the vatican says pope francis is in a critical condition pneumonia in both lungs. hello, i'm ritika gupta. benjamin netanyahu said that the inmates won't be freed until the next release of israeli hostages is guaranteed. and the use of hostages

for propaganda purposes. hamas said the delay violates the ceasefire deal. on saturday, six hostages were freed during handovers in rafah, nuseirat and gaza city. they are the final living captives to be returned in the first phase of the deal. at the end of a week full of despair and uncertainty... cheering israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six more hostages home alive. in gaza, more choreographed displays of defiance four were abducted by hamas on october 7th, two others held for a decade.

from the same house — tal, the last to return. the long, agonising wait finally overfor his brother and sister. where tal was taken. be�*eri is a place of scars and ghosts. 32 were taken hostage. to hope for a betterfuture. stay and live in gaza. side by side again? 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.

next week, stage one of this whole complex ceasefire of hostages, alive and dead, being held in gaza. getting them out will require a whole new set of negotiations, ordeal has ended. ceasefire or back to war — remains as uncertain as ever. joining me live is laura blumenfeld. she's a former us state department senior policy

welcome. and palestinian prisoners, as phase one of the deal. palestinian prisoners. yes, indeed. steve witkoff, president has met special yes, indeed. steve witkoff, presidt east has met special yes, indeed. steve witkoff, presidt east envoy, 5 met special yes, indeed. steve witkoff, presidt east envoy, 5 ml meeting dermer, with ron dermer, netanyahu's political no—show shooter. steve witkoff said he the stevewitkdfi saidbebdpes the phase stevewitkdff saidbebdpes the phase will goodwill from phase one will usher the way into phase two. today was anything but good will. it was ill will and humiliation for israel. one of hostages was released to his toihisifathe’rfli 7 to his father was accdrding td his father titles by the hamas to kiss one of his captors on the head before he was released. head before he was released, here is the thing about the and here is the thing about the middle east and it is also true of trump, cannot -=e= thisikind ,,, thiskind j” w ' " ' thiskind qf'aiérie’nt" ' " ' thiskind ofmomeint’of

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are being held and if there is anything to come if there is one every israeli will you . eefeeiife _7 source is one �*source is one combat their source is one combat pilot told me is no man left pilot told me ieno men left so israel is going to ; fivt it takes 7 77 what it takes to 7 7 what it takes to bring? what it takes to bringthose do what it takes to bring those hostages home. and again, final hostages home. and again, president trump, totally approach than different approach than president america first president biden. america first and there are american still held, both deceased being held, both deceased americans in terms of their bodies and one living american whose is eden alexander. �*there isjust “we "aa-"e �*e ede—5 ale�*te—ae’ . . .. . ” ~ �*there isjust one name “we "aa-"e �*e ede—5 ale�*te—ae’ . . .. . ” ~ �*there is just one name you “we "aa-"e �*e ede—5 ale�*te—ae’ . . .. . ” ~ �*there i: of st one name you �*there i: of that|e name you �* there i: of that might e you �*there i: of that might inspire can think of that might inspire and motivate the states stand even stronger to stand even stronger with thatis to stand even stronger with that is eden alexander. israel, that is eden alexander. and speaking of the us, there is a big question about pressure on israel. we saw donald trump president donald trump putting a lot of pressure on israel's e let ef preeedr'e'en ieteete " ' ' to e let ef preeedr'e'en isteele " ' ' to enforce phase netanyahu to enforce phase one of the deal. but then just some 24 of the deal. but then just some 2a hours or so ago, he that tv that actually, he's fine

