stories from around the world. let s begin in the middle east, and two further hostages taken from israel by hamas have been released. they were two russian women, one, 73, on the left hand side, and 150, on the right. one is 50. they are now with its special forces insight is really territory. idf special forces inside israeli territory. the israeli army says it s investigating claims by hamas that three hostages, including a baby, were killed in an israeli missile strike. hamas says ten month old kfir bibas died, along with his four year old brother, ariel, and their mother, shiri. the whereabouts of the father, yarden, remains unknown. family members say they ve been informed of the claims. on monday, the israeli army said the missing family members had been transferred by hamas to another palestinian group in the gaza strip and were being held in the southern city of khan younis. the us is reported as saying it is hopeful the truce in gaza can as pa rt of as part of
in the talks to say that a deal could be on the way. us officials have previously said an agreement is closer than ever before. it s believed negotiators have been discussing a multi day truce, aid deliveries and an exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. but the talks, mediated by qatar, are complex, and israel is yet to comment. live now to my colleague mark lowen, who s injerusalem. thank you very much indeed. the families of the 240 or so hostages still held since hamas since the 7th of october are waiting anxiously for news to try to soothe their trauma. there are signs that weight that progress has been made, with the president of the international committee of the red cross and qatar, the country apparently leading negotiations on the release of the hostages. you will remember that the icrc was involved in bringing back four hostages in october. but there is growing anger 0ctober. but there is growing anger here from some family members of hostages on th
the armed forces on remembrance sunday in a service at the cenotaph in london. hello, i m rich preston. welcome to the programme, good to have you with us. hamas says 13 people were killed when a house was hit near khan younis in the south of gaza. the incident was witnessed by our correspondent rushdi abualouf. he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila when four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he sent these pictures, and says a block of around 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdi also told us he saw four dead bodies and more than 100 injured people. the world health organization says it has lost contact with gaza s main hospital, the al shifa. israel s military says it s agreed agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from that hospital and two others. officials at al shifa say two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power, with heavy fighting on the streets outside. this photo was sent to the bbc last night s
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reception and signed a mutual defence agreement with leader kim jong un. the pact would see russia and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact, and its consequences, remain unclear. you during those talks, kim jong un supported moscow s moscow s invasion of ukraine. in response, kyiv has called for a more rigorous global effort to isolate russia and north korea. the bbc sjean mackenzie has more on the view from ukraine. mahela pareja moeaki x10 president zelenskyyclosest advisers and has come out saying this meeting is proof north korea is now providing russia with the resources it needs to kill ukrainians. now what he is referring to is what the ukrainians but also the us, the ukrainians but also the us, the uk, south korea have been saying for some time now, which is that north korea is p