live from washington, this is bbc news. relief for the family of 21—year—old mia schem, after 7 weeks held by hamas. as another deadline looms to extend the truce. the us warns israel it must protect civilians in gaza, before it restarts military operations there. it is imperative that israel acts in accordance with the laws of war. day one of the cop28 climate summit in dubai brings a surprise breakthrough, as delegates from around the world discuss measures to limit the global temperature rise. and, embattled republican congressman george santos refuses to resign, as he faces another vote on removing him from office. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.

it is good to have you with us. we start in israel, where a temporary truce with hamas is set to expire in the coming hours, unless a deal is reached to extend the agreement. six more israeli hostages held in gaza have now been handed over to the red cross. mia schem, the 21—year—old woman kidnapped from a music festival on october 7th was among those just released by hamas. she's been reunited with her mother. but as one family celebrates the return of a loved one, another is facing fresh anguish. this is shira bibas and her two young sons. hamas claims they died in an israeli missile attack on gaza. the organisation, designated a terrorist group by the us and uk, released a hostage video of her husband, yarden. the israeli government said again that it hasn't yet verified what has happened to the family. meanwhile, the white house has condemned what it called a "terrorist attack" by hamas gunmen at a bus stop injerusalem earlier on thursday. three people were killed in the attack. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin sent this update from jerusalem.

a long—awaited reunion. a hostage back in her mother's arms. mia schem, who is 21, welcomed home by herfamily. safe at last. here she was before her ordeal. her mother, keren, spoke to us recently about the agonising wait to get her home. ijust want her back now, you know. our life will never be the same. but we will be all right. the minute she will be here, we will be fine. there is uncertainty still over the fate of the youngest hostage, kfir bibas, just ten months old. he was kidnapped with his brother, ariel, and mother. hamas claims all three

were killed by israeli bombing. their father yarden repeated that claim in a video issued by hamas tonight. we aren't showing it as he's clearly under duress and still a hostage. around 140 others remain captive in gaza. qatar is pushing to extend the truce once again so more can come home tomorrow. israel has made it clear that when the release of hostages comes to an end, it intends to return to war in gaza with full force. the army says it's ready for the next phase. this time, the fight will be in the south of gaza, which is already densely packed with those who had to flee the bombing in the north. america is telling israel that the next phase can't look like the last one, which reduced parts of gaza to a wasteland and killed more than 14,000 people,

palestinians say. back in israel, a shooting spree in rush hour today. two palestinian gunmen targeted crowds at a bus stop at the entrance to jerusalem. they killed three people before being shot dead themselves. once again, israel on edge after a deadly attack by hamas. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. many of the younger hostages who have been released are brought to schneider children's medical centre in israel for checks and treatment. the ceo of the hospital, dr efrat bron harlev, spoke to the bbc about their condition when they first arrive. it is very sad because i try to put it into words — the images

that i see once they get to a hospital — and i would say that when they come they do not really look like children. i would say they look more like shadows of children, kind of hollow children. they have no impression on their face, not sad, not happy — just no impression. they hardly speak. very, very quiet. if they do speak it is very, very quiet. it is the same with the mothers. you see mothers with their children having them not letting any of them just not even i's centimetre away from them and still very, very worried. it takes them quite a while to really believe that they are no longer in a place that might hurt them. that they are in a safe place.

israel has said it has freed another 30 palestinian prisoners as part of the extended truce with hamas, all women and children. since the truce began, 210 palestinian detainees have been released from israeli prisons to return to their families in the west bank. the question of who controls this area is complicated. in 1994 control of the west bank, excluding eastjerusalem, was handed to the palestinian authority to manage fully, in some areas, orjointly with israel in others. and about 60% of the land here is run by israel alone. our correspondent lucy williamson spent the last few days in the west bank, speaking to people recently released and hearing about their time in detention. we have come here to a village just outsidejenin. we've come to the house of mohammed, a teenager who was released from israeli jail this week. he says that israeli guards beat him and injured his hands. mohammed says both hands were fractured in the assault, eight days before his release.

