live from washington, this is bbc news. israel delays the release of hundreds of palestinian prisoners, after six israeli hostages return home. the uk says it's "time to turn the screws on putin's russia", as it prepares to unveil its biggest set of sanctions against russia since the start of the war with ukraine. the vatican says pope francis is in a critical condition in the hospital where he's being treated for pneumonia in both lungs. hello, i'm ritika gupta. welcome to the programme.

hamas said the delay violates the ceasefire deal. in rafah, nuseirat and gaza city. report from jerusalem.

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. from the same house — tal, the last to return. brother and sister. and they were all kidnapped from here. be�*eri is a place

of scars and ghosts. but in a place famously full of peaceniks, ayelet dares stay and live in gaza. so you can imagine a situation in which you live side by side again? i'm not going to go anywhere else. and not fighting about it. of hostages, alive and dead, being held in gaza. which have yet to begin.

ordeal has ended. but as israelis celebrate and phase one comes to an end, where this goes to an end, where this goes next, on to a more durable ceasefire or back to war, next, on to a more durable remains as uncertain as ever. israel also said on saturday that an autopsy conducted on the remains of three on the remains of three to laura blumenfeld. hostages — shiri bibas hostages — shiri bibas and her two young boys — and her two young boys — found "no evidence of injuries found "no evidence of injuries caused by a bombing". caused by a bombing". hamas had claimed they were hamas had claimed they were killed in an israeli airstrike, killed in an israeli airstrike, after the group took them hostage on october 7th. earlier, i spoke earlier, i spoke to laura blumenfeld. she's a former us state department senior policy adviser on the israeli palestinian negotiating team, and is now a seniorfellow at thejohns hopkins merrill center for strategic and international studies. now, this was supposed to be the last exchange of hostages and palestinian prisoners, as phase one of the deal.

but now we're seeing that israel has delayed the release of over 600 palestinian prisoners. to his father, was ordered by the hamas gunmen to kiss one of his captors on the head before he was released. and here's the thing about the middle east, and it's and hold respect. when they were supposed to release the largest including 100 who had been convicted of murder — i think he felt like he just

had to do something losing the upper hand. so, laura, building on that, are the two sides in fact ready for stage two of the deal? complicated now because it so how is that deal looking now, how fragile do you think it is? well, ready or not, here it comes. i do believe we'll go forward. president biden before he left office, but i do think it will happen for several reasons. if there's one credo every israeli will tell you, the secret in their sauce, as one combat pilot told me,

final hostages home. and then one living american, whose name is edan alexander. and if there's just one name that you can the united states to stand even about pressure on israel. we saw president donald trump putting a lot of pressure of the deal. that actually, he's fine with whatever israel decides to do, whether it decides to go to phase two or continue 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, to phase two? of the united states has in the arab world. and then with that high—noon deadline that he set to release all the hostages last week, he didn't follow through on either hamas said, "your words have no meaning". and what that means is that there are no consequences. there will be, quote, "total annihilation" going to be very limited.

and there's a big question about how arab leaders react he says he wants to make it the riviera of the middle east, but that would involve displacing over two the arab leaders, they haven't been supporting this idea, do we have any idea of what that could look like, or what are you expecting to come from those types of talks? it would look like. perhaps a kind of reconstituted palestinian authority, financed chiefly by the gulf, but also by other countries who support a reintegration of palestinians back into their home, what many consider their homeland, which is gaza. you could call it a flip—flop.

willing to listen to me. so i think that at least he isn't doubling down. netanyahu to reach a ceasefire and hands off zelensky. pope francis is in a critical condition in the hospital where he's being treated for pneumonia in both lungs. after his condition worsened in the past 2a hours. prognosis was still "guarded".

and i have to say that the latest statement condition and he's still, as the statement says, not out of danger. because tests showed that he had anaemia. so those are two quite significant developments, i think. yesterday, but he was sitting in his armchair again today. still very much there and still very much fighting this double pneumonia, which obviously is extremely serious. the doctors treating pope francis yesterday

you know, the words were serious, but their tone wasjovial, almost, at some points. that, in fact, he was responding to medication. they said at that point, though, that the situation was a delicate balance and that anything additional condition, but as i said, still alert and he still spent he is not bedridden. the british foreign secretary, david lammy, says the uk on monday, saying that it's in a statement, the foreign secretary said, "this britain and all of europe.. support for ukraine." it comes as vladimir putin says

that boosting russian the uk's "ironclad support" for ukraine and insisted kyiv�*s voice must be at the heart of any peace negotiations, to signing a deal that would give the us rights 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. i'm dealing with president zelensky, i'm dealing but here's worse.

