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
this is bbc news, the headlines. israel says the agreement to pause fighting in gaza in exchange for the release of hostages will now not happen before friday. hundreds of thousands of new arrivals to the uk a blow in the prime minister s promise to slash immigration. celebrations forthe anti immigrant politician, geert wilders. his far right freedom party is the biggest winner in the netherlands elections. and in what s been described as a win for conservation, endangered blue whales return to the waters where they were once wiped out by hunting. dutch political leaders are preparing for negotiations to form a coalition government, after the far right pvv or freedom party pulled off a surprise election victory. no party won a majority, but the pvv s controversial leader, geerd wilders, may now lead negotiations. he stood on a platform of ending immigration and banning the quran. the pvv is likely to win about 37 of the 150 seats. several other parties have said they won
the security minister. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he is facing pressure from the far right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east corresponded jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the situation. i don t think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is significant because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot, both of them relatively moderate figures, both men with vast military experience. and, in particular, someone who i think the americans were keen to hear their views. so now, mr
the war in gaza lacked a long term plan. the resignations from the demands from too far right ministers in the governing coalition tojoin the cabinet instead, including the security minister, ben gvir. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. yolanda nel is at the crossing into gaza and was given access to the area by the israeli military and the comments you are about to hear from military representatives. we are about to hear from military representatives. representatives. we are at the most southerly representatives. we are at the most southerly point - representatives. we are at the most southerly point of - representatives. we are at the most southerly point of israel, next to gaza, and this is the main entry point, the kerem shalom crossing. you have these lorries making their way across right now but far fewer supplies are getting in then were in the past. that is really adding to the