the vatican says pope francis is in a critical condition hello, i'm ritika gupta. tonight, after israel's prime minister indefinitely postpones benjamin netanyahu said that the inmates won't be freed against what he called "degrading release ceremonies"

have not yet begun. 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 this was supposed to be the last exchange of hostages but now, we're seeing that israel has delayed to stage two of the deal? yes, indeed. steve witkoff, president trump's special middle

east envoy, was meeting with ron dermer, president netanyahu's political negotiator. it was ill will and humiliation for israel. one of the hostages who was released, according to his father, was ordered by the hamas gunmen to kiss one and here's the thing about the middle east, and it's and hold the respect. so i think that netanyahu — especially on the day when they were supposed to release the largest including 100 who had been convicted of murder — kind of reaction. otherwise, in this kind of ugliest of arm wrestles, losing the upper hand. so building on that, are the two sides in fact ready

and this is going to get a lot more complicated now because it well, ready or not, here it comes. i do believe we will go forward. i'm not sure under what form, whether as negotiated under if there's one credo every israeli will tell you, the secret in their sauce, as one combat pilot told me, so israel is going to do what it takes to bring those both deceased americans in terms of their bodies

and if there's just one name you can think of that might and speaking of the us, laura, there is a big question about pressure on israel. on israel's netanyahu to enforce phase one of the deal. but then, just some 2a hours or so ago, he was saying so this is quite confusing now, where the us sits in all of this. what do you make of that and how could that impact, into phase two? a fascinating and, in some ways, the most netanyahu is very eager to please president trump —

but it's what kind of respect and leverage the president of the united states has in the arab world. first, with his gaza takeover plan and then with that hostages last week, hamas said, "your words have no meaning". and what that means is that there are no consequences. is going to very quickly lose their ability to impact events on the ground. what does it mean when the us envoy for hostages says there's got to be some bite in that bark, or they're going to be very limited. to trump's proposals for gaza. but that would involve displacing over two million palestinians. the arab leaders haven't been supporting this idea

do we have any idea of what that could look like, types of talks? well, it will look like what we always thought it would look like. which is a palestinian leadership not associated with hamas. who support a reintegration of palestinians back which is gaza. but the unfortunate thing is that we've kind of lost president trump has backed off. look, he's flexible. you could call it a flip—flop. but he is saying, i'm surprised that they weren't willing to listen to me. we give them billions of dollars of aid. but so be it, i'lljust sit back and watch.

so at least he isn't doubling down. and forcing a ceasefire there, in a kind of reverse here, we're seeing the vatican has said for the first time that pope francis is in a critical condition in the hospital after his condition worsened in the past 2a hours. the vatican says the pope remains "alert", but his prognosis was still "guarded". the pope himself has asked for openness and transparency regular statements from the vatican on how he is. that's come this evening is the starkest one yet. condition and he's still, as the statement says,

they've also said that the pope needed blood transfusions 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. the doctors treating pope francis yesterday and they were quite upbeat. that, in fact, he was responding to medication. was a delicate balance and that anything additional

could tip that balance. so tonight, stressing that the pope is in a critical condition, but as i said, still alert and he still spent he is not bedridden. saying that it's "time to turn the screws on vladimir putin's russia". in a statement, the foreign secretary said, "this is a critical moment in the history of ukraine, now is the time for europe to double—down on our support for ukraine." anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. it comes as vladimir putin says that boosting russian armed voice must be at the heart

of any peace negotiations, to ukraine's deposits of rare earth minerals. donald trump has styled this as a way for ukraine to repay the us for its past military support. with president putin. 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. we gave it in the form of nothing. so i want them to give us something for all and i'm going to try and get all that death ended. our political correspondent ben wright has more. while donald trump has appeared