and i'm going to try and get the war settled, our political correspondent ben wright has more. of the negotiating table. the french president macron will be in washington on monday.

saying that a peace deal which does not stop putin from attacking again will be a disaster for everyone. security guarantee, but says president trump is right more on defence. he also says he's struck by the us president's deal for peace. so that is the argument he will make in washington, minerals are worth. ukraine has a lot of mineral wealth. technology that we know of well, to things that are necessary for this century and the future of the century. that are necessary for a lot of future technologies. half of this, or a little more

than half of this mineral so on the one hand, from a ukrainian perspective, it could seem that donald trump's interest in ukraine's minerals ukraine is in control of the territories in the east that have most of this wealth. and that's a little bit tough because we're talking billion, which is a lot more than the americans have given ukrainians as a bad deal.

saying they must respond to an emailjustifying telling his staff to ignore the email, saying the bureau will conduct its own staff reviews. german police say that a suspect arrested after a tourist was stabbed at berlin's holocaust memorial yesterday is a 19—year—old refugee from syria —

who they believe had planned for several weeks surgery on his injuries, which are not life—threatening. a shopping centre roof has collapsed in peru. the cause of the collapse is unclear their next government, with friedrich merz�*s conservative christian democrats favored to become the biggest party in power. chancellor olaf scholz�*s

coalition last fall. our correspondent sumi somaskanda. and their chancellor candidate, friedrich merz, will emerge the strongest party on sunday. it will all come down to the numbers. could it be a two—party coalition, or perhaps the more unstable constellation. if we look at the far right, the alternative fur deutschland, afd, is at around 20% in in this election. values", a much harder line on immigration and for germany to play a neutral role in the war in ukraine.

taxes on high income and to stop all weapons exports across europe. well, we spoke to members of both parties today. translation: we're getting a lot of support from groupsl original supporters of afd. but there are many reasons. young people are worried about the future. they don't want germany to be de—industrialised. women are scared to go to the park, and even migrants we are xenophobic. even for well—integrated migrants in germany. we want to change things. we want to bring attention to the topics that others income guarantees for couples who have children.

and we will put pressure on in the parliament politics happens. and international affairs at the george washington university, about the afd. all german parties have ruled out forming a coalition so voters are heading to the polls tomorrow. what are the main issues that will impact their decision? the main issues are economics, immigration economics, as you just said, germany has been in a recession for two years, so pocketbook issues.

groceries and heat. refugees seeking asylum in germany have recently just yesterday, at the holocaust memorial in berlin, someone stabbed a passer—by. recently, in munich. so there have been several such attacks by refugees that has people very concerned. this moment, for germany, is really feeling invaded ukraine and waged a war

for three years and germans feel vulnerable, there's war on their continent. on the other hand, their transatlantic ally and about 83% of germans in a recent poll are very just to add to your previous comments about the attacks, but first, talk to me about the growing popularity of the far—right party, the afd.

so can the afd still be a part of the government, in light of that? the afd will not be part of the new government, government to form. in germany, this parliamentary system, they can only rule with coalitions of several parties. ideally, two or three. collapsed in november because the three parties couldn't really agree on lots of things, especially economics. and it's pretty clear that it's going to take,

going to take some time. and four years ago, in the german election, that took several months. it's so important right now to have a stable german a while until there's

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for many of you. area of low pressure. the centre of the low is quite a long way to the north—west bring two hazards. of the uk, we could see up to 90mm, say, across the hills of southern wales. now, gusts could reach around 55 to 65mph through the irish sea, although conceivably, 60mph to 70mph gusts of wind into western scotland. the winds for these areas are strong enough to bring some so after a bright and sunny start to the day for central england, with blustery showers following to much of the uk. so a brighter kind of day.

conditions into tuesday. ease down. getting a little close to average for the time of year. pattern is staying unsettled. bye for now.

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