watched closely by europe and the us. hello. we start this hour with the latest on the health of the pope. a "prolonged asthma—like respiratory crisis". these are the live pictures from rome, where it is just gone six o'clock in the morning. he's been in hospitalfor over a week being treated

for double puenmonia. and says the tone of the statement was different the state of the pope's health. the real details a prolonged respiratory crisis. on a respirator. he wasn't permanently hooked up to extra oxygen. we also know that he had blood transfusions because of suspected anaemia. now, that is something i believe that is new. and it is pretty stark stuff, particularly, and addressed journalists and answered questions, and talked in a relatively upbeat way about the pope's

health. critically ill. you know, that he was a very, very sick man. but they were saying he was alert. he was sitting in his chair. he was reading. that he is suffering more today, as they put it, we're expecting another update from the vatican on the pope's let's speak tojoel hodge. he's the national head of the school of theology now from melbourne. thank you for your time bbc news. i wondered thank you for your time bbc news. iwondered if thank you for your time bbc news. i wondered if you could up what the mood amongst sum up what the mood amongst catholics notjust in rome, but would be today? catholics notjust in rome, but _ would be today? |t it is it is be with money, it is good to be with you. i think it will sombre. good morning. a lot of —— good morning. a lot of anticipation, to anticipation; waiting to see happens with pope know that he has bad health

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| in the morning to welcome them. | all these people are family members and we were surprised to see that there is a delay. but that delay then became a postponement. objected to what he called the "degrading ceremonies" until the next handover of hostages wa5 guaranteed. the move could leave the fragile ceasefire back to israel was in sharp contrast to the anger at the return of the body of shiri biba5. hama5 had initially sent back the remains of another woman. i5rael say5 tests

show otherwise. 0ur examination found no evidence of injuries caused by bombing. of all remaining ho5tages. president trump has expressed concern about the situation. they're coming back in pretty bad shape. that's a very big part of it. pri5oner5, the first stage of a ceasefire deal is due to agree the terms of a second phase. mediators may now find thatjob much harder. simon jone5, bbc news.

of ha55an na5rallah — the leader of the militant the us and the uk as a terrorist organisation. are expected to take part in today's funeral, to germany now. that will be watched closely by the rest of europe and the us. it follows the collapse of the three—party the leader of the christian democrats, friedrich merz, the far—right alternative for germany — or afd — could come second.

# don't you know, pump it up...# in this german election, there's a lot of suspense. friedrich merz, are confident of coming top. there he is, the man tipped to be germany's next chancellor. if he can do it sort out some of its problems. as i travelled acro55 germany in the last week, people spoke of division and anxiety. a country looking for a new direction. you don't get a lot of money in yourjob, and there's also people, i think. what do you think about that? do you want to see

some tougher controls? hi. but the thing that's most on his mind is the war in ukraine. peacekeeping troops? that is a topic above everything. party in post—war germany, despite being a movement that in this nation. a centrepiece within the shifting politics of europe. jessica parker,

bbc news, berlin. over the last few hours. or lose theirjobs. the billionaire, who's been tasked with 5la5hing government he says if employees fail to respond, it would be such an ultimatum. seriously injured in a knife attack in the eastern french city of mulhouse. police presence, due to a demonstration taking place. the attacker is on a radicalisation watch list. president macron says there's no question it was an islamist attack. a shopping centre roof has collapsed in peru. at least six people have died and dozens of others were hurt, with 11 in a critical condition in hospital. emergency teams are continuing to search the rubble for survivors.

the prime minister says a peace deal for ukraine which doesn't stop russia from attacking the country again "would be a disaster for everyone". sir keir starmer al5o repeats his call for european this week, he'll meet president trump for talks at the white house. the fighting grinds on. monday mark5 three years since moscow's illegal invasion president zelensky he had the uk's "ironclad support". who has 5harply criticised ukraine's leader in recent days talks with russia. questions about the future

security of ukraine and europe. "president trump is right that european nations must now take greater responsibility for our own security. here in the uk. now is the time for action." for talks on thursday. but the government is piling the pressure on russia, too. the uk will unveil a raft of new sanctions tomorrow to "turn the screws" on moscow. he said it would be the largest package of measures since the early days of the conflict, for ukraine, echoing a call he made at a meeting of g20 leaders last week. we remain ukraine's ironclad partner.

