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determined to rebuild his life in the ruins of the north. but the ceasefire that allows this is fragile. a continuation of the truce. jails under the deal. progress will count for little. the israeli military have shot dead two palestinian women, one of whom was pregnant, in the occupied west bank, israeli troops said their forces were scanning
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the incident. israel has increased its military operations and the town of tulkarm. israeli military campaign. details are still sketchy but important to emphasise despite all the on that despite all the focus on gaza and the ceasefire in gaza, gaza and the ceasefire in gaza. has stepped up israel has stepped up quite its military significantly its military operations against z== 77 in the occupied z:-=: bank, more 77 bank, more than 70 people west bank, more than 70 people are reported to been are reported to have been killed since the start of this and . . . andits: : z and itslatest : and its latest incident, year and its latest incident, unconfirmed reports that two women were killed of women was pregnant. we those women was pregnant. we had many more
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have not had many more details but an example of of that, but it's an example of what is continuing in many parts of the west bank but particularly the northern areas parts of the west bank but particl there he northern areas parts of the west bank but particl there is northern areas parts of the west bank but particl there is stillthern areas parts of the west bank but particl there is still an rn areas parts of the west bank but particl there is still an israeli s where there is still an israeli presence the city of presence around the city of and the jenin presence around the city of and thejenin camp. presence around the city of - and the jenin camp. jenin and the jenin camp. let's talk there _ jenin and the jenin camp. let's talk there about _ jenin and the jenin camp. let's talk there about this _ jenin and the jenin camp. let's talk there about this return - many people to northern mi the neople to northern mi the neople ' that rthern mi the neople ' that gets 1 gaza. the phrase that gets is that bandied around is that people are returning home for many are returning home and for many of them the homes are not there any more, know you have any more, i know you have not able to get to gaza been able to get to gaza itself, but seems have we itself, but what seems have we seen? ~ .,, ., itself, but what seems have we seen? ~ , ., , itself, but what seems have we seen? ., , , seen? most of these people will have been _ seen? most of these people will have been displaced _ seen? most of these people will have been displaced many - seen? most of these people will| have been displaced many times over during the course of the war, more than 700,000 people were forced to northern were forced to leave northern gaza because of the israeli campaign. 0ne gaza because of the israeli campaign. one of the bombing campaign. one of the biggest ever bombing campaigns military history, it has ' ” i offbliildingis ' ” i offbfiuildingis a}? left 60% of buildings in northern gaza destroyed northern gaza either destroyed or badly damaged, so people had rte ~e~ but to or badly damaged, so people had na ~e~ but to leave to no choice but to leave to refugee camps in the no choice but to leave to refug are :amps in the no choice but to leave to refug are nows in the no choice but to leave to refug are now being e no choice but to leave to refug are now being slowly they are now being slowly allowed to
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77:2 of israel's partial because of israel's partial withdrawal from an area known as the corridor towards the as the eerrieer tense-“fifth ' ww ’ of as the eerrieer tree-ferdith: .- ' ’ ' 7 of gaza ee the eerrieer hwefdethe .- ' ’ ' 7 of gaza that ee the eerrieer hwefdethe w ' ’ ' w of gaza that divides centre of gaza that divides gaza in two, so people have been advantage of this been taking advantage of this and returning to the been taking advantage of this and where eturning to the been taking advantage of this and where their ng to the been taking advantage of this and where their homes |e been taking advantage of this and where their homes are all areas where their homes are all used to be. but things are so areas where their homes are all used to be. i that |ings are so areas where their homes are all used to be. i that in gs are so areas where their homes are all used to be. ithat in many so areas where their homes are all used to be. i that in many cases bad up there that in many cases people are turning heel, people—are taming heel. up people—are tdrning heel. up whatever picking up whatever possessions they can heading back down they can and heading back down south but most people interviewed today said they were determined to rebuild �* homes the huge their homes despite the huge levels of destruction in the north. �* ., levels of destruction in the north. ., , north. and of course in the background _ north. and of course in the background there - north. and of course in the background there are - north. and of course in the i background there are remarks north. and of course in the - background there are remarks by president trump about the us taking over gaza and the resettlement of gaz ands. can you talk to us about how the perceptions of that are eereeetiehe sf that are amongst eereeetiehe sit that are amongst the aereeatiehe at that are amongst the arab evolving amongst the arab community there? of evolving amongst the arab community there? first at all —— —~— is 7 community there? first at all —— —~— is a community there? first at ail —— —~— is a distraction community there? first at ail l is a distraction because the it is a distraction because the main thing a continuation
