to end unless all the remaining hostages are freed on saturday. here's prime minister netanyahu. translation: in - of the translation: in w decision to translation: in of the decision to not our i decision to not release our hostages. inside and around the gaza strip.

in the cabinet is this. to intense fighting until hamas is finally defeated. hamas has reiterated its commitment to the gaza deal and again accused israel of not abiding by the terms. to continue because it has both tangible benefits to both sides. in exchange for more than 500 palestinian prisoners from israeli jail. of hostages this saturday because of what it said

but hamas says it is still continuing the ceasefire process. say, no, that is not enough.

of the war in gaza. there are two full days to go before friday where hamas would normally release the list of hostages, very, very precarious. co—operate with his plan to take control of gaza and resettle its palestinian population in the two the united nations is among those calling the plan a breach of international law. egypt said on tuesday it plans to offer a "comprehensive proposal" to rebuild gaza, that would ensure palestinians can stay. so too did jordan's king abdullah —

king abdullah did offer to take 2,000 sick children from gaza, but the two remain at odds about the plan to relocate gazans. relocate gazans. it's not where i want them to live, it's going to be where we ultimately where we ultimately choose as a group. choose as a group. i believe we'll have a parcel of land in egypt. we may have someplace else, but i think when we finish our talks, we'll have a place where they're going to live very happily and very safely. very happily and very safely. we have to keep in mind we have to keep in mind that there is a plan from egypt that there is a plan from egypt and the arab countries. and the arab countries. we're being invited by mohammed bin salman to discussions in riyadh. to discussions in riyadh. i think the point is, i think the point is, is how do we make this work is how do we make this work in a way that is good in a way that is good for everybody? of of the united states, of the people in the region,

for everybody? take over the gaza strip and redevelop it. and then you have both president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu doubling down on their insistence that hostages must be released

by noon on saturday or the entire ceasefire deal could be finished. to discuss it i am joined by to discuss it i am joined by marissa, director of marissa, director of middle intake : z intakeand . intake and formzezr : intake and former director east intake and former director east intake andfgrmerdirectar the east intake anafarmerdiractar the office east intake anafarmerdirectar of the office ofjordan�*s the office of marge? ’ miohamimedbini prince mohammed bin salman seen. how difficult will it seen. how difficult will it have talking a have been talking a dollar in the 77 in the oval office sitting in the oval office 77 president trump today beside president trump today beside president trump today when president trump the us a when president trump the us a ally is close ally is talking about " rallyfiisrtalkingw " 7 ally is talking about close ally is talking about having only gaza. having gaza, only gaza. this close ally is talking about having - only gaza. having gaza, only gaza. the ’ a deleuate was a delegate _ having gaza, only gaza. it; having gaza, only gaza. ti 3 a delegate diplomatic dance was a delegate diplomatic dance was a delegate diplomatic dance king of tula had to basically king of tula had to basically a part �*the white house. be a part of the white house. be a part ef the white hnu=e *"*""*""""* ww we lee a part ef the white hesse; ' ' *”' ' ” what we saw today was the king we saw he a part ef the talhite hesse; ' ' *”' ' ” we saw today lee s esrt ef the telhite hesse; ' ' *”' ' ” we saw today was the king what we saw today was the king holding very steady which is a holding very steady which is a essentialiskill; " w ' ' very essential skill in order essentialskillfin " ' ' essentialskillfinorder ' ' very essential skill in order make sure the noise, the to make sure the noise, the to make sure the noise, the discussions will not take place will discussions will not take place amidst all noise. there are amidst all the noise. there are amidst all the noise. there are amidst all the noise. there are a of they amidst all the noise. there are a lot of reporters they kept

