the war with russia. white house officials have accused president zelensky of "insulting" president trump. there needs to be a deep appreciation for what and what we have done since. amazon takes over the entire james bond franchise, is this a skyfall moment for 007? coming up on business today — arab leaders meet to discuss how to rebuild gaza,

in a counter—move to president trump's redevelopment plan. you are welcome to bbc news. the remains of two child hostages have been identified, is not their mother. li—year—old brother ariel. the israeli defense forces also claim the children had been an israeli air strike.

israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, oded lifshitz. separately, israel's defence minister has ordered increased to tel aviv. there are no reports of any injuries. charlotte gallagher reports. shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel and kfir, redheaded children was seen across the world. hamas announced the family had died in november 2023 — claiming they'd been killed in an israeli air strike. of 84—year—old peace campaigner oded lifshitz were supposedly returned to israel.

it was a day many in israel had been dreading — and of ariel and kfir have been returned to them, but they say shiri bibas.

of the fragile ceasefire deal. for those waiting for their family members to be returned, it's agonising. my brother is in captivity and is going to be released only in the second phase. we are fighting both in israel and outside israel, that my brother returns home. late last night, three buses exploded on the outskirts of tel aviv. there are no reports of injuries. israel say it was a suspected terror attack, and benjamin operation in the west bank.

the violence and fear for both israelis and palestinians continues. hamas commented but one would expect they have to somehow? respond somehow? received a comment haven't received a comment from hamas as yet but, yes, there would definitely have to be form of response. i mean, some form of response. i mean, this is a very =7 of course. development, of course. the ceasefire deal, which has been which has nearly fallen shaky, which has nearly fallen apart several in this shaky, which has nearly fallen apai phase, il in this shaky, which has nearly fallen apai phase, this in this shaky, which has nearly fallen apai phase, this is, in this shaky, which has nearly fallen apai phase, this is, ithink, first phase, this is, i think, the worst situation it has the worst situation that it has in. we were on been in. we were due on saturday to have the saturday to hava'tha ramaining living hostages

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our north america correspondent david willis reports. donald trump avoided mention of ukraine in a speech leaving others in the administration to maintain to trade much of its vast mineral wealth in return president trump is obviously very frustrated right now with president zelensky. the fact that he hasn't come to the table, that he hasn't been willing to take this opportunity very quickly. into this war of words stepped america's keith kellogg.

and stressed the need for strong agreements to end the war — when sir keir starmer visits the white house next week. but the former head of the armed forces thinks

and i think, to nick's point, that means there's got to be a copper—bottomed security guarantee. realities of war. translation: we hope | for a peaceful resolution, any hope of peace and its once staunchest ally, the united states. david willis. see't-lewse""' a, .. relations after the us envoy visit to kyiv.

there is really very little message of discipline what the game really is at this point. just trying to understand where the pieces are. and waiting to see what happens with those meetings next week between donald trump and his french and british counterparts. of opportunities, too, to take further steps backwards i think this is a big opportunity actually to forge

way that would actually serve the administration's interests, it has been a long—standing interest of the us to try going to involve us troops on the front line backed up by nato and american logistics, intelligence, what the administration wants. or maybe even earlier, not after you have already started this discussion with russia. sure. rare earth minerals for security, discussed at that

meeting in kyiv yesterday, but that doesn't mean a deal for both sides there, perhaps? it is just one of these things where the deal is sort there's got to be time to consider these things. more often, i think it speaks to the transactional nature i get for what i do for you? in other news stretch — ahead of voting taking place on sunday. a snap election which was triggered by the collapse of chancellor olaf scholz�*s three—party coalition. polls suggest the conservative

christian democrats — led by friedrich merz — are on course to be the largest party. he's ruled out working with the hard right afd significant gains. our chief presenter sumi somaskanda about high energy costs, inflation they believe has hit the german economy especially hard, the biggest economy the christian democrats — led by friedrich merz — the economic situation to not get worse and everybody has a different idea on where that comes from.

