welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. lets get you the headlines.. celebrations as more hostages are released — ten israeli and four thai hostages held by hamas in gaza arrive in israel. talks continue over a possible further extension to the truce in gaza — it's due to end in the early hours of thursday. and the cop 28 climate change summit set to kick off, we look at the stakes and the solutions. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday.

welcome to the programme and we are tracking the latest on the israel—gaza conflict. us secretary of state antony blinken is back in tel aviv. wednesday was the sixth day of a truce between israel and hamas. talks are ongoing in an effort to extend this before it expires. in the past few hours, senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc that israel would agree to an extension — as long as hamas continues releasing hostages. earlier, ten israeli and four thai hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip arrived in israel, after being handed over to the red cross. two russian—israeli women were freed earlier. this is the sixth group to be released in as many days of the truce. meanwhile, israel announced 30 palestinian women and teenage boys have been freed from israeli prisons in return for the latest releases.

also looking at more news on israel, still trying to confirm a claim by hamas that a 10 month old baby — the youngest hostage being held in gaza — has been killed with his mother and 4 year old brother. hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — claims they were killed by an israeli airstrike. here's our senior international correspondent, orla guerin. baby kfir. a nation has been waiting for him to come home. but tonight, a claim from hamas that the ten—month—old was killed by israel's bombardment of gaza. hamas says his four—year—old brother, ariel, was also killed. along with their mother, shiri, who tried so hard to protect them as they were taken hostage. the israeli army says

it is a cruel claim, and they are investigating. relatives say they are waiting for the military to confirm, or hopefully refute it. just yesterday, a cousin was pleading for the children's release. we love them so much. they are a tiny baby that we hold and we pass between each other, and we love him. and a child who loves to play with rag dolls, to dress up as batman. are they a threat to hamas? they are young children. theirfather, yarden, was also taken captive. he may now be the only one left from his family. among those still being held in gaza, 21—year—old mia schem. she had to run for her life from this music festival.

then, last month, images from hamas showing her with injuries. it's a terrible, terrible situation. now her mother, keren, can only wait in torment day after day. mia is a warrior and she's a very, very strong and mature girl. and i do keep to this faith, but to wait every day for the call to tell me if she's on the list or not, it's terrible. and she won't be released today, too. and it's like russian roulette. you don't know who will get out from there. another group of hostages has now been released, the sixth so far. they could be the last, unless the deal between israel and hamas is extended once again. talks on that are continuing tonight. both sides have

something to gain. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out a raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, and killed "two senior terrorists". the palestinian health ministry says a nine—year—old and a 15—year—old were killed by gunfire. the palestinian news agency wafa reported that the israel defense forces, accompanied by bulldozers, entered the camp from different points. israeli security forces say they've killed two palestinian militant commanders. a short while ago i spoke to jason brodsky, policy director at united against nuclear iran and asked him about what we can expect once the temporary truce between israel and hamas ends. whenever the truce, i wouldn't call it atrios can i would call a pause, and ends, ithink call it atrios can i would call a pause, and ends, i think he was he israel start to concentrate on southern gaza,

because northern gaza was where the initial operation was focused. at the southern gaza is where the hamas leadership has buried itself and tried to shield itself from any kind of kinetic action by israel. so i do think that you will see israeli forces concentrate on southern gaza. i know they are in conversation with the biden administration, the united states, as to how to avoid civilian casualties and displacement and to ensure a targeted precision strikes against hamas terrorists. you talk about _ against hamas terrorists. you talk about precision _ against hamas terrorists. you talk about precision strikes. i want to get your thoughts on what we heard from a member of israel's were cabinet that said military action would expand through the out the gaza strip, and no city would be a refuge. what does that mean for the civilian population? you what does that mean for the civilian population?- civilian population? you see them as a — civilian population? you see them as a professional - civilian population? you see. them as a professional army, you will see them to take care to ensure that all civilians are an out of harms way to the extent possible, but

unfortunately and sadly, that is not always the case because hamas palestinian and other terror organisations use civilians as human shields to avoid strikes. that's the dynamic we've seen play out over the last month and that's why there have been so many civilian casualties that we have seen sadly on our screens. i do think that they are giving hamas leadership that they are not safe in gaza and israel will get to them eventually. staying with this story — let's go live to hussein ibish — a senior resident scholar at the arab gult states institutes in washington. thank you very much for your time here on bbc news. how are you seeing the delay in any news of a possible extension to this temporary pause in fighting?— this temporary pause in fighting? well, i think it . ives fighting? well, i think it gives extra _ fighting? well, i think it gives extra hope - fighting? well, i think it gives extra hope that i fighting? well, i think it. gives extra hope that there will be an additional percent of hostages exchanges, prisoner

