all of them lead on the arab side by egypt who was then in bed with the soviet union and all of egypt's military capabilities including 12,000 advisors were from russia. and of course we were supporting israel. so when i became president i wanted to try to bring peace to the holy land, about which i taught in my sunday school class that was 18 years old. so i began to met with the major leaguers. the finest person i ever met who was a foreign leader was in war siddat. because of his generosity, we were able to get an agreement between israel and egypt in 1978, that israel would withdraw from the occupied territories and give the palestinians full autonomy and let them run their own affairs. six months later after intense negotiations, we had a peace treaty between israel and egypt into april 1979, not a word of which by the way has ever been violated. after i left office in january, involuntarily retired by the election results of 1980, we were still close friends. i would visit him in egypt and his wife and my wife are friends and even our great grandchildren were friends. we were very

>> there is a follow up mechanism that egypt, qatar and us are going to handle. it will be placed in cairo. and this follow up actually will be a joint team from the three countries that will monitor the implementation of the agreement, and everything has been agreed upon and will be in place, hopefully on the day of the execution. thank you. >> thank you. >> reuters. thank you. >> prime minister, congratulations. andrew mills from reuters. can you talk a little bit more about this follow up mechanism? if elements of the agreement put in place tonight are violated, what will happen? who is it that is going to report and that that that a violation has happened? >> and how will that violation be communicated to the parties, the world, the guarantors of this agreement? thank you. well, this is this is what i have just mentioned to becky. there is, there will be a follow up mechanism that all the parties will be placed in egypt, and they will follow up the implementation of the agreement. there will be a reporting mechanism for any violation, and those violations wil

will they be allowed to enter into egypt? yes madam me, me that they, they have, they have, have, have always had boxes to enter to enter the issue the. and i understand that this agreement, the, in the agreement announced today that the, the insurance amount of the palestinians who needs a pass to the fact pressing and to get their medicaid aid and medical assistance, then they, they need. and ultimately, when the isn't that easy for us is the one who's drop completely from them does a, does a slip, and that is a better thing and that's already running and running. and i guess i get i, i think that the crossing would be operated normally as if it had been before at june 2007. and when the, when the come us to control of is that sensitive and the is a, is laid siege to the, the slip at the today. okay. the same. how are you doing? great to get to a visa from tara. nice, thanks. taking the time to join us head on out to 0. thank you man. i don't think this is a for me is really ambassador and coastal general in new york, and h

and that the onus on cats are in egypt in particular, us in a very different way. it's going to be massive. so i would want the people are gonna have to know what's going wrong, rather than to hear it as a declaration from capitals. because that will feed in to the opportunity on a political process that i think the best thing that i understand, you know, i'm one who believes and published and in governance. i believe it's a fundamental principle of people's to be governed by themselves and by their own people. i don't believe security is assured by occupation by others, or governance by others as some do. but what that means is that we have to have the transitional period fall to honda. how mazda of talking, that's huge, the important, thank you, china and others for that egypt closer. but we're not there yet. and we have a published in units or 2, which has been undermined and on to funded and derided for good and bad reasons and they are not there yet either. so we have to have a transitional period with da to reinstate the 2 state solution of the post. and then

let's listen to the announcement by the past, who prime minister so the tall republic of egypt and to the united states, happy to announce the success of joints mediation efforts in order to reach a deal between the parties in conflicts in gaza to exchange prisoners and hostages . under a ton to a prolonged truce that achieves a permanent seas 5 between the 2 sides. in addition of an agreement on the delivery of large amounts of humanitarian relief and aid to the palestinian brothers in cause of hello correspondents, banners smith joins us off next high foreign ministry and throw on. but a, just a few moments ago you were talking to the fore ministries spoke so much at all and sorry, he gave a few more details to me about what has just been announced a data perhaps the most so bring aspect. busy of this agreement, the c side do a co pay me comes in the opening sentence of the document that comes with this announcement that the policies in the mediators objective is to achieve a final consensus to implement the may 27, 2024 agreements, 8 months ago this deal is on the table we was, the

our past notes in egypt and active. yeah, the actor and then he goes to use it as i suggest that to you yourself and gauge in negotiation process where you will come to land that the most minute the details can undermine the entire negotiation. it is not about how big or small and a so is today well to speaking uh that the underlying issues have been on that with which is a very positive side. this does not necessarily mean that the deal is already added to we might be lost in the details as was the case in the past with many of the draft have been agreed upon in principle. however, the later stages relate to the negotiations to collapse with our own upbeat, and we hope that our optimism can be translated on the ground. the, we appreciate how busy katara is heavy in gauge and the mediation efforts some uh, also on a global newspaper. you booked it, that you are engaged in discussions or negotiations between that and i'd states and tyler body and wisdom of the country. and he goes to, to machines, continue to enroll in m

i'm awesome. egypt has consistently rejected as well as the amount of control to key car doors in the strip, as well as being seeking to maintain a minute to presence in an area carved out when the will began, which cuts off northern garza from the south. as soon as ben, it's a reading car at all, as well as thoughts continued control of the 14 columbus, a buffer zone between egypt and dogs of that is known as the philadelphia, colorado is all man, is this area controlling the movement of goods on people until it withdrew its forces from garza in 2005. now, since benediction forces have taken over petroleum or took a petroleum duties with israel, still inspecting old deliveries into the territory, both egypt and how may i strongly oppose, as well as control over the colorado. because it would effectively silva, the guns and strips only land connection to egypt. axles on if it takes a look now at why the nets are him car at all has been such a difficult issue. after 15 months, so for and more than $46000.00 palestinians killed the scarsdale forefront deep across casa, and one of the la

and we extend our gratitude to the republic of egypt and the united states of america for the valued efforts. well, here's what we know about the deal. the implementation of the agreement will be guaranteed by castle egypt and the us in stage one last thing, 6 weeks from us will release. 33 is really captives including all children, female soldiers and civilians. and man of a 50 in return as well will free 50 palestinian prisoners for each female soldier and $13.00 to $8.00 civilian captive. then israel will release old women and children on the 19. it has to change the gaza strip since october, the 7th, 2023 as well. we'll also cross the allow on palestinians to attend, or the 2nd phase will include the release of all the remaining living captives. i'm the establishment of a permanent sci fi. it will be the full withdrawal of israeli forces from the philadelphia car door by day 50 of the seas for this is the border area with egypt . this close was a stumbling block in past efforts for a deal. the final stage will focus on long term arrangements, including their ton of bodies of his

this was the buddha area with egypt. this cool was, was a stumbling block in past efforts to secure a deal when the final stage will focus on long term reconstruction plans. because i'm the exchange of bodies of the deceased between the 2 parties. how does it was done in smith spoke to the guitar. you 5 minutes he spoke to president much at all . i'm sorry, he says best, but increase momentum to reach a deal in recently. i mean, it's been more than a 110 days since the end of the 1st 5 and we have been working tirelessly with our population. he gets in the united states and make sure that we get to this point of a sustainable view which uh, which will begin that they did on, on sunday, obviously that they're working tend to of both administration, incoming and outgoing divisions. investigate with a really official unhelpful. we have seen it because a great the guy can see the with golf who the findings as personally think in his statements the today being debbie. going so in the process and in the talk. but i have to say

so the tall republic of egypt and the united states, happy to announce the success of joints mediation efforts in order to reach a deal between the parties in conflicts in gaza, to exchange prisoners and hostages under a ton to a prolonged truce that achieves a permanent seas 5 between the 2 sides, in addition of an agreement on the delivery of large amounts of humanitarian relief and aid to the palestinian brothers in cause, i have correspond to him, but his best joins us now from the starry foreign ministry. and though ha, and bennet that amounts, but may just end the post hall file. also, it was low and waited. it was much hurtful, but there were few details about what was actually in the deal went beyond, but it was a phased process. that's right. laurel though we've had a look at the document, the appendix, and the document that comes with this deal of the parties have signed the perhaps the most. so bring aspects of the documents is the opening sentence of the date says the policies on the mediators. objective is to achieve a final consensus to implement the may 27th, 2024 agreem

on sunday the united states, qatar in egypt put forward a final proposal. a final proposal. the ball is now in hamas's court _ the ball is now in hamas's court if_ the ball is now in hamas's court. if hamas accepts the dent— court. if hamas accepts the deal is _ court. if hamas accepts the deal is ready to be concluded and implemented. reuters is updating its reporting save egypt's president and joe biden have been discussing mediation efforts for the gaza cease—fire and the hostage prisoner exchange deal. of course efforts continuing very much to try to get a deal with the us and egypt still talking. i've been speaking to our correspondentjonah fisher who's injerusalem and our state department correspondent, tom bateman who's injerusalem and asked them how close we're to a deal. well, we're being briefed both from those people who are participating in the talks in terms of israel and hamas and the mediators, that we're close to an agreement that all the major issues have been agreed upon, but that the details are still being negotiated and ironed out in th

