ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky called for europe to have a seat at the negotiating table to help end the war with russia. of a general election on sunday. has been found guilty of attempted murder. we begin in the middle east,

where there has been release the palestinians. earlier in gaza, a total of six hostages were released. first in rafah, two hostages — tal shoham and avera mengistu — were passed to the red cross in a ceremony and driven away. this time in nuseirat. eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert who were transferred into the hands of the israeli military. reuniting with their families. and the second was avera

the final hostage to be released without a public ceremony in gaza city. by his family. it comes after israel said a body returned by hamas claimed — herfamily has since said a new body handed who's in hostages square in tel aviv. a very emotional day where you are, mark? a very emotional day where you are. mark? _ are, mark? indeed. there were re are, mark? indeed. there were pretty _ here - are, mark? indeed. there were pretty _ here on - m suare watchin sc uare watchin . that bgfhigdure r which i- that bgfhigdure r which showed screen behind me which showed the pictures of very show ze- stage s—hew—byrhamas that we seen on stage s—hew—hyrharhas that we seen on a basis have seen on a weekly basis with images from another world, a 77 beamed 7 a 77 beamed into here in a sense, beamed into here in tel aviv. the of tel aviv. the wasteland of gaza where were

where those hostages were released in a show where hamas fighters surrounded them, took : ”zu’pioin they 7 -777 crowd. were kisses to the crowd. they were to sign documents and made to sign documents and handed over red lead into they are and lead into israel. they are now here in israel and as you saw those pictures that you reunited with their as ”astheiy; ' ' if”??? ”astheiy; 7 stay hospital 77 hospital and; 77 in hospital and medical you mentioned in that there your introduction that there has been a delay in the release more than of more than 600 palestinian prisoners who are meant be orisoners who are meant to be for the six hostages. exchanged for the six hostages. let me just explain what the letrmejust explain what the is about why there is thinking is about why there is that delay because on that delay because here on hostages you bibas j bibasfamily bibas family,and the the bibas family, and the they have gone through. ordeat'they' have gone through. the ordeat'they' have'gohe through. the that name a claim and the body that name a claim to be bibas, as it turned it was not her body and out it was not her body and then the correct remains were handed to her family later. then the correct remains were handed to herfamily later. i'm going lower my voice a bit going to lower my voice a bit

because there is a shrine here to the four dead who to the four dead hostages who return here. shiri returhhere.’5hiri bibas's is their beside her to photo is their beside her to he wasjust four sounds, aerial he was just four old when he was seized on tth of october, and to the the 7th of october, and to the right of him, he was just nine months old. and the far right there is a retired journalist and peace activist, he was 84 years old, he was one of the yearsotd, he was one of the �*dead hostages return ee vitheiordezili ' " "rh’e’éédeéfof' " "rh’e’éédeir’of' bibas, israel. the ordeal of bibas, receiving body that turned not to be shiri bibas's out not to be shiri bibas's body at the start, the and body at the start, the fury and pain that evoked is thought to possibly this delay be possibly behind this delay of release of the in prison is fossil but z— but the suggestion

confirmed but the suggestioneby defence who israel's defence minister who said that we can'tjust go back routine, what has to routine, given what has happened this week with the bibas what we bibas family. what we understand that there will be a bibas family. what we underst cabinet there will be a bibas family. what we underst cabinet meeting l be a bibas family. what we underst cabinet meeting of e a sort, some sort, security, . . thatis some sort, security, . . that is how it some sort, security, . . been that is how it some sort, security, . . been described; how it some sort, security, . . been described in ow it some sort, security, . . been described in thet media, the rr of ia, the pen; u: = is: is rr of israel pens u: = is: is rr of israel laterrs iss s sss is rr of israel later oniss s sss is minister of israel later on today will stop and that could precede the release of the prisoners but for palestinian prisoners but for the moment, it has been pushed back to eight pm into back to eight o'clock pm into our time from now. that is the next time from now. that is the next time from now. that is the next timing that we have had on e— the release of those palestinian prisoners. {iii palestinian prisoners. of course. _ palestinian prisoners. of course, this is via hands on but there have been bumps along way, having there? many the way, having there? many bum s. the way, having there? many bumps- a — the way, having there? many bumps. a couple _ the way, having there? many bumps. a couple of - the way, having there? many bumps. a couple of weeks i the way, having there? many i bumps. a couple of weeks ago, bumps; ascoupleof weeks ago. suggested that the hamas suggested that the release of the hostages was going to suspended going to be suspended altogether if israel did not come in words, comply with terms of agreement, the terms of the agreement, accusing israel of holding up the entry of heavy lifting equipment into gaza to clear

