to bring shiri home, the war with russia. white house officials accuse president zelensky of �*insulting' president trump. there needs to be a deep appreciation for what and what we have done since. so some of the rhetoric coming out of kyiv frankly the next chancellor. the vatican says the pope �*had a good night', and had breakfast this morning.

hello i'm lauren taylor. israel's military says a body handed over by hamas their bodies have been identified. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has given woman was handed over instead of mrs bibas. he said israel will act with determination to recover hamas was due to return the remains of mrs bibas along with her children, ten—month—old kfir and his four—year—old brother ariel. an israeli air strike.

israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, oded lifshitz. in an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return shiri to her small children, along with all of our captives, both the living and the fallen, for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement. after there were explosions on three empty buses which were charlotte gallagher reports.

shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel and kfir, redheaded children was seen across the world. claiming they'd been killed in an israeli air strike. but it wasn't until yesterday that their remains and those returned to israel. four black coffins were paraded before crowds in gaza, before being driven away by the red cross. it was a day many in israel had been dreading — the return of the dead. officials confirmed that the bodies of mr lifshitz

shiri bibas. the israeli defense forces say that... the idf also say that forensic tests show that shiri's sons were murdered in captivity in november 2023 — not killed in an air strike. of the fragile ceasefire deal. for those waiting for their family members to be

that is why we as a family — and otherfamilies — are doing everything in our power to make sure 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. netanyahu has ordered an intensive military operation in the west bank. palestinians continues. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. is injerusalem and told me benjamin netanyahu's response was forthright. shiri home along with all israel's hostages, both alive

of the agreement, describing hamas as monsters and saying at the end of this "we will also take revenge". the hostage families expressing its sorrow over that the importance for them is that nothing should get in the way of making sure that the remaining hostages are released, that the process to ensure that that happens still continues. i mean, they are making that — as they have time and time appear in the way of the ceasefire, it we are expecting still, for now, the release on saturday of the remaining

six living hostages held prisoners were also due to be released on saturday and more palestinian prisoners also released and that essentially would bring the first phase of the ceasefire to an end. the second phase, in which all the hostages alive towards a permanent end to hostilities, the talks on that — which were meant to begin earlier this month — haven't started as yet. we did hear a few days ago from israeli foreign minister that they would start this

week. of israel and now what has happened overnight, this shocking news certainly for israel, turns the whole thing on its head. at the international institute for strategic studies — he told me just how precarious the ceasefire has become. i think it has been very fragile from the get go. we heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu even before the whereas in fact it had been intended as paving the way to a permanent ceasefire. so i think we know very well that there

goes back to prosecuting the war to its fullest extent and we know very well that there is a very significant chance that by his own personal convictions — pushing in that direction. we have also heard netanyahu himself as well as senior disarming hamas and talk about destroying hamas and that is obviously difficult to reconcile with the idea of a permanent ceasefire with hamas. fragile from the beginning and i think it will take a lot of towards a permanent ceasefire. in order to try and come up with a plan for the future of gaza, what can we expect from the meeting happening today?

that's right. the meeting has been deemed an informal meeting in cairo on march the 4th. what we can expect from this meeting being an informal meeting is i suspect the saudi leader, who has been holding intense discussions with the americans over the past few days over the issues of gaza and ukraine, i expect he will probably fill in the arab leaders ahead of the emergency arab summit on what these discussions have reached by way of potentially bridging the gap in positions between

hosted several members of the trump administration, including secretary of state marco rubio, national security adviser waltz, trump's special envoy witkoff, there has been an attempt at bridging the gap between president trump's proposal for the ethnic white house officials have accused the ukrainian and a planned news conference between mr zelensky was cancelled yesterday. the trump administration criticised president zelensky "very frustrated". us national security

adviser, mike waltz, lauding some of the seismic changes he has already sought of ukraine in a speech marking his first month back to maintain an extraordinary war of words centred on ukraine's refusal to trade much of its vast mineral wealth in return for us military aid. with president zelensky. — retired army general keith kellogg.