freed from jail on monday night, mohammed is still imprisoned by his injuries. needing help to eat, drink and go to the bathroom, he says — first from his fellow prisoners, now from his family. the happy reunion they expected rewritten on the faces of his relatives around the room. translation: they arranged us so the elderly prisoners - were put in the back and the young in the front. they took me and started beating me. i was trying to protect my head. and they were trying to break my legs and my hands. israel's prison service says mohammed was examined by a doctor before release and that his claims are false. it's published a video of him boarding a red cross bus on monday night, his hands unbandaged. but meeting his family on arrival in the west bank, both hands are

wrapped in bandages. mohammed said the first treatment he received was on that red cross bus. on the day he arrived back, a hospital in ramallah confirmed that both his hands were fractured. we showed the x—rays to two uk doctors, who confirmed the diagnosis. his medical report recommends admission to hospital and possible surgery. mohammed says abuse of palestinian prisoners was common after the hamas attacks last month. he showed me the bruises where he says guards used sticks, their feet and dogs to assault them. translation: the dog - attacking me wore a muzzle with sharp edges. the muzzle and claws left marks all over my body. then they started beating us. they took our mattress, our clothes, our pillows, and they threw our food on the floor. people were terrified. other prisoners have confirmed that guards' behaviour changed after the hamas attacks. the bbc has spoken to six

prisoners who said they were beaten before their release. the palestinian prisoner society says it's heard testimony of guards urinating on handcuffed inmates. israel says it's not aware of these claims and that all prisoners are legally detained. mohammed's brother said something in him has broken. translation: this is not the mohammed we know. he was much stronger back then. it's as if his heart is filled with terror. mohammed's freedom was bought by hamas with israeli hostages. the impact of the hamas attacks keenly felt, he says, in the chance of release and in israeli jails. lucy williamson, bbc news. the us secretary of state is visiting the region and warned that israel must take �*effective steps' to protect civilians in gaza before resuming its military operations. he told reporters that

the massive destruction seen in northern gaza should not be repeated again. he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet in tel aviv on thursday calling for a shift in tactics. his remarks are the most direct the us has been to its ally about its military operation in gaza. he's pushing for an extension of the temporary ceasefire as the deadline looms and demanding that hamas release all remaining hostages. he's also calling for additional aid to be delivered into gaza to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis. the way israel defence itself matters. it is imperative that israel acts in accordance with international law and the laws of war. even when confronting a terrorist group that respects neither. in my meetings today with the prime minister and senior israeli officials, i made clear that before israel resumes major military operations it must put in place humanitarian civilian protection plans that minimise

further casualties of innocent palestinians. we further casualties of innocent palestinians.— further casualties of innocent palestinians. ,, ., palestinians. we can speak now to ceo of engage _ ——of emgage, an organisation for civic engagement engagement and political literacy of muslim americans. i want to get your thoughts on secretary blinken on thursday pushing israeli counterparts cou nterpa rts to have "civilian protection plans" before the resumption of war. what do you think of that message? this is certainly a welcome and long overdue call by the us and a very clear and absolute terms to the government israel regarding its obligations under international law, to not target civilians, protect civilians and refrain from taking out civilian infrastructure as it has m1 place where 50% of residential buildings have been destroyed or damaged. buildings have been destroyed or damaged-— or damaged. there are no indications _ or damaged. there are no indications that _ or damaged. there are no indications that prime - or damaged. there are no -

indications that prime minister at netanyahu is going to hear these calls.... really the us administration has a decision to make here whether to continue to just pay lip service to these rules and recommendations or to back them up recommendations or to back them up with real teeth two whether diplomatically or by conditioning the current aid package before the senate. what package before the senate. what whether diplomatically _ package before the senate. what whether diplomatically look like? to whether diplomatically look like? ., ., ., . like? to refrain from centring anym 0r— like? to refrain from centring any... or like _ like? to refrain from centring any... or like you _ like? to refrain from centring any... or like you did - like? to refrain from centring any... or like you did in - like? to refrain from centring any... or like you did in the l any... or like you did in the north. to do so in the south by lifting its power of veto at the un security council. i want to ask about — the un security council. i want to ask about this _ to ask about this administration because you were part of closed—door meetings with the white house, with president biden and other muslim and arab american leaders to express frustration with the support for israel. we have seen details come out that the president said he was disappointed in himself. what actions of the white house say it will take away from that

