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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 ...

anxiety-inducing riddled time, and these families have been watching through the public reports of the talks and how close they are been the deals have fallen apart, and then watched a couple of days ago, the process was delayed 24 hours and now finally, perhaps a point to get to embrace their loved ones, at least the families of the 13 hostages released today, and providing some hope for the families of those in gaza that a deal is possible to release them, and hamas can indeed delive...

..this is bbc news. its newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. presidentjoe biden has hailed the diplomatic breakthrough that allowed the first civilians to leave gaza after weeks of being trapped by the conflict. dozens of injured palestinians and hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to go. they entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says the first british nationals have crossed...

Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have...

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Husband and six defendants were cleared by an egyptian court on sunday. earlier this month, you may remember i asked egypts president about the case. >> translator: we always act within respect for the law, and egypt, as well as the judiciary. whenever there is a case according to the president of the law and constitution, we take action. i would like to reassure who are interested in this case the case is being looked into in the courts. as soon as there is a verdict, it will be decided. >> bre...

Streets that we have seen before. this really shows how much support the muslim brotherhood has lost. at the same time, how much stronger the army has gotten inside egypt. the army has a firm hold on power now inside that country. they dont have a very good hold on their relationship with the united states, though. just yesterday secretary of state john kerry showed up in egypt to show a little damage control. at one point washington, d.c. and cairo were close in terms of relations. just to give...

Something that is good for not just our party but for this country. >> oh, reince, ive used that talking that point myself. joining me now is christina. thank you for being with me today. >> nice to join you. >> robert, you had a piece and you went behind the scenes looking at this shutdown debate among republicans in congress and on the one hand the leadership is acknowledging that its a losing strategy but at the same time they are having to thread the political needle. heres something you wro...

Incli inclusive kind of language. our leverage in egypt is not the money we give them. its decades of human relationships both in the intelligence services and the pentagon. the human relationships are very strong and not everyone supports general sisi. i think its important to realize that hes taken that country across a line and it needs to come back and we may need to mix up or try to mix up the leadership inside egypt and hopefully potentially without him. >> you know, am bar dos ross, how n...

On. no side -- the islamists and the military, no side is pure here. but we have to remember that the united states policy should be very strong for not having islamists in charge of egypt. >> you know, i want to go back to the presidents news conference marthas vineyard, took time out from his vacation to denounce the violence weve been showing on our screen. what he didnt denounce were the attacks on coptic christians and these christian churches, the coptic pope is in hiding, a great many chr...