daylight raid got under way. one special forces officer died of his injuries. hamas claims more than 200 palestinians were killed — and some hostages also died during the operation. bbc news obtains new video footage believed to be one of the last two sightings of the missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley. and we'll have the latest from the general election campaign as the conservatives are pledging stamp duty cuts and labour promises to reform business rates. israeli forces have rescued four of the hostages who were captured by hamas last october

and who are believed to have been 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 are pictures of israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and treatment. but the military operation, which israel says was based on intelligence it had received, was hard fought. israel's military says it suffered some casualties. hamas says that more than 200 palestinians were killed during the raid in central gaza.

the group 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 taken to gaza. finally, back in israel after a dramatic rescue. one of them was noa argaman, who is 25 and became one of the most well recognised faces of this crisis seen here, reunited with her dad. i'd like to thank each and everyone — the president, the prime minister and everyone. please don't forget that there are another 120 hostages in captivity. we must release them and make every effort in any way to bring them to israel and their families. by the way, it's my birthday. look what a gift i got. thanks to each and every one of you. also freed...

they were in the nova music festival in southern israel when hamas gunmen attacked. more than 360 people were killed here and at least a0 others taken hostage. this morning, the israeli military carried out a raid of the nusrat refugee camp in central gaza. special forces went in. there were heavy air strikes. the military said this was a complex operation based on intelligence. the four hostages, it said, were found at two separate locations in the heart of the camp and were brought out under fire. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training. they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. if there was relief in israel, the operation meant yet more suffering in gaza. at the al aqsa hospital in nearby dar al bala, chaos and desperation. doctors struggled to treat all the wounded. many arrived already dead.

we were at home. a rocket hit us. my two cousins died and my other two cousins were seriously injured. - they did nothing. they were sitting at home. we were buying vegetables for lunch. i was with my friends. we saw more than 20 planes over our heads, we were surprised by the scene. towers were razed to the ground. they did not send us warnings or leaflets. nothing. body parts spread in the streets. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited the freed hostages in the hospital near tel aviv. he's being urged to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal with hamas. today's rescue could help lift some of the pressure here. for more on the reaction to the rescue of the four hostages —

here's ourjerusalem correspondent jon donnison. well, huge relief, ithink, especially for the family of those hostages who hadn't seen their loved ones for 246 days. and i think it eases the pressure on prime minister netanyahu here because he will say that, look, his strategy is working. he believes that the best way to get the hostages out is to apply military pressure on hamas. and he will say that that's what worked today. we did hear, though, from the chief military spokesperson for the idf, and he said that he still believed that a deal was the best way to get a large number of hostages out. and there are still 116 who were captured on october the 7th being held in gaza. a0 of those are thought to be dead. the deal, though, doesn't really seem to be in the offing. we've got the us secretary of state,

antony blinken, due in the region again later this week and he will be applying pressure for a ceasefire deal to be put in place which the americans are pushing for. but it doesn't seem to be getting anywhere at the moment. as we've mentioned, hamas says that more than 200 palestinians were killed during the israeli military operation in nuseirat, which led to the four hostages being freed. our correspondent rushdi abualouf has been talking to people in gaza about the hostage rescue operation. yeah. i think the people were quite angry about the number of people killed in this rescue operation. some of them, they have told me that hamas should have accepted the ceasefire proposal that had been in the table for quite a long time. and instead of, like, you know, going in and killing people to get the hostages, they could have been released for also an exchange of some of the palestinian prisoners in the israeli jail. some of the people were also

expressing their views towards the other side. they were defending hamas and they said what happened is very little comparing to the period of the of this war, eight months. i mean, one person told me that they managed to rescue four people after four months. and this is very little achievement where they have been defeated many times and in very places. and hamas was able to kill some of them. so very, you know, they divide palestinian as always. they are always divided about the issue of hamas. many people are supporting what hamas is doing in gaza and they keep defending them. but today we noticed that many, many people in a very rare way were criticising hamas. and one person, he lost his family, as far as i remember, two months ago. in one of the air strikes. he wrote in his first

book and he said, why keeping hostages among a very crowded refugee camp in a market and put all of the people's life in risk? and some went more far. and they said those who are sitting in the doha in qatar and controlling our life should go home. i've been speaking to nir barkat — the israeli minister of economy — who's a member of benjamin netanyahu's likud party. this rescue of hostages is one of the most important thing that israel has on its agenda. i think we can certainly salute the israeli defence forces, the government and prime minister, for taking that risk and bringing those four hostages back home, they were captured on the 7th of october from a peace festival,