meeting? eom and ko want to comment on the specifics of what the president said —— i don't want to summarise regret over the lack of empathy that came out of the white house and the administration towards palestinian, counting the numbers of their casualties as we saw happen, and really committing to doing better on that front. we think on the rhetoric at least, the president, antony blinken, officials have done better by recognising the humanity humanity palestinians and recognising their rightful aspirations forfreedom recognising their rightful aspirations for freedom and liberation. however, action is what need is needed right now. saying those things is wonderful but while the bombs are dropping on many children — over 5000 have been killed — we really need to see action. we need this temporary ceasefire, which has provided much needed reprieve from many, particularly the palestinians of gaza, it needs to be extended and made definite and

we needed to be linked to something a bit more sustainable, rather than find ourselves back in two or three orfour ourselves back in two or three or four years ourselves back in two or three orfour years in ourselves back in two or three or four years in the same or even worse place. what is needed right now is sustained us engagement, but also perhaps real muscles behind what we are telling management netanyahu telling management neta nyahu which telling management netanyahu which is the us cannot back him unconditionally and give him a blank check without any guarantees that what we saw in the north would not happen in the north would not happen in the south. we did see that message from the secretary of state in israel. did you get the sense from your meetings that the white house, president biden, perhaps did not understand the impact this conflict has had on the muslim american community? i walked away from _ american community? i walked away from that _ american community? i walked away from that meeting - american community? i walked away from that meeting feeling that way. what you have right now in the white house are in a way a very insular operation that lacked diversity. unfortunate, you do not have representatives of community is impacted. be administration has

done a greatjob... the arab world policy and this administration really lacks diversity and i have donna field the president has been done a disservice. the people at a really not connected to those impacted communities and the president felt that when he met with us. we the president felt that when he met with ve— the president felt that when he met with he— met with us. we spoke to a jewish community - met with us. we spoke to a jewish community leader i met with us. we spoke to a l jewish community leader who jewish community leader who said jewish americans are feeling so much pain right now after october seven. tell us what the mr dominik nerz and community is going through. i sympathise with the jewish community. there is a rise in semitism and in the us we have seen terrible incidents over the last few years. quite frankly, the same is happening to muslim america as we have global fascism. to muslim america as we have globalfascism. the to muslim america as we have global fascism. the arab, muslim, palestinian community are feeling under siege and scared. also doubly they are being silenced or simply saying free palestine or saying they are palestinian or looking like they are palestinian, as we saw

with the three palestinian students that got shot over the last few days and so the community is scared, it is worried and it really needs to stop and we have seen the administration speak against this, it announced an escalator phobia strategy and we welcome it but really at the end of the day the really your counter is a phobia is ending the war in gaza which is inflaming all the hate in our communities back home. ,., ., ., hate in our communities back home. ., ., ,.,'., home. good to have you back on bbc news- _ home. good to have you back on bbc news. thank— home. good to have you back on bbc news. thank you. _ have locked down much earlier at the start of the pandemic. —— the former health secretary matt hancock told the covid inquiry that, with the benefit of hindsight, the uk should have locked down much earlier at the start of the pandemic. he said "many, many lives" could have been saved if the first lockdown had been brought in at the beginning of march 2020. mr hancock also dismissed allegations from colleagues that he had lied to them and described a toxic culture in government. authorities in somalia say floods have forced more than a million people to abandon their homes, with entire towns being submerged. somalia's president says

over 100 people are dead as the nation battles flash floods caused by heavy rainfall linked to the el nino weather pattern. the flooding exacerbates the region's humanitarian crisis as it emerges from the worst drought in four decades. a former paramilitary leader from haiti who spent a decade on the run before serving prison time in the us has been deported to his home country. guy philippe led a rebellion nearly 20 years ago that overthrew the president at the time, jean bertrand aristide. mr phillipe was later elected as a senator but was captured by police and extradited to florida on drugs charges before being sworn in. tributes have poured in for the late irish singer, shane macgowan. the pogues frontman died at the age of 65. fairytale of new york was one of the band's best known songs, often played at christmas. two giant pandas, yang guang and tian tian, are leaving edinburgh zoo after 12 years. the public had their last chance to say goodbye before the pair return home to china. it was hoped they'd mate while they were at the zoo, but that did not happen.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the former british chancellor alistair darling has died at the age of 70. he was a labour mp for almost 30 years. he also spent 13 years in government, first under prime minister tony blair and then gordon brown, who described him as "a statesman of unimpeachable "integrity. " others across the political spectrum have also been paying tribute. alister have the ability, which all politicians have, all statements have, not to confuse the workplace of the vigorous debate where you put forward your side's point of view as best you can with any personal animosity. best you can with any personal animosity-— animosity. when people will think about _ animosity. when people will think about alistair - animosity. when people will think about alistair darling, | think about alistair darling, they— think about alistair darling, they will think he is the sort of best_ they will think he is the sort of best of politics. softly spoken. he wasn't big at grandstanding. it always tried to do— grandstanding. it always tried to do the right thing.

