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Indian workers saved after 17 days trapped in tunnel

Rescuers have freed 41 workers trapped following Himalayan landslide.

Rescuers in India have freed 41 workers who had been trapped in a collapsed Himalayan tunnel for 17 days. The men, who were brought out on wheeled stretchers through a 90cm (3ft) wide pipe, were taken to hospital for check-ups. We speak to our correspondent at the site in Uttarakhand.

Also in the programme: we get the latest on the fifth day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. We hear from the ICRC, who are at the heart of the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners; and the wife of Ukraine's spy chief has been poisoned with heavy metals.

(PICTURE: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (C) and Union Minister VK Singh (R) garland the first rescued worker inside the tunnel on the Brahmakal Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi, India, 25 November 2023. CREDIT:EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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