. —— hamas's court. —— hamas's court.nister tulip siddiq resigns, after growing pressure over an anti—corruption investigation in bangladesh. an official us report states donald trump would've been convicted of trying to overthrow the 2020 election had he not been elected president. the princess of wales announces she is "in remission" from cancer — as she visits staff and patients at the hospital that treated her. also coming up on the world today: and — a blow for british ex—pats? spain say it's planning �*a100% tax' on properties bought by non—eu residents — in a bid to solve its housing crisis. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. what's been described as the final round of negotiations on a deal for a ceasefire — and the release of hostages in gaza — has been continuing for a number of hours in qatar, but with no outcome yet. both israeli and hamas officials have expressed hope that a deal can be achieved. we have some detail on what that deal on reaching a ceasefire is thought to

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 international partners to help establi

not just to hamas leaders. you have to remember that the pressure goes both ways, and bibi netanyahu, the prime minister would want to see something in good light with the incoming administration and the incoming president. and also to trey's point, quickly, that once it happens, if it happens as expected, it does lay the groundwork for the continuing of the abraham accords which started, of course, under president trump, the first administration, and the normalization between israel and saudi arabia. which is still very, very real and was very close to happening prior to the hamas attack october 7th. >> it's a great point. you know, i was there for the signing of four of those peace accords. it was a huge historic accomplishment, and jared kushner believes that saudi normalization would have happened had trump been given a second term right after the first. i wind you are what you think of antony blinken's comments that new recruits have effectively replaced what israel has done. if that's the case, you have t

so israel has not achieved its aim of destroying hamas. that said, the incoming fire from gaza into israel is largely subsided. and, yes, the senior leadership of the group has been wiped out. going forward, the question is, whether hamas would play any part at all in the reconstruction of gaza. israel wouldn't accept that but, given how entrenched they are and how much support they have in gaza, thatis much support they have in gaza, that is a big question as to how they would be represented. if they are excluded completely from any post—war negotiations, who would represent them in a non—violent way? the american side others are pushing for a greater role from the palestinian authority, which runs the occupied west bank. israel doesn't want that. so huge questions going forward over the future of gaza. we will be back in a moment or two, but i want to bring in our gaza correspondent, who is in istanbul monitoring events. he is talking to all his contacts. bring me up—to—date with what you are hearing about what hamas have said in the las

israel basically said its goal was to eliminate hamas. hamas has not been eliminated. they've accepted a cease fire. hamas has compromised, too. israel is not 100% out of gaza. this is not a permanent end quote unquote, to the occupation. so again, i think it shows that both sides have moved, and you put your finger on what i think is going to be very interesting. the internal debate in israel, as you know better than anybody, several members of the current governing coalition oppose this deal. the far right finance minister, the security minister. so the question is, what do israeli politics look like in 2 or 3 days? people not in the governing coalition said they'll support the government on this issue. but what then? what is bibi netanyahu have? and 2 or 3 days? is this simply something that he works through, or is this actually something of a challenge to his his government? and i think that will be a really interesting space to watch, because that will obviously have implications for domestic and international policy, foreign policy for israel going forward. >> an

thought entered now it is an hamas court and hamas accepts, the deal is ready included and implementedand i believe we will gete' a cease-fire and we get there remaining days of our administration, or after januare deal follow closely to the terms of the agreement president bidens in our administration will now the world behind. and l from the elsa, we also recognize that we cannot afford to wait until a cease-fire, the plan for what would follow it. for many months we been working intensively with the partners to develop these oppose conflict plan that wouldfl allow is relatively withdrawal from gaza. hamas formally beckons and provide for causes government security and reconstruction plan principlesti that i originally t out in tokyo and we will hand off the plan to the trump ministration to carry forward let me share a few things this morning. we believe the palestinian authority should invite international partners to help establisher and run interim administration responsibility to like thinking water energy health and civil coordination with israel international community provide

