more hostages released a more a getting into gaza.— getting into gaza. that's right. it seems to be _ getting into gaza. that's right. it seems to be the _ getting into gaza. that's right. it seems to be the terms _ getting into gaza. that's right. it seems to be the terms of- getting into gaza. that's right. it seems to be the terms of the - getting into gaza. that's right. it. seems to be the terms of the deal getting into gaza. that's right. it - seems to be the terms of the deal so far will roll over and continue into these additional two days. this sort of extension was actually outlined in the original deal between israel and hamas. the deal being that for every ten hostages provided by hamas israel would extend the truce by another day. a hamas, and apparently we're told indicated to negotiate is today that it would be able to extend the truce by up to four days. it would be able to provide up to a0 hostages in the event it seems that two day window as what been agreed on. israel has not yet confirmed it but we expect that may come later tonight once a list of hostages for tomorrow has been submitted to israel. mil tomorrow has been submitted to israel. �* , israel. all the while the focus is on that extension. _ israel. all the while the focus is on that extension. we're - israel. all the while the focus is on that extension. we're also . on that extension. we're also waiting tonight for the latest hostages to be released without we're looking at pictures of the rafah crossing, that's the crossing between gaza and egypt where we expect to have some of those hostages cross over to have medical treatment before being transferred back into israel. what do we know about the timeline of what could happen tonight?— about the timeline of what could happen tonight? about the timeline of what could ha en toniaht? ., ., , ., ., happen tonight? there was a bit of a dela aaain happen tonight? there was a bit of a delay again today. — happen tonight? there was a bit of a delay again today, some _ happen tonight? there was a bit of a delay again today, some dispute - happen tonight? there was a bit of a | delay again today, some dispute over a list provided by hamas to israel. 11 names were on that list, we understand. those hostages have now been transferred to the red cross in gaza, we're told. we're expecting those hostages to be transported into israel in the coming hours. they are taking a slightly different route today, we believe, coming straight out to the middle of the gaza strip into israel rather than through the rafah crossing. but those 11 hostages did cause a bit of a delay this afternoon, we understand it was because some of the mothers of the children included in the list were not accompanying their children out. and that broke their children out. and that broke the terms of the agreement that israel signed with hamas. that seems to have been resolved. there are strong incentives on both sides to keep this process going even if the trust between the two sides is very fragile indeed. mil trust between the two sides is very fragile indeed.— fragile indeed. all the while the humanitarian _ fragile indeed. all the while the humanitarian situation - fragile indeed. all the while the humanitarian situation in - fragile indeed. all the while the humanitarian situation in gaza l humanitarian situation in gaza continues to deteriorate. we've heard more testimony tonight, this coming from a british surgeon who returned to london after working in gaza. he describes the conditions as apocalyptic, said many children have worms and their wounds, he has no facilities to treat them to go by washing of liquid just to clean them at the corner store for the around 900 children in gaza that had amputated limbs. 0nce 900 children in gaza that had amputated limbs. once again it's the importance of aid being able to cross the border into gaza, that international aid agencies will barely be focusing on whilst there is this pause in fighting for an additional two days. —— it really be focusing on. the additional two days. -- it really be focusing on— additional two days. -- it really be focusing on-_ focusing on. the un had said the trucks with _ focusing on. the un had said the trucks with food _ focusing on. the un had said the trucks with food and _ focusing on. the un had said the trucks with food and medicine . focusing on. the un had said the | trucks with food and medicine and fuel are going into gaza in larger numbers since the attacks took place because of this truce. the also allowing us to get a clearer picture of what life is like inside gaza now. the levels of destruction as people go back to their homes that they were forced out of by fighting put up even though some humanitarian aid is getting in we're hearing from aid is getting in we're hearing from a lot of people, even in the salt of gaza, which is been less badly hit that it's very difficult to get enough to eat even now for the people talk about queuing for many hours just to get a bag of flour. queuing again to get fuel. life is very difficult indeed. those extra two days will also mean an extra two days to get more supplies in where they are needed.— they are needed. lucy, thank you very much- _ they are needed. lucy, thank you very much- we — they are needed. lucy, thank you very much. we will _ they are needed. lucy, thank you very much. we will share - they are needed. lucy, thank you very much. we will share your . they are needed. lucy, thank you . very much. we will share your report including images emerging from gaza later in the program. thank you lucy williamson live injerusalem. a short time ago we heard, his appealfrom international agencies to take care of israeli hostages in gaza. ' :: ., ., ., , gaza. over 150 of a hostages men, women, children, _ gaza. over 150 of a hostages men, women, children, babies, - gaza. over 150 of a hostages men, women, children, babies, who - gaza. over 150 of a hostages men, women, children, babies, who is. women, children, babies, who is taking care of them? who is holding a ten—month—old baby? i'll tell you, ruthless terrorists are holding him hostage in gaza. we call on the international organization, especially the red cross to use every tool at their disposal to gain access to our hostages. to make sure they are receiving the medical care they are receiving the medical care they need. 0ur hostages are not lost. we won't sit around and hope they are found. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israeli defence forces. it's why we fight. and why we must keep on fighting until all of our hostages are home. the on fighting until all of our hostages are home. on fighting until all of our hostaaes are home. , ., , hostages are home. the very latest from the idf- _ hostages are home. the very latest from the idf. lots _ hostages are home. the very latest from the idf. lots of— hostages are home. the very latest from the idf. lots of reaction - hostages are home. the very latest from the idf. lots of reaction from | from the idf. lots of reaction from around the world to the confirmation that there will be a two day extension in that truce. let's hearfrom the us national security coordinatorjohn kirby — who welcomed the truce extension. so, just right at the top, of course we welcome the announcementjust a little bit ago in the last hour or so. that the humanitarian pause in gaza now is in its fourth day will be extended for another two days. thursday morning israel time. this humanitarian pauses already bought a halt of the fighting with a surge of humanitarian assistance. in order to extend the pause hamas is committed to releasing another 20 women and children of the next two days. we will hope to see the posix noted further that will depend on hamas continuing to release hostages. the president has been deeply engaged in this process throughout the thinks of the weekend and he spoke with the emir of qatar at a critical moment to help resolve an impasse in the second day of but the pause and yesterday he spoke with the prime minister netanyahu with a focus on working towards an extension pause, the extension that quite frankly we are seeing today. most of his team then worked on it overnight and in the morning was brief this morning by the national security adviser, jake sullivan on the ongoing talks to extend the pause. he and his entire national security team will obviously stay engaged on this of the coming days. as we work to implement this extension, of the original agreement, as well as efforts to extend the pause even from there. john kirby at the white house. i want to show you the scene at the rafah crossing. the crossing between gaza and egypt if tonight follows previous releases of hostages this is where those hostages will make their way in red cross buses to the border. then they will seek medical treatment on the egyptian side of that border before being released or taken back to israel. that's the very latest that we see there for them if there are any further developments we will take you there and bring you up—to—date with what is happening. lots of moving parts tonight. not too much clarity on how many of those hostages are due to be released. i should say, this is not the rafah crossing, we're getting these pictures coming from the offeror prison. the other side of this conflict you know a lot of palestinian prisoners are due to be released. we expect 33 palestinian prisoners to be released from the 0fer prison. if they follow previous evenings, they will make their way from the prison to be reunited with theirfamilies in from the prison to be reunited with their families in the west bank. that's the palestinian side of all of this. and on the israeli side we expect those israeli hostages to cross over the border before returning back to israel for those reunions with their families. we understand these pictures are coming to us from the 0fer prison. were looking at scenes also from the rafah crossing. if there any further developments we will take you live to the further release of prison it and hostages on both side of this conflict without remember, our focus is to keep an eye on what's happening on them humanitarian side as well. the humanitarian truce will allow for more aid to enter gaza, and allow the release of more israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. let's look at the humanitarian situation. let's look at the humanitarian situation. for more on all that, here's the latest from 0rla guerin in tel aviv. lining the streets tonight to welcome home a mother and daughter, freed from gaza yesterday. and there is hope that others will come home. qatar and the white house saying that the ceasefire deal and release of captives will continue for two more days. already savouring her freedom, this woman, 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 home comings are overshadowed by sorrow. this woman has been reunited with her uncle but her mother was not freed by hamas. though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. he says his niece couldn't speak out loud for weeks. she says the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low, a lot at night, in the day they were making them quiet, told them to quiet it quiet so she got used to whip perking. now her voice the low. she is 13 today, her family are having a small party at the hospital. they say she is doing well, on the surface at least. she is not afraid to go sleep, she's eating, she doesn't afraid to turn off the light, i think she 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, visiting bullet riddled homes where hamas killed and took hostages on october 7th. he has said that when the ceasefire ends, israel will go back to war in gaza, with full force. he gave us his assessment, boaz bismuth on the extension. no. i can only say that it's not a surprise here in israel. i mean, we expected the extension of the pows, if you want. you know, as a matter of fact, i mean, this is something that hamas really needs. i mean, hamas needs this post. hamas nowadays, the only thing right now that they can have or offer or to propose is the psychological war. they're ending against us due to the hostages that they have and the pows that they also need in order to recover from the war itself and the way the israeli army is acting on what's concerning israel. on one hand, of course, we would like to finish the