thousands of employees of the world's largest foreign aid agency get a temporary reprieve — after a judge blocks the trump administration from placing them on paid leave. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel and hamas followed through with their fifth hostage and prisoner exchange on saturday since the ceasefire agreement went into effect three weeks ago. israel's prime minister expressed shock at the condition of the three hostages that were released by hamas. eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak. they were freed in exchange for the release by israel of 183 palestinian prisoners — seven of whom had to be taken to hospital, according

to the palestinian red crescent. but as the three emerged looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. 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 site of what the men had been reduced to hit home. after seeing the conditions of the hostages released today, there's a renewed sense of urgency here to secure the release of all the captives from gaza as quickly as possible. and that means an extension of the ceasefire — something that is by no means guaranteed. more than 180 palestinians more than 180 palestinians were simultaneously released today were simultaneously released today under the ceasefire agreement. under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority sentences, but the majority were gazans detained during the war were gazans detained during the war and held without charge. and held without charge. the palestinian red crescent said the palestinian red crescent said al—haddad, were taken seven of those released seven of those released were admitted to hospitals were admitted to hospitals in the west bank and gaza in the west bank and gaza after accusations they had been after accusations they had been brutally treated in israeli jails. brutally treated in israeli jails. this prisoner said he was beaten this prisoner said he was beaten on his hands and his legs on his hands and his legs even as he was being transferred from jail. some, including thabet some, including thabet

al—haddad, were taken to gaza's european hospital. "i've got many problems from the beating and the torture

without his children, a husband without his wife. heartbreaking words. who blessed him on his return, but the embrace he wanted destroyed. his british wife, lianne, and teenage daughters, noiya and yahel, murdered the day he was taken. in wales, lianne's parents watched with contrasting emotions as their son—in—law was freed.

he's alive. he's out. to see the emaciated state that they've put him in — an absolute disgrace. and that was an absolute shock and we both sat and cried. it looked as though he'd come out of a concentration camp. the relief that he's home and he's alive. but, yes, i want to see him, have a big hug. the only thing that keeps us going is the fact that we know eli is back. yeah. so at least there's one member of our very close family that is still alive. the family will soon travel to israel to mark what would have maybe we could get him back alive. what's important for you if you do get to see eli next week? it's reallyjust as simple i as wanting to put my arms

around him, tell him that - i love him, and tell him that he's still my brother. hamas destroyed his family and they still hold his brother yossi's body. eli sharabi has returned home but to a loss that will be hard to bear. lucy manning, bbc news. for more on what these developments mean for the ongoing ceasefire talks — our correspondentjoe inwood sent this update from jerusalem so there's been significant anger in israel today about the three hostage handovers, partly about the way they were done. once again, we saw what looked like a very stage managed event. rows of hamas fighters and the men paraded on stage given certificates, and this time made to give interviews. but i think the greater element of anger comes from the way they look. with previous hostage exchanges, it was said that people looked superficially, reasonably well. the three men released today did not. they were incredibly gaunt.

their families say they barely recognise them. and it's been confirmed by the hospital they've now been treated at that they are malnourished. and this was something that has caused real anger and upset as well. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it was shocking and said there would be consequences. the international committee of the red cross, who facilitate the handover, they didn't comment on that, but they did say that in future they want the handover to be more dignified and in private. but i think it's important to point out that it isn'tjust the israeli side that have had complaints about the condition people are being handed over in. palestinian agencies as well, including the palestinian red crescent, say that all of the 183 people who were handed over had some sort of medical problems, and that seven of them needed hospital treatment. so they too have been keen to emphasise the bad conditions, as they see it, that people have been kept in. we're talking here both israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. so what does this all mean

for the ongoing ceasefire? well, we're currently in stage one. that is holding, but it's feeling fairly fragile at this point. the israelis are sending a delegation to qatar. it's there where the mediators are, and they're going to talk about some technical elements. and then the hope is they will move on to talking about stage two. that would be a permanent end to the fighting and the release of the remaining hostages. but that's much, much more delicate. and all of this is under the shadow of the recent statement by president trump that he thinks that gaza should be handed over to the us and turned into a riviera of the middle east, and that's making everything uncertain when it was already pretty difficult. joining me live is former us special envoy for middle east peace and former us ambassador to lebanon and jordan, david hale — — he's now a global fellow with the wilson centre. great to have you on, and ijust want your thoughts on what we saw today, specifically the conditions of the people involved in this swap

