nine children and two women, were freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return israel released 33 palestinians — most of them teenagers — from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released people reportedly arrived in ramallah in the west bank. the un has used the pause in fighting to increase urgent aid deliveries to gazans but has warned that the consignments are a drop in the ocean. although more aid lorries are bringing supplies, they aren t carrying the winter clothing particularly needed for children. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. the flight back to freedom. ii hostages returned to israel last night after more than 50 days in hamas captivity. they included the three—year—old twins ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i'm finding that it's difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart—feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages — but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 other hostages — men, women, children, babies — who's taking care of them? who is holding a ten—month—old baby, kfir bibas? i'll tell you — ruthless terrorists are holding him hostage in gaza. we call on the international organisation — especially the red cross — to use every tool at their disposal to gain access to all hostages, to make sure they're receiving the medical care they need. in return, 33 palestinians were released from israeli jails. this is the moment 17—year—old muhammad abu al—humus reunited with his family in eastjerusalem. a two—day extension to the temporary ceasefire has been announced by qatar. the us says hamas has committed to releasing another 20 hostages — women and children. in gaza, the truce has allowed much—needed aid to be delivered as a humanitarian crisis continues. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the war against hamas isn't over. this is likely to bring even more suffering for palestinians in gaza. hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to rushdi abualouf our gaza correspondent currently in istanbul. if we start first of all, genetic, with those reports of explosions and smoke rising, what is the latest with that? ., smoke rising, what is the latest with that? . , ., , with that? yeah, there is one person who was injured _ with that? yeah, there is one person who was injured in _ with that? yeah, there is one person who was injured in this, _ with that? yeah, there is one person who was injured in this, according i who was injured in this, according to medical sources in gaza city, i just spoke to localjournalist to medical sources in gaza city, i just spoke to local journalist who was in the area when this incident happened, and he said there was gunfire, exchange of fire, not sure with whom, but most likely some of the palestinians are suggesting one of the smaller groups were not aware of the smaller groups were not aware of the smaller groups were not aware of the ceasefire being extended, and is wiliame responded, and there was shooting in the area. also he told me that tens of people who are trying to reach their houses close to the israeli positions inside gaza, and well is wellies were by gunfire in the air and some of the gunfire in the air and some of the gunfire injured one person. also there was three explosions this morning in the same location, it is located north—west of gaza city, in a neighbourhood, close to a beach camp, shut the camp, as palestinians call it. most of the camp was destroyed and most of the people who were in the camp were displaced to the south of gaza city and the smoke was rising out of is waydey tank sheu was rising out of is waydey tank shell hit a building, as this journalist described to me this morning. i spoke to the egyptian and the qataris about this incident and they said, we are aware of this incident, we are talking to the israelis and hamas about the situation, it has been calm for the last hour or so, there was no shooting in the area and the people who are in gaza city, they were able to move in different area. as you know, abouti million people who were displaced from their homes back in october, and they are now in the south of gaza, they were not allowed to go back to their homes, they expressed their sadness on social media is the internet was resumed in the south, saying, what is the point of a ceasefire that will not allow us to go back and see our houses? they will be surprised when they go back to gaza city, because the footage coming from there, and the information we are gathering from the ground, suggesting huge destruction in the area where the israeli tanks have been obliterated most of the buildings, where hundreds of buildings were destroyed, especially around the shifa hospital, which experienced israeli invading during the israeli ground operation, the scale of destruction is really huge in gaza city, and the people will be really embarrassed when they see the scale of destruction in the area. talking about the egyptian allow about 100 trucks, this morning they are expecting about 100 to arrive today, some of them will reach of the gaza city in the north, where we believe about 400,000 or half a million people are still there, despite all the israeli because for them to leave to the south. there is still hundreds of thousands of people in gaza city, and part of the deal is to allow aid to reach gaza city, the hamas—run health ministry is trying to establish medical centres, the main one in the north and the main one in gaza city, because most of the medical centres have been out of service because of oz the israeli strikes around the area, especially now they are focusing in the north, they are restoring a hospital which is host to the indonesian hospital thatis is host to the indonesian hospital that is out of service, and now they are calling anybody who could help in the medical side to come and volunteer in the area. we understand that some equipment will be allowed to the north and also in the south they are still calling for more fuel and more medical aid into the south, and more medical aid into the south, and most important it is the winter and most important it is the winter and now there, it was very windy overnight, very rainy overnight, and about a million people are without proper shelter and without proper clothes for the winter to cope with this cold weather.