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welcome to the programme. lets start by getting you the latest on the israel and gaza conflict. the israeli prime ministers 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 rest...

hostages released today, a mother of three. her husband still in captivity. it comes as hamas claims a 10-month-old hostage, his 4-year-old brother, and their mother were killed in early israeli air strikes. the agonizing wait for their family as israel investigates. and the images from the west bank. palestinian health officials saying israeli forces shot two children during a raid. also tonight, the u.s. military aircraft crashing off japan, eight on board. at least one killed. t...

apologies for the technical issues. im sarah mulkerrins. its another night of european action in football, with qualification to the knockout stages of the europa league up for grabs for some. in the early games, premier league side brighton have made it through, joao pedro scored from the spot to give them the win at aek athens. west ham are also through to the next stage, they won in serbia against batchka topola. real betis lost at sparta prague, so that means rangers could jump to ...

hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the armed wing of hamas says that the youngest israeli hostage in gaza, ten—month—old baby kfir bibas, as well as his brother ariel and mother shiri, were killed in an air strike on the gaza strip. the bbc is checking the claim, which it does not been able to verify. the group are among the highest profile civilian hostages yet to be freed. a special appeal had been issued for t...

did hunter biden just call the republicans bluff. the presidents son agrees to testify to congress but under one condition. trending in americas crime crisis this so-called crash and grab robbery. we will show you what that is all about. and growing concerns over a new respiratory virus from china. is this deja vu all over again? ♪ but, first, breaking tonight, as another group of hostages is released by hamas, we are learning some of the remaining captives are no longer in hamas cus...

to save the planet. and taking the battle for a cleaner climate into outer space. can the final frontier help us breathe easier down here on earth? wherever yourejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the climate emergency, its not new. but as global leaders gather for this years united nations climate change conference or known as cop 28, its in dubai. we wanted to see how business and innovators are tackling the climate eme...

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going to say this morning what im going to announce to parliament on wednesday. why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills? this isnt asking you to confirm it. its a question of principle. why would you do that when people are having such a hard time? im sorry to say that im not going to be drawn on any individual tax. i think you can read the papers this morning and you can see that im going to abolish every single tax. andy gilding was watch...

palestinian prisoners, according to qatari officials. hamas will hand over these hostages to red cross workers somewhere inside gaza. they will then enter israel through one of two places, either directly from gaza, right here, or further south from egypt down here. once in israel, they will be taken directly to hospitals by helicopter. now, the larger agreement calls for a pause in fighting for four days, a total of 50 hostages of the estimated 236 being held will be freed. americans ...