released from a steel plant in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol, where they ve been trapped for many weeks in apalling conditions. hundreds of others are still trapped there, along with ukrainian troops still holding out against russian forces. joe inwood has sent this report. there is no doubt this is a breakthrough, albeit a small one. these shots were released by the russian ministry of defence and claim to show the first group of civilians to leave the azovstal steelworks. they have been trapped there for weeks, alongside the last ukrainian forces in mariupol, in increasingly dire conditions. the exact number who left is disputed. the russians say 46 in two groups. they were seen this morning arriving at a village near the russian border. it is claimed they are being processed by separatist, although accompanied by un and red cross staff. the ukrainian deputy commander inside of the steelworks confirmed the ceasefire had held, but said more people needed evacuation
104 caps for west germany, he was convicted and sent to prison for 16 months and it makes me sick in my stomach to think that there was that innocent man in prison for all that time. and my heart goes out to all those people. we need to make sure their convictions are overturned and we need to make sure they are fairly compensated and quickly. should paula vennells have her cbe stripped because of this? i was surprised that the conservatives gave her the cbe in the first place, and they can answer for that. do you think it should be taken away? i mean, regardless of whether she was given it in the first place, she s got it now. more than i think roughly a million people have signed a petition saying that it should go. do you think it should be taken off? of course. it shouldn t be given in the first place. and the committee needs to meet to to make that decision. this story is of course about the sub postmasters who were affected. live now to tim brentnall, a former sub
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. global leaders pay tribute to the veteran us diplomat, henry kissinger, who s died at the age of 100. the united states has long been a welcoming country we have life pictures tonight of the rafer crossing, where people are being released rafah. you can see the ambulances. we just lost those pictures, but standing by. i can t give you the names until we ensure they are back in israeli hands. six women, two of them from the same family, sisters, whose father and older brother are still held in hamas. this is them crossing the border a few minutes ago into egyptian territory. then they are transferred to israel, and you can see they re in the hands of the international committee of the red cross. the important thing is one or two of these women in fact, three of them, still have relatives inside gaza still. they will be released. bittersweet for many of them tonight. will not be told who is alive we
Sub postmasters who were affected. live now to tim brentnall, a former sub postmaster who had his conviction forfalse accounting overturned in 2021. could you take us through what happened to you? could you take us through what happened to you? well, i and my arents happened to you? well, i and my parents bought happened to you? well, i and my parents bought our happened to you? well, i and my parents bought our local - happened to you? well, i and my parents bought our local village l parents bought our local village shopin parents bought our local village shop in 2005 and it came with a post office counter, which i run until 2010, when i was audited. then the £22,500 shortfall was discovered, so i was threatened with facing a theft charge if that wasn t repaid, so i raided my savings, sold my car, borrowed money from my parents to pay that back. almost immediately, when that money had been repaid, i was then charged with false accounting. was then charged with false accounting.
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