the timing of hamas attack was no accident.re was growing integration of the region the prospect of normalization with saudi arabia posed x essential threat to hamas power the projection of two states in the destruction of israel. has notes recovered from the meetings later revealed hamas sought to spark a regional war that would derail the disagreement knowing that doing so would inflict immense suffering on civilians of all sizes including the palestinian people whose interests they claim to represent. in the wake of the attack president biden made clear the united states unwavering commitment to prevent another october 7. hello he took immediate steps to deter further aggression in prevent it from spreading. [inaudible] he pledged unrelenting efforts to secure the release of the hostages. he became the first u.s. president to travel to israel and more time telling israeli people directly you are not alone. while the country had a right and obligation to defend itself how it did so matter. these are the goals i worked to adva

all of them were executed by hamas.ustody is a day their lives are in jeopardy and were desperate to have them home but we�*re not taking any of the news circulated recently as anything new. ourfamily have not been contacted, we�*ve not had official confirmation from any government source, any idf source. any update about the negotiations, as far as we�*re concerned, this isjust potential psychological warfare, either by... from whatever party, trying to put pressure on the israeli government, perhaps, we don�*t know, but there�*s nothing here that really gives us much soccer other than the hope that tsachi is still alive. —— that really gives as much succour. we gather there are direct talks in doha, obviously there have been lots of talks before, indirect or otherwise, but do you think these latest talks might bear any fruit? we have been here _ might bear any fruit? we have been here before. _ might bear any fruit? we have been here before. it— might bear any fruit? we have been here before. it has- might bear any fr

it would appear there is approvalfrom hamas.re is approval from the homicide, which was the outstanding approval, because it seemed that the israeli government negotiating team had approved it from their point of view. if that indeed is confirmed, we are lucky to get a confirmation from the qatari is eminently that a ceasefire deal has been struck and, if that is struck, we expect the israeli government to vote through that deal, probably as early as tomorrow, thursday. there is obviously a clear choreography that is going to be laid out over the coming hours, as we wait for the official confirmation. we will learn a lot when the qataris hold that news conference. in terms of what we know about what has been negotiated, take viewers through that. what we know is what has been leaked, basically, to the israeli media and from sources close to the negotiations, that this would be a three phased deal. the first phase would last six weeks, and that would involve a release of about a third of the israeli hostages still being held in g

who would — are not hamas members. who would do — are not hamas members. who would do that?

in gaza, there remains pressure on hamas.ry heavy bombardment by the israeli military, negotiations began at the weekend, and we saw palestinians killed in the gaza strip, including many women and children. behind this is obviously the fact that there is going to be a change of administration in the us in two weeks, with the incoming president, donald trump. i think there is an agreement amongst many sides that the particular architecture that has been used now as part of the negotiation talks may be affected by the change of administration, so there is that time pressure there as well on the ceasefire negotiations, to see what progress could be made in the next two weeks. in progress could be made in the next two weeks.— progress could be made in the next two weeks. in the last few hours, it next two weeks. in the last few hours. it has — next two weeks. in the last few hours, it has emerged - next two weeks. in the last few hours, it has emerged there . next two weeks. in the last few| hours, it has emerged there has been a

of damage to hamas. the cost of that though has been extraordinarily high, which is the collateral damage to the palestinian people in gaza. the military task of fighting in a highly dense urban area with a couple million people and a couple of square miles is really, really difficult and the israelis have not gone in there with the intent to slaughter a murder of civilians, but hamas is hiding behind civilians, they're hiding below hospitals, they're hiding inside a mosque, etc. so the military task was extraordinarily difficult for the israelis. but i think now that the leadership is gone, there is an opportunity here. and i think you saw on the news just yesterday where the egyptians are offering to help out with a bit of a cease fire. at the end of the day, you'll probably see over the course of time, some political program emerge, you'll probably see some sort of hopefully an arab led peacekeeping force, peace enforcement force to go in there and stabilize the situation. but gaza and hamas is only o

one big question unanswered is if not hamas in power. — unanswered is if not hamas in power, who?blinken the us secretary of state — blinken the us secretary of state saying one, hamas had recruited _ state saying one, hamas had recruited almost as many members over the past 15 months as israel— members over the past 15 months as israel had killed and he also — as israel had killed and he also said there needed to be a credible — also said there needed to be a credible alternative to hamas to come — credible alternative to hamas to come in later on in this ceasefire _ to come in later on in this ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be — ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be one _ ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be one obviously apparent at the moment. he to be one obviously apparent at the moment-— the moment. he wants the palestinian _ the moment. he wants the palestinian authority - the moment. he wants the palestinian authority to - the moment. he wants the palestinian authority to be | palestinian authority to be able to lead a unified palestinian state with gaza and the west bank

the first stage, 42 days where hamas would release 34 days where hamas would release 3a israeli hostagesg women, children, sick people, and also female soldiers. the next change, israel would release about 1000 palestinian prisoners, including 200 people who are serving 15 years or more in prison. but most important for the people of gaza, about1 million people who are displaced about a year ago, they would be allowed to go back to gaza after about one week of the deal starting. some of the problems about this, israel insisted that they wanted to make sure that none of the militants from hamas or any other group would be allowed to go back to the north, or any military equipment. this is where the qatari and egyptian roles started because they are going to send a team of security officers to monitor and to help and assist the israelis to make sure no militants are going back, only civilians and people from northern gaza will be allowed through certain routes with cctv cameras and screening machines. but this is a very significant issue for the people of gaza who were displaced over a yea

gaza and israel and hamas? no, it is very unclear _ gaza and israel and hamas?srael and hamas? iifr, it is very unclear to be honest with regards to gaza how donald trump or his advisers see the next step. i mean, so far, trump is only made a lot of threats with regards to hamas, saying that israel needed to finish the job before saying that israel needed to finish thejob before he comes to, comes back to the white house. but with regards to, let's say, a peace plan, the construction of gaza, trump refrained from expressing his own views. the only big priority that seems very clear right now in the middle east or trump and his team is around. we have a lot of indications that this is at the top of the agenda to deal with iran and in particular to deal with the nuclear programme of the run with potential rumours that the us and possibly israel launch strikes on iran. but these are at this stage still rumours, but apart from that, we don't have a clear idea on how trump sees his policy on the middle east. �* ~ ., east. all right. we will have to wait and _ east. a

hamas invaded israel on october 7, 2023.note that hamas has been designated a terror organization by the u.s. and european union and we are waiting to hear more details and a formal announcement. vonnie: these are live pictures from gaza and palestine where it is 8:00 p.m. this is bloomberg. ♪ let's go boys. the way that i approach work, post fatherhood, has really been trying to understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families, like my own. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways. ♪ ♪ >> from the world of politics to the world of business, this is balance of power. live from washington, d.c. >> a cease-fire deal in the middle east announced just hours before joe biden's farewell address. welcome to the fastest show and products as negotiators announced a breakthrough. the question is which ones? i am joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington. thanks for b

, the annihilation of hamas, the elimination of hamas and a total victory. minister netanyahu, that has not been achieved. hamas was degraded significantly militarily but it is still there, which leads us to how hamas defines a victory. if there is one man standing waving a hamas flag, they can claim they have sort of won. they brought devastation, they brought self—destruction on gaza, but they can claim that they won. so that goes back to how you presented it, no one wins. we are continuing to monitor the potential of that ceasefire deal, any updates, we will bring them to you. when you think of kenya, you don't necessarily think of snow and ice. but there is one place in the capital nairobi where it gets pretty cold. the ice rink at the panari hotel. that's where the kenya ice lions, the country's only ice hockey team, train weekly. despite the sport being uncommon across africa the ice lions have continued to go from strength to strength. they will now get a chance to compete on the international stage having recently gained membership to the internation

hamas chose war. and dadgum it, hamas got war. the i.c.c. prosecutor has made a parity of justice. it needs to find his place or we will help him find it. i know when i get back to the office i'll get text or contact from people saying that my aipac handler told me to do this. i'll probably get my aipac handler in trouble. i don't know who the heck he or she is. the truth is this is right. america should be on the side of the right. and for anyone to stand in the way of this important piece of legislation i think owes the american public an explanation and owes especially your jewish constituency. i fully support h.r. 23. and i look forward to passing it here shortly. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, again i want to respond to the chairman of the committee. we do disagree on the impact of this bill. i disagree that this bill will do anything to get the hostages release. every time we have seen hostages rel

the ball is now in hamas' court.s 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, right here is where the anti-yoon p

and i think the fact that hamas made this list public was part of a negotiating tactic, i think. a video of one of the young female hostages, a 19 —year—old soldier. again, that could be seen as a way to put pressure on the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from the hostage families. equally, in gaza, there remains pressure on hamas, as we've seen a weekend of very heavy bombardments there by the israeli military with from thursday as the negotiations began. over the weekend, we've seen over 220 palestinians killed there in the gaza strip, including many women and children. and behind this is obviously the fact that there is going to be a change of administration in the us in two weeks with the incoming president, donald trump. and there is, i think, an agreement among many sides that the kind of the particular architecture that's being used now as part of the negotiation talks may be affected by the change of administration. so there is that time pressure there as well on the ceasefire negotiations to see what progress can be made in the next two weeks. south korea inv

hamas is exhausted.lly and particularly the thing that has changed is president—elect trump. he is very transactional in a way that president biden is not an having made very clear that he puts america first, prime minister netanyahu has reason to believe that pressure will be on him as well as on hamas. i believe there are more reasons to be hopeful. the sad part is that it has taken so long, cost so many lives and it will be difficult for either side to make it clear that the deal was worth waiting for, insofar as hamas is waiting for, insofar

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major progress in that war between israel and hamas. that deal we've been talking about coming up on mornings on two, the nine, the cease fire deal just reached between both sides. that just coming in right now. we're going to break it all down for you and find out what it means for the hostages. >> also ahead, hearings for president elect trump's cabinet ramp up on capitol hill. i'm rebecca casto in dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. into the newsroom. now, within the last few minutes, we've learned that a ceasefire between israel and hamas has been reached. a last minute snag reported earlier today by the as

the head of internal security for hamas in gaza.s to avoid harming civilians. the bbc has also spoken to the father of three boys who were killed in that strike aged seven and 11 and 13. theirfuneral took strike aged seven and 11 and 13. their funeral took place a short time ago. in the latest strike, the israeli military says it has been targeting hamas fighters using a municipality building in the humanitarian zone. local people are telling us that it was civilians that were sheltering in this area. this civilians that were sheltering in this area.— civilians that were sheltering in this area. �* , ., in this area. as we mentioned, a olice in this area. as we mentioned, a police chief _ in this area. as we mentioned, a police chief were _ in this area. as we mentioned, a police chief were among - in this area. as we mentioned, l a police chief were among those killed, what do what we know? his is a major general and a glowing statement was put out about him and his police record by the hamas interior ministry saying that he had wo

and, you know, if hamas smart, they'll let them go. my hopes are not high in their confidence, in their intelligence. but if from sheer self-preservation hopefully they will and that is a demonstration of the clarity that that you mentioned. and so i think, you know, for all of who support the incoming administration and we're going to have 100 days, we're going to have six months, we're going to have a year to really double down on this. and i think are many avenues this take. i think to your point about anti-semitism here in the united states, we need to impose real consequences for this education isn't going to do it. these are the most educated amongst us who have espoused this ideology. and so it has to be consequences, has to be financial consequences. it has to be legal consequences. and going to be an all of government effort that is going to be efforts from places like heritage. it's going to be efforts the state level. it will be efforts from the congress on the executive branch. but i think all of that pulling together is cr

israel says it is targeting hamas.s gathered on saturday to demand the release of hostages in gaza and the resignation of benjamin netanyahu, as the family of a 19—year—old israeli army hostage featured in a video released by hamas appeal to israel's prime minister to secure her release. 0ur correspondent emir nader has more from jerusalem. tonight israeli protesters have clashed with police outside the military headquarters in tel aviv, where they've been calling on the government to strike a deal to return the hostages. it comes after hamas released a video of 19—year—old female soldier liri albag this afternoon, seen as an attempt by hamas to put pressure on the israeli government during ongoing ceasefire negotiations. the israeli president, isaac herzog, has said that the negotiating team must remain at the table until all hostages come home. and the ministry of health in gaza has said that the past two days have been exceptionally deadly for palestinians, with over 130 having been killed in israeli air strikes, in

