Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste
seen that widely across the uk for quite awhile. any snow should clear away quickly and we robertjenrick was a close friend and ally of rishi sunak s even he doesn t believe this new emergency legislation will work. we ll talk to a former conservative attorney general, labour s chair of the home affairs select committee, and a former conservative mep. also tonight. sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering. an apology from boris johnson to relatives of those who died during the pandemic. at the covid inquiry he admitted both he and the scientists underestimated how fast covid was spreading. we should have twigged, we should collectively have twigged much sooner. we ll speak to michael rosen, who spent 42 days in a coma with covid, and was outside the inquiry this morning along with other protestors. also us funding for ukraine is on the brink of collapse. what will that mean for president zelensky and president putin? hello. the emergency bill published by the gov
As local people express their fears. Whether he will get to the bottom of who was responsible for causing the fire in the first place, is a different matter and thats the one thats really concerning residents at present. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock. By a majority 01 14, the commons approves the queens speech, and two years of the governments legislative plans. One of the most powerful figures in the catholic church, Cardinal George pell, will return to australia to deny historic charges of sexual abuse. Rupert murdochs bid to buy all of sky is likely to be referred to the competition authorities. And we have the findings of a major new study into the effects of pesticides on bees. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News despite a heavy fall, Johanna Konta recovers to underline her wimbledon credentials, with victory over the world no. 1, angelique kerber, in the quarterfinals of eastbourne. Good evening. After months of relentless fighting, the Islamic State group is faci
And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed come to support hong kong. Protesters chant. Thats not how democracy activists see it. Occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. One student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. Hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the Chinese Communist state. A hong kong flag in mourning. A Veteran Protester at 20. But shes no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. Another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. Coffee shop barista a
The Transport Minister says investigators arent ruling out any possible reasons for the crash that includes terrorism. Among those on board were members of the famous Red Army Choir. Vigils have been held, this one at the os tan kino tv station to remember the nine journalists who were killed in the crash. The Authorities Say the location of the wreckage has been pinpointed, and more than a hundred divers were exploring the sea bed. So far, eleven bodies have been recovered. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. This is one of the final images of the tupolev 154 jet. It was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. The flight would end in tragedy. The aircraft crashed into the black sea. The russians scrambled helicopters and ships but the search became a Recovery Operation. There were no survivors. The plane had taken off from a Military Airfield near moscow. It flew south, stopping in sochi to refuel. The Final Destination was syria, and russias airbase near latakia, but minu