to playjust blame ukraine for russia's invasion, keir starmer told president zelensky today this russia's illegal this was russia's illegal war. the between the states and russia ukraine, keir starmer excluded ukraine, keir starmer told ukrainian president his had to be the heart country had to be at the heart of the negotiating table. the minister has also spoken prime minister has also spoken today to european 5 president the commission president and the of finland as president of finland as european countries try nail their 7 their shared down their shared position ahead of a crucial week of down their shared position ahead president week of down their shared position ahead president macronf down their shared position ahead president macron will be french president macron will be in washington on monday. keir starmer will then visit the house on thursday. and on white house on thursday. and on a pc has for tomorrow's on hionsunday,” "w 7 77 7o7n7sund7ay,7the 77 7 on sunday, the prime serf 9-1 53—day the 9—2 sets out sqq q1 s-fqqr t�*1q p—q sets out some of his minister sets out some of his thinking saying that a peace deal does not stop putin deal which does not stop putin from attacking again will be a disaster again. from attacking again will be a disasteragain. he from attacking again will be a disaster again. he believes america must be part of ukraine's security guarantee, but says president trump is right european countries but says president trump is right euri the n countries but says president trump is right euri the uk )untries but says president trump is right euri the uk must as but says president trump is right euri the uk must spend but says president trump is right on the uk must spend but says president trump is right on defence. 1ust spend but says president trump is right on defence. he:spend but says president trump is right on defence. he also nd but says president trump is right on defence. he also says more on defence. he also says he is struck by the us president's dealfor

president's deal for peace. that is the committee will make in washington, it could be in washington, but it could be a precarious tightrope the 7 is tread. the jeopardy is very high. a new short documentary is investigating the impact of russia's war in ukraine security in countries like finland and sweden. the documentary about how countries in the region you spoke with the locals and officials in some of those like sweden and finland. if ukraine falls to russia, that those countries could be the next target? well, first off, i think we should be and finland ended upjoining nato as a result of russia's nonaligned states.

estonia, latvia, lithuania, they have a long history. i mean, finland was attacked by the soviets in the baltic states weren't so lucky. and in estonia, which butts right up to russia, right on the border, theyjoined nato in good faith, as they did a month or so ago, with the reverberations coming out of the white house. do they believe that

and even if they get a peace deal, do they have faith that that will last? well, that's a very interesting point because there the atlantic, and that is they do not trust vladimir putin, at all. this point—blank to us — that the peace deal that they are looking at, or that they want, has to include the people of ukraine. they are saying, for example, that ukraine is fighting this war on their behalf. ukraine is fighting the war for the greater europe. nato has to show its support. attacked, then the rest

of the membersjoin in. well, one of those members is the united states of america. and all of a sudden, the united states is making with putin without ukraine at the table. and picking up on that point, joel, i want to ask you about that relationship with the us. that he started the war, which is untrue. if a situation arose, they would need it? i think that the mood

that we felt, and certainly, in my getting back to the people that we talked they are dependent on the us nuclear umbrella. if the us decides that they are not going to be part of this, france and the uk. of the continent? i think these are real questions that leaders certainly that have borders with russia are scratching for us?

a minerals deal with ukraine. the foreign minister of estonia said to us that this could be that this could be his churchill moment, to take us we're on right now. and i'm hoping that at some point, the baltic regions, the ukrainians will be able to get that message across. and that message includes the united states arming for the sake of everyone. donald trump's government efficiency advisor, elon musk, has issued an ultimatum to us federal

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the contest showcases stunning images, as you can see, winners are chosen from various categories, bbc.com/news, or on our app. hello. we've got wet and windy weather on the way for sunday, so it's fair to say it's a weekend of two halves. and on saturday, most of us had plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. that was how the skies

looked in the mumbles, around the swansea area. nantwich, in cheshire. and at the moment, we do have clear skies across the bulk of the uk. or 10 degrees celsius as we head into the first part otherwise, 6 or 7 for many of you. so it's a frost—free start to the day. of the uk, but it's a low pressure that will that's enough to cause some localised flooding concerns. but it's notjust about the rain, it's about the strength of the winds too.

somewhere like capel curig could get quite close to 80mph. 60mph to 70mph gusts of wind into western scotland. those strong winds will blow our band of rain eastwards. working in through sunday afternoon. sunday night, well, the rain continues to push south and eastwards, and by the time we get england, with blustery showers following to much of the uk. so a brighter kind of day. there will be some sunshine between these showers. temperatures, about 10 to 13 degrees celsius, so we're still above average for the time of year. we continue with those rather showery the majority of the showers will be across the north—west windy, those winds will continue to gradually ease down. our temperatures easing down a little bit as well, getting a little close to average average in london is

about 9 degrees celsius. now, looking deeper into the week, the weather pattern is staying unsettled. bye for now.

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