-- hamas- _ bohachuk has released? -- times we _ bohachuk has released? » hamas. released is a list given to israel as early as july. there are a israel as early asjuly. there are a number of elderly, young female soldiers, some children who are understood to, it was previously said that they were dead. the israeli side has asked for information about the names, the names on the list, asked information on the condition of each person. hamas has asked, in order to ascertain the status of the hostages that they have. the publication of the list has been seen as a form of pressure on prime minister netanyahu, his spokesperson said today that it his spokesperson said today thatitis his spokesperson said today that it is a form of psychological warfare by hamas. name actors published on saturday video of one of the hostages, young female soldier. we can also see that there is pressure being put on the palestinian side, where israeli strikes have continued throughout the weekend as the ceasefire negotiations have commenced. 195 people since friday, 195 palestinians, inc

the strip, but it's also going after the governing capabilities of hamas as well.ive of the airline involved, jeju air, has been banned from leaving the country. police have also raided muan airport, where the crash happened, and the offices ofjeju air in the capital seoul. reports say a warrant has been issued to the airline on charges of professional negligence resulting in death. 179 people were killed when the passengerjet crash—landed and slid into a wall, bursting into flames. investigators are looking at whether a bird strike or weather conditions may have contributed to the disaster. neelam mathews is an aerospace journalist in delhi and says a bird strike on the engine of the plane is unlikely to be enough to cause the crash. the investigations are still on, so we can't really say whether it was a technical or a manual error. but, however, just a bird strike is not enough to bring an engine down, because the 737 when it is tested on full load on one engine, so the engines are pretty sturdy. unless perhaps they turned the good so—called good engine by mista

israel says it suspected him of holding a rank in hamas and its been investigated by israeli security asking his son if he knew how his father was and what conditions he was facing imprisonment. conditions he was facing imrisonment. ~ . . ., ., imprisonment. according to the -risoner imprisonment. according to the prisoner who — imprisonment. according to the prisoner who was _ imprisonment. according to the prisoner who was there, - imprisonment. according to the prisoner who was there, he - imprisonment. according to the | prisoner who was there, he went out from the jail, he is not good. apparently that is fine. but he is suffering of deprivation and high blood and we are worried about my father. we don't know the conditions about him. i guess you know so that he will, when he gets out ofjail, they went out and still in his, and because of this. and it will effect on his moving and action. item this. and it will effect on his moving and action.- this. and it will effect on his moving and action. can you tell us about your _ moving and action. can you tell us about your father _ mov

of damage to hamas. the cost of that though has been extraordinarily high, which is the collateral damage to the palestinian people in gaza. the military task of fighting in a highly dense urban area with a couple million people and a couple of square miles is really, really difficult and the israelis have not gone in there with the intent to slaughter a murder of civilians, but hamas is hiding behind civilians, they're hiding below hospitals, they're hiding inside a mosque, etc. so the military task was extraordinarily difficult for the israelis. but i think now that the leadership is gone, there is an opportunity here. and i think you saw on the news just yesterday where the egyptians are offering to help out with a bit of a cease fire. at the end of the day, you'll probably see over the course of time, some political program emerge, you'll probably see some sort of hopefully an arab led peacekeeping force, peace enforcement force to go in there and stabilize the situation. but gaza and hamas is only o

hamas rejected the idea. they wanted a complete israeli withdrawal from gaza but most likely this is not going to happen. according to this official who i met in the morning, the head of the hamas delegation who he met and had a chat with him, he said the israeli army will remain in the buffer zone, the border between gaza and egypt. they will remain also for the first 22 days on the road which is separating gaza. what is significant is the people who were displaced over a year ago from the villages and towns in the north will be allowed to go back to the north. but there is also a lot of complication in this because they will be allowed to walk on the road and be subject to x-ray screening machines that will be put in place to allow cars to pass through the x-ray. may understand the chips and -- we understand the egyptian security division will arrive to facilitate the screening and coordinate with the local police. who is going to take the job of organizing? there too many details, too many difficult detail

