killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. the israeli military says it is investigating the incidents. voting is under way in ecuador for a new president. president trump says elon musk will help find hundreds of billions of dollars of what he calls fraud and waste in us federal agencies. voting is under way in ecuador for a new president. whoever wins will be tasked with restoring they went down 1—0. security to the country. of the world's biggest sporting and in football, liverpool have events as the eagles take on been dumped out of the fa the chiefs in the super bowl. cup by plymouth argyle in a massive shock. of the world's biggest sporting events as the eagles take on the chiefs in the super bowl. welcome to the programme. thousands of palestinians have been returning to northern gaza 00:00:49,316 --> 2147483051:37:09,373 after israel withdrew 2147483051:37:09,373 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 its troops from the netzarim the ch welcome super bowl. the ch welcome to iper bowl. the ch welcome to the bowl. programme. thousands of palestinians have been returning to northern gaza after israel withdrew its troops from the netzarim

corridor which splits the territory in two.

not deprived us of air. gaza is like no other, gaza is the centre of life for us, says this man, determined to rebuild his life in the ruins of the north. but the ceasefire that allows this is fragile. yesterday's images of weak and gaunt hostages angered the israeli government, but polls suggest an overwhelming majority of israelis still support overwhelming majority of israelis still support a continuation of the truce. a continuation of the truce. it's an agreement that's brought tangible benefits for palestinians too. for palestinians too. more than 500 prisoners have been released from israeli jails under the deal. jails under the deal. as benjamin netanyahu where he heard donald trump's returns from america, gaza, all eyes now on if controversial plans to rebuild the israeli prime minister will back an extension will back an extension of the ceasefire.

of the ceasefire. if not, and the war resumes, today's small steps towards progress will count for little. wyre davies, bbc news. the israeli military have shot dead two palestinian women, one of whom was pregnant, in the occupied west bank, according to the palestinian health ministry. israeli troops said their forces were scanning a house for a militant and will investigate the incident. israel has increased its military operations in the areas of nur shams refugee camp, the city ofjenin and the town of tulkarm. thousands of palestinians have fled their homes in the latest israeli military campaign. our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem and says the israeli military is still engaging heavily in the occupied west bank. details are still sketchy, but it's really important to emphasise that despite all the focus on gaza and the ceasefire in gaza, israel has stepped up quite significantly its military operations against militant groups and against areas in the occupied west bank.

more than 70 people are reported to have been killed since the start of this year. and this latest incident, as you say, unofficially or unconfirmed, reports that two women were killed and one

camps in the south. because of israel's partial because of israel's partial withdrawal from an area known withdrawal from an area known as the netzarim corridor. as the netzarim corridor. this is an area towards this is an area towards the centre of gaza that, the centre of gaza that, in effect, divides gaza in two. in effect, divides gaza in two. so people have been so people have been taking advantage of this taking advantage of this and slowly returning to the areas where their homes are, or at least where their or at least where their homes used to be. homes used to be. but things are so bad up there that in many cases, people about how the perceptions are turning heel. they're picking up whatever possessions they can, and they're actually heading back down south. but most people who are interviewed by agencies in gaza today said in gaza today said they were determined they were determined to rebuild their homes, despite the huge levels of destruction levels of destruction in the north. in the north. and of course, we're and of course, we're in the background. in the background. remarks by president trump about the us taking over gaza

and the resettlement of gazans. and the resettlement of gazans. can you talk to us can you talk to us about how the perceptions of that are evolving amongst the arab community there? yeah. first of all, it's a little bit of a distraction because the main thing is a continuation of the cease fire. that's the preoccupation. the cease fire is due to... the first phase is due to end in a couple of weeks�* time. it has produced tangible benefits. most people in israel and in the palestinian territories want that cease fire to continue, for obvious reasons. hostages are being freed. more aid is getting in. prisoners are being released from israeli jails. but as you say, there's this been this bizarre distraction. donald trump's plans, which are probably illegal, to hand over, for the israelis to hand over gaza to the united states, and for hundreds of thousands of palestinians to be displaced, either voluntarily or forcibly. egypt and other countries have roundly condemned that idea.

they're saying it cannot happen. it denies palestinians their own national aspirations. and also it would upset the demographics of the arab countries. so the perception and the position of the arab world

0mar shakir is the israel and palestine director for human rights watch. he told me about who the released prisoners some names are getting less attention, like a frequentattention, like a palestinian figure. she's been held for years without trial or charge. she's a leading political figure. he's a humanitarian worker that

worked with world vision. and he was released to gaza. people like tahrirjaber, she's a palestinian human rights defender, runs the union of palestinian workers. but they include people, women, children, people held without trial or charge, human of opposition to israeli rule. decades, mistreatment and torture by israeli authorities. are truly harrowing. people are describing to us, everything from medical neglect to not receiving enough food and water. people talk to us also

the process of being released. about beatings, including in of being released. of being released. they talked to us about of torture and mistreatment. all other other forms been very clearly set out and articulated by itamar ben—gvir and other senior israeli and other senior israeli officials as a policy. officials as a policy. and there's been a real significant serious shift, you know, shift, you know, since october 7th. and we hear the same since october 7th. just really in deaths in custody. i mean, there have been, according to, you know, israeli press reports thing from families and palestinian prisoner for his claims. organisations, dozens of palestinians who have died in custody, some of whom, many of whom did not have pre—existing health conditions, so the concerns are and human rights watch has quite significant. and human rights watch has documented some of this, documented some of this, and we're in the process of documenting some of the conditions we're learning about from the recently released detainees. recently released detainees. president trump says elon musk will help find hundreds of billions of dollars of what he called fraud and waste in us federal agencies. waste in us federal agencies. he provided no evidence he provided no evidence for his claims. mr trump said his unelected

