the exchange of 600 palestinian prisoners is thought to be moments away. sir keir starmer calls president zelensky to tell him he'll back ukraine's sovereignty in his meeting with donald trump next week the vatican says pope francis is "more unwell than yesterday" — as he continues treatment for pneumonia in both his lungs. freeing more than 600

palestinian prisoners. these were the moments where two of the hostages were reunited with theirfamilies. handovers had taken place earlier in the day in rafah, hamas had claimed they were killed in an israeli airstrike our correspondent paul adams has the latest from jerusalem.

at the end of a week full of despair and uncertainty... israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six in gaza, more choreographed displays of defiance and firepower as the hostages emerged for the first time. four were abducted by hamas on october 7th, two others held for a decade.

32 were taken hostage. yes, i'm going to come back here. i'm not going to go anywhere else. i think we should really start talking about it and not fighting about it. deal should be complete, but there are still plenty of hostages alive and dead being held in gaza. which have yet to begin.

of palestinian prisoners. but it hasn't happened. been waiting all day. the campaign for tal shoham is over. where this goes next, on towards a more durable paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. after midnight here and palestinians are still hear news of are still—fiaiting'tghear “ens sf prisoner release and we know the prisonenrelease andwe know been discussed the prieoheereleeee ehdwe knew been discussed the it'eheen'diseueeed by the referred in it'ebeen'disebeeed by the referred in last few government referred in last few minutes some reports that

within the th ” ” ”withinthénixt’hai? ” ” "withinthénixt’haiisn” could happen within the next half an hour or so. could happen within the next half an hour orso. meanwhile, hamas has been throwing fresh fuel on the fire in releasing the propaganda video in two 7 7 two israeli two israeli hostages who whieh tfib'iereeti heetegeeflhb'ere to be released whiehtfib'iereetiheetegeeflhb'ere to be released or seen watching whiehtfib'iereetiheetegeeflhb'ere of je released or seen watching whiehtfib'iereetiheetegeeflhb'ere of today's sed or seen watching whiehtfib'iereetiheetegeeflhb'ere of today's handover tn watching whieh tfib'iereeti heetegeeflhb'ere of today's handover ceremonies one of today's handover ceremonies from a car nearby. they are under duress and under 5 j duress and it speaking under extreme duress and it is painful to watch. it is only to enrage the israeli public likely to enrage the israeli public and government let's go live now to hussein ibish, in washington. expecting them to be released soon. was this retaliation and how much of a risk could this pose to peace deal? well, a great risk and it is

yet another sign, i that prime mm in min into -hase two interested in going into phase two because he is a problem because there's a lot of from the there's a lot of pressure from the israeli public to all the israeli public to get all the hostages back and that requires 77 phase two and under completing phase two and under pressure from the same donald and under heavy pressure from 11:ng and under heavy pressure from israeli military not to restart the israeli military not to restart war because they have never the war because they have never received an answer about what the the war now is. so, he is purpose of the war now is. so, he is under a lot of pressure he is under a lot of pressure but he is also under terrific pressure else under—terrific preeebrefrbm far false under—terrific preeebrefrbm far right false under—terrific presserefren�*t far right in israel that he git an to stay in some relies on to stay in power and some of extremist ministers in of these extremist ministers in his both from the right "’"t""""""'°ther other even more extreme and from other even more extreme parties keep and so, he is in a bit of a bind and it looks to me as e really is keen on though he really is keen on restarting the war soon possible. restarting the war soon as possible. given at phase two be given being at phase two will be a lot more complicated given a four

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killing israelis in this is what the killing lsraelis in this—is what the fears if you gevernrnent feats’rnere’than if yeti leaving hamas in power in gaza. are leaving hamas in power in gaza. that is a very difficult thing to make it obvious people. and so, make it obvious to people. and so, he is in a bind. i make it obvious to people. and so, he is in a bind.— he is in a bind. i want to “ump in because you i he is in a bind. i want tojump in because you _ the - he is in a bind. i want tojump in because you _ the us. he is in a bind. i want tojump in i because you _ the us and he is in a bind. i want tojump in - because you _ the us and the question us pressure, big question is the us pressure, donald trump put pressure on netanyahu neta nyahu to agree netanyahu to agree to fbut 77 but over 7 7 fbut over the 77 fbut over the 2a 77 fbut over the 2a hours fbut over the 21thours or fdonald er the 21thours or donald trump 21thours or donald trump said 4 hours or donald trump said hefours or donald trump said heéis rs or donald trump said heéis fine so, donald trump said he is fine any decision that makes with any decision that israel makes come to go into phase two are going 7 f the war come to go into phase two are going 7 7 the war again. it is confusing to the war again. it is confusing where the us now stands. where the us new stands. yee think going to affect getting that'srgeingte affect getting inte two and beyond? that'sgoingte affectgetting '- a two and be ond? , , phase two and beyond? definitely. of donald trump — phase two and beyond? definitely. of donald trump withdrawing _ phase two and beyond? definitely. of donald trump withdrawing pressure l into phase two, there's no way he will. donald trump's pressure is the only thing they got him agree to only thing they got him to agree to phase one. he is to ignore the public and he is willing to 2 h5 the israeli 7 the israeli military 7 the israeli military to 7 gaza or stay 7 7 gaza or stay in 7 7 gaza or stay in parts7 7 gaza or stay in parts7of 7 gaza or stay in parts7of gaza7 in gaza or stay in parts of gaza whether they want to or not. his

