confirmation that israel has actually got the hostages yet, but the choreography well under way. let us talk to our correspondent there. we just heard helicopters flying near the air base, we are not sure if they are the ones who are going to take the hostages back to israel, but there is a great sense of anticipation here in this air base, we have been waiting for any news about the hostages coming, it was believed before that they were coming by helicopter, through the rafah crossing, and then we were told they were coming by bus from border crossing, between israel and gaza. once they arrive here, they will be looked after being a huge operation that was organised by the israeli army, they said they have made everything possible to make this first delivery, or this first batch of hostages, the delivery, to go as good as possible, because there is a great pressure within israel, the families have been desperate to see any, to hear any good news about their loved ones, and a
contained information that they were looking for relating to his electronic devices and according to the new york times, they went inside of the suv, took his phones and then just days later gave them back to him. what we know about this investigation is that this all started last week. during a search warrant of a chief fundraiser in brooklyn, and according to officials, the fbi conducting an investigation into whether campaign money was funneled through straw donors, turk. government folks and straw donors. so that is what sort of started all of this. and then something clearly has happened. something significant has happened here for the fbi to take this kind of step in this investigation to approach a sitting mayor, the new york city mayor, and to ask for his phones in this way is certainly very, very significant. now, the mayor and his folks through a lawyer, his lawyer telling us that basically the mayor is cooperating in this investigation and that he s going to co
centre of rafah for the first time. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 people were killed on tuesday in west rafah after an explosion in the same deemed saferfor palestinians, coming safer for palestinians, coming two saferfor palestinians, coming two days after israeli bomb swept through a fire in a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 people dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more on the fallout. there has been no evacuation order from the israeli army. and for many, no sense of where to this is not a lie. this is not a lie. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday. dozens dead, survivors spent. there s more than one way to lose a life. israel says its operation in rafah is key to defeating hamas and that the strike on sunday on hamas commanders in the camp was carried out with precise munitions that would not, by themselves,
his lawyers say it s all lies. palestinians flee rafah in southern gaza as israeli tanks arrive in the city for the first time. giving babies and young children smooth peanut butter could give them lifelong protection from peanut allergies say researchers. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing covering, coverage and analysis for correspondence in the uk and the rental world. and around the world. good evening. the veteran mp diane abbott has been reinstated by labour after she was suspended last year during a disciplinary process. but it s unclear tonight whether she will or can stand for the party at the general election. the hackney north and stoke newington mp, who was first elected in 1987, was suspended after suggesting that jewish, irish and traveller people did not face racism all their lives . it s understood that party officials had tried to broker a deal by which she would be readmitted in return for standing down. here s our political corresponde