exchanges in return for more days of calm. i do think both sides have benefited from what has happened so far, and i think they have every incentive to extend it. there are still more groups of people who could be included without much fanfare and difficulty under a similarframework, the elderly, similar framework, the elderly, the similarframework, the elderly, the infirm, palestinians nabbed off the streets from israeli forces, just part of the normal brutality of occupation, and random people, the concertgoers, what taffy, grabbed by hamas and other groups in gaza. the bigger problem is high—value prisoners and hostages, you know, hamas and hostages, you know, hamas and the others are not going to let the uniformed soldiers, and there are quite a few of them that they are holding time ago, without hamas commanders and hamas fighters released from israeli prisons and i don't think israel is in the mood for that. so sooner rather than later we are going to go back

to the regularly scheduled israeli offensive in gaza if i could also focus on the humanitarian aid they are on the ground in gaza, we have seen it during this temporary pauseif seen it during this temporary pause if you would like, has that been enough? now if the pies, welcome at the possibility of it not being extended, how can you be certain that aid supplies will be badly affected? i think without a doubt what we are looking at is a man made humanitarian catastrophe. one of the conditions that hamas was wrangling over, especially fuel for hospitals, israel was very reticent to do that on the grounds that fuel could be taken by hamas fighters. the problem in this situation is that unless you have a concerted international programme through other un agencies to create safe zones in the gaza strip for civilians seeking shelter, and that could easily be done if the israelis

wanted to cooperate with that. any concession that is made could be even more easily, you know, sort of made to benefit tomas. that'sjust know, sort of made to benefit tomas. that's just inevitable because there isn't a clear distinction between fighters and civilians. this is a gorilla for us, like any other guerrilla force, it operates within the population that it emerged from. look, the point is that eventually i think another humanitarian catastrophe is on the way because israel is not really bothered, unlike what the previous cast was saying, israel is not really bothered that much by palestinian civilian casualties. that's been very obvious so far. in that context, strong statements coming in from israel, especially from the likes of military operations once the truce and saying there will be no refuge area. what does this mean for the civilian population? what are they looking at? i

population? what are they looking at?— population? what are they looking at? i think they are lookin: looking at? i think they are looking at _ looking at? i think they are looking at devastation. - looking at? i think they are looking at devastation. it i looking at? i think they are j looking at devastation. it is going to be potentially be disastrous. the other news is that the biden administration is bluntly telling the israelis that they cannot behave in the south the way they behaved in the north. at the problem is the north. at the problem is the israelis have an obvious battle plan going forward to that they want... and going into the south and securing the above ground areas just as they did in the north. once they have all the above ground key areas, go into the tunnels. bite the hamas fighters, captured the leaders and if they can, freeze —— free some hostages. advised is diana that's fine because that doctorate in israel has suggested that it's better to have a dead hostage dan on a live one. in the end, flood the tunnels with the mediterranean sea or in some way render them inoperable. this is the israeli battle plan. i don't think that thinking has gone any further than that. what that means for

the people of gaza is that they are either going to die in even larger numbers or they are going to have to keep some moving around continuously, and how you provide sustenance and food and medicine to people constantly on the move, i've got no idea. mil constantly on the move, i've got no idea-— constantly on the move, i've got no idea. leave it there, but thank you very much for your time and your comments on the programme. i want to stand the strain take it to some pictures that are coming back of the palestinian prisoners, detainees who have been released from israeli jails. there are 30 of them as per the latest agreement between hamas and israel, brokered by qatar, which remains a key mediator. those images are of the 30 detainees who have not been released and have arrived and released. it is astray we are

keeping a close watch on and we will get you more news lines as and when they come in, but for the moment, let's switch focus now to the other big story in the headlines that we are looking had to in the days ahead. the un climate change conference — or cop 28 — is due to begin in dubai tomorrow. the summit president has denied claims reported by the bbc that the united arab emirates would use the meeting to make oil and gas deals.so, what can we expect from the summit? our reporter meghan owen has the details. cop28 is this year's un climate summit and it's a chance for world leaders and other organisations to get together to discuss limiting climate change and how to plan for the future. this year, it will be hosted by dubai between the 30th of november and the 12th of december. but the talks have yet to start, but there's already controversy, and that's because the uae is one of the world's top oil—producing nations. now, this man here is quite possibly one of the most important people on the planet

