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>> hello and welcome sto our viewers joining us here from the united states and all around the world. we continue to bring you breaking news coverage of the israel/hamas war. i'm rosemary church. both sides have agreed to extend the pause in fighting for a seventh day. this came just minutes before the six-day truce was set to expire. israel says it agreed to extend the deal in light of mediators efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages. we've learned that israel has received a list of people to be released today. 16 hostages were set free by hamas on wednesday, including ten israelis under the terms of the truce. four thai nationals and russian israeli women released under separate deals. joe biden says he is gratified by the release. israel freed another 30 palestinian women and children

from its prisons, as part of its agreement with hamas. many were in detention and never charged. meanwhile, a group of thai hostages is set to arrive back in thailand soon. many were working on israeli farms when hamas attacked back on october 7th. and u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in israel. here's what blinken had to say about the release of hostages on wednesday. >> from day one, we have been focused relentlessly on trying to secure the release of hostages from gaza, from hamas. we've seen over the last week the very positive development of hostages coming home, being reunited with their families. and that should continue today. that's enabled an increase in humanitarian assistance to go to

innocent civilians in gaza who need it. this process is producing results. it's important and we hope it can continue. >> cnn is covering all of the developments. scott mclane on how the truce is holding. the hostages arriving back hope and jeremy diamond is in israel with devastating news on the youngest hostage held in gaza. let's go first to scott mclane live in istanbul. three hours ago, we got word the temporary truce would be extended by one more day. what more are you learning about this? >> this seemed like it would be easy yesterday, rosemary. it is something but the case. qatar, who is mediating this, was optimistic that the truce would be extended.

it has been. it was coming down to the wire when all said and done. both sides were saber rattling, and the israelis were threatening to restart the war. and hamas telling its fighters to be ready for combat unless they got word that the truce would be extended. the deal extension keeps in the same terms that were agreed to for the past six days. broadly speaking, this involves humanitarian aid going in, ten israeli hostages coming out. and 30 palestinian prisoners being freed from -- 30 palestinian prisoners freed from israeli jails. what hamas was offering was not exactly that. they offered seven women and children hostages to be released along with the bodies of three other women and children who had been killed. that was not good enough for israelis, though.

a couple hours ago, a senior adviser er to israeli prime minister was on cnn. he said plainly that the hostages need to be living if hamas wants this truce to go ahead and be extended. we understand from diplomatic sources close to negotiations that hamas had offered the same seven women and children and three elderly people, presumably men. that was also not good enough for israelis. and clearly, hamas has blinked first in all of this. it is not entirely clear, though, how many more women and children might be available still for release. sources said previously, there was only enough to make this lost another two or three days. but beyond that, you would be looking at civilian men and also, you would look at israeli

soldiers who command a higher price. and despite all of this, you have the idf, told you last hour, they are ready, should this not go ahead in another 24 hours from now. >> we need to be ready to mobilize as soon as the government instructs us to do so. on one hand. and also to respond to threats that develop. we have announced over the last couple days, several events on the ground, including explosive devices that hamas detonated against our forces on the ground. the situation is fragile and the military needs to be prepared. >> reporter: it is fragile. and the israeli military has telegraphed its intention to go into southern gaza, should this military campaign -- or when they say this military campaign continues. >> scott mclane joining us live from istanbul. thank you for that report. i spoke with the director of

policy and research. i asked him about the challenges of extending this truce between israel and hamas. take a listen. >> another good day. this has been a short-sided conflict. any tactical benefit should be celebrated. but i think, i'm concerned that the truce is fragile. that hamas may be struggling to obtain hostages that are held by other militant and criminal groups. criminal elements from gaza that were part of the october 7th attack. i'm holding out hope. i know israelis are poised to begin the conflict again. >> israel has told cnn that hamas is holding 140 hostages. they went ten living hostages on the seventh day of the truce. why was hamas instead going to

release seven hostages and the bodice of three others they say were killed in israeli air strikes? >> it's hard to know what is going on in hamas' decisionmaking. there's a lot of bargaining and hedging going on. there's categories or classifications of hostages. and the closer we get to military-aged males and idf soldiers, those are high-value bargaining chips. we'll see a different price exacted for the exchange of those hostages, if we get to that point. devastating news for the family of the youngest hostage held in gaza. hamas claims the 10-month-old and his 4-year-old and their mother were killed in israeli air strike. israel says it is assessing the claim. cnn's jeremy diamond has details. >> reporter: the searing image,

captive and clutching her two small children, etched in the collective memory of october 7th. now, hamas claiming that she and her two children are dead. hamas claims they were killed in an israeli air strike. israeli military says it is assessing the accuracy of hamas' claim. in a statement, the family said they had learned of hamas' latest claims and that are waiting for information to be confirmed and hopefully refuted by the military. >> we don't know if our family is even alive. that's the most painful thing here. you wake up in the morning. i wake up. and that's when my nightmare starts. >> reporter: the boys' great uncle speaking with cnn one hour before hamas released the statement. soon the family would learn that the family is not on the

hostages list for release. >> it's like schindler's list. waiting to see who is going to survive and who is not. >> reporter: day after day, the family has waited in agony for that list. all while advocating relentlessly for their release. >> hamas took them. hamas is required to bring them back right now. they're responsible for their health and their freedom. it's directly in hamas' hand. >> reporter: days earlier, the military claiming the family were no longer in hamas captivity. held instead by another militant group in gaza. neither hamas or the military providing an update on the boys' father, believed to be kidnapped on october 7th. if they are alive, the family are among the 145 hostages in gaza. 97 have been freed in the last week. among them, 12 newly freed

israeli hostages and 4 thai nationals, welcomed home by this crowd in southern israel, after more than 50 days in captivity. amid the cheers, 73-year-old irena, smiling. breaking news, of a deadly shooting in jerusalem. israeli police say terrorists opened fire at a bus station thursday morning, killing three people and wounding six others. authorities say the attackers were killed by security forces and a civilian. the area has been steeled off, as authorities rule out any other suspects. one of the most influential and polarizing leaders of our time has died. henry kissinger, the long-time secretary of state and national security adviser under presidents richard nixon and gerald ford was 100 years old.

richard roth recounts kissinger's breakthrough successes and his controversial policies that brought him widespread praise and deep scorn. >> i know all of you will want to hear from the new secretary of state. >> reporter: henry kissinger never needed an introduction on the world stage again. kissinger, the most famous statesman in the last half of the 20th century. celebrated and controversial. as richard nixon's national security adviser and secretary of state, the diplomat wielded enormous power and influence. so trusted, it was kissinger who went to china on a secret mission to explore a historic opening of u.s. relations with communist china. >> would be alone in beijing, with no communication. therefore, if he didn't know nixon's mind, he might do foolish things. >> reporter: initially, there

were fears a u.s./china ping-pong exchange match would affect the high-stakes political gambit. >> every once in a while, something happens in diplomacy which transcends the drafting of cables. >> reporter: vietnam. casualties mounted. nixon and an undiplomatic kissinger, thought more bombing of the north would help. >> i would recommend we start bombing the bejesus out of them in the next 48 hours. kissinger would say sometimes statesmen have to choose among evils. kissinger and his vietnamese counterpart were awarded the nobel peace prize for their role in negotiating a cease-fire. >> i have never dealt with a group of people as treacherous as the north vietnamese leadership.

>> reporter: kissinger insisted trouble on the home front hurt chances to succeed in vietnam. >> we lost the war because we were divided and also because we were uncertain about what we wanted. >> reporter: kissinger's support for a coup in chile and pro-u.s. military strongmen in other parts of the world drew criticism. >> henry kissinger. >> reporter: kissinger's legacy would be contested decades later when he testified in congress at the age of 91. kissinger grew up in germany with war clouds swirling. his family fled when he was 15. >> half of the people i went to school with and 30 members of my own family died in concentration camps. >> reporter: a jewish secretary of state, that would listen to his president criticize the jewish leaders. >> american person and jew second. >> i couldn't agree more. >> i only heard anti-semitic comments when some jewish group

would attack him for something he had done. >> reporter: in the middle east, kissinger performed what was known as shuttle diplomacy, to separate arab and israeli forces. when nixon resigned as president, kissinger stayed on as gerald ford's secretary of state. his opinion widely sought off by governments and businesses after heavie leaving office. >> you want to leave your country better off than you found it. and nothing you can do a as s inteteresting oror f fulfilling. >> reporter: there was one job that kissinger never got to do in his life, a sports announcer. >> derek who? >> reporter: the globetrotting diplomat did star in some of history's biggest games.

if 28th u.n. climate conference is set to begin soon. controversy has surroundsed this year's summit in the uae, leaked documenteds appear to suggest the conference's president offered officials oil and gas projects. but one official says that's not true. >> these allegations are false. not true. incorrect. are not accurate. it's an attempt to undermine the work of the cop 28 presidency. >> david mckenzie is in dubai. he joins us now. what are you learning about the controversy surrounding this year's sumts?

summit? there was always going to be controversy at the meetings. activists have been saying the irony that the head of the state oil in abu dhabi is the president of a group trying to solve the climate crisis that is charged in large part by fossil fuels would be a jarring image. the uae said they are committed to funding the transition towards renewables. and to mitigate the impact of climate change. i spoke to a representative, amnesty international. here's what she had to say. >> we need a full fossil fuel phaseout. and the president of the cop has been appointed as the chief executive of the state-owned oil company. that's a clear conflict of

interest. >> if you look at the aims of the climate conferences, 28 of them starting shortly, there's been incremental and sometimes more than incremental changes and pledges. ways for countries to mitigate the worst of the climate crisis. but many are saying the time for baby steps and small steps are over. even if emissions targets were met, we would be over where we would need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, that's what the roam statutes -- the paris agreement was calling for. there's a sense that the back room negotiations will be tough. one of the key issues will be over this plan to try to have concrete steps to phase out

fossil fuels with concrete times. without that, say u.n. officials and others, there will be no real way to combat the climate crisis. this cap will last for two weeks or so. we'll know in the coming days if those aims will be put down on paper and met. rosemary? >> david mckenzie with that live report from dubai. many thanks. for more, i'm joined by the assistant director of the global economic governance initiative at boston university's global development center. he joins me from dubai. many thanks for being with us. >> thanks for being me. >> these talks come as scientists warn the planet is flirting with disaster. 2023 is expected to be the warmest year on record. time is clearly running out.

so, can anything be achieved at cop 28 to reverse this trend? >> at this cop, there are three issues discussed. this is a yardstick of countries renewing progress under the paris agreement. and this talk is the first one that is happening under the paris agreement. it happens every five years. it's one of the most important issues here. it helps us understand how much we're able to progress over the last five years and where do we need to go? countries are finalizing a deal that will help countries cope with the climate change. the details have been worked out. it will require formal adoption here in dubai.

and third, climate finances are present in these discussions. and many nations are looking for assurances that international finance will be available to support climate action around the world. this includes the 1$100 billion goal that developed countries have made and the ongoing discussions for a brand-new goal that will kick start in 2025. >> the big question is, will it be a talkfest or will progress be achieved? >> yes. that's a great question. and i think what we have to understand is that this particular cop, the reason it's so critical, when the paris agreement was adopted in 2015, we knew that there was a major gap between what countries were pledges and how far we really needed to be to really avoid the climate crisis. the task is for countries to

come back with better pledges to close that gap between the stated courses of action, versus where we really need to be. the test will be in terms of how good pledges will be in the next cycle. the paris agreement hopes that through this stock take we will be able to close the gap more as we move forward. >> it relies on a lot of hope, doesn't it? a report released last week by the u.n., warned that under current policies, warming could reach 3 degrees celsius above the precentral average by tend of the century. is it too late to change that trend? and what happens if we reach that threshold? >> we have to remember that when the paris agreement was adopted in 2015, it was pretty inconceivable that more than 140 countries would have net zero pledges. and so, yes, there is a lot of

hope in the system. but we have also seen very concrete pledges that have been made. the challenging thing is to make sure the implementation really happens as fast as possible. and that this global stock take is going to be part of that process, for countries to look at what they've done. >> there's been a lot of pushback on where cop 28 is being held and who and who isn't attending the summit. what more can you tell us about that? >> first of all, you know, the cop president has a very major opportunity. we should remember, 195 countries are officially a part of the paris agreement. that includes oil exporters.

we cannot achieve a zero world, without their agreement. what the cop 28 president has is an opportunity to really demonstrate how oil exporting countries also have a stake in a low-carbon future. and to lead by example, to show other countries that this transition is not only necessary but also in their interest. >> thank you so much, joining us live from dubai. appreciate it. still to come, prosecutors call it a murder-for-hire plot. for the second time in six months, we're learning of an alleged assassination attempt by t the inongovernment on north american soil. and former hostages are returning to thailand after surviving seven weeks in hamas custody. details on the other side of the break.

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brings so much joy to your life. a family trip to the team usa training facility. i don't know how to thank you. i'm here to thank you. welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm rosemary church. let's return to our top story this hour. the temporary truce between israel and hamas is now in its seventh day, after it was extended, minutes before it was set to expire. israel says it has received a new list of women and children hostages that are to be freed today. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is visiting israel to discuss the conflict in the region. he met with israeli president isaac herzog last hour.

ten hostages were released on the deal. and in addition to israeli russian and four thai citizens were released outside of the framework of the agreement. and officials say some of the former thai hostages are expected back in thailand today. we go live to singapore with more on the thai hostages return to their homeland. good to see you. what more are you learning about this, these returning thai hostages? >> reporter: we've been tracking the flight. and i can confirm it has last landed in the last half hour, in bangkok. an 11-hour flight from tel aviv. i'm sure you'll agree, it's hard to imagine how they must feel. it's daytime in this part of the world right now. how they might feel looking out of the window and seeing their homeland after seven weeks of we don't know what they have been through. and there will be many

questions. they haven't, as i understand, emerged yet. they will have to go through some processing. just the mundane formality of immigration when we arrive home from a trip abroad. this would have been a trip like no other. i'm sure they were not expecting to come home in the way they did on this occasion. that's some 17 former hostages. there will be a press conference as we understand it. and then, they will be escorted to their homes. many of them are migrant workers. they come from poor communities all over thailand. it isn't just their families that rely on them. it's whole communities. there will be questions about the kind of rehabilitation, given everything they've experienced over the last seven weeks or so. i think it's worth mentioning that there are thai nationals being held by hamas. the latest read we have on that from the ministry of foreign affairs, is nine thai nationals

remaining with hamas. that's a difficult and sensitive situation. this is a separate agreement. i think you mentioned that. it is not connected to the israel/hamas truce. very good news for those who have returned home. there's some six or so of them that are still in the medical facility in tel aviv being observed. many of those will be hoping to go home soon, as well. >> yeah. and good to see those returning home. manisha tank, thanks for that report. and we're learning about an alleged murder-for-hire plot here in the united states. federal prosecutors are charging a man from india in what they say is a plan to assassinate an american citizen and says the man did so at the direction of an indian government official. the indian government said the allegations are, quote, contrary to government policy. and it has formed a high-level inquiry committee to look into the matter.

the alleged plot is steeped in international political intrigue. and cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: for the second time in only about six months, we're learning of an alleged assassination attempt by the indian government on north american soil. according to an indictment unsealed on wednesday, u.s. prosecutors have charged an indian national in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against a sikh activist in new york city. u.s. officials familiar with the case tell cnn, he's an a activi who has s been p pushing foror separate sikh state in india. according to u.s. prosecutors, the man charged in the latest case, agreed to pay an undercover officer he believed to be a hitman, $100,000 to target the victim. and did so at the direction of an indian government official. >> it's very sloppy, these things. and so risky. especially from a country who's

got good diplomatic relations with the united states. this is slapstick hollywood, i can't believe it. >> reporter: the suspect in this alleged plot was arrested back in june. around the same time as another alleged indian assassination plot against a sikh activist that succeeded. he was gunned down near vancouver, british columbia, an attack that prompted justin trudeau to point the finger at the indian government. >> canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of india and the killing of a canadian citizen. >> reporter: why would the government of nationalist indian prime minister modi try to kill sikh activists thousands of miles away? analysts say while some sikh are pushing for an independent sikh state in india, they are not a threat to power. >> the indian government led by prime minister modi wants to project strength. it wants to show it is willing

and able to go after any type of potential threat to the indian state. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports that president biden and his security team complained to modi's government about the alleged plot in the u.s. and urged modi to hold people accountable. as for long-term consequences for modi -- >> i would argue that the u.s. is willing to give free passes to india it wouldn't necessarily give many or most other countries because it views india as a critical partner to help the u.s. counter china. >> reporter: the indian government denied any involvement in the assassination in canada. involving the alleged assassination plat in the u.s. the foreign ministry said that the indian government takes the information seriously and is investigating. but they did not deny or confirm a plot or any indian involvement in it. brian todd, cnn, washington. this footnote. he faces multiple charges from the indian government. he runs a new york-based group

called sihks for justice. that has referendums calling for a second state. it is outlawed and considered a grave national security threat by the government. a number of groups associated with the movement are listed as terrorist organizations under india's unlawful activities prevention act. still to come, devastating injuries leaving a trapped ukrainian soldier with few options for escape. >> i was wounded in both legs. i immediately checked to make sure they were still there. >> the harrowing story of his survival after being surrounded by russian troops with no way of escaping for days.

welcome back, everyone. there's a fierce debate in the u.s. congress over sending more aid to both israel and ukraine. house speaker mike johnson has said he is confident that congress will be able to approve a package in the coming days. he met with mitch mcconnell on wednesday to discuss the matter. some democrats want conditions to be put on aid sent to israel. as for ukraine, democrats are considering some new immigration rules. johnson says house republicans will only in accept a meaningful border security package in exchange for the aid. in ukraine, a courageous story from the battlefield. a soldier that was hit by

shelling, ended up getting stranded on his own for two weeks. his unit came together in a remarkable way to send him help. while he eventually got to safet safety. >> reporter: in a stairwell, he draws back on a cigarette. the 36-year-old soldier picked up the habit during the war. after what he's endured the past few weeks, it's the only thing that calms him down. last month, he and his unit were on the outskirts of bakhmut trying to hold trenches. after a few days, the dugout was shelled by russian mortars. and he was hit. >> translator: i was wounded in both legs. i immediately touched them to check they were still there.

>> reporter: there were worse injuries among the other soldiers. broken legs and jaws. when the evacuation team arrived under heavy shelling, he insisted they take the others first. he would wait for the next team. another unit arrived but were pinned down because of constant russian bombardment. so, supplies were sent in by drone. >> translator: our commander dropped snacks, painkillers, water from drones. even cigarettes and the lighter. we wanted to smoke. >> reporter: as a soldier scrambled out, water had become an issue. almost every buottle burst on impact. but problems were about to get worse. when an enemy drone dropped a grenade on a small dugout, landing on the soldier next to him. >> i was wounded again. but he was in really bad shape. two people from his brigade took him away and i realized i was alone.

>> for the next three days, he hid in the dugout alone, surrounded by the enemy, who he could hear just meters away. whispering on the radio, he gave his commander their coordinates. basically, calling in artillery on his very own position. he says, multiple evacuation teams had tried to reach him over those two weeks. but some of the soldiers were killed. in the end, his commander said the only way out was to pray and crawl, which he finally did. with the radio in one hand and the drone over head, he crawled back to safety, dragging his legs, that were now beginning to rot. >> so escape, i went a while. >> reporter: as he recovers in this hospital, eager to go home,

he maintains his story is nothing special. now, stories on the battlefield that deserves the world's attention. >> translator: what i have seen cannot be expressed in words. every guy in this woard has gon through something like this. our guys are paying a high price. a price the soldiers are willing to pay, as this war grindses towards its second year. we'll be right back.

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