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expire thursday morning. the israeli war cabinet is meeting to discuss it. negotiations are underway to further extend a temporary truce between israel and hamas. and, on the eve of the comp 28 climate change summit we look at the stakes and solutions. i'm katrina perry. welcome to world news america. negotiations are underway to try to further extend a six-day temporary truce between israel and hamas currently expected to expire thursday morning. the israeli war cabinet is meeting to discuss it. the israeli military says 10 israeli hostages and throw hostages from thailand has been turned over to the red cross. qatar says one of the hostages is an israeli american and two

other russian hostages were released earlier today. hamas is now claiming the youngest hostage, a 10 month old, was killed in an israeli airstrike alongside his brother and mother. israeli defense forces are investigating the claims from hamas. israel says it carried out a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank killing two senior terrorists. the palestinian authority says two children were also killed by gunfire. joining us now is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. paul, thank you for joining us. we are now getting the news about further hostages released today. what can you tell us? quests -->> that is right. as you said under the introduction we think as many as 16 hostages have been released tonight as well as 10 israelis, some dual nationals.

four thai workers and an additional two russian israeli dual nationals released as part of a separate deal. so 16 in all. that should trigger the next release of palestinian prisoners including teenagers and women. we have not seen evidence of that happening yet. it usually happens in hour or two after evidence of the israelis emerging from gaza. that should come later this evening. that is the sixth night in a row where we have seen this process successfully unfolding. what we do not know is whether we will see anymore nights like this from tomorrow onwards. katrina: of course negotiations are underway in qatar at the moment. it's there any indication as to whether that may be extended? all: --paul: certainly both

sides have indicated a willingness to see this go ahead. as far as the israelis are concerned, there are more hostages including women and children they desperately want to get out. from the hamas point of view, it is gaining a lot of kudos among palestinians for securing the release of so many palestinian prisoners. there is definitely an interest on both sides. it is just not clear if they have agreed to the terms under which any further extension would occur, whether it is a question of how long the extension would be, what kind of prisoners, detainees, and hostages would be included. i think there is still hope this will continue. but, today we have seen israeli officials from the prime minister on down morning that -- morning they are ready to return to fighting in gaza just as soon as the process ends. warning the moment could come at any point. katrina: we will watch what happens in the next few hours.

paul adams in jerusalem think you for joining us. of the hostages released tonight we just learned six were from bud's pay read, three children. the fate of the youngest hostage is in question now after a claim from hamas. our senior international correspondent has the report. >> a baby who a nation has been waiting for to come home. tonight the claim from hamas is the 10-month-old was killed by israel's bombarded of gaza. hamas says his four year old mother was also killed along with their mother, who tried so hard to protect them as they were taken hostage. the israeli army says it is assessing the accuracy of the information. if true, it's devastating news

for israel and relatives. just yesterday, a cousin was pleading for the children's release. >> a tiny baby that we hold and pass between each other. we love him. and a child that loves to play, to dress up. are they a threat to hamas? they are young children. >> their father was also taken captive. he may now be the only one left from his family. among those still being held in gaza, 21-year-old mia shem. she had to run for her life from this music festival. then, last month, images from hamas showed her with injuries.

>> a terrible, terrible situation. >> now her mother karen can only wait in torment day after day. >> mia is a warrior. she is a very strong, mature girl. i do keep to this faith. but, to wait every day for the call to tell me if she is on the list or not, it is terrible. she will not be released today too. it is like russian roulette, you know? you don't know who will get out of there. >> so far almost one hundred israeli women and children have gotten out. they have been reunited with their families. bbc, tel aviv. katrina: joining me now live from capitol hill is democratic representative kathy manning from north carolina that met

with families of hostages today. thank you for joining us. an american national we are told is among the 16 hostages released by hamas today. have you received any information as to who that might be or their condition? rep. manning: i have not received that information yet but we are looking forward to the release of all hostages, including the americans. katrina: the families you met today for the roundtable discussion, what are they asking the u.s. to do? rep. manning: to put pressure on the qatari's, the egyptians, the entire unit -- international community, not only to free the hostages as soon as possible, but let the international red cross in so they can see the hostages and give them proof of

life. katrina: the u.s. is heavily involved with negotiations ongoing in qatar. would you like it extended? rep. manning: i have no inside information, but i would assume as long as hamas is continuing to relate hostages and lives of to the deal they made, there is a possibility of extending the truth. -- truce. at the top priority should be to get all the hostages out. the children, the women, and also the men and boys. we want them all released. katrina: the families you met today described how their time has been over the last weeks. what did they say? rep. manning: i have been meeting with the families over the past six weeks. 3, 4 families we met with today that i have met with many times

