israel gaza conflict. and the developments over the last few hours now. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has returned to tel aviv. this is his fourth the that make third trip there since the conflict broke out on october a temporary deal for paul's infighting is due to expire in the next few hours but talks have been ongoing in an effort to extend that temporary truce. senior israeli advisor told the bbc earlier that israel would agree to an extension as long as hamas continues to release hostages. earlier on, ten israeli and four thai hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip arrived in israel after being handed over to the red cross. two russian israeli women were also freed earlier. in exchange, israel announced 30 palace indian women and teenage boys have been freed from israeli prisons in return for the latest round of releases that we are seeing. meanwhile israel are still trying to confirm a claim by hamas that a ten—month—old baby, the youngest hostage being held in gaza has been killed along with his mother and four —year—old brother. hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government claims they were killed by an israeli air strike. here's our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin. baby kfir. a nation has been waiting for him to come home. but tonight, a claim from hamas that the ten—month—old was killed by israel's bombardment of gaza. hamas says his four—year—old brother, ariel, was also killed. along with their mother, shiri, who tried so hard to protect them as they were taken hostage. the israeli army says it is a cruel claim, and they are investigating. relatives say they are waiting for the military to confirm, or hopefully refute it. just yesterday, a cousin was pleading for the children's release. we love them so much. they are a tiny baby that we hold and we pass between each other, and we love him. and a child who loves to play with rag dolls, to dress up as batman. are they a threat to hamas? they are young children. theirfather, yarden, was also taken captive. he may now be the only one left from his family. among those still being held in gaza, 21—year—old mia schem. she had to run for her life from this music festival. then, last month, images from hamas showing her with injuries. it's a terrible, terrible situation. now her mother, keren, can only wait in torment day after day. mia is a warrior and she's a very, very strong and mature girl. and i do keep to this faith, but to wait every day for the call to tell me if she's on the list or not, it's terrible. and she won't be released today, too. and it's like russian roulette. you don't know who will get out from there. another group of hostages has now been released, the sixth so far. they could be the last, unless the deal between israel and hamas is extended once again. talks on that are continuing tonight. both sides have something to gain. 0ne one of the release hostages is a us israeli dual national stop she and her husband were kidnapped from their home. aviv remains in captivity and to tell us more about that is her husband's cousin. to have you on the programme and thank you for coming back here on newsday. mixed feelings i am sure because they have not returned together, unfortunately. how do you feel? more reassured?— unfortunately. how do you feel? more reassured? yes. today was very anxious _ more reassured? yes. today was very anxious day _ more reassured? yes. today was very anxious day since _ more reassured? yes. today was very anxious day since when we i very anxious day since when we got the news about she being on the list. but until it is done you are not sure it will be done but now we are very happy and very happy but of course i am also torn and worried that aviv may not come as soon. so it is very much a mixed feeling, as you said. do know how she is doing? have spoken to her yet? no. how she is doing? have spoken to heryet? no. she how she is doing? have spoken to her yet? no. she is on her way. as far as i know she is on her way to hospital to be examined and to meet her close family, you know, her children and herfather and mother family, you know, her children and her father and mother who are in the hospital waiting for her. we let her be examined and rest and be treated before the more extended family try to talk to her.— more extended family try to talk to her. . ., talk to her. fair enough. there is still uncertainty, _ talk to her. fair enough. there is still uncertainty, if _ talk to her. fair enough. there is still uncertainty, if i - is still uncertainty, if i could pull out on the larger picture, there is uncertainty as we speak on whether the temporary truce will be extended or not. does that concern you, the way the delays at the moment?— concern you, the way the delays at the moment? yeah. for sure. this tiny extension _ at the moment? yeah. for sure. this tiny extension is _ at the moment? yeah. for sure. this tiny extension is nerve - this tiny extension is nerve racking. we are not sure if aviv will be in the next wave of people to be released because so far men have not been included but also there are still some children who are there and we know about the baby and his brother but there are others, to arab—israeli teenagers for example from the same family who are there and others so i really hope that the deal is will be extended and that more people can come out. ~ ., , ., out. we will leave you there. thank you — out. we will leave you there. thank you very _ out. we will leave you there. thank you very much - out. we will leave you there. thank you very much for - out. we will leave you there. i thank you very much for coming back on the programme. some good news there and we will speak to you again once aviv is back. since the start of the truce last week the international committee of the red cross has facilitated the release and transfer of dozens of diggers held in gaza and palestinian detainees to the west bank. they have been speaking directly to israeli and hamas leaders but not as negotiators, ratheras and hamas leaders but not as negotiators, rather as a neutral intermediary helping to facilitate the agreement, is what they say. but we can discuss the situation on the ground with the icrc permanent observer to the un. good to have you back on newsday. we spoke a few weeks ago as well. just to begin with that uncertainty that still continues on what happens to the paul's infighting. we've not heard anything yet but what does that mean for aid and access if the fighting were to resume? ., ., access if the fighting were to resume? ., ~ , ., , access if the fighting were to resume? ., ~ ,, , . access if the fighting were to resume? ., ~ , . ., resume? thank you very much for havin: resume? thank you very much for having me- _ resume? thank you very much for having me. the _ resume? thank you very much for having me. the situation - resume? thank you very much for having me. the situation is - having me. the situation is traumatic and every day there is a lot of fragility as well in terms of humanitarian assistance. the situation is dire and we are faced with weeks of destruction, damage, people deprived of basics such as fuel and electricity and also medicare access and care so it is difficult right now to cope with the knees. 0ur surgical team is in the hospital in the south and have received hundreds of patients evacuated from the north once access has been allowed and facilitated from the north to the south and it is overwhelming at all levels, there are a lot of needs and a lot of people. also faced with difficult conditions in the south of gaza with winter coming. south of gaza with winter cominu. , ., ., , coming. explain to us, the icrc has been at _ coming. explain to us, the icrc has been at the _ coming. explain to us, the icrc has been at the forefront - has been at the forefront during this pause infighting, some hostages held by hamas have described how they feared for their lives as they were being transferred as well, being transferred as well, being surrounded by angry crowds. what can the icrc do to reduce risks in transit?- reduce risks in transit? indeed it is a critical— reduce risks in transit? indeed it is a critical time _ reduce risks in transit? indeed it is a critical time between - it is a critical time between when the hostages are passed from one party to another and it is still a very complicated area when you also have unexploded devices and people gathering around in condition that are not under our control. so we need to obviously be taking care of the hostages and reassuring them, giving them perspective of what is coming as well in each moment and it is overwhelming for them, but also making sure that all safety guarantees are respected as regards to transferring those people back in the best condition for them to receive medical care and the support that they urgently need after such a traumatic experience. the red cross is not negotiating but it is talking to parties on both sides. how hopeful are you that the truce can perhaps continue, this temporary truce? indie can perhaps continue, this temporary truce? we want to be ho eful temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but — temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but we _ temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but we also _ temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but we also call - temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but we also call for - temporary truce? we want to be hopeful but we also call for an . hopeful but we also call for an urgent need to continue facilitating the humanitarian pause. it is overwhelming in all sense and we are not able to cope with the basic needs in the south, let in the north and we urgently need humanitarian space to x banned it in all possible ways. we are also urgently calling for hostages, all of them, to be released and it definitely will take longer days and for that we stand ready to facilitate as an intermediary. i ready to facilitate as an intermediary. ready to facilitate as an intermedia . . , , . ., , ., intermediary. i appreciate your time and input _ intermediary. i appreciate your time and input on _ intermediary. i appreciate your time and input on newsday. i time and input on newsday. thank you very much. i also spoke to jason brodsky, the policy directorate united against nuclear rerun and asked about what we could expect once the temporary pause infighting between israel and hamas comes to an end. ~ between israel and hamas comes to an end-— to an end. whenever a truce, a -ause, to an end. whenever a truce, a pause. i _ to an end. whenever a truce, a pause. i don't _ to an end. whenever a truce, a pause, i don't call— to an end. whenever a truce, a pause, i don't call it _ to an end. whenever a truce, a pause, i