israel says it the bodies of four hostages returned by hamas in gaza, including those of mother and two 7 "'1cv31iiil£i§énfi' ’ 7 w her two children. donald is condemned for donald trump is condemned for calling a calling president zelensky a dictator as us president his of intensifies his criticism of the ukrainian leader. ministers from g20 foreign ministers from g20 are in countries are in johannesburg today countries are injohannesburg today in a meeting that has been overshadowed by the diplomatic spat between washington and pretoria. vulnerable people in northern yemen �*for lives houthi authorities rescue staff and iriistaffiandhalti aid staff and halt organisations, non—governmental organisations, worsening an already dire situation. scientists a success of scientists hailed a success of a pioneering surgery that helped save a man's eye after helped save a man's eye after he was injured in acid attack. and welcome, i'm samantha

simmons. let's return to the criticisms that foreign ministers from the g20 will meet spat between washington and pretoria. is in johannesburg. i guess who isn't there just as important as who is. absolutely, the biggest member of the g20, the usa, will not be there, at least the foreign marco rubio said he secretary marco rubio said he wouldn't be there because he secretary marco rubio said he wou southe there because he secretary marco rubio said he wou south africa i because he secretary marco rubio said he wou south africa had ause he secretary marco rubio said he wou south africa had recently said south africa had recently laws he as passed laws that he sees as anti—american. instead marco rubio will be represented by the acting ambassador to south africa. this has overshadowed éfricg. this has gfigrshgfigwgfi ""”””'"” was to be a very éfricg. this has gfigrshgfigwgfi ""”””'"” was g20 to be a very éfricg. this has gfigrshgfigwgfi ""”””'"” was g20 to be a v1 as mentioned in your 3195. ment'eneém £85- the veg. ment'eneém fee:- the time ¥8l4 ment'eneém fez:- the time an country is presiding african country is presiding over the summit. and there what ever the summit. and there. what. being ever the summit. and there what. being talked about ever the eerereite ere there whet. being talked about is ever the eerhrhite ere there whet. being talked about is the the us will not be fact the us will not be attending meeting of attending this meeting of foreign ministers. they have also eflflfivflfce meeting next

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”iron;sre'ijaiéhirig' ' t of folks are watching right lo,t.°.f folks are watching right especially as conversations continue on, especially without ukraine in the room. especially without ukraine in the room-— especially without ukraine in the room. , ., _ ,, , the room. obviously the us is ukraine's _ the room. obviously the us is ukraine's biggest _ the room. obviously the us is ukraine's biggest backer- ukraine's biggest backer militarily and how militarily and financially. how does that get talked about much does that get talked about among ordinary americans? there a conversation in was a conversation in the to the election but it run—up to the election but it was top of the agenda. it was top of the agenda. no, it doesnt was top of the agenda. no, it doesn't really _ was top of the agenda. no, it doesn't really top _ was top of the agenda. no, it doesn't really top of - was top of the agenda. no, it doesn't really top of the - doesn't really top of the agenda and it is still not really a top discussion piece among americans here. the is one all is one oi the big ones. call them, that are taking a lot of the headlines. and their efforts to really shrink the government, and by so federal government, and by so doing that the doing that shrinking the federal workforce with these lay—offs that are tchailerigtedtt ’ t tchailengtedint ’ t challenged in the getting challenged in the courts. , .,

courts. jarred hill, good to net courts. jarred hill, good to get your— courts. jarred hill, good to get your analysis. - courts. jarred hill, good to get your analysis. thanks i courts. jarred hill, good to i get your analysis. thanks for t iwith ' ' i with us. 7 in theirfirst broadcast interview since their daughter both alice and bebe had been pupils at churchtown primary in memory of the two girls, as sarah campbell reports. she loved, without her, for the first time. it's good to see you both. thank you very much for coming in. - ah, thank you. the headteacher, jinnie payne, has been working with them on plans for a new playground, which will include a space here, the stage. yeah, definitely.

that would be her favourite part. for us, it's really important to make this happen. yeah, she would be happy and i'm sure she's proud of us doing this. with climbing frames, an indoor—outdoor library and a performance area — all in memory of alice where you do something together, that feeling i of togetherness, of community, of look what i have done, - that will bring the - positivity that we need. go, sprint! that's it.

high knees! as part of the fundraising effort to pay for the what do you think of? happiness, kindness. um, everything good. yeah. she'll always have a smile. because i always tell her it doesn't matter what happened, yes. sarah campbell, bbc news, southport. this is bbc news.

the bbc has heard from vulnerable people in northern yemen who fear they may not survive after non—governmental organisation operations, worsening unicef estimates that 35 million yemenis rely on aid. with more on this, we can speak to our explain to us happening with this aid and how it is restricted. it with this aid andhuwifis - restricted.- being restricted r— ——— ————r picture at being restricted r— ——— ”w. picture at the dozens of workers, moment. dozens of aid workers, including un staff have been arrested over the past few months. crackdown is quite months. the crackdown is quite many of these workers months. the crackdown is quite ma the ’ these workers months. the crackdown is quite ma the houthi workers areas to t— t 7 areas to the south country, some of them if left yemen 7 i left yemen because = -:

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