uk deputy prime minister angela rayner tells the bbc their lives in a fire, will be demolished, there is not a consensus, don't ever think you will find out. devastating out. it's devastating what happened and the only way was to sensitively make forward was to sensitively make sure we start taking away the forward was to sensitively make sure we start taking away the tower to ground floor level. tower to ground floor level. the first president of independent namibia, sam nuyoma, died at the age of 95. and one of the world's and one of the world's biggest sporting events biggest sporting events returns to new orleans — as the eagles take on the chiefs in the us super bowl. chiefs in the us super bowl. in the middle east, hello and welcome. we start this hour as israeli forces say they've completed their withdrawal from the netzarim

corridor in central gaza. the road which split north and south gaza, had been controlled by israeli troops since november 2023. reopening it was a condition of the ceasefire deal with hamas. these are live pictures from gaza city where we have

of the gaza strip parallel to the water. for gazan residents, to travel along that road more freely than they were before. but we understand there are still going to be security checks. i think it's going to be a while before it's clear exactly what form this takes. but we understand that the idf certainly is pulling back closer to the israeli border. and all of this, of course, comes as those ceasefire of course, this corridor reopening part of the conditions of the initial phases? yes, absolutely. would see a permanent end to the fighting, not started yet.

there to discuss are kind of technical matters the second phase. now, the reason for that is that we think they haven't got the negotiating points instructions he is on his way back to israel after his week long trip to washington. on saturday have been reunited with their families and are now recovering in hospital. simonjones reports. chanting. in tel aviv, protesters call for the release relief yesterday that hamas had freed three more people as part of the gaza ceasefire deal, tempered by concern over their gaunt and frail appearance.

daughters, killed by hamas on the day he was taken captive. son—in—law being freed. the emaciated state that they've put him in an absolute disgrace. and that was an absolute shock. the british prime minister. reunited with his family hostage ohad ben—ami said he had lots to catch up on, but added, "it feels like someone ripped me away and time kept passing.

lots and lots of answers." translation: we have seen again what monsters hamas are. - these are the same monsters who slaughtered our citizens. and abused our hostages. and i say to them again, let i their blood be on their heads. were released by israel. serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans this prisoner said he was beaten on his hands and legs seven needed to be admitted to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent. translation: i've got many problems from the beating . and torture all over my body. all of the prisoners suffered from hunger, beating -

the ceasefire into a permanent peace. simon jones, bbc news. there've been emotional scenes in thailand after five farmworkers, who were abducted during the 7th of october attacks by hamas on israel, have returned home ten days after they were released. the five men were they spent nearly 500 days in captivity. nearly all of the foreign workers abducted during the attack were thais. israel employs some 30,000 of them as farm labourers, never given up hope. well our south east asia correspondentjonathan head was there when the hostages arrived home in bangkok. the long ordeal of these thai

farmworkers is now over international airport, giving a traditional greeting to the waiting reporters. it was then an emotional reunion with their families. they have been held for the past ten days in an israeli hospital while their health has been checked but it appears to be remarkably good, unlike many of the israeli hostages after their 480 days being held by hamas under the israeli bombardment in gaza. until the agreement between israel and hamas last month, the thai government had no idea that these men were still alive, thailand had been negotiating from the start using intermediaries like iran and qatar for the release of the 31 thai nationals who were abducted

in the attack. 23 were freed in just a few weeks but there has been almost to be alive in the last year, until last month when they heard these five would be freed along there is still one thai man from the northeast of thai nationals who go to israel every year of the israeli agricultural economy, they came back decided to return to israel despite the obvious risks. moving on now to british politics. the deputy prime minister angela rayner has defended

she was speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. separately and the labour health minister andrew gwynne has been sacked after it emerged he sent rajdeep sandhu. starting with the sacking of �* nguyen from the health andrew nguyen from the health ministry, what has he said and the messages as reported by the on sunday are 5 on sunday are pretty mail on sunday are pretty the be] the m of the messages said that mr gwynne said he hoped a gwynne said he hopeda ., fl. woman would soon be 75,2”,au "ee— "“ "a" has: 7" because she “lee—le" "ee— "“ "a" l:::: l” because she went to the dead because she went to the council about bin collections he also talked about

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sam nujoma returning home after three decades in exile. he'd been arrested and jailed, but when he was out on bail in february 1960, he fled into exile. a freedom fighter, he was the first president of the south west people's organisation, or swapo. his liberation movement embarked on an armed struggle for namibia's independence through the organisation's guerrilla force, the people's liberation army. how does it feel to be back? and well—known figure in namibia that his picture alone became a symbol for his party. he won, becoming the country's first president. goodbye, south africa,

welcome, namibia. power to the people. we've got our land back. we need each other. after his party fought a bitter liberation struggle to bring freedom to namibia, the second struggle he embarked and universities were built and made efforts to improve the country's healthcare system. he was in office for 15 years. his critics accused him of clinging to power when he pushed for constitutional amendments to extend his rule. i have no intention of stepping down and only the namibian people will tell me step down.