— this cold weather. thank you, rushdi, this cold weather. thank you, rushdi. and _ this cold weather. thank you, rushdi, and the _ this cold weather. thank you, rushdi, and the destruction l this cold weather. thank you, i rushdi, and the destruction that this cold weather. thank you, - rushdi, and the destruction that you mention will have been visible to our viewers because we showed some images showing the scale of that just a few moments before we joined you live. thank you for that update, thatis you live. thank you for that update, that is rushdi abualouf, our gaza correspondent, currently in istanbul. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega injerusalem. you may have heard what rushdi was saying about some of the incidents, there may be concern, might have jeopardised the ceasefire, and of course, we know that there are concerns around trying to find where hostages are who are in the hands of groups other than hamas, how certain is the extension to the ceasefire? so, yes, we're talking about two days, as this first extension to the initial deal. so, the americans who have been heavily involved in negotiating the terms of this deal, they say that they are expecting 20 hostages to be released between today and tomorrow. so, this morning, the office of the israeli prime minister said that they had received a list with the names of the people who are expected to be freed later today, that the families have been notified. we are expecting women and children again to be freed as part of this latest release. and in return for every israeli hostage, the italy authorities are going to release three palestinians from israeli jails. i think obviously the hope here is that all those parties involved could agree with another extension to this deal, so, more hostages could be released, and again, more aid could get into gaza. and i think what the israelis have been saying is that the offer is that they are offering an extra day in the pause in the fighting for every ten hostages being released. and i think they are trying to say that it and i think they are trying to say thatitis and i think they are trying to say that it is up to hamas to come up with a list of names every day for this truce to be extended. but obviously the families here of those hostages, hoping that a more permanent ceasefire could be agreed, so more hostages can be freed. we're talking about around 170 people who remain in captivity in gaza, and they have been held in the territory for more than 50 days now. find they have been held in the territory for more than 50 days now. and hugo, how much more _ for more than 50 days now. and hugo, how much more complicated _ for more than 50 days now. and hugo, how much more complicated does - for more than 50 days now. and hugo, how much more complicated does it i how much more complicated does it make the whole process, given that hamas says that they are not holding all the captives themselves?- all the captives themselves? yeah, i think this is — all the captives themselves? yeah, i think this is going _ all the captives themselves? yeah, i think this is going to _ all the captives themselves? yeah, i think this is going to be _ all the captives themselves? yeah, i think this is going to be another - think this is going to be another obstacle in this process, because hamas is saying that they are not holding all those hostages, that different groups, different factions, are holding some of those people and they say that they are having some difficulties in locating those hostages, in identifying them, and the youngest hostage is only ten months old, so, it is a very difficult situation, and i think this is going to be another obstacle in guaranteeing the release, especially of the most vulnerable people who are now being held in gaza. but again, us officials yesterday talking about this extension, they say that they are going to be working for this deal to be extended again for all hostages to be released. but again i think over the last few days, we've seen how difficult these negotiations have been, how fragile this truce has been, so, i think this is going to be a very long process before we can see all those hostages being returned to israel. aha, can see all those hostages being returned to israel.— can see all those hostages being returned to israel. a fragile truce, as ou returned to israel. a fragile truce, as you say. _ returned to israel. a fragile truce, as you say. hugo _ returned to israel. a fragile truce, as you say, hugo bachega, - returned to israel. a fragile truce, as you say, hugo bachega, in - as you say, hugo bachega, in jerusalem, with the latest. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the producers of britain's got talent say they've reached an "amicable resolution" with david walliams after comments made during filming breaks about contestants were leaked. the comic was suing production company fremantle for misuse of private information and breaching data laws. walliams has since left the show and apologised for the remarks he made. the company apologised and said the matter had been resolved. police in sierra leone say they're continuing the manhunt for people involved in what the government has described as a planned and co—ordinated attack on the capital. gunmen broke into an armoury and several prisons in freetown on sunday enabling the escape of almost 2,000 inmates. 