if hostages are not freed this weekend. an american schoolteacher, released by russia after being so far there are no more details of who mr fogel had been serving a m year sentence for illegal cannabis possession, after being found carrying medical marijuana prescribed in the us. negotiations to bring about an end to the russian

..i want you to know that i'm not a hero in this at all, and president trump is the hero. president trump thanked vladimir putin for what he in terms of the war, you know, million—and—a—half soldiers, i have met many. and it is a terrible thing going on, so we want to get that done. a big important part

of getting the war over, release, and how it's being portrayed by the kremlin. he was found to be in possession of marijuana. he said doctors had prescribed that. released a statement saying that the trump administration right direction to end the war in ukraine. two interesting things about that, this talk about an exchange.

we have no details of whom or for what marc fogel was at least one person. james waterhouse. of all bring us

up—to—date on the latest we are up-to-dete on the letest we are about some attacks in beer-ha gee-set eeme afieeke it! heeflfla eeefiet eeme afieeke it! heeflfla eee-iet eeme afieeke iii heeflfla eekie-iei eeme afieike iii ukraine. yes, it was a busy niuht ukraine. yes, it was a busy night here _ ukraine. yes, it was a busy night here in _ ukraine. yes, it was a busy night here in kyiv. - ukraine. yes, it was a busy night here in kyiv. we - ukraine. yes, it was a busy| night here in kyiv. we - a night here in'kyiv. we had a of booms from about liam, number af beams fra'm'abaut 45am. don't number bf beams frb'm'aba'bt 45am. don't happen number bf bbbms ftq’fltdbdut 45am. don't happen as frequently they dbn�*t happen as frequently they dbn�*t happen as frequently they did, they dbn�*t happen as frequentty they did, but do, as they did, but they do, they can up easily, there was a can ramp up easily, there was a reported "léu'ii'c'h’eti’ ”launchedby launched by russia, as attack launched by russia, as it typically does, which 7 i

is continuing to ukraine is continuing to weather e and that russia is continuing to act out. that continuing to act out. so, that was story of the night, the 77 7a7dist7urbe7d777 tapitat'e had a dieturbed' " " '” sleep but tapitai'a had a diaturbed' " " '” sleep but of course are countless towns and there are countless towns and that have it worse, e 2 ea if: as; ihey theyare they are close 7 7t7he7 they are close 7the7vas7t they are close 7the7vas7t front7:hey are close 7the7vas7t front 7line are close the7vas7t front 7line in e close the7vas7t front 7line in the >se to the vast front line in the south and east of country. indeed, james, let us indeedf�*iames, let us taik the politics we heard about the politics we heard president trump who from president trump who that marc fogel believes that marc fogel returning home the 77 he has the 7 the aftermath 77 the aheéheiheehid ah 7 to the war. what is end to the war. what is the from kyiv on that? assessment from kyiv on that? well, zelensky says weiii presideht zeieiie'iti sa¥e——— —— ~ ”7— phrase iiieiii presideht zeieiiahv sa¥e~— —— ~ ”ii phrase time iiieiii presideht zeieiie'iti sa¥e——— —— ~ ”7— phrase time and time this phrase time and time again, he says that there can be no talks on ukraine be nb talks bn ukraine withbut is something he ukraine. it is something he has increasingly tried to reiterate, and i this exchange, good 7 77 are; forthefamilyof 7 77 erihe'fghigs’fshgr and the man7 77a7nd7the7m7an7 himself, 77andthe7m7an7 himself, and

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ukraine and that ukraine has received and so, we are in a phase �*this so, we are in a phase of this where there is of war, where there is a lot of talk war,7where there is a lot of talkeezi peace talk, talks talk about peace talk, talks talks but we are seeing to go 77 to go into 77 mode, it 77 mode, it i; mode, it is to pitching mode, it is having to sell the reasons as to why it the west should keep § 7777 it, as 'ds 7777 it, as st up russia's ongoing to russia's ongoing invasion. to russia's ongoing invasion. to talk to you the billionaire defended his role as the leader of doge

egypt says it will present a "comprehensive vision" on his plan for the us to takeover the gaza strip arab countries. different visions for gaza's future. king abdullah and donald trump met of more than two million palestinians to other countries it's going to be where we ultimately choose as a group, of land in jordan.

