continue the process of releasing hostages. we ve now learned that israel has received a list of people to be released in the day of head, a total of 16 hostage were set free by hamas on wednesday. including ten israelis under the terms of the truce, one with dual u.s. israeli citizen. for taiwan nationals, and two russian israeli women were released under separate deals. israel released 13 palestinian women and children from its prisons as part of its agreement with hamas. many of them were administrate of detention and never charged. cnn s scott mclean is following develops he joins us now live from istanbul good to see you scott two hours ago we got word the temporary chooses would be extended by one day. what more are you learning about this? rosemary yesterday at this time when we spoke it seemed like all of the signs were indicate that this truce would be extended relatively little resistance in fact qatar had was mediating all of us and said that it was very optimist
A pioneering initiative to tackle mental illness and social isolation through the magical powers of horses has come to the North-East for the first time. Peter Barron reports AS the kind-eyed, dapple-grey mare stands perfectly still, Debbie Matthews nuzzles up close, shuts her eyes, and breathes in the tranquility. “Horses saved my life,” she says, quietly, giving Stream Song’s sleek neck a final stroke and walking back across the field. Debbie is a woman on a nationwide mission: to harness the power of horses to help humans overcome mental health problems and tackle social isolation. And her latest visit is to Elwick Stud, an equine oasis, just outside Hartlepool, where blue-blooded thoroughbreds graze contentedly, and wide-eyed foals, destined to one day go racing, get used to their idyllic surroundings.
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facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonald s. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, what s up with that? it s 2:00 in the morning here and we re wide awake. they re having a hack a thon, an opportunity for facebook employees to basically do what they do best build, design, create. they do this periodically, an interesting public relations move as we re about to begin the trading of the stock. what they want to do is send a message to the world that they built this company on building stuff. so that s what they re doing. they posted pictures to the website showing what s going on inside some of these rooms. in terms of the fundamental challenge facing facebook in the future, it s exactly tha