this is the scene live in southern israel where bodies are being taken now to a unit. l, , , forensic unit. donald trump is forensic unit. donald trump is _ for calling - condemned for calling president zelensky a dictator as the us ezeelensrkyga dictator as the us intensifies his president intensifies his criticism of the ukrainian leader. is being demolished? a dictator without elections. have a country left. in the southport attack tell the bbc about plans school.

lawyers for south korea's president yoon suk yeol say he is the victim of illegal is the victim of an illegal investigation. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. hello, i'r news antha simmonds. hello, i'r news antha let's nonds. hello, i'r news antha let's go 1ds. live to these pictures from israel, where the seethern isreel;—whererther ~ ~ , , ,, of what hamas say seethern isreel;—whererther ~ ~ , , ~ of what hamas say the remake. ef 945.2! “muff“ the ~ . — — of four hostages held in bodies of four hostages held in gaza havejust israel. gaza havejust entered israel. these are live pictures of a convoy �* vehicles these are live pictures of a convoy �*vehicles carrying the .°f .— e jofthe j 77 of the four é of the four bodies 77 of the four bodies how coffins of the four bodies now israel and to be tof tova to a forensic toéa forensic facility to taken to a forensic facility to confirm their identity. well, is the 7 is the first 7 is the first timer this is the first time hamas has released bodies of has released the bodies of hostages since the ceasefire five ago. prime minister five weeks ago. prime minister netanyahu says they five weeks ago. prime minister be netanyahu says they five weeks ago. prime minister be officially yahu says they five weeks ago. prime minister be officially identified they the n 7 7 the israeli 7 the israeli health 7 at the israeli health ministry's national centre of forensic medicine. a process

forensic medicine. a precess we understand that we understand could take several hours. the bodies are .t° . ztobe: 77 the: of 11? 5; "fofshirifi believed to be those of shiri bibas and her two sons, ariel and kfir, iel and to kfir, igé'fid — f —s— ..., .,.. to be ifir, igé'fid — f —s— ..., .,.. to be killed. qndr , f , earlier this month. the fourth hostage is veteran peace mr netanyahu says the families have been updated and will be identification process. mr netanyahu wrote: "our hearts are with them at this difficult hour". the israeli president isaac herzog has said, pain, herzog has said, agony, pain, there are no words, the hearts

an entire nation lie in of an entire netien lie in on behalf �*the state israel, i bow my 7 and of israel, i bow my head and �* forgiveness, of israel, i bow my head and �*forgiveness, for not 222125— “"“-:2—22: 5" —’4 you 22'22;j “"“'.2—222 5" —’4 you on that terrible protecting you on that terrible day, for not day, forgiveness for not bringing you home safely. and these are of what we these are photos of what we believe to be four bodies back to israel today. brought back to israel today. this is who hamas said has been returned, but there has not been official confirmation yet egfifi fiéfflkflélffiififi f'fiéfiifi 71. 32}. there egfifi fiffiflél’fiéfififfiéfififl 32}. there won't be until the authorities have had israeli authorities have had time to formally identify their and 5 j and they 5 and they will j and they will icourse bodies. and they will of course then tell the �* their then tell the families of their findings. we understand be in the next few hours. the red cross officials received the bodies before taking them away in convoy. befc is taking them befc is the ng them befc is the scene m befc is the scene at hostages in tel aviv, where ff'2fie'2 ens 213227252" "w’ of the awaiting confirmation of the identities of the remains, with identities of the remains; with — 2 2 — 2 2 2 ,. people holding

identities of the remains; with— 2 22 22 2 22 2 22 2 people holding israeli many people holding israeli the yellow flags, also with the yellow ribbon, which has become a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of|ich has become a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of the has become a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of the hostages. e a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of held ostages. e a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of held in tages. e a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of held in gaza ._ e a flags, also with the yellow ribbon, of held in gaza at a the families of those hostages called �* people to come have called for people to come out and line the streets to the return of those fifir’éf’réazy’,’ 7 777today7,7th7e777 7 77 77today7th7e7r7eturn of the first bodies in the ceasefire agreement over five weeks, we have seen every week weeks. we heve seen every week hostages being returned, living hostages being returned, round three every week for the five 7 five weeks. hamas has said will return six. liee it will return six live hostages on —— around who is in jerusalem.

