than 70 drones were launched at the capital overnight. the former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd has been reportedly stabbed in prison. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. israel says 1a more people held hostage in gaza are due to be released today, while 42 palestinians detained in israel will be freed. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. this is live, looking across at the israel—gaza border, from israel. on friday, 2a people were released by hamas — whilst israel freed 39 palestinians. more exchanges are expected in the coming days — with hamas agreeing to release a total of 50 hostages, and israel 150 detainees.

that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended — if the two sides can agree a further exchange of prisoners and hostages. however, israel has not withdrawn its military from gaza — and has made clear that it intends to continue its operation against hamas. meanwhile, more aid is being allowed into gaza. on friday, around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered the strip through the rafah crossing. returning to the 2a hostages released from gaza on friday, they have spent the night in hospitals in israel. the israeli children's hospital has released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones.

this is the moment nine—year—old ohad, his mother and grandmother, greeted their relatives. amazing pictures. let's take a moment to look at what we know about those freed hostages — all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qatar, which has been mediating between israel and hamas, says the group was made up of 13 israelis, io thais, and one filipino. among the israelis, there was one 85—year—old woman, and four children, aged two, four, six and nine. the nine—year—old was ohad munder. his grandmother and mother were also released, but his grandfather remains in gaza. here's how one of ohad's relatives greeted the news. the only one who got to speak

with them by now is ohad's father, karen's partner. he spoke to them, he said that they are fine, they are healthy. we feel very worried for the other families, we feel like we are one big family, with all the other families of the hostages. we are waiting for all of them to come back and we're still going to work hard for everyone to come back. i'm waiting to see ohad and i can't wait to give him his rubik's cube, which i know he really loved and he probably missed it so much. it is the first thing he takes everywhere he goes. we have been listening to a press conference from the families of three hostages who were not released on friday, and this press conference is taking place over video call. let's listen again. i’m is taking place over video call. let's listen again.— is taking place over video call. let's listen again. i'm very happy for them. — let's listen again. i'm very happy for them. of _ let's listen again. i'm very happy for them, of course, _ let's listen again. i'm very happy for them, of course, and - let's listen again. i'm very happy for them, of course, and their. for them, of course, and their family, but sadly, there is a

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and this is sarah al—suwaisa — one of the palestinian women who was released from israeli detention. here's what she had to say to reporters after being freed. translation: the israelis came at ten in the morning and told usj that there was a deal. we were suffering from difficult circumstances and tear gas was fired at us. we were wearing head covers all the time. the situation was humiliating and included psychological torture in addition to cutting off the electricity for the prisoners. we were suffering from the cold without the electricity and no—one helped us. only hamas cared. those who felt our suffering, i thank them very much and we love them very much. live now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, in jerusalem. hello. just talk us through what we are expecting today. late

hello. just talk us through what we are expecting today.— are expecting today. we don't know the exact time _ are expecting today. we don't know the exact time is _ are expecting today. we don't know the exact time is yet, _ are expecting today. we don't know the exact time is yet, but _ are expecting today. we don't know the exact time is yet, but we - are expecting today. we don't know the exact time is yet, but we are i the exact time is yet, but we are expecting a similar process to the one we saw yesterday. we understand that altogether, ia israeli hostages are set to be released, their names have already been handed across quite a long time ago now to israeli security officials, so their families could be notified. we are also expecting a2 palestinians to be released from israeli prisons, once again on both sides, we are looking at women and children, that was the deal that was mediated by qatar. the international committee of the red cross will play a key role once again, bringing those israeli hostages out of the gaza strip, handing them over to israeli officials, coming out of the rafah crossing at egypt. once those hostages are back on israeli soil, once again they will undergo medical checks, that will really pave the way for the release of the

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theirfamily members. some of families receiving medical care for their family members. some of the hostages were older women, one as old as 85, and they have all needed special care, and they have been getting psychological counselling as well. we were told by the israeli military as well to remember that all of them had lost relatives ought still has relatives in captivity, following those attacks by hamas back on the 7th of october, exactly seven weeks ago. on the palestinian side, there were some issues, but it was not unusual when you have prisoner releases where it border police and soldiers used tear gas to try to stop any celebrations taking place, as families had gathered at one of the big checkpoints at ramallah, going back to the occupied west bank. certainly, in occupied eastjerusalem, families were not allowed to have parties, celebrations of any kind, as their loved ones arrived back home. i

think all of that was to be expected, overall, that the choreography worked relatively well. we went to see what happened thought that we will wait to see what happens with the next batch of hostages. many of the people in the first batch came from a kibbutz in the —— near the gaza strip. there were also hostages taken from other locations that saw a lot of violence that day, and it may be that others need to have greater medical care we have seen already.— need to have greater medical care we have seen already. thank you so much for that. let's just take you live now and let you know what we will be monitoring and what we will be keeping an eye on. let's go to the rafah crossing where we are keeping an eye on a couple of things. firstly, it is aid, heading in. yesterday, the first day of four in the pores of fighting it was a very significant day when it comes to aid and tracks getting in, with fuel, medical

supplies and other day—to—day expected —— another day expecting those to get in. —— tracks. those israeli hostages also getting out, getting out of gaza, through the crossing and into israel. when we get any sense of timing, which we do not have right now, of course, will be crossing back there. this is the skyline of gaza right now, a bit of a different picture from what we have seen in the last 50 days. it is quiet, as the truth, the pores, in the fighting, is holding. we would be back in the middle east a little later, but now it is time for a look at the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. serbia and italy are playing for a place in the davis cup final. and will provide a likely blockbuster match in deciding

who goes through to face australia. novak djokovic and jannik sinner will meet again later. but the opening rubber is minomir kecmanovic against lorenzo musetti. they have just decided a third game in malaga. our terrace correspondents is in the sunny skies of southern spain. let's look ahead to djokovic and his match. the recent contact with these two in particular?— recent contact with these two in articular? . �* . particular? yes, i'm dealing with the sun and _ particular? yes, i'm dealing with the sun and the _ particular? yes, i'm dealing with the sun and the wind _ particular? yes, i'm dealing with the sun and the wind that - particular? yes, i'm dealing with | the sun and the wind that players need to worry about because this is an indoor venue, need to worry about because this is an indoorvenue, behind me, and, remarkably, it will be their third meeting, in less than two weeks. there are two meetings at the atb finals. he won in a tie—break, it lasted nearly three hours. it was a spectacular match. it was the first man to beat djokovic carlos in the

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the first singles against finland yesterday and won. he wasn't in the team until a week or so ago, until another player was ruled out because of injury. they have a strong doubles pair as well. they are going to push either italy or serbia, very close, and they are such a proud country in davis cup. they have been trying to win it for the 29th time. there is a a9th final, but they have not won it for 20 years. there is a 49th final, but they have not won it for 20 years.— not won it for 20 years. thank you, russell for— not won it for 20 years. thank you, russell forjoining _ not won it for 20 years. thank you, russell forjoining us. _ not won it for 20 years. thank you, russell forjoining us. our- not won it for 20 years. thank you, russell forjoining us. our terrace i russell forjoining us. our terrace —— tennis correspondent reporting from malaga. erling haaland has reached the milestone of 50 prmeier league goals quicker than anyone else. he has obliterated the previous record. the manchester city striker has chosen a big game in which to reach the mark, the latest instalment of his team's rivalry against liverpool. the two started the game at the etihad in first and second in the premier league. but the deadlock was

broken by haaland's goal. a 50th in just a8 league games, 17 faster than the previous best. it's half time. it is highly�*s goal that separates the two. it is one nil to city. let's take a look at the rest of the premier league fixtures. six others a london derby with arsenal travelling to brentford. muaricio pochettino will not be in the dugout for chelsea's match against newcastle as he's serving a touchline ban. facing a team strong, it is going to be tough and it is a team that is difficult to compete against in the champions league. that is our aim, and that is why things are going to be tough and we need to be ready to compete and fight. you be tough and we need to be ready to compete and fight.— compete and fight. you can follow the da 's compete and fight. you can follow the day's football _ compete and fight. you can follow the day's football and _ compete and fight. you can follow the day's football and tennis, - compete and fight. you can follow the day's football and tennis, as l compete and fight. you can follow. the day's football and tennis, as we mentioned, on the sports website. that is it for now.

coming back to london, there is a march under way right now in support of palestinians in gaza. let's get more now from our correspondent simonjones who's in central london. once again, tens of thousands of people asked on the street, they're setting off from here, park lane, planning to march down to westminster and they are calling for a permanent ceasefire. if you take a look, you can see some of the crowds, and they have palestinian flags, they have also got placards, many of them are calling for freedom for palestine and calling for that immediate permanent ceasefire. of course, this takes place in the backdrop of the four—day truce, the temporary truce, if it does indeed hold. that is some level of optimism, but equally, speaking to one of the organisers, he told me

that his fear is simply a this four—day truce, the bombing will begin once again, and, ultimately, it is only going to be a stay of execution in his words, the palestinian people in gaza. what is different this time, although there is a big police presence. we are told 1500 officers on the streets of central london throughout the course of this weekend, police are handing out leaflets. i got a copy of one of them, it says, keep on the right side of the law. effectively, this is saying to the protesters, on behalf of the police, what they can and can't do. it is making it very clear that police say they will not tolerate any form of hate speech, they won't tolerate any form of support for hamas which is a proscribed organisation here in the uk. we know already that one person has been arrested. he was carrying a placard with some nazi symbols on it, so the police say they will take

action if necessary. the organisers say, however, they are expecting many people to take to the streets. the last protest was here a couple of weeks ago, of this size, and that coincided with armistice day, so that proved to be controversial. there is a lot of debate about policing, and the met police, that has certainly led to an increase in community tensions. i think this time we are seeing the political rhetoric has been dialled down, but the uk home secretary, james cleverly, who has just started the uk home secretary, james cleverly, who hasjust started in this role, said he has made it clear to the metropolitan police that he wants to make sure the police also ensure that the jewish community here ensure that thejewish community here in london ensure that the jewish community here in london feels protected. he says it is clear that many in the jewish community are feeling intimidated, are feeling extremely worried by the situation here, but, certainly, a lot of protesters. they are currently being held here, as part of the march was not the first

group set off towards whitehall, but people who are determined once again to make their voices heard, but the police are insisting that if they see any placards that they feel are against the law, the c flags, or —— as they see flags that are inappropriate, they will move quickly to take action. this inappropriate, they will move quickly to take action.- inappropriate, they will move quickly to take action. as we are s-ueakin quickly to take action. as we are speaking to _ quickly to take action. as we are speaking to you. _ quickly to take action. as we are speaking to you, we _ quickly to take action. as we are speaking to you, we are - quickly to take action. as we are speaking to you, we are seeing. quickly to take action. as we are i speaking to you, we are seeing the aerialfootage, the protesters from above, and i think we can hear in the background on your microphones as well, is the helicopters, presumably above you. just talk us through the geography, if you can? explain where you are, where it is starting and the route, where it is heading to. lift starting and the route, where it is heading to— heading to. i'm in a park lane, in the centre _ heading to. i'm in a park lane, in the centre of— heading to. i'm in a park lane, in the centre of london, _ heading to. i'm in a park lane, in the centre of london, and - heading to. i'm in a park lane, in the centre of london, and what i heading to. i'm in a park lane, inj the centre of london, and what is going to happen is the roads around here will be temporarily shut and the protest will pass by trafalgar square, and then it will go on to whitehall, past downing street and into the heart of westminster. the

heart of politics here in the uk. we are expecting events to last until around five pm this evening, that is when the cut off is from the police. certainly, once again, tens of thousands of people out on the street saying we need a ceasefire and that needs to be immediate. simon, thank you very much for that, reporting from central london. officials in ukraine say russia has launched the largest drone attack since moscow's full—scale invasion began. these pictures show the drones being shot down by ukrainian anti—missile defences. the attack, which was the most sustained in months, brought down some power lines. the mayor says two people have been injured in the attack. no deaths have been reported. live now to kyiv where we can speak to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. james, thank you very much for being with us. talk us through what is

happening. with us. talk us through what is happening-— happening. cities like kyiv away from the front _ happening. cities like kyiv away from the front line _ happening. cities like kyiv away from the front line have - happening. cities like kyiv away| from the front line have enjoyed happening. cities like kyiv away i from the front line have enjoyed a relative reprieve, if you like, when it came to missile strikes and it was that sort of quietness which fuelled a fear that russia was stockpiling missiles. this morning and in the early hours, those fears were realised in quite a dramatic way. there was the constant sound, the rambling, the booms of air defences, you could hear, and, in some parts of the city, you could hear that familiar wine of the engine of the shahid drones, the iranians made models which russia has been using in their attacks recently on ukraine. they are seen as an alternative that is cheaper, with the ballistic supplies dwindling for russia. kyiv�*s air defences was at work full six hours,

repelling wave after wave of drone attacks. we are told that 75 a stop. the majority were shot down, but whenever you see these attacks, the falling debris can also cause damage, that has happened before. thousands of homes were cut off from power, and of course, there are other worries that russia will continue targeting infrastructure now that winter has arrived. it has been quite a dramatic start to the day and people are, sadly, expecting that to continue.— that to continue. james, thank you very much — that to continue. james, thank you very much for— that to continue. james, thank you very much for that. _ that to continue. james, thank you very much for that. let's _ ta ke take you to the live pictures that we have in the middle east, of gaza, and the rafah crossing. we are keeping our eyes on this for a couple of reasons, because, clearly, that trucks there that are waiting, to go in, we are waiting for the release of potentially of more israeli hostages. israel says it has

received the names now of 1a people to be freed today, in exchange israel says it will release a2 palestinian prisoners. stay with us here will be keep across the developments. i'm a lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello. it is a chilly and crisp day out there. the skies are generally clear and that means this evening is going to be cold and once again we have quite a widespread frost on the way. the satellite picture shows, from the motion of the card, you can guess where the air has been coming from, the north. temporarily, we will see something a little bit milder, coming out of the west, head of this weather front. coming out of the west, head of this weatherfront. that coming out of the west, head of this weather front. that will bring a fair of cloud and some rain some of us on a sunday. the temperatures

around 3—6 on saturday, in the afternoon, and tonight, the skies are clear, so the sharp frost will form across scotland, england as well, but starting to turn a little less cold through the night, out towards the west. belfast, three degrees, the western fringes of wales milder as well, and seven celsius in the west. temperatures around freezing elsewhere. all below, even. this area of low pressure moves across the country through the course of sunday, and that means very different weather tomorrow for many of us, so we have the crisp sunshine through today, and tomorrow, it is a case of thick cloud out towards the west. rain moving from northern ireland, across the northern wales area, and across the northern wales area, and across the irish sea. 10 degrees in belfast, 13 in plymouth, but in aberdeen and newcastle, it is more like a—5. sunday night, into monday,

that low front moves across the centre of the british isles, leaving a legacy of cloud for monday and some outbreaks of rain, so not a pretty picture for going back to work on monday, with outbreaks of rain. the winds are coming from the north again, so on the back side of this low, that colder air returns as it pulls away, back to fit single figures —— back to single figures across most of the uk. is that cold weather going to stick around? the blue patches here, yes, they do most of the week. other fronts try to come in, bringing some milder air, but i think it will stay on the chilly side. temperatures into single figures for the week ahead, but it is not going to be sunny, far from it, with rain and sleet, and maybe some snow.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the 2a hostages released by hamas yesterday are starting now to be reunited with their families. israel says it has received the names of 1a people to be freed today and — in exchange — says it will release a2 palestinian prisoners. a major attack by russian drones on kyiv overnight — ukraine's military say more than 70 drones were launched at the capital but that the majority were shot down. russia launched its biggest drone attack on kyiv since the invasion

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