complex hostage mission and rescued for hostages from hamas activity in gaza. israel s military carrying out a dangerous rescue mission, for hostages from hamas in gaza. the agreement and woman woman, 24 to 44 rescued alive by idf forces after eight months in captivity. they were kidnapped from the music festival the heart of hamas surprise attack on the jewish state in october. all for said to be in good health transferred to israeli hospital for further medical examinations. that evening, i am jon scott and this is the fox report. stephanie bennet live with more on the idf s daring rescue mission. good evening. being held captive for more than eight months. it is a miracle the hostages are healthy and basically unharmed. look at these images we are getting celebrations happening across the country, crowds gather outside the hospital where they were taken to cheer and welcome them home. these individuals are from inside the hospital where it was an emotional reunion.
house. we are going to stay here. there we go, let s have a listen to resident biden. president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought thought democracy was weak and the future belong to dictators. here, on the coast of normandy, the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined, here, on that morning in june, president emmanuel macron, secretary antony blinken, distinguished guests, most of all, our honoured veterans who met that test, the test of aegis in that moment 80 years ago. 80 years ago today. on behalf of the american people, as commander in chief, the highest honour to salute you in normandy once more. all of you, god love you. applause winston churchill
Bps shares rising nearly 3 on that news of a return to profit. Also in the programme. Well be getting the inside track on. How you turn one massage and spa centre into an International Business of beauty. As the head of The World Bank forecasts a dramatic rise of robots in the workplace, we want to know what could it mean for yourjob. Would you work with robots . Maybe you do already. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. One of the worlds Biggest Energy companies, bp, has Just Announced its latest results for the First Quarter of 2017. And as expected its delivered much better news thanks to the rising price of oil and some effective restructuring. Using the oil giants preferred measure of underlying replacement cost profit, the First Quarter of the year came in at 1. 1; billion, a healthy improvement on the 485 million loss it made the same quarter last year. This year bp plans to sell off around 4. 5 billion worth of assets as part of a Gl
Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
To chris wright, the man responsible for signing Spandau Ballet. The New York Times is offering people a brexit tour of london. It is the brexit means brexit tour. Were asking you today whats your most memorable tour and was it that expensive . Just use the hashtag bbc Business Live. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with the worlds second biggest car maker, toyota, which has just reported its latest set of financial results. Its not good news. Full year profits are down 21 . This is the first time in five years that the company has reported a drop in earnings. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes is in tokyo. Rupert, what more can you tell us about the figures . Good morning, rachel. It is a fall for toyota as expectedment more than expected, but its still, you know, if profits of 16 billion are bad then it is a problem that a lot of companies would like to have, but thats a fall to 1. 83 trillion yen and there is expectation that it will fall again this Financial Year