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captured on october the 7th and held in gaza since then. the three men and one woman have been taken to hospital they re said to be in good health and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel. these pictures show israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and remain for treatment. the israeli military has released these picture of the moment one of the hostages, noa argamani, was taken to safety in a helicopter. but the military operation, which israel says was based on precise intelligence it had received, was hard fought. israel s military says it suffered some casualties. hamas says that more than two hundred palestinians were killed during the raid in central gaza. a hamas spokesperson has said that some hostages were also killed during the clash. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports from tel aviv. free again four hostages captured by hamas on the 7th of october and t ....
hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in theirfirst televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme, on itv, will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accused the tories of letting immigration get out of control. our political correspondent jessica parker has the details. home second conservative say they will reduce migrant visas year by year but the party is haunted by highly visible old pledges to bring immigration down. net migration, the difference between numbers arriving and leaving hit a record high in 2022. ~ ., ., y , and leaving hit a record high in 2022. ~ ., ., , , a, 2022. we are the only party with a credible plan 2022. we are the only party with a credible plan to 2022. we are the only party with a credible plan to professionally - credibl ....
and the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterday s disruption. and it s new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. now on bbc news, witness. hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. i m here at the british library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. we ll meet a former member of chairman mao s infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger space shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a leonardo da vinci masterpiece back to life. but first, witness has travelled to the bamiyan valley in afghanistan. for over 1,000 years two huge statues of buddha towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to ....
in this special edition of the programme, we are looking back at some of the best report from our network of correspondents around the world. i am a heroin addict. i have overdosed four times. my sister saved me. america s addiction. the epidemic of heroin and painkillers creating a new generation of users and killing tens of thousands of people. the drug they called the devil has hit hardest in smalltown america, taking hold in areas like this that have already been ravaged by years of economic decline. we are hearing outgoing fire. the troops are trying to gauge how much resistance is in these villages. we join the kurdish forces on the frontline of the battle for mosul as the iraqi city waits for deliverance from so called islamic state. also, before and after. fergus walsh reports on the pioneering surgery without couples that has queue with this man s tremors. i am in antarctica following a team of scientists setting up remote cameras in penguin colonies. and a yea ....
local media say shots were fired during new year celebrations at the reina nightclub. it s thought that more than a0 other people have been wounded. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year s celebrations. between 500 600 people were in the club at the time. istanbul s governor says it was a terrorist attack. we will hear more from the governor shortly. these live pictures, still outside the club. we believe the incident is over. ambulances have been ferrying the injured away over the last few hours. as you can see, quite a crowd of people outside. it is one of turkey s most popular nightclubs. apparently be shooting happened at about one o clock in the morning local timejust happened at about one o clock in the morning local time just an happened at about one o clock in the morning local timejust an hour after the new year had been welcomed in in turkey. some reports, unconfirmed, that the gunman entered the nightclub dressed as santa claus. there ....