Israel and Hamas set for next hostage-prisoner exchange
• Feb 7, 2025, 4:18 PM
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Israel and Hamas are due to exchange more hostages and prisoners Saturday, but the backlash over President Donald Trump's proposal for a US Gaza takeover has cast doubt over the fragile truce's future. Gazans and Israelis are now waiting to see if this weekend's swap goes according to plan and whether talks on the second phase of the ceasefire deal can move on in Doha.
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Trump 'floods the zone', France's 'Monsieur Confidence', UK plays the 'Grey Man'
• 7:52 PM
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This week, Donald Trump’s latest bombshell—suggesting the U.S. should own Gaza and relocate its population in what he calls a Real Estate solution. Critics call it ethnic cleansing; he calls it Gaza Lago. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer kept a low profile at his
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Israel and Hamas set for next hostage-prisoner exchange
• 4:18 PM
1 min
Israel and Hamas are due to exchange more hostages and prisoners Saturday, but the backlash over President Donald Trump's proposal for a US Gaza takeover has cast doubt over the fragile truce's future. Gazans and Israelis are now waiting to see if this w
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'Incredibly dangerous, immensely destabilising for displacement of Palestinians into Egypt, Jordan'
• 3:25 PM
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Palestinians in Gaza say they are determined to rebuild their own seafront restaurants and hotels, dismissing U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of creating a "Riviera of the Middle East" emptied of its population and under U.S. control. For in-depth a
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'Exile is exile': Displaced Lebanese voice lingering fears of war
• 3:20 PM
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Displaced people in Lebanon are voicing their trauma and lingering fears of the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah. Despite the ongoing ceasefire, which came into effect late last year, many of the one million displaced Lebanese are still unable to
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UN aid chief warns of 'risk of ethnic cleansing' over Trump's Gaza plan
• 2:40 PM
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. He reacted to US President Donald Trump's controversial plan for the US to take over Gaza and to displace the Palestinian population to neighbouring cou
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Baghdad's first skatepark provides escape for young people
• 11:28 AM
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A new skatepark has opened in Baghdad, the first in the Iraqi capital. The park, which was opened by three organisations from Italy, Iraq and Belgium after lengthy negotiations, now provides a welcome means of escape for young people in a country that ha
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Live: Three Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners Saturday
• 5:53 AM
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Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza. The news came afte
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US envoy draws ‘red line’ over Hezbollah’s inclusion in Lebanese govt
• 12:29 AM
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On her first official visit to Lebanon, US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus on Friday said the US had drawn a red line against Hezbollah's inclusion in a future Lebanese government. Prime minister-designate Nawaf Salam has struggle
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