don't call it a - to an end. whenever a truce, a pause, i don't call it a true - pause, i don't call it a true cycle at a pause, i think you will see israel start to concentrate on southern gaza because northern gaza was where the initial operation was focused but southern gaza is where the hamas leadership has buried itself and tried to shield itself from any kind of kinetic action by israel. so i think we will see israeli forces concentrate on southern gaza. i know they are in conversation with the biden administration and the united states as to how to avoid civilian casualties and displacement and to ensure targeted precision strikes against hamas terrorists. you talk about _ against hamas terrorists. you talk about precision _ against hamas terrorists. you talk about precision strikes. i just want your thoughts on what we heard from a member of the israel war cabinet which said that action would expand throughout the gaza strip and no city would be a refuge. what does that mean for the civilian population there?— population there? israel has a professional _ population there? israel has a professional army _ population there? israel has a professional army and - population there? israel has a professional army and you - population there? israel has a j professional army and you will see them take care to ensure that all civilians are out of harm's way to the extent possible but unfortunately and sadly that is not always the case because hamas and palestinian islamichhad and other terrorist organisations in gaza you civilians as human shields to avoid strikes. that is the dynamic we have seen play out over the last month and that is why there have been so many civilian casualties that we have seen, sadly, on our screens. that we have seen, sadly, on ourscreens. but that we have seen, sadly, on our screens. but i do think that the hamas leadership have been given a reality check that they have not safe in gaza and israel will reach them eventually.— israel will reach them eventuall. ., , ., eventually. the palestinian authorities _ eventually. the palestinian authorities first _ eventually. the palestinian authorities first spokes - eventually. the palestinian . authorities first spokes person explained why the truce was so important to people in gaza. i think the truce has provided a lot of— think the truce has provided a lot of hope for many families and ii— lot of hope for many families and it has_ lot of hope for many families and it has provided people, famiiies— and it has provided people, families in gaza with the time they— families in gaza with the time they need to get their lives in order, — they need to get their lives in order, to _ they need to get their lives in order, to try and get essential supplies— order, to try and get essential supplies that have been unavailable because of the israeii _ unavailable because of the israeli siege and four humanitarian agencies to really take a — humanitarian agencies to really take a breath. they have been overwhelmed by a catastrophic situation — overwhelmed by a catastrophic situation and all of the assistance has gone in and is not enough but certainly it is better— not enough but certainly it is better than nothing. so more days— better than nothing. so more days like _ better than nothing. so more days like this would be quite welcome on so many levels, not 'ust welcome on so many levels, not just to _ welcome on so many levels, not just to see — welcome on so many levels, not just to see the captives released on both sides but to also — released on both sides but to also see _ released on both sides but to also see that humanitarian assistance and to see people having — assistance and to see people having a _ assistance and to see people having a chance to bury their dead — having a chance to bury their dead in— having a chance to bury their dead in gaza because that is in an ordeal— dead in gaza because that is in an ordeal that is taking a lot of time _ an ordeal that is taking a lot of time and it is still ongoing. so still no news on the possible extension of that temporary truce but it is a story we continue to track your on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. china's foreign minister says the recent increase in respiratory illnesses in china is a common issue faced by all countries. he added chinese authorities have it under effective control. world health organization last week 0rganization last week requested china to provide detailed information on reported of pneumonia in children. the japanese coastguard says at least one person is dead after a us military aircraft crashed into the sea off the country was �*s southern coast. six were on board the 0sprey plane. five are still unaccounted for. they have been repeated concerns about the 0sprey aircraft's safety record. the remaining four members of the south korean k pop supergroup bts will begin their military service in mid—december. they willjoin the three who are already serving. the 7—member group is currently on a temporary break while members carry out south korea's mandatory military service. you are alive with bbc news. two to buy now where the un climate conference, 28 starts today. the biggest are china and the united states, polluters, and china has been rolling out —— rolling out vast new green energy projects that have come on so quickly that china's emissions could potentially start falling from as soon