hello. i'm sally bundock. we start with breaking news, and within the past few minutes, israel's military has said that a truce israel has agreed to extend its temporary truce with hamas. they said it will continue "in light of the mediators' "efforts to continue the process of releasing "hostages, and subject to the terms of the agreement". as you can see, this is a live shot of gozo this morning, as they wake up to the news that they wake up to the news that the truce is still in place. it was due to end just a few moments ago at 7am, local time. on wednesday, the sixth day of the deal, 16 hostages were freed from captivity in gaza. they included two russians, ten israeli citizens and four thai hostages, who were all handed over to the red cross. their release was delayed by what hamas called logistical issues. on wednesday, 30 palestinian women and teenage boys were freed from israeli prisons, in exchange for the hostages. this, as the us secretary of state antony blinken touched down in tel aviv for more talks, aimed at extending the temporary truce and increasing humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. here's our senior international correspondent, orla guerin. this may become a nation has been waiting for him to come home, but denied a claim from hamas that the ten—month—old was killed by israel's bombardment of gaza. hamas says his four—year—old brother was also killed, along with their mother, who tried so hard to protect them as they were taken hostage. the israeli army says it's a cruel claim and it is 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. ~ ., ,., pleading for the children's release. ~ ., . release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby _ release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby that _ release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby that we _ release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby that we held - release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby that we held and - release. we loved him so much. a tiny baby that we held and we | a tiny baby that we held and we pass between trevor and we love him, and a child who loves to play with tractors, to dress up as batman. are they a threat to hamas? they are young children. their father was also taken captive. you may now be the only one left from his family. among those still being held in gaza, this 21—year—old, mia. she had to run for her life from this music festival. then, last month, images from hamas showing her with injuries. terrible. terrible situation. now her mother can only wait in torment, day after day. mid now her mother can only wait in torment, day after day.- torment, day after day. mia is a warrior— torment, day after day. mia is a warrior and _ torment, day after day. mia is a warrior and she _ torment, day after day. mia is a warrior and she is _ torment, day after day. mia is a warrior and she is a - torment, day after day. mia is a warrior and she is a very - a warrior and she is a very strong and mature girl, and then i do keep to this fate, 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 is like a 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. o rla orla guerin reporting there. as we have mentioned this hour, it has been confirmed, just as the truce was due to expire, that it has been extended. israeli leaders and hamas have come to an agreement to extend it further, which will come as a huge relief to all those in gaza who were concerned that they would wake up at this hour to the noise of military action taking place once again. so we have a further pause in hostilities. more on this late in the programme. the former us secretary of state, henry kissinger, has died, at the age of 100. serving under presidents nixon and ford, he led america's re—engagement with communist china, and sought a thawing of relations with the soviet union. but he faced criticism for the us bombing of cambodia, which killed hundreds of thousands. our diplomatic correspondent james landale looks back at his life. to some, henry kissinger was one of the cold war�*s most influential statesmen, who advised presidents and prime ministers for decades. in considering the ukraine issue... to others he was a war criminal. we call for the arrest of henry kissinger— we call for the arrest of henry kissinger for war crimes. ..whose ruthless defence of american interest cost thousands of lives. either way, the sweep of his life was immense. he was born heinz kissinger in nazi germany. his family fled to america in 1938, but the young henry, as he became, returned to europe fighting with the us army helping to liberate concentration camps. in peacetime, the soldier became a scholar at harvard university, making his name arguing that nuclear weapons could be used in conventional wars. i believe it is technically possible to conduct it with a limited use of nuclear weapons, thatis limited use of nuclear weapons, that is less desirable. it was president nixon who brought him into government, first as national security adviser and then secretary of state, a double act, seeking to reshape the cold war by balancing competing world powers. kissinger drove america's re—engagement with communist china, paying secret visits to its leaders, paving the way for a historic first visit by a us president in 1972. president, in 1972. he sought to improve relations with the soviet union, through negotiations about trade and arms contorol, and in the middle east, he coined a new phrase, "shuttle diplomacy", as he flew between capitals to try and constrain arab—israeli conflict. his belief was in realpolitik, the idea that national self—interest prompt human rights or shared values. no nation can make its survival dependent on the goodwill of another state. all this brought him some global celebrity. i don't stand on protocol, if you — i don't stand on protocol, if you will_ i don't stand on protocol, if you willjust call me excellency... but