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up reserves against another russian ofnsive. welcome to world news america. in a televised address, benjamin netanyahu asked his people for forgiveness for not being able to bring back six hostages whose bodies were recovered from gaza over the weekend. facing growing pressure, he remained defiant and vowed to keep troops in the southern gaza border area that has been a major sticking point in negotiations for a cease-fire. hamas rejects any israeli presence there. netanyahu says he will not soften his demands in negotiations. >> they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood. after this horrible murder i do not believe someone would come,

someone serious would come and say, now make more concessions. you are not serious. hamas is serious. i cant believe this happened. i cannot believe anyone really thinks that and i cannot believe president biden actually said that. >> netanyahu responding to earlier comments from biden's that criticized the approach to negotiations. president biden met with vice president harris, antony blinken, and members of the u.s. hostage deal negotiation team and the situation room and discussed next steps and efforts to secure the release of hostages. before that president biden spoke with the media and talked about prospects of getting the deal done to release those who remain in captivity. >> will you present a final hostage deal to both sides? president biden: we are close to that. >> what makes you think this deal will be acceptable when others weren't? >> if you think it is time for

prime minister netanyahu [inaudible] do you think he is doing enough? president biden: no. >> what is your reaction to the demonstrations across israel? president biden: i have to get the details and i will talk with you after that. i have spoken with the american hostages mom and dad. we are not giving up. [inaudible] >> as pressure mounts from the u.s. the u.k. announced it is suspending some of its arms sales to israel. the foreign secretary says the u.k. will suspend 30 out of 300 50 arms exports licenses to israel. he says the move is not an admittance of innocence or glt but that there is a clear risk the arms might be used to commit violations of international

humanitarian law. he says the u.k. continues to support israel's right to defend itself. on the ground in israel, otests after the bodies of hostages were recovered by troops sunday. democratic others -- demonstrators took to the streets in jerusalem and tel aviv to express anger against netanyahu. one hostage was a 23-year-old is really american. thousands lined the streets to pay tribute to him during his funeral in jerusalem. people are striking to put pressure on the government. businesses, schools and public transportation were disrupted before a court ordered everyone to return to work, ruling the strike was antipolitical. lucy williams follows the protests from jerusalem. reporter: israel protesters and the prime minister are old acquaintances.

calls for a hostage deal have brought long-established opponents onto the street. the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has brought into the movement and mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. >> i think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they had been alive and then murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke us. reporter: after last night protest people are back on the streets again. growing public and political demands on the prime minister to make a deal but netanyahu, protected by his parliamentary majority, is not listening. within much of the country, not protesting, the one-day strike today largely unobserved, even in left-leaning tel aviv. the court ruled the strike was

political and ended it. these protests are part of the well-established opposition to israel's prime minister, analysts say, and so far, little threat to him. >> i think netanyahu knows better than i do. the best thing is to let it play as a safety advance. let people say, we hate you, you are a murderer, enough is enough. reporter: two of the most vocal activists, not in the street today, but in the cemetery. the parents of the hostage burying their son. >> for 23 years we have been privileged to be his mom and

dad. i will take it and say thank you. i just wish it had been for longer. reporter: to write -- tonight in jerusalem, protests began again. netanyahu is used to protests on the street but he is also facing pressure from the u.s. president and his own [indiscernible] those demands make it harder to ignore. >> shortly after the october 7 attack is really authorities are recovered the bodies of an 80-year-old and 12-year-old granddaughter. i spoke with her cousin, and is really american who lives in tel aviv who still has family in captivity. it has been an emotional day. have you been in contact with the families of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered? >> i know one of them personally and i did reach out. it feels like one of those

moments where words are inadequate that you cannot excuse yourself from sharing them. their pain is so much more than the pain of trying to find the right words. >> your family remembers remain as hostages. what went through your mind when you saw the news that the six hostages had been killed? >> think always you hope it is a rumor and then when you get confirmation, i feel shattered. 332 days, two days ago at this point and it is the opposite of what i pictured in my head. i really had a visual of hirsch hugging his family. i really believe t would come home and i think that is what so many of us are fighting for is that moment when families can

