BBC Breakfast halted for 'breaking news' as host forced to cut interview short
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe latest instalment of BBC Breakfast was halted for a breaking news announcement live on air. Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty were back on the famous red sofa on Saturday (February 22) morning to share the latest news headlines from across the globe.
The main story was the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Hamas has committed to freeing six Israeli hostages in the Saturday swap.
Israel will then release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, the largest group of detainees freed at once since the cease-fire began in late January.
Charlie was speaking to former UK ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith when he was forced to abruptly end their interview. The presenter explained: "Simon, I appreciate your time this morning and your expertise and I apologise for interrupting you but we've got to go straight to Gaza where the latest handover of the hostages looks like is about to begin." Two hostages were later led by gunmen onto the stage at the handover point in Rafah.
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