kissinger�*s fame became notoriety as he struggled to end america's involvement in the vietnam war by bombing cambodia. this cuts supplies to north vietnam but also killed hundreds of thousands and fuelled the rise of the brutal khmer rouge. his critics accused him of war crimes and his supporters welcomed a nobel peace prize. nothing that has happened to me in public life has moved me more than this award. he was criticised too for supporting authoritarian anti—communist leaders, such as general pinochet in chile. he backed the coup that brought the general�*s brutaljunta to power. it the general's brutal “unta to ower. . , the general's brutal “unta to ower. ., , ., ., power. it was at the height of the cold war _ power. it was at the height of the cold war so _ power. it was at the height of the cold war so the _ power. it was at the height of the cold war so the united i the cold war so the united states could not be totally indifferent to the question of the communist regime in chile. i shall resign the american presidency effective at noon tomorrow. kissinger was considered so indispensable he survived the watergate crisis that brought down nixon and was kept on by gerald ford but he fell out of favour in washington, and began a life of lucrative consultancy. thus henry kissinger, a scholar and statesman, a cynic at time cavalier with people's lives, above all a diplomat always ready to talk. live now to washington, and our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka. talk us through reaction to this— talk us through reaction to this news. talk us through reaction to this news— talk us through reaction to this news-— talk us through reaction to this news. ~ ,., ., this news. well, some of the tributes have _ this news. well, some of the tributes have started - this news. well, some of the tributes have started to - tributes have started to trickle in. they began trickling in shortly after we heard the news that henry kissinger had died in his home in connecticut, aged 100. a former president, george w bush, described him as one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs. we also heard from george and barbara bush foundation, who described him as a foreign—policy icon, who has worked to establish relations with china was notably historic. and so we have seen two sides, in terms of the reactions to his death. especially the republican party, and some of those who worked with him believed he was a formidable foreign advocate, furthering the interests of the united states, but also there has been some criticism for academics, criticism in the fact that they think he took pragmatism too far, and lacked moral compass. we have had some of that criticism in that package there stemming from his government support of general pinochet, who overthrew a democratically elected government. and we also saw the reaction from the us government when it supported indonesia on its invasion of east timor. so a very chequered legacy. but i think a lot of people would describe him as having a remarkable life, the first immigrant us secretary of state, and the tributes are still coming in.— now let's return to our top story as we mentioned at the top of the hour, the truce between israel and hamas has been extended. it was supposed to end ten minutes ago but it has been prolonged, which is what most were hoping for in the situation. this is the scene late this morning, it has just gone ten past seven local time. 17 thai 17 thai hostages kidnapped and held for weeks by hamas in the gaza strip are expected to return home later today. they're due to land in bangkok in the next few hours. live now to our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who's at the airport in bangkok. hello to you. i would imagine there are many there are waiting to greet these once hostages in gaza?- waiting to greet these once hostages in gaza? you can feel the anticipation, _ hostages in gaza? you can feel the anticipation, you _ hostages in gaza? you can feel the anticipation, you can - hostages in gaza? you can feel the anticipation, you can feel l the anticipation, you can feel the anticipation, you can feel the emotions here in the airport in bangkok. this is the gateway 17 of the 23 freed thai hostages will emerge with the thai foreign minister, who is also the deputy prime minister. he flew to tel aviv to bring 17 of those freed hostages home. they are going to be on home soilfor the first time they are going to be on home soil for the first time after nearly two months in captivity, and of course families are waiting with bated breath, some of them we have heard from in the past few days, and they were telling us that they thought their loved ones had died in the attack. i havejust spoken to the younger sister of one of the hostages due to come back home, and she said we knew nothing about my brother. we drove all the way here through the night from our village. we had no idea what had happened to him and actually found out that his ok when we saw a news footage of him among those who were released. remember, all in all, 32 thai nationals have been abducted on the october seven hamas attack. that makes them the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in this attack. so far 23 have been freed, 17 are due to come back home. nine are still in captivity, and the families of those nine hostages again are waiting quite nervously. the hope is that with this extension of the truce that you mentioned, sally, that their loved ones are going to make their way back home. we understand that a few hours ago, the thai hostages due to return had left the medical centre in israel to a very emotional farewell by the medical staff. we are surrounded by media here, who are waiting for them to appear from the gates behind me. i asked his sister what she's going to do when she sees her brother and tearfully she said, hugs, hugs and tears, that's what we going to do. i hugs, hugs and tears, that's what we going to do.