welcome to the programme. let s start by getting you the latest on the israel and gaza conflict. the israeli prime minister s office says six more israeli hostages held in gaza are now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier on thursday. within the last hour israel says it has released 30 more palestinians in return. earlier the us secretary of state antony blinken warned that israel must take effective steps to ensure the protection of civilians in gaza, before it restarts its military operations there. mr blinken who s on a visit to the region told reporters that the damage to hospitals, power stations and water supplies seen in the north of gaza should not be repeated in the south. he s been pushing for the continuation of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas that s lasted seven days. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has the latest from jerusalem. a long awaited reunion. a hostage back in her mother s arms. mia schem, who i
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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
coming up, liverpool have to avoid defeat against an austrian side to guarantee getting out of the group stages of the europa league. they are top of their group ahead of the match at anfield. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has told the covid inquiry that with the benefit of hindsight the uk should have locked down much sooner at the start of the pandemic. he said many, many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown had began three weeks earlier on the 2nd of march 2020. mr hancock also dismissed allegations from other colleagues that he had lied to them, and described what he called a toxic culture in government. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. one of the biggest names of the pandemic. the health secretary for england, matt hancock. the man in the middle on the television many nights, and the man who resigned for breaking the very rules he d helped draw up. today, his moment of accountabilit