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the released hostages watch on live from tel aviv as their loved ones return. in exchange, israel has freed 183 palestinian prisoners after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose at a school in sheffield. and what to do whale song and human language have in common? find out a little later. welcome to the programme. before move to huge events before we move to huge events in the middle east. some breaking news in the uk on the ffront. ajunior
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caused, that he was very caused, adding that he was very sad to have been suspended. so junior health minister andrew a junior health minister andrew gwynne has sacked as gwynne has been sacked as health and suspended health minister and suspended from the labour after a from the labour party after a newspaper revealed a string of offensive and abusive messages that he sent about 777 77 fellow mps 77f£usiliiips and constituents, fellow mps and councillors. we will get more on that in the moments. on that in the coming moments. let's move to the major news of the day. both sides have expressed concerns for the health of those involved in the fifth exchange of the gaza ceasefire deals . . ,, . the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has expressed shock at what he described as the distressing images of the latest three hostages released by hamas. severe weight loss. but the palestine red crescent says all 183 prisoners released today in ramallah were in need
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since the ceasefire. wyre davies reports from tel aviv. for the families of the three hostages held for 490 days amid a show of force from hamas fighters, and or levy arrived at the handover point watching contain their excitement. shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad. he looks thin.
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he looks bad. condition hit home, as it did for eli's brother—in—law, watching from south wales. and the real... always there with eli. the release of all the captives from gaza as quickly as possible. that is by no means guaranteed. released today under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were
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were admitted to hospital in the occupied west bank after accusations they'd been brutally treated in israeli jails. they humiliated us for a year and a half, says this released prisoner. from october the 7th till now, i knew nothing on both sides, reintegrating on both sides, reintegrating will be hard, particularly will be hard, particularly for eli sharabi, whose wife for eli sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by hamas gunmen in their kibbutz home, to where he will return and two daughters were on his own, but not alone. from one bus to another. at least 183 palestinians were released from several israeli prisons across the country prisons across the country before being taken to before being taken to the occupied west bank, the occupied west bank, occupied eastjerusalem and occupied eastjerusalem and gaza. gaza. we heard from some we heard from some of them about their of them about their experience in detention. experience in detention. this is the result of being this is the result of being abused while being taken abused while being taken from one place to another, from one place to another, from one bus to another.
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it's the result of infections with the disease that you heard about in the prisons, such as scabies in all its forms. i have a mild case. and the severe type that those who stayed behind prison suffer from greatly. it's an indescribable feeling, a rebirth, in the truest sense of the word, a feeling we're experiencing for the first time in our lives. i had been away from home for 21 years. i was beaten yesterday during my transfer to l the israeli security service for an interview. - they beat me on my hand and my legs. l our correspondent in jerusalem, joe inwood has more on the hostage releases. we saw the three men standing on stage and i think compared to other hostage releases, they looked far more gaunt than we have previously seen and there has been widespread condemnation and real concern about their welfare. released and we saw the scenes
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as their families rejoiced, but had real looks of concern on their faces. 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 concern
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of the people released today. fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. he gave his assessement of these latest hostage and let's focus on at the positives right now. five exchanges of hostages and think of the families and loved ones of the israeli the ceasefire still holds. 2 million palestinians can breathe a bit for now, they are not being killed and maimed. the challenge facing
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the international community is president trump's statement about forcing the palestinians out of gaza to the israeli prime minister's overarching aim to defeat hamas and expel hamas from gaza. besides that, we have seen in the past few hours, what hamas really was trying to do was a show of strength, telling the world that it controls gaza militarily the palestinian people in gaza and hamas are the next few days and weeks. the next few days and weeks.
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are there moves to try and are there moves to try and change some of the grounds for change some of the grounds for stage two to go ahead, because stage two to go ahead, because part of that included israeli part of that included israeli forces making forces making a complete withdrawal? a complete withdrawal? benjamin netanyahu will have benjamin netanyahu will have pressure on the right pressure on the right of the political parties there for that not to happen and yet, there must be huge pressure there must be huge pressure from all those hostage families from all those hostage families for everyone to be released. for everyone to be released. absolutely correct. you put your finger israeli public to put on the pulse of what, i think, i could be wrong, what think, i could be wrong, what hamas has been trying to do. the scenes that we have seen, parading the three israeli hamas has been trying to do. hostages on stage, forcing them to thank hamas, was part in parcel of hamas' strategy
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of the hostages to get the families
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the reality is that both the lack of pressure by president trump on benjamin netanyahu and the conditions in gaza that hamas continues to exist in gaza, it tells me that weeks, prolonging the first phase. just briefly, donald trump came to office promising to enter the war. surely, he will not want to see that resume?