on the israeli side and the palestinian side, and really what did you see there? it’s palestinian side, and really what did you see there?— did you see there? it's a relief that the exchanges _ did you see there? it's a relief that the exchanges are - did you see there? it's a relief - that the exchanges are continuing, and that innocent victims of the horrible events of october seven are being released, and obviously this is a demonstration as to why the sooner the better. obviously people are not going to be in good health on the conditions they were being held in, and that should be investigated, by the way, but as your correspondent said, the real question now is what is phase ii going to look like? and how are these negotiations to move into that phase going to work? do these negotiations to move into that phase going to work?— phase going to work? do you think, ou said phase going to work? do you think, you said sooner— phase going to work? do you think, you said sooner the _ phase going to work? do you think, you said sooner the better, - phase going to work? do you think, you said sooner the better, what i you said sooner the better, what we saw today in terms of the condition of the is really hostages, and we should say there are questions about the condition of the palestinian detainees, will that add to the urgency in terms of moving towards phase ii and getting the rest of the hostages freed? it phase ii and getting the rest of the hostages freed?— phase ii and getting the rest of the hostages freed? it should, and there is an enormous _

hostages freed? it should, and there is an enormous amount _ hostages freed? it should, and there is an enormous amount of _ hostages freed? it should, and there l is an enormous amount of momentum behind continuing this and completing the exchanges. the problem of course, is they faced all the hard issues between israelis and palestinians were pushed off into phase ii and phase three, so the key question, the hardest question is, will the idf withdraw its forces fully from gaza as the headlines of these two phases indicate, and is frankly no consensus in israel behind that.— frankly no consensus in israel behind that. , ., ., behind that. focus now turning to the talks, we _ behind that. focus now turning to the talks, we know _ behind that. focus now turning to the talks, we know is _ behind that. focus now turning to the talks, we know is really - behind that. focus now turning to l the talks, we know is really sending a delegation to go higher and working through details on phase one, but as the talks and fails to get going, to what extent do you think president trump's comments this week will cast shadow over those talks? to this week will cast shadow over those talks?— this week will cast shadow over those talks? ., , ., , ., �* those talks? to be honest, i don't think a little. — those talks? to be honest, i don't think a little. the _ those talks? to be honest, i don't think a little. the president - think a little. the president proposals always secreted a lot of contention, they may not have been thoroughly thought through. to me, i

hold onto two positive things, and i hope others will think the same way, one is the president cares about the welfare of people living in gaza, and he sees it as a desperate situation and wants to help. .2 is that he is committed to an american role in seen this process through for the benefit of israelis, palestinians, and a wider range of arabs, so those are two positive things we did not know before. obviously, the palestinians and arabs have suggested the specifics — it rejected deeper specifics of what he offered, i don't think that has to be an end to trump commitment to the things i said, nor does it have to influence at phase ii, which is very focused on continuing the release and finally the exchange of business and hostages, but in the key question, how and who is going to secure gaza?— to secure gaza? were looking at imaes to secure gaza? were looking at images right _ to secure gaza? were looking at images right now _ to secure gaza? were looking at images right now of _ to secure gaza? were looking at images right now of the - to secure gaza? were looking at images right now of the press i images right now of the press conference between prime ministers netanyahu and donald trump, do you think in terms of what the prime minister got, a pretty big back in,

from this new administration really, from this new administration in the us, is that most netanyahu's positioning and strength back home and could in turn then give him more leverage to assuage the far right part of his coalition and move ahead towards phase ii of the cease—fire deal? it towards phase ii of the cease-fire deal? ., ., �* ~ deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize _ deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize that _ deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize that is _ deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize that is an _ deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize that is an interim - deal? it might, and i don't think it is the prize that is an interim and l is the prize that is an interim and prime minister netanyahu had a good meeting of the minds on these key issues, and there are a lot of things we don't know about that are equally important, how they discussed iran, lebanon and syria, but about the issue were focused on, gaza, i do not think it necessarily is going to resolve one way or the other. the question is if phase ii is contingent upon a is really full withdrawal from the gaza strip, we are going to have a problem, because i personally don't think it is going to happen without any clear indication of words, if not the idf, is good to secure gaza? it is who is good to secure gaza? it is not secure, we have seen that from