whetherthey want'te er net. his problem was donald trump biggest problem was donald trump demanding that he along with demanding that he go along with phase but trump has said phase one but donald trump has said different things. he he different things. he said he insists on getting all hostages out 7. way way to do that is through only way to do that is through phase two and if he has completing phase two and if he has changed his mind than benjamin changed lush-id than benjan�*tin is changed blah-id than benjan�*tin is off changed bier-md than benjan�*tin is off the hook and changed bier-md than benjantin is off the hook and that netanyahu is off the hook and that well be the case. we'll have to may well be the case. we'll have to see. trump is very says different 7 says different things 7 says different things every 7 says different things every day. 7 he says different things every day. of the things donald trump pitched is gods as the 77th7e77 ——— . e——— —— ——— —— . . themiddle east 7 7 themiddle eastand 7 77eh7e7mi7t7i7t7ile7egst7a7n7d7h7e71p7 7 77th7e7middle7 7e7ast7a7nd7h7e7lp7place of the middle east and help place over, we saw arab leaders who do not 7 the, they met with and approve the, they met with them and approve the, they met with them and a to have mentioned a counterproposal to have any details on that? we mentioned a counterproposal to have any - details on that?— mentioned a counterproposal to have any - details on that? any more details on that? we know it it's auoin any more details on that? we know it it's going i become _ any more details on that? we know it it's going i become a _ it's going to become a — . e , in it's going to becomeafie w e in the it's going to becomeafie ”a e in the creation it's going to becomeafie w e in the creation of reconstruction in the creation of palestinians alternative civic palestinians’atternative civic in certain sense, administration. in a certain sense, they have no choice but to take es ' — donald donald trump seriously. a donald trump's proposal is serious

tremp's prepesal is' net'seriees no tremp's prepesal is'net'seriees no way or for the 2 there's no way or anywhere for the 2 million palestinians to go there's no to get them tojordan and no way to get them tojordan and plus, they want to leave. so, plus, they don't want to leave. so, just a hallucination. on the it's just a hallucination. on the other hand, there is the potential donald is up a new —:e: = -:e: for the west 77 for the west bank 77 for the west bank where he smile on israeli annexation and will smile on israeli annexation and by pitching this fake proposal e j he is setting up a real gaza, he is setting up a real new us policy israeli annexation in wet" 77 watch 7 7 wettest welcoming their the west bank welcoming their grabbing of the remaining west grabbing 40% of the remaining west bank as he proposed in the paper that, released back injanuary that he released back injanuary 2020 in his first term. the vatican says pope francis is �*more unwell crisis earlier on saturday.

receiving treatment for double pneumonia. that the biggest threat facing the pontiff was sepsis — >outside the hospital where he's being treated, people have been gathering to say prayers for pope francis. is the starkest one yet. not out of danger. but what they have described, in addition, is a prolonged so those are two quite significant developments, i think. they say he is suffering, he's

in more pain than he was yesterday, so stressing, i think, the fact that he is still alert, still very much there and still very much fighting this double pneumonia, which obviously is extremely serious. you know, the words were serious, but their tone was jovial almost at some points. they said that the pope was joking, that he was in good spirits, and they also said for the very first time that, in fact, he is not bedridden.

downing street says, in a call this morning of any peace negotiations. it comes amid increasing tension between the us, ukraine and europe. meanwhile, kyiv and washington appear to be inching closer to signing a deal that would give the us rights to ukraine's deposits of rare earth minerals. comments — saying that europe needs to do more to aid i'm with zelensky, e-_ i'm with zelensky, i'm dealing with president putin. i i'm dealingwith pjeqdentputin. ! trying to get the money back and

am trying to get the money back and secured because europe has given $100 billion. the united states has given $350 billion but here's worse. they get their money back. and i'm going to try and get the war settled, meanwhile, the polish president andrzej duda encouraged as two leaders met on the sidelines of the conference on saturday.

north america correspondent meryln thomas. what s the mood there? what is now an empty where people are down people are setting down equipment was filled with people who are and cheering sepperting and cheering fer donald trump. and this was president donald trump. and this was a victory lap for him he z h= the blizzard of executive about the blizzard of executive actions and talking cracking actions and talking about cracking down on the border, reshaping and the federal reforming the federal government, talking about first he was tet'e'ce 5l; t die—nee fnet—fc'f�* ”w" w" he was at ease tet'e'ce 5l; t die—nee fnet—fc'f�* ””" ”w”' he was at ease and tet'e'ce 5l; t die—nee fnet—fc'f�* w w w he was at ease and very 77 in front of a roomful 7 cemfertable in frent ef a reemfdl'ef who his and he people who his supporters. and he also mentioned the war in ukraine alse mentiened the war in {dkraine also much later on and in he has made days, he has made global backlash after he falsely accused ukrainian —= of starting the war and pyfesident of starting the war and him a hesaid hewould can he7wo7til7d77try7 7 7

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