seven have been taken to hospital in khan younis. by sir keir starmer. whalesong. and what do whalesong and human language got in common? find out later in the programme. as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal. has expressed shock at what he described who were paraded on stage before being handed over to the red cross. israel's ministry of health

says they had all had suffered severe weight loss. and the palestine red crescent says all 183 prisoners released 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 days in gaza, this date was the one they'd been waiting for. as the minibus carrying eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy arrived at the handover point. watching from their tel aviv home, eli sharabi's family cheering.

translation: it's mixed feelings. i i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad, he looks thin, he looks bad. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality of the men's condition hit home, as it did for eli's brother in law, watching from south wales. and the light gone from his eyes, the light that was after seeing the conditions of the hostages released today, as possible.

released today under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans the palestinian red crescent said seven of those released in israeli jails. "they humiliated us for a year and a half," says this released prisoner. about the outside." on both sides reintegrating will be hard, particularly for eli sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by hamas gunmen in their kibbutz home, to where he will return on his own, but not alone. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued this

statement during his visit to the us. translation: we will do everything we can l president trump agreed with me, we will do everything to bring we will eradicate hamas and bring back our hostages. the occupied west bank, occupied eastjerusalem and gaza. experience in detention. from one bus to another. i have a mild case. and the severe type that those who stayed behind prison

suffer from greatly. a rebirth, in the truest sense of the word, a feeling we're of the word. i had been away from home for 21 years. translation: l was beaten i yesterday during my transfer to our correspondent injerusalem, joe inwood has more on the hostage releases. we saw the three men standing on stage and i think compared the three men were taken to hospital when released but had real looks of concern

on their faces. on the other side? the pictures of the palestinian prisoners coming off the buses, again, some of them look in a bad condition. as you say, the palestinian red crescent say seven needed we heard a rather competent interview, by a prominent politician by the bbc earlier, saying that some of the men of the people released today. the labour mp andrew gwynne has

been sacked tonight as a health fellow mps and councillors. the greater manchester mp said on x he deeply for any offence caused. our political correspondent leila nathoo has been he's been a member of parliament since 2005. he's currently a... a health minister under keir starmer�*s government going to be coming out it says, the paper says it's had access to thousands of messages, between him and various councillors and it highlights a few of them

that have incredibly offensive minister, angela rayner. and that he has been sacked. so the paper had approached the labour party and downing street before publishing this, and they have made it clear that they acted as soon as they heard about this, and also suspended him from the labour party pending an investigation. he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards as he has in this case.

these comments made in this whatsapp group, are found to have breached the high standards expected of them. keen to draw a line under this very quickly and take this action as you say. already in his government. he's lost a transport secretary. tulip siddiq, his former city minister, had to stand so definitely unwelcome news for the prime minister this evening. offence i've caused. minister by keir starmer." that the prime minister and the party have taken and, while very sad to be suspended, will support

for people who don't know who andrew gwynne is, because he's not potentially a household name even in the uk, to be honest, this is a junior ministerialjob. was on that whatsapp group. exactly. so the paper says that, on that point, that there was at least presumably a group they thought that it says it was set up in 2019, so going back a long way. had been a shadow cabinet member for some time and then came into government here as a junior minister. is someone of importance in the party and in government, but no longer. this sort of behaviour

is not acceptable. four british families who are suing tiktok for the wrongful death of their children, have accused the social media platform of having "no compassion�*. programme, they say they're taking the company to court, to their children. challenge on tiktok in 2022. action, but says searches for videos or hashtags related to the so—called "blackout" challenge have been blocked. laura kuenssberg about it. accountability. they need to look at notjust us, parents around the world. it's notjust in england, it's the us, it's everywhere. and we want tiktok

to be forthcoming, want it to help us. how can they sleep at night? complaint on laura kuenssberg's programme tomorrow morning. the deaths of a british couple, whose bodies were found at their home. dawn's son, a musician and actor, says his family ajudge in the us has blocked the department of government efficiency, run by president trump's ally elon musk, from accessing the personal and financial destroy any material downloaded from treasury records, after 19 state attorneys

