>> good afternoon. it's 1:00 on sunday the >> good afternoon. it's1:00 on sunday the 19th of january. this is the weekend on gb news and thank you so much for your company. this very important sunday afternoon. okay, within the next hour, the first israeli hostages are set to be freed by hamas as a highly anticipated ceasefire begins will be live on the ground as the first three hostages, including british, israeli emily de—man, are returned back to their families elsewhere. it's the eve of donald trump's inauguration, and sadiq khan has warned of resurgent fascism as the

president elect gears up for a second term, could the london mayor be in danger of jeopardising labour's relationship with the united states .7 and tiktok are time is states? and tiktok are time is up.the states? and tiktok are time is up. the video sharing app goes offline in usa, just hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. i'm asking if the uk could soon follow suit. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend. so thank you very much for your company on this sunday afternoon. obviously a very important day. lots of live breaking news to bring you, including the situation in israel with the release of three female hostages. we are going to be live on the ground bringing you all that breaking news as

and when it happens. so you don't want to miss anything, including hopefully, the release of the british hostage emily out there. and this show is indeed nothing without you and your views. so let me know all your thoughts on all the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join in our conversation. great panel for you today. keeping me company on today's show is former labour adviser, scarlett mccgwire and broadcaster claire muldoon. thank you very much. bit of girl power going on here. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news headlines with another wonderful lady that's sophie reapen >> thank you dawn, the time is just after 1:00 and these are your latest headlines. we'll start this hour with a developing story . start this hour with a developing story. this afternoon, as a ceasefire has now commenced between israel and hamas, the original time for the ceasefire was scheduled for 6:30 british time this morning. but as that time passed, israeli tanks continued to shell areas

in gaza as they said hamas had failed to fulfil their obligations. however, after hamas handed over the names of three hostages set to be released today, the ceasefire was enacted as of 9:15 uk time. of the three hostages set to be released in the next hour, one of them is 28 year old british israeli emily demari. the other two named hostages are reportedly romi gonin and doron steinbrecher, with the israeli pm's office saying four other living hostages will be released in seven days time. earlier on gb news, defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox, reacted to the news of emily de mari's release. >> what i would say is that is very cunning for hamas because thatis very cunning for hamas because that is to reach out to britain, the uk and remember the international criminal court and so on. and you know that that's an appeal to lawfare. starmer. it's a very interesting subset

to the whole story. >> meanwhile, in response to the ceasefire being enacted earlier today, hamas fighters gathered in gaza in order to celebrate videos released from the region show members of the hamas armed wing chanting and celebrating as the delayed truce came into effect earlier this morning. meanwhile, one israeli citizen has expressed concerns about how long the ceasefire will last until. >> the ceasefire is something that i hope that will work out, but as i know, hamas, you cannot even trust them in 1%. >> tomorrow will mark the inauguration of president elect donald trump as he makes his return to the white house. the soon to be 47th president arrived in the washington area on saturday evening, where he then took in a fireworks display with his wife, melania. it's expected he will also host a rally with his supporters later today in downtown washington, although a counter rally also took place yesterday, with

thousands attending to protest the incoming president. earlier, shadow foreign secretary priti patel told gb news it's people. it's important that people in the us and the uk accept trump as america's new president. >> the american people have put their hopes and trust and confidence in him to deliver for the people of america, for this great country, but also importantly for us. and i say this as a conservative, you know, i've been invited here by our sister party, the republican party. we have strong and endunng party. we have strong and enduring ties and links with our sister party. we've always stood shoulder to shoulder as two countries, and that's where we should be. again, the onus now is on keir starmers government to step up and rebuild links and relationship with the trump administration. >> now, ahead of donald trump re—entering the white house, sir keir starmer has recently appointed lord peter mandelson as the british ambassador to the us, despite reports suggesting that trump may still reject the

appointment. chief secretary to the treasury darren jones says this is a positive step for improved relationships between the us and the uk. >> peter mandelson is a senior and experienced politician that has worked on the world stage as well as, as we all know, extensively at home here in uk government and he will be a brilliant ambassador for us in the united states. and this is the united states. and this is the first time in 50 years that a british prime minister has picked a politician to be our ambassador in the united states. we want to do things differently. our diplomats have done a brilliant job, including karen pierce. but peter mandelson is a senior and respected politician with a lot of experience on trade and trading relationships between countries around the world. and i think that sets the type of relationship that we want to have going forward with the new administration. >> and finally, in royal news, a new photograph has been released in order to mark the 60th birthday of the duchess of edinburgh. sophie reaches the milestone birthday tomorrow and will celebrate the occasion privately at home with her

husband, the duke of edinburgh. all of us here @gbnews wish the duchess many happy returns, but for now, those are your latest gb news headlines. it's back to the ever fabulous dawn neesom. >> gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, sophie. okay. and thank you very much for your company on this very important sunday afternoon. and we will be covering the live breaking situation with the hostages for you and hopefully bringing you the first release later on in the show. so please stay with us. you don't want to go anywhere. you don't want to miss this. okay, let's get straight into today's story, shall we? after initial delays, israel and hamas are set to imminently begin releasing hostages as the long awaited

ceasefire between the two sides does take effect. the list of all 33 israeli hostages to be released by hamas as part of the deal has been made public, with three young women, including a british national, emily demari. the first ones to be freed. however, the ceasefire deal has not proven popular with all israelis. security minister itamar ben oliver has resigned from the government in protest, slamming the ceasefire as a complete victory for terrorism. so okay, let's now get the thoughts of ilan dalal, whose son , gal gilboa dalal, is still son, gal gilboa dalal, is still being held hostage. ilan, thank you very much for joining us. you very much forjoining us. i really appreciate your time. thank you for having me. the bafic thank you for having me. the basic question is, how are you feeling today? >> well, we are in a mixed feeling . from one hand. we are feeling. from one hand. we are very happy, for every hostages

thatis very happy, for every hostages that is getting out of hell, literally. and now, right now, we are in a situation that we weren't in for very long time, where there is now a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange. and unfortunately, my son is not supposed to be released in this phase because he is a young man and by the by the hamas is considered as a soldier. and although he is not a soldier, he is civilian, but he is young, and all the young men are are waiting for the next phase to come, and they need to start talking about the next phase. only on the 16 days of this phase. and we are waiting for it to happen. we have no guarantee that it will happen, and we hope

that it will happen, and we hope that hamas and israel will come to an agreement that will release all hostages and, and they go on a ceasefire, permanent ceasefire. >> your son guy is just 23 years old. he was taken from the music festival, 1509 00:10:18,584 -