the television coverage from your own broadcasters. i the television coverage from your own broadcasters.— the television coverage from your own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon. — own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon. you _ own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon, you are _ own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon, you are a _ own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon, you are a former- own broadcasters. i wanted to touch on lebanon, you are a former us . on lebanon, you are a former us ambassador to that country, lebanon not forming a new government, there was a visit from i believe drums deputy middle east envoy there, what you expect the new government in lebanon and how much influence will there be from hezbolla political arm? ,., ., there be from hezbolla political arm? , ., ., , ., there be from hezbolla political arm? ., , ., , ., arm? hezbolla is down but not out and they may _ arm? hezbolla is down but not out and they may sue _ arm? hezbolla is down but not out and they may sue for— arm? hezbolla is down but not out and they may sue for a _ arm? hezbolla is down but not out and they may sue for a cease-fire | and they may sue for a cease—fire they cannot kick back because they cannot kick back nuclear distraction on advance of israel, and deal we have ourfriends in lebanon were finally free of the shadow of iran, and it will be necessary to present you cannot have one party with arms dictated to others through the head of life and fortunes. it is of life and death in lebanon. so that is the key

question, hezbollah arms and how are we going to work with the new president and new government in lebanon. . ., president and new government in lebanon. ., ~ , ., president and new government in lebanon. ., ~ , ., ., lebanon. thank you, david hale, former presidential _ lebanon. thank you, david hale, former presidential envoy - lebanon. thank you, david hale, former presidential envoy for - lebanon. thank you, david hale, i former presidential envoy for peace — none or a us federaljudge has blocked elon musk�*s department of government efficiency, also known as doge, from accessing the personal financial data of millions of americans in treasury department records. on saturday, a districtjudge issued a prliminary injuction any copies of records. that's after 19 state attorneys general sued the trump there was no immediate comment from the white house, or musk. thousands of employees from the us agency for international development received an email early saturday morning saying that they will now be reinstated to their posts after a judge blocked us president donald trump from placing the workers on paid leave. was to go into effect. thejudge issued a "limited" temporary restraining order in response to a last—minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the agency.

the order will remain in place until february 14 at midnight. assistance has faced intense criticism at home and abroad. but he's arguing that usaid is not a valuable use of taxpayer dollars — and has taken action to put nearly all of the federal agency's 10,000 employees on leave, reducing that number to just a few hundred. for more on the situation, let's bring in sheila davis, she's the chief executive officer of partners in health, a humanitarian organisation that has been the recipent of funding from usaid. just tell us more, i think, to start off, what kind of funding do you get from usaid, where is that been used question mark and lick your question from usaid, where is that been used qu has n mark and lick your question from usaid, where is that been used qu has that|rk and lick your question from usaid, where is that been used qu has that funding ick your question from usaid, where is that been used qu has that funding now our question from usaid, where is that been used qu has that funding now been iestion from usaid, where is that been used qu has that funding now been cut ion is, has that funding now been cut off? ~ . is, has that funding now been cut off? . ., ., is, has that funding now been cut off? ., ., ., ,.

off? we are a social 'ustice global health organisation — off? we are a socialjustice global health organisation in _ off? we are a socialjustice global health organisation in haiti, - off? we are a socialjustice global health organisation in haiti, and l health organisation in haiti, and currently working 11 countries, so we receive usaid funding? we are lucky in that our funding is diversified, but we work with governments in all the countries we work in, and it is not, it is a total ecosystem of funding, so although we have been impacted and many of the sites we work, we don't want the full impact of what that is going to be in the countries in which we are working closely with our trying to the tangle all the different funding streams, so we have seen impacts, and we fear and know there'll be more impacted. �*1�*1 know there'll be more impacted. 11 countries you mentioned there, we also know there was this 90 day freeze on nearly all us foreign aid, what are you here and underground with some of the people you work with, otheragencies, with some of the people you work with, other agencies, about a whole all of this has been affecting their