before are living in agony. they have no idea what the conditions are that their children are in. three of the families have young men that are american citizens that grew up in america. they chose to volunteer for the israeli dissidents -- israeli defense forces to protect the jewish homeland because they all know the history of the jewish people. it is critically important particularly in this time of rising anti-semitism around the globe that the jewish people continue to have a homeland desire -- a homeland that can be a safe haven for jews wherever they live. katrina: the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has very -- been very firm in the position that as soon as the cease-fire ends, the war will continue with force. given the loss of life we have seen so far, the scale of the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and the hostages yet to be freed,

should the usb tampering its unwavering support of israel? rep. manning: absolutely not. let's be clear about one thing. all of the death and destruction we have seen is the result of what hamas has done. hamas is a terrorist organization. it is dedicated to murdering jews and destroying the state of israel. on october 7 they invaded by air, land, and see. they went house to house with a specific purpose for murdering civilians and capturing civilians. they have brought death and destruction to their own people and they should be held responsible for all the death and destruction that has taken place. >> the hamas health ministry would say 15,000 people have been killed in gaza as a result of the israeli rockets. what road do you think the u.s. should have and what might come after when the violence ends, whenever that is?

rep. manning: let's remember who you are getting your numbers from. the hamas health agency. the hamas health agency has very little credibility. we believe there has been loss of life. all laws of life is tragic. but we do not put the credibility in the numbers provided by hamas. katrina: nevertheless, congresswoman, there are plenty of television images about the loss of life, that instruction, the scale of what we have seen in gaza. would you mind answering the question i asked very briefly. what role do you see the u.s. having whenever the violence does end? rep. manning: the u.s., of course, has stood with israel side-by-side, have provided israel that it needs to abide by the laws of war, which israel has done, which hamas is not doing. and, i believe the u.s. will be involved with continuing to

provide humanitarian aid, and, once the war is over i am confident that the u.s. will be involved in assisting with the reconstruction of gaza for the palestinian people once hamas is removed. katrina: congresswoman kathy manning, thank you for joining us on bbc news. rep. manning: thank you. katrina: the big concern continues to be the humanitarian crisis in gaza. the world health organization mourns more people could die in gaza because of untreated diseases is that airstrikes if the health system is not restored there. >> gaza has practically been bombed back to the dark ages. m■uch ofgazacityis now i ruins. the fragile truce of the last six days allowed united nations and other agencies to assess the damage wrought by seven weeks of bobbing, -- bombing, and the

pressing needs of the population now has. >> we are very concerned about an outbreak of infectious diseases like watery diarrhea and other infectious diseases as people are forced to live in very cramped conditions with poor sanitation. >> the world health organization says, given the living conditions and lack of health care more people in gaza could die from diseases and bombings. over 100,000 people have acute respiratory infections and 80,000 are suffering from diarrhea. 50% of those are under the age of five. his baby is 23 days old. younger than the war itself. their whole family is sick. >> i do not have enough money to buy my children medicine. my husband is seriously ill. my son was in the hospital yesterday. my baby daughter needed help to breathe. >> israel has said there is no

humanitarian crisis in gaza. hundreds of truckloads of aid is now getting into the territory. thanks to the negotiation and -- distributed throughout gaza much of the badly needed food, medicine, and limited fuel is quickly snapped up and went fighting resumes, they will again be reduced to a trickle. bbc news, jerusalem. katrina: the u.s. is accusing an unnamed indian government official of orchestrating a failed plot to kill a sikh separatist in america with attempting to arrange the failed assassination attempt. he is awaiting extradition from the czech republic. prosecutors say this is a photo of an associate of mr. gupta handing 15,000 dollars in cash as an advanced to an undercover fbi agent posing as an assassin. the spokesperson for the u.s.

national security council said mr. gupta credibly indicated he was directed to arrange the murder by an individual assessed to be an employee of the indian government. the government of india was clear with us they were taking it seriously and would investigate. we will continue to expect accountability from the government of india based on the results of their investigations. this year's united nations climate change conference also known as cop 20 eight is set to kick off thursday. more than two hundred governments are invited, thousands of delegates from environmental charities, community groups, think tanks, and presented --businesses will be there to take part. among them is the world's largest polluter, china, simultaneously serving as the biggest provider of solutions to combat emissions. china produces more electric cars and solar powered products that any country with its green expansion outstripping government targets with one body predicting chinese carbon

emissions could peak as early as next year. with more our china correspondent steve mcdonald. steve: china's electric our market has exploded. there are 50 million vehicles on the road and a structuring --staggering 30% of all new cars produced. one thing you noticed in this cavernous exhibition center is it that apart from the traditional car companies, you have all these new companies. new brands nobody has ever heard of. what there's shows is the enthusiasm here from companies wanting to get a piece of the booming electric car market in china. juncture has owned several electric cars and credits government tax breaks and other incentives for making the industry viable. >> many in my family have replaced their petrol cars with electric vehicles. they are not going back.