reunite with one another and this was the opposite of that. >> we have seen these images of people taking to the streets. there was a strike in israel. what sense do you get, do you think the government is doing enough to reach an agreement? >> i think it would be disingenuous to say they have done enough. we are 11 months in. we saw six people who were alive three day goes ago -- three days ago executed in cold blood. this begins and ends with hamas. they are the ones, the terrorist organization that came into israel and stored -- stole people from their homes and from a festival and they have kept them without air and food and water for much too long but i have an expectation as an american citizen and israeli

citizen that the leaders of my democratic country should fight harder and be bigger better leaders and help bring these terrorists to the table and get people home. >> we saw netanyahu beg forgiveness for the deaths of the hostages. how do you think that is being received? >> we are 11 months in. it feels too late right now. it feels like there were three of the people that were murdered whose names were on the list. they could have been in the arms of their families right now instead of being buried. it is much too easy to say sorry and it is much harder to do the work of representing urination. a half a million people took to this -- represent your nation. i half a million took to the street last night.

three family members were taken hostage eared two of them came home in november because of the deal. in that time, since that deal, we have seen eight people rescued and now we have seen the six people murdered in cold blood. the only one -- the only way we will see remaining hostages come back is the red deal and that is what half a million people said last night in the street. they went out and democratically protested and begged to the government and the world to help them get a deal to bring these innocent family members home. >> biden said the u.s. is working to move negotiations forward towards an agreement. what do you want to see from the u.s.? >> the same thing i want from israel. i want these leaders to be better. i want them to use the levers they have to put pressure on the parties that can make the decision to bring forth a deal.

united states, president biden, he has been with us stay one, truly. but at this point, time has run out. we have no more time left. we are watching people be murdered. we need them to put more pressure on, we need them to pull levers, to create ultimatums that will ultimately put pressure on israel and all the people at the table to make sure hamas accepts the deal. >> i can hear the anguish and emotion. can you give us an idea of how people there are feeling right now? >> literally broken. on one hand, you can tell i am crying right now because it is unimaginable. these murders are unimaginable. at the same time you saw last night half a million people seeing our national anthem,

called the hope, and people are still fighting. people are not going about their regular lives. there was a massive union strike today and they shut the country down to make our voices heard so that people understand how badly we want a deal, how badly we want the hostages home, and how badly we want and ends to the suffering for the people in israel and the people in the region. nobody wants to see more death for anyone. we just want the people that are alive, the people that are being held, to come home. >> we are going to take a closer look at the situation on the ground with the former israeli ambassador to the united states. great to have you back on bbc news. i want to start with what we saw take place in israel monday. you were at the funeral for hirsch goldberg: -- hirsch

goldberg-polin. >> that was a very powerful interview you just did. i know the family. i consulted with them about how to perhaps get some leverage to the united states and what leverage the u.s. would have over hamas and qatar through turkey. these are extraordinary courageous human beings. virtuous in every possible way. countless tens of thousands of people joined with the family to bury this beautiful 23-year-old who had suffered measurably over the course of 11 months, he had had his arm blowed off by a grenade -- blown off by a grenade, suffered endless torture, and then was executed

hours before a possible release. that is what haunts many of us. this is not a question -- it's a question for strategic political analysis. even if not yahoo! was ready to agree to a deal, was, -- even if netanyahu was ready to agree to a deal, was hamas? >> we have seen strikes across israel today and protest continuing and many of the test accuse -- protests accuse the prime minister putting up obstacles to an agreement and biden said he did not think that yahoo! was doing enough. what is your thought -- did not think netanyahu was doing enough. what is your thought? is the prime minister putting obstacles in the way of an agreement? >> i do not know but i always

say they can always do more. i want a situation where the people of israel know that there government did all they could. to make sure they do everything possible to resolve this horrible conflict and end the war. on the other hand there is a choice that no one should er have to make. achieve the release of a certain number of hostages, maybe 30, maybe more or less, and in return the price is that hamas survives and continue to smuggle arms into gaza and in another one or two years we could face another october 7. so the choice is between saving israelis now and risking the lives of israelis down the line.