20 people died in the attacks. authorities are offering a reward of $2,000 for anyone with information on a perpetrator still at loose. and former bosses of the retail chain wilko's will be questioned by mps later today about the company's collapse, costing thousands of jobs. you're live with bbc news. rescuers at a collapsed tunnel in the indian himalayas have successfully drilled through debris to reach 41 workers who are trapped inside. the workers have been in the 4.5km—long tunnel for 17 days after it caved in on 12th november. instability of the ground in the mountainous region has made rescue efforts even more challenging. it is the 16th day of rescue operations here. rescue operations happening on multiple fronts. let's give you an update on what is happening on the main access point from the silkyara village site. we have been told that the machine which actually broke down inside the pipeline that was laid out, that has been pulled out and obviously now they will send people to go inside manually and start digging, they might hit obstacles and that might further delay the process of actually bringing out the debris and clearing around 11—12 metres of pipeline that needs to be put in place to reach the 41 trapped construction workers. there is also an update about vertical drilling which is happening at a distance of about 300 metres, if you measure the distance from the length of the tunnel, and they plan to dig 86 metres down, and so far we are told that about 31 metres has already been dug up, that is going to be around 1.2 metres wide. so, once that entire area which they hope they will be able to reach in the next couple of hours, this entire 86 metres stretch is put in place of, then they will try and pull workers out from there, but obviously they are hoping that success welcome to them from this particular point where there is also talk about a perpendicular, horizontal drilling of 180 metres. now, we don't know what the plan is for that right now but what we also know is that there is some sort of drilling work that is some sort of drilling work that is likely to happen from the other end of this tunnel, and they have carried out four blasts and we hope to hear from authorities about the status and success of operation so far from that end. and there is also this talk about a draft tunnel which the army is supposed to make, so we also hope to understand from authorities how that process of creating the draft tunnel, what it hopes to achieve, will be, and that is something that the authorities wilshre. obviously we are seeing that at this point, the authorities and the medical workers and officials are on standby. nothing that they can really do until these workers are pulled out and they hope to use structures to bring them out of this pipeline that has been put in place. still about 11—12 metres of distance yet to be covered to reach the trapped construction workers. here at bbc we will continue to bring you regular updates about how this entire process will unfold in the next couple of hours and days. we can show ou couple of hours and days. we can show you some — couple of hours and days. we can show you some live _ couple of hours and days. we can show you some live pictures - couple of hours and days. we can| show you some live pictures now, couple of hours and days. we can - show you some live pictures now, you can see the number of rescuers who are there outside the tunnel and just to recap it has been 17 days now that the 41 workers have been trapped inside therein the collapsed tunnel. they were construction workers and you may have seen over the past couple of weeks that there was a bit of tension at one point between the authorities and families of the workers there, families who are feeling that the authorities weren't doing enough to help with the speeding up of rescue efforts and it did turn into a bit of a row are outside the tunnel there. over the past few days also a smaller tunnel had been drilled in order to be able to send food and medical supplies into the workers who are trapped there and when we last heard reports, workers were said to be in good health. of course we will be able to find out more once this situation develops, it is only in the past half an hour that news has come through that the rescuers have reached the workers who have been trapped in the tunnel. we will bring you more on that as it develops. almost two million people in russia and ukraine have been left without power after hurricane winds, snowfall and heavy rain cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. more than 2,000 towns and villages in ukraine have been left in the dark as wind speeds reached more than 140km/h. from kyiv, james waterhouse sent this report. nature doesn't discriminate. in war or peace time, it knocks when it wants. in occupied crimea, russian emergency crews rescue people on ukrainian soil after a river burst its banks. southern ukraine felt the brunt of this storm. it meant, in the odesa region, no—one was going anywhere without help. instead of russian bombs, people here faced a different enemy — punishing winds which damaged homes and left many without power in the biting cold. translation: it is undoubtedly a catastrophe on a huge scale - | not only for the city, it's a state—wide disaster. amid the misery, hope. baby viktoria was born at her mother's home. the hospital was out of reach so they took refuge at a fire station. for the southern russian city of sochi, the storm meant this. the black sea pounded hundreds of miles of coastline. the weather for ukraine's capital is more bittersweet. high winds mean drone attacks are less likely. relative calm after a weekend where russia launched 75 of them at kyiv. translation: it'sjust our weather. what's more important is keeping the boys warm in the trenches. we will survive it here. translation: i start crying when i think about soldiers. | it's hard to imagine what it feels like there. it's painful to think about it. for all of the struggles caused by this storm, they're most acutely being felt by the soldiers fighting in the endless trenches and tree lines. it's been a devastation for the region, which — for once — hasn't been caused by russia's invasion. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has said he is deeply disappointed by what he called "the abrupt cancellation" of his meeting with his uk counterpart rishi sunak scheduled for this afternoon in downing street. the decision came after mr mitsotakis told the bbc that he would use the meeting to call for the return of the parthenon sculptures, or elgin marbles, from the british museum to athens. the greek prime minister also said those who firmly believed in the correctness of their positions were never hesitant to engage in constructive debate. the sculptures, which are currently in the british museum, were removed from the parthenon in the 19th century. we can go live now to a former member of the advisory committee for the greek minister of culture. professor, why was this brought up ijy professor, why was this brought up by the prime minister, given that both parties, both nations, have a long—standing position on the structures? . long-standing position on the structures?— long-standing position on the structures? ., , structures? , that is indeed true, one would _ structures? , that is indeed true, one would not _ structures? , that is indeed true, one would not expect _ structures? , that is indeed true, one would not expect the - structures? , that is indeed true, one would not expect the issue i structures? , that is indeed true, | one would not expect the issue of the parthenon marbles would create a diplomatic incident. greece's stance on the matter is crystal—clear and has remained unchanged through the years. the greek prime minister said nothing new or distance in this respect. lord elgin misused his office at the beginning of 1800s to dismantle it, causing huge damage on it, by sawing off parts from the temple and took it to britain not to save them but to decorate his country house in scotland. he then went bankrupt, of course, and sold them to the british state, but the british state bought them without checking any substantial docking intention concerning... professor, 'ust to intention concerning... professor, just to keep _ intention concerning... professor, just to keep specifically _ intention concerning... professor, just to keep specifically to - intention concerning... professor, just to keep specifically to this - just to keep specifically to this latest development, the prime minister, downing street, has said that it had assurances that the greek prime minister would not raise this subject? i greek prime minister would not raise this subject?— this sub'ect? i don't believe that there this subject? i don't believe that there was such _ this subject? i don't believe that there was such an _ this subject? i don't believe that there was such an agreement. it this subject? i don't believe that - there was such an agreement. it was also not be an honourable thing for one country's prime minister to ask another country's prime minister to set a side a, and fair request made on behalf of his people. this matter is pending for several years on the national agenda, and in fact it is there since 1983. it is the only matter on the unesco agenda regarding repatriation that has not been solved, so what i would not believe that such an agreement was in place. d0 believe that such an agreement was in lace. ,, believe that such an agreement was in lace. ~ ., , in place. do you think there was any other reason. _ in place. do you think there was any other reason, then, _ in place. do you think there was any other reason, then, that _ in place. do you think there was any other reason, then, that this - in place. do you think there was any other reason, then, that this row i other reason, then, that this row has developed? can other reason, then, that this row has developed?— other reason, then, that this row has developed? yes, has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hear has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hearyou. — has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hearyou. i— has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, i don't _ has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, i don't know— has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, i don't know if— has developed? can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, i don't know if you i i can hear you, i don't know if you can hear me, professor? haifa i can hear you, i don't know if you can hear me, professor?- i can hear you, i don't know if you can hear me, professor? nowl can, i 'ust lost can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you — can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you for _ can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you for a _ can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you for a minute. _ can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you for a minute. i _ can hear me, professor? nowl can, i just lost you for a minute. i was i just lost you for a minute. i was 'ust just lost you for a minute. i was just asking. _ just lost you for a minute. i was just asking, what _ just lost you for a minute. i was just asking, what do _ just lost you for a minute. i was just asking, what do you - just lost you for a minute. i was just asking, what do you think. just lost you for a minute. i was l just asking, what do you think the real reason is that this row has emerged now? to real reason is that this row has emerged now?