Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
confirmed has a list of names and is now contacting the families. in return, israel will release 39 policy and prisoners with a commitment to free 150. four fuel trucks and 208 lorries will be allowed to enter gaza on the shay of the cease fire. so there is the possibility of extending, israel has been clear the truth is not the end of its war against hamas. we start with this report from our senior international correspondent. their faces haunt israel. 239 hostages who were taken to gaza. it was hoped a first group would come home today, but the hostage deal was delayed last night at the 11th hour. relatives like gil dickman heard the news on tv, not from the government. his cousin carmel is a hostage. she s 39 and loves to travel. her sister in law is also being held. her three year old daughter is waiting at home. was there a lot of shock last night? yeah, there was. there was a lot of shock. we are afraid this delay is not the last delay and it might mean that there is a
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec
because earlier this year, state republicans voted to eliminate august elections, citing the traditionally low turnout for elections this time of year. those very same republicans change their minds this summer, because presumably, that traditionally low turnout would ve benefited them on this issue specifically. having said that, as of last friday, 578,000 people had already cast their ballots, which is more than twice the number of people who voted early for the 2022 primary. joining us now, katie paris, founder of red wine and blue, a group of suburban women working to counter right-wing extremism who also pose for ballot issue number one. thanks for being here tonight. congratulations are in order. this is an issue you fought hard for. can you talk to me about what women were telling you about ballot issue one, and what motivated them to go to the polls in ohio, a state that is
to get those sorts of referendums passed. there have been record breaking turnout in this august election, which is somewhat ironic because earlier this year, state republicans voted to eliminate august elections, citing the traditionally low turnout for the ones this time of year. those very same republicans change their minds this summer, because presumably, that traditionally low turnout would ve benefited them on this issue specifically. having said that, as a last friday, 578,000 people had already cast their ballots, which is more than twice the number of people who voted early for the 2020 primary. joining us now, katie parish, founder of red wine and blue, a group of suburban women working to counter right-wing extremism who also pose for ballot issue number one. thanks for being here tonight. congratulations are in order. this is an issue you are fought hard for. can you talk to me about what women were telling you about