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00:00Four female Israeli hostages released by Hamas in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners.
00:09University students in Serbia lead a nationwide strike as protests against Alexander Vucic's rule continue across the country.
00:20Pope Francis urges Catholic journalists and communication professionals to be courageous and tell the truth.
00:30Preparations are underway at Auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
00:40Four Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas from captivity in Gaza.
00:45The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, confirmed in a statement that the four female Israeli soldiers were handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday and have now reunited with their families.
00:56The release was part of the second exchange since a fragile ceasefire took effect last weekend, halting the fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks,
01:05during which dozens of Israeli hostages and around 200 Palestinian prisoners will be freed.
01:11The families of the hostages cheered while watching their daughters being transferred to the IDF,
01:17while people in Israel gathered in Tel Aviv Square and cheered when the screen showed the four hostages.
01:24Last weekend, three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were freed in what was the first exchange of the fragile ceasefire.
01:33Meanwhile, Israel's prison service confirmed on Saturday that it has released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the second exchange for the Gaza ceasefire deal.
01:45A woman has driven her car into a crowd of protesters in Belgrade as a student-led strike shuttered businesses across the country.
01:55Serbia has seen weeks of anti-government protests since 15 people were killed when a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad train station in November.
02:04Protesters also accused President Alexander Vucic of being increasingly authoritarian and curbing democratic freedoms.
02:12Vucic held his own rally with thousands of his supporters meeting in the central town of Jagodina.
02:17Vucic blamed unspecified foreign forces for fueling the protest movement and called for a dialogue with the protest leaders.
02:2515 people were killed when a concrete canopy at Novi Sad train station collapsed on the 1st of November.
02:31Protesters blamed the disaster on sloppy construction work caused by government corruption.
02:37Prosecutors filed charges against 13 people but the former construction minister has since been released fueling doubts over the probe's independence.
02:51Pope Francis urges Catholic journalists and communication professionals gathered for the Jubilee of the World of Communications in Rome to be courageous and tell the truth while being messengers of hope.
03:05Guests such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and author Colm McCain spoke at the event on Saturday in which 9,000 journalists from around the world gathered for at the Vatican.
03:18The Pope's message for the 59th World Communications Day addressed concerns facing modern communications,
03:25reminding that more than 120 media professionals died in 2024 covering conflicts, according to the Pope.
03:33Francis called against social media scrolling which he says causes brain rot.
03:38Pope Francis ended his message calling for hope, telling and stories that nurture life.
03:49Preparations are underway at Auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp.
03:56The commemoration ceremony will take place on the 27th of January and will be attended by Holocaust survivors, international guests and Polish authorities.
04:05Organizers say there will be no speeches by politicians and only survivors of the death camp will speak.
04:13We hope that on the 27th of January the whole world will come together to listen to the voices of the survivors of Auschwitz.
04:20The commemorations take place in Oswiecim, a town that was under German occupation during World War II where the Nazis operated the most notorious of their death camps.
04:30More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz.
04:35At least 3 million of Poland's 3.2 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.
04:41In total, nearly 6 million European Jews were killed during the Holocaust.