general filed a lawsuit. the us state department says what they describe welcome in the us. this comes after president donald trump signed the administration says a land expropriation law which south africa has recently passed is discriminatory against white farmers. trump said the us will establish a plan to resettle richard kagoe is monitoring events from nairobi halting the financial systems to south africa. this is very critical for various programmes and we just had a statement

from the foreign ministry, in south africa and the premise of that particular executive order, it was sort of informed because there was not quite he is, of course, of south african origin. absolutely, because of his ancestral roots. he has used his own platform x to join in the discussion to be the plight of the white minority farmers who own large tracts of land. to agricultural use, that could be used potentially to resettle the majority of the black population,

what political reaction has there been in south africa? you would say that opinion has been divided depending on your position, so you would have members of the anc party, categorical and really pushing for land reforms and saying 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. of the black majority.

one point victory over france. with a 76th minute try — only for england to snatch a one point win with a try of their own in the final seconds, securing a 26—25 victory. yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thou-ht yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thou - ht as yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thou - ht as a yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thou-ht as a team yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thought as a team we yeah, that was pretty special. didn't have my best game, i thought as a team we didn't have best game, but in have the best game, but in terms of outcome, winning w'sfi'u'fiiie'u'évable "anunbelie’vable french against an unbelievable french team at home, in front fof . . of ourfriends: 7 ” 5} sh} friegndsgarfd £077,000 of our friends and doesn't get much better family, doesn't get much better than that, i would say. england are second in the table but wales sit bottom, after losing their first two

matches. it's a 14th successive defeat for wales who've dropped very frustrating from our point of view. as i watched, probably gfgjew. as i watched. probably ourselves ofgiew. as i watched. brobably ourselves in gfgjew. as i watched. brobably ourselves in the foot in shot ourselves in the foot in terms of the penalty count 14—4, terms of the penalty count 14—11, got a few at the hem1lfl e'e "t e �*e e�*; the ~ w ' f 7 and missed hem1lfl ee "t e �*e e�*; the ~ w ' f 7 and missed a heu1’ef’e eke "t e �*e e�*; “the ~ w ' f 7 and missed a couple heu1’ef’e ee "t e �*e e�*; “the ~ w ' f 7 and missed a couple of end and missed a couple of opportunities: and opportunities we created and 7 finish out, so yeah, didn't finish out, so yeah, it was very eight time champions chelsea are hoping to move a step closer to a ninth fa cup title right now — they're up against fellow premier league side brighton in the fourth kaoru mitoma. last season's runners up are already into round five, but not without a scare. manchester city had to come from behind to beat leyton orient, who play two divisions below their opponents. city eventually winning 2—1. all of today's scores

are on the bbc sport website. elsewhere in europe, bayer leverkusen missed the chance to close the gap on bundesliga leaders wolfsberg. meanwhile, there's a huge match under way in spain's la liga with the madrid derby taking place. test against sri lanka — that would also secure them and steve smith 131. that gave australia a lead of 157, but the hosts were reduced to 39—3. dimuth karunaratne — playing in his final test — scoring just 1a. that's a lead of 5a.

he hit 106 offjust 7a balls as new zealand set their opponents 331 to win from their 50 overs. bowled out for 252 — losing by 78 runs. casper ruud is on course to reach the final of the dallas 0pen — he's a set up against spain's jaume munar. rotterdam open title. in three sets and will now face the australian alex and in abu dhabi, belinda bencic has won her first wta title since having a baby. krueger in three sets — lifting the title for

and that's all the sport for now. to form a government in the capital delhi after the high—stakes election for the state legislature. the bharatiya janata party is leading in 48 seats in the 70—member assembly. here's our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan for more on what's been happening in new delhi. it's a big moment for the bjp unit in the capital delhi. because this was a battle of prestige between celebrating by beating drums and distributing sweets. that prime minister narendra modi's popularity

