we start the hour in the states where american man in russia since 2021 on held in russia since 2021 on drug charges now landed drug charges has now landed backin drug charges has now landed back in us. 63—year—old back in the us. 63—year—old marc fogel was after marc fogel was released after an 3" 204.3"; "3m�*3�*3�* nth ,, ~ f '7' 7,7, 7 he was 3n 3v'h3nn3 n3nn�*3�*3“ nth ,, ~ , ,,, n'n' * he was arrested in 3n 3wl�*3n33 n33n�*3�*31�* n“ n n n n' nn' . he was arrested in 2021 an airport i the illegal 33-.- 7ng ,, of cannabis z of cannabis that 7 ' 7 -, li’cafialabi; that he possession of cannabis that he in us. he was prescribed in the us. he rays: are was prescribed in the us. he 1553; are given a 1a—year was tries are given a 1a—year prison in last prison sentence. in the last he met with donald half'hoor; he'met'with donald at the half'hoor; he'n�*ra�*l'wil�*n donald at the white house where trump at the white house where he he would forever be he said he would forever be to the president. i indebted to the president. i want you to know i am not a hero in this at all. president trump is a hero. these they trump is a hero. these men they came from the diplomatic our hero. the senators

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ceasefire between israel and hamas could end this weekend, following comments from benjamin netanyahu. the israeli prime minister says unless hostages are freed on saturday, although, some in the israeli cabinet believe must be released. this saturday, but hamas suspended of the deal. ceasefire, allowing palestinian detainees to be freed. all this comes as donald trump has been meeting the king sarah smith reports. in the balance. president trump was asked if saturday is still his

he just said "yes", clearly sticking to his threat of this week, in his words, "all hell would break out". deadline for the hostage release terminated and israel will return to intense fighting until hamas is defeated. the shocking, emaciated condition that all the others have to be set free very soon. and there was an uproar when they so i don't want to do two and then no, no. in the oval office with the king and president trump's

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india's prime minister narendra modi is due to meet on wednesday. to dominate the talks. and technology. focus in countering china. when the two leaders meet. i would look out for four went an things went an arrangement moody meat. probably increasing i was up with the importance i was up with the personal rapport, they know personal rapportfthey know other quite well. —— each other quite well. —— narendra modi. spoken narendrahlodi;““they“have spoken the phones is the real on the phones is the real election. i think stutter- thn'e the will stutter- thn'e the will be relations between countries. second i think

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to achieve a objective mutually beneficial objective be stressed. h, mutually beneficial ob'ective i be stressedi will be stressed. a reminder that arrangement _ will be stressed. a reminder that arrangement moody i will be stressed. a reminder that arrangement moody is l that arrangement moody isthat meet with donald trump on yen meet-atth denaldntre'mp en in the a metropolitan police officer "stupid and white". you under arrest �*a you under arrest �* a public you under arrest �*a public order... you i under arrest a public order... this is sam kerr, public order... this is sam kerr. one _ public order... this is sam kerr, one of _ public order... this is sam kerr, one of the _ public order... this is sam kerr, one of the most i kerr, one of the most recognisable faces in women's football inside twickenham police station. she got into she called a heated what she called a heated exchange with police the 7 the case against her centred in the case against her centred on these words. stupid and white. honestly, you guys are stupid and white. hours earlier she was celebrating a hat—trick going out for dinner with her partner in central

london. believe they were being kidnapped and prompting the vomit. a few minutes later, sam kerr made this call to emergency services. become abusive and insulting but he denied using the whiteness as an insult.

after she was cleared, sam kerr gave a thumbs up to her legal team and said in a statement she look forward to putting the challenging period 0ur correspondent, katy watson is in sydney — we have come down to bondi beach and, of course, the verdict.

in the limelight, she has been a great role model for young girls so i think it is important for her to keep that, entitled and she is a role model for young people. j she obviously let herself down. surprise she got away with it the way she has,

intend to insult or harm anyone. and will continue to do so. what they have not addressed is the feel she should continue that role and other people feel perhaps she is in a weaker position now because of

place. turning our attention to business today coming your way shortly, a top story about powell talking about interest rates em 7see 7 7see shortly. 7 hello. with temperatures really struggling over the overcast and those temperatures, well, we only got to two degrees liscombe in devon. or three degrees below the seasonal average. now, looking at the weather over the next few days, sending the cold air in.

but increasingly these atlantic fronts will try to push in from the west. now, at the moment we have extensive cloud across the uk. in scotland, well, there are signs that the skies there will be some sunshine though in shetland, and there are signs that we should see the cloud to stay with us. temperatures like they have they have been for a few days a little bit lighter. across the uk. in the atlantic, so that could well bring some rain

to end the day in western areas of cornwall. areas, weakening and just dying in place. so although there could be a bit of rain to start the day that is possible on friday. of us into the weekend forecast. well, weather fronts could well be affecting western areas weather and perhaps some brightness.

no rush to cut rates. us fed chiefjerome powell outlines his plans for the year ahead. on artificial intelligence. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai.

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