rescued four of the hostages captured on october 7th and held in gaza since then. the three men and one woman have been taken to hospital they re said to be in good health and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel. these pictures show israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and remain for treatment. but the military operation, which israel says was based on precise intelligence it had received, was hard fought. israel s military says it suffered some casualties. hamas says that more than 200 palestinians were killed during the raid in central gaza. a hamas spokesperson said that some hostages were also killed during the clash. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports from tel aviv. he isa he is a dramatic rescue and she is free again. noa argamani, who is 25 and became one of the most well recognised faces of this crisis seen here reunited with her dad. you are please don t f
And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell, after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The woman who presided over phil nevilles appointment as england womens manager, defends the move amid criticism of the fas recruitment process. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of serious Violent Crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. And official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. A separate survey based on peoples experiences suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Tom symonds has this report. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after this boy first tried out the bike he had been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a fathe
To inject fresh momentum into the brexit talks in a key speech in florence. Theresa may said she wants the uk to be the eus strongest friend and partner and called for a new style of agreement with the eu unlike that with any other country and a two year transition deal after we officially leave in 2019. Our first report tonight is from our Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg in florence. Waiting, waiting and waiting. Its months since the Prime Minister gave anything away on brexit. And if youre in a hurry to disentangle completely, you might just have to wait some more. She came to florence to confirm that for as long as two years after were technically out, not that much might change. A period of implementation would be in our mutual interest and that is why im proposing that there should be such a period after the uk leaves the eu. Clearly people, businesses and Public Services should only have to plan for one set of changes in the relationship between the uk and the eu. So during the
As the airline fights for its future you see, i lost ev home. Can you see, i lost everything, my home. The desperate plight of those without water, power or food after Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. And Lewis Hamilton extends his lead in formula is World Championship after coming second in malaysia. In formula is World Championship good evening. Polls have closed in the spanish region of catalonia after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. The catalan authorities went ahead with an independence referendum declared illegal by the spanish courts, only to see the Central Government in madrid send in riot police. They managed to close down some polling stations, with more than 800 people said to have needed medical assistance. Tonight as the votes are counted the Catalan Government said the actions of the Spanish Government made it the shame of europe. Government made it tom burridge reports from barcelona. Government made it this government made it is how a vote turne
Plunged the eu into crisis. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in the spanish region of catalonia after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. The catalan authorities went ahead with an independence referendum declared illegal by the spanish courts only to see the Central Government in madrid send in riot police. They managed to close down some polling stations, with more than 800 people said to have needed medical assistance. Tonight, as the votes are counted, the Catalan Government said the actions of the Spanish Government made it the shame of europe. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spains government women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen took him by the head, took off his glas