spoke a little bit about captive taking. and when we spoke about captive taking, we said that there were. three kind of typical outcomes. adoption, ritual, torture and death or staying in a state of unfreedom. right. and that not always, but typically captives taken in raids that were inspired by this need for blood revenge. right. and so that changed as. we entered into this period of the southeastern slave trade, right. because taking became commodified and it became all about as many captives as you possibly could to then trade them on other goods, particularly firearms. right. but like we said, the war effectively ended the southeast native slave trade and what we see reemerge are those historic practices of captive taking. and again, we're kind of back to those three most common options, ritual torture and, death, and just staying in a state of unfreedom. and so as we kind move through this colonial period, we do see raids happening and like when said before i mentioned children how children are malleable. so oftentimes

the army denies it strikes in hon. eunice at the time, killed the captive. the military says the findings of based on what it calls new intelligence, no to date, joins us now live on mine. and now what are we hearing about these 6 hostages? well, these rarely army says that they were killed sometime in february when these really army was from bonding the area near the tunnel where they were held that according to these rarely army. and we have no way of verifying this. of course, the guards of those captives killed them one, the fumes of the bonds that drew closer and they felt that there might be a danger that there would be and is really military operation to rescue them. of course, also in the past hour we've heard from the is really army a gun and talking about retrieving the body of yet another captive from a ton eunice, a, a tie. there's key who was in keyboards. betty, on october 7th, was taken captive alive, according to these really are me. he was also killed near the beginning of this year. and we've seen these incidents. i'm adding to the frustrat

well, we're hearing a lot more from the families of the captives who will hold these rarely, military responsible for the desk of those 6 captives and say that the is rarely military approach of applying more military pressure has only resulted in the depths of captives and their calling on v is really government again to reach a deal that would secure the return of the captives will continue to remain alive. of course, this is not the 1st incident in which the army has been implicated in the depths of captives laura in gaza. but this incident in particular, dates back to february and the bodies were retrieved in august and it took about 3 months for the military to own up to the fact that it was the captors who killed those 6 men. and we've heard from him us a very recently referred to, even in a video of one of the captives saying that they've been told that the instructions of the guards have changed. and if the military is really military approaches and then their safety would not be guaranteed these ready, prime minister meeting with the family of that american is rarely a captiv

that stuff is really captive so that i've already occurred. and we've seen that happen over and over again, whether in botched rescue operations or bias really bombardment of the areas a by, by the admission of israel's armies. government forces in syria, i have conducted another round of extracts on a blue province. it's in the north, west, and punch at the country. it is controlled by opposition forces. last week, the site is launched and offensive from a live provence, capturing serious 2nd largest city level. syrian government forces have carried out dozens of asterix with russian. suppose the opposition side has say they have seized control of cool widows, airport east of a level is part of a lightning offensive that seen armed groups taking control of launch slaves of territory. syrian army war plains have continued extensive bombing around a level and it live, causing widespread destruction in residential areas ceasefire between israel and has the law is largely holding. the government and agencies are trying to help those who are in de

one deal that would see the release of all captives at once. they were afraid of these a phased approach that nothing yahoo is talking about so far. what we understand is that there is a 3 phase ceasefire that is being talked about. the 1st one will be just that the redeployment of is really troops the release of some captives and the entry of humanitarian assistance. in addition to the release of course of palestinian detainees, but the details of where do the troops are you deployed to? how does that all happen? these are the details that are being ironed out, pushed quite strongly by the mediators and by the incoming and outgoing american administration's hemma itself has issued a statement in the past 2 hour saying that a big deal is within reach. if nothing, yahoo doesn't keep bringing in introducing new conditions. so there is optimism, but people are being cautious because they've been let down before. okay, new to how is it reporting from online jordan? no, thank you. on the ground and gaza, it's been another day of blood sheds. at leas