job. we would like to eliminate hamas and it needs more time. are there and it is, i would say yes, you can say priority because they're there. and we would like our children, ourwomen, our grandmothers to be back with us, also our soldiers, also the men. so if we can prolong, if we can extend the post by having other hostages coming back, of course, israel says, yes, this is what the israeli population, this is what israeli society, this is what is being demanded right now by israel itself. yes. and this is what has been discussed at length, that israel had offered a days extension for every ten additional hostages that were released from gaza. so one would assume that more hostages will be released as part of this truce, this pause in fighting. but i wonder whether you have concerns about the leverage, the power that this hands to hamas to control the time scale of these negotiations. listen, obviously it's frustrating —why? because hamas, don't forget, are the ones that came and aggressed. i mean, not only they came, they came to our territory to a sovereign country, but they acted in the most vicious and most horrific barbarian way one could expect. and today, for israelis, i mean, when we watched them like being like handling the negotiations, deciding having the list of the names, who are we going to release? when are we going to release? are we going to release? so this, of course, is very frustrating, but this is part of the, i would say, the demand of israel to release or bring back the hostages. the only thing that relief is a relief for us israelis is a relief for the people of israel, is knowing that all this is temporary, meaning once the agreement is over, once our hostages are back, what is the biggest number we expect the war. i mean, we're back back to war again. and don't forget,we have two objectives. i mean, to two things. i mean, we promised the people of israel. one is, of course, to bring back the hostages. and the other one is to eliminate hamas. so two things. i mean, that we promise so hamas today may be can play a certain role or play like. i mean, they are the one who have the influence of the initiative. this is the word — they have the initiative, but not for long. yes. and i wonder on that point, because israel being forced to negotiate for this release of those hostages, can israel be confident of getting all those hostages released and back to israel while still stating that israel wants to destroy hamas? that means that hamas has significant leverage still in these negotiations whilst it holds those hostages. look in your question, there is no contradiction and i'll explain. i do believe and i'm not the only one in israel who believes i mean, almost is confident and certain that without we having this ground maneuver or this war against hamas, we would have never seen our hostages back. and by the way, history has proven it about approximately ten years ago, in 201a, to be precise, we had also a cycle of violence against hamas. this time it's war, of course, and we had we lost our soldier at that time. goldin and until today, no funeral. i mean, they didn't even bring back the corpse. so you see what we ended up with. i mean, so again, as i said, the fact that we are at war is what permitted or enabled the hostages to come back to israel. so, of course, through the accord, through the deal, hostages are coming back. i wish a maximum as i said before, to extend the deal in two more days, even three, four days, bring back our soldiers, but then you're back to war. and if hostages are still there, so by the vr army or by, by the war itself, we shall bring them back. around the world and across the uk you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. health officials say someone in the uk has been infected by a strain of flu, similar to the viruses spreading in pigs. it is the first time this strain has been detected in the uk and close contacts are now 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greenpeace said the allegations, if true, were a "scandal". tonight the un secretary—general expressed astonishment at the findings. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt has this report. and now more than ever, we need to unite on climate. the man in charge of the latest round of un climate talks has bold ambitions for cutting carbon. the united arab emirates government appointed dr sultan al—jaber to head up its cop28 team, but he is also the head of adnoc, the uae�*s huge state oil and gas company, and its renewable energy business masdar. leaked documents obtained by the bbc and the centre for climate reporting show in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments, arranged as part of the climate process, drjaber was briefed to discuss business deals for these state firms. they suggest telling china that the uae�*s oil company is "willing to jointly evaluate liquefied natural gas "opportunities in mozambique, canada and australia." and the brazilian environment minister was to be asked for help with the uae�*s multi—billion dollar bid for a brazilian oil and gas processing company. now attempting to do business deals, especially oil and gas deals during the cop process, appears to be a serious breach of the standards the un expects of cop presidents. it told the bbc presidents should be impartial and act without bias or self—interest. professor michaeljacobs is an expert on un climate politics. this looks breathtakingly hypocritical, but i think it is worse than that, because the uae at the moment is the custodian of a united nations process, aimed at reducing global emissions, and yet in the very same meetings, it is actually trying to do side deals which will increase global emissions. we know at least one country followed up a potential fossil fuel deal raised in a cop meeting, but 12 of the 27 countries say business deals were not discussed. i questioned the uae�*s cop28 team in abu dhabi earlier this month. mr majid, as you know, there is some anxiety about an oil executive being put in charge of a climate conference. what would you say to reassure people of the independence of cop28 from adnoc? our team is fully independent. we are very confid