chiefs in the us super bowl. lama we start this hour in the middle east, 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. these are live pictures from gaza city where we have seen vehicles moving along the salah al—din road. people walking on foot and on donkeys.

some of those vehicles are heavily loaded with kinds heavily loaded with all kinds of supplies. details from jerusalem. of phase one of the ceasefire deal. just to remind people of the context of this, we're currently in phase one, that's supposed to last 42 was a gradual israeli pullback. and this is what we've seen today, and this is the pictures we've been showing are the salah al—din road. now, that's the big road that runs along the centre of the gaza strip parallel to the water. but we understand there are still going 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

talks are ongoing to get to the next stage. of course, this corridor reopening part of the conditions of the initial phases? yes, absolutely. to the second phase, that's the one which would see a permanent end to the fighting, as well as the return of all living hostages, not started yet. we understand that the hamas delegation, they are in qatar, which is one of the places or the place the talks will be hosted, will be mediated, these indirect talks but at this point, it's thought that what they're there to discuss are kind of technical matters around the first phase, rather than moving to

long trip to washington. joe inwood in jerusalem. 183 palestinians held in israeli prisons were also released as part of the deal. simonjones reports. chanting. in tel aviv, protesters call for the release of all the remaining israeli hostages. of the gaza ceasefire deal, tempered by concern over their this is him after almost 500 days in captivity.

british wife lianne, and their two teenage son—in—law being freed. it's ok, it's ok. in an absolute disgrace. and that was an absolute shock. and we both sat and cried. reunited with his family hostage 0had ben—ami said "like someone ripped me away and time kept passing. "i need answers. " lots and lots of answers." translation: we have seen again what monsters hamas are. - and abused our hostages.

as part of the exchange, 183 palestinian prisoners were released by israel. chanting: allahu akbar. serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans detained during the war and held without charge. even as he was being transferred from jail. translation: i've got many problems from the beating . and torture all over my body. all of the prisoners suffered from hunger, beating - and humiliation, even scabies. as people on both sides taste freedom, distrust remains high and that won't help the prospects of turning the ceasefire into a permanent peace. simon jones, bbc news.

the israeli president, isaac herzog, has said he views president trump's gaza plan as an attempt to find a new way forward. speaking to the bbc, mr herzog said it was time to look for new ideas, rather than going back to the same routine of attacks and ceasefires. last week, mr trump suggested — as he put it — in other countries. the suggestion has been roundly condemned, with egypt's foreign minister travelling to washington today for talks. sir kier starmer has sacked his health what are reported to be a string of offensive and abusive whatsapp messages. andrew gwynne has apologised for what he calls constituents, fellow mps and councillors. let get more and all of that.

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to be in a cabinet with keir to be inter cabinet with keir he said to be ina cabinet with keir he said he was starmer. he said he was saddened to be suspended because he has also separately from his in government and from hisjob in government and suspended from the party. an is now 7 is now taking investigation is now taking place into those conversations �* whatsapp place into those conversations �*whatsapp group. the place into those conversations . whatsapp group.— place into those conversati . whatsapp group. or whatsapp group. the mail on sunday said _ or whatsapp group. the mail on sunday said the _ or whatsapp group. the mail on sunday said the whatsapp - or whatsapp group. the mail on | sunday said the whatsapp group was trigger me timbers was called trigger me timbers and that not only andrew gwynne was on it at more than a doesn't labour councillors, doesn't taboer coencillors."r ,, . officials, and at least party officials, and at least one mp. all of them are one other mp. all of them are based on the outskirts of this goes beyond i think this is andrew gwynne. i think this is where the _ andrew gwynne. i think this is where the problem _ andrew gwynne. i think this is where the problem lies - where the problem lies now the keir starmer and his government. we heard from government. we have heard from labour ministers they labour ministers today, they said keir starmer acted the decisively and that the used has been language used that has been reported on was completely even yesterday, gna cce pta ble. even yesterday, had unacceptable. even yesterday, had a statement from downing we had a statement from downing street saying the prime is determined to standards of upl�*e’l�*u�*iqh standards of in public office. and ”isaying j visazying hes” z also saying he wouldn't to take action against

hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards. a kind these standards. almost a kind of to anybody else that of warning to anybody else that they need to act to a higher standard as labour party members. as say, were members. as you say, there were more people in whatsapp more people in the whatsapp who we understand where ggoup who we understand where the labour party. there is in the labour party. there is now an into this. now an investigation into this. all of those questions will continue. we have had some of questions raised by the continue. we have had some of questii shadow d by the conservative shadow chancellor of that year of lancaster, alex burkhardt, who said that action needs to be taken against everybody in the group. he was asking if other members of the group stepped in at any point when offensive remarks when those offensive remarks were being made. those questions will continue to swell. very unhelpful that the 7 w 7 tgfiééialiy'” ’ w 7 77 7 tgfiééialifgivefi government. especially given keir starmer has made such a keir'starmer-has'maoe such a deal out �* being a big deal out of being a government for working people, serving working people, the serving working people, and the government held to a higher e- than perhaps he would standard than perhaps he would say the last one was. you say the last one was. thank you very much _

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war on his country. it's winning. his first promise was to fix it in 2a hours. i wish every success in this endeavour to general kellogg this will be a much more difficult nut to crack, given interests of the sides in this war, and all he has to do is outfox trump and buy more time and weaken the ukrainian state. ending its war on ukraine. mr trump announced he spoke with russian president vladimir putin in an interview

to the new york post. the kremlin refused to deny or confirm this. the families of two of the three girls who were murdered in the southport knife attack last summer, have said in their first interview, jenni and david stancombe, parents of 7—year—old elsie dot and the parents of 6—year—old bebe king, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the sunday times, they wanted the girls to be remembered for their personalities not what happened to them. six months after

the southport attack, the grief has not. now the parents of two of the victims, bebe king, who was six, and elsie dot stancombe, who was seven, have given interviews for the first time. speaking to the sunday times, elsie's mumjenni said everything she did was pure enthusiasm. "it could be the most boring thing, like her dad taking "she was grateful for life." "she had this innate kindness. both families talk of the support they've received funerals last summer. they were, however, reluctant to talk about the riots that erupted following the attack. elsie's father, david, said... "i had sympathy for the police and that's the truth. "how dare you put them through that?" but there was criticism for the decision to televise from bebe's father. "we know it had to be heard in court", he said.

remarkably, the sunday times interview ends with a note of positivity from bebe's mother. "we have to live for bebe and honour her and find light "in the dark", she says. jon donnison, bbc news. to kosovo now — where a new parliament to extend its control over the serb—controlled north — is hoping to strengthen its position. 0ur balkans correspondent — guy delauney — explained what was at stake. we are we a re really we are really looking as if the prime minister his party 777777777 7 —*7 to carry on 821 00:16:48,385 --> 00: