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talks as the two countries aim to lower the diplomatic temperature. ♪ sumi: a very warm welcome to world news america. israel says its forces have rescued a hostage from an underground tunnel in gaza after being held for more than 10 months. 52-year-old is an arab and found in the southern part of the strip. he was abducted in the october 7 attacks. israel says he was rescued and what they are calling a complex operation. lucy williamson sent this report from the medical center in southern israel. lucy: for farhan, a few final moments in hiding. a wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left 10 months ago. for my tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of

hours. his family racing the last few meters to greet him. thin and pale, but staff set after more than 10 months in captivity, the 52-year-old was in a good and stable condition. >> it is difficult to explain how it feels. it is better than having a newborn. we thank god and everyone and hope to see him healthy. we are very happy, very happy. lucy: israel's army released this footage of him moments after the rescue. rumors that he managed to escape without help from israeli forces denied by a military spokesman. >> we cannot go into many details of this special operation, but i can share that israeli commandos rescued him from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. lucy: last week, israel brought

back the bodies of six other hostages. the funeral of one was held in israel today. the joy of one family and the grief of another. a trickle of hostages returning as more than 100 others and a cease-fire deal remains stubbornly out of reach. lucy williamson, bbc news. sumi: he's the eighth hostage rescue but is really forces since the start of the war in gaza. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's working to secure the release of all remaining hostages. >> welcome back, farhan. i congratulate the idf and isa for another successful rescue operation. we working tirelessly to bring back a hostages. negotiations and rescue operations. these two ways require our

military presence on the field and unending military pressure on hamas. we will continue to do so once we bring all back home. sumi: following the news, the group bring them home now released this statement saying "the wonderful news of his return is a sign of light amongst the darkness for the families of a hostages and the people of israel. we wish to thank the wonderful forces of our idf who helped him return safely. a deal is the only way to secure the return of the remaining hostages. the living for rehabilitation and the murder for proper burial." one of the hostages still being held is a 36-year-old, an american israeli citizen. he was taken from where he was living with his pregnant wife and two daughters. his wife has since given birth to a third daughter. we spoke to his father about today's news and his son still being held hostage in gaza.

jonathan, thank you for joining us. it is great to have you back. with the news that the israeli military freed a hostage who was being held in gaza, i wonder if you can tell us what went through your mind when you heard that. >> first, i was extremely happy for the family of the gentleman who was rescued. that is wonderful news for them. i really could not be happier. beyond that, it's unfortunately the exception that proves the rule which is that israeli army to date, for the last now nearly 11 months, has -- this is the first rescue of a hostage from a tunnel. the circumstances are still a little murky. the other rescues of live hostages have all been from above ground in fairly lightly guarded spaces. so, while it's certainly a good

positive thing for any hostage to be rescued alive, it does not necessarily contribute to our optimism that the same can be accomplished for the rest of the hostages who may still be alive amongst the 108 remaining. sumi: you have been critical of the israeli prime minister for not doing enough to bring the hostages home. the latest round of talks on a cease-fire agreement and hostage release the did not end with progress. are you hopeful, optimistic that such an agreement can be reached? >> i am not aware that this round is over. as far as i know, it is in process. no one expected for the parties to sit down and within 24 hours, it was going to be wrapped up. i have to be optimistic because we want this nightmare to end for our families, for our country and for the people of gaza.

no less important. the demand from both parties, meaning from hamas and from the israeli government should be absolute. they must for the good of their own peoples, they must reach an agreement now. there is no more room, no more time. and no more justification for more suffering. the rest of the world is telling the parties that it is time to complete this deal, israel's closest allies, its own military and intelligence communities are telling the prime minister that the time has come while i have to remain optimistic, i am very cautious because we've been down this road before. and been disappointed. sumi: have is really of -- israeli authorities been able to tell anything about your son and

how he might be doing after so many months in captivity? >> no, there is no contact with the hostages. as you know or should know, hamas has refused red cross visits or any other international agency for any of the hostages since they were violently taken from the on october 7. the only indication we have of his well-being came in late november early december with of approximately 100 hostages. of those 40 were from the small community on the border with gaza. a handful of those women and children had seen him and other men, male hostages in the tunnels under gaza. at that time, they were able to tell us that he was alive but wounded. we knew he had been wounded in the gunfire taken hostage. that is it. beyond that, we know nothing.

as you can imagine, that is a cause for enormous concern and fear for us and all the other hostages. sumi: i want to ask you about him. i know he's obviously a son, also a father. what can you tell us about him? >> well, he's exactly the kind of young men, 36-year-old, he had his birthday a couple weeks ago. father of three young girls. he's exactly the person who is going to make our region better. our region containing both jewish israelis and bedouin israelis. he's a creator, a builder. he someone who's always intuitively, instinctively worked on behalf of social justice for underserved communities of all kinds in the south of the country. i believe that given better circumstances between ourselves and the neighboring population

of gaza, he in his capacity as a project director for a major philanthropy, could also be really helpful in rebuilding gaza, strangely enough, and for bringing a better future for his children, my grandchildren. it is beyond ironic that our people were taken hostage. we are all people of peace. the members along the border. we are the head of the spear of the peace movement in israel. hamas and the islamic jihad in their massacre of our people on october 7 and mass rape and hostage taking, beyond all else, were striking a terrible blow to the cause of possible future peace by perpetrating these horrendous acts and not

returning the hostages. and perpetuating this conflict that will end the moment they return the hostages. sumi: we will have to leave it there for today but thank you to you and your family so much for sharing your story. >> thank you for keeping the spotlight on this very challenging issue that must be resolved. sumi: now, ukrainian president valletta mayor zielinski said he will present -- zielinski will present a victory plan to president biden next month. it outlines a list of targets in russia that ukraine's military can hit only if washington lifts all restrictions on his usage of u.s. weapons in its war effort. ukraine successful incursion into russia which has now claimed 100 settlements and almost 600 russian prisoners is part of what president zelenskyy has called an ambitious plan he hopes will change president biden's mind. moscow has conducted another missile and drone attack on several regions in ukraine, killing at least five people. president zelenskyy said the

newly arrived f-16 fighter jets provided by the west shot down the drums. for more on the situation, our correspondent sent this report. >> the ukrainian air force says overnight, moscow used more than 80 drones and a dozen missiles in order to target cities across ukraine. and they say they managed to intercept almost all drones and five missiles which suggest they failed to shoot down the remaining five missiles. we know that one of those targets then they managed to hit was the hotel where at least three people were killed. and rescue operations are still continuing there. emergency workers are trying to find another missing person at the site. overall, the scale of today's attack was much smaller than yesterday's when russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones. but, ukraine still had to use almost all its resources in

order to repel this attack. today, president zelenskyy has announced kyiv had to use newly arrived f-16 fighter jets in order to intercept some of those russian missiles. he also said that ukraine has managed to design and successfully tested its first ballistic missile. so, this shows you that kyiv is trying to design and develop its own military technology. of course, they are still heavily dependent on western weapons. they keep telling their partners in the west that they need more missiles, they need more ammunition, air defense systems in order to protect its territory and retake all the territory that was seized by russia in the east. they keep insisting that its western partners should lift all restrictions on the use of western weapons. at the moment, ukraine cannot use long-range missiles to hit deep inside russia.

they want those restrictions to be lifted so that they can target airfields from where russian bombers and fighter jets take off and target ukrainian cities. sumi: the u.s. national security advisor is in china for multiple days of talks with top diplomats as a do countries were to settle tensions. jake sullivan is holding talks with the chinese foreign minister, the fourth time in 16 months. their last meeting came in january shortly after president joe biden and xi jinping held a summit to stabilize relations. mr. sullivan and mr. yi addressed media, each acknowledging past disagreements and the need to find common ground. >> china-u.s. relations bear on the future of the two countries and influence the world. over the past few years, the bilateral relations have gone through twists and turns. under the strategic guidance of president xi jinping and president joe biden, we have managed to return and move toward san francisco. the experiences from this

journey are worth summarizing and the lessons should be learned. >> we are working to ensure the competition is not conflict and finding ways to work together. all of that requires the kind of strategic and substantive and constructive dialogue that director wong was referring to and which we remain committed. sumi: the visit by president biden's national security advisor comes not only at a critical time for u.s.-china relations, but also the u.s. election. president biden, jake sullivan and democrats are looking to firm up the country's most contentious foreign-policy relationship. while president biden has taken a softer stance on china than his predecessor, he did not reverse high tariffs on chinese goods implemented by mr. trump. in may, biden actually ramped up taxes on chinese made products like electric cars and solar panels. there's also disagreement between washington and beijing over taiwan. china claims the self-governing island as its own, while president biden and the u.s. support its independence.

the countries are also at odds over the war in ukraine. president biden's secretary of state antony blinken accused china of helping to fuel the biggest threat to european security since the cold war. china supplies its ally russia with tools to build weapons it uses in its invasion. the harris campaign has not revealed how much her china policy would mimic that of the biden administration. on the republican side, trump has already promised to impose more tariffs on china. similar to president biden and vice president harris, he has pledged to for china's neighbors. for more, we can speak to jennifer welsh, chief geo-economics analyst at bloomberg and former director for china and taiwan at the u.s. national security council. always good to see you. thank you for joining us. we understand that jake sullivan and his counterpart are looking at this point to settle tensions but beyond that, what do you think he's looking to achieve with his visit? jennifer: always a pleasure. i would actually say jake and yi

have a modest goal which is not necessarily to settle tensions, but to try to manage them. it sounds deceptively simple. the u.s. and china have very different interests, very different values for i don't think either side is under the illusion that these conversations or other conversations will change the way that beijing and washington approach each other. what these conversations are an opportunity to do is flush out misperceptions, send signals to the other side about what is important to them, and where possible, try to secure small wins on areas of cooperation. sumi: what do you think china's priorities are in all of this? do you think china is especially looking towards the election in the u.s.? jennifer: i am sure beijing is watching the election very closely. i am also pretty sure that beijing will not want to raise that in this conversation. china is trying really hard to avoid any perception that it has an interest in the particular outcome of the election or that it is attempting to sway the outcomes of the election in any way. more broadly, i think what

beijing is likely to raise our concerns about the bilateral relationship. from the beginning, beijing has rejected this competitive framing that you heard nsa sullivan saying about how the u.s. thinks about his relationship with china and actions of the biden administration as part of that. including expert controls, including supporting taiwan and the philippines in the south china sea. in addition to that, what beijing is likely to raise is not particular taiwan. taiwan has a new president that beijing mistrusts. washington has been a key backer of taiwan. and this is a perennial issue in u.s.-china relations which would be a topic of conversation in beijing. sumi: we have seen that canada has announced it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of chinese electrical vehicles. the u.s. and eu have made similar announcements. what impact do you think such tariffs have on this conversation? jennifer: i think canada's

recent actions are interesting not just because of the economic rationale behind them, but perhaps the geopolitical rationale. the government had in mind domestic and situate these -- domestic constituencies but also how washington is approaching it and the implications that has for the u.s.-canada economic relationship and usmca. it is a particular issue given that one of the candidates for november, former president donald trump, has taken on chinese ev's. i think all of these factors are at play in ottawa's decision. the next thing to watch is how beijing responds. we have seen beijing respond to the eu tariffs with certain measures in response. beijing has a long history of using economic measures against its trade partners when it wants to try to change their policies on certain issues. i think that is what canada is bracing for next. sumi: this is all amid the backdrop of this competition over influence in the region.

we saw japan accusing a chinese spy plane of breaching its airspace. how big of a role do you think that rivalry over influence in the region will play right now? jennifer: that think it is a constant tug and pull. it is a long-running issue, not just when it comes to northeast asia but in particular southeast asia. that is why developments in the south china sea are so critically important. we have seen repeated clashes between chinese forces and forces belonging to the philippines, a u.s. treaty ally, over the last few months. that has really changed the way in which manila looks at its relationship with beijing how the prior administration approach to the issue. and how it has approached washington in bringing washington more into the fold and deepening that relationship. as well as working more multilaterally with the u.s. other partners in the region like japan. sumi: do we know anything about what a possible kamala harris presidency would mean for the

relationship with china? we understand she does like president biden's support of status quo with taiwan. jennifer: i think vice president harris, and this is clear from looking at her senate record and her actions as vice president, would largely continue the biden administration's approach on china in terms of the competitive framing while also trying to manage these tensions that are the reason why jake sullivan is in beijing today. we know she has a very strong record on human rights issues for she has been at the forefront of the admin iterations diplomacy. i would expect all of those concerns and priorities to continue where she to win in november. sumi: jennifer welch, always great to have you with us. thank you so much. jennifer: thank you. sumi: china is also a topic of discussion of the pacific islands forum where leaders from 18 remote nations in the pacific ocean gather for an annual meeting. a deputy foreign minister from taiwan will attend this week's forum as the u.s. and china battle over influence in the region. at the center of the meeting was

the issue of climate change. islands in the southwest pacific are facing rising sea levels, warming oceans and a rise in the sea's acidity because it is absorbing more carbon dioxide. the united nations secretary general attended the forum and warned about the risks of the changing climate, saying while the pacific islands are not a major contributor to the problem, they are most at risk. >> the world must look to the pacific and listen to science. this is a crazy situation. rising seas is a crisis entirely of humanities making. swelling to an almost unimaginable scale. if we save the pacific, we also save ourselves. the world must act and answer the sos for it is too late. sumi: in the u.s., special counsel jack smith filed an updated indictment in the 2020 election interference case against former president donald trump.

it is the first big movement in that case following u.s. supreme court ruling that former president have brought immunity from criminal constitution -- persecution. the new indictment drops accusations that trump tried to overturn his election defeat. the supreme court found he could not be prosecuted for that. all the other charges remain. trump plead not guilty to those charges last august. let's take a look at some other headlines now from around the world. u.s. soldier travis king who fled from south to north korea before being returned to america will plead guilty to desertion and other charges according to his lawyer. the u.s. army filed 14 charges against mr. king for the illegal crossing in july 2023. he plans to enter a guilty plea to five charges including desertion and assault, but will plead not guilty to the other charges. australia is introducing a cap on the number of new international students as it tries to reduce migration to pre-pandemic levels. the country is one of the

biggest international student markets in the world, but will limit new enrollments to 270,000 next year. australia hosts almost 720,000 international students, according to government numbers. some universities called the move economic vandalism. a popular ski result in california is getting an early dusting of snow. lake tahoe got snow in august for the first time in 20 years. august is usually one of the warmest months there. the local ski season starts in late november. now, it is the news oasis fans have been waiting for. the gallagher brothers are getting back together. here is how it was announced. ♪ >> i know my brother better than anyone else. >> when we both come together, we have great music. sumi: they had teased an announcement through posts on social media before revealing tour dates for 25. formed in 1991, the british group rose to fame with hits

including wonderwall, don't look back in anger and live forever. in 1994, the band released the chart topping album definitely maybe, helping repel them to mega stardom.it is well documented the brothers had a tough relationship and into thousand nine, a backstage fight led to noel leaving the band but now they are back together and will be on tour. that is our show. you can find more on all the day's news on our website to see what we're working on editing time, check us o announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: 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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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna nawaz is away. on the "newshour" tonight, special counsel jack smith files a new indictment against former president donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. israel rescues a hostage from a tunnga