live from washington, this is bbc news. plusa plus a murder plot involving a plus a murder plot involving 3 seek activist plus a murder plot involving a seek activist was followed by broader questions remain. we break down the latest developments between the us and india. we started in israel where a temporary truce with hamas is set to expire in the coming hours of a deal is not reached to extend the pause. wall streetjournal is pause. wall street journal is citing pause. wall streetjournal is citing egyptian officials are saying the truth has indeed been extended for a day but

neither israel nor hamas has commented. without an extension, israel could pursue military operations in gaza. six more hostages have been handed over to the red cross. mia schem, the 21—year—old woman kidnap from a music festival in israel on october sevenis festival in israel on october seven is want of the recent hostages now freed from hamas. this is the footage of where she was reunited with her mother. the release comes at the white house condemns what it called a terrorist attack by hamas gunmen that happened under a stop injerusalem under a stop in jerusalem earlier. under a stop injerusalem earlier. three people were killed in that attack. paul adams is injerusalem and has more on the hostage situation and the possibility of more violence to come. negotiations are still going on to see whether they can be further exchanges of prisoners and hostages but it will need to involve categories of hostages that have not been included... those negotiations are

extremely difficult, extremely sensitive and at the moment the chances of success seem a little remote. that does all suggest that fairly soon, perhaps eminently israel will return to its military campaign in the gaza strip. and importantly, the us secretary of state antony blinken has said that when the moment comes washington has a series of important guidelines that it expects to follow. they include not forcing huge numbers of civilians to move from their homes, as we saw in the northern gaza strip. not targeting civilian infrastructure, like hospitals. it also requires, even before israeli military starts its campaign in the south, there needs to be a clearly defined humanitarian civilian protection plan, involving multiple safe areas where people can be sure that they are out of harm's way. that is are out of harm's way. that is a very, very considerable ask

but the americans have made it clear that they want israel to do this to avoid repeating the scenes that we saw in the north. whether those new rules apply equally in the north, where the israeli military has unfinished business in and around gaza city, that is not quite clear, but certainly when it comes to the south where the bulk of the civilian population is living right now, washington has made it clear this is how you are going to do it and we will be watching. for more on secretary blink and's comments i spoke to ceo of engage, an organisation for civic engagement and political literacy of muslim american. i want to get your thoughts on what we heard from antony blinken there calling for civilian protection plans before israeli military continues their operations in gaza. what you think about? , this is certainly a welcome and

overdue comment by the us in absolute terms too. del aisha the government to protect civilians under international law and refrain from also taking out civilian infrastructure as it has in... have ever been destroyed or damaged. unfortunately there are no indications that prime minister netanyahu will heed this call and all indications point to... a decision whether to continue tojust point to... a decision whether to continue to just pay lip service to these rules, to the recommendations or to back them up recommendations or to back them up with real teeth, whether diplomatically or by conditioning the current aid package before the senate. what the diplomatically look like? , to refrain from... prosecute more like it 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 you about this administration because you have been part of closed—door meetings with the white house, with president biden, with other muslim and arab american leaders to express frustration with the administration support for israel. we've seen details of the meeting come out that the president said he was disappointed in himself. what actions did the white house say it would take away from that meeting? i it would take away from that meetin: ? . it would take away from that meeting?— it would take away from that meetinu? ., ., ., �* ., meeting? i want to i don't want to comment — meeting? i want to i don't want to comment on _ meeting? i want to i don't want to comment on the _ meeting? i want to i don't want to comment on the specifics - meeting? i want to i don't want to comment on the specifics of| to comment on the specifics of what the president said, but to summarise... lack of empathy that came out of the white house and administration towards palestinian, counting the numbers of their casualties as we saw happen and really committing to doing better on that front. we think of the rhetoric at least the president, secretary blink and have done better by recognising the humanity of palestinians and even speaking to their

rightful aspirations for freedom and liberation. however, action is what is needed right now. saying those things is wonderful but while the bonds are dropping on many children, over5000 the bonds are dropping on many children, over 5000 have been killed, we need action. a temporary ceasefire which has provided much needed reprieve for everyone, particularly the palestinians of gaza, needs to be expended and made difficult and we needed to be linked to something more sustainable rather than find ourselves back in two or three or four years in two or three or four years in the same or even worse place. what is needed right now is sustained us engagement, leadership but also perhaps real muscles behind what we are telling benjamin netanyahu telling benjamin neta nyahu which telling benjamin netanyahu which is the us cannot back him unconditionally and give a blank cheque without any guarantees that what we saw in the north would not happen in the north would not happen in the south. now israel says it has freed another 30