as next year, but as our china correspondent stephen mcdonald reports there are still a battle to be had with china's very powerful coal sector. china's electric car market has exploded — with 18 million vehicles on the road and a staggering 30% of all new cars being produced. one thing you notice in this cavernous exhibition centre is that, apart from the traditional car companies, you have all of these new companies, new brands that nobody�*s ever heard of. what it does show is the enthusiasm here from companies wanting to get a piece of the booming electric car market in china. this man has owned several electric cars. he credits government tax breaks and other incentives with making the industry viable. translation: many in my family have replaced their petrol cars - with electric vehicles. and they are not going back. i ask him about the problem with having to charge the battery. in the past two years, the speed of building charging stations has been very fast. there are now more of them then petrol stations. he points to all the charging locations nearby. and this model has another advantage. at some stations, you can actually switch the battery over. it takes just minutes. and the source of this electricity is increasingly from clean energy. china's solar power already makes up almost 40% of the world's total supply, having climbed steeply, with huge investment pouring in. for 12 years in a row, it's had more wind power than anywhere else. now, analysts are saying its carbon emissions could start to come down years earlier than expected. what is very clear after this year is they have the ability to curb emissions imminently if they simply keep up at the current rate of increases in clean energy. but a looming threat to clean energy remains, in the form of a powerful rival. here we have china's energy mix in a nutshell. coal trains coming through, and look at the size of them. and all around in the fields, there are these wind turbines. it's the old and the new energy, next to one another. after years of reduced reliance on fossil fuels, major blackouts in 2021 have prompted a rush of new approvals for coal—fired power stations as a back—up. the government says these facilities are only there in case they're needed. but coal and renewable energy are both growing and will be jockeying over whose electricity gets used, with implications for the entire planet. steven mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. people from different parts of the world have different expectations from the summit. i have been speaking to an environmental campaigner allegedly from the torres strait islands who represented the campaign linked to that torres strait legal case at a previous un climate summit. she told me more about the torres strait islands and the impact of climate change on them. you know it is _ of climate change on them. you know it is wild _ of climate change on them. you know it is wild is _ of climate change on them. you know it is wild is just _ of climate change on them. gm, know it is wild isjust really know it is wild is just really hearing and feeling that outcome of the when and what that really means something to celebrate, but the torres strait islands are made up of 150 islands that are all low—lying, split into sort of five different nations in the shape and size and the nation that i come from, already seeing advancing sees threatening homes, as well as damaging freshwater supplies, crops, burial grounds and our sacred burial sites where i have unfortunately have had to walk with my brother along the beach to pick up the pieces of bones of our ancestors like seashells on the beach. rate. and what _ seashells on the beach. rate. and what are _ seashells on the beach. rate. and what are you _ seashells on the beach. rate. and what are you hoping - seashells on the beach. rate. and what are you hoping for, | seashells on the beach. rate. i and what are you hoping for, in terms of concrete decisions, and how urgently you would like to see them being taken? i think, coming up to our 28th now cop, i like uae being a petro state, so is australia. we are some of the big nations that are the largest exporters, so for a low—lying population like ours where we are so deeply connected to our ocean and our sky country, we have a lot at stake. so we call on the australian government to urgently commit to significantly increasing funding adaptation programmes like sea walls so that the torres strait islands communities can remain on their homelands because it is critical that seawall and other adaptation measures have sufficient funding and are consulted and supported by traditional custodians, and thatis traditional custodians, and that is actually one of the biggest conversations this year. we are talking about what we have seen from egypt, and now still building on, adaptation and mitigation, as we talk on climate finance and introduce or continue to talk about the santiago network of loss and damage and what you shared about the when from our case is that australia is the first developed nation that has to pay loss and damages to the first nations people. elon musk, owner of x, formerly known as twitter, has been asked about an advertiser boycott of the platform. the billionaire had a strongly—worded response to businesses who cut ties with x, after musk posted a tweet, agreeing with an anti—jewish post. during the new york times dealbook summit interview, he apologised for that tweet, but had this message for advertisers. you don't want them to advertise?