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main thing is a continuation of the ceasefire, that is the preoccupation, the first phase is due to end in a couple of weeks' time, it has produced tangible benefits. most people in israel and the palestinian territories want that ceasefire territories wantstbat ceasefire continue for obvious to continue for obvious reasons, hostages are being freed, released freed, prisoners released from israeli jails, but there has been this bizarre distraction, trump's hand over gaza to fusv and for tus 3’er forihundre’dsi " the us and for hundreds of thousands of to be thousands of palestinians to be displaced either voluntarily or thousands of palestinians to be displace egypt rvoluntarily or thousands of palestinians to be displace egypt and .untarily or thousands of palestinians to be displace egypt and other ly or forcibly. egypt and other countries have condemned the idea and say it cannot happen, it denies palestinians their own aspirations and own national asoirations arid , would have set the alas it weeld have est the wwwwwwww alas it weeld have set the ” ' ' of the arab demographics of the arab countries, so perception countries, so the perception and position of the world and position of the arab world is that this plan cannot israel says donald succeed. israel savs donald .s, l . l . l l l l l is succeed, israel says donaldll l lllllll ll llll is thinking the trams 'e “wees eeeeeeehe ,, and that tfeh�*e ie fh'fit�*mfi fi�*i�*e'e�*e�*he n and that is exactly theme ie fh'fit�*mfi it�*i�*e'e�*e�*he n and that is exactly what teh�*e 'e heeeeei eaeeaeehe ,,
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and that is exactly what is because gaza cannot as it is, we cannot = keep going back to war every four or years. and in that four or five years. and in that sense, they are right, i suppose. hostages released by hamas yesterday, 0had ben ami, people around the world who have been there so my father could be home. lastly, i want to thank the staff of ichilov hospital for the incredible care of my father and our family. we will not give up and will continue to fight we must continue until all
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phases of the deal are done and save our people. jails yesterday as part of the ceasefire process. were arrested during the war and were held without trial for human rights watch. give us a sense if you can of the range of offences that some of these people been of these people have been held for because some been held (£51in attacks 1 deadly attacks and z deadly attacks and some i for deadly attacks and some foot much less serious charges. have 183 t have 183 palestinians t have 183 palestinians in you have 183 palestinians in this batch. they include people without t without trial or charge, span those t gaza,
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a}; " t i iiéid'éf" a}; " t i léidgiéwfui some combatants, some held without any charge, there are others that were convicted of that iarere eeesietee ef related £6 " to violence or israeli rule. the opoasitiori ta israelitcile. the that opoasitiori ta israeiichiie. the that get opoesitiori ta israeiichiie. the that get less are prominent attentionare a prominent political figure, been held for years he has been held for years without trial or and is without trial or charge and is a leading politicalfigure, and another humanitarian worker who was convicted in what we called sham trial, he was to gaza, people like a released to gaza, people like a woman is a human rights emneafl erhe is a hemafl riehte w”'""ww""w runs the eeefleafl erhe is a heresn'riehts' ' " " " ' runs the of defender, runs thelllnion of workers, so you palestinian workers, so you have a span here but they people, z—sesisssé'g" t t' t ' ' "t people, women, j include people, women, children, people held without trial or charge, human rights 'ournalists, �*e'eiel “ �*l:"; �*e—:— e’s-jet: . ~ . ~ ~ ~ .. — — journalists, it's a defenders. journalists, it's a as well as those broad range, as well as those that have been convicted, some for violent crime and some otherforms of for violent crime and some other forms of opposition to rule. ~ l ~ other forms of opposition to rule. ~ ., ~ ., israeli rule. what kind of conditions _ israeli rule. what kind of
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conditions of _ israeli rule. what kind of. conditions of - people gogditions of these conditions of these gogditions of these this treatment and documented this treatment and torture but the accounts we have over the recent have heard over the recent months particularly that have been released are truly harrowing, recently are truly harrowing, people are to us from medical neglect everything from medical neglect are not enough are not receivingeno'agh food water, in are notreceivingeenoagh food water, in fact if we and water, in fact if we photos before and after and water, in fact if we manypbotos people |nd after and water, in fact if we manypbotos people talk ifter and water, in fact if we manypbotos people talk to er also; beatings us also about beatings including in the process released, tnfireleased, they? 7 t tfifireleased, theyitalk” t faea’s’ea’, theyttaleatbouttt t t ee'he feleeeee {fee {ele eeeee including in the t t �*being released, process of being released, they talk to us about other forms of and mistreatment, they about t about really t about really poor t and this has all f—e ry very clearly up an been very clearly set up an articulated by senior t ttttttandt t t t t ttttttaant tt t thas been a officials, and there has been a real significant series shift since october the 7th and we have the same thing from families, deaths in custody,
