happening now, breaking news. we re just hours away with a truce between israel and hamas, the end of hostilities set to end at 3:00 a.m. eastern time followed by the return of 50 captives. the israeli government says the hostage release won t occur now before friday. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news right here in the middle east. the agonizing wait for the first major release of hostages from gaza. let s get straight to cnn s jerry diamond, joining us from not far from the gaza border. we just learned from the israel security council that no hostages will be released before friday. what else are you learning? reporter: yeah, that s right, wolf. israel s national security adviser saying the release of the hostages, which was expected to take place tomorrow, will now be delayed until friday. he says in a s
the stand, what he says tonight about the intruder looking for his wife nearly killed him. tonight on the workers live. so, what is it about the political rhetoric in this country that got us here? in 83 year old man hit in the head with a hammer in his own house, his skull was fractured. allegedly by a man looking for his wife. then house speaker nancy pelosi. now, the defendants own attorney says the attack was motivated by david pups believe, belief, that nancy pelosi was part of a, quote, a plot to manipulate the country, to spread lies, and to steal votes from donald trump. now, he has pleaded not guilty in this matter. the paul pelosi testifying today about the moment he woke up at 2:00 in the morning to find a stranger in his bedroom. quote, it was a tremendous shock to recognize that somebody had broken into the house and, looking at him, and looking at the hammer, and the ties, i recognized that i was in serious danger. so i tried to stay as calm as possible. pelosi
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. five bulgarian nationals have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after being convicted of the biggest benefit fraud ever in britain. the gang stole almost £54 million by making thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit. the judge said they d systemically plundered the state s support mechanism to steal eye watering sums. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. taxpayers money thrown around like confetti by a multi million pound fraudster. the scale of the scam astonished investigators. now the gang behind it have been sentenced. the full story of britain s biggest benefit fraud can be told. prosecutors say thousands of people were flown from bulgaria to london, that ids were then used to make claims for the main benefit universal credit. police officers. when the fraudsters various premises were raided, investigators found an extraordinary amount of evidence. 900 mobile phones
Celebrity "SuperChef" and former Louisville restaurant owner Darnell Ferguson said in a statement released through his attorney Friday that he s confident he ll be exonerated "when all the facts are made