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the life of former first lady rosalynn carter. ♪ katrina: hello and welcome to world news america, i am caitriona perry. a major breakthrough in negotiations between israel and hamas, the white house is a humanitarian truth has been extended for two additional days, as hamas released 11 more hostages from gaza to the red cross. this footage from the israeli military purports to show the convoy carrying the hostages crossing the boundary from gaza to israel. among those released is a pair of three-year-old twins. we are told all the hostages were from a kibbutz near uz. 50 hostages have not been released since the temporary truce started on friday, and israel in return has released 150 but instead i -- a 150

palestinians. u.s. president joe biden says the pause has allowed a significant surge of aid to enter gaza, by people living in gaza are now facing partial conditions, with strong wis and rain. a surgeon who recently returned to the u.k. from gaza called the situation of hospitals there apocalyptic. we speak now to the bbc's lucy williamson in jerusalem. thank you for joining us. the truth has been extended. was this expected -- the truce has been extended. was this expected? guest: it is something many parties were hoping for and hamas had made it clear it was open to this. it now looks as if that is going ahead, at least perhaps in the next couple of days. it will follow the same framework as the original deal, though hamas has to come up with

a list of 10 hostages in return for 24 hours of truce, and three palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails for everyone israeli hostage. that is the framework we have been working with so far and that seems to be what is expected the next couple of days. israel hasn't had formerly confirmed that it has a great, but it has given every indication that that is what is expected and we expect it will issue that confirmation what it has released the list of hostages that received the list of hostages from hamas, have come up with 20 hostages and that should ensure another 22 cease-fire. katrina: we saw strong words from prime minister netanyahu today as he toured gaza permit is an extension likely to go on beyond the next two days? reporter: i think that is what people are working towards. we heard the spokesman for the qatari foreign ministry that has

been really central to these negotiations, saying he believed there was a margin to have even more hostages brought out of gaza. it seems to be a complicated situation on the ground, it is not only hamas holding these hostages, several other groups also have some of them and they are believed to be scattered across the gaza strip. is a complicated situation. but there are women and children, civilians, still being held and they are the priority, to get those out first. there is some hope that this truce could be extended, but as you say, premises are -- prime minister netanyahu has been firm that moment how long this process lasts, no matter how long it can be extended for, there will be limits to that, and afterwards, israel will go back to its primary aim of defeating hamas. katrina: and what can you tell us about the latest position on th hostages who have been released today?

reporter: as you mentioned, 11 hostages brought o of gaza today. we are told they are in israeli territory and being ferried for medical text and then to meet their families. there is a fear of three-year-old girls who have been brought out with your mother, seven other children, and the mother of two of them also brought out. we understand all the children have fathers who are still being held hostage in gaza. we don't know if they are being held hostage together with their children, but certainly when the children and the mother were brought out, the fathers were left behind. katrina: the scene williamson in jerusalem, thank you for the the israeli hostages has been greeted with joy and -- by their families and relatives with, that many of their family members remain with their captors. our senior international

correspondent reports. reporter: lining the streets tonight, welcome a mother and daughter fruit from gaza yesterday. there is -- freed from gaza yesterday, and there is others will come home. the tar and the white house saying that the cease-fire deal and the release of captives will continue for two more days. [applause] already savoring her freedom, margaruerute moses is 98. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she, freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. [singing] reporter: some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow.

[crying] she has been reunited by her uncle yair, but her mother, yara, yair's sister was not freed by,, though hamas said children and mothers are supposed to be released together. he says his knees would not speak aloud for weeks. >> she's whispering because she says a terrorist that held them told him to keep it low all the time. especially at night, they do not allow them to talk at night and in the day they told them to keep it quiet, so she got used to whispering. now her voice is very low. reporter: hela his 13th today. her family are having a smoke body of the house days -- are having a small party at the hospital. they say she's doing well. >> she's not afraid to go to sleep, she is eating. she is not afraid to turn off the light.

i think she is doing pretty well here. again, i still don't know how deep the scar in her heart is. i think you will find out later. reporter: israel's prime minister was grim-faced today, visiting bullet riddled forms were hamas fulfilled and took hostages on october 7. this is one the cease-fire ends, israel will go back to war in gaza with full force. katrina: earlier i spoke with itar, former israeli ambassador to the u.s. and worked on negotiations with israel from 1993-1996. give a. we see that the truth has been extended for two days, is that any indication that perhaps a longer cease-fire might be a possibility? guest: i think so. we don't have too many mutual

interests with hamas, but this seems to be one. each of the parties has different end in mind, but trading the hostages for longer cease-fire is inutual interest expected to be extravagant. katrina: what do you think negotiations are focusing on at the moment? guest: we don't negotiate directly, we negotiate with qatar and egypt. i think the mutual will h been identified. there are issues to be sorted out. certain things that are important fothe israelis. i think less so for hamas. four hamas, the most important thing is to be in time, we are interested in the hostages brought back, we went for families, we want to begin to see some soldiers, people who

are not either very old or very young. so there are issues to be sorted out beyond the technicalities. katrina: at the moment, as you point out, it has women and children and older people at this time. you think it might be quite some time for men are released for those in the middle age? guest: mr. thune war is a very shrewd negotiator and he wants to extend it for long as possible because he's game plan is quite clear. you would like a long negotiation as long cease-fire, hoping if he becomes tense of the 15 or 20 days, it would be more difficult for israel to resume military. his hostages are the best strategic tool at this time. katrina: you don't think is wants to stay in control of gaza

and 2 million palestinians, so what is the likely and went for israel now? guest: the endpoint for israel is to putter head, as a military force -- to put an end to hamas as a military force, into the with the militaries of regional countries like egypt, saudi arabia and forth, to put together an acceptable administration in gaza as an interim solution to hopefully what would become a political, diplomatic resolution permitted in my view, it would be best if the for the politician in authority which was expelled by hamas from gaza be brought back. it's not an easy proposition, they don't have such a good time managing the west bank and managing the west bank and that that would be a challenge. but in my view, they are the best arab local party to manage

and administer the gaza strip until a longer-term solution is found. katrina: that would meet international or regional support though. guest: it would. first it would be in as the interim phase, because it has been the policy of the palestinian authority not combat gaza on environments. it would have to be an international force to come over. they definitely want to be back. katrina: given the atrocities that hamas carried out on october 7 and given that 15,000 people or so who have been killed in israeli retaliatory, the great humanitarian crisis in gaza, do you think there will be a time when people can live in some sort of, as you described, some sort of peaceful situation there, or have the last few weeks just succeeded in breeding

hatred into future generations? guest: i would take that figure of the 15,000 casualties cautiously because hamas is not known for providing the process information. we don't know what the number is, but obviously, there was a lot of humanitarian suffering, we are all aware of that. sometimes, out of war, a better relationship emerges. that happened in the israeli-edition ca in 1973. it will not repeat itself in this case because israeli-palestinian conflict is more complex than israel's conflict with arab states like egypt and syria that are states. we had a rhetorical conflict with them. with the palestinians, it's dual national movements, each of them

cleaning rites to the whole territory. very difficult to find a solution -- each of them claiming rights to the whole territory. very difficult to find a solution. but there will be a feeling on both sides that after such an atrocious war, people want to live in quiet. maybe not peace, but a more moderateim of trying to live next to each other peacefully. katrina: where, on that optimistic note, we leave it there for a moment. itamar rabinovich, thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. thank you. katrina: memorial event for the former first lady of the united states rosalynn carter are underway in her home state. the wife of former president jimmy carter died on november 19 aged 96. family and members of her secret service detail escorted her body through a motorcade. it traveled past the building that bears her name at her alma mater, where her children had

laid reits. on its way it through the small town of plains, where she and jimmy carter were born, and where they wed 77 years ago. the motorcade then traveled to the presidential library and museum in atlanta where she will lie in repose, giving members of the public an opportunity to pay their respects. . a service will be held on tuesday. the family confirmed that jimmy carter is expected to attend the service. also attending our president biden, first lady jill biden as well as all the living former first lady. they will be a private family funeral and then her burial. with just days to go before the u.s. climate change summit to underway in dubai, the president of cop28 is facing calls to resign after leaked documents seen by the bbc appeared to show the uae has been using its role as host as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals. the allegations, if true, irs scandal.

our climate editor has this report. >> now more than ever, we need to unite on climate and deliver a clear message of hope. many the united arab emirates document appointed dr. sultan al-abr to head cop28 but he is also head of its renewable energy business. the documents show that in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments arranged as part of the u.n. climate process, he was briefed to discuss business for these firms, including oil and gas deals. attend to -- attempting to do business deals during the cop28 forces appears to be a breach of the standards. it told the bbc that president should be impartial and act without bias or self-interest.

professor michael jacobs is an expert on the u.n. climate politics. >> this looks breathtakingly people critical, b actually it is worse, because the uae at the moment is the custodian of a u.n. process aimed at reducing global emissions. and yet in the very same meetings, it is actually trying to to side deals which will increase global emissions. reporter: we know at least one country followed up a potential fossil fuel deal raised by the uae's cop28 team. but 12 countries sit there was no talk of business deals, or meetings didn't take place. the hq towers are over the abu dhabi skyline. the cop28 team did not deny using climate meetings to discuss fossil fuel deals. it told the bbc, "private meetings are private," adding mr. al-jaber was focused on

