have a tentative deal with the united auto workers union. general motors was the last to settle. jeep maker stellantis reached an agreement on saturday. ford announced its deal last week with this positive reaction from one ford employee, walter robinson. it s definitely going to be life changing for the people. a career and notjust a job. gm said it was pleased with the outcome, with ceo mary barra, adding that the deal would allow it to continue to invest in our future and provide good jobs in the united states. the agreements which still need to be ratified by rank and file union members include a 25% wage increase over four and a half years, as well as other benefits for the uaw. this is a big win. historically, the union has negotiated new contracts with one car maker at a time. by taking on all three at once, uaw president sean fain successfully pitted them against each other. for the past several weeks. analysts and pundits were crying that our union was going too far.
failure in preparing for the pandemic. the cast of friends pay tribute to matthew perry, saying they are utterly devastated by his death. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start our programme with the war between israel and hamas. the israeli military has announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. but as one hostage is rescued, more than 230 are still believed to be trapped in gaza. today, we heard from three of them. this is a still from a video released by hamas. from left to right, you see rimon kirsht, danielle aloni and lena trupanov. we don t know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed, but the three women appear to be in reasonable health with no obvious signs of injury. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the video was cru