Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste
A new report, funded by the european union, has found that the worlds super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite a decade of efforts to reduce evasion. The study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than half a percent of their wealth. The eu tax observatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires saying that if the richest 3000 people in the world paid 2 , then it would raise 250 billion a year. Lets speak now to one of the reports authors quentin parrinello, Senior Advisor at the eu Tax 0bservatory . What more can you tell us about what this report is calling for and whether its feasible . In this report we are trying to target tax evasion and mistakes have happened in the last decade in terms of tax evasion. Mainly focusing on the taxation of billionaires. We are asking to replicate the agreement on the global scale. For Global Billionaires. As you said, Global Billionaires. As you
Around 11 to 16 degrees. A tiny bit above where they should be, and not bad after the chilly start. Overnight two areas of rain and in areas we dont need it, Lancashire East Midlands and south yorkshire. Another pulse pushes up from the south west. With the cloud and rain around it will be a relatively mild start, but it will be a nuisance first thing tomorrow morning. Not heavy and persistent rain, but some relentless showers in the east midlands and into yorkshire. That could just exacerbate the issues we have got here with localised flooding. You need to keep an eye on that. A better story across england and wales, sunny spells and a few scattered showers. A better story for most of scotland and northern ireland, dry and settle. 11 to 12 degrees. The high is 16, 60 one fahrenheit. As we move into wednesday and at the ridge of High Pressure keeps things quiet to begin with, but not for long. Low pressure was set to return and dominate the story as we head into the weekend. It will be
Results which were pleasing i think weve had a level of performance in every game that has made us very competitive against all opponents at home and away. Weve had some eventful games within that context but again, thats given us a Strong Foundation in terms of character and resilience of the group. Its been an encouraging start and where that will lead us, well find out. Now, remember the name. Marc guiu. The 17 year old made his senior debut for barcelona last night, coming off the bench. And then afterjust 33 seconds scored the winner. He came on in the 79th minute and tookjust two touches to score against athletic bilbao. Its the fastest First League Goal for barcelona in the clubs history. Every young footballers dream. The 17 year old spanish forward came on for Fellow Youngster Fermin Lopez in the 79th minute and struck almost immediately. |t means he has we always try to be confident with our players. From 17 years old i see them ready. The difference in this generation is the