hostages are expected to be released in exchange for a four day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli presence. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten month old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who s four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don t know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri s cousin, yifat, is caught between hope and torment. i don t know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and until i see them in my own eyes, i don t believe a
hostages under a temporary truce agreement with hamas will not happen before friday. the deal was agreed last night by israel and hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by some western governments. it could also mean a delay to a four day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli prisons. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten month old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who s four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don t know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri s
meanwile the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that his country will press on with its fight against hamas. translation: i want to be clear, the war is ongoing, l it is continuing. we will continue it until we achieve all our objectives. we will eliminate hamas and we ensure that the day after hamas, there will be no factor who will continue educating their children to hate and to eradicate israel, so we will continue eliminating in hamas, in the north, by the way, and in the south, we will continue that effort. the bbc s us partner, cbs news spoke to one family awaiting the news of whether their loved was one of the 50 released hostages. 3 year old abigail mor edan is the youngest known american hostage. herfamily members, liz hirsh naftali and noa naftali spoke to cbs morning to share abigail s story as they await her potential release. we are hoping and praying that she is in one of the first groups but we can only know, thatis groups but we can only
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
Stay away from that. He needs to stay away. Hello, i am katty kay In Washington, Christian Fraser is in london donald trump is marking his 100 days in office where he is most comfortable surrounded by supporters at big rallies. One in atlanta, Georgia Today Another In Pennsylvania tomorrow. Recently hes downplayed marking the 100 days but on the campaign he used to tout all the victories hed rack up in these first few months. So hows he doing . Right now mr trump is speaking to the National Rifle association. The gun lobby loves him, the nra spent three times as much money electing him as they spent on mitt romney in 2012. And he is the first sitting president in over 30 years to attend their annual convention. Lets have a listen. And joining us now is the bbcs North America editorjon sopel. You have been most with us about those hundred days, he is not surprisingly that dont that big first mac rally. This is his base, right . If you want to look at the alignment of donald Trump Suppor