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rightrwing of benjamin government. given t between the two the mistrust between the two sides, as ever, the question is which way will let you know you go? it to push on and go? is it tended to push on and the ceasefire and second phase of that the second phase of that deal �* is he going to give into the line numbers of higher line numbers of his who are very tttttt calling fora the war while the hostages... thank you very much for us hostages... thank you very much for - us up-to-date - hostages... thank you very much for - us up-to-date with l for bringing us up—to—date with that story. yousef alhelou is a british palestinian independent political analyst, and documentary film maker. his sister and other members of his family have been killed during this war. welcome to bbc news. i wanted to start by getting your on report is a tifi�*jfihti fifil tfi'itf§t§§t'§ teetét tttttt t t that “wee“? fifil tfi'intgéfitf{ rstiit tttttt t t that are of a of course, as part of because of course..— 55,9?!ng ., ., . . ongoing deal, because ef csursse as—oartetw ., ., . . ongoing deal, we are this engeing deal. we are now for this ongoing deal, we are now for 602 t who have tt who have held israeli jails to be in israeli jails to be released, but there are some indications that there be indications that there may be what do you know about

delayed. what do you know about 7 that? this shows israel's - violations - that? this shows israel's - violations of i that? this shows israel's. - violations of this repeated violations of this ceasefire because it was meant to release them at same ceasefire because it was meant to release them is same ceasefire because it was meant to release them is not same ceasefire because it was meant to release them is not happy t the tside in gaza,twhenever is possession, there is hand—out possession, hamas says different signals. is a mistrust, there is there is a mistrust, there is tension in the air. the fragile is still holding but ceasefire is still holding but we might deterioration we might see deterioration at the end of the day, because at the end of the day, this was very bad deal for israel. israel was forced to accept how much's condition. it is very lengthy, because it is very lengthy, slow —— and slow —— hamas's, and for hamas release all of at once. to release all oft-hem at once. did not happen because the this did nothappenbecause the 16 months of brutal war in ggs’gj6 months of brutal war in israel failed gaza, israel failed miserably to release to buy force oh negotiation and diplomacy is the only way and also the

m-tttttt tttttttttttttttt t payin- attttt ttttttttttttttttt t ——: mediators are paying a crucial role to make sure that this t stays there. tt stays there. hamas ceasefire stays there. hamas say that israel violated the ceasefire terms by not allowing ceasefire terms by not a"er�*s correct of the correct quantity of caravans. is need for saraeafls thsrs is a one tsr least to 200,000 at least caravans to homeless accommodate homeless people. israel has civilians israel has killed civilians recently and they not allow materials and not construction materials and not allow injured people in gaza to to medical leave to get medical attention there is mistrust and abroad. there is mistrust and we may see some obstacles along the way. {iii we may see some obstacles along the wa . . ., , we may see some obstacles along thewa. , ., the way. of course, as you and mark - were _ the way. of course, as you and mark- were saying, - the way. of course, as you and| mark - were saying, there mistrust on both sides when comes to israel as as it comes to israel as way as hamas. israel has accuse hamas of breaking terms of the they spread it deal deal after they spread it deal showed that the initial remains handed over on thursday were not of shiri bibas, but he t t about t t t about mediators doing talked about mediators doing to vow to this what do vow to keep this going. what do

you think is going to come next? we are waiting for the israelis go to cabinet to meet later, we will find out what will happen in terms of the will haooen in terms of the of wiii, haooen in terms of the of these palestinians release of these palestinians that have been held in israeli prisons. but going you prisons. but going forward, you have that the have optimism that the ceasefire will continue on, evenif ceasefire will continue on, even if there are bumps along the way? i even if there are bumps along the wa ? ., even if there are bumps along the wa ? ~ ., ,~ even if there are bumps along thewa ? ~ . , the way? i think netanyahu is under a huge _ the way? i think netanyahu is under a huge domestic - the way? i think netanyahu is i under a huge domestic pressure and also external pressure to sure the ceasefire make sure that the ceasefire does fall apart. world does not fall apart. the world cannot the resumption brutal war that : thousands ithousands of tens of thousands of 15,000 palestinians, including 15,000 many of those children, many of those shot dead israeli snipers. let's be clear that israel sent the bodies of of palestinians in hundreds cf paleftwanfin—i— —— —— , bags hundreds df paleftwanfin—i— —— —— , bags and dumped them in garbage bags and dumped them in gaza whereas as you can see, if make t t—t make at least you make comparison, at least israel treats palestinians miserably. there are