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according to press accordingtaisraeli press on prisoner reperts en palestinian arisener that have organisations that have been dozens �* palestinians have dozens of palestinians who have died in custody, many of whom did not have pre—existing health conditions, so the significant and eencerns are signifieant and rights watch has m in the process of are in the process of documenting some of the conditions we are learning about. i i, , gl—zl? iei repeatedly said in the past that they do not mistreat t tt and t t t t tt andthatt t t t t and that they t t t t and that they treat humanelyr and humanely and the people humanely and the accusations of torture you accusations of torture as you mentioned and are ntentieneei and mistreatment are very mentiened and mistreatment are very seriously. can you taken very seriously. ycan you us through some of the talk us through some of the defences available to palestinians held in israeli may custody? i think that is quite siml custody? i think that is quite simply false. _ custody? i think that is quite simply false, there - custody? i think that is quite simply false, there was - custody? i think that is quite simply false, there was a - simply false, there was a supreme decision that did supreme couctldec'lsionthatdid the time restrict the at the time restrict the ability of the army to ability of the israeli army to use torture but the is use torture but the reality is and this has been by and this has been documented by human rights organisations for years such as the public committee for torture who have
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well over eemailedfirrett'ever'ieee w' ,,, of temerledfl-reitei-rerrefiq w of torture, sleep complaints of torture, sleep deprivation, positional if: z: -: z: torture, of a variety of different that have and the sim-le -oint is out = -e: is out of those 1300 not than two or complaints not more than two or three have led to any sort of mucht actual investigation, much less actual accountability, so the forces detention or they gei e eeeew w ee e tgtett away gtettawaytwitthtt tt tto rtu re ,t tttorture,t but really what and torture, but really what has happened since ,, �*the has happened since october the is of that t phase, t t pthase, it t t pthase, it htas an t z—fiz pervaded all aspects of the system, service prison system, service detention, even the process of released, we hear being released, we hear all sorts of accounts of notjust beatings but humiliating beatings but really humiliating treatment, strip searching, and it being so pervasive, so there it being so pervasive; so there , been it being so oervasivel so there , been a it being so oervasivel so there l been a shift since october has been a shift since october 7th but practices go
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the 7th but the practices go back the first reports. back to the first reports. does this come _ back to the first reports. does this come - people - back to the first reports. does this come - people who i this come from people who have experienced this first—hand, have spoken directly to have you spoken directly to assess have people who have experienced torture prisons? bye people who have experienced torture - prisons? t t these t these interviews as we doing these interviews as we speak, we spoke in last 2a speak, we spoke in the last 2a hours with people released in recent batches. let me be the recent batches. let me be clear, some of the people haye been israeli not to by israeli authorities not to speak to human rights speak to human'rightsadvocates journalists families of detainees haye had have been warned they have been warned about or gathering celebrating or gathering publicly so people who do publicly so the people who do so do to great peril of =b: tbut we have already themselves but we have already written two of written two reports of documented torture and mistreatment of health care we have it about workers wehaye done it about from gaza who labourers from gaza who happen to be in israel, doing their on october the 7th work on october the 7th when the took place, and we the attacksltooklplace, and we speaking more recently with fromtthe bank t ttttftrorntthtet t ttl3atnkaron oeoole from the west bank, fromlllll l l l ll ll jerusalem that oeoole from the west bank, fromllll l l ll l ll lll
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jerusalem that have :-= t and the reports are detainedrand thearsports are they are unlike harrowing, they are unlike anything, i have been in this anything; i have been in this for years and what i've role for years and what i've heard in recent months is as as have been when it bad as things have been when it comes to detention, the last bad as things have been when it comes 1 have ention, the last bad as things have been when it comes 1 have reached he last bad as things have been when it comes 1 have reached an last months have reached an unprecedented level of abuse and that is and torture than that there is itself out in of reported to have died in peoplerepartedto have died in as well �* of people �*of people in overall number of people in and more than 3300 detention, and more than 3300 in detention in administrative detention trial or charge and without trial or charge and that is just in the west bank including the 1800 from not including the 1800 from gaza, so you really a gaza, so you really have a system of unlawful detention and mistreatment and torture. will have to leave it there. we will have to leave it there. you very much. president trump says elon musk will help find hundreds of billions of dollars of what he called fraud and mr trump said his unelected adviser, and founder of tesla and spacex,
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had already dealt and that his next targets would be education and the military. workers on paid leave. with fox news, which will air ahead of his appearance at the super bowl. i don't know if it's kickbacks or what's going look, i ran on this and the people want me to find it. and i've had a great help with elon musk, who's been terrific. bottom line, you say you trust him? he's so into it. let's check the military.
