us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah el—sisi are calling on both sides to show flexibilityo achieve a truce. a palestinian official told the bbc that the first stage of the deal will likely include the release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded, and the sick. in return, it's expected that israel will release i—thousand palestinian prisoners, including about 100 and 90 in return, it's expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including about 190 prisoners who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. the final stage involves an agreement about the reconstruction of gaza — a process that could take years. for more on the situation, here's an update from our state department correspondent, tom bateman. the sense remains that these two sides are extremely close to a deal and that an announcement could come either within hours or within days. it is hoped for at some point this week and certainly before the inauguration of president trump next monday. we also had in washington a pretty significant intervention by the secreta

i spoke to the emir of qatar today and i look for to speaking with president sisi soon.ssing hard to close this, the deal we have structured which will free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the palestinians who suffered terribly in this war that hamas started. they have been through hell, so many innocent people have been killed. so many communities have been destroyed. palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. israel deserves peace and real security. and the hostages and their families deserve to be reunited. so we are urgently to close this deal. and as we deal with media challenges, in my view we have to look to the future. i urge the next administration to carry it forward, to issues, which was central to my presence. we must shape the future. on artificial intelligence, we are the lead and we must stay in the lead. we must not offshore are artificial intelligence as you once did with computer chips and other vertical technologies. ai has the

he'll be speaking soon also with president sisi of egypt.close to a deal, and it can get done this week. i'm not making a promise or a prediction, but it is there for the taking, and we are going to work to make it happen. let's speak to the bbc�*s jonah fisher, injerusalem, and our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who's in istanbul. i want to get from both of you the latest you are hearing from the latest you are hearing from the respective sides in this negotiation.— the respective sides in this negotiation. the respective sides in this neuotiation. ., , . negotiation. today has been a da in negotiation. today has been a day in which — negotiation. today has been a day in which we _ negotiation. today has been a day in which we have - negotiation. today has been a day in which we have heard i negotiation. today has been a i day in which we have heard some pretty strong voices against this deal, here in israel, including prominent members of benjamin netanyahu's cabinet. one of them came out this morning with a tweet, saying he thought

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i'm talking to general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe.e egypt to take people. l and i'd like jordan to take j people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half— people, and we just clean out that whole thing. - it's... over the centuries, it's many, many conflicts on that site. i and i don't know, it's, - something has to happen, but it's literally a demolition site right now, almost- everything is demolished . and people are dying there. so i'd rather get involved with some of the arab i nations and build housing at a different location - where they can maybe live in peace for a change. - could be temporarily or long—term. - my colleague nick beake has the latest from jerusalem. just a few days ago, president trump was talking about the gaza strip as if it were a piece of prime real estate. he said it was a phenomenal location by the sea with the best weather. now, though, he's describing it as a demolition site and says it's over and that it needs to be cleaned out. and that has sparked a lot of concern today.

i'm talking to general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe.to take people i and i'd like jordan to take| people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half people, i and we just clean - out that whole thing. over the centuries, - it's many, many conflicts on that site. and i don't know, - something has to happen, but it's literally a demolition site right now, almost- everything is demolished . and people are dying there. so i'd rather get involved - with some of the arab nations and build housing - at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change. - it could be temporarily. it could be long term. i the president's comments come as thousands of displaced palestinians are gathering in central gaza — waiting for the israeli military to allow them to return to their homes in the north of the strip. these are live pictures from wadi in gaza, where displaced people have been waiting to cross into the north. on saturday, israel said it wouldn't allow palestinians to return to their north as expected —

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us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah el—sisi are calling on both sides to show flexibilitynian official told the bbc that the first stage of the deal will likely include the release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded and the sick. in return, its expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including about 190 prisoners who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. the final stage involves an agreement about the reconstruction of gaza — a process that could take years. for more on the situation, here's an update from our state department correspondent, tom bateman. the sense remains that these two sides are extremely close to a deal and that an announcement could come either within hours or within days. but it is hoped for at some point this week and certainly before the inauguration of president trump next monday. now, we also had in washington a pretty significant intervention by the secretary of state antony blinken. both reiterating that the administration believes that they are on the brink of a deal here, but he also

i look forward to speaking with president sisi soon. we're pressing hard to close this.the deal we have a structure would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the palestinians who have suffered terribly in this war that hamas started. they've been through hell. so many innocent people have been killed. so many communities have been destroyed. the palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. israel deserves peace and real security. and the hostages and their families deserve to be reunited. and so we're working urgently to close this deal. and as we deal with media challenges, in my view, we have to look to the future. i urge the next administration to carry forward two issues that have been central to my presidency, and which shaped the future of my view on artificial intelligence. we are in the lead, and we must stay in the lead. we must not. offshore artificial intelligence, as he once did with computer chips and other critical technologies. a.i.