hope is growing that a ceasefire deal may be close between israel and hamas to end the fighting in gazastinian official familiar with negotiations has also told the bbc that terms of a deal between israel and hamas are being finalised. an israeli official told news agency reuters that negotiations are in "advanced stages", with a deal possible in "hours, days or more". white house national security advisorjake sullivan also said a truce and hostage deal could be done this week. and in a speech on his foreign policy achievements, outgoing presidentjoe biden said a deal to secure the release of hostages and achieve a ceasefire in gaza is on the brink. pressing hard to close this. the deal we have instructed would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the palestinians who have suffered terribly in this war that hamas started. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher is covering the talks from jerusalem. there's a feeling tonight, i think, that those talks in qatar are intensifying. they've been going on for a wh

there's obviously been a focus on hamas or there'll be hell to pay for hamas.t it seems like benjamin netanyahu also feels a different set of pressures with trump coming in than he did with biden in the oval office. >> no, i think that's right. i mean, i was there when the president issued his threat. it was full of bluster about hell to pay. but the fact of the matter is, um, i'm not sure that the israeli government held back much on their attacks on hamas when president biden was there. so it's not as if there's something direct for donald trump to unleash here, other than telling the israelis, go do what you need to do. it's not in the israeli's interest right now to go do that, because it could result in the deaths of hostages just at the moment that they're on the cusp of freedom. so, you know, i think this was more rhetorical that said, i think that it's going to be a bit of a management problem for prime minister netanyahu to be dealing with president trump, not necessarily on this, which i think kill trump will allow him to do what he wants to do. but o

of damage to hamas. the cost of that though has been extraordinarily high, which is the collateral damage to the palestinian people in gaza. the military task of fighting in a highly dense urban area with a couple million people and a couple of square miles is really, really difficult and the israelis have not gone in there with the intent to slaughter a murder of civilians, but hamas is hiding behind civilians, they're hiding below hospitals, they're hiding inside a mosque, etc. so the military task was extraordinarily difficult for the israelis. but i think now that the leadership is gone, there is an opportunity here. and i think you saw on the news just yesterday where the egyptians are offering to help out with a bit of a cease fire. at the end of the day, you'll probably see over the course of time, some political program emerge, you'll probably see some sort of hopefully an arab led peacekeeping force, peace enforcement force to go in there and stabilize the situation. but gaza and hamas is only o

from pro hamas mobs. included united nations office revising the death toll in gaza down by 50% because it relied on false information provided by the hamas-controlled ministry of health. [applause] and most egregiously, it included unrwa, perhaps the most revealing of all, which had a hamas data center underneath its headquarters having nearly two dozen staff members directly involved in the october 7 terrorist attacks with another 100 with terrorist ties. that is why we need to defund unwrapped immediately! -- defund unwrah immediately! of course, it included the absurdly named human rights council composed of some of the worst human rights abusers having a standing antisemitic agenda item related to israel and adopting a resolution stating israel should be held responsible for water crimes while failing to condemn the atrocities and barbarism committed by hamas. even the secretary-general cannot bring himself to condemn hamas after the murder of hostages including the american-israeli. finally, this an

now, hamas has been badly damaged in gaza, but it is still there.ry of state antony blinken yesterday saying that in fact over the past 15 months, he estimated that hamas had recruited almost as many new members as israel has killed. and i guess the question is, and it is unanswered, if it is not going to be hamas that runs gaza, then who will?— going to be hamas that runs gaza, then who will? indeed, and that does a- ear then who will? indeed, and that does a - ear to then who will? indeed, and that does appear to be — then who will? indeed, and that does appear to be the _ then who will? indeed, and that does appear to be the sticking _ then who will? indeed, and that does appear to be the sticking points, - appear to be the sticking points, ending the violence, releasing hostages and prisoners the first step. we will have to leave it there, jon, but thank you for joining us. you can read more on that story on the bbc news website, including bbc verify analysis which includes the area in gaza which israel has told people to go to for their safety