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i do not see that happening. that he is winning and all he has to do is outfox trump and buy more time in order to capture more ukrainian territories and weaken the ukrainian state. a british member of parliament has apologised for what he calls "badly misjudged comments" after his whatsapp messages criticising constituents, fellow mps andrew gwynne has been sacked as a health minister nasty and sinister. a party conference in trowbridge in wiltshire in south—west england. he says his party's membership has now passed the 200,000 mark and that its next goal is to overtake the membership at the end of 202a.
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when we overtake them, we will be the biggest political party in this country. that's our goal, that's our aim, that's our target. now, if you read your sunday newspapers, you'll see there's much talk of me doing deals with the conservative party. many years ago, sir, they were a very, very and they are now going
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europe, not russia. thousands of people in spain have been marching in madrid housing crisis. voters are also casting ballots in an election legislative chamber. the vote takes place against a backdrop of a bloody drug war, economic contraction and an acute energy crisis. suffered as he grapples with ecuador�*s numerous problems. and lawyer luisa gonzalez, who wants to become if no candidate gets more
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than 50% of the vote — then there will be a run—off vote, which should happen in april. in the united states, watched by millions. as the kansas city chiefs take on the philadelphia eagles. president trump will be among those watching the game in the southern city of new orleans. 0ur sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor, is there too — will it be an upset for the eagles? eagles all day! let's go, go, chiefs!
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it will be an upset — when we upset the eagles. oh, good burn, good burn! got your hands on one... $2,500 a ticket... and we are way up in the rafters. same thing, yeah. we got lower level, i under $1,500 apiece. so hoping for the same. you doing the same? you occupied until game time. this is the nfl experience, where you can see if you've got whoo! ..how about celeb spotting? easier work as the stars dash from event to event. you know, i'm such a passenger
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in my life sometimes. so i'm just gonna go in. you look nice! most are happy to face the cameras. but... stormzy, stormzy! two words, two words! why? i'm here to see kendrick, to be fair. # they not like us a moment in music history. what do you expect, and how excited are you? to see it in the flesh, i'mjust honoured, yeah, man. you bring out the family? i think a bit of both and also whatever you feel. sometimes it's like...
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# i don't wanna pressure you none _ # i want your blessin'... another megastar, taylor swift, is in town and also like to grab attention. she's here to support boyfriend chiefs' player travis kelce, and don't forget, for the first time, the president so here is a prediction from donald trump...jr. but, you know... hello. much of the uk today. the cloud sheet, as i say, has been extensive, where after a cold and frosty start and temperatures as low as —9c where we had skies like these to compensate absolutely glorious!
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running miles away from the uk. indeed, it's unusually far north at the moment, to our north, and it's pressures that we get easterly winds at this time of year. with rain and drizzle, particularly persistent across east anglia and southern england. it's cold enough to get a bit of snow over the tops in scotland and lowest temperatures down to about —1rc, —5c here. for monday's forecast, expect a repeat performance of the grey and gloomy skies. damp as well with light rain and drizzle for much this, and across the midlands
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and eastern areas of wales. tuesday, the thickest cloud goes across east anglia, so damp weather here, we continue to feed in those of around 4—6c for most. time is further west, so it's northern ireland, spots coming in on the easterly wind for eastern scotland and eastern england. in terms of sunshine. going to start to push in from the west. could bring rain and a bit of hill snow for a time in the far west.
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incident is lllll bemg lari; investigated. incident is beinginvestigated. uk... heavy security is in the uk... heavy security is in place in ecuador where people are voting in parliamentary and elections. ecuador _ u ;. . iizf.’ :' . iizf.’ 1“ is facing increasing drug gang ”lee—e an violence combined with an economic crisis. and one of the biggest events world's biggest sporting events gets under in new gets under way in new orleans shortly as the eagles take on chiefs in the super bowl, the chiefs in the super bowl, america's biggest football now here on bbc news it t ttt tday. i'm gavin ramjaun. .. liverpool, ending their hopes of a quadruple.
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