good afternoon. rescue workers in northern india have finally managed to reach 41 men who ve been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for more than two weeks. a pipe has been pushed through the rubble to bring the men out one by one on wheeled stretchers. relatives are gathered near the tunnel entrance waiting to be reunited with their loved ones. 0ur south asia correspondent samira hussain is at the scene and has just sent this report. slowly, carefully, one by one, the men will be pulled out. a rescue more than two weeks in the making. they will be assessed by medical teams before being taken to hospital. family members gathered at the tunnel site are related. translation: the tunnel site are related. translation: i m feeling very excited that translation: i m feeling very excited that after translation: i m feeling very excited that after so translation: i m feeling very excited that after so many - translation: i m feeling very| excited that after so many days trans
some signs that the temporary ceasefire agreement due to end in a day s time could be extended. hamas and us presidentjoe biden have said they would like to see an extension, but the israeli prime minister said he was open to the idea but has also warned that the war will resume at the end of the deal. 0ur senior international correspondent aurier garin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart. young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s f
more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an extended truce later from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas, including nine children as well as three foreign nationals, were released on sunday. among them is abigail idan the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three when she was taken hostage and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7 attacks. members of her family have released a statement saying: the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people who have not returned. i want them to return
hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children, as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is avigail idan the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people w
day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from my face and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family