or that is believe to be the time when those captives died. these really army also announced the recovery recently of another body of another is really captive. and that all adds to the conviction of is the families of these really captives. the israel's continued military assault on dogs that will not bring their family members alive back to israel. they are calling on these really government as they've been doing for 14 months to reach a ceasefire deal. it's believe a 100 captains is really cop to zoning and gaza. 37 of them, according to his release of the estimates are already dead, then it's becoming increasingly difficult by the admission of these really are me to figure out where they are dead or alive. and so that pressure increasing for cease fire talks to resume and conclude successfully. jessica me, that's not all day reporting from on the ceasefire between israel and has. bla is largely holding the government and agencies are trying to help those who are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. but as they know that a report from neb

well, some of these men have been in captivity for more than two and a half years.ukraine, to their families, just in time for the new year holidays. the russian authorities said 150 of their citizens had returned from ukrainian captivity and were given medical treatment. back in ukraine, for some families the wait continues. these women show photos of their loved ones to those released, hoping someone will recognise them. "we want to know he's alive," says marianna, who's looking for her nephew. "we're asking everyone we see." with thousands of ukrainians still in captivity or missing, the desperate search for many families will go on. will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine. the world health organisation says hospitals in gaza have become battlegrounds and that the health system is under severe threat. the un health body has condemned a raid on the kamal adwan hospital as appalling. gazan authorities say it came after an air strike there which killed 50 people, including medical staff. israel has arrested the director of the hospital and released this footage of w

how many captives and prisoners could be released? will take up these questions, but i'll guess shortly, but 1st this report, by saturday, the beast is ready, protest is, have a new name that prime minister missed the sacrifice. and we are standing here today to remind yet you and young with the this is read is crime the abandonment of hostages. we still have a 100 hostages in laza for over a year. now he has been jeopardizing deals where ever he goes and all well prioritizing his bloody cool lucian. we call them mr. a band and mr. sacrifice. as these ro continues, it's unrelenting, who in gaza, benjamin netanyahu, whose government is facing mounting pressure to ended. so it was in favor of draft recently the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly on wednesday to demand an immediate cease spa. i'm, while the resolution is on binding, it makes clear international. suppose the palestinians in the strip is growing. justice must be subbed and impunity must and israel is continuing with the genocide. nevertheless, god doesn't

well, some of these men have been in captivity for more than 2.5 years.nally return to their homeland, ukraine, to their families, just in time for the new year holidays. the russian authorities said 150 of their citizens had returned from ukrainian captivity and were being given medical treatment. back in ukraine, for some families, the wait continues. these women show photos of their loved ones to those released, hoping someone will recognise them. "we want to know he's alive," says marianna, who's looking for her nephew. "we're asking everyone we see." with thousands of ukrainians still in captivity or missing, the desperate search for many families will go on. will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine. five people have been charged in argentina in connection with the death of the former one direction star liam payne. the 31—year—old died after taking drugs and falling from a third—floor balcony at a hotel in buenos aires in october. a hotel manager, receptionist and a friend of the singer have been charged with manslaughter. two others who worked at the

in iran to position our rescue team for a later withdrawal of american hostages who have been held captive there since november 4. the equipment failure and the rescue helicopters made it necessary to end the mission. as our team was withdrawing after my order to do so, two of our american aircraft collided on the ground following a refueling operation in a remote desert location in iran. other information about this rescue mission will be made available to the american people when it is appropriate to do so. there was no fighting, there was no combat. but to my deep regret, eight of the crew men of the two aircraft which collided were killed, and several other americans were hurt in the accident. our people were immediately airlifted from iran, those who were injured have gotten medical treatment, and all of them are expected to recover. to my knowledge, office operations of any iranian officials or authorities was evident to us until several hours after all americans were withdrawn from iran. our rescue team knew and i knew that the operation was certain to be difficult, and certain to b

and i know what more we hearing about these 6 captives. well, according to the as rarely army, their investigation led them to adjust their 1st narrative. and they can now say that these 6 captives were, were taken alive to gaza, that they were killed as sometime in february when the is really army, was bombarding the area near the tunnel where they were held in as the fumes of those at bombs drew closer according to these really are me the guards at keeping the captives that killed them. but in the past few moments, we've also heard another statement. we've received another statement from these rarely armies saying that they've recovered the body of yet another is really captive from keyboards. betty, who also is believe to have been killed by their, his captors in hon. you and us as well as sometime early this year. and this only feeds the frustration and the anger of the families of the captives who have held these rarely army responsible for those death. who reject the idea that the is really our me continues to stress. and these rarel