yesterday and just got off the phone with the emir of qatar and he'll be speaking soon with president sisi of egypt. we are close to a deal, it can get den this week. i'm not making a promise or prediction but it is there for the taking and we're going to work to make it happen. there are serious and on tboing challenges in the world. the houthis continue to represent a clear and present danger. isis is trying to use the fall of assad to regenerate after years of sustained pressure and the degradation of its networks. final think there are also important initiatives that the next team should carry forward in our view to have a strong, bipartisan foundation nortd to cement america's position of strength in the world and our current lead in key areas. the work we started to revitalize our defense industrial base, the steps we've taken to protect america's funnational technologies from being used against us by our competitors. the major global infrastructure initiative that provides a long-term alternative to china's bolden road. suffice it to say it's been an action-packed four years. if you

he made comments following calls with king abdul of jordan and it ships in president el-sisi, he sayse wants both countries to take in more palestinians, he thanked the jordanian king for taking palestinians for decades, but said they need to do more. he used a phrase about wanting to clean up gaza after this conflict. both countries rejecting those entreaties and pushing back on the white house. not sure where that leaves the u.s. and president trump's demands but certainly trying to make an impact quickly in what his still his first week back in the job. tom: when one week feels like six months. bill faries with the updates in terms of the standoff with colombia and of course the tensions that continue within the middle east and trump's suggestions to egypt and jordan. the u.s. dollar strengthened, then pared gains, as donald trump rescinded tariff threats on colombia. the dollar index is currently up 0.3%. for more, let's bring in editor for asian markets paul dobson. walk us through the market reaction to this standoff between colombia and the white house. it seems sidelined for n

i look forward to speaking with president sisi soon. we're pressing hard to close this.ve a structure would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the palestinians who have suffered terribly in this war that hamas started. they've been through hell. so many innocent people have been killed. so many communities have been destroyed. the palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. israel deserves peace and real security, and the hostages and their families deserve to be reunited. and so we're working urgently to close this deal. and as we deal with media challenges, in my view, we have to look to the future. i urge the next administration to carry forward two issues that have been central to my presidency, and which shaped the future of my view on artificial intelligence. we are in the lead, and we must stay in the lead. we must not. offshore artificial intelligence, as he once did with computer chips and other critical technologies, ai has the power t

>> yeah, i'll defer that question to sisi jackson. >> yeah.again, um, this is a field test that was done in the field. right? so all this material is going to be tested at the fbi lab. we believe when the chemists and the lab examines the material, it will be true. rdx arson. it is not as common as as rdx. but there's precursor materials at the house in houston where he made this material. so the field test is preliminary. preliminary? let the fbi lab confirm the material. but again, these materials are available here. and at this time, there's no indication that he received this material from overseas. thank you. >> yeah. um, brittney verner local. wdsu, nbc affiliate. >> um, so do you think that by the person leaving before the taken into custody and potentially explored his plan of what was happening? >> yeah, i have no indication if that either deterred his plan or not. we do know that those individuals appear to be unwitting as to what was inside the coolers when they were moving the coolers, or looking inside the coolers, but we don't ha

i spoke to the emir of qatar today, and i look forward to speaking with president sisi soon. we're pressing hard to close this. the deal we have a structure would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the palestinians who have suffered terribly in this war that hamas started. the palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. israel deserves peace and real security. and the hostages and their families deserve to be reunited. and so we're working urgently to close this deal. >> president biden summarized his foreign policy record and america's posture in the world this way. >> it's clear my administration is leaving the next administration with a very strong hand to play, and we're leaving them and america with more friends and stronger alliances whose adversaries are weaker and under pressure, and america that once again is leading, uniting countries, setting the agenda, bringing others together behind our plans and visions. and america, which is no longer

president sisi of egypt revealed days ago that the egyptians revenue from the canal has declined by 60%. which is a loss of almost $7 billion for a nation already facing economic challenges. yet the u.n.'s failure to act has brought us to the brink of this disaster. it somehow gets worse. the houthis do not spare anyone, not even the children of yemen. in the first half of 2024, yemen's government documented over 3000 cases of child recruitment into the terrorist group. your silence has emboldened them. if you think the houthis are only our problem you are wrong. , the security council reports , documents their attacks on middle eastern vessels. 134 attacks on merchant ships, commercial vessels and u.s. and u.k. warships between november 2020 3 and july of 2024. ships are constantly under attack. i will give you an example. the sea champion was sunk in february. three crewmembers of the confidence were murdered in a missile attack. to this day, 25 crewmembers of galaxy leader are still held captive. u.n. experts stated that such attacks using these weapons against civilian ships had not