—— but always tried to do the right thing. darling will likely be most remembered for shepherding the british economy through the 2008 financial crisis. he compared the height of the crisis to being the captain of the titanic, knowing the ship was going down. darling had been suffering from cancer. he was 70. you're live with bbc news. returning to our top story — the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas has sparked a surge in anti—semitic incidents here in the us following hamas' october 7th attack on israel. a report from the anti—defamation league showed a nearly 400% increase in harassment, vandalism and assault againstjewish people between october 7th and 23rd compared to the same time period a year ago. experts warn that the us could see a rise in anti—semitic and anti—muslim hate crimes amid the ongoing conflict. i spoke to the ceo of the national council ofjewish women, sheila katz, on anti—semitism in the us. we are seeing this sharp rise in and isometric incidents here in and isometric incidents here

in the us since the muscle began. can you tell us what jewish communities across the us are facing right now? —— anti—semitic. us are facing right now? -- anti-semitic.— us are facing right now? -- anti-semitic. thanks so much for having _ anti-semitic. thanks so much for having me _ anti-semitic. thanks so much for having me here _ anti-semitic. thanks so much for having me here today. - anti-semitic. thanks so much l for having me here today. jews are being attacked on the street, on campus, in our homes and in our synagogues and nowhere feels safe right now. that's what i know for sure. everyjewish person i am speaking with feel threatened in some way. knows somebody who has experienced and i semitism. this is truly unprecedented and it's so important we are calling it out. everywhere and wherever we can. as the current truth infighting and release of some hostages and palestinian prisoners, as it can't tensions and reduced some of these attacks were talking about? has it calmed. i'm aware of the start in the last few days but what i know that we've been seeing that's a really hard trend between individuals shouting "i am himars" and making death threats tojewish

people at a kosher restaurant a few weeks ago, assaults were holding and israeli flags, swastikas and synagogues, threats thatjewish people will be raped on a list serve, these are things that do not go away overnight as some hostages being released which it is important that they are released so i think we have a lot of work to do to call out anti—semitism, we need people to be louder, we need to make sure they are calling it, we need government officials calling it out, we need universities calling it out, 12 calling it out and we need everyday americans calling it out and we need organisations and civil rights organisations being able to just say anti—semitism is bad. full stop. anti-semitism is bad. full sto - . ~ anti-semitism is bad. full sto. ~ ., , ., stop. the white house and president _ stop. the white house and president biden _ stop. the white house and president biden has - stop. the white house and president biden has been l stop. the white house and - president biden has been vocal about the need to stop anti—semitism and they have a national strategy even before this war began and now new measures to combat it on couege measures to combat it on college campuses. do you think these measures will help? �*igg�*zse

these measures will help? 100% i think these measures will help? 10096 i think they _ these measures will help? 10096 i think they will _ these measures will help? 10096 i think they will help. _ these measures will help? 10096 i think they will help. in - these measures will help? 10096 i think they will help. in many i i think they will help. in many ways, having this roadmap in a crisis is very, very helpful. they did the work already, they asked government officials and organisations and departments what they could do to combat anti—semitism and now, we have to follow the roadmap. moving on to other news. day one of the cop28 climate summit in dubai brought a surprise breakthrough. leaders agreed to launch a fund to pay for damage from climate—driven storms and drought — something poorer nations have been fighting for for three decades. for the next 12 days, delegates from around the world will be charged with the task of finding ways to limit the global temperature rise to below two degrees. the bbc�*s carl nasman has more. one of the big questions coming into cop28 was whether a summit hosted by an oil—rich nation could deliver any meaningful action on climate change. already on day one here in dubai there have been some positive developments and it

