to form a government in the capital delhi after the high—stakes election for the state legislature. let's speak to our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan. tell us about what is in the indian happening in the indian capital. happening in the indian caital. , happening in the indian caital, , ., , ., happening in the indian caital. , . ., capital. this was a battle of the - between - capital. this was a battle of the - between the - capital. this was a battle of - the - between the governing the seed between the governing party and the ruling party and the incoming ruling party and the incoming ruling party in delhi that has been ruling continuously said 2015. you so veryjubilant scenes where the supporters of the bjp

where thesepeertersef the bjp celebrating by beating the were tetebretihe by beating the ~ ~ and were tetebretihe by beetihg the ,, ,. and distributing drums and distributing sweets. what this means that for the drums and distributing sweets. what this bjp, is that for the drums and distributing sweets. what this bjp, it that for the drums and distributing sweets. what this bjp, it shows r the drums and distributing sweets. what this bjp, it shows that governing bjp, it shows that premised minister narendra 7 his messa-e his message reflection and his message reflection of the people and resonate with peo ple i .. see;e—.%f% people, and it is not the the people, and it is not the first victory. after the election last year, general election last year, people were wondering about the popularity because mist is narendra modi's party did not get form in get form majority in parliament. 0nce get form majority in parliament. once again, in another state election, his = -: has become a big popularity has become a big talking point and now the bjp has come back to power, but it is also a moment of reflection for the other party which for thenther party which as a for thecther party which as a huge started as a huge corruption room about ten, 12 years ago. ” £31591 " " " 77 "a; 311119} ragga” ' ' is a huge mega merger that is a huge mega merger bodies with a population of 30 million, some do a european country's a population. it is a

huge pointless. even the huge mega pointless. even the powers of the state array limited to, they were able to win in other in other states whereas here, they were not able to win it now, this has capped the popularity of mist is is capped the popularity of mist is , . ., , is brady. happened in the given what happened in the national elections last year where the bjp was losing ground, they seem to be doing better year? in ground, they seem to be doing better. year?— ”months, 7 ”months, if 7 ”months, if you see the few months, if you see the state elections in these areas, even many opinion polls even though many opinion polls were suggesting the opposition alliance could a huge dent alliance could make a huge dent in the states, now this is their that tandy bjp, mist is narendra modi's party is warning. it shows that some policies are working with his policies are working with the people and he is who you are peter, let us not forget that. if you forany

are peter, let us not forget that. if you for any survey, is way feqjqshqqe ' w ’ t; zay’éh’eéé’of’ " ” ' w 7 "ni; wayahiead’ofiany” ' w 7 he is way ahead of any opposition leader. the other here in delhi, it is all issue here in delhi, it is all about the opposition and disunity. in fact, the da which of congress which as consisted of congress which as the main and the the main opposition and the other party, which was in was in part in delhi, they were all in part in delhi, they were all in one alliance to in one alliance trying to oppose, they to replace oppose, they wanted to replace and challenge here, and challenge mr modi. here, they are competing against each other. do not get a other. they do not get a single seatin other. they do not get a single seat in delhi, in fact, the bjp won 48 seat. this unity amongst seat in delhi, in fact, the bjp won 48 se is this unity amongst seat in delhi, in fact, the bjp won 48 se is also unity amongst seat in delhi, in fact, the bjp won 48 se is also another1ongst seat in delhi, in fact, the bjp won 48 se is also another key|st eeeeeitieh ie etse ehether key if you add to the factor. if you add to the number of votes in some of the constituencies, if the other party and congress had f: 7: z" ehey they could probably together. they could orobably , , , stepped together; they could orobably , , , stepped and also some of all stepped up and also some of the budget announcements is giving tax reliefs in the like giving tax reliefs in the middle class and also to and the farmers and derihg the——— , ~ the bjp also campaign, the bjp also announced a lot of welfare

schemes. this includes giving $28 per month to women and many gggyger month'to worn errand me ny �*freebies, gggiger month'to worn errand me ny �*freebies, which gggiger month'to worn errand ma ny �*freebies, which they other freebies, which they like subsidised cooking called, like subsidised cooking gas cylinders. this is overall a positive news for the bjp. ajudge in the us has blocked the department at the treasury. thejudge also ordered mr musk�*s team to immediately as �*persecuted south african farmers' will be welcome in the us. this comes after president donald trump signed an executive order stopping all financial aid to the country over what he calls human rights violations. the administration says

a land expropriation law, which south africa has recently passed is discriminatory against white farmers. white south african farmers and their families as richard kagoe is monitoring events from nairobi and sent us this update. halting the financial systems to south africa. this is very critical for various programmes that were being done across south africa, supporting research and also within the health care sector. this has been met with so much outrage in south africa, and we just had a statement from the how much is elon musk

involved with this? he is of course have south african origin? absolutely, because of his ancestral roots. he has been quite vocal about this. he has used his own platform x to join in the discussion and also as part of the debate, highlighting what he considered to be the plight of the white minority farmers who own large chunks of land. that has what has informed the a debate in wider to agricultural use, that could be used potentially to resettle the majority of the black population, who live in urban townships and also in rural reserves. what political reaction has there been in south africa? depending on your position, so you would have members of the anc party, the african national

congress party who have been very categorical and really pushing for land reforms and saying that it is time to address ensuring the easy quality in terms of land distribution across the country and you would have the democratic alliance, which is really quite pro—business and largely does represent the interests of the white farmers in the country. they have been very categorical that this is skewed in favour of the black majority. latvia, estonia, and lithuania disconnected to join the network that serves most of the rest the three baltic nations, all former soviet republics, 0ur europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, told me more about the switch away

from russian power grid. years to implement. so before the time that russia launched aggressions against ukraine, you're thinking of the annexation of crimea in 2014, the launch of an insurgency in the eastern ukraine, and then the full—scale but all those steps obviously accelerated the pressure to disconnect from this, the russian and belarusian grid. so its old soviet infrastructure tied in with an agreement from about 25 years ago. and what it does, although lithuania, estonia and latvia had already stopped buying electricity invasion of ukraine, they were still subject controlled the frequency, the operating frequency.

