Live: Gaza ceasefire deal hostage-prisoner swap under way as Trump lands in Israel
• Oct 12, 2025, 10:50 PM
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Hamas on Monday released a first batch of seven surviving Israeli hostages, marking the start of a hostage-prisoner swap under the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump. The US leader arrived in Israel on Monday to address parliament, before a scheduled visit to Egypt for a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
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🔴 Live: Hamas frees all 20 living Israeli hostages under first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal
• 8:09 AM
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🔴 Follow live: First batch of 7 hostages released by Hamas in Israeli custody, IDF says
• 6:17 AM
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Live: Macron ignores calls to resign as reinstated French PM’s new govt takes office
• 5:44 AM
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French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he would continue to serve to ensure stability in the country, ignoring repeated calls by the opposition for him to resign amid France's worst political crisis in decades. Macron spoke as reinstated Prime Mini
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France’s Sarkozy to learn prison date after five-year sentence over Libya campaign funds
• 1:14 AM
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A Paris court will set on Monday the date for Nicolas Sarkozy’s imprisonment after sentencing the former French president to five years for conspiring to finance his 2007 campaign with Libyan funds. Sarkozy, 70, denies wrongdoing, calling the verdict “a
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Venezuela's Maduro calls Nobel Peace laureate Machado a 'demonic witch'
• 12:30 AM
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday called opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a “demonic witch", two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy. The Nobel Committee praised Machado’s “tireless work” for human rights in
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