and the problems they had, they are jewish —— jewish and israeli, and the problems they had, they are jewish ——jewish and israeli, and hamas want to wipe out israel, from their perspective the 7th of october is just the beginning, their perspective the 7th of october isjust the beginning, they intend to do that again and again if they had the opportunity and we must not let that happen. i had the opportunity and we must not let that happen-— let that happen. i wonder, what do ou make let that happen. i wonder, what do you make of _ let that happen. i wonder, what do you make of the _ let that happen. i wonder, what do you make of the cost _ let that happen. i wonder, what do you make of the cost of _ let that happen. i wonder, what do you make of the cost of these - let that happen. i wonder, what do l you make of the cost of these rescue operations? specialforces have lost an officer, that has been confirmed by the israeli government, the health ministry are claiming that 210 palestinians so far reportedly killed as part of this operation, the cost to civilians is high and israel has only ever rescued four hostages in such operations, seven hostages, i apologise. the hostages in such operations, seven hostages, i apologise.— hostages, i apologise. the goal of hamas is to _

hostages, i apologise. the goal of hamas is to kill— hostages, i apologise. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. _ hostages, i apologise. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. and - hostages, i apologise. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. and they | hamas is to kill israelis. and they are willing to die for the cause, the israelis on the other hand, we teach our children to make a better world and seek peace but unfortunately hamas is using our advantage as a disadvantage, they know we care about lives, and that is what they are putting other interests and infrastructure in, they are using human shields to try to protect themselves and hide the hostages, and they understand that, if we retaliate and sell our troops, unfortunately some collateral damage may happen, but they use that against us, which is crazy, it's totally crazy. israelis will do everything we can to try to bring hostages home, if there are civilians helping them, the

residents of gaza are taking the risk of their lives. share residents of gaza are taking the risk of their lives.— residents of gaza are taking the risk of their lives. are you saying then that you _ risk of their lives. are you saying then that you had _ risk of their lives. are you saying then that you had intel— then that you had intel that civilians were helping to shield hamas within the area, if you could just clarify that? the hamas within the area, if you could just clarify that?— just clarify that? the ma'ority of the people i just clarify that? the ma'ority of the people that t just clarify that? the ma'ority of the people that were h just clarify that? the majority of the people that were killed - just clarify that? the majority of the people that were killed in i just clarify that? the majority of. the people that were killed in gaza are either terrorists or people supporting terrorists. we are basically saying that anywhere we find terrorists, we will hunt them down, and if you are giving a shield to terrorists, you are risking your life, so we are telling the residents of gaza, shy away from hostages, move away from the terrorists because we are going to get our hostages back, we will kill the terrorists, and if hamas is trying to use the residents of gaza

as human shields, then they must shy away, we have no interest in killing civilians. ., ., ., civilians. your reaction to the united nations, _ civilians. your reaction to the united nations, saying - civilians. your reaction to the united nations, saying it- civilians. your reaction to the l united nations, saying it would civilians. your reaction to the - united nations, saying it would add not only israel, i should say hamas and islamichhad, to a list of countries that harms children within war zones, what is your response to that? ., ., , , ., ., that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly _ that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of _ that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of the _ that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of the un _ that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of the un is _ that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of the un is a - that? unfortunately, israel did not think highly of the un is a biased i think highly of the un is a biased un, and i think this is the most unfortunate decision statement ever made by the un, we are a democracy, we care about people, we care about lives, we have a really strong independentjudicial system, and it independent judicial system, and it is independentjudicial system, and it is totally crazy that the un even thinks is aligned with the most radical terrorists around the world, it's totally crazy, and the majority of the people in the world know

that, it is unfortunate, a big miners, big shame on the un leadership, taking such a decision. and that is israel's minister of economy, speaking to me earlier. meanwhile, president biden has welcomed the return of the four hostages and stated "we won't stop working until all the hostages come home and a ceasefire is reached". he made the comment during a press conference with french president emmanuel macron during his two—day state visit to france. during his speech, the us president also spoke about the war in ukraine, saying putin is "not going to stop at ukraine". our two countries are standing with the ukrainian people as they fight off putin's brutal aggression and yesterday announced $225 million in new security assistance to ukraine. and it's the sixth package we've provided since we signed the national security legislation earlier this year. i wish we could have

done it when we wanted to six months earlier, but we got it done with $61 billion in additional aid to ukraine. and i commend france and our european allies for their leadership as well. the eu has proved that provided over $107 billion in assistance to ukraine since the war began. because we know what happens if putin succeeds in subjugating ukraine. you know, putin's not going to stop at ukraine. it's not just ukraine. it's about much more than ukraine. all of europe will be threatened. we're not going to let that happen. the united states is standing strong with ukraine. we're standing with our allies and we're standing with france. we will not say it again. walk away. the man who assaulted the danish prime minister has been remanded in custody for 12 days. the assailant is a 39—old polish man

who is said to have been drunk and under the influence of drugs. the assault took place last night in central copenhagen. the man hit mette fredriksen on the shoulder, causing her to stumble and suffer minor whiplash injury. she has cancelled all her engagements after that. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we start with a familar story at roland garros. iga swiatek is the french open champion for the third year in a row. she was the overwhelming favourite going into the final againstjasmine paolini, but the italian 12th seed, playing in her first grand slam final, broke serve early to take a surprising lead. but swiatek instantly hit back, winning the first set 6—2. and her domination continued in the second set.

