just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they'll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory — even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother, raya, yair�*s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece is still finding her voice. well, hila is whispering because she says that the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low all the time, especially at night — they didn't allow them to talk a lot at night. and in the day they were always making them quiet, told them to keep it quiet. so she got used to whispering. now her voice is very low. hila turned 13 today, with balloons and a cake at the hospital, but without her mother. applause herfamily say she's doing well, on the surface at least. she's not afraid to go to sleep. she is eating. she's not afraid to turn off the light. i think she's doing pretty well here. again, i still don't know how deep the scar in her heart is. i think we will find out later. israel's prime minister was grim—faced today, touring bullet—riddled homes where hamas went on a killing spree on october the 7th. he insists israel will eliminate this enemy. for now, it's had to do a deal with hamas to get some of its hostages back. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. qatar and egypt are playing a central role in negotiations. qatar's prime minister told the bbc�*s partner cbs news that hamas�*s "very complicated structure" presented a challenge for mediators, because the group's political leaders in doha have to relay information to and from military commanders in gaza. my colleague caitriona perry spoke to danielle gilbert, assistant professor of political science at northwestern university, and she's an expert in hostage diplomacy. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. the development today that the truce is to be extended for two more days, more hostages set to be released, what is your reading on how negotiations are progressing at this time? it is wonderful _ progressing at this time? it is wonderful news _ progressing at this time? it 3 wonderful news that both sides have come to the table and agreed to extend a pause in fighting for another couple of days. that means more hostages will be coming home, more palestinian detainees will be released, and there will be a temporary pause in the hostilities in gaza and more aid coming in, that is so needed for the palestinian civilians there. so this is really wonderful news all around. both sides have continued to leave things on the table but they hope the other side would be able to provide and i hope they can continue to return to the negotiating table, to continue seeing all these positive outcomes for their populations. with saw a delay to the hostage release today, delay on saturday as well, just how fragile is this truth? the truth is _ fragile is this truth? the truth is extremely - fragile is this truth? tue: truth is extremely fragile. we're talking about two sides that do not trust each other at all. —— truce. the painstaking work and not only of the two sides but international help, particularly qatar and the united states that have emerged as crucial to continue bringing those sites back to the table. the government of egypt has been working on this as well and so there are a lot of international parties that have a stake on these continued negotiations so that any time there is a hurdle or catch to really convincing both say that it is in their interest to continue seeing this deal go forward. in continue seeing this deal go forward. ., ., ., m, ., forward. in relation to qatar, what is that _ forward. in relation to qatar, what is that government - forward. in relation to qatar, | what is that government bring into the negotiations? the government _ into the negotiations? the government of _ into the negotiations? tte: government of qatar into the negotiations? t'te: government of qatar has into the negotiations? tte: government of qatar has been involved in hostage negotiations behind the scenes for quite some time. they are a rare international power that has relationships both ways. and so it is notjust in the wake of october seven but for years now qatar has been mediating between both sides. hamas in particular has political headquarters in qatar and if they are the rare intermediary that has the rare ability to communicate with both sides and deliver these negotiations to bring hostages home. tt negotiations to bring hostages home. ., , , ., home. it would seem it is not only hamas — home. it would seem it is not only hamas who _ home. it would seem it is not only hamas who took- home. it would seem it is not. only hamas who took hostages home. it would seem it is not - only hamas who took hostages on the seventh of october, there were some other groups involved as well. are all of those groups involved in this process? tt groups involved in this process?— groups involved in this rocess? , m ., process? it is difficult to know from _ process? it is difficult to know from the _ process? it is difficult to know from the outside l process? it is difficult to l know from the outside but process? it is difficult to - know from the outside but my impression as a lay observer here is that those other groups are not involved in the negotiations which is a huge aspect of the complications with these hostage deals. hamas can only negotiate in the moment for the hostages they are holding, that they have control over, and we believe another militant group called inaudible is holding hostages as are other palestinians in gaza who were not an official part of one of those two political armed organisations and so hamas can really only deliver the hostages that are under their control and care and so whether or not they can actually get some of these are the hostages out, who are held by other groups and individuals, is going to be extremely complex and remains to be seen. fin extremely complex and remains to be seen-— to be seen. on that note, there are so many — to be seen. on that note, there are so many children _ to be seen. on that note, there are so many children and - to be seen. on that note, there| are so many children and babies involved here, does that add an extra layer of complication as well? tt extra layer of complication as well? , , ., , extra layer of complication as well? , ,., , well? it is usually complicated that there _ well? it is usually complicated that there are _ well? it is usually complicated that there are so _ well? it is usually complicated that there are so many - well? it is usually complicatedl that there are so many children and babies in vulnerable individuals who were taken hostage on october seven. it is extraordinarily rare for an armed group to take someone hostage like that. most take aduu hostage like that. most take adult men, something like 90% of worldwide hostages are adult men, because our groups that do not want to negotiate —— that do want to negotiate have to keep their hostages alive if they want to exchange them for prisoners, money, other political demands and so when they introduce some of these other hostages to the mix, babies and elderly who require medication, so many hostages who were injured in the attack of october seven, that is a lot of october seven, that is a lot of work for the kidnappers, who have to provide them care and keep them alive and also might be part of the explanation of why some of those hostages, the children and the elderly were some of the first to be released.— some of the first to be released. ~ ., released. do you think are likely to — released. do you think are likely to reach _ released. do you think are likely to reach a _ released. do you think are likely to reach a point - released. do you think are l likely to reach a point where the elderly, the women, the children have been released that things will slow down and that things will slow down and that the man may not be freed at this point? t that the man may not be freed at this point?— at this point? i think that the rice at this point? i think that the price hamas _ at this point? i think that the price hamas will _ at this point? i think that the price hamas will set - at this point? i think that the price hamas will set for - price hamas will set for releasing adult men and for idf soldiers is going to be much, much higher than the price they have demanded to this point and so i imagine that negotiations will become much more complicated, that they will poles and slow down if not altogether cease while israel has threatened to return to fighting as soon as this current set of exchanges is done and so i think things get much harder in the coming days. we will watch to see what happens next. professor gilbert, thank you very much forjoining us.— forjoining us. thank you for havin: forjoining us. thank you for having me- _ inside gaza, aid has been trickling through, thanks to the temporary ceasefire. humanitarian supply trucks carrying food, fuel, and medicines are entering through the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza. in places like khan younis, crowds of people have been lining up, waiting for those food and supplies to be distributed by the un. for days the temperatures in gaza have been cold with strong winds and heavy rains, making it difficult for the tens of thousands who have been displaced and are living in tents. families not living in tents are slowly returning to their homes or what's left of them. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. sometimes the impact of war hits hardest when the fighting stops, when the drones overhead are filming, not firing. in the al—zahra district of khan younis, residents return to reclaim their homes, clinging to the smallest remnants of their earlier life. islands of normality in a vast, distorted world. in gaza city, the dead have been cut off from the living by weeks of fighting. among them, ali mahdi's father and nephew. he returned to find them lying dead in front of their house. translation: my father - and my nephew were martyred ia days ago. when the truce came i was able move my father's body and bury him at my house. the truce, his first chance to return and bury them. translation: what did we do? we are neither hamas nor fatah and we have never held a weapon in our lives. food and fuel are being trucked into gaza during the pause in fighting, but many people are struggling to find enough to eat. this was gaza before it became a battlefield, its buildings and its population densely packed. "a shield for hamas," israel said. no match for modern weapons. in areas like beit hanoun, few buildings have been spared. this brief window on to gaza's new landscape may be closing soon. the present hard to look at. the future hard to see. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. it's more than 7 weeks since hamas launched its attack in what has been described as israel's largest intelligence failure for 50 years. but analysis for the bbc reveals that hamas held multiple training exercises planning the attacks in plain sight of israel over 3 years and posted the evidence on social media. so how did the israeli government miss it? here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale. bbc arabic and bbc verify have been analysing evidence posted on the online messaging service, telegram. it shows that hamas in gaza had been openly training for attacks inside israel for almost three years. these red dots show the sites, from the far north of the gaza strip to the very south, where training took place, with hamas joined by other palestinian factions. we've geolocated most of the images of those training operations, with the four larger dots here representing major drills, which took place every year since 2020. each was code—named strong pillar. let's look more closely at one training camp, less than a kilometre from the erez crossing with israel. this image, posted in december 2022, shows a mock israeli town orvillage, complete with a mock tank. the video shows fighters practising an assault. it appeared on the hamas telegram channel as well as one belonging to a so—called joint operation room with other palestinian factions. in fact, propaganda videos, which were publicly accessible, were posted to both channels. in another location, on 12th september, less than a month before the assault, gunmen are practising going room—to—room, shooting in what look like homes. here, in an exercise in 2021, the gate was even painted yellow, just like the kibbutzes that were attacked. and, in december last year, they were practising taking hostages, as happened on october 7th. we've also identified some of the groups involved in the training drills. as well as hamas, ten different factions were involved, including palestinian islamic jihad and some smaller groups. six groups in total went on to publish videos of their fighters participating