who died while being held hostage, were mixed with others in rubble after israeli strike. earlier israeli prime minister said hamas will �*pay the full price�* for not returning her body. home, along with all of our captives, both the living and the fallen. we will ensure that hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement. tensions grow between the us and ukraine over ending the war with russia.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we begin with breaking news in the middle east where, amid israeli accusations that hamas has violated the palestinian militant group has released on saturday. tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed and avera mengisto. to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement reached a month ago.

meanwhile, hamas says the remains remains from the rubble after an israeli air strike hit the place she was held in. violation of the ceasefire agreement and said israel in a separate development, the red cross says it's "concerned and unsatisfied" by the way hamas hostage release operations have been taking place. and in a dignified manner.

our middle east regional editor sebastian usher there was great sorrow yesterday, and today you heard it there, obviously expressed i don't think this very first line that we've heard to douse that anger. and, i mean, this is a hamas official. for the whole of hamas, at the moment. shiri bibas�*s body, or what they say is part of her remains of her body, in the coffin, that they didn't alert israel to that fact,

knowing that an in—depth is that hamas was not the actual faction that handed over to another faction after that. all of these are questions that are purely speculation at the moment. official, that doesn't really explain anything with any greater clarity at the moment. hamas had always said, though, that the bibas

the findings that israel issued overnight from the forensic investigation said that the two bodies of the children as they were described by the israeli military. 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, the emotions in israel over this have risen to a new height, and one has to wonder what the effect will be on the ceasefire deal, which is continuing. released tomorrow on saturday, and a large number of

as far as we know, that is still going to continue. handed over by hamas to israel next week. phase of the ceasefire. all of that is in abeyance at the moment. the talks but were meant to start, haven't yet started. another obstacle in that way, and will again, be a threat to the continuation of the deal. breaking news from ireland. in the past few minutes, sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald has said stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the palestinian people from gaza". arab leaders are meeting

in saudi arabia today which they roundly reject. earlier, i spoke to our correspodent sally nabil the palestinians. it's, one way or another, a reply to the suggestion and egypt, a suggestion that has been vehemently so now the egyptians have come with a counter—proposal them with a safe shelter until they,

and then the reconstruction process will start. as i said, we don't have the exact details whether or not that will have the support of the gulf but the gulf participation is quite important across the arab world. of ambiguous or that doesn't give a clear position but there will be another summit held here in egypt on the 4th of march. the future of gaza.

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. no sign of narrowing any time soon. of "insulting" donald trump, and a planned news conference between mr zelenskyy and an american envoy for his refusal to strike a deal on access to his

putin, but that the details of such an encounter had yet to be worked out. — who is in kyiv — gave his assessment ukraine. of the political position he finds himself in. given it access to half of the country's natural minerals, which washington says should be used to pay it back for the military aid it's given to date and to pay for future security guarantees. you have european allies scratching their heads as to how they could plug a gap left by america. there is division over whether they will send troops to ukraine after

a ceasefire is signed and of course, overall you have washington warming to russia, of at the moment. so he has a tall order. in the past, he could rely on battlefield success, but that was a long time ago now. and i think the sort of status quo of russia both keeping hold of ukrainian territory and grinding gains in, notably in the east crept into certainly american politics. goes beyond strategy. this is a change in values, which leaves ukraine very much but it does have its european allies, at least in the form of france and the uk

and their leaders heading i think what will help their cause is a proposal argued forfor a long time, in his first term, certainly. on the continent that if america pulls its troops out and europe increases its defence spending it wants to know america is there in case russia doesn't stop

at ukraine and russian aggression continues, not least because of a more friendly relationship between these two superpowers, with europe and ukraine caught in the middle. in europe and ukraine, but it's also flexing its muscles. of the security world order as we know it. fighting this war. russia is still invading it, and its future is far from assured, not least with the political turbulence we are seeing now. the foreign secretary, david lammy, has said the uk would act as a bridge between europe and with the former head of the british armed forces saying the uk and europe must �*step up to the plate�* to guarantee ukraine�*s sovereignty. and ed davey, the leader

of the uk�*s third—largest party in parliament, the lib—dems, told bbc breakfast the prime minister should go further still. with our closest ally, the united states, now supporting russia, it seems, and removing itself so we�*ve got to make the defence of our country a top priority. spent on our army, air force and navy. i think we should now do that rapidly, with a clear timetable, certainly in the next two or three years, and then start talking cross—party about going even further, the situation is so serious. harry farley. i asked him how quickly the uk government could increase spending on defence.

on defence, and the talk�*s to go to 2.5%, that�*s what ed davey for the uk to go much further, say to 3%, which would be so these are large sums of money. how would you pay for it? and that is not yet clear. on digital services, essentially on large that tax is currently at 2%. they�*re suggesting raising that to io%. so a significant extra tax. no word from the government on their thoughts on that. and a growth agenda, and it seems unlikely that they would want to impose an extra tax like that.

but that leaves the question open as to how you pay for that extra defence spending. the government has said that they are committed to setting out a path to reaching that 2.5% figure. you mentioned the former chief of the defence staff, so i think that focuses minds, gives you an indication leaders, certainly, at the state of the army. all that in the context of the prime minister wanting to, or saying that he is ready and willing to put uk troops deal that is reached between ukraine and russia.

questions about ukraine and donald trump�*s clash with president volodymyr zelensky, and what it means for future peace talks. and europe�*s stands — and russia. here as well as our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, and our europe correspondent, nick beake. do send your questions in to

germany�*s general election campaign is 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 with the winner being the person who secures the most votes — a relative majority. the second vote is cast for a party s list of candidates, in each of germany s 16 states. if a party wins at least 5% of those votes, which it allocates according to its state lists. that had previously meant that the number of mps could vary 7 736 were elected last time, in 2021, the total will be fixed at 630 7

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been cancelled again — just two years after it was saved by streaming giant amazon. the show, and margot robbie, will finish production injuly — and �*rest�* from the end of this year. neighbours was initially axed in 2022 after a 37—year run — but after an outpouring of affection, amazon they ve not given a reason as to why the soap is that producers might try and find another backer. in both lungs. breathing difficulties. he has a number of health problems. hamas�*s armed wing confirmed it will hand over

as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with israel. israeli campaign group the hostages and missing families forum published the names of the six hello.

isn�*t it, compared with how we started the week. same spots, though, into friday afternoon, this afternoon, into the teens. hit 16 or 17 degrees. warm air coming all the way from the mid—atlantic ahead of these weather fronts, which are already bringing rain across the west and some strong winds, you can check the wind gusts where you are hour by hour on the bbc weather app. this afternoon, brightening up across many western areas bursts of rain. the south and channel islands, but with sunshine continuing in east anglia and the south—east, 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 with this morning. we should still be frost—free. still some outbreaks of rain lingering, it will take a while 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. if you are heading off to the six nations matches for wales versus ireland. by the time the match gets under way, the sunshine should it means a clear night to take us into saturday night for a time, temperatures will drop, but then on sunday

some eastern areas could just about stay dry until late in the day, especially east anglia and the south—east, across all parts, probably wetter and windier than we will see through this afternoon. temperatures, though, will still hold at around double figures.

what next for gaza? will stand up to donald trump�*s highly controversial redevelopment plans. we�*ll examine the economic challenges it faces today and gold rush: fears over tariffs send the precious metal to a record high. welcome to business today. i�*m tadhg enright. while the future of the israel—gaza ceasefire in the saudi capital riyadh to discuss how to rebuild gaza. president trump s plan to develop what he called a middle eastern riviera, dislocating the people much about the effort to rebuild gaza in the aftermath