a six—legged lender that will spend about a week flying to the moon. we'll take you to some of the locations where it was filmed. hello. phase of the gaza ceasefire deal after the final exchange of phase one saw the release of hundreds by israeli officials.

joe inwood reports. for the first time, only one half of the hostage prisoner these are some of the 600 palestinians freed as part they are arriving in the west bank. among them were 50 people serving life sentences, all had been taken from their homes tel aviv on the of homes in tel aviv on the 7th of october. were cruel and humiliating. having no repeat was a condition of was yarden bibas.

today, he buried his wife and two sons. they had also been hostage by hamas but died during their captivity. "shiri, i'm sorry i couldn't protect you all", he says. happened," she said. freed in the latest exchange, but they will know that this first phase of the ceasefire is coming to an end. joe inwood, bbc news.

of the ceasefire deal. i think now, the big question would be the issue in the post—war era. the end of the hostage releases, hamas will be concerned about its existence and survival, and israelis ownership over gaza, which was faced by a counter then it was on tuesday that

a former prime minister or towards a middle way. the us middle east envoy, steve witkoff, is in the region. of course, the focus is all now on phase two, what that looks to what happens in gaza, with the expectation in phase two that all israeli military would have to withdraw? yes, it is going to be the hardest part because as we move towards the last hostages

being released, either alive you know, hostages are their strategic leverage. against israel or leverage israelis with. of its high command, most of its tunnels. so if they want to come back again after the release we don't know how hamas will be reasoned to accept that risk, in circumstances that need the united states or israel are interesting in having hamas ruled gaza in the post—war era.

and the future administration there. to show its strength and the fact that it is still very present and running things in gaza. the ceremonies that we have seen, it kind of displays that however, i'm not sure to what extent the troops of ceremonial movements or drills, or, you know, let's say they are manoeuvres are sort of a show—off because you can kind of control in gaza.

room for any palestinian elements to rise in gaza. so it is kind of natural and reasonable that the moment a research fellow in the middle east at the usf and east at the usf global and national security deep, national security into deep, there. —— security is the only way to stop russia from invading ukraine again. between the us and uk. in washington, where he referenced elon musk�*s stunt our political editor chris mason is travelling with sir keir. well, hello, from washington. you know, we've only been here a couple of hours

why? the prime minister headed straight there foreign secretary david lammy was there too. why? saying he reckons he's got something in common who just recently was handed a chainsaw to try and demonstrate his ruthlessness at cutting through bureaucracy. we want to strike a new partnership. who was making the case that the uk and the us

have always been super close and should continue working really closely. i wouldn't say that we are being encircled by our a little bit of ganging up. and that's what's going to need us to be working hand in glove, in my view, is going to be a very consequential precedent for this country indeed. tied and a huge amount at stake.

give us your take on how this meeting will go at the meeting will go later at the white house between the two leaderslabsolutely. . ! think. . best leaderslabselutely. . ! think. - best advice the leaders.7abselutely. . ! think. - best advice the prime the best advice the prime minister could receive is to a non—confrontational take a non—confrontational approach to the trump administration. i think ace in his pocket, he did favour with himself a favour with announcing the increase in defence spending. trump has been asking that from nato allies and i do that is allies and i do think that is something that play something that will play trump has a very transactional mindset and i think that is a wind that trump sa he has alread reached can say he has already reached some common ground with the uk on. on otherside, we some common ground with the uk on. on other side, we have on. on the other side, we have got tariffs, potentially looming, uk tech laws, which the trump administration is reviewing and saying they may

trade on if they they/fairer?” " " ,,_, 7 7 they are to i h theyare to us i = 7 there is there is a 7 there is a lot of businesses. there is a lot of ground to cover and a lot of areas where could —re signs of cooperation but there are also areas the are also areas where the prime minister will have to tread carefully. minister will have to tread carefully-— carefully. indeed, as it emmanuel _ carefully. indeed, as it emmanuel macron - carefully. indeed, as it emmanuel macron onl carefully. indeed, as it - emmanuel macron on monday. carefully. indeed, as it _ emmanuel macron on monday. then we have got president zelensky arriving on friday to arriving 11:11 friday e1111" sign arriving 1:11 friday t1:111 sign a deal. a lot supposedly sign a deal. a lot going on this week with regards to europe, the week after, we saw the 7 7 we saw the vice where, we saw the vice president, jd vance being, you almost attacking europe know, almost attacking europe in terms of how europe operates, the european union in particular. operates, the european union in articular. , operates, the european union in particular-— particular. yes, even today, trum - particular. yes, even today, trump was _ particular. yes, even today, trump was talking - particular. yes, even today, trump was talking about. trump was talking about tariffs. he was talking about tariffs. he was talking abaut and tariffs. ha was talking abaut and mexico obviously canada and mexico which has been on the front line right now �*the tariff line right now of the tariff threats, a is looming threats, a deadline is looming in early march for canada and mexico to face the 25% mexico to maybe face the 25% tariffs and in those discussions he of course brought up the and for the