saying that actually, he's fine israel to —— to do, whether it decides go —— to do, whether it decides to if two will to go to phase two will with the war. so this continue with the war. so this is quite confusing where the continue with the war. so this is q on confusing where the continue with the war. so this is q on all nfusing where the continue with the war. so this is q on all ofising where the continue with the war. so this is q on all of this. where the continue with the war. so this is q on all of this. when do e sits on all of this. what do you make of that and how could that the lack of this that impact, the lack of this pressure perhaps in get into phase two? well, the us leverage _ phase two? well, the us leverage in _ phase two? well, the us leverage in the _ phase two? well, the us leverage in the region i phase two? well, the us leverage in the region is| phase two? well, the us leverage in the regit and | phase two? well, the us i leverage in the regit and in always a fascinating and in some ways the most important question. what i worry about is not so much about the not even so much about the trump can put on pressure trump can put on netanyahu because it is clear that netanyahu is very eager to . . president 7 . . president but? . . president but it eleeee president trdrdd. bdtit 5 ,, . ,, kind of respect and which the president of the w statesr president of the w states has sident of the w states has in ient of the w states has in the of the w states has in the arab e united states has in the arab world. first with world. firstwith his. gaza plan and then with takeover plan and then with high noon deadline that he that high noon deadlinethat he to release all the set to release all the hostages week, he didn't follow last week, he didn't follow through on either of those threats. hamas the words threats. hamassaid thewords no meaning. and what that that there is no means is that there is no that, consequences. without that, there is no and the us there is no average and the us going to quickly lose is going to very quickly lose their ability to impact events their ability to impact events the ground. i we on the ground. so i think we have to wait and see. what

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countries who support a reintegration of palestinians z into their home, what back into their home, what many consider their homeland, which gaza. but the is gaza. but the unfortunate thing is we have kind of thigg is that we have kind of a lot of our bargaining lost a lot of our bargaining power along the way. president trump has off. is trump has baehed eff. he is: ”caddie,” he trump has baeleed eff. he is: ~ , ~~ . he will trump has baeleed eff5 he is: ~ , ~~ . he will call flexible, he will call it a flip—flop. but is flip—flop. but he is saying, i'm surprised they were not to listen we willing to listen to me. we were —— we give them billions of of but so be of dollars of aid. but so be it, iwill of dollars of aid. but so be it, i will sit back watch. t-—— at least he's not doubling down. he his e “e �* right nowé �* right nowvon ukraine h and forcing a ceasefire there in a kind of reverse of what president biden was very much neta nyahu 7 neta nyahu to pressuringddetanyahutoreach a and hands off ceasefire and hands off zelensky, here we are seeing the opposite. tote zelensky, here we are seeing - the opposite-— quite the opposite. 23s to leave quite the opposite. 2 ii: to leave there. thank have to leave that there. thank you so much. thank you. the vatican has said

for the first time that where he's being treated for pneumonia in both lungs. the 88—year—old was given a blood transfusion and oxygen, the vatican says the pope remains "alert", but his prognosis was still "guarded". our europe correspondent sarah rainsford has the latest. the pope himself has asked for openness and transparency regular statements from the vatican on how he is. and i have to say that the latest statement it repeats the fact that pope francis is in a critical condition and he's still, as the statement says, but what they have described, in addition, is a prolonged extra oxygen. they've also said that the pope needed blood transfusions because tests showed that he had anaemia. so those are two quite significant developments, i think. they say he is suffering, he's in more pain than he was

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. it's interesting, though, that this comes after and they were quite upbeat. wasjovial, 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 was a delicate balance and that anything additional condition, but as i said, still alert and he still spent

about an hour ago, uk foreign secretary david lammy saying that it's "time to turn the screws in a statement, the foreign secretary said, "this is a critical moment in the history of ukraine, support for ukraine." the unveiling of the sanctions will mark the three—year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. forces are key strategic priorities. on saturday, prime minister keir starmer reiterated ahead of meeting president trump next week.

action conference on saturday. i'm dealing with president zelensky, i'm dealing europe has given $100 billion. the united states has given $350 billion! but here's worse. europe gave it in the form of a loan. they get their money back. we gave it in the form of nothing. and i'm going to try and get the war settled, and i'm going to try and get all that death ended. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas was at the conference and took us through trump's comments on ukraine. what is now an empty room around me with people setting equipment was once filled down equipment was once filled with people who are supporting,

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