miserably. prisoners, there are hundreds of prisoners, including political prisonerstjncluding and political prisqheestjnclle'ttg and women political prisonerstjncluding and women held under no minors and women held under no charge. those are charge. those families are often warned not celebrate �* release. they are beaten their release. they are beaten even as whereas if you released, whereas if you compare the palestinian side, and hostages are smiling, they tttcthtetetrintgt tt tt tttcthtetetrintgt tonatyt, tt tttcthtetetrintgt tonatyt, tor} ontt tttcthtetetringt tonatyt, tor} ontthe are cheering. today, one of the as a hostages kissed two his as a hostages kissed two of his captures. you ask yourself why? the way; israel’ is nethapfieg" this you and will make the way; israel’ is nethapfieg" this you ask will make the way; israel’ is nethapfieg" this you ask yourself e the way; israel’ is nethapfieg" this you ask yourself why? the treatment. captures. you ask yourself why? vesty, the treatment. lets captures. you ask yourself why? - the treatment.— captures. you ask yourself why? vesty, the treatment. lets not foruet vesty, the treatment. lets not forget some, _ vesty, the treatment. lets not vesty, the treatment.— vesty, the treatment. lets not foruet vesty, the treatment. lets not forget some, _ vesty, the treatment. lets not forget some, including - vesty, the treatment. lets not forget some, including - vesty, the treatment. lets not forget some, including sherryl forget some, including sherryl forget some, including sherry target sums. inauding'shefr’rg ”"" and her children have bibas and her children have backin arrived back in body bags. it t tbacktintbonytt t t t t backtintbodytbags. t back in body bags. it arrived back in body bags. it is a devastating situation is situation is a dssastatins situatisns' ,, , we stand this. i where we stand on this. i go is a dssastatina situatisns' ,, , we stand this. i go where we stand on this. i go back to my do back to my other question, do back to my other question, do you feel optimism that this is you feel optimism that this is can continue to the ongoing can continue to the ongoing stages, of these stages, given some of these staassl aissn servant sf this-s: ”s , ssss that you raised? issues that you have raised? issues that you have raised? for that i there unlikely for that i think there unlikely for that i think there might be some obstacles along might be some obstacles along the way. israel is not happy way. israel not

t ttway. israel not happy the way; israsl’ is nsthapfiag" this deal the way; israel’ is nethapfieg" this deal and will make from this deal and will make sure that it does not continue. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. thank you very much for sharing yourthoughts. on thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. on the ongoing situation and of course, we are very sorry for your loss of your family very sorry for your loss of yourfamily members who very sorry for your loss of your family members who were killed in the war. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says europe must be at the negotiating table to end the war and ensure

to germany now, where political leaders are gearing up conservative candidate freidrich merz is tipped to be the country's next chancellor but the far—right afd party has been surging in the polls. chancellor olaf scholz has been delivering a speech the sdp. sumi somaskanda sent this report from the central city the last two years. here in germany.

that is in part because of russia's war in ukraine oil and gas and turning to renewable energies, for many germans. and he is looking for political leaders to get things back on track. minds, and certainly we can say of the older people we spoke to here, the older voters, they are concerned about inflation because it is eating into their pensions, their limited pensions that they receive every month. and they want to see that addressed by politicians and tackle inflation.

ireland are on course to win a straight nations third straight six nations title. they found themselves further behind at the start of the second took advantage the second halftitook advantage the second halftitook advantage the 20 minute red card. when of the 20 minute red card. when were restored to 15 ts iii, tttthey they turn the screw jamie osborne's t jamie osborne's try and when jamie osborne's try and four were to four penalties were enough to keep their hopes keep their grandson hopes alive. keep daily might get the onthat t t t on that on t t on that on bbc tt on that on bbc sptort latest on that on bbc sport website —— grand slam. they play for the calcutta cup

at the allianz stadium for the fifth year in a row. that's never happened before, but england will be buoyed after their surprise late victory against france, and will have the roar of twickenham behind them. create a new story, create a new narrative. and, you know, what we're going to do to stop it is, they have always, been top opposition and it has been very close _ opposition and it has been very close games and i think am fio no illusion of what eh??? eém5’3�* éfieireittifierit’fit�* - no illusion of what will from is we t fromttthat tty 2 top come from is that they are top quality— come from is that they are top quality side. it will a quality side. it will take a very— quality side. it will take a very good form from us to beat back from two goals down, to earn a point against everton