nah said in october 1917 defeats in the 1967 war still rank codes and era coalition led by egypt and syria. a task is really forces and assign i peninsula and go on heights work. and because i have a question about that, but yeah, i knew that i had a note and said that can of course when the can cut out of the heart of man a man i name is nor from the f as a, as in it. and i'm a product with novel of mine. i met if that is clear, that the sweetest in the can. buddha for me, mostly the minnesota. and because i know my, i am assuming i bought them from set the roof, probably some sort of relief from my mother. i will definitely get this stuff up in the hole. a less of my how was it? i said, and normally if needed to consider where he was said, he said everything. so many of them in the hallway is i didn't know a handful traveler to have to mount home. i'm the head start at a plus. what i'm saying is that the sound in the get past due is a lease the in the how deficient in kind of tool fudge. any jimmy? alright, he's on a test and that's about a 5 bill. um i was like an ice cream, says

that's the border air between gaza and egypt. this goal was, was a stumbling block and past efforts to secure a deal. the final stage will focus on long term reconstruction plans because the exchange of bodies of the deceased between the 2 parties holding a video statement, the chief of hamas in gauze on the head of its negotiating team honey law. higher says as well, failed to achieve its goals. and here we are today proving that the occupation did not and will not ever the feet of people will break its resistance. they were only able to completely destroy the gaza strip and waged genocide against the people. they were not able to release the captives only until they reached an agreement without resistance to be able to stop and put in then to the hostel disease. that's why we say that the steadfastness and bravery of our people was able to defeat the enemy and their objectives, the announced ones, and the unofficial. what. the willingness of people who aspired for freedom is still that and that did not change. they are here and

this is the strategic area, that's the southern part of the gaza strip that links it to egypt. but we have heard from israel's foreign minister give the on side of who said that tomorrow's votes will be a difficult decision, but it's the right one to make urging other cabinet members to make the decision to vote for this d. o. meaning that it would bring, the remaining is really captive, still held in guns up back to israel. but there is some opposition. there is opposition from the right. some are been view of the countries national security minister and that's and then smart reads, the countries finance minister who i, my dad has met with these really prime minister multiple times throughout the last week since these talks really started picking up smart ridge release of statements and night after the deal was announcing, but it's a bad deal and that he wants assurances from the prime minister, but they're going to go back to all out war to continue was fighting after this for a space. if he and his party are going to remain in the government, so there are a lot of moving par

tell us how qatar and egypt have been involved in these negotiations as intermediaries? well, they are both _ intermediaries? , well, they are both very _ intermediaries? , well, they are both very important - are both very important intermediaries. egypt is a neighbouring country that borders with bowel —— that borders with bowel —— that borders with bowel —— that borders with gaza and qatar is a state that is embedded in their constitutions to have mediation as a core part of its foreign policy and its security and so engaging as intermediaries in one of the most important conflicts or a war is, globally, really showcases the soft power and importance of both players in the region and, you know, from the region and, you know, from the qatari perspective, they have been involved in mediating after the afghanistan war and even the ukraine war and, but really, i 1535

how much of egypt have consistently rejected israel to mont control to key car doors in the strip? israel has been seeking to maintain that ministry presence and then eric, calm down when the war began, which cops of northern gauze or from the south. and it's about 4 kilometers what is known as the next time cardo. israel also so continued control of the 14 kilometer long buffer zone, between egypt and gauze, and known as the philadelphia, colorado. israel manage this area, controlling the movement of goods and people. and it was, the druids forces from guns that back in 2005. but since then, egyptian forces took over petroleum duties with it as well, stim, inspecting old deliveries into the territory, both egypt and how strongly oppose israel's control over the colorado. because it would effectively set up the gaza strip to only lung connection to the agent is the same how it is a full my egyptian system. 5 minutes, but he says it's randy withdrawals and they split it out the car door and it's due to management is an important part of a sci fi do we have never been in the field? i

who get injured in the war, they need treatment outside gaza and part of this we understand, that egyptaelis, the americans and also with the palestinian authority to reopen the rafah crossing and allowed those in need to be treated outside gaza. we have seen in the last cease—fire, many people allowed to leave and people hope that when cease—fire goes into effect, those in need for treatment will be allowed out and those in need for aid will be allowed in. we're just hearing from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has thanked both the incoming us president donald trump and the outgoing presidentjoe biden for their help in securing that cease—fire agreement. we're hearing that he's a spoken to mr trump and hearing that he's a spoken to mrtrump and he hearing that he's a spoken to mr trump and he thanked mr trumpfor his mr trump and he thanked mr trump for his help in promoting the release of the hostages and for helping israel end the suffering of the hostages and their families. suffering of the hostages and theirfamilies. the prime their families. the prime minister th