has to do with the loss and damage fund. this is set up to help developing nations deal with and adapt to the effects of climate change and this is something they've been asking for infighting for many years now. it's finally been approved. some pledges already from richard developed nations, hundreds of millions of dollars being put into that pot of money. there is less good news announced today from the un that 2023 is virtually certain to be the hottest year on record. that willjust to be the hottest year on record. that will just serve as another reminder of why this conference, cop28, is expected to be one of the most urgent yet. as cop delegates discuss ways to cut dependence on fossil fuels, the world's top oil producers have agreed on measures to prop up prices of crude oil. the opec oil cartel, led by saudi arabia and russia, agreed on thursday to slash production by more than 2 million barrels in the first quarter of next year. the price of the global benchmark, brent crude, has dropped recently and demand is expected to fall further

in 2024, with china facing an economic slowdown. here in washington, republican leaders in the us house of representative debated a motion to oust congressman george santos. santos, a republican from new york, faces a vote to expel him from his house seat on friday. two previous efforts to remove santos from his house seat have failed. but a recently released report from the house ethics committee found that santos "blatantly stole from his campaign "and exploited every aspect of his house candidacy "for his own personal financial profit". and among the many allegations in its final report, the committee accused him of spending campaign money on botox treatments, purchases on onlyfans — an adult entertainment platform — and vacations in the hamptons. santos, who represents a district in long island, new york, is currently facing 23 felony charges including wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. speaking earlier at a news conference, congressman santos defied calls to resign.

ifi if i leave, they win. if i leave, the bullies take place. this is bullying. the chair of the committee putting out a motion to expel myjust introducing it are not calling is privileged, was designed to force me to resign but he didn't even have the fortitude to go ahead and call the privilege, he had someone else do it, someone who has actually just recently done one on me, which is ombudsman esposito, so the reality is it is all theatre, its theatre for the cameras, it's betterfor the cameras, it's better for the microphones, cameras, it's betterfor the microphones, etc for the american people at the expense of the american people because no real work is getting done. before we go — a world record that mightjust make you gasp. kayaking down a 65 foot glacial waterfall in the arctic circle, 32—year—old aniol serrasolses paddled through the rapids and ice tunnels of the glacial river before going down the ice waterfall in svalbard, norway. he described the experience as "like kayaking on another "planet".

hello. this cold snap has brought some of the coldest november nights for 13 years and some unusual snow for devon and cornwall. now, that's all clearing out the way but there are wintry showers elsewhere and where the surface has been left damp with that rain, sleet and snow, very icy. poor visibility is going to add to the hazard as well. so, a few snow showers will continue as we go through the rest of the night. icy conditions where we've got those showers — northern ireland as well — and, ifanything, it's going to be colder than it was last night and more widely misty, murky with some freezing fog potentially through the central belt, which could linger all day, and some fog elsewhere. it'll be slow to clear. so, quite a gloomy start, a bitterly cold start and temperatures really struggling, even with the sunshine, to rise much above three or four degrees. perhaps a few more showers for northern ireland. more sunshine for the south and west compared with what we had on thursday — but that's not going to help the temperatures, either — and there'll still be a few showers, even running down into kent and essex,

as well as other eastern parts of england and scotland as well. now, it looks as if as we go through friday night and saturday, we could see a few more showers gathering on this weather system just out towards the west, so more around our irish sea coasts. further east, drier and clear but a colder night again — temperatures down to minus four, minus five in rural parts quite widely and some more mist and fog because, again, we've got a ridge of high pressure close by and the winds are very light friday night into saturday, so it is going to be slow to clear away — a gloomy start again on saturday morning. but it does look as if we'll see fewer showers for eastern parts on saturday — more so across the western side of england, wales, south—west scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well — but a colder day, if anything, because that low cloud, that fog will really take its time to clear. a colder start to the day as well, so we've only got so much strength in the sunshine. and then, the fly in the ointment, we think, saturday night — it could be that that weather front in the west gets its act together, pushes eastwards, comes across that colder air and turns readily to snow. some potentially disruptive snow through the night saturday into sunday but there's a lot of uncertainty

about the forecast for the weekend. one thing we know is it's set to stay cold and we could have some more wintry conditions overnight sunday into monday. but the outlook, really, just to show you that that cold air is with us for a while — just taking nottingham here as an example — by night, that widespread frost perhaps lifting into the middle part of next week. the warnings are online.

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