however, the exchange of 600 palestinians held in israeli prisons has been delayed. help end the war with russia. and an appeal to find an antique violin that was news from the vatican. hello, i'm we begin with breaking karin giannone. we begin with breaking news from the vatican.

we've had an update on the health of pope francis — who's now said to be in a critical condition, as he spends a second week in the hospital. the vatican said his health has deteriorated over the past 2a hours — and he has suffered that is the life shot of the gemelli hospital in rome where the pope has been staying since the pope has been staying since the friday before last. his health has deteriorated and he has suffered what the vatican describes as a "prolonged asthma—like respiratory crisis" and has needed blood transfusions. they were deemed f— ”f

guarded, they were deemed 7— 7777 guarded, in their fin friday before last fwords. llafddaybefgre last went into the the pepe went intethe gemelli in rome because of hospital in rome because of problems lungs. is problems with his lungs. he is especially prone to lung because he gears; ii; fad infections because he had pleurisy as an and had pleurisy as an adult and had part of one of his lungs removed when he was just 21 remeved when he was jest 21 and several he's had several hospitalisations his hospitalisations during his time as leader of the catholic church. bronchitis been a =hef=h erma“? be? if?“ 5 �*theme, problems with regular theme, problems with his now he's being 7for 7 for pneumonia. treated for double pneumonia. he had difficulties breathing for he went on to for several days. he went on to have a ct la; eff-z —"4—- : e”; e-:- 77 777 77 77 7 77 77 showed l2; "2" “44" e 515 "2“ " "' " "' " " showed he showedhe hid w ’ flawed]; hid’pfiedéofiia which showed he had pneumonia in both lungs. treatment in both lungs. his treatment during last was described during last week as" complex", but had as" complex", but we had regular updates each morning bed breakfast. he’d breaktast. he j ehjoyed and had enjoyed his breakfast and had enjoyed his breakfast and

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there has been no official explanation for the delay. it generally happens around an hour after the israeli released, the israeli six of them today, heetegee. six, ef thern teeeg; , 5, 5, released heetegee. six, ef thern teeey; 7 77 77 released by hamas, but were reteeeee by hemee. het77 77 77 the were reteeeee lay hemee. het77 77 77 the other side, no release from the other side, no release of prisoners. we are still 7 to ' to find 7 to find out why. there's trying to find out why. there's been no official explanation been ne effitiet eeptenetien' ' " " israeli been ne effieiet eeptenetien' ' " " israeli hostages from we re were taken back to israel re'e were teben he"! t“ eeree! let's you ”3:3 ee teke" 53" t�* "ee' let's you two first in rafah, tal shoham and avera mengistu — were handed over to the red cross in a ceremony. a second release took place in nuseirat. these are pictures of two of the hostages, reuniting with theirfamilies.

mengistu, who had been held in gaza since 2014. more ten years in hamas captivity. accompanied by his family. over by hamas on friday is hers. israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six more hostages home alive.

in gaza, more choreographed displays of defiance and firepower as the hostages emerged for the first time. others held for a decade. tal shoham was one of seven family members, all kidnapped from the same house. the long, agonising wait finally overfor his brother and sister. and they were all to hope for a betterfuture.

so you can imagine a situation in which you live side by side again? yes, i'm going to come back here. deal should be complete, but there are still plenty of hostages alive and dead being held in gaza. which have yet to begin. the campaign for tal is over. 0ne family's ordeal has ended. but as israelis celebrate and phase one comes towards an end, ceasefire or back to war, remains as uncertain as ever.

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are reporting he has refused to sign. expect to happen next. the mineral deal is next and what's interesting is that the mineral deal that is on president zelensky�*s table looks very similar to the mineral deal he had security guarantees in the deal that he is likely to sign. the united states has provided the most military assistance

50% of future earnings on natural resources. i haven't seen the real deal so i'm not going to go into all the details, but it's very one—sided and it's very transactional. of top military leaders. also out is admiral lisa franchetti, the first woman to lead the us navy. the ousting of six pentagon officials reflects mr trump his defence secretary pete hegseth had called for general brown's sacking last year as part of a plan to rid the military of diversity

and inclusion efforts. this at a particularly on a junction, particularly on a saturday morning in the satuzday morning in the centre the city on narrow street. :-—= fact it was pretty close to in fact it was pretty close to the manchester art gallery and to greater manchester according to greater manchester police the collision happened a van and a tram, between a van and a tram, whieh one i the between a van and a tram, whieh one �*the city's main ie ene ef the eity'e rnein 77 7 7 transport systems. public transport systems. following that, two ambulances, a rapid vehicle and a rapid response vehicle and two air ambulances were sent to the scene and a three—year—old girl, who was a pedestrian travelling and neither the tram nor the was then taken to ner the van; was then taken te where she very hospital where she very sadly died from her e’ investi ations, police say that investigations, are ongoing as

inquiries, are ongoing and as of yet there are no arrests that have been made but of that have beenmade belt of it's also caused great to transport, disruption to public transport, with roads being closed with many reads'be'ing’ closed systems delayed or and systems delayed or cancelled. we have heard from a number of authorities in the according to manchester city, according to manchester council, they say they city council, they say they make sure the family had a...-...,, seams. . . a full supportand full support and all of7 its full support and all of manchester is horrified at this shocking crash. said, all shocking crash. they said, all our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of fwith the familyandfriends of innocent little girl, and the innocent little girl, and that's a message echoed that's a message echeedbg ”ham 5 57 "757 west service, north west ambulance service, who say, �* thoughts north west ambulance service, who say, �*thoughts are north west ambulance service, who say, �* thoughts are with who say, our thoughts are with the family loved of the family and loved ones of the family and loved ones of the little girl as well, but in meantime the police the meantime the police investigation continues. megan owen. let s get some of the day s other news now. seven churches have been targeted in a suspected arson attack in new zealand's capital overnight. local authorities responded to the fires in wellington at about 4.30am local time on saturday. and no one was injured.

