abigail. and the other two would be women. three children, sorry, three americans to be included in this initial phase are 50 hostages. there are ten americans who are unaccounted for at the moment, presumed to be hostages, so three of ten, it seems, will be involved in this first phase. one more question, it is important to note that for the biden administration they have also emphasised that a pause in fighting here must also be used to get humanitarian aid in to the gaza strip.— the gaza strip. that is right and again _ the gaza strip. that is right and again senior _ the gaza strip. that is right - and again senior administration official said it was expected that once a deal would be made that once a deal would be made that there would be a surgeon humanitarian supplies so the administration has pushed the humanitarians because to allow not only to facilitate the release of hostages but also to get more aid into gaza to that border crossing with egypt. they worked hard to get the emotive aid that they have at the moment which is insufficient, and had hoped for a longer period of time in order to do so and, in particularly, in the past week pushing for fuel to particularly, in the past week pushing forfuel to come particularly, in the past week pushing for fuel to come in because gaza was running out of fuel. according to our broadcast partner here in the united states, cbs, the agreement is meant to allow 300 trucks per day carrying aid including cooking oilfor bakeries and fuel for hospitals. again, that amount is not formally released but there is varied expectation that it will also help with deliveries into gaza.- that it will also help with deliveries into gaza. our state department — deliveries into gaza. our state department correspondent - department correspondent staying across this story for us. thank you so much, barbara. for the latest on the israel—gaza war, head to our website at bbc.com forward slash news for the latest updates and analysis from our correspondents around the world. you can see our life page and there you will see all the updates on this agreement that have come through and any further details we get on the agreement will be brought to you. on the life page and on air as well. be sure to check that out. bringing our guests backin that out. bringing our guests back in now, danielle gilbert and mark ginsberg. danielle, can we start with you, the news we were hearing, it is not confirmed but it is believed that three americans including a three—year—old girl could be among those who have been released. the earlier you said it is easier to negotiate the release of women and young children like this. it is amazing to think or incredible to think that they have been held all this time. it to think that they have been held all this time.— held all this time. it is unbelievable - held all this time. it is unbelievable and - held all this time. it is| unbelievable and quite held all this time. it is - unbelievable and quite rare held all this time. it 3 unbelievable and quite rare in fact when we think about the context of other hostagetaking attacks. i know it sounds crass to talk about this as research in detail and data but armed groups typically do not kidnap women and children and that is because captivity is incredibly hard and so holding vulnerable hostages, people who need extra care, people who need medication like some of the hostages do, people who are not physically robust to be able to whether the impossible conditions of captivity actually make the life of a hostage taker harder as well because if they want to negotiate for possessions, they need their hostages to stay alive and to some extent it makes sense that hamas would be focusing on sending home children and women who may be much more vulnerable and having a hard time in captivity. i want to get your thoughts on that, ambassador. we know that the american citizens who are unaccounted for a big part of why the us has been such a central part of these negotiations, right? absolutely. and when you put the pieces of the puzzle together, that cutter has been serving as the sole source of negotiations with thomas in the us government and israeli government have been dealing directly with the qatari government and the fact that these negotiations have involved hostages, not only from israel and the united states but also there are hostages from other countries who are being held, from thailand, from the paul and so you have an internationalised hostage drama playing out here because while we are assuming that the number of hostages being released would be based on the equation we talked about, 47 israelis and three americans, well, it is possible that there may be some other foreigners who may be released in the days ahead and one interesting thing here and i read the statement issued by the israeli government is that if hamas agrees to release another ten hostages, that would add beyond the 50, that would add beyond the 50, that would add beyond the 50, that would add another day of a so—called humanitarian truce as hamas has designated the terms of this arrangement.— of this arrangement. danielle, cominu of this arrangement. danielle, coming back— of this arrangement. danielle, coming back to _ of this arrangement. danielle, coming back to you _ of this arrangement. danielle, coming back to you now - of this arrangement. danielle, coming back to you now it - coming back to you now it appears that one part of this agreement we are waiting for the details to be released, would involve the international red cross being able to also visit the remaining hostages who are being held in gaza. tell us how important that is. that is extremely important because among the things that has made this hostage drama so impossible and devastating is not only how many people were taken from so many different countries, from lots of different vulnerable demographics but the fact that they may be held by lots of different perpetrators as well and so it is unclear at the moment how many of the 240 hostages hamas is responsible for as opposed to how many hostages may be held by another militant group. palestinian islamichhad, or how many are simply being held by individual palestinians in gaza who are not affiliated with either groups. so simply getting accounting of the hostages and where they are, how many are still alive, what do they need will be crucial information for theirfamilies and for will be crucial information for their families and for the israeli government as they continued negotiation. ambassador, you said you were recently in israel and i am wondering, if the us has obviously been working closely with israel for the, to secure the release of these hostages and hopefully more. tell us how israel sees the united states, speaking to and asking for humanitarian pauses when we know that the israeli government is quite clear that there will be no ceasefire. this is a temporary pause to get hostages released. the israeli government - get hostages released. tue: israeli government is get hostages released. tta: israeli government is trying get hostages released. "tt2 israeli government is trying to be as pragmatic as possible, particularly because the tidt, particularly because the idf, the israel — particularly because the idf, the israel defence _ particularly because the idf, the israel defence forces - particularly because the idf, the israel defence forces needs the israel defence forces needs the united states to replenish the united states to replenish the weaponry and ammunition that