hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with good news that came in from india in the state of all that i can t wear 41 construction workers who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel for 17 days have finally been rescued. they are said to be in good health but will now be affordably medically examined at a nearby hospital. similar hudson has the details. this moment more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. cheering. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. people sharing sweets and hugs. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel. 17 days, they have spent inside that tunnel and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. rescuers spent the last several days pushing an 800 millimetre pipe through 60 metres of rubble and debris. once through, the men were pulled out on wheeled stretchers, one by one. it s been a harrowing experience for the men inside and those working to get them
a jet, powered by waste fats and plant proteins flies from london and arrives in new york. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. starting with news from india where 41 construction workers who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the himalayas for 17 days have been rescued. they were greeted with applause as they emerged from a steel pipe that had been pushed through the rubble. they re said to be in good health but will now be fully assessed at a nearby hospital. the bbc s south asia correspondent samira hussain sent this report. this moment, more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. cheering. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. people sharing sweets and hugs. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel. 17 days, they have spent inside that tunnel and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. rescuers spent the last sev
mitchell reports, the truce entering a new phase. both sides agree to extend the pause for two more days, with hamas supposed to release ten more hostages each day in return for 30 palestinians a day being released from israeli jails. this as cia director william burns is in doha meeting with his intelligence counterparts seeking a longer cease-fire. we with hearing emotional reactions from family members of 4-year-old abigail, days after her release. what i hope for her is she will be embraced. she s a miracle. she s the hope for the future. we will be able to let her live her life as just a little girl. 99-year-old president jimmy carter is in atlanta today, emerging from hospice to travel more than 100 miles from plains to be at the tribute service this afternoon for his beloved wife of 77 years, rosalynn. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the u.s. ramps up public pressure on israel and hamas to extend their truce, even longer, with the cia
councils and charities think that new refugees are not being given enough time to adjust before they are told to leave their accommodation. they say some have been given little notice to find somewhere else to stay. 0nce individuals become refugees, the responsibility to look after them falls to the council. need a plan and we need a plan that s resourced. david carter is the chief executive of the whitechapel centre, a leading homeless charity in liverpool. we re in the middle of a housing crisis and a poverty crisis. as a city, we ve got 572 households in emergency b&b accommodation, plus over 700 in the commissioned homeless services. this has been exacerbated by the recent home office changes to increase the asylum decision and programme. people are actually fighting for the same resources, so ultimately are going to be going to be competing for the exact same thing because there isn t enough to go round. is it causing tensions? yeah, you can see that that s going to caus