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Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed.

Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed, accusing Hamas of repeated violations including "humiliating" handover ceremonies.

A senior Hamas official said the decision exposed the entire agreement to "grave danger" and called on mediators, especially the US, to pressure Israel.

The deal's first phase and temporary six-week truce is set to expire on Saturday but indirect negotiations on the second phase and an end to the war have not yet begun.

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More than 1,000 musicians - including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush - released a silent album on Tuesday in protest at the UK government's planned changes to copyright law.

The artists said the plans would make it easier for AI companies to train models using copyrighted work without a licence.

Under the new proposals, AI developers will be able to use creators' content on the internet to help develop their models, unless the rights holders elect to "opt out".

The artists hope the album will draw attention to the potential impact on livelihoods and the UK music industry.

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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027, as peace talks to end the war in Ukraine gather pace.

The PM said he would cut the UK's international aid budget to fund the rise in defence spending, which is currently 2.3% of GDP.

Opposition parties welcomed the move to spend more on defence but the aid cuts were branded "a betrayal" by charities.

The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between Starmer and US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.

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Police in the UK will be given new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones under major legislation which targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour.

The Crime and Policing Bill is at the heart of what the government has called its "Safer Streets mission" and ministers want it to become law by the end of the year.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC the bill would address an "epidemic of street theft", including a rise in phone and bag snatching and shoplifting, and introduce new "Respect Orders" with restrictions similar to Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbos).

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Skywatchers are in for a treat this week as seven planets - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky in the UK.

This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and it will be the last time seven planets can be seen at the same time until 2040.

The best chance to see as many planets as possible will be just after sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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US government workers faced widespread confusion on Monday following conflicting advice over compliance with an Elon Musk-backed order to list their last week's work in an email or face termination.

Just 48 hours after an email asking "what did you do last week?" was sent, the office behind it clarified responses were voluntary, leaving agencies to decide their approach.

But as this new guidance was shared with federal agencies, President Donald Trump weighed in that workers who did not comply with Mr Musk's demand would be fired or "sort of semi-fired".

And later on Monday evening, Mr Musk reinforced the ultimatum, granting workers a final chance to respond.

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The US has twice sided with Russia in votes at the United Nations to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration's change of stance on the war.

First the US opposed a European-drafted resolution which condemned Moscow's actions and supported Ukraine's territorial integrity - voting the same way as Russia and countries including North Korea and Belarus at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

Then the US drafted and voted for a resolution at the UN Security Council which called for an end to the conflict but contained no criticism of Russia.

The Security Council passed the resolution but two key US allies, the UK and France, abstained after their attempts to amend the wording were vetoed.

The UN resolutions were tabled as French President Emmanuel Macron visited President Donald Trump at the White House in an attempt to address their different stances over the war.

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French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump that peace must not mean the surrender of Ukraine, at a news conference with the US President at the White House. The two leaders were meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country.

The French leader interrupted President Trump to correct him, after Mr Trump said Europe's financial assistance to Ukraine was in the form of loans. Mr Macron said that was not the case as most of the money had been given to Ukraine by Europe.

Earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped “we can finish the war this year”. He was speaking at a summit of western leaders meeting in Kyiv to show their support for his country.

At the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly agreed a resolution - drafted by the EU and the UK - to mark the anniversary of the war. It reaffirmed the UN's "commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine". The US opposed the resolution alongside Russia and North Korea, and sought support for an alternative resolution which made no reference to backing Ukraine's territorial integrity and referred to Russia's invasion as a "conflict".

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington, Nada Tawfik at the United Nations in New York, James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Jeremy Bowen on the frontline in Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.

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We look at French president Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with US president Donald Trump on the future of Ukraine.

Speaking with reporters at the White House, Trump said Russian president Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of a potential deal to end the war.

James and Alex are joined by the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet.

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What was going on in the corridors of power when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine took place?

Julianne Smith, former US permanent representative to Nato and James Heappey, former UK armed forces minister, talk to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko about the meetings and phone calls that gave them cause for optimism and concern in the three years since Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine.

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