one could i think say this is a country in mourning. this is the first handover of hostages that has involved those who have not survived, those who are dead. they've since been taken to the care of israel. and just inside the border of gaza, a ceremony is being held, with the chief military rabbi saying prayers over the coffins. and the coffins are going to be taken along the roads that have been lined by people mourning to the hospital where the formal forensic

identification will take place later today. that could take many hours. ariel, aged nine months old, and kfir, who was four. who wre abducted in a scene burnt into the consciousness their images have been on the front pages of israeli newspapers. felt in other hostage handovers when, whatever condition they may have been in, families had been able to welcome back their relatives who they might have believed they would never see again. the bibas family and the lifschitz family might have survived, despite the indications

that they hadn't. they are still waiting for the final forensic that they have died. this handover of these four bodies has taken placejust in the past hour or so. are transferring them hostages and called for privacy and dignity today. by hamas, with throngs of people surrounding them? i mean, in israel, as you can understand, the response is one of anger, mixed with the sorrow over the fact that these people have died and that that's now shown to be almost

certainly the case. the way that this was staged once again is seen here a caricature of the israeli prime minister benjamin accusing him of the murder of these hostages. that the bibas family, all three of them were dead, israel has not said there is truth to that. but that is what hamas has said for a long time.

was blatantly clear in the images transmitted from gaza, and now, they have. to be the two youngest hostages who were taken, along with their mother. theirfather, yarden bibas, he was freed earlier this month. he was informed in a video that hamas released months ago that his wife and children had been killed. when he received that news.

convoy carrying those bodies of the hostages return to hamas and this is truly a moment that all have been élliét’qflis have been the return of the dreading. the return of the dead from the very youngest to 7777 very very oldest. 7 very oldest. for7 7 very oldest. for7man7y over the very oldest. for many over the very oldest. for many over the past 16 the focus the oast 16 months. the focus 2 been the oast 16 months. the focus . been on this the bibas e shiri and her family, shiri and hertwo children, little boys ariel and kfir, taken on that day. —7 7th 2023. 7 7th 2023. and there october 7th 2023. and there were 352: of �*looking were images of her looking terrified as she were images of her looking 'two ied as she were images of her looking 'two young she were images of her looking 'two young children were images of her looking were 3 young children were images of her looking were taken g children were images of her looking were taken into ldren and it has haunted israel since day and it will be an that day and it will be an extremely difficult day for that day and it will be an extrems of difficult day for that day and it will be an extrems ofdifficuli in iy for that day and it will be an extrems ofdifficuli in israel as millions of people in israel as now have to accept the 7that 7 that won't be coming fact that they won't be coming even though they home alive, even though they not been formally ye; ::2 7 7yet, hamas has said identified yet, hamas has said the three hostages of those three hostage bodies of the

bibas family and the of lilschitz. lilscnitz. ln a statement when 7 77wh7e7n7this777 ' 7 7 when this news 777 7 77 7wh7e7n7t7his7news7br70ke777 77 77 yesterday when this news broke their bodies would be {he ' 7 7t7he family 7 returned, the bibas family said, in past few hours, we said, in the past few hours, we have been in following have been in turmoilfollowing the hamas spokesperson announcement about the planned return of our shiri, ariel and kfir is part of the hostages remains release face. we want to make it clear where we to make it clear that where we are aware of these reports, we have not received official this until 7 7 until we 7 until we receive matter. until we receive definitive confirmation, our journey is not over. and that confirmation still yet to come, we are expecting it but we are expecting it the families are certainly the families are expecting to receive that th7e the next few hours. the within the next few hours. the bodies are now being a unit for and identification and also postmortems to determine the of death. since the 22522 2? 222“? 2'222 222 came 22522 2? 2225e 2'222 222 came into 22522 2? 222?2 2'222 ?22 came into effect some ceasefire came into effect some five ago, hamas has so