but a press conference that was due to follow his talks with president zelensky was cancelled at the request and stressed the need for strong agreements to end the war — the sort of commitments britain will be seeking when sir keir starmer visits the white house next week. role that we've always played — as the bridge between europe united states remains an important backstop but the former head of the armed forces thinks the uk needs to do more to ensure peace in the region.

a copper—bottomed security guarantee. to provide that. continue to come under almost daily attack. any talk of peace, a sideshow to the harsh realities of war. translation: we hope | for a peaceful resolution, between ukraine and its once staunchest ally, the united states. david willis, bbc news. there has been no explanation for the cancellation of thursday's news conference. scratching of heads. it came from the american side

and you would imagine mr kellogg would have been asked whether he believed territorial integrity. colleagues like the secretary of state marco rubio, mike waltz the national security advisor, they are the ones directly dealing with moscow. so you have this dynamic with donald trump's so called anything concrete out of the peace process, it is yet to be involved with.

to relay ukraine's concerns and needs back to the white house and also volodymyr zelensky�*s ability communicate those. he has been criticised for not doing that in donald trump's it is, it is keith kellogg's last day today and officials means a trip to the front lines or not but it has been a day zelensky and mr trump, what seems to have upset him is the insults, that is what mike waltz was saying, some of the rhetoric coming out of kyiv

personal relationship problem with president trump? he is going to have to if he is going to have any chance of signing a deal that would in any way secure ukraine's future with russian troops keeping a firm grip at some of the language donald trump certainly has of being in a disinformation space created by russia moscow increasingly. because of all of the land it has taken it, i mean that is something straight from moscow that we have heard throughout the last three years.

i think this is becoming more of a value from across the atlantic that ukraine is desperately try to combat james waterhouse there. this is bbc news.

stretch with voting taking place on sunday. the european union's largest economy is holding a snap election 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 and its leader alice weidel — but the party, which is putting a big focus on immigration, is expected to make significant gains.

the first vote is cast directly for a candidate from one in each of germany's 16 states. if a party wins at least 5% of those votes, it is awarded allocates according to its state lists. of mps could vary — 736 were elected last time, in but changes in the electoral law mean that total needed to form a majority. let's speak to freelance journalist james jackson what can expect from these elections?

there hasn't been that much the polls in recent change in the polls in recent weeks and months despite a number of such as attacks in munich and terrorist attacks in munich and nearby austria and where nearby austria and places where terrorism be suspected, the terrorism can be suspected, the focus has really been on migration but i'm glad you have germany's electoral introduced germany's electoral law system because this 5% law system because this 59/9 could be quite hurdle could be quite decisive in terms of what happens after jnterms of what happens after election. it is pretty the election. it is pretty clear that without a major upset that the winner is going be the democrats, to be the christian democrats, the conservative party led by merz, ion-time rival friedrich’mer'z, tcrng�*tir'ne rival angler and friedric�*rrmera, lcrng�*lir'na rival angler and the are gonna come second “— e: ' " iiiiik'e'i. what? ' " iiiik'ei. mam mverkel. what will change angela merkel. what will change is the arithmetic in parliament, of the parliament, which of the parties hovering around 5% hurdle will get in —— afd. if

you get a 4.9% not enough you get a 4.9% and not enough local constituencies, you are out and all of your votes are among the other distributed among the other parties. right now, one of the �*governing parties, the former governing parties, the neoliberal party ftp, could be former governing parties, the neolibei out. rty ftp, could be former governing parties, the neolibei out. the tp, could be former governing parties, the neolibei out. the new :ould be former governing parties, the neolibei out. the new left, be heading out. the new left, swing rzr be right, swing party could be out, looks like a party out, looks like a left party who have it who have surged recently, it was the editor of the economist who said the left party going i in: , m |,r.:r: "~’1“�*3=;�*i from 3% to 9% in some parts is the story of election the story of the election, ,, they have said they because they have said they don't want work with een't want. te were with . .,, merz, to friedrich merz, they want to offer a left—wing voice standing up for rent are's rights —— fdp. the question is not who is going to be chancellor, i think that is clear, but he was going quite clean. but be—leasfieies —— —~ , — — — be quite clear? but be—eeasfieiea .. e" , e . e be in quite clean. but beleaefieiea— r— ~—— —— r— be in parliament and it was to be in parliament and it was going to be in governing going to be in a governing coalition.— going to be in a governing coalition. , ., coalition. obviously you say it is definitely _ coalition. obviously you say it is definitely going _ coalition. obviously you say it is definitely going to be a - is definitely going to be a coalition, how easy will it be to govern given the last coalition collapsed and the