at goodison park. was overturned by var. from beto and abdoulaye doucoure before half—time. are a place behind in 15th. we know that this team is really good on second balls. suffered two goals like second balls and fighting fighting for the ball. we were soft during the first half but we managed to recover. o'clock kick offs. losing against west ham at the emirates. arsenal could losing against west ham at behind rates. arsenal could losing against west ham at behind liverpool enal could losing against west ham at behind liverpool with could losing against west ham at behind liverpool with a )uld losing against west ham at behind liverpool with a win. go behindstiverpoot with a win. palace are i—o up crystal palace are i—o up at tottenham are leading fulham. tottenham are leading against ipswich and brighton are 2—0 up against are 2st.) up against southampton

that than eight games his for that than eight games his aston villa against chelsea. just you bournemouth just let you know, bournemouth are losing against wolves but villa, chelsea is a late eitta. ehetsea ist. é late eéfié the b�*illé, ehetsea is e late game the sjsss be looking and the blues will be looking to try and restore the hopes into the top four. team spirit for sure in this moment has to be upset, they were top four, second, second, second for most part of the season. 2—1 at hibernian. four more matches underway now — with second—placed rangers at home to st saint mirren havejust

saint mirren have just scored so rangers are england have set the pace in their opening champions trophy match against australia after setting their opponents performance from ben duckett. england clambered back from a shaky start to finish joe root made 68. joss as well has reached his half—century. get more on all of the sport website. that all of the sport website. that is all this watch from us for now. thank you very much, been killed in a crash between a tram and a van in manchester. police said the child was a pedestrian and wasn't travelling in either vehicle. our reporter meghan owen has more. on a saturday morning, in the centre of the city

on a narrow street. in fact, it is pretty close to the manchester art gallery. and according to greater manchester police, now, following that, two ambulances, a rapid response in neither the tram nor the van, was then taken to hospital, where she very sadly died from her injuries. now, the police say that investigations inquiries now, we have heard from a number of

shocking crash. they said, "all our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the innocent little girl." who say, "our thoughts are with the family found guilty of attempted murder. leaving him blind in one eye. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. oh, my god! he had been giving a talk on stage about keeping writers safe. moments later, as he described it, he was laying in a lake he'd been stabbed and slashed 15 times.

the 27—year—old didn't react. during the trial, mr rushdie gave evidence, removing his glasses to show his injuries, and described how he had lost believe that the maximum provided under the law isn't sufficient. issued a bounty in 1989, accusing the author for attacking mr rushdie. he took very little trouble to inform himself about the man he said he'd read a couple of pages, he didn't say videos and decided that i was disingenuous.

hadi matar will be sentenced at a later date. he faces a federal trial on terrorism—related charges too, which he denies. from stealing chips at the seaside to swallowing healthy appetites. but now a new project is hoping to better understand the changing diets of the birds. from climate change, overfishing and avian flu. helen briggs reports. and getting a sugar rush. has surprised even the experts. because theyjust look really hilarious when they're i've seen them eat,

sort of, octopus, also invasive parakeets. and, gruesome as it may sound, other birds. pop out for lunch in any city centre and it's easy to find you're eating. there are so many gulls in cities, and whether and you can help by sending in your photos. so we want people to upload photos of gulls eating it can be chips, it can be pigeons, rats, fish, starfish, octopus, whatever it is that they have in their mouth, upload it to the site — gulls eating stuff. it takes one,

maybe two minutes. and greedy birds. on we and this half on bbc news. plenty more on all the day's stories a the day's stories including a life page on the bbc news website with all the latest on those developments the middle website with all the latest on those do velopments the middle website with all the latest on those do stayrments the middle website with all the latest on those do stayrmer us. 1e middle hello there. at this time of year, we get light winds and some

bloom, but make the most of today's lovely sunshine because it's not expected to last the second we change gear once again and see a return to some wet and windy weather. is going to move in. it will bring heavy rain and gales, perhaps severe gales for a time for some as well. so let's take a look at that in a little more detail. we're going to start off with overnight lows of around six to eight degrees. will be in scotland, and northern ireland. could see gusts of winds 60 to 70 miles an hour in the northern isles. the rain heaviest out to the west. a wet and windy start across the irish sea into the lake district, to the east of the pennines, there'll be some sunshine and lighter winds. and, into the afternoon,

east anglia and southeast the second half of sunday. perfect excuse for a late sunday lunch, really, as that heavy rain and strong winds continues to dominate. its way steadily southwards so we will see some wet weather. anybody travelling during the early evening will be across channel coast and into the southeast, clearer skies further north, a few scattered showers continue. to the south, but it will be a wet start first thing looking ahead, it's quite a messy picture. there will be some rain around from time to time, so temperatures at about the average for this time of year.

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