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his horrifying attack resulted in the deaths of bebe , el—sisi and alice, and the bebe, el—sisi and alicee thoughts of everyone at merseyside police remain with their families. merseyside police remain with theirfamilies. his merseyside police remain with their families. his shocking actions also resulted in serious injuries, both physical and psychological, to the other young girls and adults who will continue to be affected to this day. as the judge has said today, the harm of rudakubana

this week of axel rudakubana, which is positive, you know, my thoughts remain with the families of el—sisiand alice, the other girls and adults that were injured and those that have been traumatised. but by what they saw on that day. just truly horrific. >> this is the same model as the chef's knife rudakubana bought on amazon and used in the attack. although he refused to speak to investigators, he was overheard on an audio recording muttering to himself in police custody, saying he was glad the young girls were dead and satisfied he'd achieved what he set out to do. multiple satisfied he'd achieved what he set

this week of axel rudakubana, which is positive, you know, my thoughts remain with the families of el—sisind alice, the other girls and adults that were injured and those that have been traumatised. but by what they saw on that day, just truly horrific. >> this is the same model as the chef's knife rudakubana bought on amazon and used in the attack. although he refused to speak to investigators, he was overheard on an audio recording muttering to himself in police custody, saying he was glad the young girls were dead and satisfied he'd achieved what he set out to do. multiple failings by state agencies have only served to compound the grief and the anger of the bereaved families and the wider community. aged just 13, this twisted and violent young man began taking knives to school. he admitted to doing this on ten separate occasions. he openly bragged of his desire to carry out a school massacre. but despite three separate referrals to the prevent counter—extremism programme, no action was taken. >> axel rudakubana first became known to children's social care in 2019, following referrals f

final within the last couple of hours the us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah el sisisation about the mediations calling on both sides to show flexibility to achieve a truce. both israeli and hamas officials have expressed hope that a deal can at last be achieved. the other main palestinian armed group in gaza, islamichhad, has said it is sending a delegation to qatar to take part in final arrangements for an agreement. we have some detail on what that deal on reaching a ceasefire is thought to include: with the initial release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded and the sick. in return, its expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including approximately 190 who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. and an agreement would need to be reached on the future of gaza, including whether israeli troops can remain there. the official mediators the qataris will play a key role in helping negotiate any crucial last details to get a deal over the line. here's what their spokesperson has been saying: we have reached a po

us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah el—sisi are calling on both sides to show flexibilityhieve a truce. a palestinian official told the bbc that the first stage of the deal will likely include the release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded, and the sick. in return, it's expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including about 190 prisoners who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. the final stage involves an agreement about the reconstruction of gaza — a process that could take years. for more on the situation, here's an update from our state department correspondent, tom bateman. the sensor means that these two sides are extremely close to a deal and that an announcement could come either within hours or within days. it is hope for at some point this week and certainly before the inauguration of president trump next monday. we also had in washington a pretty significant intervention by the secretary of state antony blinken. both reiterating that the administration believes they are on the brink of a deal here. b

i'm talking to general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe.and i'd like jordan to take people, because, i mean, you're talking. about probably a million - and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing. over the centuries, it's many, many conflicts on that site. i and i don't know, something has to happen, but it's literally- a demolition site right now, - almost everything is demolished and people are dying there. so i'd rather get involved with some of the arab i nations and build housing at a different location - where they can maybe live in peace for a change. - it could be temporarily. it could be long term. let's speak to daniel levy, president of the us middle east project. also a former adviser to the israeli government. welcome back to bbc news, those comments from president trump are likely to enrage many palestinians, are they not? flat palestinians, are they not? not 'ust palestinians, are they not? not just palestinians _ palestinians, are they not? iirrt just palestinians and i think alongside who they enrage is the ve