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this is cnn breaking news. well, good morning to you, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the truce between israel and hamas, and the expected release of more hostaged today, i m pamela brown. my colleague kaitlan collins is live in tel aviv. we re waiting and watching in the tense situation in gaza and israel where a second group of hostages held by hamas is expected to be released. it s day two of a fragile four-day pause in fighting, and we re now hearing the timing is delayed in part by the slowness of aid trucks entering gaza. as families wait anxiously for word sources tell cnn that today s list provided by hamas has 13 names. cnn has learned that no americans are expected to be released today. under terms of the complicated deal israel three palestinians for every israeli hostages as buses wait outside a prison in the occupied west bank one palestinian official says israel is not following the terms of the prisoner release deal. on friday this video was ....
announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. despite condemnations from the u.n. and major world powers, myanmar s military crackdown on protesters is only getting bloodier and more dangerous. a human rights group says as least 38 demonstrators were killed on sunday. it is the deadliest day so far since last month s coup. and there could be more deaths we just don t know about. the military junta has now declared martial law in six districts of yang orngs which is myanmar s largest city. i want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been monitoring all of these latest developments and of course this increase in violence on the streets against protesters. what more can you tell us? hi, paula. reporter: well, robyn, it s very clear to everybody that the level of force that security forces are now using against protesters is increasing. it is definitely on the rise. as you say, yesterday being the deadliest day so far that we know of ....
bringing the near nine month battle for the city to an end. the iraqi military was made to fight for every street. haider al abadi has been seen walking through mosul‘s streets, congratulating the troops alongside him. he was expected to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. a few hours ago, mr al abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. iraqi security forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. it s three years since the group calling itself islamic state seized control of iraq s second largest city. it still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. these images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so called islamic state group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. our correspondentjonathan beale reports from the front line. what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by m ....
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listen, give me a sense of your reaction this morning after hearing president obama s announcement. well, i m still elated and filled with emotion, what president obama did yesterday was so courageous because, as you know, other past presidents and vice presidents have come out in favor of marriage equality for gay people, but president obama did it while he s still in office and while there s still some might consider a risk to his future presidency, re-election but it was incredibly fantastic for 14 and 15-year-old kids to hear the president of the united states say to them that they are entitled to be with the person that they love. that there is not going to be a hole in their life, that he supports them regardless of what their parents might say, regardless of what their church might say. he supports who they are as a full human being. well, he also said, mitchell, he believes that the issue should be decided state by state which really isn t going as far as ....