five weeks ago, hamas has so far released 2a 19 far released 2a hostages, 19 israeli seats" female israeli civilians and female soldiers and five thai nationals. the ceasefire began on january the nationals. the ceasefire began onjanuary the 19th. nationals. the ceasefire began on january the 19th. we nationals. the ceasefire began onjanuary the 19th. we are in the first -hase of the still in the first phase of the ceasefire, 70 �*the hostages ceasefire, 70 of the hostages to remain in gaza. we abducted to remain in gaza. we will continue to monitor these and bring you any pictures and bring you any as we get moving updates. as we get them. moving on to ukraine. mr trump claimed ukraine started the war with russia president zelensky�*s term expired last may, but voting was legally suspended because of the war. with mr trump having claimed kyiv could have "made a deal a long time ago" to end the war.

for ukraine's president zelensky. sir keir starmer spoke to the ukrainian president on wednesday and stressed the need for everyone to work "democratically elected leader". diplomacy on the conflict, with vladimir putin describing as "extremely friendly". a deepening rift between the united states and ukraine. after president trump spent the day attacking ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator, at a conference in florida. a dictator without elections. zelensky better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. in the meantime, we're successfully negotiating an end

speaking to reporters on board air force one, president trump was asked if he trusts russia is negotiating in good faith. i do, i think the russians want to see the war end, and i do, i really do. you know, they've taken a lot of territory. so they have the cards. long—lasting peace. ukraine and our citizens. " president trump's scathing comments will have been for so long, have sought to change power in ukraine. we believe that since his

legitimacy has come to an end because if he will put his signature under any kind of agreement, and tomorrow, he will not be elected as the president, so this piece of paper will have not much of value. but mr zelensky was democratically elected in 2019, before the war. his five—year term was due to come to an end in may 202a. but since russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, elections said the us president was living in a "disinformation space" governed by moscow. president zelensky is caught at a fragile moment. all the support he can get. our russia editor steve rosenberg had the latest update

from president trump. well, it will come as no surprise to you, i think, to hear that this is all going down very well in moscow. they love hearing donald trump's criticism of president zelensky. on the front page of the izvestia newspaper today, very happy, smiling, talking about how well the us—russia talks have been going. the talks in saudi arabia earlier this week. of zelensky�*s image. of course the russians are pleased, because we've a murderous dictator to a situation where

we have an american president, donald trump, who now calls and an american president who appears happy to embrace narratives, who doesn't criticise at all vladimir putin of ukraine three years ago. and on top of that, an american president allies and weakening transatlantic ties. so if you put all of that together, that kind of explains why vladimir putin is smiling in that photograph on the front page of a russian newspaper today. i spoke to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. he me about how important the today important the meeting today between president zelensky and trump's 7 trump's envoy 7 trump's envoy keith will |p�*s envoy keith7 will be. envoy keith7

talks. so it's a bit of an awkward foundation for a diplomatic visit. as the "full picture", by taking him to the front but as for going beyond that, i think we are seeing a more he is looking to continue what he described as "constructive in its continued fight against russia. so while you're having these extraordinary allegations and insults going one way,

i think president zelensky is looking to keep today constructive and civil. ukraine's concerns. he might say, look, we need to maintain our support. that's certainly going to be the hope here. but these are interesting diplomatic times. around world and across the uk, this is news.

was killed, the parents of alice aguiar have said she was "born to be a star". school, which is now planning to build a playground in memory of the two girls,

as sarah campbell reports. sergio and alex, alice's parents, returning to the school she loved, without her, for the first time. it's good to see you both. thank you for inviting us. ah, thank you. on plans for a new playground, which will include a space her parents know alice would have enjoyed. here, the stage. yeah, definitely. she started dancing when she was 16 months. shejoined baby ballet, then she was in the academy. so, yeah, i think she was born to be a star. yeah, yeah. yeah, she would be happy and i'm sure she's proud of us doing this.

the current concrete space will be transformed i think it is really important. for the children, it'sjoy, i it's fun, it's positivity and, where you do something together, that feeling i that will bring the - positivity that we need. go, sprint! that's it. good, good, good, good. high knees! as part of the fundraising effort to pay for the both the school and alice's parents are determined it's a difficult question, but when you think about alice, what do you think of?