issue then was that the debt germany's strict rules �* how rmany�*s strict rules �* how much i�*s strict rules riot; ma area edie; �* how much debt they iles �* how much debt they can over how much debt they can actually has that an actually have, has that been an issue during the campaign, something they resolve once something they can resolve once they another they get into another coalition? it coalition? %€§ " u . coalition? %€§ " u- m coalition? %€§ w u- m coalition? ei—e w - up much as you might come up as much as you might think, as as the debt think, as much as the debt break was a key political break. was a iceubelitical in break. was a keveelitical in the last break. was a keveelitical in the last parliament, mention in the last parliament, it is also being used as an mention in the last parliament, it is also b other;ed as an mention in the last parliament, it is also b other fundamental differences. the last political differences. the last governing coalition was two centre—left parties one centre—left parties and one centre—right but is generally 2:2 polarised, centre—right, fdp moved away from its coalition partners and started locking, after w after one of w after one of their was ruled budgets was ruled unconstitutional. there is uncansli’cuciafial;anq'cii’srsia” ’ strange in german a strange trend in german politics that actually sometimes the right wing parties, the right—leaning, are the only ones who can seemingly get away with left—wing policies and vice versa. friedrich merz in friedrich merz coming in despite a former

despite being a banker, former banker, and a solid right conservative, he may be more relaxed on the debt break than the former government for political reasons. but really, they haven't talked about as with migration one much with migration being one of the key, dominating topics. james jackson, thanks very much for your there indeed for your analysis there the situation in thank you. on the situation in thank you. are going to take you to livwe w livwe piwctures w live pictures now in livwe piwctures now in italy some live pictures now in italy where we are seeing a message that the pope has passed another calm night in hospital according to the he according to the vatican. he was in last friday from pneumonia in suffering from pneumonia in lungs for the past two both lungs but for the past two mornings, we have had updates howspital saying he has had from hospital saying he has had a comfortable night and has had some breakfast, woke up some breakfast. woke up this a and had breakfast, morning and had breakfast, that is the latest is, pope. we is the latest trena themeeh’e r— , ———r 7'— �* he has cancelled a papal know he has cancelled a papal audience for saturday audience scheduled for saturday and isn't well enough to attend

on sunday, there are mass on sunday, there are pictures there of the question marks as to with question marks as to whether pope will well whether the pope will be well enough to return to some unusual weather pictures to end this half hour. this is carrolton in texas. normally at this time of year, you'd see but it looks more like a winter wonderland than a destination combine that with a burst water pipe and we're seeing images that look more like narnia than north texas. very pretty, you can always catch with our website is very pretty, you can always catch throughout bsite is very pretty, you can always catch throughout the e is very pretty, you can always catch throughout the day. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there.

we've lost that cold, crisp winterfeel and it's been replaced by something milder, but unfortunately some wet and heavy rain to come as well. where we've got the mildest of the air with that southerly wind. so, double figures first thing in the morning across parts start for all of us. push its way steadily north and west, lingering in western scotland and to the far north of cumbria. but ahead of it, yes, we will see some sunshine.

of the winds, but the winds gradually easing during 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. the afternoon, lighter winds in comparison to friday. through the weekend, because as we move out of saturday into sunday, another significant low and this is going to bring further gale—force gusts of winds, maybe severe gales for a time, and certainly a spell of heavy rain across the far north and west of the uk, perhaps not arriving in the south—east between 8 and 13 degrees.

to the far north and west, with the best of the sunshine likely to be in the south—east, and we'll

the war with russia. of �*insulting' president trump. arab leaders meet trump's redevelopment plan. to successfully preserve the sight of young children who were born with a rare genetic condition. those are the headlines — now let's get the latest business news from tadhg. you very much. while the future of the israel—gaza ceasefire