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for murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp in 2013. pistorius was a paralympic champion sprinter, before he shot his girlfriend at their home, claiming later that he thought she was a burglar. he will be released, with conditions, injanuary. our correspondent daniel de simone reports from pretoria. oscar pistorius, once a superstar known as the blade runner. it's gold again for oscar pistorius. a paralympic and olympic athlete. since 2015, a convicted murderer. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and successful model. pistorius shot her multiple times on valen...

of uk jobs. on bbc london, we meet the specialist police team in london's busiest hospital trauma ward, working alongside medics on newsnight at 10:30pm... we speak to a relative of the three of the hostages released by hamas as a humanitarian truce gets under way in gaza. we will also hear from an aid worker on the ground there. good evening from tel aviv, on a significant day in the war between israel and hamas. in this square over the last almost seven weeks, the families of israeli hostages have gathered for information about their loved ones. it's quiet now. well, today, there w...

pictures from the region. israeli tanks and armoured vehicles rolling out of gaza and into southern israel. under the deal mediated by qatar, 13 israeli hostages held by hamas are due to be released in about two hours. a total of 50 are expected to be released over the four days of the truce. 39 palestinian prisoners will be set free by israel today. 150 palestinian women and teenage boys will be released over the duration of the ceasefire. meanwhile, lorries containing much needed medical supplies, fuel and food have begun making their way from the egyptian side of the rafah crossin...

some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the group's deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas — which is designated a terrorist group by the uk — has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. let's look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning uk time. 13 of the 50 israeli hostages are due to be released at 2pm, at the rafah crossing. and wi...

and other groups in gaza. a senior israeli official told the bbc that in return, israel would pause its attacks on hamas forfour days, while a us official says some palestinian prisoners would also be released. will so what about those prisoners held by israel — who may be released under the deal? earlier i spoke to sari bashi, programme director at human rights watch, who's based in the occupied west bank. she gave me her reaction to the negotiations. any development that would lead to civilian hostages being returned in particular, mothers and children would be welcome. i do have...