Ninety Palestinian prisoners freed
Ninety Palestinians have been released from Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank under the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas. Earlier, Hamas released three Israeli hostages.
Ninety Palestinians have been released from an Israeli prison in the occupied West Bank under the Gaza ceasefire deal. We hear from our correspondent who was there as it happened, in the middle of the night.
Earlier, three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas after 15 months of captivity and have been reunited with their families. Hundreds of aid trucks have crossed into Gaza with much-needed supplies. We speak to the United Nations aid agency in the Gaza Strip.
Later on Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as US president, who has said he will sign close to 100 executive orders within hours of re-entering the White House. One of those orders is expected to allow the video sharing app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese firm, to continue operating in the US, despite a law demanding it be sold or shut down.
And the death of a Swedish-Somali journalist who had investigated Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
(Photo: Freed Palestinian prisoners, 20 January, 2025; Credit: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)
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