a jet, powered by waste fats and plant proteins flies from london and arrives in new york. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. starting with news from india where 41 construction workers who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the himalayas for 17 days have been rescued. they were greeted with applause as they emerged from a steel pipe that had been pushed through the rubble. they re said to be in good health but will now be fully assessed at a nearby hospital. the bbc s south asia correspondent samira hussain sent this report. this moment, more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. cheering. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. people sharing sweets and hugs. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel. 17 days, they have spent inside that tunnel and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. rescuers spent the last sev
failure in preparing for the pandemic. the cast of friends pay tribute to matthew perry, saying they are utterly devastated by his death. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start our programme with the war between israel and hamas. the israeli military has announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. but as one hostage is rescued, more than 230 are still believed to be trapped in gaza. today, we heard from three of them. this is a still from a video released by hamas. from left to right, you see rimon kirsht, danielle aloni and lena trupanov. we don t know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed, but the three women appear to be in reasonable health with no obvious signs of injury. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the video was cru
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 36 straight to breaks new us from israel, the defence forces there have said an israeli soldier has been released from gaza, they said private 0ri megidish was released during id f ground operations, she was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she has had apparently medical checks, and is said to be doing well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hear from well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hearfrom israel s prime minister, binyamin netanyahu shortly, we will go to him just as soon as he starts talking, the family of the three hostages who appeared in that video released earlier by hamas are expected to be speaking publicly to, that has been delayed. we expected to start in the next couple of minutes but that has been pushed back but as soon as that started we will carry that here on bbc news. now the bbc does not normally broadcast hostage videos but through is a still from today s video that has be
let s start once again with that breaking news that hamas has released a video, appearing to show three israeli women being held hostage. the bbc is not showing the video, which has been described as distressing . israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has described the video as cruel psychological propaganda , and said his government was doing it all it could to bring hostages home. i turn to elena tru panov, daniel aloni and rimon kirsht who were kidnapped by hamas who commits war crimes. i hug you. he then added ”we are doing everything to bring all the hostages and missing people home. we can speak now to noam sagi. his mother, ada, was kidnapped from the nir oz kibbutz on 7th october. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. another terribly difficult day. your reaction, first of all, to the release of this video? we were kind of expecting the release of this video? we were kind of expecting it the release of this video? we were kind of expecting it f
welcome to the programme. israel says it s rescued a female solider who d been held since october the 7th. three other hostages appear in a video released by hamas. all that as the situation on the ground in gaza continues to escalate, as israeli tanks are seen on a key highway outside gaza city. tonight we will bring you the latest on the situation. we also will have the latest from westminster, after home secretary suella braverman described pro palestinian demonstrations as hate marches . and to discuss all this i m joined by my panel, from washington, stefanie bolzen, the north america editor of die welt and from bridgend, carwynjones, the former first minister of wales. israel says its ground offensive has led to the rescue of one of its soldiers who was held in gaza by hamas. these pictures show private ori megidish back with her family again. she has had medical checks and said to be doing well. word of her rescue comes as israeli forces have seemingly cut off one of