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as tributes continue. trapped for over two weeks in a tunnel, dozens of men in india are now free after a large rescue effort. ♪ hello and welcome to world news america. the israeli military confirms about 12 more hostages have been released by hamas on the fifth day of this temporary truce. they are back in israel and include 10 israelis and two people from thailand. just one child, a 17-year-old, was released. israel released 30 palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages. efforts are underway to try to prolong the current cease fire extension even further. over 170 held in gaza. hamas which is designated by a terror group says it is not

holding all the captives. other groups are also involved. among those still held by hamads -- hamas is the youngest hostage. our senior international correspondent reports now from jerusalem. >> it is a nerve-racking wait for hostages to come home, especially the very young. the fear is time may run out. tomorrow is due to be the last day. will the baby be freed? he's the youngest hostage, just 10 months old. israel has taken him to its hear t. kidnapped with him, his brother who is four and loves batman. their mother held them in their

arms, trying to protect them as hamas led them all away. their father also a hostage. israel says hamas has passed them on to another palestinian militant group. their relatives are tormented by worry and by waiting. how difficult have the last few days been whene today has come and gone, and they have not come home? >> it's dreadful. it is the worst scenario. having to wait for that list every night. seeing all those beautiful moments of reunion and hoping that us will be the next day and it is not. >> relatives and supporters are gathered here once again. they want to keep the pressure on the government. for all those released in recent

days, many more remain trapped in gaza. their families are hoping against hope that the deal between israel and hamas will be extended once again. that deal has brought palestinian partners back into the arms of their families. like this 18-year-old accused of writing. -- rioting. about 150 have been freed so far from israeli jails and have returned to east jerusalem and the west bank. in gaza, while the truce holds, a chance to survey the wreckage. the u.n. says there is despair, destruction, and especially for women and children, the risk of famine. >> we our homes getting destroyed -- see our homes getting destroyed and our dreams getting destroyed.

they gave us a four day cease fire. what good is that? >> back in israel, balloons are released for the children in the hopes that they will soon see the sky again after more than 50 days in darkness. bbc news, tel aviv. caitriona: we are joined from jerusalem by our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. talking about hostages and detainees, more were released day. what can you tell us? paul: that is right. another 10 israeli hostages, including some quite elderly women and a 17-year-old girl, who emerged amazingly carrying the family dog which she managed to keep with her for over 50 days in captivity. also, two thai migrant workers

who were among quite a sizable group of thais who were captured on october 7. we saw all of them being handed over to the representatives of the international committee of the red cross, and crossing over through the egyptian border from where they were then passed on into israel. some of those will have already been transported to israeli hospitals where medical checks will be conducted. just a short time afterwards, we heard that a corresponding group of 30 palestinian detainees, around 15 women and 15 teenaged males, were also released. they were taken by a bus to the west bank city of ramallah, where they were then released and able to reunite with their families. this is the fifth day of synchronized hostage and prisoner exchanges, raising

hopes that this process may continue. caitriona: on that not, there is a day left to run on the cease-fire now. is there a suggestion that might be a further extension? paul: you are right, this is the first of a two-day extension. that will run out in 24 hours. there are pretty high hopes there will be a second 48 hour extension that will follow immediately afterwards. beyond that, frankly, everything is up in the air. we don't know the state of the negotiations which have been going on. we know they've been going on. representatives from american, israeli and egyptian intelligence all in qatar today holding negotiations about further hostage releases. there are hopes of process could continue. as long as it continues to deliver day by day as expected, the required number of people, then it is reasonable to assume there will be intense efforts to

keep it going. but don't forget, israel's prime minister has said when this is over, whenever it is over, he intends to send the military back into the gaza strip with what he calls full force. caitriona: very briefly, there have been calls for more humanitarian aid to be allowed in during this period. is there any development there? paul: yes. because of the continued pause in fighting, the u.n. was able to get some of it up into the northern part of the gaz strip into a refugee camp. a area that has barely received any intertional assistance since this crisis began. we are seeing more trucks arriving in the southern gaza strip, too. it is a fraction of what's needed and certainly a fraction of what will be needed if the israeli army decides to turn its attention to the south when this pause finally ends. caitriona: paul adams, thank you