operations? we are all very worried. obviously, we work a lot with infectious diseases, hiv, tuberculosis, those are things you cannot pause unclear. we work with maternal child health. a woman who needs an emergency c—section cannot pause for 90 days, so we are at this point plug in holes where we can. we know that although there has been some waivers for some care to continue, it is limiting, even where those waivers are put in place, we hear of medications are not leaving. clinics are closed. we hear of medications are not leaving. clinics are closed.— clinics are closed. we know ha the atient's clinics are closed. we know ha the patient's expense _ clinics are closed. we know ha the patient's expense m _ clinics are closed. we know ha the patient's expense m to _ clinics are closed. we know ha the patient's expense m to ten - clinics are closed. we know ha the patient's expense m to ten days i patient's expense m to ten days without receiving care, supply chain is impacted, it is such fragile health systems around the world and it usaid has been a critical part since 1961 to help both — build these health systems, and they are important notjust for these health systems, and they are important not just for the these health systems, and they are important notjust for the places we work but also global security and pandemic preparedness. this is

really a challenge, certainly, and something that we are not going to be able to reverse very quickly. you mention pandemic preparedness, partners in health, i believe, has an work in a lot of other countries on coronavirus response, how concerned should be that cutting off foreign aid for this kind of work could increase the risk of another pandemic eventually? i could increase the risk of another pandemic eventually?— could increase the risk of another pandemic eventually? i think it's a bi risk, i pandemic eventually? i think it's a big risk. i think — pandemic eventually? i think it's a big risk, i think we _ pandemic eventually? i think it's a big risk, i think we know— pandemic eventually? i think it's a big risk, i think we know there - pandemic eventually? i think it's a big risk, i think we know there is l big risk, i think we know there is another pathogen out there, there always is. we know monkeypox is out there, we know there is ebola outbreaks in various countries, and ijy outbreaks in various countries, and by having a strong health system, thatis by having a strong health system, that is the early warning system. the ability to be able to catch an ebola outbreak before it goes rampant is you have health systems they are providing primary care and secondary care so that it is not exploding in an area no one has insight. if laboratories are not working, if they were not able to get samples moved place to place, we are cutting off that vital

information that helps us keep the entire world safe. in information that helps us keep the entire world safe.— entire world safe. in terms of the waivers you _ entire world safe. in terms of the waivers you mention, _ entire world safe. in terms of the waivers you mention, it - entire world safe. in terms of the waivers you mention, it is - entire world safe. in terms of the - waivers you mention, it is something that has been promised by secretary of state mark arugula and other officials, that if there is us who show funding, you can apply for a waiver and still get that money, what have you seen in terms of that process? is it working? we what have you seen in terms of that process? is it working?— what have you seen in terms of that process? is it working? we know that in haiti, one — process? is it working? we know that in haiti, one organisation _ process? is it working? we know that in haiti, one organisation has- process? is it working? we know that in haiti, one organisation has been i in haiti, one organisation has been able to secure a waiver, which now does not necessarily meant that the entire system has come back online. we know other countries in which we are working have not been able to get waivers, and with this extreme cut in the usaid staffing, who is going to process these waivers? we going to process these waivers? we going to process these waivers? we going to ensure that these things actually go through? i think the complexities of what is happening on the ground are real, and so even if there is a waiver that is granted, there is a waiver that is granted, the impact of that communication happening and then people feeling enough 6 enough to 77

enough to actually 77 enough to actually start 77 secure enough to actually start again given care is also a huge problem. we employ 18,000 people around the world. community health workers, doctors, nurses, etc, people were leaving that — losing theirjobs and livelihood, hopefully not as much with our organisation, not as much with our organisation. it is happening throughout the but it is happening throughout the entire world at this point, which is very scary. entire world at this point, which is very scary-— very scary. sheila davis, ceo of artners very scary. sheila davis, ceo of partners in _ very scary. sheila davis, ceo of partners in health, _ very scary. sheila davis, ceo of partners in health, thank- very scary. sheila davis, ceo of partners in health, thank you. | british prime minister sir keir starmer sacked his health minister and suspended him from the labour party over whatsapp messages. andrew gwynne has apologised for what he calls 'badly misjudged' messages, said to refer to his constituents, our political correspondent leila nathoo has more on the story — originally reported by the mail on sunday newspaper. the paper said he does access to thousands of messages between him

