breaking news. and welcome back to our coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re learning that the third group of hostages has been released to the red cross. today 17 hostages are being delivered to freedom. the idf said the most recent group of hostages includes both israelis and foreigners. we have heard from american officials that they have hoped that one american would be among the latest transfer of those held in hamas captivity in gaza. we re watching all of these dramatic developments unfold. i want to start with oren liebermann here in tel aviv. i know we re being briefed. give us the latest. right now we re expecting the release of a total of 17, 14 israeli citizens and that includes ann israeli russian citizen and three foreign nationals. if we look at the first part of the agreement that we hope will be continued, it was for 50 israeli hostages. that means as of right now, we have 13, 13 and 14. so that is a total of 40 at this poi
a country becoming more like them, embracing western values and on a long term track to eu membership. but today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repression embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. my guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkey s complex culture and politics? elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. when you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you? would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension? i think there is a lot of sadness. i feel sad. i feel worried. so much is changing in turkey and so fast. i think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because something else happens next week and so it goes on and on. i am very sad when i look at the direction that my motherland has taken, and i think we have become a
i m stephen sackur. a dozen years ago, europeans looked to turkey and thought they saw a country becoming more like them, embracing western values and on a long term track to eu membership. but today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repression embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. my guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkey s complex culture and politics? elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. when you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you? would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension? i think there is a lot of sadness. i feel sad. i feel worried. so much is changing in turkey and so fast. i think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because something else happens next week and so it goes on and on. i am very sad
a dozen years ago, europeans looked to turkey and thought they saw a country becoming more like them, embracing western values and on a long term track to eu membership. but today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repression embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. my guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkey s complex culture and politics? elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. when you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you? would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension? i think there is a lot of sadness. i feel sad. i feel worried. so much is changing in turkey and so fast. i think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because something else happens next week and so it goes on and on. i am very sad when i look at the d
i m stephen sackur. a dozen years ago, europeans looked to turkey and thought they saw a country becoming more like them, embracing western values and on a long term track to eu membership. but today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repressionm embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. my guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkey s complex culture and politics? elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. when you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you? would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension? i think there is a lot of sadness. i feel sad. i feel worried. so much is changing in turkey and so fast. i think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because something else happens next week and so it goes on and on. i am very sad