the captives were exchanged, were released in exchange for a 150 palestinian prisoners. no day has moved from the georgia indian capital a month. and a reminder that node is reporting from this because these really government has banned ultra 0 from operating in israel. and the occupied with bank as there is a lot of optimism in is really media reports about possibly reaching a cease fire deal that would see the release of at least some is really captives from gaza. now this optimism has cautious because we've been here before, and the efforts were startled at the last minute because of new conditions because of different considerations. but what is at stake here? the situation, the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is beyond catastrophic and him, us wants to see the entry of humanitarian assistance as soon as possible. that is being tied to phase one of the cease fire agreement. and right now, as we understand, the discussions are down to the details to the names of who would be released, what, who, who among the palestinian detaining is would also be released. s

many of them of course have been in captivity for a very long time, more than two and a half years inses. the emotion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was a lot of family members here of ukrainian soldiers who are still either missing or in captivity. they were shown photographs of their loved ones to those who were just released, saying have you seen my husband, do you know anything about them? it really was an extraordinary seem to behold. >> i wonder if you could give us a sense more broadly where the board is at the moment? -- war is at the moment? >> the war is going badly for ukraine, despite the jubilant scenes, the mood is pretty gloomy here. interestingly, some ukrainian officials were telling us that the negotiations with russia over these personal exchanges, like the one today, the biggest since the war started, are becoming much more difficult because moscow is less willing to negotiate because it is advancing on the battlefield. ukraine has a serious shortage of men on the front line, losing territory. ukrainians here feel the wes

many of them have been in captivity for a very long time, more than two and a half years in many casesion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was that there were a lot of family members here of ukrainian soldiers who are still either missing, or in captivity. they were showing photographs of their loved ones to those who had just been released, saying, have you seen my husband, my son? do you know anything about them? it really was an extraordinary scene to behold. >> i wonder if you can give us a sense more broadly of where the war is at at the moment? will: the war is going badly for ukraine, despite the jubilant scenes we saw here earlier, the mood is pretty gloomy at the moment here. interestingly, some ukrainian officials were telling us the negotiations with russia over these prisoner exchanges, like the one that happened today, one of the biggest since the war started, those negotiations are becoming more difficult, because moscow is less willing to negotiate because it advancing on the battlefield. ukraine has a serious shortage of men for

many of them, of course, have been in captivity for a very long time, more than 2.5 years in many casese emotion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was there are a lot of family members here of ukrainian soldiers who are still either missing or in captivity, and they were showing photographs of their loved ones to those who'd just been released, saying, "have you seen my husband, my son, do you know anything about them?" so it really was quite an extraordinary seem to behold. i wonder if you could give us a sense more broadly of where the war is at at the moment? well, the war is going badly for ukraine. despite the jubilant scenes we saw here earlier, the mood is pretty gloomy at the moment here. interestingly some ukrainian officials here in ukraine were telling us that the negotiations with russia over these prisoner exchanges like the one that happened today, it was one of the biggest since the war started, those negotiations are becoming much more difficult because moscow is less when to negotiate because it's advancing on the battlefield. uk

let's speak now to moshe emilio lavi, who's brother—in—law was taken captive on october 7 by hamas.e thanks for “oining us. what are our thanks forjoining us. what are your thoughts? _ thanks forjoining us. what are your thoughts? we _ thanks forjoining us. what are your thoughts? we try - thanks forjoining us. what are your thoughts? we try to - thanks forjoining us. what are your thoughts? we try to be i your thoughts? we try to be cautious because _ your thoughts? we try to be cautious because we - your thoughts? we try to be cautious because we have i your thoughts? we try to be - cautious because we have heard these sentiments before, in may and july this year, we don't want be disappointed yet again with the failure to have a breakthrough in the negotiations but it does seem like promising signals from both the upcoming administration in the us, donald trump's team, and also from our own government, we hope that we will see the war ending with the release of the hostages, providing humanitarian relief to the people of gaza. it humanitarian relief to the people of gaza.— humani