is— the weaponry and ammunition that is expanding in gaza. it also — that is expanding in gaza. it also wants to remain on the good — also wants to remain on the good side of the international community insofar as showing that it — community insofar as showing that it is — community insofar as showing that it is finally being prepared to permit humanitarian relief_ prepared to permit humanitarian relief to— prepared to permit humanitarian relief to enter gaza with the facilitation of the egyptians. and when i was in israel, it was — and when i was in israel, it was evident to me that you have conflicting — was evident to me that you have conflicting emotions of outrage at the — conflicting emotions of outrage at the international community and among israelis for almost ignoring — and among israelis for almost ignoring the catastrophe that hefeii — ignoring the catastrophe that befell them on october seven and so — befell them on october seven and so much attention being focused _ and so much attention being focused on the tunnel enterprise of hamas terrorism, the fact— enterprise of hamas terrorism, the fact that thomas is willing to die — the fact that thomas is willing to die to— the fact that thomas is willing to die to the last garden and the endless focus on the humanitarian catastrophe which, of course, — humanitarian catastrophe which, of course, is natural. at the feet— of course, is natural. at the feel aggrieved that the international community has more — international community has more or— international community has more or less sided with hamas against — more or less sided with hamas against them.— against them. 0k. danielle i want to get _ against them. 0k. danielle i want to get your _ against them. 0k. danielle i want to get your take - against them. 0k. danielle i want to get your take on - against them. 0k. danielle i| want to get your take on this as well. how do these two aims fit together? on the one hand the israeli government and the prime minister again saying that this war will continue at the same time knowing that continued operations could put more hostages at risk.- more hostages at risk. there are ways _ more hostages at risk. there are ways in _ more hostages at risk. there are ways in which _ more hostages at risk. there are ways in which these - more hostages at risk. there are ways in which these two l are ways in which these two aims may be complementary and of course is that they may be in contradiction. so the israeli government spoke about the fact that the ongoing war in gaza, the idf efforts had put the requisite pressure on hamas to bring them to the negotiating table. but it is the fact of the stick and not just the carrot that has allowed these negotiations to go through. at the same time the ongoing hostilities, of course, make conditions for the hostages quite difficult. and i imagine that if there are more hostilities after some of the civilian hostages are released, that that may continue to make things incredibly difficult for idf soldiers and other adults civilian israelis who remain in captivity. civilian israelis who remain in cativi . ,, ., , captivity. quite a complicated situation- _ captivity. quite a complicated situation. thank _ captivity. quite a complicated situation. thank you - captivity. quite a complicated situation. thank you both - captivity. quite a complicatedl situation. thank you both once again for your thoughts and it is great to have your insights. we will continue to follow this breaking news and a reminder you can go to our website for all the latest on our live page there but we do know that the israeli government has voted in favour of this agreement to secure the release of some of the hostages being held by thomas in gaza. we will keep our eye on the latest developments but let's turn out to other important news around the world. the number of people displaced by it rain in somalia has gone up by 100,000 injust one week ringing a number close to 650,000. the heavy rain setting in october and killed over 100 people the horn of africa. ten days after a tunnel collapse in northern india, there is new video of the 41 construction workers trapped inside. a medical camera slipped into the tunnel through a pipe captured the video — showing the trapped men. rescue efforts have been stymied by a series of challenges made worse by the conditions in the tunnel. authorities say the rescue could still take several days. brazil has recorded its hottest ever temperature at 44.8 degrees celsius — that's just over 112 fahrenheit. the record was hit on sunday in brazil's south—eastern state of minas gerais. the unprecedented weather has been attributed to the el nino phenomenon and climate change. ukraine is marking the tenth anniversary of the start of the euromaidan movement, when ukrainians started joining a growing protest against government corruption and ukraine's then—closer relations with russia. president volodymyr zelenskyy paid respects to the those who died in the protests alongside moldovian president maia sandu and the first lady of ukraine. the months—long euromaiden demonstrations came to a bloody end in february 2014, when more than fifty anti—government demonstrators were shot dead in maidan square. the movement was triggered by former ukrianian president viktor yanukovych pulling out of an agreement that would've brought his country closer ties with the eu. the movement eventually toppled the government. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more from kyiv. we had a repetition of the sentiment that ukraine's places in the eu which is what ukraine has wanted for so long. he also acknowledged that there would be difficult talks ahead of the vote next month. and i think thatis vote next month. and i think that is a reflection of the political difficulties that face president zelensky. but let's put the politics to one side for the moment. today has been a poignant day. here before ukraine. ten years since the revolution of dignity when people protested against the decision of the last moscow leaning president to pull out of an association agreement with the eu and instead sign a secret deal with vladimir putin. that was the moment when ukraine decided to protest against its democratic will not being recognised. of course we all know that was not the end of the story. there were three months of protests, or the 100 people were killed, the president was forced from power but it was the response of the russians that brought us to this point. ten years almost of russian aggression and the annexation of crimea, the full—scale invasion of 2022, the death of tens of thousands of people, at least, and counting, and the fact that president zelensky is still voicing his intent to keep fighting. ukraine sees this as a continued fight for survival and the idea of any negotiation or settlement or ceasefire is still a nonstarter politically for care have because the very real fear is that russia will just replenish and try once more to take the whole of ukraine and to potentially install a puppet of a mentor. but today has been a day of quiet reflection. there is not been a lot of people out and about for obvious reasons, that was acknowledged by organisers and, of course, the ceremony, of course, the political discourse always runs in parallel with the continued brutality of the fighting on the frontline. back here in the us: discussions are reportedly underway between ousted openai ceo sam altman and members of the company's board, according 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