is still intact. and it resonates with the people. and it is not the first victory. in fact, after the general election last year, people were wondering about the popularity because mr modi's party did not get full and his appeal has become a big talking point. and now the bjp has come back to power. movement about ten, 12 years ago. and that really played well with the middle class people. and it was always a bugbearfor the bjp. the powers of the state are very limited, but they were

able to win in other seats, whereas other europe group, the third—largest in the eu parliament, immigration controls and criticised green regulations they claim are holding back european farming. the summit was attended by marine le pen from netherlands' party for freedom and italian deputy premier matteo salvini. among them was also hungarian prime minister viktor 0rban, who praised donald trump. an era has ended. yesterday we were the heretics. today we are the mainstream. whalesong is more similar to human language

than previously thought, according to a new study. researchers looked at how human babies discover words — of st andrews. professor simon kirby, from edinburgh university, also took part in it. i'll never forget the moment we basically took eight years of how children learn language. and what came out the other side was extraordinary. what we saw was this fingerprint that we see this kind of technique to have like a google translate for whales. and the reason is that we don't

actually think whales are using their song like we use language. so in some ways, whalesong is actually a bit more like what's for dinner. communication culturally. inspired technique to birdsong. and our prediction is we should see the same thing there, too. dollars at auction in new york. violin plays.

sale would go to establish a scholarship in support conservatory. it was purchased by an anonymous buyer. i wonder if they're to look i wonder if they're going to look at it or dare to play up. we are back soon with all our main stories more on events main stories and more on events in the middle today. in the middle east today. you're watching bbc news, thanks for staying with us. hello. of the uk, with rain and drizzle around. we have seen some wintriness over the last 2a hours. above sea level and that kind of height, yes, there have been rain and drizzle falling from the cloud today.

in scotland, meanwhile, not a cloud in the sky for the highlands. we've had a ridge of high pressure with us, and we're it will be cold and frosty here overnight. turning misty with outbreaks of rain and drizzle pretty extensively. lowest temperatures down to about minus seven. and spells of sunshine. there'll be fewer showers as well for eastern areas of scotland. and drizzle around. into the afternoon, but there could be an odd patch of drizzle just about anywhere.

another grey, cloudy, misty start to the day. the far southeast. but across western scotland, that's where we're most likely a weather front does try to come in from the atlantic will continue to feel on the cold side. in fact, in our outlook and indeed on the weather app, we keep the cloud for most of the rest of this week. although friday, a weather system comes in threatening bit of snow for some.

this is bbc news — the headlines. three israeli hostages are handed over to cheering. an outpouring of emotion — family and friends of the released hostages watched from tel aviv

as their loved ones returned. by sir keir starmer. and south africa's president cyril ramaphosa says his country won't be bullied after us president donald trump criticised south africa's land laws hello, i'm geeta hamas has freed three israeli hostages in gaza, while israel released 183 palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal. both sides have expressed concerns for the health of those involved in the fifth exchange of the last few minutes, �* keir

sgrmer issued a starmer has issued a statement "i was dismayed to =8¥m5 '! eee dlemescdtflf his and i see his condition and i appreciate deep pain his appreciate the deep pain his relatives have endured and my thoughts are with we must thoughts are with them. we must continue see the hostages continue to see the hostages freed. people were away from their lives the most brutal circumstances. the cease—fire must hold and all efforts need to on full efforts need to focus on full implementation of remaining implementation of the remaining phases. this includes of further hostages and return of further hostages and securing lasting peace in the middle east. " that's the uk prime minister talking about ali whose wife was ali sharabi, whose wife was we will keep you britieh. iele will bee}; gee” ” ' any other comments on across any other comments on that. fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. he gave his assessment of these latest israeli hostages and palestinian

prisoner releases. five exchanges of hostages and prisoners — and captives. the ceasefire still holds. 2 million palestinians now can breathe a bit for now, the challenge facing the international community is

telling the world that it controls gaza militarily and politically and it is still standing despite the fact the palestinian people in gaza and hamas are the next few days and weeks. are there moves to try and change some of the grounds for israeli forces making a complete withdrawal?