transfer of power in 2005, but remained a powerful of independent namibia — who's died at the age of 95. a political analyst at the university of namibia. so good to have you with us. it is clear sam nuyoma left a lasting legacy but how would you define that?— lasting legacy but how would you define that? yes, thank you for having _ you define that? yes, thank you for having me — you define that? yes, thank you for having me on _ you define that? yes, thank you for having me on your— for having me on your programme. first and programme. indeed, first and foremost let's say that the country is indeed in the morning, sam nuyoma is a

revered revolutionary who led the national struggle for namibian independence. but also probably to put it into context, but this time context, bdtthis time last in february, the lith of year in february, the lith of february, we lost the sitting february“; we'lost“ the sitting so you can president so you can imagine the the the dramatic experience the nation is experiencing now because it happened at because it almost happened at the same the same month. the same time. the same month. to speak about the late yes, to speak about the late sam we he was at sam nuyoma, we say he was at the front line for the liberation of namibia. you know, he came from humble enoughe same from hdmble built by a

beginnings. built by a peasant family. he left the village came to the capital city of w 7“ shah? “ 7' andheworked qeieitjjjziiqqei qt $53}; qzriiéei qt the he put railway station. he put himself in night classes. in 1960 he co—founded were what we call in night classes. in 1960 he co— liberation ere what we call in night classes. in 1960 he co— liberation movement! call in night classes. in 1960 he co— liberation movement that theeliberationmovemeht that theeliberationmovemeht that the country. he theeliberatiortmovement -- the count . elaborated the country. he was hailed as a _ elaborated the country. he was hailed as a liberation _ elaborated the country. he was hailed as a liberation hero - elaborated the country. he was hailed as a liberation hero but. hailed as a liberation hero but he also criticism for his of leadership style of leadership including crackdowns on political dissent, his anti—western rhetoric and his controversial stance issues like lgbtq and 7 and press freedom. 7 and press freedom. have rights andpmssfmednm rave talked about rights andpresefteqinm rave talked about that as well? we talked about that as well? yes, he will leave behind a

complex legacy. one, you must have leadership in your hero but also you must have a leadership style which many was a little bit thought was a little bit authoritarian. at some point he been to the namibian had been to the namibian newspaper from had been to the namibian newspaperfrom the had been to the namibian newspaper from the government, from advertising from the maroon because he maroon newspaper because he thought maybe the newspaper was e—_ —7 77 for his 7 for his government. not writing for his—government. the namibian newspaper. in exile, the dictation while in exile, the dictation of people accused of spice, is also a dent in his that is also a dent in his

legacy. “egfe cm. .- shannu legacy. “egfe cm. .- sharin: all sides for sharing all sides of the late nuyoma from namibia. late sam nuyoma from namibia. doctor, thank you. some breaking news in from breaking news coming in from reuters news agency was russia saying troops have repelled saying its troops have repelled three ukrainian counterattacks the kursk region. it comes in the kursk region. it comes as the former ukrainian foreign cast doubt on the minister cast doubt on the administrations ability trimble administrations ability to end the war. speaking to the bbc one said it bbc one correspondent said it would not a deal. the would not want a deal. the deadline — would not want a deal. the deadline has _ would not want a deal. the deadline has been - would not want a deal. iie deadline has been extended once, his promise was to fix it in 2a hours, i wish every success this, to the entire success in this, to the entire administration of donald trump to achieve their goal and meet " “again." w " idea’dlinein w " ideadlineinthreei " the deadline in three months but speaking today, i do not see that happening. this will much more “ffniu'éi. as; difficult“? " much more difficult nut to be much more difficult nut to crack given interests of the

site in this squash the of ifladimir putin conviction of vladimir putin that he has winning when all he —= = -= to do is go 77 to do is go out and needs to do is go out and capture more ukrainian people. this comes as american media report that president donald trump announced that he spoke to the new york post. confirm nor deny" it. if this conversation would be just between mr putin and mr trump, that would be very dangerous, because we understand that we have a kgb officer and the businessman. and we would see how mr trump would try to push maybe with sanctions, maybe with some promises, but at the same time

being easy for compromises because it is not his people and his territories. at the same time, mr putin definitely would try is very beneficial. he canjust improve his armed forces and his positions at the same time, if we would hear the europeansjoining negotiations, ukraine always would be open. they said that mr putin really cares about killings forces are daily doing

with these ukrainian civilians, just this night, 150 drones are around ukraine, before we leave you let's take you back to gaza and show you the live at the a road cutting j a road cutting off 5 a road cutting off the: zone, a road cutting off the north of the gaza strip from the south and israeli troops have now withdrawn from it, it has reopened as you can see, many people taking that route. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. whatever weather you've had so far this weekend, of england and wales. widely across england and wales, the cloud some has been moving northwest, some pushing now, we've had clearer skies further north and west — a hard frost in scotland,

as you can see from the rooftop of this car, nut beautiful sunshine, and it's likely that the northwest of scotland and northern ireland will keep the best of the sunshine. in by this nagging easterly wind, a veil of cloud across england and wales, and by the end of the day, and southeast england. temperatures 6—8 degrees, a little bit below par, and it'll feel quite dismal if you're caught under that cloud — murky story. now, through the night, that patchy rain will continue once again allowing those temperatures to fall of change once again. driving in cloud off the north sea. the breeze picking up a little as well on monday,

that could potentially produce more in the way of showers, from time to time. scotland, northern ireland, you keep the lion's share of the sunshine throughout the day. in terms of the feel of the weather, not that much in the way of significant change, around 5—6 degrees. ahead, the high pressure is pretty much stationary, in from the atlantic. but the cold air is set to stay with us, the easterly change on the horizon. you can always download the bbc weather app for an hour—by—hour forecast in your area.

from the militarised zone of the netzarim corridor, the ongoing ceasefire deal. says he's sending a delegation to qatar to continue gaza ceasefire talks

he also expressed anger at the treatment of three israeli hostages released by hamas on saturday. the first president of independent namibia, sam nujoma, has died at the age of 95. and one of the world's biggest sporting events as the eagles take on the chiefs in the super bowl — american football's big night. the government has set for the housing sector. she also told laura kuenssberg about her decision to dismantle