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the five men were greeted by they spent nearly 500 days in captivity. to the waiting reporters.

checked but it appears to be remarkably good, unlike many of the other unlike many of the other hostages after their 480 days being held by hamas under the israeli bombardment in gaza. until the agreement between israel and hamas last month, hostages after their 480 days 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 for the 31 thai nationals who were abducted in the attack. in the attack. 23 were freed in just a few weeks but there has been almost no news about the remaining six who are still alive or believed to be alive in the last year, until last month when they heard these five would be freed along with the first groups with the first groups of israeli hostages. of israeli hostages. there is still one thai there is still one thai man from the northeast man from the northeast

the messages have come from a whatsapp group of a number of labour councillors. and other mp officials.

they were in a story in the mail on sunday. the newspaper reported some of what the messages said. one of them said that andrew gwynne said he hoped a 72—year—old woman would soon be dead after she wrote to her counsellor about local bin collections. in another, he talked about in another, he talked about a constituent being mown down. there were also sexist and racist remarks about some of his own colleagues within the labour party. racist comments about diane abbott and sexist comments about the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. he has apologised a constituent being mown down. for the comments. he said: "i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments "and apologise for any offence i have caused." he talked about it being an honour to be in a cabinet with keir starmer. in a cabinet with keir starmer. he said he was saddened to be suspended because he has also separately from hisjob in government and suspended from the party. an investigation is now taking place into those conversations

on the whatsapp group. on the whatsapp group. the mail on sunday said the whatsapp group was called trigger me timbers and that not only andrew gwynne was on it at more than a dozen labour councillors, party officials, and at least one other mp. all of them are based on the outskirts of manchester. this goes beyond andrew gwynne. i think this is where the problem lies now for keir starmer and his government. we have heard from labour ministers today, they said keir starmer acted decisively and that the language used that has been reported on was completely unacceptable. even yesterday, we had a statement from downing street saying the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office. and also saying he wouldn't hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards. almost a kind of warning to anybody else that they need to act to a higher standard

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and an acute energy crisis. these are live pictures from 0lon on the pacific coast, where the centre—right president daniel noboa is expected to vote. you can see people trickling into cast their ballots. popular with younger voters, he has given the security as he grapples with ecuador�*s numerous problems. that is his main the country's first female president. you can see the live pictures as the voting continues. on the trump administration's ability to end russia's

war on his country. speaking to the bbc, dmytro kuleba said russia it's winning. the trump deadline has already been extended once. and the whole trump administration to achieve ukrainian territories and weaken the ukrainian state. president vladimir putin — in his interview to the new york post.

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independence from serbia in 2008. welcome to bbc the are perhaps not viewers are perhaps not following the politics of why be taking kosovo, why should we be taking note of this fate?— note of this fate? thank you for- me- _ note of this fate? thank you for- me- i— note of this fate? thank you for - me. i think - is for having me. lthink this is —~ ~ , ~ . eighth consecutive the eighth consecutive election in kosovo democracy, and they are to the elections for a important elections for a of reasons. these number of reasons.sthese .,. .. s... . . - are number of reasons.i.h.ese ---. ,-. . ,--- are to be elections are going to be somehow determining the future democracy. democra7cy. if the of 2071 -7 to be reconfirmed and the

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