advisor, and founder with the international development agency, usaid, on friday, a federaljudge ordered a temporary pause to the administration's plan to put 2,200 usaid workers on paid leave. mr trump's comments are part of a wider interview with fox news, which will air ahead of his appearance at the super bowl. let us take a listen. i don't know if it's kickbacks or what's going on, but the people... 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? trust elon? 0h, he's not gaining anything. in fact, i wonder how he can devote the time to it. he's so into it. but i told him to do that. then i'm going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 2a hours, to go check the department of education. he's going to find the same thing. then i'm going to go to the military.

let's check the military. we're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. and, you know, the people elected me on that.

many years ago, sir, they were a very, very successful political organisation. but, sadly, they betrayed the country with open—door immigration, with increased taxes, with not delivering brexit. and they are now going to become a party of history, sir, because we are going to replace them! liverpool being dumped out of liverpool being dumped out of the la cup the liverpool the la cup and the liverpool it isa games on sunday. operation, it is a big night in "w”wi’tiésiiig’ it'isa'bigni’ght” eneratien. it lee—big eighth. — — —— ,. , wild of —— the wild of sport. —— mark of feperatien. it lee—big eighth. — — —— ,. , wild of —— mark of the wild of sport. —— mark of the wild of sport. —— mark of the fa cup. the wild of sport. —— mark of the fa cup. now it's time for a look now it's time for a look at today's sport at today's sport with jane dougall. we have some big football we have some big football shocks to bring you — shocks to bring you — both in england and scotland. we'll start with the fa cup we'll start with the fa cup where plymouth argyle where plymouth argyle argyle are struggling at the bottom of the championship — england's second tier — league leaders with but stunned the premier

a second—half penalty. ryan hardie scoring ryan hardie scoring from the spot. from the spot. that beat tottenham to reach the league cup final on thursday. on thursday. they paid the price though as plymouth hung on to take a famous win. on to take a famous win. that's one of three that's one of three games on sunday. earlier, wolves beat second—tier blackburn rovers 2—0. aston villa v spurs. the draw for the last 16 is on monday. we've also witnessed one of the biggest upsets in scottish cup history with queens park knocking out 34—time winners rangers. it finished 1—0 at ibrox. seb drozd's second—half strike put the championship side in front. it was a nervy final few minutes for queens park fans as rangers were awarded a controversial stoppage time penalty after two var checks. goalkeeper calum ferrie made one of the most important saves of his career though to deny james tavernier. queens park will find out who their quarterfinal opponents are on monday. aberdeen willjoin them in the draw for the last eight after they beat dumferline 3—0. in la liga, we're only 15 minutes into the game between barcelona and sevilla

and we've already seen two goals. robert lewandowski got the opener for barca —

captain rohit sharma hit a superb 119 from 90 balls to power india towards victory. the final match of the series is in ahmedabad on wednesday. after racing into a 17—0 lead after racing into a 17—0 lead with tries from calvin nash and captain caelan doris. and captain caelan doris. scotland got back into the game towards the end of the first half, but ruthless ireland showed their class once again in the second. they're aiming for a third they're aiming for a third straight six nations title. straight six nations title. and in a few hours�* time, the kansas city chiefs take on the philadelphia eagles in super bowl 59. the two met in 2023, the two met in 2023, with the chiefs coming out with the chiefs coming out

on top, they're looking on top, they're looking to go all the way for a to go all the way for a third—straight time, something third—straight time, something that's never been done. philadelphia's team though is different to the one that's never been done. that lost two years ago asjourdan rodrigue from the athletic explains. from the athletic explains. the eagles are a really interesting team because not only have they rebuilt themselves quickly after an implosion last season but also because they have reinvented

the eu and the us. handling of the economy. live now to our balkans correspondent guy delauney who good to see you. talk us through main issues at through the main issues at play. through the main issues at -la . through the main issues at .la , , through the main issues at -la . , , ., through the main issues at play. the big question was whether voters _ play. the big question was whether voters were - play. the big question was. whether voters were happy, with the way that personally with the way that w leader is an the leader conducts, is an cosmo's relations with its main r 7 there 7 7 r 7 vthereisr 7 tiffiééisli'tti; ' supporters. there is little doubt without support of the european union and the united

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in the cloud across south absolutely glorious. at the moment is down to thejet stream, which is running miles away from the uk. indeed, it's unusually far north at the moment, pressure to our north, and it's on the southern edge and so those easterly winds will continue to drag cold and southern england. degrees celsius here.

and gloomy skies. east anglia and south east england looking for much of the day. of this and across the midlands eastern areas of wales. in the cloud and sunshine. in those cold easterly winds. ireland, wales and southwest england, where you're more likely to see patches of rain and drizzle, coming in on the easterly wind for eastern scotland but for most, another grey and gloomy day with rather misty a weather front looks like it's going to start to push in from the west. a time in the far west.

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