October seven last year in that 0ctober seven last year in that cross border raid by hamas. In terms of the operation to get them out, the Israeli Military have said it was a joint operation between Special Forces from the army and also members of israels intelligence service. They said they were acting on intelligence and he was found in a tunnel. He is now backin was found in a tunnel. He is now back in israel, he is in hospital and surrounded by his family and said to be in good health. John there in jerusalem, said to be in good health. John there injerusalem, thank you for that update and plenty more on that story you were seeing come of the first pictures of that Freedom Hostage talking to israels Prime Minister a little earlier. So those are some of the latest pictures and some of the latest detail. Now as promised, for the latest sports news lets cross to sarah. Lets start with the Us Open Tennis where four british players begin their campaigns today. Womens number one Katie Bo
lets head over to sw19 then and to chetan patak. we had a pretty thrilling first set i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well for- i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well for ons - i was the rest of it going. does not i seem to be going well for ons jabeur seem to be going well for ons jabeur at the moment. lena sabalenka is the better player. you can really ski that so good with that slice. bringing a variety to her game. it was close that first game. sabalenka sing it out only on a tie break. it feels as though sabalenka has the edge at the moment. it is 2 2 in the second set but on the ons jabeur set it is 0-30. second set but on the ons jabeur set it is 0 30. sabalenka is sniffing a potential break point. remember elina sabalenka is a semifinalist here before. this is real
the women s semi finals take centre stage at wimbledon today. last year s beaten finalist ons jabeur of tunisia is taking on belarussia s aryna sabalenka for a place in saturday s final. the winner of this one will play mark ta vondrou ov in the final. after she convincingly beat elina svitolina in straight sets on centre court in the last hour. it s a first wimbledon final for the 24 year old czech, who becomes the first unseeded player to reach the women s final at wimbledon in the open era. later, alfie hewett and gordon reid are in men s wheelchair doubles semi finals. you can keep up to date with the tennis on bbc1 and 2 across the afternoon. our next story contains details which some viewers may find distressing. the everton midfielder dele alli says he was sexually abused as a child. in an emotional interview with former england footballer gary neville, he said he was molested at the age of six. he has also talked about how he started smoking at the age of seven and
the british prime minister travels to northern ireland amid speculation about a post brexit trade deal. if there is this possibility of a deal being agreed early next week, the prime minister is here and is going to want to try to smooth the way with the political parties. a year after retiring, the family of hollywood actor, bruce willis say his health s deteriorated he s now suffering from a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell, at a memorial service for dame vivienne westwood who died at the age of 81. two leaders on opposing sides of the war in ukraine have spoken to the bbc in the run up to the one year anniversary of russia s invasion. ukraine s president zelensky tells us he won t concede territory to russia in any future peace deal to end the war. he insists doing so would leave ukraine weaker as a state, and give vladimir putin cause to want to keep coming back . meanwhile, one of the russian leader s staunchest allies, alexander lukas
northern ireland to trade with great britain. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley has qualified to be about her not her private life. bbc news has been told tonight that the home secretary has raised concerns with lancashire police over them revealing personal details struggles with alcohol and the menopause. the force has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct contacts the police had with nicola before she disappeared. it is danny savage. nicola bulley, the most high profile missing person in britain. when she vanished nearly 3 weeks ago there was no suggestion from police, friends orfamily she was suggestion from police, friends or family she was vulnerable. but at a packed news conference yesterday, lancashire police revealed for the first time that she was classed as a high risk missing person. that she was classed as a high risk missing person. based on a number of risk missing person. based on a number of specific number of specific