the polish world number one losing just one more game as she wrapped up victory in 68 minutes to win her fourth french open in total and fifth grand slam title overall. wigan warriors have won rugby league's challenge cup at wembley, beating warrington wolves 18—8. zack eckersley, bevan french and liam farrell were on the score sheet for the warriors. matt dufty pulled a try back for the wolves. the victory means they now hold all four major honours available to british teams — that's the league leaders' shield, the super league title, the world club challenge and now the challenge cup. wigan have now extended their challenge cup winning record to 21. pretty surreal, we have not spoken about it until the beginning of this week, to hold all four trophies, only a couple of other teams have done it, is a very big achievement for ourselves and we are in a great place at the moment. the year is not over, there is lots of rugby left in

us, so we will celebrate this over the next couple of days but then back to business after that. meanwhile, st helens have made it four straight women's challenge cup final victories as they comfortably beat leeds rhinos for the third year running. they finished 22—0 winners. well, from rugby league to rugby union, from north london to west london, because there's been another huge final at twickenham. northampton have edged past bath to win the premiership title, their first since 2014. they held off a fierce fightback to edge to a narrow 25—21 victory. saints scrum—half alex mitchell scored the winning try with seven minutes left on the clock after bath had come from behind to lead despite seeing prop beno obano sent off 21 minutes in. next to what is a wet weekend in montreal where there's been a lot of rain ahead of the canadian grand prix. first practice was hampered by rain, but thankfully the second session was uninterrupted. aston martin's fernando alonso topped the time sheets, almost half a second clear of britain's george russell

and his mercedes. world champion max verstappen was only 18th after problems with his red bull. qualifying is to come starting injust under an hour. you'll be able to stay across that on the bbc sport website. to the cricket t20 world cup, and england have been set a total of 202 to beat australia, who got off to a blistering start in their innings. david warner and travis head putting 70 on the board in the first five overs for the first wicket before the defending champions slowed them down. in the other games earlier, south africa survived a scare. they were 12—4 after five overs as they chased the netherlands�* below par total of 103. david miller hit an unbeaten 59 as the proteas won with seven balls to spare. there was a shock as afghanistan crushed new zealand by 84 runs in guyana to make it two

wins from two. rahmanullah gurbaz top—scored with a blistering 80 from 56 deliveries to help afghanistan reach 159—6. in reply, new zealand were skittled out forjust 75 in the 16th over. and bangladesh opened their tournament with a two—wicket win over sri lanka, who slip to the bottom of group d after a second successive defeat. and primoz roglic looks like he's coming into form just in time for the tour de france. the slovenian, who's recovering from a serious crash at the tour of the basque country two months ago, has just won the hardest stage of the criterium du dauphine. it's his second stage win in two days, and he leads byjust over a minute going into the final stage on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. in the uk, parties are back on the campaign trail following last night's seven—way debate where politicians locked horns over the economy, armed forces, nhs, immigration and climate policy.

today, the conservatives are pushing a permanent cut to stamp duty and labour is outlining its position on business rates. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. stepping into a new day, trying to leave the old one behind. grab some cans. rishi sunak�*s decision last week to depart early from d—day commemorations in france led to his apology and some unusually blunt words from within his own ranks. what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised. "completely wrong" was not a phrase another cabinet minister chose to repeat today. the prime minister has made a mistake, he's apologised for it, and he's apologised to those that would have been particularly hurt by it. i would say, actually, looking at his record since he became prime minister, he actually cares about veterans hugely. you've seen the whole transformation? as the conservatives seek

to move on, there has been a manifesto spill — a pledge to permanently get rid of stamp duty tax for some first—time buyers and announced measures for motorists. you take risks, right? labour say they will overhaul business rates and crackdown on late invoice payments. on tax, one of keir starmer�*s top team has acknowledged keeping current thresholds means many will pay more, but are there any tax cuts planned? everything in our manifesto — there won't be any surprises on tax. all of our plans are fully costed, fully funded, and none of them involving tax rises over and above those that we have already set out. are the parties dancing around hard truths when it comes public finances? the snp thinks so. the biggest issue in the election is that the labour and conservative parties have signed up to another period of spending cuts. while the liberal democrats' quest

to court attention continues, as they say they would create new national parks and spend £45 billion planting 60 million trees. you're right, it is a significant investment, but i believe - this is hugely important for our environment. i but soon the chatter around individual policy announcements will change. manifestos are being readied for publication — the full set of pledges and costs. that's a par. jessica parker, bbc news. new cctv of a man believed to be the missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley on the greek island of symi has been seen by the bbc. dr mosley vanished four days ago while on holiday on the island, which is between kos and rhodes. his four children have arrived on the island to help look for him — and the family have described the last few days as "unbearable". our correspondent, joe inwood, reports from symi. just a few hours working

on the hills of symi is enough to leave you exhausted. two hours. two hours? so imagine what it would be like entering your fourth day in this unforgiving landscape. the major search operation to find the missing broadcaster michael mosley has today focused on the hills to the north of the village of pedi. so that search and rescue helicopter has been circling for maybe half an hour or so. there's been a huge amount of emergency services activity focused on those hills, and that's because we know from cctv taken at this spot that, on wednesday at about 1:30pm, 2pm, michael mosley passed this road and headed into those hills. the search is focusing on the hills because, finally, a picture has emerged of michael mosley�*s movements. he left the beach where he'd been with his wife, clare, at about 1:30 on wednesday. he was then picked up on a camera at a coffee shop here. a second one at a restaurant here, and then, finally, the one at the marina,

before he is thought to have headed into the hills. the disappearance of michael mosley has been a major story in greece. here on symi, locals have even joined the search, as have british holiday—makers. this morning, she came in my room and said, "let's go and look for michael." it would have been terrible. we know the paths, so we... we're just staying there. we're within 2km of where he's got to be, so it was, let's try and help. at the heart of this is not just michael mosley, but his family as well. today, his wife clare released a statement... nor, it seems, will the greek authorities. they say they will continue their search

until michael mosley is found. joe inwood, bbc news, on the greek island of symi. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it's been a pretty decent start to the weekend. there was a good deal of sunshine around across most of the country. a bit of cloud here and there, a few showers mostly in the north. part two of the weekend doesn't look quite as good. it will start certainly quite chilly. but we've got a couple of weather fronts pushing down from the north—west that will increase cloud through the day with some splashes of rain. and we've got this weather front approaching the north—west of the country to move through this evening. showers merging together to produce longer spells of rain for the north and west of scotland. so unsettled, breezy, showery in the north, turning cloudier for northern ireland, but clearer skies for large parts of england and wales

with lighter winds here. so it will turn chilly for most, single digits, i think, for the majority of the country. but with more cloud across northern ireland, we will fall to around ten degrees in belfast. so sunday, then, we've got low pressure still towards the norwegian sea there, bringing northern—westerly winds into the country. we start to have quite a bit of sunshine. scotland, england and wales, cloudy skies for northern ireland, south—west scotland in towards northwest england, north wales. and that cloud with splashes of rain will spill south—eastwards through the day. so it will turn cloudy across much of england and wales, probably the best of the sunshine across the far south—west, and the northern half of scotland doing pretty well with sunny spells. but there will be blustery showers here and a cooler day to come, i think, because of more cloud around, temperatures of about 12 to 17 degrees. as we move through sunday night, that area of rain splashes across the irish sea into much of england and wales, becomes confined to southern and eastern areas by the end of the night. so where we have the cloud and the rain, then, a less cold night here, 10 to 12 degrees under clearer skies. further north, it will turn chilly.

we start to pick up a northerly wind as we move into monday. that rain slowly clears away from the south and east. it may take a while to clear the east of england. eventually it will do that. it's a bright day for most, sunshine and showers. most of these across the northern half of scotland, where they will be quite blustery and a chilly northerly wind at that. temperatures, 10 to m degrees in the north, 15 to 17 further south, giving some sunny spells. and we hold on to this chilly northerly wind through tuesday, even into wednesday as well. and before low pressure starts to move in from the south—west, that'll cut off the chilly northerly and temperatures will slowly recover towards the end of the week. but it's going to be a fairly unsettled and a cool week to come with a little bit of sunshine here and there.

this is bbc news, the headlines. emotional reunions for the four israeli hostages rescued from nuseirat in central gaza, as they finally get to hug family and friends. all four were abducted by hamas from a music festival on october 7th. from a music festival doctors say they are doing well. from a music festival the from a music festival israeli military has released footage the israeli military has released footage of the unusual daytime operation. one special forces officer died in hospital of his injuries.

hamas reports that 200 palestinians were killed and claimed that some hostages also died during the operation. bbc news has obtained new video footage believed to be one of the last two sightings of missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley. the 67—year—old was last seen on the greek island of symi on wednesday. now on bbc news, newscast: electioncast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the newscast studio. and it's laura, also in the studio. and it's henry, also in the newscast studio. i'm trying to work out, which one of you is orwell, which one of you is kafka? that's a big question. or which one of you is jilly cooper or...? anyway, so just before we dive into this

episode of newscast, just a little moment to explain what we actually do.