the limitation of the agreement would be guaranteed by qatar, egypt and the us. they have been leading the negotiations. the negotiations over the second phase, as we were saying, would begin by the 16th day of phase one are expected to include the release of all remaining hostages, including israeli male soldiers, and a permanent ceasefire and complete withdrawal of israeli soldiers. that is going to be another sticking point, because israel on the ground. as situation on the ground. as part of the ceasefire deal, humanitarian aid would be flooded in. another line coming through. the limitation of the agreement would be guaranteed by qatar, egypt and the us. they have been leading the negotiations. the negotiations over the second phase, as we were saying, would begin by the 16th day of phase one are expected to include the release of all remaining hostages, including israeli male soldiers, and a permanent ceasefire and complete withdrawal of israeli soldiers. that is going to be another sticking point, because israel says it will not permanently withdraw from g

the implementation of the agreement is going to be guaranteed by kata, egypt, and the us. it's going to require $600.00 truck loads of humanitarian aid, daily, half of them for the north. now in stage one last in 6 weeks, thomas would release 33 is very captive, including all females civilians. female soldiers, children followed shortly by the lease of men above 50 years old. in return, israel is going to free 50 palestinian prisoners, but each of females soldier, i'm 40 for each civilian captive. then israel is to release all the women and children under 19. that is to change since october 7th, 2023 negotiations on the 2nd phase. are going to begin by the 16 stay in to the 1st phase. is expected to include the release of all the remaining captives, establishment of a permanent seas far um. the complete withdrawal of israeli soldiers to the final stage is going to focus on long term arrangements, including the return of bodies of as many captives on palestinian fighters. what can i bring insults on? bought a car, he's a professor of public policy at home. i've been calling

well, the united states and egypt and| united states and egypt and qatar and of course also i think turkeyhe process of the ceasefire but they are not really going to have any enforcement agencies in order to make sure that it is implemented on the ground. i think it is going to be very much at the behest of israel as well as hamas to respect the ceasefire and make sure that it is not violated by either side but as you pointed out, in the past, the ceasefires have been violated and the conflict has been resumed. and i think that possibility always exists. find possibility always exists. and with biden — possibility always exists. and with biden leaving _ possibility always exists. and with biden leaving office, how do you assess the trump administration's appetite or enthusiasm, if you like, for ensuring there is lasting peace between gaza and israel? welcome at the president—elect trump has already announced his full commitment to the state of israel and he has assembled a middle east team which is incredibly pro israel and he will stand by whatever prime minister netanyahu is likely to do

i would list off egypt. recently egypt released some prisoners. there we have a very important security partnership with the government of egypt and yet in drl, we worked with our colleagues and experts in the embassy and in washington to try to make the case diplomatically. this is the lever i didn't mention. the court to the mission. use our diplomatic engagement to make the case to the government of egypt that essentially this is not good for our partnership, having such a repressive system in the largest arab country that is so young is not a recipe for stability or economic success. using our diplomatic relationship to make this case. in drl, we try to create and work with our colleagues and our embassies and diplomats and the secretary and the president and other senior officials to make the case that you can do both at once. you can implement the approach for democracy even while you are shoring up partnerships with other issues such as economic interactions that relate to security concerns or third-party concerns, etc. i would just note th

but on friday, the fast through the shows will start to show themselves all the way from egypt up to browser towards a root. they don't big shows, but they're all the sites, maybe not fight welcome. there are few more further inland in the rock in particular and the killed the go through to wait to was the western side of society and our mecca and jetta both have big thunder storms a couple of days ago. i don't think that repeatable, but i wouldn't want to retire complete the. those shells might reach through re add to was about right. and possibly capt. uh, nothing big but all the same. they could be there. there are like the daytime cheryl's lunchtime, charles, and not to become paula, the you watching else a 0 reminder of our headlines this. our firefighters in the los angeles area are struggling to contain several large wild fires. 5 people are confirmed dead, and thousands of homes have been destroyed and strong winds are fueling the flames . shows that phone is living on the new president more than 2 years addressing the crowds right now. what can you tell us? yes indeed. that'

that of qatar, egypt and the us and getting those today.— getting those today.day. that is the shadow foreign - getting those today. that is l the shadow foreign secretary following david lammy, the uk foreign secretary, who has urged israel to back the ceasefire deal, speaking in the british house of commons, answering a two state solution should be the destination. we will bring you much more on all this, and if you want to follow events on the comments you can go to the iplayer and website which are being updated. you are watching bbc news with special coverage of the middle east. live from london, this is bbc news. anticipation in gaza after months of destruction, as the world waits for the israel — hamas peace deal to take force. but israel's cabinet is still due to vote on the deal — after delaying it — accusing hamas of �*backtracking the group says it remains committed. live at hostage square in tel aviv where the loved ones of those held in gaza wait nervously to see if they will be heading home. in other news, sir keir starmer arrives in kyiv to sign a

