to the bbc news at one. ministers have been defending the cost of the government plan to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda, after it emerged that the scheme has already cost £240 million, with more money due to be paid next year. the prime minister rishi sunak is under pressure after vowing to finish the job of reviving the plan which is aimed at discouraging people from crossing the channel in small boats in the wake of the resignation of his immigration minister. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. this bustling central african country is getting plenty of cash from the uk. in exchange for taking on migrants who cross the english channel, rwanda is receiving millions to boost its economy. but while the bill goes up and up, for flights carrying asylum seekers, the opposite is true. priti patel was the home secretary who first announced the arrangement with rwanda. the initial outlay, £140 million. then earlier this year, under her successor suella
between the government s declared intention to protect civilians and what is actually happening on the ground. israel says it s hit more than a50 targets from land, sea and air in the last 2a hours. the main un agency there says society is on the verge of a full blown collapse . but the flow of aid could soon improve, after israel agreed to a us request to open its kerem shalom border crossing for the inspection of aid trucks and their cargo. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear, with their hands tied behind their back. those are not those pictures, we will bring those to you, those are funerals taking place today for six palestinians killed by israeli forces in an operation at the al faraa refugee camp north of nablus. some of those killed are believed to be members of the militant group known as the al fara a brigade. we canjoin our correspondent anna foster in jerusalem. take us through what has been happening in the west b
antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear however that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and we ve geo located the video there too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images, evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men
some signs that the temporary ceasefire agreement due to end in a day s time could be extended. hamas and us presidentjoe biden have said they would like to see an extension, but the israeli prime minister said he was open to the idea but has also warned that the war will resume at the end of the deal. 0ur senior international correspondent aurier garin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart. young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s f
hostages come out and search more humanitarian relief into those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of that extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is abigail idan, the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. we hoped and prayed today would come. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until- translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe