welcome to bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak. breaking i'm lukwesa burak. news is our, a short time ago breakingews is our, a short time ago hamas has released a statement on telegram saying that they were seeking to ask seeing a truce with israel after the end of the four days with of of four. today the israeli military confirmed another hostages, including nine children and three foreign nationals were released by hamas. in the last few minutes 39 palestinians were released from israeli prisons. these are the latest pictures that we've received here at bbc news. you can see some of those former prisoners, the palestinians on board that bus. making their way back into gaza and onwards. we're going to have more on this story across the program. first were going to take a closer look at some of the hostages that were released by hamas today. amongst the group were sisters, they were attacked at their home. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today a us citizen was released. abigail idan was just three at the ti

i'm lukwesa burak.e start in gaza, where israel's defence minister says it's troops are in the heart of gaza city. this is live, looking across at gaza. it's early morning, after another night of intense fighting. the world health organization has described the level of death and suffering in the conflict as "hard "to fathom". overnight, a member of israel's war cabinet has said the country has no plans to govern gaza after the war ends. israel's minister of strategic affairs, ron dermer, was seeking to clarify comments made by israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on tuesday, that the country would have "overall security "responsibility" for the territory. mr dermer told the bbc "overall security responsibility" did not mean reoccupy or govern the area — but that israel would ensure it remained demilitarised once the war ends. we've also heard from us officials on the matter — the national security council spokesperson, john kirby, had this to say. the president maintains his position, that a re—

welcome to bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak. breaking i'm lukwesa burak. news is our, a short time ago breakingew minutes 39 palestinians were released from israeli prisons. these are the latest pictures that we've received here at bbc news. you can see some

i'm lukwesa burak.dozens of hostages released from gaza in return for palestinian prisoners. president biden has also said he's working to keep the pause in fighting going beyond monday. fourteen israelis and three foreign nationals who were being held hostage in gaza have been released during the day — the third day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today's releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed

i'm lukwesa burak. israeli prime minister has said that hamas leaders left the largest hospital in gaza shortly before it was raided by the army. speaking to cbs news, benjamin netanyahu said there wasn't a gunfight at al—shifa on wednesday because people he called terrorists had already fled. israel insists there's a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn't yet provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu also said there were strong indications that hostages had been moved from the hospital. first of all, we had concrete evidence that there were terrorist chieftains and terrorists, their terrorist minions, in the hospital. and, in fact, they fled. as our forces approached, they fled. that's why we had no firefight. we entered that hospital with arabic—speaking israeli doctors, with incubators. and we had no firefight. but hamas was using the patients in that hospital as a human shield. and on level minus two, we found a command and control centre, military communications, coded equipment. we found bo

welcome to bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak.as—run health authorities say at least 80 authorities say at least 80 people were killed in two israeli strikes on schools in the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one of the schools — the un—run al—fakhoura — was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn't say if it had been caused by israeli action. although, an idf social media post stated the military had "conducted activities" in the jabaliya region, saying they "encountered terrorists" and "struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure". hamas claims the second strike was also on a school, tal al—zaatar — adding that 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. also today, hundreds of people have left gaza city's al—shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued — by loudspeaker — an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this, saying it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a

i'm lukwesa burak.'s troops are in the heart of gaza city. this is live, looking across at gaza. it's early morning, after another night of intense fighting. the world health organization has described the level of death and suffering in the conflict as "hard "to fathom". 0vernight, a member of israel's war cabinet has said the country has no plans to govern gaza after the war ends. israel's minister of strategic affairs, ron dermer, was seeking to clarify comments made by israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on tuesday, that the country would have "overall security "responsibility" for

i'm lukwesa burak.ospital in gaza shortly before it was raided by the army. speaking to cbs news, benjamin netanyahu said there wasn't a gunfight at al—shifa on wednesday because people he called terrorists had already fled. israel insists there's a hamas command centre

welcome to bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak.two israeli strikes on schools, in the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one of the schools, the un—run al—fakhoura, was being used as a shelter.

i'm lukwesa burak in london — with the other main stories.butes to the former england football player and manager, terry venables, who has died at the age of 80. he was that close to being probably considered one of the greatest managers of all time. and i still think personally, he's the best england coach they had. hello i'm anna foster live in tel aviv. it's day three of the truce in gaza — we're following a few big developments today. the israeli army says 14 israeli hostages and three foreigners — including an american child — have been handed over to the red cross in gaza. the israel leave prison service also says 39 palestinian prisoners have been released as part of that deal. you see the coach there from ofer towards the checkpoint where some of those people will be reunited with friends and family. in gaza people have been using the humanitarian pause and fighting to get desperately needed supplies of food and fuel and medicine. we will have more on that throughout the program. among the group are sisters dafna and ela elyakim. they

i'm lukwesa burak. hamas has said it's seeking to extend the four day truce with israel that has seen dozens of hostages released from gaza in return for palestinian prisoners. president biden has also said he's working to keep the pause in fighting going beyond monday. fourteen israelis and three foreign nationals who were being held hostage in gaza have been released during the day — the third day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today's releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let's take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live—streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american—israel

hello, i'm lukwesa burak.israeli strikes on schools, in the jabalia refugee camp, in northern gaza. they say one of the schools, the un—run al—fakhoura,

i'm lukwesa burak.'ll be a very familiar face at that table. the former prime minister, david cameron, has made a dramatic return to the uk government as foreign secretary.

i'm lukwesa burak.eking to extend the truce. another 1a israeli hostages — including nine children, and three foreign nationals — have been released by hamas today — that's according to the israeli military. in the last hour 39 palestinians were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. these are the latest pictures that

welcome to bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak.he hamas—run health authorities say at least 80 people were killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one of the schools hit — the un—run al—fakhoura — was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn't say if it had been caused by israeli action. although, an idf social media post said the military had "conducted activities" in the jabiliya region. they said they "encountered terrorists" and "struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure". hamas says the second strike was also on a school — tal al—zaatar. it said 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. there has been graphic video posted online. bbc verify has geolocated it to al—fakhoura school. the weather conditions in the video match today's forecast and no previous versions of the video have been found online. this is some of that video but much of it is too graphic for us to broadcast. m

i'm lukwesa burak. rishi sunak�*s newly formed cabinet will meet today — and there'll be a very familiar face at that table. the former prime minister, david cameron, has made a dramatic return to the uk government as foreign secretary. rishi sunak sacked his home secretary, suella braverman, and kickstarted a major cabinet reshuffle that saw david cameron accepting a peerage to hold one of britain's great offices of state. david cameron, now lord cameron, is of course well—known on the global stage. and he's now beginning to speak to his new counterparts, including us secretary of state, antony blinken. according to a social media post from his new office, they discussed the israel gaza war, including, "israel's right to self—defence and the need for humanitarian "pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into gaza". they also expressed their support for ukraine and reiterated the "strength and depth of the relationship "between the uk and the us". france's foreign minister, catherine colonna, tweeted "c

iam i am lu kwesa i am lukwesa burak.china's president xi — who have been trying to ease some of the tensions between the world's top two economies. america's largest business organisation, the us chamber of commerce, has been speaking to the bbc for this week's talking business weekly. its head of international policy has been telling the bbc�*s tanya beckett that the us needs to do more to support its exporters. today, about half of everything us manufacturers make is destined for export markets. so the us really needs to take trade policy a lot more serious than it has in recent years. you know, the european union has been negotiating free trade agreements around the world with 80 or 90 countries. the uk is active, canada and of course all across the indo—pacific we see new trade agreements coming into force. the united states, however, hasn't negotiated a new trade agreement in about a decade. and our ability to access foreign markets where we might hope to sell our manufactured goods is compromised by the fact that w

i'm lukwesa burak, here with your top business stories.et's start with the eurozone economy, where many are asking if inflation has finally peaked, and how does the eu stay competitive? those will be two of the main points eurogroup ministers will be discussing today in brussels. in october, the ecb held interest rates at 4%, and prices rose byjust 2.9% in october, and according to a eurostate flash reading, their slowest pace since july 2021. but the eurozone economy shrank by 0.1% in the three months to september. so how does the eurozone push for growth and stay competitive? let's find out. joining me now is azad zangana, who's a senior european economist at schroders. thank you forjoining us here. welcome to bbc news. we have growth falling, or rather stalling, inflation hopefully falling. how does the euro zone position itself, what should it be doing? position itself, what should it be doinu ? position itself, what should it be doing?— position itself, what should it be doinu? ., ., , ., be doing? the eurozone is doing re be doing? t

i'm lukwesa burak. it's day three of a four—day pause in fighting between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. in the past hour, the military wing of hamas — the al qassam brigades released a statement saying they were seeking to extend the truce. another 14 israeli hostages — including nine children, and three foreign nationals — have been released by hamas today — that's according to the israeli military. in the last hour 39 palestinians were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. these are the latest pictures that we received of them arriving in a coach. we'll have more on this across the program. let's take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. amongst the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live—streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american—israeli citizen was released earlier today. abig

i'm lukwesa burak., global markets will be watching the latest us inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. inflation was 3.7% over the 12 months to september — which is the same rate recorded for august. while inflation has cooled significantly from last year, it remains higher than the 2% target. this month, the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22—year high as it seeks to stabilise price rises, which had recently reached near—record levels. joining me now is steven blitz, chief us economist, ts lombard. hello and welcome to the programme. hello and welcome to the programme-— hello and welcome to the - programme._ what are programme. thank you. what are ou programme. thank you. what are you expecting _ programme. thank you. what are you expecting later _ programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? - programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? not i you expecting later today? not that different _ yo

i'm lukwesa burak.n pauses in the fighting in northern gaza, calling it a "step in the right direction". the agreement came after weeks of us pressure. the israeli defence minister said the pauses would not interfere with military objectives. two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory on the salah al—din road, along which hundreds of thousands of people have already fled south, as well as on the coastal al—rashid road. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading, bringing in countries like yemen. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, reports from israel. more palestinians left their homes — moving along salah al—din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans.

hello, and welcome to bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak.eded aid into gaza. president biden has also said he's working to keep the pause in fighting extended beyond monday. 1a israelis and three foreign nationals who were being held hostage in gaza have been released during sunday — the third day of the temporary truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released

hello, and welcome to bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. there are strong signals that the temporary ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas, due to end at midnight monday, could be extended. the agreement so far, has led to hostages seized by hamas being freed, in exchange for palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails, and an influx of much—needed aid into gaza. president biden has also said he's working to keep the pause in fighting extended beyond monday. 14 israelis and three foreign nationals who were being held hostage in gaza have been released during sunday — the third day of the temporary truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today's releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let's take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibb

i'm lukwesa burak in london — with the other main stories.'m anna foster live in tel aviv. it's day three of the truce in gaza — we're following a few big developments today.