um, everything good. yeah. because i always tell her, it doesn't matter what happened, try to put your smile — it's the most important. she always had a big smile. yes. sarah campbell, bbc news, southport. on trial for insurrection, becoming the first he's accused of plotting to stay in power through unconstitutional means, following his short—lived bid to impose martial law in december. mr yoon was present for the preliminary hearing, the bbc�*s rachel lee has more details from seoul. south korea's president yoon suk yeol�*s trial began this

criminal trial began this but ended injust criminal trial began this but ended in just 30 morning, but ended in just 30 minutes with his legal team to confirm whether he refusing to confirm whether he acknowledges the charges. now, gcgnowleciges th’echsrges. now. trial focused on the trial is focused on allegations that mr yoon 7 declared law illegally declared martial law and attempted to stay in power and attempted to stay inpower unconstitutional means through unconstitutional means prosecutors revealed that and prosecutors revealed that have over pages of they have over 70,000 pages of evidence and requested at least two to three hearings per two to thrss héarihigs’pférfiééisz ’ ' separately, his detention and separately, his detention cancellation hearing also 70 minutes, but yoon not any direct did not make any direct statements and no immediate ruling was now, his ruling was issued. now, his are arguing that his lawyers are arguing that his arrest was politically motivated, well prosecutors insist his detention is necessary the severity of necessary given the severity of the charges. necessary given the severity of the charges— necessary given the severity of the charges.. back _ necessary given the severity of the charges.. back in - necessary given the severity of the charges. to back in december what happened back in december and led to this case.— and led to this case. right, so yoon i facing _ and led to this case. right, so yoon i facing both _ and led to this case. right, so yoon i facing both a - and led to this case. right, so yoon i facing both a criminall yoon is facing both a criminal trial and an impeachment over allegations that

process over allegations that he to cling to power he attempted to cling to power through means, through unconstitutional means , i said. and prosecutors have as i said. and prosecutors have charged him with leading an claiming he despite 7 despite no actual crackdown, despite no actual national emergency. and he is accused of unlawfully declaring martial law ordering the 7 of opposition 7 arrest of opposition politicians. and witnesses have also testified that yoon personally security personally instructed security forces to detain and forces to detain lawmakers and also prevent from entering national assembly. and ths 9422522322222'2125522�*1277 ” 2 " his defence ths ttatisoal 2222212552222 2 2 2 his defence argues that while his defence argues that the martial law was legitimate government a lsa iti mat: aficrfimcfit the prosecution decision, the prosecution insists that it was an illegal attempt to suppress political and remain in power. opposition and remain in power. be reporting from seoul. rachel be reporting from seoul. do stay with us here in bbc news. thanks for watching.

hello, again. into a mild couple of days, especially so today and tomorrow. but with the mild conditions come wet and windy weather as well, with gales at times across parts of the north and the west. now, you can see the milder ambers across us today something fresher. temperatures just dropping by a couple of degrees, but not by that much. now, as we head through the rest of today, we've got outbreaks of rain. some sharp showers, and it's going to be a blustery day with gusty winds in the west, but temperatures in double figures more or less across the board, with highs up to 1a or 15. we lose today's rain. we see clear skies for a time, the winds ease, but then they pick up again out towards the west, reaching gale

so we start tomorrow with the weather front coming in some heavy rain. you are, it's going to be a windy day. and the west of the country. west wales, through northern ireland, for example, and the coasts, and western parts of scotland. the rain, heavy at times, continues to move eastwards, not getting into the far east of england until now, depending on how long we hang on to the sunshine, saturday morning dawns on a cloudy, murky note, showers. temperatures down a touch, but many of us still in double figures. we're looking ten to about 13 degrees. but on sunday, we're

looking at gales — possibly severe gales — around the outer hebrides, and also some heavy rain moving from the west towards the east. again, not getting into the far south—east until later. and these are the temperatures — 8—12 degrees, north to south.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a convoy carrying the bodies of four israeli hostages enters israel after being handed over by hamas in gaza. hamas says the bodies include those of a mother standing charges on some energy bills could be scrapped, of households in england, scotland and wales from april, as local authority finances remain �*extremely challenging.�* health support for new mums, after her best friend took her own life ten weeks after giving birth.