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Former US President Donald Trump has said that he considers indictments against him "a badge of honour". Trump was speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, shortly after the state of Colorado's supreme court voted in favour of removing him from the 2024 presidential ballot. The court ruled 4-3 to remove Trump, citing his involvement in the 6 January insurrection in 2021. The Colorado Supreme Court ruling means Donald Trump may be unable to run for re-election in the state next year. Subscribe here: https://rumble.com/c/BBCWorlds For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia's Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers said. Three people were rescued on Monday. The search for 12 others missing has been suspended due to a small eruption. There were 75 hikers in the area at the time of the eruption, but most were safely evacuated. Mount Marapi, one of Indonesia's 127 active volcanoes, spewed ash as high as 3km (9,800ft) into the air on Sunday. Subscribe here: https://rumble.com/c/BBCWorlds For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

Finance experts Deloitte predict women's sport revenue will reach £1.02bn in 2024 after a year of growth featuring the Fifa Women's World Cup in 2023. Football is forecast to generate £439m, with basketball predicted to be the second most valuable sport with £280m. The news comes before a busy year for women's sport, headlined by the Paris Olympics. Subscribe here: https://rumble.com/c/BBCWorlds For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

Football Manager was a hit that broke records as one of the five fastest-selling PC games ever when it was released in November 2004. Since then, the series putting players in charge of running a football club has continued to grow, with last year's game played by six million people. But it has changed dramatically since the 2000s. Little circles bouncing about on a green rectangle have become a fully-fledged 3D simulation, which gamers often boast (or bemoan) getting lost in for hundreds of hours each year. With the release of the 20th game in the Football Manager series, the BBC spoke to Sports Interactive, the studio behind the game, about how the fan favourite has evolved. Subscribe here: https://rumble.com/c/BBCWorlds For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

Twenty-four hostages have been released by Hamas and are now back in Israel. Among them are 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino, says Qatar, which has been mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas. The Israelis include four children - aged two, four, six and nine - as well as an 85-year-old woman. Palestinian women and teenagers held by Israel have also been released to the West Bank as part of the deal. For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

The world's largest crypto currency exchange, Binance, has lost more than $1 billion dollars in the first 24 hours since its founder pleaded guilty to federal money laundering charges. Changpeng Zhao, one of the most influential figures in crypto, could also be facing jail time. The company has been hit by a record fine of more than $4 billion, and since the news broke many customers of Binance have been withdrawing their money from the exchange. The US Justice Department said Binance had helped users bypass sanctions across the world. For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

A four-day pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas has come into effect, with both sides saying the pause is temporary. Under the deal, 13 Israeli hostages who were taken by Hamas are due to be released later today, with 50 being released over the four days. As part of the agreement, Israel will release 150 Palestinian prisoners. For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

Since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October, and the strikes on Gaza that have followed, many students at university in the UK have been struggling. Some have experienced abuse driven by antisemitism or Islamophobia, and others are worried for their families and friends who are in the middle east. The Communities and Securities Trust (CST) say they’ve seen an increase in antisemitic abuse on campuses across the UK, and Tell Mama, an organisation that monitors Islamophobia, says they have also seen an increase in abuse across the UK.

Civilians fleeing intense fighting in northern Gaza have described seeing decomposing bodies and Israeli tanks along a designated "safe road". The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told people - via social media and leaflets - to use the Salah al-Din road between specific times of day. BBC Verify have explored what this journey is like.

The Israeli military says it now controls the north of the Gaza Strip after intense fighting with Hamas. 50,000 Palestinians fled Gaza City yesterday through evacuation routes after Israel opened a safe passage for a few hours on the road to the south. Meanwhile the French government is holding talks on getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Israel's PM Netanyahu has said the Israel Defense Force is encircling and "operating inside" Gaza City. The G7 group of nations - including the UK and US - have called for a pause in the fighting in Gaza during a meeting in Tokyo overnight. Meanwhile, BBC News's Orla Guerin has spoke to Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem about tensions growing on the border of Israel and Lebanon in the north, and what an escalation of conflict could mean for the wider region as a whole.

Thailand’s economy was hit particularly hard by the Covid pandemic, in part due to its reliance on a huge tourism industry. Chinese tourists in particular made up one quarter of Thailand’s 40 million foreign visitors in 2019. There was hope that 2023 would see tourist numbers bounce back to pre-Covid levels - but this has not been the case.

Russia has "doubled" bombardments on cities and towns in southern Ukraine, according to regional government figures. Kherson has been one of the cities which has seen shelling intensify in recent months as civilians and soldiers brace for winter. Some residents have left their homes in Kherson to seek refuge in the port city of Odessa, with little more than the clothes on their back.

Donald Trump has taken to the stand in the New York Supreme Court as he provides his defence in his $250m (£202) fraud trial. The former US president clashed several times with Judge Engoron during the morning’s proceedings. Mr Trump - along with his two adult sons and the wider Trump Organization - is accused of massively inflating the value of his business properties to secure favourable loans, amongst other claims. If he loses the trial, he could face a hefty fine, a ban on doing business in his home state, and losing control of some properties.

US President Joe Biden trails Donald Trump in five of the six most important battleground states exactly a year before the US election, new polls suggest. The New York Times and Siena College said Mr Trump leads Mr Biden in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Wisconsin is the only swing state that The New York Times and Siena College polled where Biden has the edge. Americans will head to the polls in November 2024 to elect the next US president.

Gaza frontline report: Israel confirms airstrike on ambulanc Israel has confirmed it struck an ambulance in Gaza City which it said was being used by Hamas. The Gaza health authority said the ambulance was part of a convoy carrying wounded people from the besieged north to the south of the territory. Israel began airstrikes and a ground offensive in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,400 people in Israel and kidnapped more than 200 others. The health ministry in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, says more than 9,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then. In Lebanon the leader of the Islamist group Hezbollah made a rare appearance and described the Hamas attacks on Israel as "right, wise and just". Hassan Nasrullah warned that the conflict in Gaza could escalate into a wider war. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Orla Guerin in Beirut.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country’s ground forces are “at the height of the battle” as they advance in the northern Gaza Strip and surround Gaza City. It comes as Israeli airstrikes hit refugee camps where Palestinians are sheltering for the third day running. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Fergal Keane.

Storm Ciarán has hit the UK and the Channel Islands and forecasters have warned lives could be at risk. Strong winds and heavy rain are barrelling across southern England, with gusts of more than 110mph (160km/h) recorded in northern France and the Channel Islands. Major incidents have been declared in parts of England with hundreds of schools shut and train services suspended.

Gaza has witnessed fierce fighting overnight - with a live feed capturing sounds of explosions and bright flames on the horizon. The Israeli military says it's killed dozens of Hamas fighters - having earlier said its troops had broken through its enemy's defensive lines. More civilians are expected to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing today; 400 people used the crossing yesterday for the first time since the war broke out.

Dozens of people are reported to have been killed by a huge explosion at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. The Hamas-run heath ministry, and the director of the nearby Indonesian hospital, have said at least 50 people have been killed. The health ministry said the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike. There has been no comment yet from Israel on the reported blast. The BBC is working to verify details of the incident.

The world health organization has said GaZA is in an immiment public health catastroph and that the mass thisplacament of people has led to offercrowding and a lack of sanitation. #israel #gaza #bbcnews #newstoday