one billion us dollars. hello and welcome to bbc news. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught. but now russian commandos are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we ha
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you know, breakfast club, all the john hughes movies, but somehow this one missed. and it missed for you ooh ooh the, right? rachel: i actually never saw it. i saw parts of it, not all of it, then i asked, should i watch it? you said, eh. will: i m not sure it s iconic other than the fact rachel: you know what he hasn t seen? is he hasn t seen say anything, and that one does hold the test of time. will: kuhn what it is? pete: nope. st. elmo s fire, is the song about movie or the movie about the song? rachel: i think the song is about the movie. will: yeah, i think that s right. pete: i don t know. i like the song will: say anything, i ve not seen it either, but you ve seen john cusack in that trench coat holding the box above his head? rachel: and is he s plague in your eyes in your eyes you know that song, in your eyes? he probably doesn t know that pete: in your eyes. [laughter] pete: yeah. it s a good song. rachel: the producers are, like, move on. [laughter]
the israeli army says 14 israeli hostages and three foreigners including an american child have been handed over to the red cross in gaza. the israel leave prison service also says 39 palestinian prisoners have been released as part of that deal. you see the coach there from ofer towards the checkpoint where some of those people will be reunited with friends and family. in gaza people have been using the humanitarian pause and fighting to get desperately needed supplies of food and fuel and medicine. we will have more on that throughout the program. among the group are sisters dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today, a us citizen has been released. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were attacked and killed by hamas gunmen duri
also on the programme tonight. the covid inquiry hears how borisjohnson was sent no updates on the crisis during a period coinciding with the school half term in 2020. a bbc panorama investgation reveals the portugese police have apologised to the parents of madelaine mccann for how they handled the case. britons won t have to work any more. and it is me or is it a deepfake? ahead of the government s summit on al, we look at the spread of scams and misinformation online. and in london. a met firearms officer charged with the murder of chris kaba in south london is to be named, after a judge rules to lift an anonymity order. good evening from jerusalem, where the israeli military have this afternoon announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with herfamily. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. meanwhile the families of th