palestinian prisoners as part of the extended truce with a. since the bruce began... release from israeli presence to return to families in the west bank but the question of who controls the area is complicated. in 1994, control of the west bank excluding east jerusalem was handed to palestinian authority to manage fully in some areas orjointly with israel in other. about 60% of the land he is run by israel alone. are corresponded lucy williamson spent the last two daysin williamson spent the last two days in the west bank speaking to people recently when released in hearing about the 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. back even the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas has budged a surgeon and a semitic incident. and report from the entire deformation leak showed a nearly 400% increase in harassment, vandalism and assault againstjewish people between the hamas attack on

october seven october 23 compared to the same time period a year ago. experts want the us could see a rise in antiscience domestic and & i muslim hate crimes amid the ongoing conflict. i spoke to the ceo of the national council... on anti—semitism in the us. we are seeing a sharp rise in anti—semitic incidents in the us since the israel— hamas war began. can you tell us first of all the jewish communities across the us are facing right now? , thanks so much for having me here today. lisson, jewish people are being attacked on the streets, on—campus, in their homes and in singapore is an nowhere feel safe right now., that is what i know for sure. everyjewish people i'm speaking with feel threatened in some way, know who has experienced ante semitism. who has experienced ante semitism— semitism. this is truly unprecedented - semitism. this is truly unprecedented and . semitism. this is truly unprecedented and is | semitism. this is truly l unprecedented and is so important we are calling out ante semitism everywhere and whenever we can. ci,

ante semitism everywhere and whenever we can.— whenever we can. ci, as the current truce _ whenever we can. ci, as the current truce in _ whenever we can. ci, as the current truce in fighting - whenever we can. ci, as the current truce in fighting the | current truce in fighting the release of hostages and prisoners has all calmed tensions and reduce some of these attacks that you are talking about?— these attacks that you are talking about? i'm unaware of the stats in — talking about? i'm unaware of the stats in the _ talking about? i'm unaware of the stats in the last _ talking about? i'm unaware of the stats in the last days - talking about? i'm unaware of the stats in the last days but. the stats in the last days but what i know that we have been seeing that is really hard trends between individuals shouting im hamas and making death threats to jewish individuals by a kosher restaurant a few weeks ago, assaults from holding a israeli flag, assaults and synagogues, threats thatjewish women will be raped, these are things that do not go away overnight as a result of some hostages being released, which is very important that they all be released. we have a lot of work to do to call out ante semitism. we need people to be louder, to make sure they are calling it out everywhere they see it, we need government officials calling it out, individuals killing it out, he drew 12 calling it out and everyday americans calling it out. and we need organisations and civil rights organisations

being able to just say anti—semitism is bad full stop. let's talk about government officials you mentioned there. the white house and president biden have been vocal about the need to combat ante semitism. they have a national strategy even before the war began and our new members to combat ante semitism on college campuses. do you think the measures will help? i do you think the measures will hel ? ~ , , help? i think they will help 100%. help? i think they will help 100%- in — help? i think they will help 100%. in many _ help? i think they will help 10096. in many ways - help? i think they will help | 10096. in many ways having help? i think they will help - 10096. in many ways having this 100%. in many ways having this roadmap in a crisis is very, very helpful stop mac they did the work already. they ask of individuals and organisations and departments what they could do to combat ante semitism and now we have to follow that roadmap. that was truly unprecedented. no hollo covered approach to combat ante semitism has ever been implemented by any president ever and so i think we need to look to the report. it is many pages but talks about what could be done from the department of education to the department of education to the department of education to the department of homeland security

and beyond and it is helping for that to begin to be encumbered.- for that to begin to be encumbered. ~ ., ., ., , ., encumbered. what more do you think needs _ encumbered. what more do you think needs to _ encumbered. what more do you think needs to be _ encumbered. what more do you think needs to be done? - encumbered. what more do you think needs to be done? so - encumbered. what more do you. think needs to be done? so much more needs _ think needs to be done? so much more needs to _ think needs to be done? so much more needs to be _ think needs to be done? so much more needs to be done. - think needs to be done? so much more needs to be done. in - think needs to be done? so much more needs to be done. in many| more needs to be done. in many ways, we have to call out ante semitism everywhere that we possibly can and to understand the jewish possibly can and to understand thejewish community is in pain right now. 50% ofjewish people live in israel and what happened on october seven not only impacted every single person in israel, it impacted every singlejewish person every single jewish person around the world. most of us know somebody who was killed or was being held hostage or we know somebody who knows somebody. we are a very small community. we're feeling scared and threatened and we want people who have claimed to be our allies for so long to demonstrate ally ship right now, stand in solidarity with ask call out ante semitism and say there stand with us in this fight for the long run.- fight for the long run. there of course — fight for the long run. there of course many _

