This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Chris Barrow and in the early hours of Sunday the 26th of November,

these are our main stories.

Hamas has released the latest group of hostages to the Red Cross

for their transfer out of Gaza via the Rafa crossing.

39 more Palestinian prisoners have been released by Israel in return. Also, of thousands of Italians protest against gender-based violence after the killing of a young

woman allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.

Also in this podcast, another major setback for dozens of workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India.

The drilling machine that they were using behind me to drill a hole to try and reach the workers that are are trapped that is now broken down completely.

And the new Swedish ferries designed to cut journey times and greenhouse gas emissions. There was a delay for several hours but late on Saturday the armed wing of

Hamas freed 13 Israeli hostages and four from Thailand its fighters had been holding in Gaza for the past seven weeks.

The youngest Israeli is three years old, the eldest 67.

Hamas said it had delayed handing them over complaining that promised AIDS to the north of

Gaza hadn't arrived Israel denied violating the terms of the agreement.

Well just like Friday when other hostages were released they were handed over to the

Red Cross in Gaza.

And just before we recorded this edition of the Global News Podcast, the Israeli authorities

said that it had released 39 Palestinian prisoners, women and teenage boys, as part of the deal broken by Qatar with the help of the US and Egypt.

Fighting between Hamas and Israel has been paused for four days, so hostages and prisoners can be released.

For the Palestinians in Gaza, it's a desperately needed opportunity for more

aides to enter the territory and to get some respite from the war.

According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, more than 15,000 people have been

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