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Israel-Gaza: Hostages and detainees released

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13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino hostage have been released by Hamas and are back in Israel. 39 Palestinian have been freed by Israeli authorities.

The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet joins Adam in the studio to explain how these landmark releases played out.

And the special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organisation, Dr David Nabarro swings by to analyse another eventful week in the Covid-19 inquiry.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Beth Ashmead and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Matt Dean. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Published on Friday, 24th November 2023.

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