and for the first — between gaza and egypt. the first 20 to they will remain on the road separating gaza _ remain on the road separating gaza from _ remain on the road separating gaza from the north to the south _ gaza from the north to the south. the people displaced over— south. the people displaced over a — south. the people displaced over a year ago from their villages— over a year ago from their villages and towns in the north, _ villages and towns in the north, they will be allowed to id north, they will be allowed to go back— north, they will be allowed to go back to the north. but there is also — go back to the north. but there is also a — go back to the north. but there is also a lot of complication in this, _ is also a lot of complication in this, because they will be subject— in this, because they will be subject to x—ray screening machines that will be put in place — machines that will be put in place on _ machines that will be put in place on the road to allow cars to pass — place on the road to allow cars to pass

and i wanted to bring peace between israel and egypt. that was my primary goal. my secondary was to bring justice to the palestinians. and we left camp david that we had resolved both issues. the treaty was signed now 31 1/2 years ago and not a single word has been violated in those words between israel and egypt. the commitments to turn palestine territory has not been carried out. one of the most difficult and challenging issues that the world faces today. hasn't establishing a palestinian entity on former jordanian land become more difficult now that there are hundreds of israeli citizens living there? >> there are 300 israelis living in palestinian land and israel is occupying territory that belongs to the palestinians and the syrians and some small portions of lebanon. the basic issue that has changed since then is a part to reclaim that land whereas when i became president israel would withdraw from occupied territories and that was a commitment, resolution 242 and prime minister begin signed it. that's what changed and what he is trying to place. >> the sa

. _ egypt has unveiled a series of newly discovered artefacts, dubbed by archaeologists as "the mosttion includes artworks depicting the queen and other tools thought to be use in sacred ceremonies. they were found during a three—year—long excavation of the burial ground of the ancient city of thebes, near luxor in southern egypt. let's speak to dr alexandra morris, lecturer in classical studies at the university of lincoln. thank you for coming to talk about this really interesting story. so tell us a little bit more about exactly what was found and is in its of it. thank you for having me. this fight is exciting because it gives us, in building our temple programme, dating from the first kingdom for the first time, which gives us insights into religious practices from this time period for served also as you said links to two important arrows and queens, and possibly rewrites what we know about powers for both. with hatshepsut it potentially shows her son actually restored her temples and instead of trying to erase her from history. it also shows her... the restoration of egyptian f

we and cuts out old egypt authorized states, army and mediators with our adult. our role is to convey the message and along the way, it all depends on a number of facts, codes, or rather say, a number of variables. i cannot speculate or competitive and the details, however, are not in the past few days that has been can be momentous efforts by all the boss knows who acted as one team in order to need some of the this milestone. over the past day, we hadn't continuous meetings with constants called the nation and consultation and presence of the country exemption and u. s. themes, in addition to the presence of all the delegates. and so basically i don't have as by the grace of god, we have fritz reads, this might of stone, and we hope that it will come into its implementation and we hope it that will be success would be followed by 2 other successful phases and the entire world comes to an end. what the people have guys that have lived through is beyond description more than $400.00 days of getting this trucks and the that needs total arrest the respite and perma

seder only weeks after he negotiated the treaty between israel and egypt. as we lay our 39th president to rest. time to redeem his presence and also laid to rest. the myth. but his greatest achievements came only as a former president. the test of american presidents. he's not the number of years they serve. but the duration of their accomplishments. but this measure, jimmy carter was a mom. the most consequential one term presidents in american history. he's the leg. prodigious work happens, discipline and mask. few details. crucial to his success at home and abroad. president carter park politics at the oval office store. to do what he believed was the right thing. taking controversial challenges on regardless of the political consequences. and frankly, there are many. much of his agenda passed with bipartisan support. a quaint notion. in today's hyper. all right, alex. independent surveys indicate the at one of the past success rates in passing his measure. major legislation of any american president. was remarkable. mark woodley accessible. so the press

for 13 days and nights, he negotiated with israel and egypt's leaders. more than 20 peace proposals and settling them between the israeli and egyptian delegations. and he saved the agreement at the eleventh hour and it was the eleventh hour, by appealing to the people. for the past 45 years, egypt israel peace treaty has never been violated and laid the foundation for the abraham accord. on the other side of the ledger was iran. jimmy carter did not lose iran, but the hostage crisis was a major factor in denying him a second term. despite his support for the shaw. because he placed the safe return of the hostages above his own political fortunes, he took full responsibility for the failure of the bold hostage rescue mission, and worked tirelessly, even after his bitter reelection defeat to ronald reagan. securing their release on the last day of his presidency. in the end, jimmy carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service. he said i have one life to live, i feel like god wants me to do the best i can do with it. to let me