fight for the long run. there of course many americans l fight for the long run. there i of course many americans who are also feeling a lot of pain right now seeing the massive loss of life in gaza as well and there have been protesters support the cause for a ceasefire, some of them led also byjewish american. how do you distinguish the threat of anti—semitism for cause for a ceasefire in support of palestinian civilians? how do you go about that? i palestinian civilians? how do you go about that?— you go about that? i want to mention. — you go about that? i want to mention, this _ you go about that? i want to mention, this past _ you go about that? i want to mention, this past week, . mention, this past week, tele—palestinians on break in vermont were shot. so you know, we were one of the firstjewish organisations to react to this news, and we knew it was unacceptable. i think what's most important right now is that on october seven, we saw the worst of humanitiment and again when the students were shot, we saw the worst of humanitiment and as we see anti—semitism, we see the worst of humanity. and the only way we can defeat anti—semitism, the only way we can defeat

islamophobia is by being the best of humanity and commit to each other with love and compassion and that's what we need more of right now.- need more of right now. that's a treat need more of right now. that's a great note — need more of right now. that's a great note to _ need more of right now. that's a great note to end _ need more of right now. that's a great note to end our- a great note to end our conversation. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news today. forjoining us on bbc news toda . ., ~ ,, forjoining us on bbc news toda. ., ~ . ., today. thank you so much for havin: today. thank you so much for having me- — having me. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at another headline. the former british chancellor, alastair darling, has died at the age of 70. he was a labour mp for almost 30 years. he was 13—under prime minister tony blair and then gordon brown, who described him as a statesman of unimpeachable integrity. others from across the political spectrum have been paying tribute. alastair had the real— been paying tribute. alastair had the real integrity - been paying tribute. alastair had the real integrity that i had the real integrity that real statesmen have. not to confuse the work place of the vigorous debate where you put forward your side's point of view as best you can, with any personal animosity.— view as best you can, with any personal animosity. when people will think about _ personal animosity. when people will think about alastair - will think about alastair darling, they will think — he's the sort — darling, they will think — he's the sort of— darling, they will think — he's the sort of best of politics.

softly _ the sort of best of politics. softly spoken, he wasn't big at grandstanding. but always tried to do— grandstanding. but always tried to do the — grandstanding. but always tried to do the right thing.— to do the right thing. darling will likely be _ to do the right thing. darling will likely be most _ to do the right thing. darling i will likely be most remembered for shepherding the british economy through the 2008 global financial crisis. he compared the height of the crisis to being the captain of the titanic, knowing the ship was going down. alastair darling had been suffering from cancer. he was 70. you're watching bbc news. officials from the us and india committed on thursday to investigating allegations that an indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a sikh separatist on us soil. the target of the attack was a vocal critic of the indian government and general counsel for sikhs forjustice, an for sikhs for justice, an organisation for sikhs forjustice, an organisation that supports the succession of punjab from india. the white house says it takes the allegations seriously. us officials have briefed indian officials on the case and an indian government

spokesperson said that the details of the case are a matter of concern.- details of the case are a matter of concern. we take this very seriously — matter of concern. we take this very seriously and _ matter of concern. we take this very seriously and a _ matter of concern. we take this very seriously and a high - matter of concern. we take this very seriously and a high level. very seriously and a high level committee has been considered to look into all of relevant aspects of the matter. and necessary follow—up action will be taken based on the findings of the inquiry committee. now, accordin: of the inquiry committee. now, according to — of the inquiry committee. now, according to the _ of the inquiry committee. now, according to the indictment, . according to the indictment, the indian official tried to' range a murderfor hire on panoun. but the alleged plan failed after the person that gupta thought was a hit man, turned out to be an undercover us informant. it follows claims made by the canadian government after the killing of another sikh activist. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau accused them of involvement. india called the accusations absurd. we can speak with this now with the editor and chief of foreign policy and served as cnn's foreign policy chief in new telly. he has more on the story. ——in new delhi. what do

you make of this murder plot in new york. the indictment claim is extensive. it new york. the indictment claim is extensive.— is extensive. it is, and it outlines _ is extensive. it is, and it outlines details - is extensive. it is, and it outlines details that - is extensive. it is, and it i outlines details that sound quite amateurish, which is surprising. but if the allegations in the indictment are true and india said it's going to look into it very seriously, it's designated it a matter of concern, it's something of immense embarrassment for india. let's be clear, though, the person who the alleged plot was against is someone that india has listed as a terrorist. as was a previous person in canada who was assassinated. india has dismissed claims that it was involved in that at all. so india treating the two cases — one of an actual assassination that took place in canada, dismissing it and saying that it had nothing to do with it. until evidence was presented otherwise. this was injune. but it's treating this matter in the united states very differently. with more