according to the peruvian fire department. health authorities reported that 71 people are receiving under the debris. the structure collapsed over a children's play area. yesterday is a 19—year—old refugee from syria, who they believe had planned for several weeks to killjewish people. the victim, a spanish man, underwent emergency up for their final push to convince voters to put

the country's next chancellor, but the far—right afd party has of the economy and immigration. has been the economy. there were more than 20,000 bankruptcies filed last year alone, the biggest number in about ten years in germany, and indeed energy costs have shot up. that's in part because of and germany trying to diversify its energy supply from russian to higher electricity

prices for many germans. is for small businesses and big businesses alike and he is waiting for politicians to actually deliver the limited pensions they receive every month, and the new government to bring down prices a classical musician is appealing for help to david lopez ibanez had been given the valuable 281i—year—old at major concerts. he's been speaking to our

correspondent, tom symonds. which could be the soundtrack to his week. david, that is beautiful, but something's missing? as david needed it. it's lived through almost 300 years, prior to my hands even touching it.

next to him, it was stolen. my whole life was torn apart. prior to this happening. you can never be prepared for something like this happening. there is hope. it has this tiny heart, which is unique. dealers are looking out for it. as long as we know about the instrument, which we do, we've -ot instrument, which we do, we've got photographic evidence of it looks like, it will what it looksjiise—aldal'lll - m- what it looks like. it will. in most likely under circumstances. there 7 lots of thin-s tht -ive are lots of things that give that— are lots of things that give that away but if that violin comes _ that away but if that violin comes into is sale it leave the shop. just maybe his love for this instrument will make someone tom symonds, bbc news.

from stealing chips at the seaside to swallowing but now a new project is hoping to better understand the changing diets of the birds. it comes as conservationists warn they, along with other from climate change, overfishing and avian flu. helen briggs reports. caught on camera, gulls stocking up on carbs the voracious appetites of these famously unfussy birds i always love seeing gulls eating starfish i've seen them eat, sort of, octopus, also invasive parakeets. the natural diet of gulls includes seafood, earthworms and, gruesome as it may sound, other birds.

but as food becomes harder to find, more gulls are dining on human leftovers. pop out for lunch in any city centre and it's easy to find an urban gull or two keeping an eye out on whatever you're eating. there are so many gulls in cities, and whether it's our food that's bringing them into town — and you can help by sending in your photos. so we want people to upload photos of gulls eating absolutely anything. it can be chips, it can be pigeons, rats, fish, mouth, upload it to the site — gulls eating stuff. the data will be used to map what gulls are eating population declines. and with many seabirds in big

trouble, hit by warming seas, dwindling fish stocks, and the lingering effects of bird flu, the scientists say the study will raise awareness helen briggs, bbc news. coming up in a few minutes' time, — coming up in a few minutes' time, we_ coming up in a few minutes' time, we think, donald trump is going _ time, we think, donald trump is going to — time, we think, donald trump is going to speaking in going to be speaking in maryland at cpac, the conservative political action conference, a gathering of right—wing thinkers and groups right—wingtbinke rs andgrodps - m— right—wingtbinke rs andgrodps - m— right—wingtbinkers andgrodps parties and donald trump is and -arties and donald tduznn keynote and parties and donald trump is keynote speaker, so he the stage there, he i on takes the stage there, he is on his way— takes the stage there, he is on his way there right from his way there right now from the white house, will bring the white house, we will bring that to — the white house, we will bring that to you. the white house, we will bring that to vom— 7 on the pope's 7 ohe pope's health 7 it's ”ope's health 7 (that's anotherealth we have had in the development we have had in the last hour, that the pope is still as being 5§itt 55i5§ 5555575557 55 55i5§ a 5§itt being 5555fi75557 55 75555 a condition. that's in a critical condition. that's saint peter's in the

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hello, at this of �*we have winds and can have like winds and you can that spring is coming sense that spring is coming through with the crocuses and snowdrops in bloom but snowdrops in full bloom but the most up—to—date's make the 1mest1np-te-date�*s sunshine because it is lovely sunshine because it is not expected to last. wet and windy weather. is going to move in. so let's take a look at that in a little more detail. six to eight degrees. 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 through northern ireland, and, into the afternoon, east anglia and southeast

but it's all about the rain and the wind as we go through the second half of sunday. to the northwest with highs of eight to 13 celsius. now, to close out sunday, that rain still has to push its way steadily southwards so we will see some wet weather. and overnight sunday, the heaviest of the rain to the south, but it will be a wet start first thing on monday morning. so that rain will clear away. so temperatures at about the average for this time of year.

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this is bbc news, the headlines the vatican reports that pope francis is "more unwell than yesterday"

as he remains in the hospital crisis." receiving oxygen support. prisons has been delayed. germany's politicians are making their final pitches to win over undecided voters, ahead of sunday's friedrich merz, whose conservative christian expected to come second.