as the plan comes into focus. is there some cause for optimism at last? with the names of those being swapped tomorrow now known to israel and hamas, the stage is set for a four day truce, we ll find out how it might work. also tonight, violence on the streets of dublin following a knife attack in the city centre earlier today. we ll have the latest. as a right wing populist party wins the most seats in the dutch parliament, nick is in the netherlands finding out how they did it and what lies ahead. this really is a huge moment. here we are in amsterdam in the heart of the netherlands, which is one of the originalfounding members of the netherlands, which is one of the original founding members of the european union. this country has given first place in the general election to a far right leader. with the uk recording 670,000 immigrants in the year up tojune, we ll unpick government plans to get the numbers under control. and we meet two people who were child refugees, with
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec
israel and hamas agree to pause the fighting at seven in the morning, local time. and a giant win for conservation blue whales return to the waters where they were once wiped out by hunting. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan pathak. good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into a good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into a doubles - good afternoon. let us go to magal where we are into a doubles decider in the davis cup quarterfinal between netherlands and italy. the netherlands are trying to reach their first semifinal since 2001. they grabbed the advantage in the first match. this match took an hour to win in straight sets means it comes down to the doubles. where sincere is back on the court. sinner is. the first set has gone to the italians 6 3. the winner will play the winner of the final tire. serbia take on gre
Medical advice. One other main story this afternoon, its a super tuesday in the United States were democrats inili in the United States were democrats in 14 states voting on who they want to ta ke in 14 states voting on who they want to take on donald trump in novembers president ial election. Coming up on afternoon live. Also all the latest sports news. Good afternoon. Gibrans olympic minister concedes the tokyo games this summer may be moved because of coronavirus. Japans olympic minister concedes. Thank you, the weather. Thank you. Sunshine and showers the rest of the afternoon. Bit more clout than what recently. Tomorrow could see a bit more rain in the forecast across southern parts of the country, brighter further north and it is all change as we go into the weekend. A bit more cloud. There is also Tropical Cyclone trevor new tour of the entire country. More of those details later. A Tropical Cyclone trevor a tour. And we are going to Bishop Auckland to look at a project that loo