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As Germany heads to the polls, we take a look at Alice Weidel, the politician cultivating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) party's ‘image of competence’ ⤵️

Hamas has accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging the Gaza ceasefire agreement, saying the Israeli government is not engaging in negotiations for the second phase of the deal due to end on March 1 ⤵️

Hamas says Israel's “failure to comply with the release of the seventh batch of prisoners in the exchange deal at the agreed-upon time constitutes a blatant violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Israeli PM Netanyahu has promised decisive action to ensure all remaining captives held in Gaza are brought back to Israel after Hamas freed six captives earlier in the day. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

At least one person has died and two police officers have been seriously injured in a stabbing incident in eastern France, according to local media reports, with the alleged perpetrator taken into police custody.

China has called for the “complete and effective execution of the [Gaza] ceasefire agreement” and a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, says FM Wang Yi. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7nspk6

US President Donald Trump has fired Air Force General CQ Brown as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a wider shake-up of top military leadership aje.io/hbzxqy

Hamas has called accusations by Israel that Shiri Bibas and her infant sons, Kfir and Ariel, were killed by their captors as "baseless lies and fabrications", saying that an Israeli air attack had killed them early in the war on Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Mali’s army has launched an investigation into the killing of civilians allegedly by soldiers and Russian mercenaries in a rare probe of human rights abuses since the military took power in 2020.

Several residents of Qusra, a town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank have suffered breathing problems after Israeli forces stormed the area, Wafa news agency reports. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Senior Hamas official Basem Naim says,"Israeli PM Netanyahu and his government have been rejecting to engage with the second phase and are "playing dirty games to sabotage and undermine the deal" to which Hamas remains committed. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/6e00h0

The final captive released in Gaza City, Hisham al-Sayed, has arrived at the initial reception point in southern Israel, according to the Israeli military. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Israeli authorities have not provided relatives with any details regarding the killing of the three Bibas captives after they were taken to Gaza during the October 7 attack by Hamas, according to the family. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has been informed by the Red Cross that the sixth captive, Hisham al-Sayed, has been handed over to them. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/vw7lr4

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will be attending the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon who was assassinated by Israel. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

On the show this week: • The US and Russia compete to influence Germany’s election • Trump’s turn on Zelenskyy is celebrated by media outlets in Moscow • President Nayib Bukele’s media machine in El Salvador Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/nrP1VABrRGs

Hamas says that Israel's 'commitment to the remaining terms of the agreement and the implementation of the humanitarian protocol' would guarantee the completion of the future captive-prisoner exchange operations. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

BREAKING: Three Israeli captives held in Gaza have been handed over to the ICRC, with a fourth captive set to be released without ceremony later today. 🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/dwcxlp

There’s been a last-minute change in the release of Israeli captives, as three will be freed from Nuseirat and a fourth from Gaza City without ceremony, reports Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Palestinian sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera that the sixth captive, Hisham al-Sayed, will be handed over to Israeli authorities without ceremony. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/dwcxlp

A convoy of Red Cross vehicles has arrived at today’s second captives handover location in central Gaza’s Nuseirat. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

BREAKING: Two Israeli captives held in Gaza have been released and handed over to the ICRC in southern Gaza’s Rafah, with four more set to be released in Nuseirat in central Gaza. 🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/dwcxlp

US President Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on forcibly expelling Palestinians from Gaza, saying he will "recommend" his plan going forward rather than impose it. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/dwcxlp

“Despite all appearances, the narcissistic robber baron elite is in the process of making Trump and the US government their puppets, and not the other way around.” — #AJOpinion by Donald Earl Collins ⤵️

Hamas says it has handed the remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross, after Israel said her body was not among those released this week. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gfw1mt

Rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) says Israel’s use of “reckless and indiscriminate fire” in the occupied West Bank is “robbing children of their safety even inside their own homes”. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/23mf0q

Pope Francis’s condition is not considered life-threatening, but he is not out of danger, his medical team has said, as the pontiff continued to receive treatment to fight pneumonia and a complex lung infection.

US President Donald Trump says he will “recommend” his plan to “take over” Gaza and displace Palestinians, rather than impose it, amid continued opposition from Palestinian leaders and Arab states. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g8ygx0

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill says she will not attend St Patrick’s Day events at the White House in protest against US President Donald Trump’s position on Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zenhdd

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu has accused Israeli PM Netanyahu of perpetuating a “series of lies” in the ongoing dispute over the return of the body of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gfw1mt

"Youssouf can forge a legacy of peace and socioeconomic transformation in his new role, but first he must get the AU to start working in the best interests of its primary stakeholders: Africa’s 1.5 billion people." — #AJOpinion by Tafi Mhaka ⤵️

Hamas says it is aware of the claims over the body of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas and is looking into them “with complete seriousness”, stressing that it has no interest in “keeping any bodies” of the captives. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Lebanon is preparing for the burial of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack.

Several Palestinian media outlets are reporting that Israeli forces have assaulted Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and prevented them from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, to perform Friday prayers. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zolajy

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) says Israel is expected to release a total of 602 Palestinian prisoners tomorrow after Hamas frees six Israeli captives. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/0q66xq

Without providing any evidence, Israel’s former far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has linked explosions on empty buses in Tel Aviv to the Gaza ceasefire. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3gafli

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an 'intensive operation' in the occupied West Bank following empty bus explosions. Israeli forces have already been carrying out a weeks-long, large-scale attack on the territory. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Elements within Israel's gov't “itching” to return to war on Gaza in an effort to "eliminate" Hamas, even though that goal is “not really attainable”, says Colin Clarke, from the New York-based Soufan Center think tank. 🟥 Read analysis: aje.io/fjrsiw

'Palestinians in the occupied West Bank dread announcements of stepped-up Israeli forces attacks while Israeli security services conduct an investigation and vow to strike back', reports Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh. 🟥 Read report: aje.io/6w4u9c

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu promises revenge after Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli captives on Thursday. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/1g6uzw

Elon Musk has pledged to “fix” X’s fact-checking tool in response to a poll that contradicts Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine's President Zelenskyy is deeply unpopular in his country. Read more: aje.io/i0zuwg

The Israeli military accused Hamas of a 'violation of utmost severity' after they said forensic tests showed one of the returned bodies was not that of captive Shiri Bibas. 🔴 LIVE updates:

Israeli PM Netanyahu has ordered an escalation of assault in the occupied West Bank after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv, amid uncertainty over phase two of the Gaza ceasefire deal. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/gfw1mt

Three explosions occurred on empty buses in separate car parks in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in a suspected 'terrorist attack,' according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority. 🔴 LIVE updates:

Spanish court finds ex-football chief Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without consent after the 2023 Women’s World Cup Final. Read here: aje.io/3vwiiu

"They don’t want to be seen as forming a government with genociders.” How Sudan’s antiwar coalition, Taqaddum, splintered into two entities; one joined the RSF and the other professes neutrality aje.io/yz10m9

US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine's President Zelenskyy for starting the war with Russia, fuelling a war of words amid peace initiatives. Here's what you need to know aje.io/z900nr

US switches stance on Russia-Ukraine war and is seeking $500bn in payback after a war of words broke out between Trump and Zelenskyy aje.io/h5udzc

The Israeli Nachala movement, a right-wing, ultranationalist group, has planned a demonstration on February 27 to call for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and the construction of illegal settlements there. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/sopqs0