her father says he hopes that this also helps her in captivity. the total risk may be they can see the best analogy of her personality or that she's a she have a few. how do you know she loved everybody? she except everybody. so i hope that they don't a talk to her. i hope in recent weeks, the hostage negotiations have intensified again, also due to pressure from many families, security expert. no, i'm team on says an agreement. that's the only chance to save their lives. jewish people all the military or for we killed near hostages. then we brought back the all new relocation to bring them on is a hostage deal. and this is what we should know. right now is our role is also a german citizen. her father says she is the great grand daughter of a painter from home book. yes, she has met many german politicians, but it's disappointed by their lack of action. i need them to force more the government. the news? well, not just for our left is not just for the hostages also for the people in gaza, people not doorways, but they put, they've been cubic it's

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you this at the time killed the captive. the military says the findings are based on what it calls new intelligence as well. securing funds to help reconstruct the devastation and the gaza strip may seem like a new impossible task given the scale of how much is needed. a conference has just wrapped up in cairo to try and increase the amount of humanitarian aid being dispatched to the strip. the british government is sent to announce that $24000000.00 in funding for casa. this includes $15000000.00 allocated to the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian, a says, and the world food program. this financial year, the u. k. has committed a total of a $126000000.00 to the occupied palestinian territories. but aid agencies say that's only a drop in the ocean, given the sheer scale of what's needed. chris doyle is the director of the council for our british understanding. he, tom, do you k a to goza or continuing to on israel as a political fame? yeah. chuck millions of age into gauze arisen can do the trick. thi

and also making very clear that he is going to take action in terms of those captives. should they not be released by january the 28th? one more point is that there's been speculation that these really prime minister is waiting until donald trump takes off as before acting or agreeing to any form of move to get the capt as out of gaza. trump, himself clearly denies that as has the is ray, the prime minister, and his assistants think they want the captives out as soon as possible. mike hunter, thank you. as israel genocide in gauze, our approach is 15 months. the ongoing from bob minutes is now killed, more than $45000.00 palestinians, and no end in sight. published in health ministry confirmed the devastating mazda, the quoted since october, the 7th. last year of those killed more than 17000 had been children. the overall figure does not include the $11000.00 palestinians. consider the missing buried under the revel. i'm try to show is a direct to on the posting and non governmental organizations network. speaking from down below, he says the death told him goes, it cou

they took younger women and children captive. the boys were indoctrinated into isis, while the women and girls were used as sex slaves, sold from man to man, raped and gang—raped repeatedly. after three months, nadia escaped. but so many others didn't. more than 200,000 people are still displaced, and there are 3,000 women and children still missing. do you think enough is being done to find them? i think nothing was done to find them. nothing was done until isis made the decision to murder all the men, including six of my brothers, my nephew, and dozens of my cousins, and the elderly women, including my mother. and then, they enslaved more than 6,500 women and children into sexual slavery. most of us who survived were able to just run away and go ask for help. but there was never, you know, a proper team from the iraqi government, or the un, or the international community to look for them. and that is why, ten years later, close to 3,000 of them are still missing, including my nephew, my niece, my sister—in—law, my cousin and he

the way to get back to the table to try and stop these ready buttons and facilitate the release of captives, but on the ground is really bump bobbins up in unrelenting and the un says the delivery of food and 8 into gaza is that's an all time low will of all of the ro, washington's plans. and what is like to happened once donald trump takes over in less than 2 months time, will delve deeper into these issues shortly. but 1st, this report from a touchy a pulling on the pock elliptic un sexy general antonio terraces. what's to describe is roles on slow thumb cause over the past 14 months, that's killed more than 44000 people. those 2 to 5 to compartment face hung. israel has repeatedly restricted humanitarian aid from entering gaza and is accused by 8 organizations and view and using starvation as a weapon of war agencies, bringing in desperately needed to monitoring release against the gaza have also been attacked. the un agency for palestinian refugees has been forced to hold the delivery of aid through the key, cut them up a solemn crossing between israel and the gaza because of safety con

