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The Israeli military says it has retrieved the body of the last remaining hostage in Gaza.

It had been searching for Master Sgt Ran Gvili since the ceasefire with Hamas began in October.

Hamas was meant to return all hostages, alive and dead, within 72 hours of the ceasefire taking effect. Twenty living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 27 dead Israeli and foreign hostages were handed over but for the past few weeks Hamas said it had not yet been able to locate Gvili.

On Sunday, Israel said it would reopen Gaza's key border crossing with Egypt once the operation to find and return Gvili was complete.

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Israel says it has agreed to reopen the Gaza Strip's key border crossing with Egypt only after an operation to retrieve the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the territory is complete.

The Rafah crossing was meant to have reopened during the first stage of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which began in October.

However, the Israeli government has made that conditional on Hamas making every effort to return the body of the last hostage, police officer Master Sgt Ran Gvili.

On Sunday, Israel's military said it had begun a new search for his remains, saying the operation was taking place at a cemetery in Gaza City and that it could last several days.

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The Trump administration is facing pressure to launch a full investigation into the second Minneapolis killing by federal agents in two weeks, as one Republican governor says "enough is enough".

US President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal his administration is "reviewing everything" and also indicates he could eventually withdraw agents from the city - but he's given no time frame.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old US citizen, was shot dead on Saturday after an incident with federal agents.

The Trump administration says Pretti carried a gun and posed a danger to officers - while no available video shows him holding a gun.

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Video showing the killing after a second US citizen in Minneapolis by ICE federal agents appears to suggest that a gun had been taken from him before he was shot dead.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed after what began as a scuffle. Pretti appeared to be filming the immigration enforcement agents using his phone when he was pushed to the ground and restrained by seven officers. One of them appears to remove a handgun from Pretti’s waist, before another officer opens fire. In total it appears that 10 shots were fired as he lay on the ground. After the shooting local police said they believed that Pretti had a licence authorising him to carry a handgun.

Federal and state officials offered conflicting accounts about the shooting. The Trump administration claimed the ICE agents had fired “defensive” shots and described Pretti as a “domestic terrorist”. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said he was there "to perpetuate violence" and had approached federal agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun.

Local officials and the victim's family have challenged that account, pointing out that Pretti had a phone in his hand, not a weapon. None of the videos of the shooting appear to show Pretti holding a gun at any time before his death. His parents accused the administration of spreading "sickening lies" about what happened.

Hundreds of demonstrators braved freezing weather to take to the streets over the shooting.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Bateman in Minneapolis.

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Today, members of the Labour National Executive Committee (NEC) met to make a decision on whether or not to let Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham run for MP for Gorton and Denton in its upcoming by-election.

We discuss who could vote which way and whether it could lead to Prime Minister Keir Starmer facing a leadership challenge after the May elections.

Joe Pike, political correspondent, joins Paddy and Laura to chat it all through.

After we recorded the podcast discussion we got the news that Andy Burnham had been blocked from running in Gorton and Denton, so we recorded a new beginning.

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Federal immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, US, identified by local officials as 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

State and federal officials have provided conflicting accounts of the moments prior to Pretti's death, which comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said an agent fired "defensive shots" after Pretti "reacted violently", while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said federal authorities' accounts are "nonsense" and "lies".

Pretti, a US citizen and nurse, has been described as a "kind-hearted soul" by his parents; they call for the "truth" about their son.

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Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing as a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election in the UK by Labour's ruling body.

As a directly elected mayor, Burnham had to get approval from Labour's national executive committee, after he applied to be a candidate on Saturday.

Some NEC members were concerned about an expensive mayoral election to replace Burnham, and allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer feared he could mount a leadership challenge, should he return to Westminster.

The move is likely to infuriate Labour MPs and some ministers who said local party members should have had the option of choosing the Greater Manchester mayor as the candidate.

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Federal immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, identified by local officials as 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

State and federal officials have provided conflicting accounts of the moments prior to Pretti's death, which comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said agents fired "defensive shots" after Pretti "reacted violently", while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the account of events from federal authorities is "nonsense" and "lies".

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Andy Burnham has confirmed he is officially seeking permission to enter the running to become MP for Gorton and Denton in the upcoming by-election, opening the possibility for him to contest Keir Starmer’s leadership.

However, Burnham has to get approval from Labour's ruling national executive committee, which Keir Starmer and some of his allies are on, before he can enter the race to be the party's candidate.

Laura and Paddy are joined by Gemma Bolton from the committee to discuss why some other members think he should be allowed.

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Andy Burnham has announced that he is seeking permission to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton parliamentary MP by-election.

Currently mayor of Greater Manchester, he insisted he wants to back the UK's Labour government "not undermine it" and said that the decision to announce his intentions had been "difficult".

The seat in Greater Manchester is vacant after Labour's Andrew Gwynne stood down on Friday as MP on health grounds.

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