Anger in Israel as pressure mounts on Hamas to return hostage bodies
Israel's military says one of the four bodies returned by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of a former hostage. It said Hamas had to make all efforts to return the remains of those taken on October seventh. The process has been impacted by the devastation in Gaza, with some bodies believed to be under rubble.
Palestinians in Gaza are reported to be stockpiling food, amid anxiety that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will unravel -- and the flow of aid will stop.Also in the programme: Kenya has declared a week of national mourning for the former prime minister Raila Odinga, who's died at the age of 80; a sumo tournament is taking place outside Japan for the first time in 34 years; and the leader of one of China's biggest underground churches, Jin Mingri, has been detained, his daughter gives us the latest.(Photo: Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza. Credit: Reuters)
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Israel to restrict aid over return of hostage remains
Israeli officials have said the government has decided to restrict aid into Gaza in response to Hamas being too slow in handing over the bodies of dead hostages.We'll hear from an Israeli whose relative's body is still in Gaza and who fears it may never be brought home. Also on the programme: we speak to the UN about the reconstruction in Gaza and how it will be paid for; and Harvard professor and philosopher Michael Sandel shares why he thinks meritocracy is overrated. (Photo: A Palestinian man looks on next to a tent amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City. Credit: Reuters)
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What's next for Palestinians and Israelis?
There's uncertainty over the next steps in the Gaza peace process, a day after President Trump declared the war was over following the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. We also speak to a doctor treating Israeli hostages arrived from Gaza. Also on the programme, Madagascar's embattled president, Andry Rajoelina, says he is sheltering in a "safe place" after an attempt on his life, following weeks of protests calling for his resignation; and, one of the world's longest dinosaur trackways, dating back 166 million years, has been found in southern England.
(Photo: Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj)
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Trump and other leaders sign historic ceasefire deal
Donald Trump and other world leaders have signed an Israel- Hamas ceasefire deal at a summit on Gaza in Egypt. There have been joyous scenes in the Palestinian territories and Israel, as the two sides carried out an exchange of hostages for detainees, as part of the peace plan. Newshour hears from a relative of Yossi Sharabi who was was killed by Hamas and whose body was returned today.Also in the programme: Madagascar's missing president; and Jordan's King Abdullah on the prospects for peace.(Picture: US President Donald Trump poses for a photo during the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt. Credit: PA)
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All living Israeli hostages reunited with families
The last 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are now back in Israel after more than two years in captivity. President Trumps address the Israeli Knesset and Busloads of Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been handed over in the West Bank. (Photo: Released hostage Nimrod Cohen who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and taken to Gaza, holds an Israeli flag as he arrives at Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), amid a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
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