when it comes to the climate. he's sultan al—jaber. now, he's been appointed as president of this year's talks, but he's also ceo of the state—owned oil company, which is one of the largest in the world. now, the bbc has also recently been leaked documents which show that the uae planned to use cop28 to strike up deals on oil and gas. well, this is what sultan al—jaber had to say. these allegations are false, not true, incorrect and not accurate, and it's an attempt to undermine the work of the cop28 presidency. over 200 governments have been invited to this year's summit. in attendance will be world leaders, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and king charles. we know that presidentjoe biden and president xi jinping will not be in attendance,

but the us and china will be represented by their climate envoys. there'll also be lots of faith groups and businesses and charities also there to discuss action. and what will be on the table? well, it's hoped that they will be pushing to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. that was something that was agreed in paris in 2015. they'll be discussing a move to cleaner energy. there'll be a focus on financial aid from richer nations to poorer countries, nature and people, and also making cop28 more inclusive. but what impact will it have? well, previously, climate activists, including greta thunberg, have accused climate summits of greenwashing. that's when companies and governments give the impression of being socially responsible without taking action. but it is hoped that cop28 will lead to more global agreements on top of national measures. one focus of the cop28 summit will be the plight of low—lying islands,

which are facing an uncertain future with sea levels expected to rise dramatically over the century. last year a group of torres strait islanders won a legal action against the australian government ? the first such case brought by inhabitants of low—lying islands against a nation—state. the un human rights committee found that the australian governments inaction on climate change violated its human rights obligations to the inhabitants. live now to, sydney, we can speak to tikshiko king, an environmental campaigner originally from the torres strait islands, who represented the "our islands our home" campaign linked to that torres strait legal case at a previous un climate summit. tell us about the torres strait islands and what is the fear of the impact of climate change?

it's so lovely to be here. thank you. you know, it's, well, just sort of hearing and the feeling of, like, that outcome of the lien and what that really means is just something to celebrate, the islands are made up of 150 islands are made up of 150 islands that are all low—lying. split into five different nations of their shape and size in the nation that i come from already seeing advancing cds, threatening homes as well as damaging freshwater supplies. crops, burial grounds and our sacred cultural sites, where i have, you know, unfortunately had to be with my brother along the beach to pick up the pieces of bones from our ancestors like seashells on the beach.

writes, and what are you hoping for in terms of concrete decisions and how urgently you would like to see them be taken? i would like to see them be taken? ~ , ., would like to see them be taken? ~ i. ~ ., taken? i think, you know, coming — taken? i think, you know, coming on _ taken? i think, you know, coming on to _ taken? i think, you know, coming up to our- taken? i think, you know, coming up to our 28th, i i taken? i think, you know, - coming up to our 28th, i really urgently, like uae being a sort of petrol states, is australia. and so for a low—lying population like ours, where we are so deeply connected to our ocean and our sky country, we have a lot at stake. we call on the australian government to urgently commit to significantly increase funding adaptation programmes like sea walls so that the straight islands can be on their homelands, because it is critical that adaptation

measures have sufficient funding and are consulted and supported by traditional custodians. that's one of the big conversations this year. we are talking about what we are seeing in glasgow, what we saw in egypt and adaptation, mitigation as we talk about climate finance and introduce the santiago network and what you shared about the wind from our case is that australia is the first developed nation that has to pay loss and damages to their first nations people. has to pay loss and damages to theirfirst nations people. mi their first nations people. all riaht, we their first nations people. all right, we have to leave it there, that is all the time we have at the moment, but thank you very much forjoining us with your thoughts. top 28 is one of the big stories that we will be tracking here on bbc news. ——cop 28 is one of the big stories that we will be

tracking here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. et�*s look at some other stories making news. an inquest has heard four teenagers drowned after their car overturned on a camping trip in north wales. jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf fitchett and hugo morris were found in an overturned, partially submerged car in gwynedd on the 21st of november. a search was launched after the teenagers from shrewsbury failed to return home. nottingham city council has declared itself effectively bankrupt, meaning it will stop all spending other than the services it must provide by law. a recent report said the labour—run council was set to overspend by 23—million pounds this financial year. it said cuts in government funding, inflation, and a rising demand for services were to blame. courts in england and wales could soon be sentencing fewer people to shorterjail terms — and instead handing out more rehabilitative community sentences. new proposals from the sentencing council says judges and magistrates should be focusing more on reforming offenders. the plans also include advice to courts to think twice before jailing women

