the israeli security cabinet is discussing hamas�*s decision to suspend the release of hostages. jordan's king abdullah is expected at the white house, after donald trump suggested he may withdraw aid to jordan and egypt if they don't co—operate with his plan to relocate palestinians outside of gaza. the us and uk don'tjoin dozens of nations including india and china who are calling for "open" and �*ethical�* ai at the paris summit. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now. israel s security cabinet

is meeting following hamas�*s postponement of the scheduled release of israeli hostages on saturday. the militants said israel was not in compliance with the increasingly fragile ceasefire deal, a claim rejected by israel. hamas has criticised president trump's intervention in the dispute, insisting the only way to ensure all israeli hostages return home is to stick to the terms of the agreement. hamas took 251 hostages when it attacked israel on october the 7th 2023. 73 of those hostages are still being held in gaza.

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hooked by this deal. until its very end. translation: people are afraid. today, they begun to stock up on supplies for fear that the war will return again. translation: of course, we in the gaza strip - the war will return. we breathed a sigh of relief when it ended sally nabil who's in cairo. it has been, pretty vocal about refusing the proposals made the egyptian and

jordanian territories. by hamas untilfurther notice, i... an official statement from the egyptians yet, but i do not egypt has been a pretty active broker in terms but there are other interpretations that say nothing official so far. held hostage in gaza. he said tsachi is on the list to be released — but they don't know whether he is alive or dead.

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the labour mp behind the assisted dying bill in england and wales, kim leadbeater, has said having cases signed off by experts would strengthen its safeguards. her initial proposals involved a high courtjudge having life had not been coerced. approve applications. there were hugs for supporters of assisted dying labour of assisted dying when labour supporters for it in supporters voted for it in principles last for prineiplgl’a’st year for there prineiplfies ast year for there was opponents there was dismay. the promise of a high judge promise of a high courtjudge ruling on each case was not enough of a safe buy. now there has a proposalfor has been a proposalfor switching out the judge for a — 777°f777777777777777 — . 7 ofexperts.7 7 7 panel of experts. by including psychiatrists _ panel of experts. by including psychiatrists and _ panel of experts. by including psychiatrists and social - 7755557777 workers and a high level of legal expertise, we are adding to the

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closely. i am back in about 15 and it is business and minutes and it is business and sport next. this is bbc news. a little bit of dampness around as well. some outbreaks of rain, but also notice some clearer skies just up to the northeast. we have been seeing quite a lot of sunshine across shetland. brighter tending to develop, i think still some spots of mostly light and patchy rain. and then as we go through this evening and tonight, well, many

but if we do see clear skies for any length temperatures likely to stay just above but of course you can check the overnight lows where but some subtle changes. a few more breaks in the clouds across parts of wales, the midlands, southern england, also the north—west of scotland seeing a fair i think northern ireland will be pretty cloudy as a weak and as we get into thursday, well, another weather it's not going to make much progress. some rain into the far southwest of england, perhaps with a strengthening wind across western areas, but elsewhere still a fair bit of cloud,

the end of the week. an awful lot. this area of high pressure tends to fend it off and so as you can see, the cloud should break air, something milder just trying to approach from the west. more cloud, maybe the odd spot of rain, temperatures, maybe up to around seven or eight degrees further east.

testimony before congress ai divergence — vice—president vance warns and — corroding trade — trump fires another tariff salvo targeting steel and aluminium. of a wider trade war.

welcome to business today, live from new york, i'm michelle fleury. are at a global ai summit. could stifle progress. but criticised europe's strict tech controls and urged the eu to ease its control of us tech giants. with a spirit of openness and collaboration.