this is the strip of land between the borders of gaza and egypt. just to remind you, the 2nd stage will start 16 days into the seas far and will focus on negotiations to release the remaining men and soldiers held in gaza and onto the states to do would share with address the long term arrangements, including discussions on establishing an alternative government and gaza plans to rebuild the area as well. other details about the reported deal focused on security . we check set to be carried out by an international body and israel allowing 1000000 palestinians back to the pump. the goal is to strip on the sales floor, right? national security minister in my bank via has gotten to resign. if a deal takes place, i scanned the documents is kinda, you know, how much the deal duct is taking shape. is this the rent a deal for how much that full i call on my friend to buffalo smoke switch to join me and corporate and working against the deal. my jewish public party does not have the power alone to prevent the deal, but together it is possible. we can go to

i don't know if it'll work that way, but after the sinai is restored to egypt, sadat will build on top of that mountain, an arab mosque and a jewish synagogue and a christian church, which i think would be a wonderful gesture. this morning we're talking about a very important thing in the lives of modern people. i also ancient people, we tend to think that tension, concern, worry, burdens. are unique to a fast changing modern world. but as we read paul's letter to the philippians for chapter in a brief book. we see how he dealt with this problem of worry. and the divisions that come among those whom he loved because of the pressures of their own lives. there's no doubt that they lived in fear. because they were christians and that early days when it was not an acceptable thing to do, they were in effect, religious revolution during a challenge from all sides, perhaps even meeting in secret on occasion. and paul recognized then that one of the causes of the build up in a person's life of uncontrollable fear and tension was rapid change. we all tend to want to maintain the status quo whe

we in qatar and our partners and the arab republic of egypt. at the end of the day, we are mediators. we are trying to bring viewpoints closer together and bridge any gaps between the two sides. of course, the success of the agreement depends on a number of factors, and there are a number of variables that are happening around this. i cannot go into the details. however, as i stated earlier in the past few days, let's go from the qatari prime minister for president joe biden on this hostage deal that will end the fighting in gaza. >> he has at long last, i can announce a cease fire on a hostage deal has been reached between israel and hamas for more than 15 months of conflict that began with hezbollah's brutal massacre on october the 7th. more than 15 months of terror for the hostages, their families, the israeli people, more than 15 months of suffering by the innocent people of gaza fighting in gaza will stop. and soon the hostages will return home to their families. the elements of this deal were what i laid out in detail this past may, which

president elect donald trump taking credit as well, and was given credit by those in qatar and in egypt who helped negotiate this. they gave credit to both the biden administration and the incoming trump administration. >> yeah, it's been a tumultuous period the last four years in foreign policy from afghanistan to ukraine, relations with china, and of course, the crisis here in the middle east. certainly his crowning achievement, i think, on his tenure in terms of foreign policy, the guns are expected to fall silent on the 19th of the month this sunday. and some of those hostages will start to be released back to their loved ones and hopefully an enduring peace process will settle in. that is a legacy worth having. david. >> ian pannell our chief foreign correspondent ian, my thanks to you as always. our coverage continues on abc news live. abc news.com. we're going to return you to regular programing. i'll see you tomorrow night for world news tonight. good night. >> this has been a special report from abc news. >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> red flag warning will

for the past 45 years, the egypt-israeli peace treaty has never been violated, and lays the foundationaham accord. on the other side of the ledger was iran. jimmy carter did not lose iran. the shah did. but the hostage crisis was a major factor in denying him a second term. despite his support for the shah. because he placed the safe return of the hostages above his own political fortunes. he took full responsibility for the failure of the bold hostage rescue mission, and worked tirelessly, even after his bitter re-election defeat to ronald reagan, securing their release on the last day of his presidency. in the end, jimmy carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service. he said, "i have one life to live. i feel like god wants me to do the best i can do with it. so let me live my life so that it will be meaningful." well, mr. president, you've more than achieved that goal. he may not be a candidate for mt. rushmore. but he belongs in the foothills with making the u.s. stronger and the world safer. jimmy carter has earned his place in heaven. but just as he w

there we have a very important security partnership within egypt and we work with our colleagues and experts in the embassy handed washington to try to make the case diplomatically. i didn't mention it's the core to the mission to use our diplomatic engagement to make the case for the government of egypt that essentially this is not good for partnership and the largest country that so young is not a recipe for stability, so using our diplomatic relationship to really make this case. we try to create and work with our colleagues and our embassies and our diplomats and the secretary and the president and others to make the case that you can do both at once. you can integrate the promotion of democracy and concerns about human rights even while you're shoring up another issues with interactions and relationships that relate to security concerns are third-party concerns etc.. i would just note turkey is another one that is a country that's so critical and a known ally. we need to work with turkey especially because it's gotten wrapped in the middle east and europe with the arrest of jour

