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Nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Irans semi official tasnim news agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps, posted a video with a caption saying. Isfahan s nuclear site is completely safe. In the video, a man near the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. We can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. Reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. As well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in Southern Syria apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. And there were also blasts in iraq in the capital baghdad. And babil province to the south. Isra ....
scotland we are looking at clear skies and a frosty start. in southern scotland, england and wales, a cloudy start with rain, but brightening up later from the west. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of december. the home secretary james cleverly is on his way to rwanda this morning. he s due to sign a new deal which he hopes will mean that the uk government will then be able to send some be able to send some asylum seekers to the the east african country. the visit comes just hours after mr cleverly announced a series of measures to reduce the levels of legal migration into the uk. our political correspondent peter saull has the details. immigration has long been a tricky issue for the government. successive conservative prime ministers have promised and failed to bring the numbers down. the new plan a ban on foreign care of workers bringing family members with them. an increase in the minimum salary for skilled workers of almost ....
a planned pause in fighting in gaza came into effect early this morning, a temporary ceasefire, lasting initially four days, allowing some hostages out, as well as aid into the territory. these are some of the 13 israeli hostages, women and children, who were given their freedom in the last few hours. they made their way to egypt through the rafah crossing in southern gaza, and on to israel. one can only imagine the scenes as they were finally reunited with their loved ones. in the next few days, a total of 50 israeli hostages are expected to be released as part of the deal to continue the pause in the fighting. in return, over in ramallah in the west bank, 150 palestinians held by israel will be released, starting today, with 39 women and teenage boys. well, this is gaza tonight, where the ceasefire seems to be holding, with much needed aid arriving throughout the day. gaza s hamas run health ministry now says more than 14,000 people have been killed during israeli bombardme ....
of uk jobs. on bbc london, we meet the specialist police team in london s busiest hospital trauma ward, working alongside medics on newsnight at 10:30pm. we speak to a relative of the three of the hostages released by hamas as a humanitarian truce gets under way in gaza. we will also hear from an aid worker on the ground there. good evening from tel aviv, on a significant day in the war between israel and hamas. in this square over the last almost seven weeks, the families of israeli hostages have gathered for information about their loved ones. it s quiet now. well, today, there was good news. 13 of the captives are now back with their families, as well as 39 palestinians, held in israeli jails. the successful swap came after a pause in the fighting in gaza early this morning a temporary ceasefire lasting initially for four days, allowing the hostage deal as well as aid into the territory. hamas also released ten thai nationals and one citizen from the philippines wh ....
some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the group s deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas which is designated a terrorist group by the uk has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. let s look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning uk time. 13 of the 50 israeli hostages are due to be released at 2pm, at the rafah crossing. and within two hours, by lipm, 39 palestinians are due to be released at a west bank checkpoint. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. as the sun rose over the gaza strip the new truce brought relative calm. and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutalfighting, people and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, people wer ....