— you don't want them to advertise?- what l you don't want them to | advertise?- what do you don't want them to - advertise?- what do you advertise? yes. what do you mean? if _ advertise? yes. what do you mean? if somebody - advertise? yes. what do you mean? if somebody is - advertise? yes. what do you mean? if somebody is going | advertise? yes. what do you i mean? if somebody is going to t to mean? if somebody is going to try to blackmail _ mean? if somebody is going to try to blackmail me _ mean? if somebody is going to try to blackmail me with - try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, — advertising, blackmail me with money, go bleep yourself. go full yourself. is that clear? certainly _ full yourself. is that clear? certainly doesn't get clearer than that. researchers have located "the perfect solar system", forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different—sized planets. the system, 100 light years away, has six planets — all about the same size — that's two and three times the size of earth. they've barely changed since its formation, up to 12 billion years ago. these undisturbed conditions make it idealfor learning how the worlds were formed and whether they host life. over the past 30 years, astronomers have discovered thousands of star systems, but none of them are so well suited to study of this kind. and with christmas on the way, many cities around the world are getting ready for the festive season. this is gingerbread lane, in new york's chelsea market. creator, jon lovitch, said it started 30 years ago with 14 houses, and now reaches nearly 800. he now holds the guinness world record for largest gingerbread village. as you can see, the brownstone houses, street signs, gas lamps and old signs of new york city inspire his art. the village consists of about 700 houses, 4,000 lb of candy, just short of 1,000 lb of gingerbread and about 6,000 egg whites. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. just a reminder that the temporary pause in fighting between israel and gaza is about to end in the next few hours but still no clarity on whether that might be extended or not. that is the story we continue to track. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello, there. talk of the town this week has just been how cold it's become. yes, on wednesday, we started off with a hard frost in the lake district. temperatures were sitting at —7, first thing in the morning, and despite lots of sunshine throughout the day, they struggled to climb above freezing by the middle of wednesday afternoon. now, we could actually see a similar story on thursday, a widespread hard frost to begin the day, the exception down in the south west, with this developing area of low pressure. that's going to bring outbreaks of rain, and windy with it, as well. we could see gusts of wind on exposed coast close to 50 mph. let's zoom in and look at that in a little more detail. it will be primarily rain across the isles of scilly and much of cornwall, some wet snow, perhaps, across the moors, and some of this frontal system willjust brush the south coast, maybe the odd spot or two of rain, south of london. a cold day, generally, four or five degrees, some freezing fog slow to lift in the midlands. now, with that northeasterly breeze, one or two wintry showers along exposed east coasts of northern england and eastern scotland, sheltered western areas will see the best of any sunny spells, but again, a cold day — two to five degrees quite widely across the country. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, again, light winds, clear skies, once again, those temperatures falling away. it looks likely to be another cold and frosty start to friday morning, and, potentially, friday could be the coldest spell over the next few days. so some freezing fog quite possible, as well, and a subtle change in wind direction means that we run the risk of a few more showers running down through the north coast of northern ireland, and down through the irish sea, as well. so a few coastal showers around. inland — dry, plenty of sunshine, but another cold day — zero to five degrees at the very best. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, we could see a few more showers drifting in from the west, but a relatively quiet start, before, as we move into the middle part of the week, we could see areas of low pressure bringing yet more rain in and perhaps something a little less cold. so it'll be a cold and frosty start to our weekend, but, as you can see, more showers are likely and those temperatures gradually starting to creep up. that's it. stay warm. of time and it is still ongoing. but the un climate conference kicks off today with a host of questions remaining about what the talks can achieve. and four years since australia's black summary of bushfire that scorched the country, some towns are now bracing for more in the years ahead. hello and welcome to asia business report with me, arunoday mukharji. we begin in the middle east this our because cop28 kicks off today in the united arab emirates. the latest round of climate talks aims to strike a deal in the next steps to tackle rising global temperatures. two years ago countries agreed to cut the amount of coal they burned but amount of coal they burned but a commitment on