best shape the future and our fears. about that at my age. how to deal with the rise of the far right, the afd to the polls on sunday. this is bbc news.

you're welcome back. after the trump administration stunned europe with its decision to start talks with russia about ending to see what washington has in store for them. the us still underwrites the security of japan still based there, and the us navy's pacific fleet almost with other navies. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head a 100,000 ton nuclear powered

behemoth, and the most visible its 60 state of the art warplanes can be rocketed into the air by the ship's steam catapults at a rate but they'd also brought us here to showcase american friendship and cooperation with allies, in this case france and japan. not exactly the mood music that's coming out this exercise is a demonstration of our efforts and prosperous indo—pacific. our network of strong alliances and partnerships, such as those that we share with france and japan, collective security challenges.

bringing together some of the largest ships that these but the way the new administration in washington new defence secretary pete hegseth shocked european they could no longer depend on the us for their security. in korea and japan, promising to deepen defence cooperation with them. cost—cutting wrecking ball.

and some military experts have questioned the value of maintaining these giants when they are vulnerable yet with the trump administration now focussed 0ut here in the vast expanse of the ocean, they're still seen as the best way of protecting the vital interests of the united states. jonathan head, bbc news on the uss carl vinson. now prepare to be shaken and stirred — by the broccoli dynasty.

long—serving producers barbara broccoli and michael g wilson have announced they're stepping down. film — no time to die. earlier i spoke to film producer and entertainment journalist sandro monetti. safeguarding the quality and class of this franchise. up, thenjeff bezos could reinvent himself as the that is the genuine fear of fans like me, i think they will mess it up. he is a bald man, lets see how he looks stroking a cat.

has he got a cat? i don't know, we will have to check that. do you think there is a risk that now 007 movies? could we end up with a case of james bond overkill? absolutely because they see 007 as a licence to print money. example, ruined by far too much content and spin offs. amazon have already given us the and i think you can expect a moneypenny spin off, a 0 spin

it at the cinema. let's talk about runners and riders to be daniel craig has put himself out of mescal as potential replacements, any other names have wanted their man, who has been linked with this role before, to get it. am not, iwould put my money on harris drifting into the betting at 4—1. if you are looking to build a franchise character, for about 12 years. just hope that he is british!

an american? god forbid! pierce brosnan wasn't british, so there is one! no, he wasn't. finding some way of having james bond become a woman or be a woman, be played by a woman, have a woman in the leading role, does that still persist, people still talk about that in any way? it is a great question because barbara broccoli, who it doesn't matter what race james bond is, but the lasted for more than 60 years, and the character has always

lord of the rings franchise when they created what many saw no fan of this is carrolton in texas. a destination for spring break. that's it. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weather story across the uk

has changed significantly over the last few days. we've lost that cold, crisp winterfeel and it's been and windy weather at times. in fact, we've got gale—force gusts of winds arriving and heavy rain to come as well. where we've got the mildest of the air with that southerly wind. start for all of us. it will be windy. we could see gusts of winds 55, possibly 60 miles an hour for a time, and the heaviest of the rain will gradually push its way steadily north and west, lingering in western scotland and to the far north of cumbria. some rain arriving later on in the afternoon but ahead of it, yes, we will see some sunshine. the end of november. it will be tempered a little

bit by the strength the latter stages of friday. some early morning rain still lingering first thing slightly fresher air tucking in behind as well. so saturday, a grey and wet start across skies out to the west. sunny spells and scattered showers developing into top temperatures generally between 10 and 13 degrees. now, saturday is likely to be the better of the two days a spell of heavy rain

between 8 and 13 degrees. a slightly fresher theme, but it will stay unsettled to the far north and west, with the best of the sunshine likely to be in the south—east, and we'll still see double figures.

arab leaders meet to

discuss how to rebuild controversial redevelopment plan. elections this weekend, we take a snap—shot of the country's economy today and how it could look and sustainability on the runway at london fashion week — how the next generation of designers have been given while the future of the israel—gaza ceasefire the process.

of the war is unclear.