— real reason is that this row has emerged now? real reason is that this row has emerued now? ., , ., , i” emerged now? to be honest with you i have no explanation _ emerged now? to be honest with you i have no explanation because _ emerged now? to be honest with you i have no explanation because as - emerged now? to be honest with you i have no explanation because as i i have no explanation because as i told you, nothing was done in a different manner than before. and i think from the side of rishi sunak, that made him look very isolated, and like trying to walk away. so i think that was rather inappropriate, to be honest with you. i think rishi sunak isolates himself from the british public feeling, from the many thousands of greeks who live or work or study in britain as well as people from other countries all over the world who firmly believe that the world who firmly believe that the greek request is, and fair. thank you so much for your time, professor. we're just we'rejust going to we're just going to show you some of live pictures from the scene where rescuers have reached workers who have been trapped in a tunnel in northern india for 17 days, it has been a long and treacherous process because of the unstable conditions in that mountainous area. but rescuers have now reached the 41 workers who are trapped there. they've had food sent to them through a smaller tunnel but of course it has been a really worrying wait for the families of the 41 trapped workers who now have some positive news in that they have now been reached by rescue workers. we will bring you the latest on that as it develops. hello. it is cold out there and it is going to stay cold into the weekend and probably into next week. in fact there is no sign of any mild weather returning. how about tuesday itself? obviously cold, bright if not sunny for many of us. here is the satellite picture. the drizzly, cloudy weather that many of us experienced on monday is moving away towards the east and behind it, the skies are clearing, so, clear skies through the early hours and into tuesday morning. and it will have been a pretty chilly start to tuesday, temperatures around freezing or below in the north and only around 3—4 across central england and the south. lots of sunshine around, and at the very least, a bright start. the northerly winds are pretty cold, with wintry showers, particularly to the scottish hills, some of the showers might be clipping the north—east of england. let's have a look at the highs, if you can call them that. tuesday evening into wednesday, there cold front will be moving southwards across the uk from north to south, introducing slightly colder air and also the chance of one or two wintry showers once again. wednesday, most likely, there was wintry showers occurring in the north of the country and also some areas a little bit further south. showers i think in the south—west will be mostly rain. again a lot of sunshine around on wednesday and it is a cold day, temperatures really struggling in the north, this is more like january. and then on thursday rethink area of low pressure, this weather front, thursday rethink area of low pressure, this weatherfront, will stayjust pressure, this weatherfront, will stay just to the south pressure, this weatherfront, will stayjust to the south of us, it might graze the very far south of the country but for most of us it will be dry weather but staying cold. this is what we call the anomaly map, the blue colour indicates temperatures below—average, and then you have got above averages for portugal and spain. so, much of the continent staying cold. here is the outlook for the days ahead and into the weekend. you can see single figure temperatures, some places really struggling to stay much above freezing, so wrap up warmly. this is bbc news, the headlines. as more hostages are released, the truce between israel and hamas is extended by two days. 20 more israeli women and children are expected to be handed over later. new images of the scale of destruction in gaza as families try to return to what's left of their homes. rescue workers in northern india say they have reached the 41 workers who've have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel for two weeks and hope to begin extracting them shortly. a diplomatic row breaks out between britain and greece over the sculptures known as the elgin marbles, with rishi sunak cancelling a meeting with his greek counterpart. us officials say a further 20 israeli women and children held hostage in gaza are expected to be released over the next two days after a deal was struck to extend a temporary ceasefire. in the last few hours, we've seen smoke rise in the gaza skyline. there are reports of earlier gunfire and some explosions in the north—west part of gaza city according to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, who's currently based in turkey. it's unclear who started the reported exchange of fire. some palestinian media are suggesting it's a smaller palestinian armed group who weren't aware of the extension to the ceasefire agreement. it's understood the incident has been reported to mediators in qatar. the latest group of hostages, nine children and two women, were freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return israel released 33 palestinians, most of them teenagers, from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released people resportedly arrived in ramallah, in the west bank.