we begin with israel and hamas, who are moving forward with their final exchange of hostages and prisoners tonight as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal. hostages to the red cross at the kerem shalom crossing. previous exchanges, which israel condemned. in exchange, israel is releasing more than 600 palestinians prisoners. these pictures here came through in the last hour showing people arriving in the occupied west bank after being released from the ofer prison. occupied east jerusalem. delayed the release

of palestinian prisoners the ceasefire deal, the first phase of which ends on saturday. our middle east regional editor sebastian usher sent this update from jerusalem. it looks like the big setback that there was at the very between israel and hamas has been overcome — are to be released.

when phase one ends, phase two should begin. phase two would see the release of all the remaining israeli and israel over this. entirely and must not have any political role, has so far rejected. to get to grips with.

a funeral procession route in southern israel to mourn in captivity in gaza. freed hostage and father yarden bibas said his final goodbye to his wife shiri bibas and two young sons, who were killed by hamas. translation: i want to ask forgiveness... _ many people ask for your forgiveness, this disaster should

not have happened. have returned alive. the university of michigan, who told me what's next for the ceasefire. we are now into another very difficult part of the with bays the ceasefire deal, with bays to. phase one was —z= to achieve its objectives, able to achieve its objectives, even though there were moments when it seems things were going to —— with two. to collapse. —— with phase two. i suspect will be a tougher lsuspect it will be a tougher if we to phase two, ”ii.“ if we get to phase two. the with the negotiating teams trying to work on that right now. still a of questions now. still a lot of questions about phase two, whether both sides will get everything they about phase two, whether both sides and jet everything they about phase two, whether both sides and what erything they about phase two, whether both sides and what will hing they about phase two, whether both sides and what will happen ty about phase two, whether both sides and what will happen if want, and what will happen if the talks collapse in the coming days.

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the video was met by disbelief among many critics. with the united states. at a press conference in kyiv on wednesday, country's security in the event of a ceasefire with russia. guarantee in ukraine. but mr trump says the us would not make those guarantees as part of the latest deal. about the agreement.

a deal on ukraine's minerals had seemed a long way off — not now. we'll be signing an- agreement, which will be a very big agreement. last week, donald trump called president zelensky but now, donald trump talks of a deal. and details are scarce. "will be managed by both countries on equal terms," state—owned mineral resources". one issue, though, appears unresolved. president zelensky says...

he goes on... and when friedrich merz — who will be germany's is an absolute priority for europe. america's ongoing commitment to ukraine's security is still not certain. and ukraine's mining infrastructure has been badly damaged by the war. nevertheless, ukraine has something the us would like — exactly what it gets in return remains an open question.

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it certainly didn't show — not only was mr musk obviously at the cabinet meeting, but he dominated. and the cabinet secretaries sat at the table, that also didn't show — despite the fact that the president did ask them if they had "a problem" with mr musk. answering their questions about the work he's doing with doge to reduce the federal workforce. building in front of me — and it's reported that had made sure of that. now, it's been a very busy week for donald trump. as we know earlier this week, he hosted the french president,

here since his re—election. week on friday to start the negotiation but before then, the uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, will be at the white house, and he comes bearing gifts. mr trump is a transactional president, and keir starmer spending — which will be music to trump's ears — theirfinancial weight. but the issue of ukraine, ukrainian security, and europe's security will of course be very much on the agenda. the energy giant bp has announced that it is cutting instead on revenue from increasing oil and gas production. simonjack reports.

back on oil and gas, ramping up renewables, today, the company unveiled a radical change in direction. changed since then... and we went too far, too fast. and bp would change with it. 20% more versus previous guidance, enabling us and increase exploration. by 2030 was downgraded two years ago to 25% and, with a pledge to start increasing fossil fuel production from this year. since those pledges were made

five years ago, bp shareholders for us—based exxonmobil. both of those have a much smaller renewables focus. very differently. we will drill, baby, drill. cheering. and dismayed climate groups insist bp and other capitalised companies in the world have chosen but the reality is that low carbon transition is coming. to offload its solar power

business into a joint venture. but the distance to that target seems further, rather than nearer, today. joining me live is lisa sachs, director of columbia center this is the turnaround by bp, the big question is, bp, but the big question is, why are they doing it now? is about share and it about the share price and not able to compete not being able to compete with �* rivals? how much of this their rivals? how much of this is influenced by trump's drill is ihetuehses sig trump's’sritt' e’ ’ " " drill comments? i baby drill comments? i don't have any _ baby drill comments? i don't have any inside _ baby drill comments? i don't have any inside info, - baby drill comments? i don't have any inside info, but - baby drill comments? i don't have any inside info, but i i have any inside info, but i imagine bp is responding to the nggigg bp is responding to the in policy decisive shift ih policy in the us and in europe signals in the us and in europe also. but especially in the we types of indicating we need all types of and a lot of it. they energy and a lot of it. they have taken the brakes fossil

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