air, i wouldn t say mild, but as they bump into that cold air they turn a bit wintry with sleet or snow. at the moment, it s cold and stays cold. we have got wintry worries, with ice and snow and freezing fog as we head through the night and tomorrow morning. thanks, helen. and that s the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc news website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. two of the british teams in the europa league tonight have already kicked off. brighton need to avoid defeat increase while west ham are looking for a win in serbia. lioness lauren hemp could get her 50th cap at wimbley tomorrow, she speaks to us ahead of a crucial game for england against the netherlands. ronnie o sullivan makes it through the quarterfinals in york after a nail biting decider also coming up on sportsday. britain s three time world champio
of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o
these are life pictures in tel aviv because we are expecting at any moment now that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, to come and speak to the world media there as and when we see him approach the microphones we would be crossing straight back to tel aviv there. back to the middle east and the war between israel and hamas. the mother of two of the final child hostages still held hostage in gaza has spoken of her ordeal. 16 year old aisha and 18 year old bilal, both muslims from southern israel s bedouin community, remain in captivity after being taken by hamas with their father and older brother on october seventh. our correspondent anna foster reports from rahat, in the negev desert aisha still hasn t come home yet. each day, as more hostage children are released, her name has been missing from the list. so too her brother, bilal. it s been 55 days of waiting. this is the last picture naeema saw of her sons from hamas s media channels, held prisoner. in this bedoui
apologies for the technical issues. i m sarah mulkerrins. it s another night of european action in football, with qualification to the knockout stages of the europa league up for grabs for some. in the early games, premier league side brighton have made it through, joao pedro scored from the spot to give them the win at aek athens. west ham are also through to the next stage, they won in serbia against batchka topola. real betis lost at sparta prague, so that means rangers could jump to top of that group, if they beat aris limasol, but they are currently losing 1 0. liverpool liverpool hosting lask they will secure top two if avoid defeat. two if they avoid defeat. in the europa conference league, aston villa are at legia warsaw. villa can leapfrog their opponents and go top of their group with a win, currently 1 1. and helsinki v aberdeen 2 2, who can t progress. that one was disrupted because of snow at the time. that one was disrupted because of snow at the time. to inte