it's a horrible choice no one should have to make. >> president biden said he was close to making a proposal for a deal but hamas is not budging and netanyahu says he will not soften demands. will this proposal go anywhere? >> i hope they put a final proposal down, the president, and that it will be a bridging proposal. i have heard the u.s. has put forth ideas to enable israel to withdraw safely from the border between gaza [indiscernible] where hamas has dozens of tunnels to smuggle in weapons and other measures, seeking a 30 meter steel wall to prevent the

digging up of tunnels and that could possibly be a bridging solution for israel, i do not know but when i am confident is hamas will not accept anything less than a permanent cease-fire and that means israel cannot renew the war and a complete withdrawal from israel and i do not see this government agreeing to that. >> ambassador, and very good to have you with us. thank you for joining us on bbc news. the united nations carried out the second day of a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children against polio in gaza. this follows the first confirmed case of polio in gaza in 25 years. they aim to vaccinate over 600 1000 children during humanitarianauses. israel has agreed. palestinian and u.n. officials say on the first day of the campaign more than 80,000 children were vaccinated in

central pauses and sunday one dr. of the world health organization told the bbc about the rollout. >> together with the ministry of health, unicef and many partners , many ngo partners, we target the central zone in gaza and we are targeting one of the 57,000 children under 10 and we will do this for three consecutive days and if needed we will add a day. >> harris and biden are holding their first joint campaign event since president biden dropped out of the presidential race in july and they are set to address crowds in pennsylvania and senator bob casey is speaking to them at the moment and this is a union event and they are looking to appeal to union voters and they spoke earlier to local

union meers in pittsburgh and this is part of a tour of swing states with strong ties to manufacturing and industry. labor day recognizes the labor movement in the u.s. and contributions of american workers in earlier we saw harris stop in michigan which has a large union presence as she seeks to strengthen her appeal to blue-collar workers, a key democratic demographic. meanwhile, trump and his jd vance did not hold any events monday. harris is expected to take part in her first presidential debate next week against donald trump. ukraine's offensive into russian territory appears to be slowing down. kyiv claims to control 500 square miles of territory in a region that includes 100 settlements.

ukraine has captured 600 soldiers in the operation. speaking to a classroom, mr. putin said the ukrainian military had not succeeded in the attempt to stop russian advances and russia focuses assaults on other parts of ukraine, launching a barrage of missiles in the capital of keith. a school was hit and several injured. pressure remains heavy on ukraine's eastern front and putin claims his troops are advancing in the donbas region. we gained access to the latest ukrainian army recruits at a secret training grant -- training camp where they prepared to join the battl reporter: after two and a half years of defense, ukraine says it is on the attack but is waiting for greater backup from the west. a month ago, these new recruits were on the farm, on the

building site, far from the trenches. now they are being fast-track to the front line and nextp could be joining the ukrainian incursion into russia. >> i think this is the right thing to do. look how long they have been in our land. you cannot jussit there while they are capturing our territory. what will we do then, become their slaves? reporter: ukrainian military anxious the location of the training remains secret, asked to see our footage before broadcasting but did not see our script. ukraine is on the back foot at key parts of the battlefield at home but the recent incursion into russia has given a big morale boost and given the war a new dimension. more troops being recruited and trained but at the same time, ukraine now faces tough strategic decisions.

will they be sent to east of ukraine where moscow is seizing more land by throwing tens of thousands of troops into battle, or will they be sent to russia's kursk region to hold the recent gains? these were the first ukrainian soldiers to go into kursk, helping to seize more than 100 settlements and captured 600 russian prisoners of war. the men, filmed in action here, are now back. regrouping. we met them a few miles from the russian border. >> we went far into the kursk region. we were alone. we were on foreign soil and felt like foreigners. reporter: do you know how long you will be on russian territory when you go back? >> we are there as long as we are told to. if we have in order to move forward we can get to moscow and

show what ukraine is all about. reporter: after quickly losing land at home, russia has been fighting back, targeting ukrainian positions. kyiv had hoped to moscow would divert thousands of troops from the east of ukraine to defend kursk but that has not happened. through taking the fight into russia, ukraine galvanized its public. and worried some allies, fearful of president clinton's response. but president zelenskyy warns time is not on their side -- president putin's response. but president zelenskyy warns time is not on their side. >> before weo, a new expedition is revealing the effects of slow decay on the titanic after more than 100 years. large sections of the ships

railings, seen here, currently sit at the bottom of the atlantic. the railings decay was discovered during a series of dives by underwater robots this summer. officials say they will carefully review footage to create a digital 3d scan of the site. thank you for watching world news america and do not forget to check us out on bbc.com/news. 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, pursuingolutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app

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