. , , hamas? that is right, there is a delegation _ hamas?there is a delegation from _ hamas? that is right, there is a delegation from israel- a delegation from israel containing security ages, from my side, israeli defense forces in qatar, holding talks with mediated and effectively, that is a way that it communicates with hamas through a group of mediators that have in the past included the the qatari government and the united states. those talks are continuing with a view to try to find some sort of ceasefire agreements that it might evolve the return of some of the hostages being held and have been held since the october seven attacks of 2023. those discussions are taking place and for much we have been hearing from the israeli side, they are hopeful, cautiously and are waiting for answers from hamas is to some of their queries about many of the outstanding issues relating to ending the conflict in gaza, in terms of what happened next and what will be the israeli presence in gaza and any future arrangements, those are issues that the siz

it is not driving hamas or israel towards this bargain.clear cut.— are pretty clear cut. there is obviously — are pretty clear cut. there is obviously a _ are pretty clear cut. there is obviously a humanitarian - obviously a humanitarian imperative here as well. continued long—term dire situation in gaza for the people there. what if there is no deal there this time? than the situation _ no deal there this time? than the situation is _ no deal there this time? than the situation is likely - no deal there this time? than the situation is likely to - no deal there this time? than the situation is likely to get . the situation is likely to get worse. in fact, the only thing the incoming trump administration could do to make life more difficult for the palestinians in gaza and therefore for hamas, i suppose, and directly, would be to strangle the public even more. he says he would unleash the israelis even more. that is meaningless because they are not holding meaningless because

the israeli prime minister's office has denied reports that hamas had provided israel with a hostageurrently taking place in qatar between israel and mediators. jonah fisher is injerusalem. there's been a pretty angry reaction here in israel to the publication of this list of 3a hostages, which hamas presented as being the 3a names that would be released as part of any ceasefire agreement with israel. what israel has said is effectively that these 3a names are nothing new. it is simply a list which israel itself wrote and presented to mediators in july of last year. and they've pointed out that that list doesn't actually provide any information as to the status of the hostages on that list. crucially, whether they are indeed alive or not. some of the names on that list, two of the children, for example, well, hamas has claimed in the past that they have been killed by israeli air strikes. so the israeli government is very much stressing the position that they think that this is effectively a move by hamas to try and push forward, to put pressure on the israeli government, to come up

a provisional deal struck by israel and hamas proposes a roughly 42-day truce during which hamas will release 33 hostages, women, children, the sick, and elderly, in small groups. in return, israel will pull it military back to the inside perimeter of the gaza strip. it will allow in a friday of aid and release hundreds of palestinians from its jails. the hostages' families have spent more than a year pushing israel's government to do a deal, and they fear something may still go wrong. ora levy was abducted from the music festival. his brother michael is on tenter hooks. >> we were disappointed too many times, so i try not to let myself believe too much, but at the same time we are hopeful. >> reporter: the hostages' faces on posters and banners are a constant reminder of their tragedy and their families' ordeal. elizabeth palmer, cbs news. >>> coming up, bizarre court appearance. the man who allegedly sent threats to caitlin clark has outbursts in court. >>> and later in cbs "moneywatch," violations at boar's head factories. the disgusting conditions inspectors say they found. disg i

there could be no retrievable dignity for hamas and its backers. torture of civilians and the mutilation of infants as weapons of terrorism, they left no alternative to this just wore. on the genocidal ballots running around a lot of the missiles at this very city they removed any doubt as to their hideous intentions. they are promised that what happened here on october 7 could happen in the united states, unless hamas and jihad accomplish this are eliminated. my country and all countries must stare truth in the face this is not israel's fight alone is also our fight, the west fight. in truth total victory is about more than responding to one attack is about restoring a way of life about securing the jewish state so that it no longer faces threats of annihilation from any act or from iran, hezbollah hamas or any other. i've been clear at home and i will be clear here, there is no excuse for an american president to block aid to israel. aid that was duly passed by the congress. there is no excuse to ease sanctions on iran paying $6 billion ransom to