>> i asked him about the problem of having to charge the battery. >> in the past two years the speed of building charging stations has been very fast. there are now more of them then petrol stations. steve: he points towards the charging locations nearby. and, this model has another advantage. some stations can actually switch the battery over. that takes just minutes. and it, the source of the electricity is increasingly from clean energy. china's solar power already makes up almost 40 percent of the world's total supply. for 12 years in a row it has had more wind power than anywhere else. now, its carbon emissions could start to come down years earlier than expected. >> what is very clear off the

pco is they have to peak emissions imminently if they keep up the increases in clean energy. steve: the looming threat to clean energy remains in the form of a powerful rival. >> here we have china's energy mix in a nutshell. cold trains coming through. look at the size of them. all around in the fields there are these wind turbines. it is at the old and the new energy mixed with one another. after years of reduced reliance on fossil fuels, recently, new approvals for coal-fired power have skyrocketed. the government says the facilities are there in case they are needed. but coal and renewable energy are both growing and will be jockeying for whose electricity gets used, with implications for the entire planet. stephen mcdonald bbc news

beijing. katrina: earlier i spoke to the head of climate policy for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies about their goals for the climate summit. kirsten, thank you for joining us. what is the ifr see hoping to dutch ifr --ifrc hoping to achieve from cop 28? >> it is exciting because we are seeing issues of concern to the humanitarian community on the agenda. for us, we have three things we want to prioritize and highlight. first, we are already seeing massive humanitarian impacts from climate change in communities all around the world. and this is happening more and more frequently and with more and more frequent and intense extreme weather events. so, disasters are happening faster and their -- they are or intense and affecting more people. we want to raise awareness of that humanitarian impacts from

climate change are happening now. in terms of what to do about that, we need to see a massive increase in investment in adaptation. the third piece is around loss and damage. really ensuring the investment really in the response, when the disasters take place. and for us, in terms of how to do that, it is really important action takes place at the community level. that we have a base level of finance needed. katrina: one part of what you are describing in early warning systems, the preventative measures in relation to natural disasters, what you do in countries where science and scientists are not well-funded? maybe it is because of policy. maybe it is because of poverty or conflict. what do you do in that situation? kirsten: there is a whole heap of things that needs to happen for us to have early warning systems that actually work and deliver early action to save lives. one piece of it is absolutely forecasting. that is really important.

the next thing if you need to take the information and get the information to people and people need to know what to do with that information. you need to invest in setting up processes by which you will have communities informed. in our case at the red cross that might be the international society with a person on a bike, a loudspeaker. people would know that that is what needs to happen. you need every piece of that reaching communities left behind. katrina: if you have a situation like in bolivia earlier this year where thousands were killed, communities washed out to sea with large rainfall and it dams burst thing that had not been maintained for many years where remedial measures had been abandoned during the uprising against gaddafi. what can you do with that sort of situation? where you need more than just information to the community? kiersten: a combination of things happen every time we see a massive disaster like that. in the case of libya we know that the storm was actually like

50% stronger than it would have been if we had not been experiencing climate change. so, the level of the extreme weather events was something that was really not prepared for. there is absolutely the pace around the investment in basic adaptation, in basic infrastructure. in your disaster risk reduction systems that can prevent a crisis. we have 30 of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world getting less than one dollar per person per year and a adaptation funding. that needs to change. some of the reasons that is challenging is often these are countries that struggle to get large pots of development funding because it normally goes to governments. it goes to governments with the capacity to deal with it and that are trusted to receive it and a lot of that is not happening. katrina: briefly, when we see this year cop 20 eight, president biden, president xi jinping will not be there. you are talking about investment, political buy-in come up with those two world

leaders not there does that diminish the impact this cop can have? kirsten: that's a good question. it is difficult in the end to say. what we will need is absolute buy-in from all countries across the scale of mitigation and adaptation and loss and damages. that requires a lot of political will. so, i am hoping that those politicians, those negotiators, that people from governments are coming here with a lot of ambition and even if they are not represented by their head of state that that is not an indication of the stance of the government and they will really try to scale up ambition across those three sectors. katrina: there is lots more to talk about this over the coming fortnight with cop 28. kiersten hankin on the i/o for c, thank you for joining us. scientists have located what they call the perfect solar system an estimated 100

light-years away that was forged without the violent collisions that made it different sized planets in our own system. it has six planets, all about the same size. they have barely charged -- barely changed since its formation almost 12 billion years ago. you can find more about that on the website bbc.com/news. and all of your favorite social media sites. i'm katrina perry. thank you for watching world news america. you take care. goodbye. 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;

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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on the “newshour” tonight, israel and hamas release more people held, in a sixth day of exchanges, while negotiators work to extend the pause in fighting. geoff: congress wrangles over funding for israel, ukraine, and the southern border, with a rapidly closing window to work out a deal.