live from london, this is bbc news. the rift between two presidents deepens as donald trump repeats his comments about volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator. he refuses to have elections, he is low in the real ukrainian polls, how can you be high when every city is being demolished? a dictator without elections, zielinski mr —— better move faster, he is not going to have a country without elections. israel has confirmed it has

received the names of the four dead israeli hostages whose bodies will be returned today. this is the scene in khan younis. president volodymyr zelensky. because he didn't hold elections last year.

with mr trump having claimed kyiv could have "made a deal a long time ago," to end the war. sir keir starmer spoke to the ukrainian president on wednesday and stressed the need for everyone to work together, describing mr zelensky as ukraine's democratically elected leader. the last few days have shaken international as "extremely friendly." let's hear some of what mr trump had to say about president zelensky at that event in florida. where the money is. he said, "well, we don't know where half of it is." that's great. he refuses to have elections.

he's low in the real ukrainian polls. i mean, how can you be high when every city is being demolished? it's hard to be... somebody said, "oh, no, his polls are good." give me a break. give me a break. a dictator without elections. zelensky better move zelensky better move fast or he's not going fast or he's not going to have a country left. got to move — got to move fast, got to move — got to move fast, cos that war is going cos that war is going in the wrong direction. in the wrong direction. in the meantime, we're successfully negotiating an end to the war with russia. to the war with russia. something all admit that only trump is going to be able to do, and the trump administration — we're going to be able to do it. and within the past couple of hours, donald trump was asked by a bbc reporter travelling with the president on air force one if he trusted the russians to negotiate in good faith. i do, i think the russians want to see the war end. and, uh, i do, i really do. but i think they have the cards a little bit because, you know, they've taken a lot of territory, so they have the cards. let's speak to our north america correspondent

merlyn thomas who's in washington for us. merlyn thomas who's in washington foi for the most been pretty quiet on these part been pretty quiet on these comments. we've heard some comments. we've heard from some that they disagree senators that theydisagree president senators that theyaisagrss president trump's one they comments, one said they disagreed with the comments, said ukraine the war the russian start the war the russian president who this war. president who started this war. and so we some scattered and so we have some scattered comments of disagreement but for the most part the republican party has been fairly quiet on and that fairly quiet on this, and that is more of an indication that trump has really president trump has really

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like any city, you just need to scratch beneath the surface. almost everyone knows someone who's been injured or killed. betraying his voters, betraying america and its ideals, we're optimistic and hopeful. cousin were killed. and it's the same for nearly every family. i a reminder of the sacrifice ukraine has made to withstand james waterhouse,

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you very much. israel has confirmed it has received the names of the four dead israeli hostages whose bodies will be returned today. the offer, which would involve more than 60 people, is dependent on a full withdrawal of israeli forces this is the scene live in gaza. the bodies will be handed over by hamas to the red cross before being taken to israel. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic.

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welcome back. more now on our top story — part of the dispute between president trump and president zelensky centres a piece of ukraine — namely, some of its valuable mineral resources. it seems, has provoked president trump's fury. as you can see from this map from ukraine's geological survey, the country is rich in raw materials as well as oil and gas. more than $11 trillion.

these 17 metallic elements are used in everything and superconductors. mineral resources. identified as critical. to some of these rare earth deposits in return for continued us military support. but mr trump's team have demanded as much as 50% of ukraine's mineral wealth and energy reserves. military support. mr zelensky says this is not

a serious conversation. you will write down some guarantees and we will write i was told, "only 50%." isaid, "ok, no." and despite all this diplomatic to and fro, minerals out of the earth. by existing exploration and mapping during that come into production. so for those reasons, the estimates that have deposits into economic reserves.

what is clear, though, is that donald trump wants any cessation of hostilities in this war to provide economic from ukraine or securing access to markets in russia. james landau there. we will be speaking ts us speaking to former us ambassador to ukraine in ten minutes about the prospects deal. sinkhole that's opened up in a surrey village. people evacuated from 30 properties nearby have not been told when they can return to their homes. tom symonds reports.

but there was no hole there at the time. who is it? the pipes were all crossed with each other. by this gaping sinkhole, 65 feet long. a whole section of the village is cordoned off and people living in 30 flats and houses have had to leave. some are in hotels or staying with relatives. some residents have had trouble getting help from their house insurers. it's a big hole and it was growing at the time these circumstances and it's

a very clear event that to put us in an airb&b but only for one week. but lots of our other neighbours haven't been able confused by what is going on. most of these people have somewhere to stay a councillor arrived and confirmed no meeting the district council has promised help for those turned down by their insurers, an advice centre will open again tomorrow. as for the hole, the reason it appeared hasn't been confirmed. it could take months to repair and reunite

godstone's divided halves. to be discovered since tutankhamun was found, more than a century ago. and local archaeologists. it's being hailed as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. and they have the names of

the people concerned in them. we were looking below it and, as we excavated below it, we found the tomb. business today is stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. in pateley bridge, north yorkshire, the cloud just a maximum afternoon high of two celsius. early morning sunshine in devon. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, and that's exactly what's happening. a strong south—westerly wind, though, is feeding in this very mild air for this time of year. once the cold front sweeps its way steadily eastwards,

but look at these temperatures. first thing on thursday morning, widespread double yes, a very mild start for most. but there will also be quite a lot of cloud, pushing their way somewhat erratically north and east slowly brightening up with sunny spells and scattered showers to the north—west. quite a lot of cloud across the south and east, of thursday into friday, accompanied by gale—force gusts of winds as the isobars squeeze together. very windy indeed on those exposed west coasts, so, gale—force winds out to the west.

to respond. so once again, it's going to be a wet and windy affair will continue to stay mild, 11—15 degrees. the bbc weather app for more. some wet weather for the second half of the weekend.

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