for that. as paul described, the united nations has used the pause in fighting to get desperately needed aid into gaza but says much more is needed. the u.s. airlifted humanitarian supplies to egypt for the citizens in gaza with more deliveries planned. one of the organizations working to feed people in the region is world central kitchen. earlier, i spoke with the founder. chef, thank you for joining us. you have been feeding the people of gaza and israel since shortly after this conflict begin. before the current cease fire, how much have conditions deteriorated? >> myself, personally, i have not been inside gaza, but with the partners we have inside, we know the situation is very complicated. obviously, the last few days with the cease-fire, humanitarian aid has been able to reach our different partners

and other organizations. we need to understand that if we don't let trucks go into gaza in huge quantities every single day, we can already be talking about famine. we have a very difficult situation. that is why world central kitchen, with our partners since the beginng of the conflict, we have been able to do between hot meals and food kits, almost 6 million meals. it is not only in gaza. we also have people we are feeding in egypt. palestinians that were caught outside of palestine and have not been able to access their homes inside gaza. we are feeding people in israel that were affected by the terrorist attack by hamas. and we are feeding people in lebanon because hezbollah is obviously attacking israel and

israel is defending themselves. you can see gaza is the most important we need to be helping, the palestine people. this is also spreading to other countries, other parts of the region. that is what it is very bad. hopefully, there will be a total cease fire and then humanitarian organizations like us and others will be able to provide people with food, water, and everything else they will be needing to start the reconstruction. caitriona: obviously, there is a very serious shortage of clean running water, no electricity or fuel. what physical foods have you been able to give them? >> we have been very creative from the beginning because already we were inside the last two years with this amazing organization. they are a medical organization, but they partner with us. they have expertise of almost 50 years of experience in palestine. we have the experience of food.

we begin by buying fruits and vegetables from all the farmers. we began buying fish from the fishermen. always creative ways to make sure we can be providing the most amount of meals. again, it is only a drop of water in a big ocean of need, but we have not only been able to do close to 6 million meals, but in the last few days, we have been able to put in 65 trucks. we have another 125 trucks on their way to gaza from cairo. we are bringing not only food, not only things like rice and beans and meatnd fish in cans, but we've been already been able to fill up t trucks with kitchens and food pallets that we will be allowed to bring into gaza. very quickly, as soon as those

trucks start reaching the different parts of gaza, we can start opening more kitchens because defeat almost 2 million -- to feed almost 2 million palestinians, we will need not only the help from u.n., unicef, and the many other organizations, as many organizations that can be involved will be in the best interest of the people in palestine. caitriona: are you happy with how the aid is being administered at the moment? >> obviously, when you have people who are hungry and thirsty, nobody can be happy. i think everybody will agree we need food and water, should be a universal right and the people of palestine deserve that right. let'hope that this cease fire we are seeing right now will be something that will be longer. hopefully, more aid will be able to reach every single person.

we have a water program with amazing water ngo's where they specialize in providing water in very difficult circumstances. again, this will be a hands-on mission. hopefully, things will start getting better. caitriona: just to ask you that question because you tweeted this week that the needs in the north and throughout gaza are too much for the u.n. alone to handle. you said the u.n. needs to not try to control humanitarian aids going into gaza and palestinians would be better served if we are all allowed to work without interference. what did you mean by that? >> in that same tweet, i praised what they were doing. i wanted to make sure that everyone understood the situation is really dire. there are small ngo's that have shown many times around the world that even if we are small,

we are able to adapt in very creative ways. for palestine, we have to be adapting. we have to adapt quick and ficient, if you allow ngo's like world central kitchen where our expertise is feeding in emergencies and thinking about how to be creative to provide food and water as quick as possible. the people we are trying to help will be better. that is what i meant with this tweet. the more people, the more ngo's in an organized way are able to help, the better for the people not only of palestine, but the many other people in the surrounding countries. i know that thursday, friday, king hussein of jordan was hosting a quick conference, meeting, bringing all the people, the ngo's, the partners to try precisely to make sure there is some kind of framework.

so altogether, working together, we can really take care of the people of palestine in these very difficult times. caitriona: absolutely. we wish you the best with that conference. you are to be commended with the work you are doing in gaza and other places around the world. chef, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. caitriona: india is celebrate in the rescue of 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the himalayas for 17 days. they are said to be in good health but will now be assessed in hospital. >> this moment, more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. people sharing sweets and hugs. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel.

