hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan.start in the middle east, and comments by president trump on gaza. he's said he'd like to see a million and a half of its residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he told journalists the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. hamas says it would oppose any plan to relocate palestinians, while another militant group, islamichhad, described the plans as "deplorable". but the us president's comments are already being welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. let's take a listen to what president trump told reporters on air force one. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess. you would like jordan to house people? i'd like egypt to take people. i'm talking to the general- tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take people i and i'd like jordan to take| people, because, i mean, y

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hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan.of thousands of homes in northern ireland remain without power as the aftermath of storm eowyn is still causing chaos across parts of the uk. the majority of the rail network in scotland remains closed with network rail dealing with around 400 separate incidents. david wallace lockhart is in glasgow for us and told us about the impact there. a 19 year old man has died after his car was struck by a falling tree in east ayrshire last friday. shortly before that red warning came into force. and the disruption is still being felt here in scotland. i'm in glasgow central train station, one of the main train stations in scotland. very quiet for this time of day and if you look at the departures board behind me, you can see why. around 20 trains on that and the vast, vast majority of the scheduled trains cancelled, including trains going down to london and manchester. around 20,000 homes in scotland without power currently. a slightly worse picture on that front in northern ireland. 75,000 ho

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan. let's start with our breaking news.last hour, a senior official from the palestinian islamichhad group has told the bbc an agreement has been reached with mediators for the release of an israeli civilian hostage. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal by not releasing arbel yehud, along with the four female israeli soldiers. the islamichhad official said she will be freed on friday in exchange for the release of 30 palestinian prisoners. that paves the way for hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. many have gathered in central gaza — waiting for the israeli military to allow them to head to the devastated north. the group says the agreement could see their being allowed through as soon as tonight or tomorrow morning. and nickjoins us from jerusalem. lots to get through, the bbc has now spoken to a spokesperson from islamic jihad, tell us more about what they told us. it jihad, tell us more about what they told u— they told us. i