semi finals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. the footballer s whole life. yes. he wanted to go on being a hero. yes. and so it proved that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tel. next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business dealings saw him sacked. but in 1994, england came calling and venables s coaching prowess reached its peak. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes. yes. at a european championship on home soil. his team made it all the way to the semi finals. carried on a wave of national euphoria. agonisingly defeat to germany on penalties ended their hopes. but venables had given the fans an experience they and
of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcome home. to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart young hostages finally home. emily embraced by her father thomas who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. yesterday we finall not and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from the - finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from her face and b
these are the latest pictures that we received of them arriving in a coach. we ll have more on this across the program. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. amongst the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in helping the release. they also said that today s release proves that we can all get all the hostages back home. that was in a statement they released just a shor
and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in helping the release. they also said today s release proves that we can get all the hostages back home. the israel defense forces spokesman daniel hagari said the release of four year old abigail was proof this is a justified war, fighting a
see some of those former prisoners, the palestinians on board that bus. making their way back into gaza and onwards. we re going to have more on this story across the program. first were going to take a closer look at some of the hostages that were released by hamas today. amongst the group were sisters, they were attacked at their home. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today a us citizen was released. abigail idan was just three at the time that she was taken hostage. she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were attacked and killed by hamas gunmen during the october seventh attacks. i m joined now by anna foster who s in tel aviv. you ve been following events throughout the day in the last few days. just take us through events taking place in the last few hours. let me talk you through what we seen today because the day actually began with more of a sense of anxiety that