there was a press conference at which they confirmed hamas s agreement. israel has denied that it violated the terms of that crucial agreement. under the four day truce, 50 hostages were due to be released in four batches at the ratio of three to one, in exchange for 150 palestinians held in israeli jails. a delegation from qatar, which has been helping to mediate between israel and hamas, has visited israel to discuss a possible extension to the 4 day truce. i want to show these live pictures. the area where i am in central tel aviv, we are told that thousands of people have gathered here outside the tel aviv museum of art in an area that is now known as hostages square. not here to show support but many of the families as well of the hostages are here, too. we will hear from some of them are just a few minutes here on bbc news. they are gathering together to mark 15 days since their loved ones were taken. we will start our coverage this hour of this report from our senior i
Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in hollywood, where its the biggest night of the year. The Oscar Ceremony gets underway in half an hour, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. We go straight now to peter bowes for the latest. It is or is an exciting night for hollywood. Welcome to los angeles, perhaps we should say la la land, because it is a film that everybody is talking about. 1k nominations. It could set about. 1k nominations. It could set a record. Lets see how it does in all of those categories that it is nominated for later on this evening. As you have already said, it could be one of the most politicised oscars ceremonies for a long time. And also notable for the racial diversity of the nominees, which is something that has been a huge controversy something that has been a huge c0 ntrove isy over something that has been a huge controversy over the last few years in hollywood, with only white actors nominated in the acting categories for the
Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in hollywood, where its the biggest night of the year. The Oscar Ceremony gets underway in half an hour, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. We go straight now to peter bowes for the latest. It is or is an exciting night for hollywood. Welcome to los angeles, perhaps we should say la la land, because it is a film that everybody is talking about. 1k nominations. It could set about. 1k nominations. It could set a record. Lets see how it does in all of those categories that it is nominated for later on this evening. As you have already said, it could be one of the most politicised oscars ceremonies for a long time. And also notable for the racial diversity of the nominees, which is something that has been a huge controversy something that has been a huge c0 ntrove isy over something that has been a huge controversy over the last few years in hollywood, with only white actors nominated in the acting categories for the