there must be huge pressure from all those hostage families for everyone to be released. absolutely correct. hostages on stage, forcing them to thank hamas, on benjamin netanyahu and his coalition to go ahead with the second phase to get all the hostages, israeli hostages back. so, the reality is there is a great deal of pressure on benjamin netanyahu internally, but we know in the past 15 months that the internal

pressure was not effective. are concerned about what donald trump did in his meeting he really threw a grenade at a tinderbox, giving netanyahu a green light or even a yellow light to resume the war. and the reason why so many of us are sceptical so will go ahead of the about whether the israeli prime minister so will go his coalition will collapse and he made it clear that he will never accept hamas to remain in gaza. what you and i and all the viewers have seen

hamas is weakened, but hamas is still standing. gaza that hamas continues to exist in gaza, it tells me that we could see benjamin netanyahu resuming the war in a few weeks, prolonging the first phase. just briefly, donald trump came to office promising to enter the war. a position in gaza? a position in gaza? i think you are absolutely i think you are absolutely correct and we were hoping, correct and we were hoping, many people were hoping that the meeting between by throwing an idea, would focus on attaining the temporary ceasefire many people were hoping that the meeting between president trump and prime president trump and prime minister and netanyahu minister and netanyahu would focus on attaining the temporary ceasefire into a permanent one. into a permanent one. in fact, what donald trump did in fact, what donald trump did was so incomprehensible, was so incomprehensible, truly irrational, truly irrational, 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, except exiting gaza. they have made it clear, the morning after,

gerry jackson reports. sheffield, and the name of one boy rings out across his home city... chanting: ..one - harvey willgoose, one harvey willgoose. .. me through so much. he was such a lovely boy, and he really didn't deserve this at all. pausing at a church to allow moments of celebration and reflection. coming togetherjust

helps people feel more solidarity with each other. a sense of goodness with people and goodness in the city, their own respects. murder and remanded into youth detention. gerry jackson, bbc news. russia's full—scale war on ukraine is now almost three years old. it's an invasion that's transformed life for everyone in the country — and killed and injured both civilians and soldiers. there are now more than 50 thousand amputees — mostly in the military. for the first time, some of those veterans number of clubs across the country,

specifically for amputees. our eastern europe correspondent sarah they call themselves men of steel, just six months on, he's warming up for ukraine's first ever amputee tournament. it was strange to run on crutches and so fast. and that's the one i lost, so i had to learn to play all over again. it's about positivity, the adrenaline, the team spirit. it lifts your mood. you're on fire inside.

now she's a striker for kyiv — the only mixed team on the pitch. translation: i'm in shape now. my hands, arms, back are all getting strong. | she left her baby with her mother and signed up. translation: iwanted to protect my family - unfortunately, it didn't turn out that way. - translation: my husband has now been missing for two years, - so for me, this is . like emotional rehab as well as physical. being back on the pitch has helped demetro cope too. volunteered to fight. then he lost his leg trying to rescue other soldiers.

and every one of us was injured. at first i couldn't cope and i started drinking heavily. amputee football teams. that's why there are plans for more teams and more tournaments. in a country where war has already created tens and more tournaments in a country where war has already created tens of thousands of amputees. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. the families of three people who were killed by a paranoid schizophrenic in nottingham in 2023 say that they will meet the prime minister next week to call for a statutory public inquiry into what happened. a review into the care that valdo calocane that there had been a catalogue of failings. simonjones reports.

