out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through. look at the squeeze on the isobars it s going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again possibly heavy at times just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place on sunday for strong winds for much of the uk and for heavy rain, too. it turns even milder into the start of next week. bye bye. pakistan carries out overnight strikes on what it calls terrorist hideouts in iran s border province two days after iranian attacks on pakistan. hamas says hundreds and people have been killed. tata steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at port talbot works in south wales. the move is expected to lead to the loss of up to 3000 jobs. rishi suna
duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign, as yet, that negotiations to free them are making any progress. let s go live to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking, who has worked in hostage negotiation for over 20 years. he played a key role in the negotiations surrounding the release of the israeli soldier gilad shalit, held hostage by hamas for five years. good to have you back on the programme tonight is a very sad circumstances without the israeli army said tonight to hamas media was the brutal use of innocent hostages. how do you think it will affect the debate in israel? will it harden the resolve of the israeli government or put more pressure on them? first of all, put more pressure on them? first of all. christian. put more pressure on them
threats after banning donald trump from the ballot. we ve got the details. also the political fallout. americans freed in a prisoner swap with venezuela arrive in texas. what we know about this deal, and who the u.s. handed over in exchange. also ahead, an estimated 20,000 now believed killed in gaza as fighting between israel and hamas rages on. this as talks to broker another pause in the fighting appear to stall. and today is expected to be the single busiest travel day ahead of christmas, but are the airports ready for the rush? hello, it is friday eve. we are almost there. thank you for joining us at 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. new fallout this morning from that bombshell supreme court in colorado, decision barring donald trump from the ballot. in the 24 hours since that decision was made public, social media sites have been flooded with new and alarming threats against the justices on that court, according to a report obtained by nbc
though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart sai
champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. we ve also had the draw for the europa league play off round. all of the premier league clubs have managed to bypass this round and go straight into the last 16. this extra stage pits the teams who finished second in their europa league groups against the teams who came third in the champions league group phase. u efa uefa ready string it out, don t they really string it out. here are the fixtures. jose mourinho s roma will play feyenoord. ac milan, who missed out on the champions league knockouts, they ll face the french side rennes. benfica will play toulouse who came through as runners up in liverpool s group, and the ukrainian champions shakhtar donetsk play marseille, who missed out on top spot in the europa league with defeat to brighton on thursday. it s the league cup quarterfinals this week, last season s runners up, newcastle united are at chelsea on tuesday night. eddie howe s s