providing positive climate outcomes. katrina: in knapp, women die from complications related to unsafe abortions every year. stigma and misinformation and legal inconsistencies push many women to try to abort on their own using dangerous methods. our bbc africa correspondent investigate the impact. just a warning, this report contains distressing details from the start. >> how much longer? >> we have 45 hours before the medicine starts taking action. but later, hell broke loose. >> what happened. >> same experience when giving birth. reporter: at a clinic in kenya, i watch as a man who claims he was trained as a doctor carries out as unregulated abortion. because it is four months, will it come out as a baby? >> yeah. definitely. reporter: the woman on the bed

is hiv, which might have made her eligible for a legal termination. kenya's penal code bans abortion unless it is to save the mother's life. its constitution and case law however, allow for more exceptions such as cases of rape. the legal ambiguity has led many women, potentially eligible for safe abortion, to resort to unsafe methods at home or in backstreet clinics. the center for reproductive rights estimates that seven women die due to unsafe abortions in kenya every single day. at another backstreet clinics, a man tells me he charges for the safe disposal of the fetuses. and if they can't afford it -- >> >> [speaking another language] >> how often?

>> 70%. reporter: are thrown in the river? >> yes. reporter: i met with two women who tell me they find fetuses near the river that runs through their area, in the outskirts of nairobi. >> we are going to one of the places we normally collect fetuses from. reporter: you are talking about the simplest next to a playground full of kids? >> yeah. most of the time it is that children who get the fetus and then bring the information to the community. reporter: the inconsistency in abortion law has created a culture of fear among health workers who are wary of persecution. charles chairs and influential antiabortion pressure group. there is contradiction between the penal code which has been in effect since the, new era, and kenya's current modern constitution. which one do you think should

take precedent? >> for us there is no contradiction. i don't support an amendment of our laws to remove the crime of abortion. whether abortion is safe or unsafe. first of all, the child always dies, so it is always unsafe for the child. reporter: others are pushing to close the gaps in the law. >> during the pandemic we saw many pregnancies. these are young kids. they shouldn't be penalized. the rich have the opportunity to take their children to five-star hospitals and procure abortions silently without anyone knowing, but the poor have to struggle. katrina: let's turn to some important news around the world now,, a man suspected of shooting and wounding three students of palestinian descent in the u.s. state of vermont on saturday has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempted murder. jason eaton was refused bail

after appearing in court. police say two of the students are stable in hospital, but that a third suffered more serious injuries authorities are still investigating if it was a serious hate crime. more than 2 million people are without power in a massive storm that has battered ukraine, southern russia and the caucasus region. it brought hurricane winds, spreading floods and transferred chaos, with heavy snow drifts blocking roads and tracking people in vehicles. , but and nicolai of our two of the regions worst affected. health advocacy groups in new zealand are protesting the government's decision to scrap the country's ban on smoking. the law introduced under the previous government led by jacinda ardern would have banned cigarette sales next year to everyone born after 2008. health organizations say they are appalled by the decision. new zealand's laws are believed to have influence to the u.k. government to announce a similar

smoking ban for people here. reporter: more people died from smoking in new zealand than any other preventable cause. the problem is most acute among the country's indigenous maori population. it is why back in 2021, new zealand's then health minister made this bold announcement. >> we want to make sure young people never start smoking, so we are legislating for a smoke-free generation. reporter: the legislation was passed last year and was due to come into force later this year, but as the new center-right national party-led government was born in earlier today, the landmark policy had been scrapped with ministers insisting cash raised by the duty on tobacco sales should be used found tax cuts. as well as banning those born after 2008 from smoking, the measures also included restricting the number of shops selling tobacco, and reducing the level of nicotine in cigarettes.

scientific modeling suggests these interventions could save around 5000 lives each year. >> i think we are all shocked by this change in policy. we didn't see it comg. and this was going to help guide us to a smoke-free society in the medium-term. so all of that now is in tatters. reporter: but some business groups will welcome the news. news agents and corner shops had criticized the loss of revenue, and there were concerns that a ban would just lead to black markets for tobacco. here in the u.k., plans for a similar smoking ban which would mean anyone born from 2009 onwards would never be able to legally smoke are still in play, with the government saying there are no plans to revisit its policy in view of new zealand's decision. katrina: the best of season have arrived at the white house -- the festive season has arrived at the white house.

the theme for 2023 is, "magic, wonder and joy." it is inspired by how children experience the holiday season. the decorations include 98 trees throughout the white house complex, over 33,000 ornaments, and 72 wreaths. volunteers from all over the country took a full week to decorate the residence. keep up-to-date as always on 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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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on the newshour tonight, israel and hamas extend the temporary ceasefire, and expand the prisoner exchange. we speak to a palestinian woman released by israel and an israeli man whose family was freed by hamas. >> we do value life and we do appreciate the return of our loved ones, and i think there is no too big price to pay, we have to bring them back. geoff: vermont police arrest a suspect in a shooting of three