it's more than 18 months since ian coates, barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar were stabbed to death, but their families say they are still fighting for answers. taser, taser! stay where you are. this is the moment valdo calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic, was arrested. order for manslaughter. an independent review of his care prior to the attacks, published on wednesday, found his risk was not fully understood or managed. good morning, everybody. once again, thanks for your attendance. that the authorities, who they say failed their loved ones, still need to be held to account. to the prime minister and the rest of the government, make this trauma stop and make ourfight stop now. you have confirmed there will be a public inquiry, but agree the terms that we have been pleading for. make it statutory. all of the agencies, organisations, institutions and vitally individuals must then and will be compelled

the families met sir keir starmer when he was leader of the opposition last year. they will meet him again, this time as prime minister, on wednesday. of the police and the cps, as well as doctors. the nhs review revealed, before the attacks, calocane had been sectioned four times in less than two years, but there had been no contact between him and health staff for about nine months prior to the killings. he wasn't forced to take anti—psychotic medication, the trust which treated him has apologised and says it has

already made significant changes in its mental health care. as they prepare to head to downing street again, have left them feeling horrified and heartbroken, that the government should react. simon jones, bbc news. the ambition is to reshape how the administration works, the bbc�*s analysis editor ros atkins reports. elon musk has a role in the us government unlike any other. like this before in american history. musk leads the department of government efficiency, a department — it's an advisory group, often referred to as doge.

its job is to dismantle federal bureaucracy, which musk calls "an existential threat to our republic." and now that donald trump's in power, elon musk�*s work has begun. staff at the aid agency usaid were told they'd be put on leave. offered payments to quit. and musk�*s team is seeking to audit all government payments. but we're still learning what thatjob is. it's very unclear, but it appears that president trump has given mr musk the ability to exercise almost any into new territory, before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. it's not unusual for senior figures in us administrations

to be unelected, and each president takes a different view on state spending. in the us, the federal government oversees policies and services applying to the whole country, as opposed to at state level. its most recent annual budget was $6.75 trillion. this provides funds for everything from the military to education to healthcare, overseas aid and much more. including calling usaid a criminal organisation. he shared a video claiming usaid pays hollywood stars millions to go to ukraine. as bbc verify reported, the video is fake. he claimed that usaid funded bioweapon research, including covid—19 — again, no evidence. there are other examples too. across the government.

for example, us media reports say doge got access to the treasury's vast payments system. that's now been restricted pending a review, but concerns remain. these are it systems that are very sensitive, that are typically controlled by nonpartisan career bureaucrats, and for good reason, because especially with treasury, the consequences here could potentially be vast for management vast for management of the national debt of america defaulting on its debt. donald trump, though, argues he promised to look at government spending, and doge is doing just that. as for who's doing the work, we haven't been told. news organisation propublica calls the team that doge includes staff from musk�*s companies, such as spacex. but if you're looking for an official list of doge staff, so far, you won't find one. there's a broader question,

too, about the law. because it's never existed before and nobody�*s ever tried it before, we don't know exactly what the boundaries of this are within the legal system that we've got. the president's creation of doge isn'tjust about how much the state spends, it's also about how much power the president has to decide this. there are laws about how policy is made and changed — they're declaring those don't apply. there are laws requiring them to spend money that's been appropriated by congress — they're refusing to comply with those. so, many, many of their actions are overtly unlawful. that the constitution gives the president almost absolute power. they'll be challenged on all of these things, and it will end up in the supreme court, probably sooner rather than later. whether its legal or not, it's happening. and the man leading the squeeze on federal funds receive federal funds. in fact, its estimated tesla and spacex account for at for at least $15.4 billion in government contracts

over the past decade. doge may offer musk access to data that would give his businesses an advantage, but the president and his press secretary have sought to reassure. we won't let them go near it. if elon musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that doge from those contracts. by elon musk and the trump administration. and if we go back to 2022, not long after elon musk had bought twitter, he sent staff an email the email subject was "a fork in the road", and musk claims within six months, twitter�*s headcount was down by 80%. in late january this year, more than two million federal employees received an email with a similar offer

and a very similar subject line. this time, it's not twitter that's reached a fork in the road, it's america. ros atkins there. a tiny island off panama's northern coast, gardi sugdub has been home to the indigenous guna community for over 100 years. an exodus — one of the first relocations of an entire community due to climate change in latin america. that it is "a model globally the indigenous guna people have lived on this island since the 19th century. her