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Hamas urges mediators to push for next steps under ceasefire

(Reuters) -Hamas called on mediators on Friday to push for the next steps under the ceasefire in Gaza, including reopening the border, letting in aid, beginning reconstruction, setting up an administration and completing Israel's withdrawal.

Fighting has largely stopped in Gaza under U.S. President Donald Trump's plan, endorsed by mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. But further steps have been held up in part by Israeli accusations that the militants were too slow in handing over bodies of dead hostages.

Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, walk along a road as they attempt to return to the north after a ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip, October 10. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

UK loses bid to block challenge to Palestine Action ban under anti-terrorism laws

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Friday lost its bid to block the co-founder of pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action bringing a legal challenge over the banning of the group under anti-terrorism laws.

Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, was given permission to challenge the group's proscription, with her case due to be heard next month.

Britain's Home Office (interior ministry) asked the Court of Appeal to overturn that decision and rule that any challenge to proscription should be heard by a specialist tribunal.

Police officers detain a protester during a mass demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, against the British government's ban on Palestine Action, at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, October 4, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville

What happened to the Kadhafi family after Libyan leader's death

After nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon, Hannibal Kadhafi, one of longtime Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi's sons, was ordered by a Lebanese court on Friday to be released on bail.

Since a NATO-backed revolt toppled and killed Moamer in 2011, the Kadhafi family have scattered across different parts of the world.

Here's a look at where some of its members are today.

- HANNIBAL KADHAFI -

Hannibal Kadhafi was arrested in Lebanon in 2015 and has since been detained pending trial.

A picture allegedly found on a laptop of Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, in Rome

BBC accepts sanction over 'misleading' Gaza documentary

The UK media watchdog on Friday sanctioned the BBC for a Gaza documentary whose child narrator was later revealed to be the son of Hamas's former deputy minister of agriculture, branding it "materially misleading".

The broadcaster earlier this year apologised for "serious flaws" in the making of "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" and pulled it from its platform after a backlash.

The broadcaster said it shared the blame for the "unacceptable" flaws with UK production company Hoyo Films.

The UK media watchdog Ofcom has sanctioned the BBC over 'unacceptable flaws' in a documentary about the Gaza war

Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states.

"I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes in, everybody goes in," Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday on Fox Business Network.

Trump said he had had "some very good conversations" as recently as Wednesday with states that have indicated their willingness to join the accords.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an event to make announcements on fertility treatment coverage, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

UN says 560 tonnes of food entering Gaza daily since ceasefire but more needed

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday it has brought about 560 tonnes of food per day on average into Gaza since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect, but that still fell short of the scale of need in the enclave.

With famine conditions present in parts of Gaza, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said on Wednesday that thousands of aid vehicles would now have to enter Gaza weekly to ease the crisis.

Trucks carrying aid wait at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing to southern Gaza, amid a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in southern Israel, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

UK regulator says BBC's Gaza documentary broke broadcasting rules

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's media regulator Ofcom said a BBC documentary about children's lives in Gaza narrated by the 13-year-old son of a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government broke broadcasting rules.

It said the failure to disclose the position of the boy's father was "materially misleading".

The BBC removed "Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone" from its online platform in February, five days after it was broadcast.

Its own investigation found in July that the programme had breached its editorial guidelines on accuracy.

Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

UK govt aims to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Villa game

The UK government vowed on Friday to do everything to allow all fans to attend a match between Aston Villa and Tel Aviv Maccabi after anger at a ban on the Israeli team's supporters.

Birmingham-based Villa said on Thursday that the club had been informed by the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) -- responsible for issuing certificates for matches -- that no away fans would be permitted at the Europa League game on November 6.

The Safety Advisory Group is the body responsible for issuing safety certificates for every match at Villa Park

Analysis-Ceasefire offers Israel opportunity to end its international isolation

By Lili Bayer

(Reuters) -A ceasefire in Gaza is raising hopes among many in Israel that the country can begin to repair its image abroad, after months of deepening isolation due to thetoll of the two-yearconflict.

Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly since the war erupted following Islamist group Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel,in which some 1,200 people were killed and251taken hostage.

Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, walk along a road as they attempt to return to the north after a ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip, October 10. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact, FT reports

(Reuters) -Saudi Arabia is discussing a defence deal with the United States which it hopes to seal when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House next month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A senior Trump administration official told the Financial Times there were "discussions about signing something when the crown prince comes, but the details are in flux.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on during a signing ceremony at the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi