welcome to newsday. i'm katie silver. the long—awaited ceasefire in gaza has come into effect, after a three—hour delay, fighting finally stopped on sunday. in the past couple of hours, 90 palestinian prisoners were freed, in exchange for hamas releasing three israeli hostages. among them 28—year—old emily damari, a british—israeli, who was reunited with her mother. 24—year—old romi gonen and 31—year—old doron steinbrecher were also met by their mothers. all three women are being treated in a tel aviv hospital, and are in stable condition. this truce is after 15 months of war sparked by the hamas attack on israel on october seventh 2023. our international editorjeremy bowen has the latest on this long—awaited ceasefire in gaza. in gaza, a show of force by hamas, as they handed

the hostages over to the international red cross. in the white vehicles, doron steinbrecher, romi gonen and emily damari were starting their journey back to freedom. the men and guns were there to send a signal to israel and other palestinian factions that, whether they like it or not, hamas is still in charge in gaza. that sight will infuriate israelis. back safely in israel, british—israeli emily damari first. family reunions in the hospital in tel aviv. all three women were healthy enough to see the people they'd missed the most. this day has been a long time coming. at first light, thousands of palestinians in gaza began trying to walk home. this fragile ceasefire started almost three hours late. with zero trust on either side, israel continued its attacks here in khan yunis, as it waited for the names of the women being released.

gaza civil defence, run by hamas, said 19 more palestinians were killed by israel during the delay. hamas joined the celebrations, trying to claim some kind of victory. the israelis have destroyed the offensive power hamas used to attack them 15 months ago, but the americans say hamas has nearly as many new recruits as israel has killed. after so much bloodshed, celebratory gunfire did not make janah flinch. translation: may god have mercy on the oppressed and those - who have passed and pity on us who survived, and, god willing, everyone will return home. this celebration in khan yunis was filmed by a trusted palestinian cameraman, working for the bbc. israel does not let internationaljournalists enter gaza to report freely.

just over the border in israel is the site of the nova music festival, where hamas killed more than 380 people on the 7th of october, and took a0 hostage. this weekend, with the ceasefire coming, many israelis made their own pilgrimages, moving quietly around the photos and memorials to those who were killed. a short distance away is another memorial. the festivalgoers' cars, hundreds of them destroyed in the attack. israelis here said they'd wanted a deal in which all the hostages were swapped for palestinian prisoners at the same time. that's because they believed the war is going to resume. they said it was unavoidable while hamas still has armed men in gaza. they want to kill us. they want to finish us. so what is the good, questions? look, look, this is,

this is the answer. this is what they want. can we live like this? no. a ceasefire, by definition, is a compromise between enemies, but since the october attacks, prime minister netanyahu has talked repeatedly about getting all the hostages back through total victory, the complete annihilation of hamas as a political and military force. but right now, that is not what the israeli people are being offered. they're worried, says israel's leading pollster, that this deal, in phases, over months, could break down before all the hostages are out. israelis know that things that happen in phases, that are conditional upon one another, are basically another way of the israeli government and the other side, hamas also, saying, "we don't trust you. "we're looking for, we're looking to trip you up. "we're looking to accuse you of breaking the deal "so that we can break the deal".

it's a mutual cycle that we've seen in every other phase deal in israeli history, and particularly with israeli—palestinian relations. tonight in the west bank, palestinians are waiting for the release of their prisoners. 90 in exchange for the three israelis. the next swap of prisoners and hostages is due on saturday. for palestinian and israeli families, this is a night for hope and relief, and some trepidation about what might lie ahead. jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv. jacob magid, us bureau chief at the times of israel, explained the feeling on the ground from both palestinians and israelis. well, this is largely a group of women, and then about a dozen or so men, and then the remainder are also miners. these were i guess you could say an easier group for israel to release. there will also be

asking to release around a thousand palestinians who were arrested from the gaza strip since october seven. these are not people who participated in the war, but, all be october seven attack, but israel says they are terror suspects they have been arrested. i think there has also been a strategy since the beginning of the war knowing there was going to have to be a hostage deal at some point that there was a bit of rounding up of palestinians, of military age men that could have been suspects, that makes it easier for israel to carry out this hostage deal, paying less of a price before we get to later stages or even later part of this first aid when there will be much more serious prisoners that will be released. , . ., , released. interesting. what is the feeling — released. interesting. what is the feeling in _ released. interesting. what is the feeling in israel _ released. interesting. what is the feeling in israel at - released. interesting. what is the feeling in israel at the - the feeling in israel at the moment do you think? no doubt many families of hostages breathing a sigh of relief. correct. i think the overwhelming filing, even though there was a small part of israeli society, i think there was a poll on friday that showed about 65 to 70% of israelis support this deal and support the first phase of the

deal, in particular, but even those who didn't support it, you have two of the far right ministers in netanyahu's government come out and say after these three hostages were released, welcoming them home, seeing how heart—warming it is to see them return to their families. even if they didn't vote for the deal that allowed it to come about. overwhelmingly i think today there is definitely a massive support for the deal. yesterday and tomorrow they will be more disagreement and frustration over the thames but right now seeing those photos of those three families being able to reunite for the first time is something that i think nobody in israel could have a dry eye towards. a plan to rebuild gaza is not yet in place, and will form part of the next phases of the ceasefire negotiations. fergal keane reports now on the future for the people of gaza. from every face... ..the war stares back. "is it really over?", many wonder.

all they've lost... ..all they've endured. cheering. but relief after the ceasefire. civil defence workers no longer fearing israeli attack — over 90 of their colleagues were killed. hatem al atar, 2a years old, spent months searching for the wounded and the dead... ..checking for israeli snipers before going on, not knowing if he'll survive the day. hatem often led the way, into moments that could change everything. explosion. hatem! his friends rushed to help. hatem survived, to live in hope.

translation: with the ceasefire deal, i will pursue my _ university study, once universities are back to business. i'm single, but i will think about getting married. gunfire. establishing security is a first priority. a major aid operation is planned. the need is desperate. car horn beeps. this was a jordanian convoy, being unloaded soon after the ceasefire. two million people are displaced. the bbc followed profjumah abu shiha as he returned home for the first time. translation: i built this house, block by block. i i painted it and worked on it. i came back, and it's

not a house any more. i can't find a house. i can only see destruction. gaza is full of traumatised child survivors, like ammar al—hindi. last october, the bbc filmed him after an israeli strike hit his home. "you're strong, darling", the nurse tells him. "where's sharif?", he asked about his brother. "he's ok", the nurse responds. but sharif and the rest of ammar�*s family were already dead. now he's living with his grandparents, and talks about following the dream of another dead brother. he speaks arabic.

he cries. so much has been taken that will never come back. the living wonder if they will ever see the end of war. fergal keane, bbc news, on the israel—gaza border. for more updates on the ceasefire and developments in the middle east, do click on our live page at bbc.com. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. after a short—lived shutdown, tiktok is resuming its service in the us. in a message to app users, the company said this was a result of "president trump's efforts". and in an earlier statement, tiktok thanked trump

for "providing the necessary clarity and assurance... .that they will face no penalties providing the app "to over 170 million american users". that came after president—elect donald trump said on truth social that he will issue an executive order when he takes office on monday, allowing tiktok a temporary reprieve from a us law banning it on national security grounds. for the latest, we're joined by lilyjamali, our north america tech correspondent, live from san francisco. thank you forjoining me. why do things stand now? is tiktok completely back up online and restored? , . , restored? pretty much. it is back on my _ restored? pretty much. it is back on my phone, - restored? pretty much. it is back on my phone, and - restored? pretty much. it is back on my phone, and i- restored? pretty much. it is i back on my phone, and i think that's the case for the rest of the 170 million americans that are on the platform, and it looks like the old tiktok. i mention that because so much of what i've been seeing anyway over the last week or so has had to deal with the impending ban, which took effect on

sunday, but ultimately during this weekend of whiplash for users, we saw tiktok go dark on saturday night but by midday sunday it was back, and at every turn tiktok has credited president elect donald trump, framing him as their primary contact person and saying when it came back they wrote as a result of president trump �*s efforts, tiktok is back in the us. so they were very clear about how they want to frame this, giving him the credit and he is more than happy to take the credit. he has been posting about this and talking about this quite a bit in recent days. is this quite a bit in recent da s. , ~ , this quite a bit in recent da s. , ~' , ., , this quite a bit in recent das. days. is he likely to be able to deliver — days. is he likely to be able to deliver this _ days. is he likely to be able to deliver this executive - to deliver this executive order? will it have effect? that remains to be seen. we can take the various parts one by one. he talked about this idea

brokering a joint venture between china's bytedance that owns tiktok and a us buyer. it is not clear if bytedance will go for that. they have had nine months to sell the app and they haven't done it, but it's possible there are some behind—the—scenes machinations at work. we know that trump has talked to chinese president xi jinping. we know the ceo of tiktok is one of his special guests at his inauguration taking place on monday so we shall see. another thing he has talked about is the idea of extending the period of time before the last prohibitions take effect. that is a little bit murky because under the law, that can only happen if there is a sale in the works, a certified sale, which doesn't appear to be the case as of right now. appear to be the case as of right "ow-— appear to be the case as of right now. lily jamali, thank ou for right now. lily jamali, thank you fervour— right now. lily jamali, thank you for your reporting - right now. lily jamali, thank| you for your reporting there. earlier, i spoke tojoanne molinaro, aka "the korean "vegan". she has 2.9 million tiktok

followers and has been following this story closely. ididn't i didn't even realise myself how important the community was until last night, when i had it wrenched from my fingers, literally. you know what they say, you don't know what you have until you lose it, and yesterday i was scrambling to respond to over 1000 comments on that post, telling me how much my content had meant to these people, many of them very young people, and i was moved to tears when i scrolled up, scrolled up, refreshed my screen and i could no longer see those comments. i felt like somebody had died right before me. �* somebody had died right before me. ~ ., somebody had died right before me. �* ., , somebody had died right before me. ., , ., ~ somebody had died right before me. ., , ., me. and of course we talk about the emotional— me. and of course we talk about the emotional impact, _ me. and of course we talk about the emotional impact, as - me. and of course we talk about the emotional impact, as well. l the emotional impact, as well. if this ban came into place and we do now it's all going to play out, what does it mean for creators such as yourself? i think you just said it exactly right, we don't know how it is all going to play out, and when

you don't have that kind of certainty, it is very hard to build any kind of reliable business model that is notjust for small businesses or content creators or influences like myself on tiktok, but it's also true for brands and the partners that would work with influences, that is how a lot of them would make money. they are not going to be entirely comfortable with so much uncertainty swirling around the 3pp uncertainty swirling around the app thus far. so it is really unclear whether or not this is going to be excellent news for our bottom line is over the next 90 days while the ban still hangs over us.- still hangs over us. now, before you _ still hangs over us. now, before you started - still hangs over us. now, | before you started making tiktok videos during the pandemic you were a lawyer. if trump max this executive order in order to keep operating, what you think it means in terms of the reach and limits of the president �*s authority? i think is an excellent question. a lot of that remains to be seen and that is sort of what trump does, he says we don't know, we don't know,

until he does something that proves us all wrong. a couple of days ago i would have said an executive order, that is nothing in the face of a law that was enacted by a bipartisan conquest and then upheld by a unanimous supreme court. it is the law of the land but trump is single—handedly approving, you know what am i going to sign an executive order and i'm going to get these companies to be not afraid of violating the law of the land. so it is really hard to tell legally what is going to shake out but i think practically speaking we can be pretty comfortable that over the next 90 days tiktok will still be kicking and it is just a matter of what will ultimately be saved at the end of that period. in less than 2a hours, donald trump will be sworn in as the us president for the second time. ahead of that, he's been holding a victory rally in washington, where he told supporters that he plans to sign a host of executive orders on the first day of his presidency.

let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. once and for all, we're going to end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment in washington, a failed administration. we're not going to take it any more. we are going to stop the invasion of our borders, we're going to reclaim wealth, we are going to unlock the liquid gold that's right under ourfeet, liquid gold. we are going to bring back law and order to our cities. we are going to restore patriotism to our schools, get radical—left, woke ideologies the hell out of our military and our government. and we are going to make america great again.

chief presenter sumi somaskanda was at the victory rally and sent this report. donald trump holding his make america great again victory rally right here in capital one arena, amid thousands of the supporters who packed in here to see the president elect, many of them waiting hours in the icy rain and cold temperatures outside to get a view of the president elect. a view of the president—elect. the rally itself reflected many of the rallies we saw from donald trump himself on the campaign trail. many of the same speakers and performers, like kid rock, like his sons doanr and eric trump, and of course elon musk, who has become a close ally of donald trump, jumped right onto stage with his son, x, as donald trump was speaking. this was very much an opportunity for donald trump to take in the crowds of hid supporters before he assumes the duties of the presidency once again on monday. it was also an opportunity for him to talk about

his policy agenda. he pointed to his america first policy and said he would enact those agenda items on day one. it is something his allies and aides have called shock and awe, and indeed donald trump talked about closing the southern border, about carrying out the largest, as he said, deportation operation in american history. he also talked about lifting federal regulation on environmental policy and energy policy to bring prices down, something we know it's a big issue in the election campaign, and he also talked about culture war issues, things about what he called "woke "policies" out of the military and out of schools. in the end, donald trump sounded victorious, he said a confident and ready to hit the ground running on day one, something his team says he will do. when donald trump takes office again, he'll re—enter the white house having made big gains with young voters — especially men. for more on how has he won them over, and what they want from him over the next four years, we can speak

tojordan kenny, the bbc�*s newsbeat reporter in las vegas, nevada, one of the swing states that helped him win november's election. tell me first of all where are you and what are you doing there? , ., ., ., ., there? yes, good evening from a rather chilly _ there? yes, good evening from a rather chilly las _ there? yes, good evening from a rather chilly las vegas, - rather chilly las vegas, nevada. right now, i'm speaking to you from the roof of a hotel, and just below us is the nevada republican supporters clubs inaugural ball, so quite a few people down there are all celebrating tonight ahead of donald trump becoming the us president injust a donald trump becoming the us president in just a matter donald trump becoming the us pres