just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece is still finding her voice. well, hila is whispering because she says that the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low all the tim
Theresa may is expected to make the offer in a speech on brexit in italy. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Chinas Credit Rating is downgraded over concerns the growing debt pile isa over concerns the growing debt pile is a major financial risk. Over concerns the growing debt pile is a majorfinancial risk. New zealanders go to the polls this weekend, a change in government could alter the business environment. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Glad you could join us. It isa rico hizon. Glad you could join us. It is a friday. Chinas Credit Rating has been downgraded ahead of a major meeting. It went from a to a , making it the last to be downgraded. The waiting drop in 2015. Earlier we got a take on the move. You have to realise that china has zero debt. They have won century bond which trades at 212, extraordinary. In terms of direct sovereign debt issued by china, it is irrelevant. The
The countrys youngest Prime Minister in 150 years. And the death of stalin is armando iannuccis satirical take on the dictators final hours. Well find out what mark kermode thinks of it, in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Eu leaders have agreed to start internal preparations for talks with britain on a future trade deal, but have rejected theresa mays request to begin those negotiations as soon as possible. The remaining 27 said not enough progress had been made in the talks on britains divorce, in particular, how much the government was prepared to pay in a financial settlement. This report from our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg contains flashing images. Tick tock, tick tock. European leaders took 90 seconds today to decide that brexit talks havent gone far enough to move on. Time is pressing. They will start talks about talks. Yet until the uk says it is prepared to pay, no big deal. Im ambitious and positive for britains future for these negotiations but i
History of the unit wed states o have actually run for president. We all knew what what is going on. Senator Kamala Harris is joe bidens running mate. The first black woman in the United States senate im going to be very candid. I dont think ive ever said this publicly. A lot of black feminists, myself included, are very bitter about this suffrage anniversary. The history for black women is one of perseverance and diligence, but also deep, racial oppression. Typically, we think that history is what happened. History is not what happened. History is who tells the story. There are more than 20 historical figures in central park, but not one of them is a real woman. No. So the first statue of women in central park is going to go up right here. Mmhm. Tell me about how it started. Well, it started with an observation that there were no women in central park. And so the question is, where are the women . And after 160 years of public space with no real women, we decided, this is the 21st cen
But first, lets turn to the big question today, the covid question. Is it fundamentally shifting the basis for everyones political choices at the moment . Jeffrey kofman, i am going to start with you on that, if i may. Do you think that the way people are thinking about who to vote for now is simply not about which personality they like, whose grand vision they like, but who they think is going to get the immediatejob done . I dont think you can separate these questions. I think clearly for five years we have talked about on this programme when trump would hit that Tipping Point when the American People would stop believing or accepting what he says, when that teflon presidency would be seen for what it is and i think. Inaudible its taken a pandemic, its taken covid to expose that. Weve seen the numbers grow, the deaths grow. Trump insisting even this week the us is turning a corner when there is simply no evidence of that, in fact every indication is that things are getting worse, so