. >> jim mcmahon. >> jim mcmahon. >> well, big thanks to sam for that.seems we're more loved up than we first thought, but at least it's nice to see that whales can find love. >> modern modern day jonah. interesting. >> well, the time is 12:09 and the chancellor is under increased pressure to come clean about her previous 1531 00:09:45,168 --> 00:09:

. >> jim mcmahon john, thank you. very good afternoon. it's just gone. 12:00. these are your latest headlines. now, the three hostages released by hamas this morning have now entered into israel. according to the israeli army, those returned are the last living hostages from a group of 33 due to be freed in the first stage of the ceasefire deal that took effect on the 19th of january. israeli hostages charles shoham and mangisto were handed over to the red cross earlier this morning. the fourth hostage that was due to be released, hisham al—saeed, will now be freed without a pubuc will now be freed without a public ceremony later on today. this comes as israel's army have reported that the body of hamas hostage shiri bebe has been identified. they say it's likely she was killed while in captivity with her two young sons. the foreign secretary has called hamas's failure to return the right body of the israeli hostage sick and abhorrent. now, sir keir starmer is expected to confirm a timeline to raise defence spending as he prepares to travel to washington to mee