hello. i m sally bundock. we start with breaking news, and within the past few minutes, israel s military has said that a truce israel has agreed to extend its temporary truce with hamas. they said it will continue in light of the mediators efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages, and subject to the terms of the agreement . as you can see, this is a live shot of gozo this morning, as they wake up to the news that they wake up to the news that the truce is still in place. it was due to end just a few moments ago at 7am, local time. on wednesday, the sixth day of the deal, 16 hostages were freed from captivity in gaza. they included two russians, ten israeli citizens and four thai hostages, who were all handed over to the red cross. their release was delayed by what hamas called logistical issues. on wednesday, 30 palestinian women and teenage boys were freed from israeli prisons, in exchange for the hostages. this, as the us secretary of state antony blinken
dies at the age of 70. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, hello from the bbc sport centre mark mccall, saracens director of rugby criticised the shameful treatment of his captain owen farrell in what he believes should be a wake up call for the game. farrell who also skippers england, will miss the men s six nations after deciding to take a break from international rugby in order to prioritise his and his family s mental well being . he will though continue to play club rugby. mccall says just like england head coach steve borthwick, he s fully behind farrell s decision to step away. social to step away. media we have zero control over. social media we have zero control over. but for me this began in the mainstream media, and the narrative that was created around on from everybody, and soaking up from everybody. that is what happened, i think everybody will, somewhere in their heads, agree with him, and then there was a pylon on social media, but i
at edinburgh zoo. and coming up on bbc news. manchester united s champions league hopes in the balance, with keeper onana in the spotlight after letting their lead slip at galatasaray. good afternoon. rail strikes by the rmt union are over for now. its members have voted to accept a pay deal, to end their year long dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. they will get a backdated pay rise of 5%. it means the end of the union s mandate for more strikes until at least next spring. but another rail union aslef is pressing ahead with more industrial action starting tomorrow. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. it s been nearly a year and a half since the long running series of strikes on the railway began. commuters like these in west sussex have had to get used to it. if you want to go to work instead of being stuck at home, yeah, it disrupts normal everyday life 100%. i don t understand why there s so many. i haven t been able to go into work as frequently a
of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o