this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls 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 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
is tonight the night you can turn things around, prime minister? the big question for rishi sunak. the polls aren t budging. could this be the moment for a game changer? and here s the guy who wants hisjob. is tonight the night you seal the deal? pleasantries, smiles and you can bet for both of them a bag of nerves. the debate under way, and the biggest topic of our time, the cost of living, set out by paula from huddersfield in the studio audience. my savings are gone and i m genuinely. worried about my future. i don t think you understand . how this is for people like me. so what can you do about that? both men expressed sympathy, and then the argument began. of course i know everyone is onlyjust starting to feel the benefits of it, but inflation is back to normal, wages are growing, taxes are now being cut. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk. he would put up everyone s taxes by £2,000. keir starmer. paula, ijust don t know how you feel when you hear a pr
school breaks, etc. and i think you have to have that lived experience because we don t have enough time to get into all of it, butjust this notion that we can build a wall from the pacific ocean to the gulf of mexico is completely absurd. when you actually spend time at the border, there are so many physical reasons why that s just impossible, between livestock, wild animals, the marshyness of the ground. so we have the technology. we can drone strike iranian commanders from the sky. we can read. satellites can read licence plates. we have the technological know how to have a secure virtual border. but as the president said, we need the will and the resolve to actually get it done. the republicans have not shown that they have that will and resolve. so once again, unfortunately, the president for now has to go it alone. when we flip the house and keep the senate in november, we ll be able to do something more comprehensive, to finally address this issue once and for all. let s take a