for 13 days and nights, he negotiated with israel's begin and egypt's sadat.nally drafting more than 20 peace proposals and shuttling them between the israeli and egyptian delegations. and he saved the agreement at the 11th hour and it was the 11th hour, by appealing to begin's love of his grandchildren. for the past 45 years, the egypt-israel peace treaty has never been violated and laid the foundation for the abraham accord. on the or side of the ledger was identify -- on the other side of the ledger was iran. jimmy carter did not lose iran, the shah did. but the hostage crisis was a major factor in denying him a second term. despite his support for the shah. because he placed the safe return of the hostages above his own political fortunes. he took full responsibility for the failure of the bold hostage rescue mission and worked tirelessly, even after his bitter re-election defeat to ronald reagan, securing their release on the last day of his presidency. in the end, jimmy carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service. he said,

and i to bring peace between israel and egypt. that was my premium goal, the secondary goal, which i and sadat worked on, was to bring justice to the palestinians. so those were the two issues that were faced at camp david. and we left camp david believing that we had completely resolved both issues. the treaty was signed, now 31 and a half years ago, and not a single word has ever been violated in those years between israel and egypt. unfortunately, though, the commitments made concerning the palestine territory has not been carried out and that's still the major issue. i think one of the most difficult and challenging issues that the world faces today hasn't establishing some sort of entity, a sovereign entity on former jordanian land in, the west bank, become even more difficult in the intervening years now that there are hundreds of thousands of israeli citizens living there? yes, there are 300,000 israelis now living in palestinian land and israel is still occupying territory that belongs to the palestine that belongs to the

egypt was the powerhouse, the leader of the arab people. '48, '56, '67, '73 all wars led by egypt.made a deal anwar sadat and said, no more wars. it's over. and even in the hamas situation since last year, they had closed that border. there is nobody going back and forth between hamas territory, the gaza strip and egypt. but i think on the larger question, the two state, you know, him and tom friedmann i think are the only that keep saying over and over again in "the new york times," we have to have a two-state solution or some day we will have a one-state solution. they have to put it together as one country. i think br people see that -- >> john kerry said as preview to apartheid. the other piece is his environmentalism. when he put the solar panels on the white house -- >> who took them down? >> reagan. my mom didn't. we did it in our house because we were trying to do -- you know, go along with what carter was doing. my mother believed in it. he was ahead of his time in terms of things like climate change. >> the sweater hurt him. nobody wanted a sweater. i have thought it was

and just got off the phone with the emir of qatar and will be speaking soon with the president of egypt to a deal and it can get done this week. i am not making a promise or prediction but we will work to make it happen. >> jonah fisher is in jerusalem and our correspondent is in istanbul. i want to get from both of you the latest that you are hearing from the respective sides in the negotiation. jonah, i will begin with you. >> today has been a day in which we have heard strong voices against this deal in israel including prominent members of benjamin netanyahu's cabinet. one of them came out this morning with a tweet saying he thought it would be a catastrophe for israeli national security if the deal went ahead. clearly, mr. netanyahu has quite a job to do. there was also a letter written to him as prime minister by 10 members of his own coalition urging him not to make the deal. there is certainly opposition here. it remains to be seen if we do get to the point of it possibly being agreed as to whether those people within his cabinet who are against it, whether they kick up a fuss a

as for the coming days, it will be a few showers generating on friday, i think going through no egypt, possibly running into israel. the 5 charge you fondles has a root, but the light shot was not really affect many people and the bigger picture is still not particularly strong when the girl is about $23.00 degrees and there are still shingles in west and saturday. i would not put it past some st flooding possibility as well. so southern africa, summer should mean big rains and this particular one's back turned into just that situation. there were warnings, i'm from a library. so this is the line of heavy shelves that stretch short time through most i'm because well lucky the time she's back is be hawk recently. big childs rancho big as well. but for the science in south africa, it's quite dry. in 2001, the us invaded afghanistan, stating its intention to the the stable stage and the military able to overcome the tyler bonds. did, ma'am, not around 24 hours. not tibetans living at his ease of health plans for the victims of tuesdays of quake. people gathered in the pool and india to r