so very important thing. they've disconnected from the cabling system is sandwiched between lithuania and poland. and now, they are doing a series of testing before reconnecting, russia has indeed. russia says that it's a political move. but also for the wider eu. they say that kaliningrad is operating fine and that it they ship in liquid natural gas and then so that's quite important. but their wider worries within the baltic nations, i mean, the system up to now is working fine. there were fears that there

might be some people rushed to buy generators. so they're watching out for potential physical sabotage operations or cyber attacks or disinformation campaigns. to date, none of those have happened. million at auction in new york. ever sold, though it still fell short of its estimate. sotheby�*s auctioneers said the proceeds from the violin sale would go to establish a scholarship in support it was purchased by an anonymous buyer. i wonder if they are going to play it. thanks for watching. this bbc news.

play it. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. hello, saturday has been a cloudy day for the bulk of the uk with around. we have uk with drizzle around. we have seen some with chewiness over seen some with chewinessover last 24 hours. this part of the last 24 hours. this part of county durham is over 200 metres above sea and at metres sleeve sea levelamjgt ., ., ,, ., , ., ., kind reetres ebeye see levelamjgt ., ., ,, ,, , ., ., kind of rnetres ebeye see levelandet ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ kind of height, there have a few flurries here 7 af7ew7flu7rr77ies7h7e7r7e anti 7 been a few flurries here and but for most, it has been there but for most, it has been rain drizzle falling from cloud 7 cloud today. 77 cloud today. not 77 cloud today. not; in the cloud today. not a cloud in the cloud today. not a cloud in the sky for the highlands, a day. here, a ridge of beautiful day. here, a ridge of high pressure with us and we are going to keep those clear skies throughout the night. it will be cold and frosty here overnight. further south was, extensive low cloud, turning gtensive low clou¢turning with outbreaks extensive low clou¢turning with outbreaks of rain misty with outbreaks of rain and usual, pretty extensive. the most part, temperatures the most part; temperatures above but in stay above freezing but in scotland, widespread floods in northern areas. lowest temperatures down to about —7. this ridge of high pressure is going to get a bit going to get a little bit

�*across going to get a little bit �* across during stronger across college during sunday and that means more of scotland have broken scotland should have broken cloud and spells of sunshine. fewer showers as well, eastern out in scotland. for northern ireland, and wales, ireland, england and wales, expect a lot of cloud. if you for patch as and fe ditch es ofiffb'e ehd "we —— —— . , ~ and fe d3t'h 3s ofiffb'e 3hd "we —— —— . , ~ and drizzle fe d3t'h 3s oaffb'e 3hd "we —— —— . , ~ and drizzle around fa d3t'h 3s oaffb'e 3hd "we —— —— . , ~ and drizzle around there. rain and drizzle around there. much of the damp weather would to be refocused across tend to be refocused across eastern areas of england and midlands had into the midlands after we had into the midlands after we had into the afternoon. could be a patch of visual just about anywhere. for the most part temperatures for the most part is about 4—6 c. i say to is about 4—6 c. i pretty say to the north—east, continue to thendrth-east, continue to in these the’north-east, continue to in these cold east, feed in these cold east, north—easterly winds. those winds that make you feel quite if you are out and about. �*grey, cold, 77 77 77 777 77 7 777 �* grey, cold, cloudy �*grey, cold, cloudy and another grey, cold, cloudy and misty start. in the morning, particularly till the far eertieeterty titt the far “math , a bit more in the way of pm a verge f 3:— put it 7 put it into 7 put it into eastern 7 put it into eastern areas cloud put it into eastern areas of cloud, could be a resumption of cloud, could bea resumption some showers to what of cloud, could be—a resumption some showers to what it is oteome showers to what it is across that is where we case. across that is where we are... to see the best are most likely to see the best of cloud. tuesday, a case was the difference. weather fronts to to try to come in for to fronts to try to come in for

the atlantic but makes little overall progress to what is south—west, for most, still cloudy, misty, a bit of drizzle eguedy, misty, abitof drizzle and there. it eleltdy, misty, abitof drizzle and there. it will here and there. lt willfl ,. 3 —— to feel here and there. lt willfl 3 3 3 to feel on the coast continue to feel on the coast died. in fact, continue to feel on the coast died. infact, in our continue to feel on the coast died. in fact, in our outlook and on the weather app, we keep the cloud for the most of the rest of the although rest of the week although friday, when the system comes rain, may be threatening rain, may be persuaded preceded by a little of snow for some.

this is bbc news,

the headlines... the red cross, and are now back in israel. an outpouring of emotion — family and friends of as their loved ones return. in exchange israel has freed 183 palestinian prisoners, hundreds take part in an anti—knife crime march after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled their power grids from russia and belarus, in a step towards energy independence. country won't be bullied — after us president donald trump criticised south africa's land laws and froze american aid to the country.

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