them wintry in scotland. as we head towards the end of the week it is going to turn much milder. all the details later. good morning. it s monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. barbara, what more do we know? well, these two hostages have been rescued. they are two older men. fernando simon marmon, 60, and louis harve, 70. an israeli military spokesman said they came from a kibbutz where there had been captured in the october the 7th attacks. they were found in a residential building in rafah on the second floor. the military said they had been watching it for quite a long time and this operation was a joint ope
multiple record closes since the start of the new year, and even closed above the 5,000 mark for the first time ever on friday that s after flirting with that number for days. the dow has also notched some record highs, and you can bet the nasdaq is up, as well. now, there are a few reasons why the us stock market is powering ahead. 0ne its earnings season, and a bunch of prominent companies have shown higher than expected earnings. two the tech sector, especially powered by enthusiasm over artificial intelligence. it s true for some of the biggest names in the industry like amazon, alphabet, apple, nvidia, microsoft and meta. three a blockbuster jobs report injanuary showed 353,000 jobs added, and unemployment staying at 3.7%. that s on par with historic lows, and that s great for the economy. what s also great is falling inflation that would allow the fed to cut interest rates, which would allow already strong companies to borrow more cheaply. now, all of this sou
good evening. these children were just walking home from a great night out the words of a father whose daughter was one of three people stabbed to death in a stranger attack in nottingham lastjune. today the killer, valdo calocane, had his manslaughter plea accepted on grounds of diminished responsibility due to a serious mental illness. two 19 year old students, grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, and a 65 year old school caretaker ian coates died in the attack. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. first came the shock. then the sadness. and then the support. on the 13th ofjune, the city of nottingham was scarred by a killer who left three people dead. they were 19 year old students barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar and school caretaker ian coates, who was 65. and this is the man who took their lives. valdo calocane, a 32 year old dual guinea bissau portuguese national with settled status in the uk. his first victims were the university of nottingham