a lot of reporters they kept asking multiple questions in asking multiple questions in eskiha resltiele ssestiees'ie "fmvmmfi'" to order to get more clarity but eskiha resltiele ssestiees'ie "' ~ ~ ~ ' �*to get more clarity as we know these conversations and any disagreements or misalignment on the goals moving forward will not take place in front of the press, it will take place behind closed doors. 0ne will take place behind closed doors. one thing when know for sure if he absolutely reiterated he won't move forward with any move forward without keeping the people of jordan in mind and protecting jordan's national security interests. jordan's national security interests.— jordan's national security interests. , ., interests. he is also resolute interests. he is also resolute in that position _ interests. he is also resolute in that position that - interests. he is also resolute in that position that the - in that position that the people of gaza should stay in gaza, not come tojordan as we heard from egypt as well. when there was this thread over us aid tojordan, no negotiations were behind close balls 0tto we wish we could hear what was being said, where do you think negotiations are going on now? where can they be focused? so

far as where can they be focused? sr far as we heard from the king, i talked to some officials as well with his majesty, it seems everyone in the arab world will work together to present a plan to rebuild gaza. this plan won't include the forced displacement of palestinians, none of the palestinians want to leave. will there be critical conditions likely to,000 children for example the king announced today that has to be taken care of elsewhere? absolutely. we will see more on that front, the humanitarian front but with regards to the aid, we heard from president trump also today that they are above that, cutting aid or making it conditional. it is a testament that there is this realisation thatjordan is an important ally to the united states and its efforts not only on the is we are palestine

front but on the counterterrorism front, and frankly all the other challenges again i distaste basis in the middle east, jordan has always been steadfast in its alliance and partnership with the us. that is testament to that and i think this will move forward in a more constructive manner as we see how these negotiations and conversations will continue. is and conversations will continue.— and conversations will continue. , , continue. is there a sense in jordan continue. is there a sense in jordan and — continue. is there a sense in jordan and the _ continue. is there a sense in jordan and the arab - continue. is there a sense in jordan and the arab world i continue. is there a sense in i jordan and the arab world more jordan and the arab world more generally that this notion of moving people, forcibly relocated people is actually a real idea or is some kind of noise as you were mentioning earlier to distract on move negotiations in a direction? n negotiations in a direction? i think there is real fear that think there is realfear that this is a real idea, because really far right has been promoting it for

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thank you forjoining us. mimi mm you ijoining us. thank thank you for “oining us. thank ou. american man who's been held in russia since 2021 on drug charges has now been freed. the white house says the white house says 63—year—old school teacher 63—year—old school teacher marc fogel is on his way home after an exchange was negotiated with russia. he was arrested in 2021 at an airport for the illegal possession of cannabis, which he was prescribed in the us. in the us. a statement from mr fogel�*s family said they were beyond grateful, they were beyond grateful, relieved and overwhelmed relieved and overwhelmed that their father, son and husband, marc fogel, is finally coming home. the family then said: the family then said: 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg has more he taught history at he taught history at the international school the international school here and he had been arrested in 2021 at the airport found to be in possession of 17g

of marijuana. his punishment was a 1k year prison sentence. suddenly today, donald trump's middle eastern envoy flies to moscow to secure his release and manages to do so and later, donald trump's national security adviser issues a statement in quite interesting when saying that the trouble administration that negotiated in exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the war in ukraine. two interesting things about that in exchange we have no details at all about whom or for what marc fogel was exchanged and it is interesting that the release of the us prisoner and the war

in ukraine are mentioned i read articles today where the russian motivation may have been to try and improve the preparation

for peace negotiations to stop the war in ukraine and wejust have to see about that. have to see about that. what do you think what do you think was involved here, was involved here, president putin is a very president putin is a very strategic operator and the strategic operator and the statement from the white house statement from the white house that they thought this that they thought this release was a signal release was a signal that they are moving in the right direction to ending the brutal and terrible war in ukraine. i think we are starting to see a number of things happen and this weekend is the security conference and the vice president and i read that general kellogg it was the negotiator is going to be meeting an agreement because i think there is still very substantial

