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A historic day in Israel.

A sigh of relief went over this entire crowd when these last bunch of hostages was seen.

Today's celebrations and questions about what comes next for Israel and Gaza.

I'm Carolyn Dealer.

And I'm Marco Wurman.

Also, the army takes control in Madagascar and people there are cheering them on.

Plus, tear down the stereotype. The trains are not on time in Germany. You get the impression,

nothing works in Germany. And the Deutsche Barn has become a symbol for that. And poet Raymond Antrobus

never expected to receive one of the UK's highest honors.

I suddenly got this letter, which I literally had to make sure it wasn't a joke. It's like

is someone pranking me. How he's changing the landscape for deaf artists. Today on the

World. This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco

Wurman. Thank you for joining us. Two years of grief and anger in Israel turned into euphoria today

with the release of 20 living hostages who survived kidnapping and captivity by Amman. Part of the

agreement to end the war in Gaza.

All day, Israelis have been riveted to images and video of families being reunited.

Inov Zangauker rushed to hug her son, Matan Zan Galker, in Jerusalem, calling him her life.

Zan Gauker was kidnapped from his home in Kobuz on October 7th, two years ago.

In Tel Aviv, tens of thousands of people gathered in hostages square to celebrate the

captive's return. Gili Roman is a brother of former hostage, Yardin Román Gat, who was released early in the war.

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