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support for ukraine. i don't see an end to the peace and the peace could be achieved byjust and the peace could be achieved by just going and the peace could be achieved byjust going tomorrow. germany holds the final leaders�* debate as voters go to the polls on sunday. the next chancellor. hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east where in the past hour it kidnapped on october 7. a hamas official says the remains of israeli hostage shiri bibas appear to have been mixed with other human remains from the rubble after an israeli air strike hit will pay the price, for what he called an evil violation of the ceasefire agreement. in a television address just over two hours ago he stated that the body of a gazan woman was handed over instead, but said israel will act with determination to recover mrs bibas�*s body. hamas was due to return

the remains of mrs bibas li—year—old brother ariel. israel has confirmed that the fourth body returned on thursday was that of veteran peace activist, oded lifshitz. translation: we will act with determination to bring shiri - home, along with all of our captives, both the living and there is renewed anger. you heard it there, obviously expressed by the israeli prime minister, mr netanyahu, who has

the israeli president, isaac herzog, has also made a statement describing it as horrific. i don't think this very first line that we've heard to douse that anger. shiri bibas�*s body, or what they say is part took shiri bibas and her two children captive on october 7th, 2023. handed over to another faction after that. all of these are questions that are purely speculation at the moment.

but i think from what we've just heard from this hamas official, that doesn't really explain anything with any that the investigation found were indeed kfir and ariel, that they had been killed by terrorists, so the israeli side, countering what hamas had said way back... i mean, this was back in november 2023. so this is a very complicated situation, at the moment. what is clear is that, as you were saying, the anger, height, and one has to wonder what the effect will be we are expecting to see six israeli living hostages released tomorrow on saturday, and a large number of

handed over by hamas to israel next week. phase of the ceasefire. alive or dead, freed and would move towards to hostilities there. but there's no doubt that these latest developments will be

earlier, i spoke to our correspodent sally nabil who is arab leaders are beginning which they roundly reject. earlier, i spoke to our correspodent sally nabil who is we don't have the exact details of the plan yet, but the main features that we know are relocating the possibility of the reconstruction of gaza without relocating the palestinians. it's, one way or another, a reply to the suggestion and egypt, a suggestion that has been vehemently without relocating

the palestinians, to provide companies, will start lifting the rubble, and then the reconstruction process will start. whether or not that will have the support of the gulf across the arab world. of ambiguous or that doesn't give a clear position

on this to this suggestion. on the 4th of march. and again, it's about the us suggestion and more about the future of gaza. how would post—war gaza look like? who is going to rule gaza? a lot of unanswered questions, and we don't know if these arab leaders will be able to come up with clear cut answers for these questions. some from the red cross some reaction from the red cross overseeing the return of and the �*israeli ytdy " £22'2;’y;;t'e;aay1;hig all;yggt.;aa'y’,;higti;y bodies yesterday, while they thought it was for now one thought it was for but now one of is that of a dozen 912i??? is that of a dozen. they said 912i??? is that at a dazeh they said the red cross 912i??? is that at a dazeh the withi the red cross 912i??? is that at a dazeh the with the red cross 912i??? is that at a dazeh the with the wayi cross 912i??? is that at a dazeh the with the way that ;s is concerned with the way that

hamas operations had taken place. they said that ioc place. they said that the ioc doesn't take place in screening or examining the deceased. they said this is the responsible of parties —— the irc. use of the parties —— the irc. they should privately they should be done privately and in a dignified manner. that was not followed through with yesterday when hamas put for with w with pictures onto a coffins with pictures onto a stage, another carefully coffins with pictures onto a stage, another aberration by choreographed aberration by them, criticised by the red cross. have got —— carefully operation by choreographed operation by them. and an american envoy

to ukraine and russia was cancelled yesterday. country's minerals, and said president trump is very frustrated. the kremlin says that there is a meeting for us president donald trump and valdemar putin. but the details of such an encounter has yet be set an encounter has yet to be set out —— �* putin. you have to imagine what it must be like for president zelensky at the moment, in terms you have an america which is criticising given it access to half of the country's natural to pay it back for the military aid it's given to date and to pay

for future security guarantees. as to how they could plug a gap left by america. troops to ukraine after a ceasefire is signed so he has a tall order. in the past, he could rely on battlefield success, but that was a long time ago now. of ukrainian territory and making