and tantamount to ethnic cleansing. sitting by his side but walking a fine line between his view to egypt for a way forward. 2.000 children that are either cancer children or in very ill ithink, the egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on the gaza challenges. egypt has said it would work

with the trump administration, avoid jeopardising the gains of peace. is looking increasingly fragile. cancelled if hamas fails to release whether he means all hostages, as mr trump demanded. translation: this operation ! saturday, the ceasefire will end and the military will defeated. ultimatum, hamas issued a statement renewing its commitment to the ceasefire and accusing israel ofjeopardising it.

live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. we in that there, the differences that are now can we expect in to come, 7 7to come, the that move the weekend, that might move the needle on these deferences? i needtean these'deferenaes? i think this needteanthese'd—eferenaes? i think this is now the mean i think this is now the time for regional mediators to really step in, try to clarify required by try really step in, try to clarify put required by try really step in, try to clarify put requirei on try really step in, try to clarify put requirei on hamas try really step in, try to clarify put requirei on hamas toi really step in, try to clarify put requirei on hamas to get to put pressure on hamas to get things back on right track, 77for7the77 7 7 certainly for the initial stage of this ceasefire deal. we are looking now, more than three into this initial weeks into this initial six weeks into this initial six week aha} this is, weeks into this initial six week braie this is, you most delicate that is knew the most deii'aaie—ihat i'ei—i iii iiii i iii i really knew the most deii'aaie—ihat i'eiii iii iiii i iii i really has knew the most deii'eaie—that i'eiii iii iiii i iii i really has been. is just still it is just still quite a little puzzling exactly what was the a7= of that security cabinet

yesterday. the israeli meetingyesterdaygt'h'e'israeti minister in his video prime minister in his video statement, he came out saying there had been a unanimous decision reached, and that was that hamas had to return what he said" our" hostages by noon otherwise the ceasefire would end. but it pointed end; biiii it has been aehted iiii—iiii—i he end; biiii it has bee-“i behind iiiii ii he didn't say all our out he didn't say all our echoing what hostage, echoing what president trump's language he this high stakes recommended this high stakes to that ultimatum to hamas. that would mean all the hostages patentially 76 still potentially all 76 still held hamas, both alive and dead, potentially all 76 still held hamas, strip. live and dead, potentially all 76 still held hamas, strip. he and dead, potentially all 76 still held hamas, strip. he could ead, potentially all 76 still held hi meant 5trip. he could ead, potentially all 76 still held hi meant thei. he could ead, potentially all 76 still held hi meant the hostagesi ead, have meant the hostages that were to be were already scheduled to be released this saturday, three hamas, under the7existing by hamas, under the existing of the that hamas tern'ia at the deai that hamae , ii i i said it tern'ia at the deai that hamae i ii i i said it was freezing tern'ia at the deai that hamae i ii i i said it�* these iezing tern'ia at the deai that hamae i ii i i said it�* these alleged .— 72 —— e ———§ agreement, and

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the government has toughened up rules to make it almost of the time that has passed.

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in his health care, the risk he posed not fully understood or managed. there are many questions his victims' families want answers to the prime minister and the rest of the government, make this trauma stop and make ourfight stop now. but agree the terms that we've been pleading for. make it statutory. the families say they will not stop in the name of their loved ones until a light is shone

on exactly what went wrong, sarah campbell, bbc news. we will that story throughout the day on bbc news. let us take you to a live shot. is if live is eee: live in this is the scene live in hawaii. the volcano kilauea is 777 7 7 epewing 77 77 7 spewing lava incredible to see a live it is incredible to see a live shot like this, this footage the survey from the his geologicatisurvey the eruption, it began on from the his geologicatisurvey th and ption, it began on from the his geologicatisurvey th and it ion, it began on from the his geologicatisurvey th and it is 1, it began on from the his geologicatisurvey th and it is the began on from the his geologicatisurvey th and it is the ninth 1 on tuesday, and it is the ninth of kilauea since it eruption of kilauea since it became, came back to life, it became. came back, to life; it ii i ii i ii i in late december. now, says in late december. now, lava activity has intermittent lava activity has been in the crater been observeded in the crater at summit the volcano at the summit since the volcano reawakened as they say back in kilauea7 7 kilauea7 is 7