brought up the eu and for the first he first time he indicated the tariffs on the eu could be 25% is a new number we did which is a new number we did not know before. at the same time, he indicated a particular vengeance i suppose for the eu. he thinks the block formed he thinks the block was formed take advantage of the us. we it? elsi: éfififiiégé if iii? l153. he: know it? e1333 éfiiféfiiégé 13?- ffié u3 h3 know sectors, it? e1333 éfiiféfiiégé 13?- ffié l137 h3 know sectors, we don't knewwhiehseetfirs. we know don't knewwhiehseeters, we know which don't know specifically which exports from the eu he will target, we don't have any dates we know he it 5 in but we know he has it high in his mind and he seems to really think the us is getting an think that the us is getting an unfair from eu it unfair shake from the eu and it is sort of a plotted plan, a 7 ’ t’e’fiénfit’wiil 7 7 77777plén7.7it7wi7u be predetermined plan. it will be as that starts to interesting as that starts ta as well. interesting as that . - as well. , , 1, unfold as well. the message from all i the _ unfold as well. the message from all i the european - now, they are all leaders now, they are all trying to be on message tggether. still trying to be on message together. still need together, we still need guarantees the us security guarantees from the us for ukraine. that will be sir keir starmer�*s message today and president zelensky�*s on .1. ..1.. 7w7i7717l7 ..1,.1..1.1. .1. .1.. 7 w|llthey get 7 7 7 7 7wi7ll7 they g7et7t7i7iat 7 7 friday. will they get that guarantee, do you think? trump has said as _ guarantee, do you think? trump has said as recently _ guarantee, do you think? trump has said as recently i _ guarantee, do you think? trump has said as recently i believe - has said as recently i believe as today, of course, i am in la

so it is still today here, i know it is the morning in the eei ukbut hedidsay that he europe will have to thinks europe will have to provide those security guarantees the to but i nieighbour to ukraine. but i he wants a deal and there think he wants a deal and there is room negotiation. i is room for negotiation. i think again this is probably to out with zelensky going to play out with zelensky i think we will have coming. i think we will have of an indication what is more of an indication what is going to play out in the coming days. going to play out in the coming da s. 1, going to play out in the coming da s. ., . going to play out in the coming da s. 1, 1, 1, 1, , going to play out in the coming das. 1, 1, 1,1, y,,y schedules so thank you for squeezing us in. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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is the only way they can get out and get back to their country so for the moment, they ceuntry sa farthesmcrmentfthey stranded in the frenzy of construction has now stopped. when asked, nearly last month, thailand cut fuel and power to the compounds, forcing their militia allies to start freeing the workers. and taken in by the thai army. hundreds of chinese workers have already been flown home, as criminals, not victims. but the flow of evacuees to thailand has now stopped. others who escaped.

it is all very messed up now. i just want to go home. that is all i am asking. militias over the border to free thousands of trapped workers. so many people from so many countries back into safety and back to their own homes. if their own governments aren't ready to fly them home. many of them were actually screened for tb and were positive for tb.

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tom brook went to brighton beach to meet this man, location manager ross, is responsible for giving this story of ani, a sex worker who marries the son of a russian oligarch, a bittersweet tale of doomed romance, really highlights the new york russian speaking from manhattan on the atlantic ocean. you take a look at anora and i think the locations are profoundly important. they are a character in the story and, a lot of times, the backdrop of a film informs you so much as to the life of the characters in the movie.

sean wanted to make sure that, no matter what, we could get this block and be able to see the cyclone. this film wouldn't be what it is without ross. he secured tatiana's, he secured the wonderful i mean, literally, he got everything we needed. with its large russian—speaking community, worked perfectly as a location. to set my next film here. it's so beautiful. restaurant used in the picture.

it's pretty good. really good. over a beef stroganoff lunch, we looked at sequences from anora shot at locations ross had found. he then showed me the scene that meant a lot to him. that's your moment of glory, right? i have a couple of little moments of glory. did they mind you shooting here? no, they didn't mind at all. i love being a location manager, but it is fun to be in the movie and have a few lines and do some work with the actors. i love acting, as well. was shot in the neighbourhood. some film tourism.

actually, we just flew here this morning. to make a film on such a small budget and for it to resound so powerfully is a feat in and of itself. if anora, as odds—makers predict, does take home an even wider global audience, adding to the momentum a growing destination for film tourists from around the world. tom brook, bbc news, new york. if you are a buff, you must tune this programme must tune into this programme on monday at this time because 1, will have on monday at this time because w will have all the details on wage nill hate all the assess tttt 't tt oscars. by wage nill hate all the eetail'sten tttt 't tt oscars. by point, we the oscars. by that point, we will have the winners, the losers, the surprises, the drama, and we will be live to vanity fair party all the vanity fair party where all of the stars go after the proce7edings proceedings come to an official proceedings come to an sure stay us on

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high on the agenda. no chip on the shoulder for nvidia as the tech giant rides the ai boom and beats wall street expectations with its latest earnings. runway on a daily basis? a decision is expected today on whether the uk's live from london, this is business today. looks like donald trump is about to hit the european the us president said he's the eu is currently america's third largest trading partner. according to the latest figures, trump's tariffs

could be hit by as much as $29 billion worth of