in the government, especially when it comes to securing a deal to release the remaining is really captives. now, while the property did confirm that they met with a sufficient, there's been no word from these rallies on where they are in these talks in any sort of negotiations. but we also want to note that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose office just announced that he's going to be having surgery on sunday. it's still unclear how long he's going to be out for how long he's not going to be working for him. so all of this includes in the situation where these talks are still being stalled, they're still being prolonged and it doesn't seem like there's any end in sight for that just yet from the city that for us in the jordanian capital about thank you. the bell secuity is typing in many parts of syria with forces launching an operation to gaze. well, they say a residence of the full size regime in the talk to you and taught us thousands of security personnel have been sent and many people arrested both cities, a strong holes of assets, minority on the white side of the faced unrest.

out is every life my headquarters here in the also coming up thousands of relatives of his writing captives held in golf 0 once again on the streets, demanding a deal to end to a new administration in serial launch is a security operation against the remnants of the former regime arrests on mays ends, colorful displays of coal stream and den. so this is caliber carnival in nigeria. the welcome to the product on hundreds of palestinians including patients and medical staff have been released after is really full, says store them to come out aloud to the hospital in northern cause. the witnesses have described suffering violence and abuse of the hands of the occupation forces as well says it detained 240 people, including the director of the hospital. tony covers and begins on coverage from data of the in central garza strip. tough night kids and forced out of northern guns. those last remaining hospital. this for tooth was recorded the college one hospital of to is by the troops right at the building on friday night in. ready for you, you know, these ready orders tied us up and blindfolded u

this, the 3 generals went to germany, one died in captivity. in fact, the crime went almost done, punished the assumed you said that you have to use this new mistake. can i just slip? i get sick, was that it just before data? i think you to it's the phrase, the virginia to there's returning the call me sick. i thought i spelled out i bought that said as opposed to. yeah, i saw a bunch danielle, i get a bullet dubious to they said, should i be a super truck such as horse hasn't done with me? the most stuff. there's this new, which is the one. it's not difficult. if i give the student in the put that will give, will i get it? i won't sure. it just looks like it's just me for just the tips. the default just posted. yeah, so much danielle said meet the memorial stands in remembrance of the concentration camps, victims 3 separate monuments resemble the sweet blocks of a single death factory gift is out of shape and thought it'd be in a cuff silhouettes to fix the elderly man, women and children who were imprisoned in the death camp about a 100 meter

but andrey was freed only recently, after 2.5 years in captivity. and feet. the food was horrifying — rotten fish heads and sour cabbage. i thought about my wife constantly. i remembered her smile and was desperately hoping to receive a letterfrom her. here, andriy meets his son leon for the very first time. translation: i constantly wrote him letters saying i he would finally have the child he had wanted for so long. later, i learned that he hadn�*t received a single one. translation: we want to spend this holidays together and feel i the warmth of being a family. the russian authorities told us allegations of mistreatment of prisoners were false, and captured ukrainian militants were treated humanely, according to the geneva convention. will vernon, bbc news, lviv. fierce clashes are reported to have broken out on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. taliban officials say their forces have launched attacks on areas in neighbouring pakistan. a spokesman from the taliban—run defence ministry said several points were targeted in, what he term

deal with him us that will free the captives held in gaza. and that's according to the defense minister as real caps, november 2023. so the 1st and only deal that led to the release of more than a $100.00, a captives and exchange for a $150000.00 in prisoners. let's bring a new to all day, joining us from the georgia in and capital online news reporting from there, because the is really government has banned elda 0 from israel, and from the occupied west bank as well, knew it. what are you hearing about how close a deal possibly is as well that in there's a flurry of diplomatic activity and a lot of people are on the phone from all corners of the world is really media reports that the optimism is unprecedented right now. and israel, not necessarily because this is going to be a comprehensive and the lower kind of deal. it won't be. but certainly because this is the closest, the discussions i've gotten to a deal and the deal would be at a temporary it would be a ceasefire. not an end to the war, but the details that the sides are discussing ar