in the october 7th hamas—led assault. and hamas had given warnings about plans to attack inside israel. this was a press conference by ayman nofal, a senior commander in the military wing of hamas, here boasting in 2021 that israel's border defences wouldn't protect it. the videos posted of the september drill, codenamed strong pillar 4, even made the news and a discussion program on israel's kan ii television station. the presenter here announcing that hamas had simulated an attack on israel. so, with all of this happening in plain sight, how was it that israeli soldiers on the ground were taken by surprise? there's clear evidence for a strategic intelligence failure. you have the data in front of you but you're not doing anything with it. you are feeling safe behind a fence where you spend billions of dollars on it. you think the technology you have invested in will keep you safe. we asked israel's defence forces for their response. they said... "the idf is currently focused on eliminating the threat "from the terrorist organisation hamas. "questions of this kind will be looked into at a latest stage." they are, though, questions that will haunt israel for years to come. could the attack have been anticipated, potentially saving 1200 israeli lives, and a war now which has already, according to gaza's health authority, killed more than ia,000 palestinians. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to another story. a diplomatic dispute has broken out between the british and greek governments over the parthenon sculptures. better known as the elgin marbles, they've been on display in the british museum since the 19th century, but pressure has been growing for them to be returned to greece. here's what the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg on sunday. if i told you that you would cut the mona lisa in half and you would have half in the louvre and half in the british museum, do you think your viewers would appreciate the beauty of the painting? this is exactly what happened with the parthenon. after that interview aired, prime minister rishi sunak cancelled his planned meeting with mr mitsotakis in london. a spokesman for the greek prime minister said he was "disappointed" the meeting had been cancelled at the "11th hour". the trustees of the british museum are currently exploring the prospect of a loan arrangement that would see the marbles returned to greece temporarily. the sculptures are arguably the most high—profile artworks in the increasingly contested debate about whether museums across the world should return items to their countries of origin. you're watching bbc news. a man suspected of shooting and wounding three students of palestinian descent in the us state of vermont on saturday has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempted murder. jasonj eaton was denied bail during his court appearance. police say two of the students are stable in hospital, but that the third suffered more serious injuries. while the motive has not yet been confirmed, the local police chief described it as a suspected hate crime. the uncle of one of the students spoke to the bbc. after the shooting he was able to call 91 and then he called his grandmother and said grady i have been shot. my mum and i went to the hospital to meet them there. ijust cannot believe how strong and brave he has been. i certainly think how i would be if i was 20 years old and gunned down suddenly without warning and have this injury. almost two million people in russia and ukraine don't have power after hurricane winds, snowfall and heavy rain cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. more than 2000 towns and villages in ukraine are without electricity. james waterhouse reports from kyiv. here in kyiv, the weather has been more bittersweet — these high winds mean the chances of drone strikes are lower and after a weekend where 75 of them were launched at the city by russia, that is a welcome reprieve, if you like. what ukrainian authorities are saying is that more than 2000 towns and villages were left without power because of this intense storm. human right groups say that around 2600 women die from complications related to unsafe abortions every year in kenya. legal inconsistency, stigma and misinformation push thousands of women to turn to backstreet clinics or try to abort on their own, using dangerous methods. bbc africa eye's linda ngari investigates, and a warning — this report contains distressing details from the start. how much longer? we have four to five _ how much longer? we have four to five hours before the medicine starts taking action. later, — medicine starts taking action. later, when hell breaks loose. it later, when hell breaks loose. it is _ later, when hell breaks loose. it is the — later, when hell breaks loose. it is the same thing. at later, when hell breaks loose. it is the same thing.— it is the same thing. at a clinic in _ it is the same thing. at a clinic in kenya _ it is the same thing. at a clinic in kenya i - it is the same thing. at a clinic in kenya i watch . it is the same thing. at a clinic in kenya i watch as| it is the same thing. at a l clinic in kenya i watch as a man who claims he was trained as a doctor carries out an unregulated abortion. because it is four months _ unregulated abortion. because it is four months we _ unregulated abortion. because it is four months we need - unregulated abortion. because it is four months we need to i it is four months we need to come out as a baby?- come out as a baby? yes. definitely. _ come out as a baby? yes. definitely. the _ come out as a baby? yes. definitely. the woman - come out as a baby? yes. definitely. the woman on | come out as a baby? yes. - definitely. the woman on the bed is hiv-positive _ definitely. the woman on the bed is hiv-positive which - definitely. the woman on the i bed is hiv-positive which might bed is hiv—positive which might have made her eligible for a legal termination. tanya's penal code bans abortion unless it is to save the mother's life. its constitution and case law however allow for more exceptions such as cases of rape. legalambiguity exceptions such as cases of rape. legal ambiguity has led many women, potentially eligible for safe abortion, to resort to unsafe methods at home or in backstreet clinics. the centre for reproductive rights estimates that seven women die due to unsafe abortions and can your every single day. at another backstreet clinic, a man tells me he charges for the safe disposal of the foetuses and if they cannot afford it... how often? 