joy in india as 41 construction workers are freed from the tunnel they ve been trapped in for more than a fortnight. and fragments from a 4.5 billion year old asteroid now in the uk for analysis they could hold clues about the origins of life on earth. on newsnight at 1030, michael gold in the covid 19 inquiry for the appearance of borisjohnson. is the inquiry becoming a stage for a score settling? good evening. 12 more hostages have been released from gaza tonight bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. it comes on the fifth day of the extended truce between israel and hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. this evening a red cross convoy brought out the latest hostages ten israelis and two foreign nationals all now safely back on israeli soil in return, israel has freed another 30 palestinian prisoners. well, among the israeli hostages released in the last few hours is ada sagi our special correspondent lucy manning has been
all right, hour two, we re happy to have you. we re looking at a number of protests planned pretty much around the world, a big one in washington d.c. where we re expecting north of 100,000, maybe a minimum, a massive demonstration and similar in london, paris and iran today. the themes are the same, more pro-palestinian and the rage continues. the separate rage and the comments that came out of hezbollah leader yesterday telling the united states that you will pay, essentially for backing of israel and this unacceptable war against hamas, said that all options remain on the table, not concerned about u.s. warnings to stay out of this conflict. in the middle of that, of course, keep in mind that it s hezbollah and forces of hezbollah in the north, in lebanon, that have been, you know, inciting these attacks and others on israel. that s exactly where you were going to find steve harrigan in northern israel right now on how that part of this war and possibly an expanding one
and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one iga swiatek and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tiebreak. osaka, though, then dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set, an absolute nail biter swiatek 4 1 down, seemingly out, somehow surviving breakpoint and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open alive and well. but for osaka who only returned to the sport four months ago, after having daughter shai a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse, for sure. i cried when i got off the court. but then, you know, for me, i kind of realised, like, i was watching iga, like, win this tournament last year and i was pregnant. and it was just my dream to, like, be able to play her. so when i kind of think of it lik
like, i ve felt worse for sure. i cried when i got off the court, but the. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pregnant, and it was just my dream to be able to play her. so, when i kind of think of it like that, i think i m doing pretty well. it s hard to have any logical thoughts because for sure, it was really intense. and on a really high level. and i was in huge trouble in the third set, but i managed somehow to win this match, which is kind of abstract, but i m glad i didn t give up. over on the men s side jannik sinner is making steady progress in his bid to win back to back grand slams. the australian open champion and number two seed enjoyed a comfortable victory over the 37 year old frenchman richard gasquet. frenchman richard gasquet sinner winning in straight sets 6 4, 6 2, 6 4. carlos alcaraz had to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper dejong. the spaniard looked subdued at times in a 6 3, 6 4, 2