because of the impact on children. you're live with bbc news. rishi sunak has accused the greek prime minister of trying to "grandstand" over the elgin marbles — known as the parthenon sculptures. they're in the british museum but greece wants them back. after the prime minister cancelled a planned meeting with his greek counterpart yesterday — the labour leader sir keir starmer accused him of trying to humiliate the greek leader. our political editor chris mason reports. jeering. prime minister's questions is a brutal spectacle. jeers and cheers. prime ministers fear it, even hate it. the thing is, that is the point of it — the brutality of accountability. the greek prime minister came to london to meet him. a fellow nato member, an economic ally. but instead of using that

meeting to discuss those serious issues, he tried to humiliate him and cancelled at the last minute. when it was clear that the purpose of the meeting was not to discuss substantive issues for the future but rather to grandstand and re—litigate issues of the past, it wasn't appropriate... rishi sunak accusing a fellow european leader of grandstanding is quite a thing. keir starmer tried to portray himself as a prime minister in waiting, pointing out he did meet the greek prime minister and again and again, he mocked mr sunak. there could be few experiences more haunting for the members opposite than hearing this prime minister claim that he's going to sort out a problem. it is ironic that he's suddenly taken such a keen interest in greek culture, when he's clearly become the man with the reverse midas touch. just this past week, we've delivered the biggest tax

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and with christmas on the way, many cities around the world are getting ready for the festive season. this is gingerbread lane in new york's chelsea market. creatorjon lovitch, said it started 30 years ago with ill houses and now reaches nearly eight—hundred. he now holds the guinness world record for largest gingerbread village. as you can see, the brownstone houses, street signs, gas lamps and old signs of new york city inspire his art. the village consists of about 700 houses, 4,000 pounds of candy, just short of 1,000 pounds of gingerbread and about 6,000 egg whites. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. a quick reminder of our top story we are tracking in the conflict in israel and gaza. the latest community israel has freed another 30 palestinian prisoners. the prison service as it's part of batch truce

between israel and hamas. they hello there. talk of the town this week has just been how cold it's become. yes, on wednesday, we started off with a hard frost in the lake district. temperatures were sitting at minus seven first thing in the morning. and despite lots of sunshine throughout the day, they struggled to climb above freezing by the middle of it wednesday afternoon. now, we could actually see a similar story on thursday, a widespread hard frost to begin the day, the exception down in the southwest with this developing area of low pressure. that's going to bring outbreaks of rain and windy with it as well. we could see gusts of wind on exposed coast close to 50 mph. let's zoom in and look at that in a little more detail. it will be primarily rain across the isles of scilly and much of cornwall, some wet snow perhaps across the moors. and some of this frontal system willjust brush the south coast, maybe the odd spot or two of rain south of london.

a cold day, generally four or five degrees, some freezing fog slow to lift in the midlands. now with that northeasterly breeze, one or two wintry showers along exposed east coasts of northern england and eastern scotland. sheltered western areas will see the best of any sunny spells. but again, a cold day, two to five degrees quite widely across the country. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, again, light winds, clear skies. once again, those temperatures falling away. it looks likely to be another cold and frosty start to friday morning, and, potentially, friday could be the coldest spell over the next few days. so some freezing fog quite possible as well. and a subtle change in wind direction means that we run the risk of a few more showers running down through the north coast of northern ireland, and down through the irish sea as well. so a few coastal showers around. inland, dry, plenty of

sunshine, but another cold day, zero to five degrees at the very best. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, we could see a few more showers drifting in from the west, but a relatively quiet start. before, as we move into the middle part of the week, we could see areas of low pressure bringing yet more rain in and perhaps something a little less cold. so it'll be a cold and frosty start to our weekend. but as you can see, more showers are likely and those temperatures gradually starting to creep up. that's it. stay warm.

the un climate conference begins in earnest today, but a host of questions remains about what the talks can achieve. plus — four years since australia's black summer of bushfires that scorched the country. now, some towns are bracing for more in the years ahead. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. asia business report. we begin in the middle east this hour because cop28 kicks off today in the united arab emirates. the latest round of the un climate talks aims to strike a deal on the next steps to tackle rising global temperatures. two years ago, countries agreed to cut the amount of coal they burn, but a commitment on oil and gas use remains elusive. at the same time, a meeting is due to take place