a jet, powered by waste fats and plant proteins flies from london and arrives in new york. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. starting with news from india where 41 construction workers who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the himalayas for 17 days have been rescued. they were greeted with applause as they emerged from a steel pipe that had been pushed through the rubble. they re said to be in good health but will now be fully assessed at a nearby hospital. the bbc s south asia correspondent samira hussain sent this report. this moment, more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. cheering. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. people sharing sweets and hugs. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel. 17 days, they have spent inside that tunnel and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. rescuers spent the last sev
of hostages to be released on the sixth day of the temporary truce between israel and hamas. twelve more hostages were released from gaza on tuesday some shown here bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. today s hostage handover included ten israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians mostly women and teenage boys who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. among the israeli hostages released should there be another extension? we certainly hope so and thank you for having me on tonight. i can confirm at this hour that israel has received another list of potential hostages who may be released tomorrow. we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list and all other families of hostages who are still being held in the gaza strip. we talk about 173 hostages who are still there and we certainly hope that this
until a controversial stoppage time penalty from kylian mbappe levelled the tie. bbc football correspondent john murray has more. newcastle were a matter of seconds away from completing what would have been a memorable double over the french champions. what adds to their agony is the way the equaliser was conceded. a penalty awarded by var when the ball bounced up to the unfortunate arm, off his body. mbappe stepped up to take the penalty and shot in above the dive. the newcastle goalkeeper and his teammates had performed wonders to that point to keep out mbappe & co. it had been a textbook away performance in europe as newcastle snatched the lead in the first half hour. when an extraordinary run, a shot and a fumble, teed up isaac to score. they came so close, they are still up against it but the point means newcastle are still in with a chance of reaching the last 16. elsewhere, there was a 5 goal thriller in manchester, where defending champions city came from two goals do
bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. today s hostage handover included ten israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians mostly women and teenage boys who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. the original four day pause in fighting was extended by two days to allow for more hostages to be freed. about 160 are still being held in gaza, and its believed the youngest of those is just ten months old, as orla guerin reports from tel aviv. it s a nerve racking wait for hostages to come home, among them a baby. the truce is due to last until tomorrow. these are anxious hours. will baby kfir bibas be freed? he is the youngest hostage, just ten months old. israel has taken him to its heart. kidnapped with him, his brother, ariel, who s four and loves his batman costume. their mother, shiri, held them in her arms, trying to pr
welcome along to the programme. it was a pivotal night of action in the european champions league and we ll start in paris, where newcastle united back in the competition after 20 years needed to avoid losing to p56 to keep their hopes alive. for most of the match, they were winning, until a controversial stoppage time penalty from kylian mbappe levelled the tie. bbc football correspondent john murray has more. newcastle were a matter of seconds away from completing what would have been a memorable double over the french champions. what adds to their agony is the way the equaliser was conceded. a penalty awarded by var when the ball bounced up up to the unfortunate arm, off his body. mbappe stepped up to take the penalty and shot in above the dive. the newcastle goalkeeper and his teammates had performed wonders to that point to keep out mbappe & co. it had been a textbook away performance in europe as newcastle snatched the lead in the first half hour. when an extraordin