Morning briefing Friday 10th October

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0:47President Trump said he would travel to Egypt on Sunday to attend the formal signing of the deal before heading to Israel to celebrate the release of the hostages on either Monday or Tuesday. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the news after a late-night meeting of ministers to approve the first phase of the deal. Flanked by Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Netanyahu said his government had approved the framework for the release of all hostages, both the living and the deceased. We couldn't have achieved it without the extraordinary help of President Trump and his team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

1:26That and the courage of our soldiers who entered Gaza, I think has brought us to this point. To help oversee the deal, 200 US troops will be sent to Israel as part of a force This includes partner nations and will help organize humanitarian aid and security assistance. No American soldiers, however, are expected to be deployed to Gaza itself. Dr Lynette Nussbacher is a former British Army intelligence officer. Speaking to Times Radio, she warned against any premature celebrations and said any long-term peace agreements remains fragile. If they think Hamas is not really disarming in the next phases, If they think that Hamas is faking it, then Netanyahu's cabinet could pull out, could pull the rug out from under Netanyahu.

2:14And of course, everybody knows that Netanyahu, if he leaves government, might go to jail for corruption. The government has announced£84 million in funding for homelessness this winter. The money will go towards the prevention of rough sleeping and will help a record number of families in temporary accommodation to access basic facilities. The Prime Minister is welcoming the return of Bollywood to Britain, with three new films to be made in the UK next year. It follows Sakhir Starmer's two-day mission to India, which celebrated the agreement of a new trade deal and the confirmation that visa rules will not be relaxed for Indian workers or students.

2:53Dr Subir Sinya is a director at London School of Oriental and African Studies. The idea that the cinema that Bollywood shot in Britain has had this kind of deepening of cultural relationships and growing familiarity regarding the UK to a much wider chunk of the Indian population. So it's significant in that respect. And Scotland have enhanced their hopes of competing at their first World Cup since 1998. after they overturned a one-goal deficit to beat Greece 3-1 in qualifying. Steve Clarke's side remained second in Group C, level on points with Denmark, with those two scheduled to meet in Glasgow next month in a potential winner-takes-all encounter.

3:37Obviously a big win for us. I thought we showed a great attitude to dig in. But once the Greeks scored, it seemed to take the shackles off a little bit. We seemed to find an extra half-yarder pace. The press was better. And you can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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