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hello i'm samantha simmonds. the remains of what hamas says are four hostages it held in gaza are on their way to israel's national center of forensic medicine for identification. they crossed the border in convoy around an hour ago. this is the first time hamas has released the bodies of hostages since the ceasefire. the bodies are believed to be those of shiri bibas and her two sons — kfir, who was nine months old — and four—year—old ariel, the youngest people kidnapped in october 2023. the children's father yarden was released by hamas earlier this month.

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the military were not able to confirm. knew that at some point in this phase of the this first phase of the ceasefire would be bodies ceasefire there would be bodies of people who died in the of people who had died in the first phase of the ceasefire. today, hamas staged a ceremony at khan younis in gaza devastation that e devastation that m the devastation that now is so a part of the devastated much a part of the devastated of mnch a part df the devastated of gaza. they had a landscape of gaza. they had a once where a platform once more, where a member of the red cross who was accusing him of being responsible for red deaths of accusing him of being responsible for red cross 5 of accusing him of being receive the bodies came up responsible for red cross who was member of the red cross who was to receive the bodies came up to receive the bodies came up and signed papers with a member and signed papers with a member hamas. above them, there was of hamas. above them, there was poster ;. above them, there was poster of above them, there was a poster of benjamin netanyahu, poster of above the netanyahu, ; caricature showing him a poster of benjamin netanyahu, a caricature showing him with a caricature showing him with blood his mouth and fangs, blood on his mouth and fangs, blood on his mouth and fangs,

accusing him of being accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of responsible for the deaths of these hostages, for their murder. one man —— hamas said a long time ago now that they were responsible for the murders of this family. a mother and two children, one in four years old 19 months. israel had never confirmed that. the family had still held out some hope that this might not be the case. the same applies to the fourth hostage who has been returned today according to hamas. a man in his 80s obscured

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were taken. and many hopes that may have survived, they may have survived, although we don't have that confirmation from the israeli mission wonld bee-anacceptable the israeli military yet, hamas have said confirmation from the israeli military yet, hamas have said "n"? “set “a"? has ”4 ~ "7' ,,, "h ww 7 are "h�*s" ast “a"? l�*ss h4 ~ "a, ,,, ~~ rs—r— — these are the of the are the "n"? ast “a"? has ”4 ~ "7' ,,, "h ww 7 are the of the these are the bodies of the youngest and oldest these are the bodies of the youngest and oldest hostages on an taken on an october the seven. 7 on an october 7 7 7 on an october the 7 7 7 on an october the seven. taken on an october the seven. 84—year—old and a mother an 84—year—old and a mother an 84—year—old and a mother with �* two sons with her two young sons who are an 84—year—old and a mother with �*two sons are with her two young sons who are just nine and four years just nine months and four years when they were 7 old when were abducted. when they were abduct7ed. european leaders have to the ukrainian president, given their backing to the ukrainian president, suspended, because of the war. volodymyr zelensky after volodymyr zelensky after president trump said he was a "dictator" who'd "done a terriblejob". a terriblejob". sir keir starmer phoned mr zelensky last night to offer his support. to offer his support. in a deepening rift, mr trump in a deepening rift, mr trump claimed ukraine started the war with russia claimed ukraine started and that his ukrainian counterpart was a dictator because he didn't hold elections last year. elections last year. president zelensky�*s term expired last may, but voting was legally but voting was legally suspended, because of the war. meanwhile, the kremlin says any british plan to send troops to ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping

mission would be unacceptable for russia and that it was starmer with concern. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said the proposal was

president volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator, the us leader doubled down on his comments he's pretty easy, pretty easy. zelensky better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. got to move, got to move fast, because that war is going in the wrong direction. in the meantime, we're successfully negotiating an end to the war with russia. 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,

so they have the cards. prime minister sir keir starmer reaffirmed his support to ukraine and gave his backing to efforts to achieve long—lasting peace. ukraine and our citizens. " president trump's scathing comments will have been welcomed by moscow. for many, mr trump's words echo kremlin talking points who, for so long, have sought to change power in ukraine. of agreement, and tomorrow, he will not be elected not much of value.

president zelensky is caught at a fragile moment. after nearly three years of brutal war, he needs all the support he can get. on how moscow is reacting to the latest comments from president trump. the russians are very pleased, very confident. they love hearing donald trump's criticism of president zelensky.

very happy, smiling, talking about how well the us—russia talks have been going. the talks in saudi arabia the talks in saudi arabia earlier this week. earlier this week. and there's a big article in the government paper today, rossiyskaya gazeta, which talks rossiyskaya gazeta, which talks about donald trump demanding elections in ukraine about donald trump demanding and concluding, the paper says, washington has started washington has started the process of the destruction of zelensky�*s image. the process of the destruction of course the russians of course the russians criticise at all vladimir putin are pleased, because we've are pleased, because we've president, joe biden, who called vladimir putin a murderous dictator to a situation where we have an american president, we have an american president, donald trump, who now calls donald trump, who now calls the president of ukraine the president of ukraine a dictator, without elections. and an american president a dictator, without elections. who appears happy to embrace russian narratives on the war russian narratives on the war in ukraine and to spread those in ukraine and to spread those

narratives, who doesn't narratives, who doesn't criticise at all vladimir putin for vladimir putin's full—scale invasion of ukraine three years ago. and on top of that, an american president who is picking fights with america's traditional 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

ido i do believe that there might be some at least in be some changes, at least in the personal position because there is a reaction in kyiv to we have been witnessing in what we have been witnessing in last week in terms