Netanyahu. The families of the hostages say he hasnt made their release a priority. They say that the governments strategy of trying to put Military Pressure on hamas to negotiate has failed. Now, the main hope is for a dealfor more captives to be freed. Any kind of deal would see the release of hostages in return for Palestinian Prisoners who are being held in israeli jails. Now, on sunday, as we mark the six anniversary of this conflict, hamas says it is sending a delegation to cairo for a ceasefire talks that have been mediated by egypt and qatar. The head of the cia is expected to be there, and these are difficult talks. We still dont know whether major obstacles have been resolved. Meanwhile, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. Others expected there, include Us Central Intelligence Agency director bill burns and qatars foreign minister. Israels war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss
this is bbc news, the headlines. israel says the agreement to pause fighting in gaza in exchange for the release of hostages will now not happen before friday. hundreds of thousands of new arrivals to the uk a blow in the prime minister s promise to slash immigration. celebrations forthe anti immigrant politician, geert wilders. his far right freedom party is the biggest winner in the netherlands elections. and in what s been described as a win for conservation, endangered blue whales return to the waters where they were once wiped out by hunting. dutch political leaders are preparing for negotiations to form a coalition government, after the far right pvv or freedom party pulled off a surprise election victory. no party won a majority, but the pvv s controversial leader, geerd wilders, may now lead negotiations. he stood on a platform of ending immigration and banning the quran. the pvv is likely to win about 37 of the 150 seats. several other parties have said they won
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newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then.this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outright majority it he