70%. inaudible inaudible i met two women who told me they found to foetuses by the river that runs through that area. we collect the foetuses here. you're talking about the same place next to a playground full of kids?— full of kids? most of the time it is the children _ full of kids? most of the time it is the children who - full of kids? most of the time it is the children who get - full of kids? most of the time it is the children who get the | it is the children who get the foetus and then brings the information to the community. the inconsistency in abortion law has created a culture of fear among health workers who are wary of prosecution. this woman chairs and anti—abortion pressure group. there is a contradiction between the penal code which has been affixed since the colonial area and our modern constitution. which i do think should take precedence? we do not think there is any contradiction. i do not support an amendment of our laws to remove the crime of abortion. whether abortion is safe or unsafe, first of all the child always dies so it is always unsafe for the child. others are pushing to close the gaps in the law. during the pandemic we saw so many pregnancy. these are young kids and should not be penalised. the rich have an opportunity to take their children to 5—star hospitals and procure a safe abortion, silently, without anyone knowing or speaking. but, the poor have to struggle. health advocacy groups in new zealand are protesting against the new government's decision to scrap the country's ban on smoking. the law introduced under the previous government, led by jacinda arden, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more. more people die from smoking in new zealand than any other preventable cause. the problem is most acute among the country's indigenous maori population. it's why back in 2021, new zealand's then—health minister made this bold announcement. we want to make sure young people never start smoking, so we are legislating for a smoke—free generation. the legislation was passed last year and was due to come into force later next year. but as the new centre—right national party—led government were sworn in earlier today, the landmark policy had been scrapped, with ministers insisting cash raised by the duty on tobacco sales should be used to fund tax cuts. as well as banning those born after 2008 from smoking, the measures also included restricting the number of shops, selling tobacco and reducing the level of nicotine in cigarettes. scientific modelling suggests these interventions could save around 5000 lives each year. i think we all are shocked by this change in policy. we didn't see it coming and this was going to help guide us to smoke—free society in the medium term. so all of that now is in tatters. that is so shallow for this hours. thank you for watching bbc news and do stay with us. hello. it's cold out there. it's going to stay cold for the rest of the week into the weekend and probably into next week, too. in fact, there's no sign of any mild weather returning. now, how about tuesday itself? obviously cold, bright, if not sunny for many of us. now, here's the satellite picture. here's all that drizzly, cloudy weather that many of us experienced on monday. it's moving away towards the east and behind it, the skies are clearing. so clear skies through the early hours and into tuesday morning. and it will have been a pretty chilly start to tuesday, with those temperatures around freezing or below in the north and only around three or four degrees across central england and the south, too. but as i say, lots of sunshine around and at the very least, a bright start. now, these northerly winds are pretty cold. they're also pushing in some wintry showers, particularly to the scottish hills. some of these showers might be clipping the north—east of england. now, let's have a look at the highs, if you can call them that. around four degrees in glasgow, seven in liverpool will match that in norwich and in the southwest — there around nine degrees celsius. and then tuesday evening into wednesday, this cold front will be moving southwards across the uk from north to south. so introducing slightly colder air, and also the chance of one or two wintry showers once again. so wednesday, most likely those wintry showers occurring in the north of the country, maybe clipping the northeast, and also some areas a little bit further south. showers, i think, in the south—west will be mostly of rain. again, a lot of sunshine around on wednesday and it's a cold air, in fact, temperatures really struggling in the north. this is more like january, really. so two degrees in glasgow, around about five or six degrees in the south of the country. and then on thursday we think this area of low pressure, this weather front, will stay just to the south of us where it might graze the very far south of the country. but i think, for most of us, it's a case of dry weather. but of course, it's staying cold. this is what we call the anomaly map. so the blue colour indicates temperatures below average, and then you've got above average values there for portugal and spain, just iberia, really, and maybe parts of the mediterranean. so much of the continent staying cold. here's the outlook for the days ahead and into the weekend. you can see single figure temperatures in some places. really struggling to stay much above freezing, so wrap up warmly. bye—bye. voice—over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the pause in israel's gaza offensive is still in place, but for how much longer? the netanyahu government, hamas and key third parties like the biden administration seem poised to continue the swap of israelis held hostage in gaza for palestinians imprisoned in israel for a few more days. but then, israel is adamant, the war goes on. my guest is simcha rothman, an mp from the far—right religious zionism party, part of israel's ruling coalition. does netanyahu have a viable plan for what comes next? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, mr rothman. i want to begin with the limited, fragile deal between the israeli government and hamas, which has enabled some israeli hostages held in gaza to return home. and part of the deal is that some palestinians imprisoned in israel have also been returned to their homes.