ceasefire. instead, the pauses are intended to allow humanitarian aid in. and to help civilians move south to avoid the air strikes and fighting in the north. two humanitarian corridors will open. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading, bringing in countries like yemen. jeremy bowen reports from israel. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 19118 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broa
for the great support they have given my family. thank you all. i love you all very much. very soon, i will have the opportunity to hug you all. thank you so much, my people, thank you. it was almost two weeks ago that his parents were kidnapped at gunpoint at a petrol station in barrancas in north east colombia. his mother, cilenis, was rescued that night, but his father was abducted. police and the military had focused their search on a difficult to reach area on the border between colombia and venezuela. the group holding diaz, the national liberation army, known as the eln, had called his kidnap a mistake and had agreed to release him. but it wasn t until today when a team including un officials and those from the catholic church met with rebels to bring diaz senior home. much to the delight of his family, who had been glued to the news channels. translation: it is| immensely exciting. we are very excited. we ve spent many days with uncertainty, sleepless nights. we are
and colombia for the great support they have given my family. thank you all. i love you all very much. very soon, i will have the opportunity to hug you all. thank you so much, my people, thank you. it was almost two weeks ago that his parents were kidnapped at gunpoint at a petrol station in barrancas in north east colombia. his mother, cilenis, was rescued that night, but his father was abducted. police and the military had focused their search on a difficult to reach area on the border between colombia and venezuela. the group holding diaz, the national liberation army, known as the eln, had called his kidnap a mistake and had agreed to release him. but it wasn t until today, when a team including un officials and those from the catholic church met with rebels to bring diaz senior home. much to the delight of his family, who had been glued to the news channels. translation: it is| immensely exciting. we are very excited. we ve spent many days with uncertainty, sleepless
right wing protesters which she said was rightly stern with what she called pro palestinian mobs , who she said were largely ignored . it s unusual for a home secretary to criticise the police in public and number ten said it did not clear the article, and that suggested changes were not followed. her remarks precede a planned pro palestinian march for a ceasefire in gaza, which is due to take place in london on saturday, armistice day. let s go to westminster and to our political editor, chris mason. forjust a moment put politics to one side and imagine this scenario in your own life. you ignore the boss, you undermine the boss, you humiliate the boss. i hazard a guess it would undermine your own job security. and then, as far as the home secretary is concerned, is what she actually had to say. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntnes
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe that th