More hostages set for release on second day of truce

More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are set for release today after Israel and Hamas reached a deal for the release of 150 Palestinian detainees and 50 Israeli hostages over four days during a temporary ceasefire. Yesterday saw the first stage of the exchange as 13 Israeli hostages were released by Hamas followed by 39 Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons.

Also in the programme: Derek Chauvin, the police officer serving twenty years in prison for the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed in custody; and in Russia, authorities are limiting access to abortions as a response to the demographic crisis.

Joining presenter Krupa Padhy are Nanjala Nyabola, a Kenyan writer and political analyst based in Nairobi, but currently in London; and Joshua Hammer, an American journalist, author and freelance magazine journalist in Berlin.

(Photo: A helicopter carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrives at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel on 24 November 2023. Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)