kilauea is on december, kilauea is located on hawaii's big island, about 200 miles south—east of hawaii's big island, about 200 miles sou�* picturesf “welds " hawaii's big island, about 200 miles sou�* pictures there, eh " hawaii's big island, about 200 miles sou�* pictures there, we ” incredible pictures there, we will you those, but yvjtl teave you with those. but, plenty more as well, there is plenty more as well, of course, on the bbc news website. stay with here on bbc news. the weather to be cloudy, grey and damp in cloudy, grey and damp but in the next few we might see brighter, 7 brighter, chec77k out something brighter; check out , , , bbc weather app to see if the bbc weather app to see if can see sunshine where you you can see sunshine where you are. but you see we hang the 7 77t7he7col7d7777777 7 7t7he7col7d eo7nd7it7ior7is 7 77 7 7 to the cold conditions represented the blues, as we represented by the blues, as we go through the ensuing few days, at the weekend we might days. at the weekend we might. something less cold coming come in from the west but to come in from the west but a lot of cloud, today still a lot of cloud, some patchy light rain and drizzle. hill �*across some drizzle. hill snow across some eastern and northern parts, again, we could see breaks

develop across parts of the south of england at times but it is the north of it is the north and west of scotland, including the islands that will see sunshine. as we scotland, including the islands that through unshine. as we scotland, including the islands that through the hine. as we scotland, including the islands that through the evening we scotland, including the islands that through the evening and head through the evening and overnight still lot to overnight still a lot to of can cloud, still in the cloud, still dampness in the air but out to west air but out to the west something our something clearer comes our we could see spot way, we could see the odd spot of from a weather front into northern getting into northern treland. we have the clear but where we have the clear well, we could have locally. temperatures in frost locally. temperatures in rural will be lower than as we head on into freezing. as we head on into thursday, it is more of the same. a lot of cloud, same. still a lot of cloud, still the breaks across same. still a lot of cloud, still t and 'eaks across same. still a lot of cloud, still t and 'eaks . a 'oss same. still a lot of cloud, still t and 'eaks . a few getting south 7 7 south late; 7 south late; in 7 south late; in th7e this next system looks like day this next system looks like it will come into the isles of git will comei'intoithe isles of and clip cornwall. temperatures 5—7 degrees. carrying on through the week, on friday barely haee a weather irant more inroads, m making more inroads. we think. the now there could be to the west. now there could be hill snow with this, the rain will be patchy the will be patchy and light, the

wind coming from more of a wind comingirorofoore of a direction, so we southerly direction, so we could see brighter skies for of us. develop for some of us. temperatures though, still the 7 the same, 7 the same, about 5—8 then as we head you x. eee ac, some patchy light rain the7 7 the7we7st, the out towards the west, the isobars are open, so we out towards the west, the iso looking open, so we out towards the west, the iso looking notipen, so we out towards the west, the iso looking not particularly are looking at not particularly breezy conditions, but the from of a winds coming from more of a southerly direction. having said of that, you can see said all of that, you can see is is a lot of cloud there is is a lot of cloud still we have this still round, we have this patchy light coming in the wrest, it is c-oin to from the wrest, it is going to be ddftlizgcau- as from the wrest, it is going to be ddft'uzge be.— as we from the wrest, it is going to be ddftuzgeeee as we go be drifting northwards as we go through the course of the day, and the winds not particularly these are the strong. these are the temperatures, five to temperatures. five to about — . ... north to temperatures. five to about — . —.. north to south.

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and the uk government announces an additional £350 million has attacked the country dozens of drones in an with dozens of drones in an overnight attack. least was 7waskilledin 7 7vi/7az7k7i7l7le7d 7a}; and person was'icilted in kyiv and others injured. president has said that ukraine be prepared that ukraine would be prepared to conceived land to russia in peace to try to get president trump onside. let's speak to ukrainian mp and leader of opposition party golos — kira rudik. welcome to bbc news. i wanted to get your thoughts on what we have heard president

have heard from president zelensky. what do you make of what he said?