17 days they have spent inside that tunnel and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. it's been a harrowing experiencing for the men inside and those working to get them out. >> we have three people out already. the rescue team is taking over. three people out, they are in triage now. they will be going to the hospital pretty shortly. >> how do you feel? >> oh, after 12 days -- >> rescuers spent the last several days pushing an 800 millimeter pipe through 60 meters of rubble and debris. they were then pulled out on wheeled stretchers one by one. >> my hands, they have blisters from pulling the rope. we worked very hard, but now we are very happy.

everyone was cheering and hooting. >> he has been waiting for 14 days, watching the mouth of the tunnel, praying for his son. >> i'm very happy. i'm 55 and i have seen life but my son is very young and he has a long life. i want him to fight in his long life. >> the rescue operation that gripped the country finally has its happy ending. ♪ caitriona: the former first lady of the united states, rosalynn carter, was remembered today at a service in atlanta. she died on november 19 at the age of 96. her husband was in attendance. jimmy carter is in hospice care with terminal cancer and his family have been uncertain

whether he would be able to travel to the service. president biden nd the first lady jill biden also attended, as former president bill clinton and all living former first ladies. speakers at the memorial paid tribute to mrs. carter's warmth, work on mental health and environmental causes. they focused on the enduring love she and jimmy carter shared. mr. carter did not speak and his daughter amy read a letter that he sent to rosalynn carter 75 years ago while serving in the navy. >> my darling, every time i've ever been away from you, i have been thrilled when i returned to discover just how wonderful you are. while i'm away, i try to convince myself that you really are not, could not be as sweet and beautiful as i remember. but, when i see you, i fall in

love with you all over again. does that seem strange to you? it does not to me. goodbye, darling, until tomorrow. jimmy. caitriona: tomorrow, the family will hold a private service before mrs. carter is laid to rest. a bbc arabic investigation has revealed toxic air pollution from one of the biggest companies. spreading hundreds of kilometers from the oil fields, putting the health of millions of people at risk across the gulf. it is caused by flaring, an almost entirely avoidable process used to burn off excess gas during oil drilling. >> good job. >> those coughs. >> the first time she had an asthma attack, it left him struggling for breath.

he missed the whole year of preschool because of his severe asthma. >> we don't have the knowledge inchoate that we have pollution -- in kuwait that we have pollution that will affect children in the future. >> kuwait has some of the worst air quality in the world. it is often blamed on dust storms. however, scientific studies suggest it is not only dust. >> this is then made air pollution -- this man-made air pollution that we can regulate and eliminate. >> a bbc arabic investigation has uncovered one source of this pollution, gas flaring, where excess gas from oil production is intentionally burned. this is an almost entirely avoidable and widely condemned practice. this type of pollution can lead to respiratory and heart diseases, as well as cancer. the bbc has worked with scientists to model the weather

patterns and public available data about the volume and toxicity of the gas flares. kuwait's oil and gas industry contributes significantly to its own pollution, but the bbc's investigation has found that a substantial amount of toxic pollution in kuwait's air is also coming from iraq's giant oil fields, 140 kilometers away. the biggest source of gas flaring is fro a bp and petro china-run oilfield. they told the bbc they are working with the operator of this field to reduce its flaring and emissions. in nearby uae, the air pollution is just as bad. we spoke to a patient with severe asthma who lives in abu dhabi. [coughing] >> shortness of breath is the most uncomfortable symptom for me. you feel that the air is not pure. the air is heavy.

>> the uae is gas flaring every day and bbc analysis of satellite data shows it has not reduced flaring over the past decade. but, that is not the message the ceo of uae's biggest oil company, who's also the top 28 president wants the world to hear. >> over 20 oil and gas companies have positively answered the call to step up and eliminate routine flaring by 2030. >> abu dhabi national oil company has a zero flaring policy but the bbc uncovered it has actually increased flaring in at least three offshore oil and gas sites. adnoc says across all of their operations, they are focused on their goal of eliminating routine flaring by 2030. our model shows pollution from

these flares is reaching dubai and abu dhabi, even though they are hundreds of kilometers away. potentially putting at risk the health of millions of uae's own population, as well as visiting tourists. bbc news. caitriona: the vatican says pope francis canceled his planned trip to the cop28 climate meeting because of the effects of influenza and lung inflammation. the vatican had said he was going ahead with the trip earlier on tuesday but after advice from doctors, he agreed not to travel. the first flight from the u.k. to the u.s. by a passenger plane powered by only alternative fuels touched down in new york on monday afternoon. operated by virgin atlantic, it fruit from london to new york. the so-called sustainable aviation can be made by crops, household waste and cooking oils. airlines hope the flight shows

that a greener way of flying is possible. last year, aviation accounted for about 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions as planes emit 800 million tons of co2 last year. you can find out about all of the days news on our website, bbc.com/news. i'm caitriona perry. thank you for watching world news america. do take care. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪

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