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hamas, is it really going to negotiate itself a position in gaza? were hoping, many people were hoping that the meeting between focus on attaining the temporary ceasefire into a in fact, what donald trump did was so by throwing an idea, an irrational idea, instead of really keeping the focus on making sure that the second phase goes on. secondly, in a sense, hamas will never, ever, they have made it clear, the morning the israeli government and hamas, and the lack of real even though, let's hope and pray that the ceasefire, the second
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phase, continues. let me briefly show you from pasture square pictures from pasture square where many are gathered again, for7 7 7 7 for h7osta g7es, 7 7 for hostag7es, all 7 7 for hostag7es, all of 7 7 calling for hostages, all of them to be as swiftly possible —— —— pictures from as possible —— —— pictures from square. many of them hostage square. many of them are gathered in israel tonight. breaking news here in the uk... as "badly misjudged" messages on whatsapp. a government spokesperson said the prime minister will not who fails to meet high tell me has happened here. andrew gwynne has been member andrew gwynne has been a member since 2005. up to he has since 2005. up to now, he has been a health minister under
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around. mail on keir starmer�*s around. mail on sunday said a story is to sunday said a story is going to be coming out on a tomorrow's paper ,.e.§§..saesi=:a”f’ 77pa7perp7ubl7ished7 7 7 7 ”pgp'e; p7ubl7ish7ed7 7 this 7 is paper published online this evening here, it has found a string of whatsapp messages that he sent in a group. it = -:: that it has 7 that7it7ha7s7hzd7777 7 77 that7it7has7hzd7t7h7ous7ands the paper, between of messages, the paper, between him and various councillors in his region, party and him and various councillors in hi least>n, party and him and various councillors in hi least one narty and him and various councillors in hi least one other and him and various councillors in hi least one other mp. and him and various councillors in hi least one other mp. it and at least one other mp. it highlights if you of that highlights if you of them that have incredibly offensive remarks about 7 people, to people, to was 7 people, to was mps, jewish people, to was mps, including deputy prime minister, diane abbott, the first black female mp to be an -e and also some of 7 aha 515535; of his 7 aha 51570757551; of his fellow mp. and also some of his fellow constituents. it points out that these are incredibly that these arsincredilatg" " and that theee are incredibly” '” " and have that theae are incredibly” '” " and have been sacked. offensive and have been sacked. the paper has a better labour party and street before party and downing street before publishing and they have publishing it and they have made it clear that they acted $0011 50011 as 7 7570706 551115 7 7 7570705 $§7£he7y7 h7ea7rd7
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7 7570705 gag; h7ea7rd7about = -= sacked andrew gwynne this and sacked andrew gwynne as a health minister and have suspended him from the also suspended him from the labour party, pending an labour party. pending an. ccii there labour party, pending an. ,, , , there has been investigation. there has been taken from number ten, a saying that that spokesperson saying that that they will not work someone they will not work with someone failing to meet high standards of the labour party. it said that with party will be taken if individuals are found to have reached high have reached their high standards expected of them. so i think the party are very keen to draw a under this very to draw a line under this very quickly and take this action, as say. he has, andrew as you say. he has, andrew gwynne, has apologised next, 7t7° , . , 7 to have 7 7 7 7 to have regretted 7 7 7 to have regretted it, 7 7 saying to have regretted it, and it's sad to have been and it's sad to haveebeeh ls w e — — he and it's sad to haveebeeh—e a, a", he is a suspended. he is a mp but keir % 5 _n starmer�*s has had as a nation already is government, he lost the transport secretary who stood down from herjob so
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definitely a welcome news from the prime minister this evening. the prime minister this evening-— the prime minister this evenina. ., , .,, the prime minister this evenina. ., , ., evening. to give people a lot more peeple _ evening. to give people a lot more people in _ evening. to give people a lot more people in what - evening. to give people a lot more people in what he - evening. to give people a lotj more people in what he said. evening. to give people a lot i more people in what he said. is it i regret for my bad it i deeply regret for my bad lead misjudged comments. i serve the labour party of my life. was a huge honour to life. it was a huge honour to serve under the premise that keir starmer for the primaries had to be and will had to be suspended and will them in way i can. support them in any way i can. for people who do not know who andrew gwynne because he's andrew gwynne is because he's not a household net name in the is a junior minister. tell uk, is a junior minister. tell me about him and will uk, is a junior minister. tell me ai questions 1d will i; uk, is a junior minister. tell me ai questions about will i; uk, is a junior minister. tell me ai questions about us rill f; uk, is a junior minister. tell me ai questions about us was a uk, is a junior minister. tell me ai questions about us was in some questions about us was in that whatsapp group. the paper said that there _ that whatsapp group. the paper said that there was _ that whatsapp group. the paper said that there was at _ that whatsapp group. the paper said that there was at least - said that there was at least one other mp in that group, they have not named at mp but one other mp in that group, ti thative not named at mp but one other mp in that group, ti that it's not named at mp but one other mp in that group, ti that it's seems 1ed at mp but one other mp in that group, ti that it's seems like at mp but one other mp in that group, ti that it's seems like it mp but one other mp in that group, ti that it's seems like it was but is that it's seems like it was a tight group, presumably a group that they thought was a private space. it gr
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