and various counsellors in his region, party officials. and it highlights a few of them that have incredibly offensive remarks, offensive comments made towards jewish people, about fellow mps, including the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. diane abbott, the first black woman mp to have stood in parliament, and also some of his constituents. and that he has been sacked. before publishing this, and they have made it clear that they acted as soon as they heard about this and sacked andrew green as a health minister, and also suspended him from the labour party pending an investigation. so there has been a statement from number ten, a spokesperson saying that the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards

now, the labour party says it's going to be investigating these comments made in this whatsapp group, and it says swift action will be taken if individuals are found to have breached the high standards expected of them. so i think the party, downing street, are very keen to draw a line under this very quickly and take this action. as you say, andrew gwynne has apologised in a statement on x, saying that he regrets those comments and is sad to have been suspended from the party. he is a long standing mp. keir starmer has had resignations already in his government. he's lost a transport secretary. stand down from herjob. so definitely unwelcome news for the prime minister this evening. four british families who are suing tiktok, for the wrongful death of their children have accused the social media platform of having " no compassion'. in an interview for the upcoming sunday with laura kuennsberg programme — they say they're taking the company to court, to their children.

they believe they died after taking part in a viral challenge on tiktok in 2022. here's frances read. four children who lost their lives and whose families say should still be here. isaac kenevan, archie battersbee, jools sweeney and maia walsh all died, their parents believe, after participating in dangerous viral challenges circulating on tiktok in 2022. with the data never released. now they want one thing. accountability. they need to have... ..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, wanting to help us. why hold back from giving us the data? how can they sleep at night? together, they've now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against tiktok

and its parent company, bytedance. they say its algorithms created harmful dependencies in each child and flooded them with an endless stream of harm. which would allow parents to access the social media accounts you do have some days that are particularly bad where you... ..it's very difficult to function. i can't stop crying, i can't move, i can't be bothered to get out of bed. i think we probably all have days like that. related to the harmful challenge the parents believe their children were part of have been blocked since 2020. on the platform and, in most cases, finds the content before it's even reported and that the law requires companies to delete people's personal data. but it's faced a number of lawsuits and accusations. for the parents of these children,

all they ever wanted were answers. frances read, bbc news. the king and queen hosted a black—tie dinner last night to celebrate italian cuisine ahead of their state visit to the country in the spring. high—profile guests including dame helen mirren, the beckhams and actor stanley tucci attended the event, which promoted fresh local food. menu had crab and pork along with some italian not bad. with some italian wine, not bad. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. with low grey cloud, drizzle, further outbreaks of rain, and some of that rain turned to snow over the tops a different story, though, further north and west, lots of blue sky and sunshine here in argyll and bute. it's just more of the same as we head through the next few days. so still feeling chilly,

especially in exposure to that brisk easterly wind, more low grade cloud and some drizzle, further showers. but always sunnier in the north and the west in the shelter of that easterly wind, which we are set to keep with high pressure out towards the east, the wind picking up across the southern half of the uk as we head through the day on sunday. this is how we'll begin the morning. so where you see the map tinged in blue, chance for patchy frost. but here's some brightness and some sunshine to start the day. in particular, a lot of cloud is starting to fill in, again, some hill fog, the cloud producing some something a little brighter developing out towards western wales and south west england. but temperature wise, we won't make it much past 5—8 celsius, a little less cold than on saturday. on sunday night and into monday. this is how we'll begin the new working week, again, with a bit of patchy frost, especially where we keep those clear skies in the north and the west. and then into the start

of the week, where we'll keep that cold feeling air with high pressure out towards the north and the east, the easterly wind is picking up, it will drive in more showers. but some brighter skies, i think, for western wales, south west england and certainly for northern western scotland and for northern ireland. but a drop in temperature again in that now colder feeling air, and there will be a lot of added wind chill factor in too. it's more of the same again on tuesday. this area of rain not quite making it into south west england, but do keep an eye on the forecast here. again, temperaturesjust between 5—7 celsius, so below the seasonal average, and there won't be too much improvement either as we head through the rest of the week. so we are set to stay in that colder air, perhaps something using our bbc weather app. bye for now.

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