john: four terrorists have been released, they are free and safe. the idf says they ve rescued three men and one women, they were kidnapped from the music festival on october 7th. today s raid by the special police forces in central gaza, the largest rescue operation since the start of this war. claudia:hi, i am claudia cowan, those hostages are back in his real and have been reunited with their loved ones. details of the mission are still coming in but here s what we know. israeli forces conducted a daytime operation on two separate locations in gaza and while they did secure the release of those hostages, an officer in the national police force was quickly wounded and has died of his injuries. lieutenant colonel jonathan oncriques is standing by but let s talk check with stephanie bennett with more on today s rescue. reporter: after being held captive for 8 months, israeli authorities say those four hostages were taken in good medical condition. it s miraculous to say t
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
In paris today. A French Police officer was engulfed in flames and seriously burned two more were injured in clashes with protestors. This years may day demonstrations come just six days before the final round of the french president ial election and in a divided nations it is clearly a tense time. The bbcs Lucy Williamson is in paris and i spoke to her a brief time ago. These marches come just six days before the final vote and i expect they are some gauge of the mood in france and it does not look good does it . These may day rallies are an annual event organised by the main unions here. They happen alongside the political rallies and the unions also have taken on something of a politicalflavour today. We saw clashes on the margins on some of the matches, some provocateu rs on some of the matches, some p rovocateu is we on some of the matches, some provocateurs we believe on the margins on one of those events through some Molotov Cocktails towards the police injuring several of them
Both candidates in the french president ial election have been holding rallies in the final week of campaigning. The far right contender Marine Le Pen has attacked her rival as the continuity candidate, while Emmanuel Macron said the future of europe is at stake in this election. Our correspondent, lucy williamson, is in paris. The second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. Used to facing a united front of all her rivals, Marine Le Pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent Emmanuel Macron. At a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. Her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. For decades, the Front National has influenced french politics from the margins. Now Marine Le Pen says the party represents the mainstream
Both candidates in the french president ial election have been holding rallies in the final week of campaigning. The far right contender Marine Le Pen has attacked her rival as the continuity candidate, while Emmanuel Macron said the future of europe is at stake in this election. Our correspondent, lucy williamson, is in paris. The second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. Used to facing a united front of all her rivals, Marine Le Pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent Emmanuel Macron. At a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. Her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. For decades, the Front National has influenced french politics from the margins. Now Marine Le Pen says the party represents the mainstream