grinding gains in, notably in the east and i think what we're hearing from the white house this is a change in values, which leaves ukraine very much isolated at this moment in time. yeah, isolated. of france and the uk and their leaders heading to washington to hold talks with president trump next week. i think that what will help their cause is a proposal which is something donald trump has been argued forfor a long time in his first term. if european leaders can show they are spending then thatjust might buy them a bit of leeway. but what european leaders want in return is america's guarantee, because there is a nervousness on the continent that

if america pulls its troops out and europe increases its defence spending it without america. russia doesn't stop at ukraine and russian and not least because of a more friendly relationship between these two superpowers, with europe and ukraine caught in the middle. so these are interesting political times, and it really does feel like america isn'tjust and we really are seeing an upending of the security world order as we know it. fighting this war. is far from assured, not least with the political turbulence we are seeing now.

would act as a bridge between europe and there are growing calls for a bigger uk defence budget party in parliament, the lib dems, told bbc breakfast the prime minister should go further still. supporting russia, it seems, and removing itself so we've got to make the defence of our country a top priority. all the parties at the last election said they had timetable, certainly in the next two or three years,

further, the situation is so serious. harry farley. i asked him how quickly the uk government could increase spending on defence. so it's a significant increase. the question that immediately is then asked is, well, how would you pay for it? and that is not yet clear. you heard from ed davey there, the leader of the liberal democrats here in the uk. digital companies such as google and so on, whose tax is currently at 2%. so a significant extra tax.

no word from the government on their thoughts on that. however, i think it's fair to say that the government has and a growth agenda, and it seems unlikely but that leaves the question open as to how you pay for that extra defence spending. for when they would actually hit that target. and you mentioned the former chief of the defence staff, being in a process of neglect for the last 30 years, and said that they are remarkably hollowed out. of the scale of frustration

among military at 12.30 gmt today we'll be answering your questions about ukraine and donald trump's clash with president volodymyr zelensky, and what it means for stands — and russia. we'll have our russia editor steve rosenberg lyse doucet, and our europe correspondent nick beake. do send your questions in to your voice and we'll around the world and across the this is bbc news.

a meeting of g20 foreign ministers continues in south africa today,

and ukraine is very much on the agenda there too. britain's support for ukraine. i don't see an appetite to really get to that peace. and that peace could be achieved by leaving ukraine on with their lives and letting them have their sovereignty. trump more about this. we are very, very clear there must be a role for ukraine, security guarantees. bbc�*s africa correspondent

mayeni jones is covering america's top diplomat. to the conflict there. in support of mr trump's suggestion that he should to the conflict here. the issue of ukraine. put altogether they represent about 85% of the world's gdp and often these different interests seem to butt up against each other. the majority of the us�*s allies have of course... the majority of the countries here, pardon, have supported mr zelensky�*s claims he should be leading any kind of conversations around these talks, but it is already divisions taking place

at the moment. what impact is that having? last night, the south african president cyril ramaphosa was keen to downplay the fact marco rubio had refused forfinance ministers. but mr ramaphosa said this didn't amount to a boycott, that they had sent a senior diplomat, that there were strong connections between south africa and the us and issues pertaining to the us could still be discussed here at the g20. this leaves south africa as the first african country to be president of the g20. they really had hoped this would be an opportunity for them to shine a light on some of the issues affecting developing countries, particularly issues to do by this us dispute.

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a different feel to our weather out there this afternoon, isn't it, compared with how we started the week. temperatures on monday, for instance, in many some spots, though, into friday afternoon, this afternoon, into the teens. some spots around east anglia, cambridge area, could hit 16 or 17 degrees. rain across the west and some strong winds, too, as we start the afternoon winds gusting between a0 and 60mph quite widely. you can check the wind gusts where you are hour by hour after a wet morning although it does remain pretty wet bursts of rain. as i said, 15, 16, maybe 17 possible. 15 also along the moray coast. into this evening, despite the fact we finish has rain arriving and could last all night for many.

a few heavy, maybe thundery showers in the north—west of scotland and a fresher start to saturday compared with this morning. before the cloud clears. elsewhere, a sunny start with some showers in northwest scotland, northern ireland, a few more developing elsewhere but for most, the bulk, if not all of the day, will be dry with some sunny spells, best day of the weekend. not quite as warm as today but 11 to 13 degrees, still above where we would normally expect. if you are heading off to the six nations matches tomorrow, best of the sunshine will be there in cardiff for wales versus ireland. after a cloudy, maybe damp start at twickenham,

around double figures. that spreads through, and next week looking a little bit cooler but still fairly changeable.