of the american prisoners or the russians that were held in american prisons were exchanged last year in a big trade that brought back a number of americans from russian jails as well as important russian human rights proponents and we just do not know the answer to that at this

point, what the exchange was all about. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. let's look at some other let's look at some other stories making news. stories making news. labour has suspended 11 councillors in greater manchester over their membership of a whatsapp group in which offensive in which offensive messages were shared. messages were shared. the move comes after the party sacked and suspended the health develop strong and healthy minister, andrew gwynne, minister, andrew gwynne, who allegedly sent racist who allegedly sent racist and sexist messages into the chat. the burnley mp, 0liver ryan, the burnley mp, 0liver ryan, has also been suspended. has also been suspended. the commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, says policing has been left in a hopeless position after the high court position after the high court ruled that officers cannot be ruled that officers cannot be dismissed for losing dismissed for losing their vetting clearance. their vetting clearance. he said the decision was absurd. and baby unit.

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at the oval office as he signed the executive order. within the trump administration. spending. if we do nothing about this deficit, the country is going bankrupt. it is essential.

to provide things to its citizens and not simply be adding to vast amounts of debt. the author sir salman rushdie has told a court left him in a pool of blood. punched by hadi matar, who's been charged with attempted a detailed description of the attack that took place three years ago. he recalls a stab to his eye saying it was the most painful and he took off his glasses which concealed a right eye and to him, "as you can see, that is what is left of it and there is no vision in this eye at all."

he said, that was my predominant thought. they said to him, do you remember you were stabbed 15 times or did you receive the information? and i did not need to be told by anybody. and he was satjust yards away from the man accused of trying to kill him.

of the intention. they have also question the police neutrality saying attacker. years injail. at the ai action summit in france, calling for an "open" and "ethical" approach to developing ai. it was approved by dozens of countries — including france, china and india. but the uk government cited concerns over national security, while us vice the summit today also sparked a row billion with the intention of buying part of the company set up to make a profit.

0pen al's ceo sam altman hit back via x. if you wa nt". 0uch! it's not for sale. not for sale? on his first foreign trip as vice president, position on aland regulation. we believe that excessive regulation of the ai sector off. of the united states.

going to be competitive. as this event draws to a close, one of its themes of as the us and uk have refused to sign the summit�*s diplomatic this is a document that, amongst other things, all talk is now moving away from collaboration and towards competition. marc cieslak, bbc news. we go let's go live to white house where as you can be white house where as you can see it has been hit by a winter storm edeggeeflrr snowfall sterm bringing heavyrsnewfall has stuck to roads making that has stuck to roads making for driving for treacherous driving conditions here's look at 7 7111117, 7 7 7 77 7 7111117, 57 7 7 7 77 7 77h7i7ll7,7 gags; 77 7 77h7i7ll7,7 geese};

capitol hill, a number of schools and closures in the us capital and could also affect capital and cesld alse affect working conditions at the the working conditions at the offices. the first two back—to—back winter storm ice and brain of stopping snow, ice and brain of a 1500 stretch of the a 1500 mile stretch of the eastern united states. that is it for the moment. for it for the moment. thanks for watching. hello. and those temperatures, well, we only got to two degrees liscombe in devon. the seasonal average.

the one bright spot, though, was shetland, sending the cold air in. in from the west. now, at the moment we have extensive cloud across the uk. to stay with us. temperatures like they have they have been for a few days now, four to six celsius at best. really. heading into thursday, the easterly winds will be a little bit lighter. nevertheless, there will still be a lot of cloud being blown across the uk. still with some patches

of drizzle late in the day. in the atlantic, so that could well bring some rain the fronts then kind of stall on friday across these western so although there could be a bit of rain to start the day that is possible on friday. not really changing much again, four to six degrees for most of us into the weekends. well, weather fronts could well be affecting western areas of the uk, bringing some rain at times. but across more eastern areas you're likely to keep drier weather and perhaps some brightness.

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