seriousness. treating it with a matter of concern. and part of it is because of the charges that have been made public by the department ofjustice, and a very extensive long pdf that is circulating around the world and among journalists, regular people reading details, that look ham—fisted and embarrassing. look ham-fisted and embarrassing.- look ham-fisted and embarrassing. look ham-fisted and embarrassinu. , ., embarrassing. tell us more about why _ embarrassing. tell us more about why you _ embarrassing. tell us more about why you think - embarrassing. tell us more about why you think that i embarrassing. tell us more| about why you think that the reaction between the case in the us and the previous one if canada have been so different from indian officials? does that really tell us more about how indian officials see canada and the us? it how indian officials see canada and the us?— and the us? it does. there is one key difference, _ and the us? it does. there is one key difference, however, before getting into the relations between the two countries. the incident in canada injune involved someone who was actually assassinated. and canada has so far not made anything public by way of intelligence. and this might be because they were unable to twrart the assassination. in the american case, an assassination attempt was

thwarted. the person concerned is still alive. and the united states has made public all kinds of information. gupta, who you mentioned, is someone who you mentioned, is someone who has been involved in arms trafficking, by his own admission. however, the united states has not revealed the name of the indian openjust calling that person cc1 — so preserving that person's anonymity. but the extent of the details, phone conversations, there's a picture as well, of money being exchanged. all of that makes this look more believable. it looks like the evidence is extensive, and that is in part the public nature of this. that forces india to take this more seriously. and then there is, as you mentioned, the fact that this is the united states — a key indian ally for both sides. india is also an important ally for the united states. and their interests converge in a

variety of arenas that make them important to each other in them important to each other in the present moment. perhaps more than ever before in their respective histories. irate more than ever before in their respective histories.— respective histories. we saw president — respective histories. we saw president biden _ respective histories. we saw president biden asking i respective histories. we saw president biden asking his i respective histories. we saw. president biden asking his cia chief also to go to india to talk to his counterpart — to make clear that the us will not tolerate these types of activities. what does this all mean for us—india ties? so mean for us-india ties? so arain, mean for us-india ties? so again. the _ mean for us—india ties? sr again, the differences emerge. with the canadian case, prime minister trudeau went public. in this case, in the united states, there was behind the scenes diplomacy. so a very different diplomatic approach. a quiet approach by the united states where, as you mentioned, cia director goes to india, has discussions with his indian counterparts, raises it in private. there have been other high—level meetings between india and the united states, where it should be clear, this isn't the only thing on the table. there are a lot of other things that the two countries discuss. but there's discretion

involved, which implies again, that the two sides take each other very seriously, and they see their interests aligning, if not their values. but certainly, their material interests. and that suggests to me that this relationship is important enough that it will endure the bumps along the way. whether they are this one here, or other ones to come. they need each other right now. fiifi need each other right now. 0k, really interesting _ need each other right now. 0k, really interesting to get your perspective on this story. thank you. let's turn to some other stories now. the cop28 summit in dubai got off to a surprise start with a long—awaited fund to help poor countries affected by climate change. the eu, united kingdom, the us and others, totalled contributions totalling $400 million. it is hoped the deal will provide the momentum for a water agreement on action during the summit a us court has reinstated a gag order on donald trump. it prevents the former president and his team from criticising

court personnel in his ongoing civilfraud trial in court personnel in his ongoing civil fraud trial in new york. thejudge claims his chambers have been inundated with threats. mr trump's attorney said it marks a tragic day for the rule of law. musicians and politicians, friends and fans alike, have all been paying tribute to the lay irish singer, shane macgowan. the pogues frontman died at the age of 65. # and the bells are ringing out for christmas day. fairy tale of new york show cased mcgowan's talents for story telling. he was born in kent, the son of irish immigrants. he front the pogues from 1982 to the breaken in 2014. he was known for the lyrical triumphs. 2014. he was known for the lyricaltriumphs. muse 2014. he was known for the lyrical triumphs. muse nick cave called shane macgowan of one of the greatest of his

generation. and the charlatons frontman said he was an inspiration to so many of us who wanted to be in bands. and one last story before we go. a new study shows that penguins can sleep forjust new study shows that penguins can sleep for just a new study shows that penguins can sleep forjust a few seconds at the a time, thousands of times a day during breeding season. the reason for this would be familiar to any parent who is new to parenting. it allows adult predators to guard. scientists say that the micronaps add up to 11 hours a day, which is enough for the penguins to function for weeks at a time. the study was published on thursday in the journal of science. right, time for a journal of science. right, time fora nap! thank you for watching the show. we'll be back at the top of the neck hour with more news. do stay with us.

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.

voice—over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. dr anthony fauci is america's top doctor. he ran america's medical response on everything from the aids crisis to ebola, and, of course, covid. now he's left government and he's back at university as a professor. ready, sir? yeah. dr fauci, how are you? good to see you. it's been a while. yes, indeed. since we went to dinner together. yes. thank you for doing this. my pleasure. no, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure. this must be so nice for you, being back on campus. i asked myself a question.