in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners. four thai hostages were also released in separate deal. there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. all of this after friday s release of 13 israeli captives, in return for 39 palestinian prisoners. live now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman. what s the latest we know and what s been the reaction where you are to this latest release of hostages? that transfer now is well under way with the group of 13 israel eased back on israeli soil and do to be taken to hospitals where they will be reunited with their loved ones. a similar procedure that we saw last night, although this is much later in the day because of that very significant delay. but 13, you mentioned some of the names and faces we saw there, eight of them children, five women. among the 13 you have for the
you feel happy being in this space. i can see that. when i cook, i m quite manic about cleaning up as i go along. unlike my husband who leaves a minor nuclear disaster. that s me. how can you cook like that? i throw everything in the sink and we work our way through it. you have so many cookbooks. i have a few. ..i collect cookbooks, but not on the scale you do. can we have a peek? i love that. this is my collection of things i use almost all the time. what would a good french bavette, like a flank steak, be? i will start looking in french cook books and say that s interesting, julia child will do this, and patricia wells will do that, and i will collect information for myself. you still refer to cookbooks? i do. there s so many great cookbooks, why not? let s go and sit. so we re going to have a drink. yes. thank you, thank you. i made some watermelon lemonade. i m working on it for my next book. so it s a process. am i a guinea pig? you re a guinea pig, exactly. this is fro
it s the start of the daily patrol along ukraine s border with romania. vladyslav is a 22 year old lieutenant in ukraine s border service. the border runs mostly along a river and a mountain range, making it difficult to protect. the border guards film their operations. these young men were arrested just metres from romania s border. it s illegal for men under 60 to leave without a valid exemption from military service. those caught trying to do so face up to eight years injail. dog barks since the start of the war over 4,000 men have been stopped trying to cross into romania. elsewhere, the numbers are higher. dinu is a senior officer with the moldovan border police. on average, 22 ukrainian men a day are making it out over this 1,200km border. this man hasjust been found. ..and taken to the local border police station. yevgeny is 37 and a construction worker from kyiv. it s been six months since he saw his family. he says he left because he was struggling to survive. yevgen
red cross, the neutral intermediary who actually transport the hostages through gaza. the white house has said its hopeful that a us citizen will be among those freed. yesterday, hamas freed another 13 israelis who were taken hostage during the attacks on october the 7th. they are all women, teenagers and young children. four thai nationals were also released. among the group was nine year old emily hand. she was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. there was an emotional reunion last night. there was an emotional reunion last night. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is accountant shiri weiss, aged 53, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga weiss, the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails