some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the group s deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas which is designated a terrorist group by the uk has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. let s look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning uk time. 13 of the 50 israeli hostages are due to be released at 2pm, at the rafah crossing. and within two hours, by lipm, 39 palestinians are due to be released at a west bank checkpoint. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. as the sun rose over the gaza strip the new truce brought relative calm. and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutalfighting, people and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, people were on t
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on exposed coasts of 60 65, showers and spells of rain moving around the centre of the low. more rain for eastern scotland, flooded here recently, much quieter in northern ireland and western scotland. this evening and overnight, the low pressure gradually spills into the north sea, still showers spinning around particularly eastern scotland and north east england, and elsewhere a quiet night with clear spells. friday, much calmer, still the rain continues, strong gusty easterly winds, 40 50 miles an hour eastern scotland, north east england, showers continuing here, pushing across wales and northern ireland. showers further south too but also sunny spells, lighter winds. however brief period of relative calm not set to last because we have another deep low pressure spelling and from the south west as we go through friday night into saturday and that is mostly going to affect the south of the uk, southern england. localised weather warnings in place for heavy rain. further no
better day, more sunshine across the board, particularly in england and wales. but with the remnants of ciaran in the north sea, we see showers and longer spells of rain in north and eastern scotland and remains blustery, winds from the north and north west. a chilly day, 11 to 13 degrees and factor in the wind, a cooler. another area of low pressure is moving across the southern half across saturday, it does move out quite quickly. sunday looking a lot better, lighter winds, quite blustery, more sunshine, fewer showers. quite wet across the south on saturday for a while. sunshine and showers elsewhere. apart from the odd shower across sunday. it looks like it is going to state largely dry with some sunshine. don t forget, you can check out the bbc weather app for where you are all heading by checking online. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday. tough to watch and notjust for him. the pressure mounts on erik ten hag as manchester united s