there's a brutality and a war of attrition that's being waged continue to be resisted by all allies in but president trump has appeared to blame ukraine for russia's invasion, and there is now a huge divide for keir starmer this week, balancing uk ben wright, bbc news. action conference in maryland. biden for involving the us so heavily in ukraine's ukraine than the us.

applause so we're asking for rare earth and oil, it's not fair. it's just not fair. was at the conference. in front of a room full of his supporters. a blizzard of executive actions, reforming the federal government, cracking down on the border. now, just to give you

the latest lines, what he said was, he said that he thinks that this is going to end. he said that he had spoken to president putin and president zelensky. to get his money back. trying to get a deal to get a repayment of the us military aid that they supplied and the biden administration to ukraine. quote, "rare earth minerals and oil and anything we can get". so that is really what he said that he would do with ukraine. and this comes after the backlash that has been a "dictator". to the russian president putin as well. so this is really his reaction to it. but it wasn't the main focus

of his speech, his address. and, you know, he didn't mention any of the legal challenges and roadblocks that he's facing. and that's alljust a month into his administration. yes. and, merlin, exactly as you say, he went after achievement, in his opinion, about what had been done in the last month or so. what else did he talk about? yes. of government efficiency. and he specifically said, "we love elon". and he called him a "patriot". and that was in reference

to what he said were lots of and he said, actually, the only thing that you need to know about him is that he is a patriot. and this is something that he has said again and in recent days, we've heard outcry about such a thing. elon musk appeared at this very conference just and the crowd here really reacted to that. to hear about everything that president trump was saying that they were doing, in terms of cracking down on the federal government and reshaping it. you're doing very well to keep going over the loud music, merlin. if you can still hear us, i know this was the keynote

address and this is the last day of that conference. who else is there? what's been happening? what's been happening? well, we've also heard tsar, tom homan, as well. from what's called the border we also heard from we also heard from giorgia meloni, the leader giorgia meloni, the leader of italy as well. that was a surprise kind that was a surprise kind of appearance as well. of appearance as well. and the theme really has and the theme really has just been a victory lap just been a victory lap for this new administration. for this new administration. just a month into the new conflict in sudan now, government about all the things that they say that they are doing and claims about cracking down about cracking down on the border and putting president trump talked again on the border and putting about how much he loves and doing what's right, and doing what's right, he says, for the economy. he says, for the economy. about some tax cuts as well. people were thinking people were thinking about when they went about when they went to the polling booths to vote. to the polling booths to vote. and so far, that is probably one of the things that he's talked about the least. let's look at the ongoing let's look at the ongoing

conflict in sudan now, and leading figures from the paramilitary rapid support forces say they've signed a charter with allied political and armed groups aimed at setting up a parallel government. the rsf has been in a civil war with sudan's army for nearly two years. tens of thousands of people have died and more than 15 million have left their homes. talks have been taking place in kenya, talks which the sudanese government have criticised as illegitimate. controls. both sides have been accused of human rights abuses and war crimes in the ongoing fighting. electronic devices used by criminals to steal cars are due to be banned under new laws. it's thought these kind of devices — including signaljammers — are used in 40% of thefts in england and wales. ben king reports. the car is locked, but that doesn't deter these two thieves. they don't have a key, but sophisticated electronic devices can boost the signal from the remote key fobs inside the house.

the doors open, the lights come on and the car is gone.

the government hopes the new laws will give ben king, bbc news. the spirit award goes to anora. on stage by other members of the cast and crew to collect their award. and film and are seen

as the more irreverent sister to the oscars. entries from the nature in focus photography competition. from spiders to water buffalos in sri lanka, winners are chosen from various categories, photography. in some of the winning images. you can see more you can see more of you can see more of those on the bbc— you can see more of those on the bbc news website and app. hello. and on saturday, most of us had plenty of sunshine

around the swansea area. nantwich, in cheshire. that's about six above average for the time of year. and at the moment, we do have clear skies 853 00:26:11,18