egypt, qatar and u.s. are going to handle. it will be placed in cairo, and this follow up actually will be a joint team from the three countries that will monitor the implementation of the agreement. and everything has been agreed upon and will be in place, hopefully on the day of the execution. thank you. >> thank you reuters. >> thank you, prime minister. >> congratulations. andrew mills from reuters. um, can you talk a little bit more about this follow up mechanism? if if elements of the agreement put in place tonight are violated, what will happen? who is it that is going to report and that that that a violation has happened? and how will that violation be communicated to the parties, the world, the the guarantors of this agreement? >> thank you. well, this is this is what i have just mentioned to becky. there is there will be a follow up mechanism that all the parties will be placed in egypt, and they will follow up the implementation of the agreement. there will be a reporting mechanism for any at those violations will b

on sunday, the united states, qatar, and egypt put forward a final proposal.l is now in hamas' court. if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to be concluded and implemented. annita: we will get more analysis on what is happening in the middle east in just a few minutes. right now, let's return to the evolving situation in seoul, south korea, where we understand there is about to be another attempt to execute an arrest warrant for the impeached president yoon suk yeol. let's talk to our correspondent in seoul for us. bring us up-to-date, shed more light on what is happening there. >> we are very, very close to the outer premises of the presidential residence. let me show you around a little bit. these are dozens and dozens of police officers that have surrounded the area. also much further from the entrance. we are close to the alleyway that leads to the entrance. we understand the corruption investigation officers that tried to get close, get into the presidential residence last time, they are now here in the outer premises. if i could show you here behind me, ri

. >> it's a major breakthrough that came after intense negotiations between egypt, qatar, the u.s, israel and hamas. the draft agreement calls for a six week initial cease fire phase, during which 600 truckloads of humanitarian aid will be delivered to gaza every day. hamas will then start releasing hostages, beginning with women, children and men over 50, in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. negotiations over the second phase will start 16 days later, with the third phase expected to mark the start of gaza's reconstruction, which will be supervised by egypt, qatar and the un. >> too many innocent people have died. too many communities have been destroyed in this deal. the people of gaza can finally recover and rebuild. >> president biden says today's agreement is nearly identical to the one he proposed back in may, but it was almost derailed by a last minute disagreement over israeli troops deploying along gaza's border with egypt. israel says hamas backed down, and the israeli government is expected to vote on the deal on thursday. >> today begins a responsibility for both

hamas and who have been the principal point for the negotiations, with participation, of course, from egypt. danielle, you're absolutely right, andrea, and we are being briefed on the fact that this is this is it. >> the deal is done and we are now waiting, as you say, for the mediators in doha. the qatari pm will be holding a press conference. and we await now the official announcement. but to think that this has taken 15 months, when most of those involved in these talks thought that it would take perhaps a matter of days, perhaps weeks, to get all those hostages back. it's taken 15 agonizing months agony for the civilians in gaza who have endured relentless airstrikes, agony for the hostages, who for the most part and presumably have been held in tunnels, and agony for those for the family members of those hostages who, you know, in some cases live just a few miles away from gaza. they go to bed at night, wake up in the morning not knowing if their loved ones are dead or alive. but here we are and we are waiting for the qatari prime minister to lay out the details of this proposal that h

on sunday, the united states, qatar, and egypt put forward a final proposal. the ball is now in hamas' court. if hamas accepts, the deal is ready to be concluded and implemented. i believe we'll get a cease-fire. and whether we get there in the remaining days of our administration or after january 20th, i believe the deal will follow closely the terms of the agreement that president biden put forward last may and our administration rallied the world behind. now, from the outset, we also recognize we couldn't afford to wait until a cease-fire to plan for what would follow it. for many months, we've been working intensely with our partners to develop a detailed post conflict plan that would allow israel to fully withdraw from gaza, prevent hamas from pulling back in and provide for gaza's governance and security and reconstruction, drawing on the principles i originally set out in tokyo. we'll hand that off to the trump administration to carry it forward. let me share a few core elements this morning. we believe that the palestinian authority should invite inter

on sunday, the united states, qatar and egypt put forward a final proposal.he ball is now in hamas' court. >> dr. sanam vikil is joining us today. good morning. i like to understand whether it is the working assumption that the cease-fire is going to come through. we keep hearing we are on the brink. we're on the brink. and we have not seen the cease-fire agreement yet. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be with you on this important issue. the expectation is that the agreement is going to come through. there's a lot of details that need to be ironed out. there's lists that have to be finalized on which israeli hostages are going to be released. they have to be located and identified. on the israeli side, identifying which palestinian prisoners is going to be released is a logistical process. i suspect this will happen in the coming days. and certainly before trump's inauguration. the pressure coming from the incoming administration, has been important to motivate all parties and get this deal over the line. >> interesting how you brought up the angle of the