- hugs, hugs and tears, that's what we going to do. i can 'ust imauine. what we going to do. i can 'ust imagine. thank i what we going to do. i can 'ust imagine. thank you i what we going to do. i can 'ust imagine. thank you so i what we going to do. i can just imagine. thank you so much, l what we going to do. i can just i imagine. thank you so much, we will speak to you later today, as they do start to arrive in thailand. some very anxious families there. live now to berkeley, california, to speak to dr sherifa zuhur, director of the institute of middle eastern, islamic, and strategic studies. hello to you. first of all, your reaction to the news that the pause in hostilities continues? i the pause in hostilities continues?— the pause in hostilities continues? . i, continues? i am very pleased. i was heping _ continues? i am very pleased. i was heping for _ continues? i am very pleased. i was hoping for this. _ continues? i am very pleased. i was hoping for this. i _ continues? i am very pleased. i was hoping for this. i thought i was hoping for this. i thought just about two minutes before it was announced that it would not happen and we would, you know, we can to more bombings and the beginning of the horrible campaign in gaza all over, so even one more day of respite to that is good news. also, there will be some hostages returned and perhaps there was mention made of bodies as well. i'm not sure if that's true. bodies as well. i'm not sure if that's true-— that's true. yes, of course there is — that's true. yes, of course there is lots _ that's true. yes, of course there is lots of _ that's true. yes, of course | there is lots of information that's true. yes, of course - there is lots of information we are unable to verify at this point butjust are unable to verify at this point but just to are unable to verify at this point butjust to say are unable to verify at this point but just to say the are unable to verify at this point butjust to say the us secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel as well. his purpose was to broker a continuation of the truce. that's happened. what else are you expected is the agenda to be about? i you expected is the agenda to be about?— you expected is the agenda to be about? . , ., , , be about? i mean, perhaps he will push _ be about? i mean, perhaps he will push for — be about? i mean, perhaps he will push for even _ be about? i mean, perhaps he will push for even an - will push for even an additional amount of time beyond this day. perhaps he will make good on the promises that more aid would come into gaza and not only from egypt but perhaps from israel. and, you know, i mean, there are still hostages being held and their fate is extremely dire, as many are males and military members of israel's military. and so, i don't know what his further agenda is, and so, i don't know what his furtheragenda is, but and so, i don't know what his further agenda is, but there are many people in the world still pressing the real ceasefire, longer ceasefire, and the thing is, the destruction of hamas in gaza is a cola cannot be accomplished and also return many of the hostages. those two goals conflict and i believe everybody understands that now. dr sherifa zuhur, thank you for your time and perspective on these latest developments, just to say that we are reading on the news that qatar has confirmed that israel and hamas truce has been extended until friday as we were discussing. this is the view of gaza from southern israel now at just israel now atjust gone quarter past seven in the morning, local time. we are keeping a close eye on the very latest developments in that story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the covid inquiry will hear from former health secretary matt hancock today. he has come under criticism from various witnesses to the inquiry for the decisions he made during the pandemic. yesterday it was dominic raab who gave evidence. he insisted the best decisions were made during the pandemic with the fluid information available at the time. there could be a breakthrough today in the rmt union's long—running dispute with 1a train companies over pay, jobs, and working conditions. the result is expected of a members' vote on whether to accept a potential deal after months of strike action, which has caused disruption. the owner of the uk's leading vape brands, elfbar and lost mary, says it will drop dessert and soft drink flavours, which have criticised for appealing to children. itjoined calls for a new licencing regime for vape sellers, similar to the ones for cigarettes and alcohol. more details on our website. you're live with bbc news. world leaders are preparing to meet at a un summit in dubai to discuss climate change. co p28 follows a year of extreme weather events, in which many climate records have been broken. the decision to hold the 28th annual un meeting in the united arab emirates has been controversial. it's one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas. my colleague, carl nasman, is in dubai for us. it is officially under way? it is officially under way. this is officially under way. this is day one of this conference and it's is day one of this conference and its expected not only to be an urgent one but a very important one and the biggest ever. 70,000 people expected to attend, we're talking about delegates, politicians, scientists, activists, or filtering on right now over my shoulder into this massive expo centre here in dubai. i mentioned at be urgent and that's because the overarching goal of this conference is trying to keep world contract for 1.5 celsius warming stopped but of course is that key level set out at the paris climate conference, cop29. there are three major ways that delegates will be looking to look to that -- cop21. lb hotly will be looking to look to that —— cop21. lb hotly contested. the first is dealing with fossil fuels with many nations including the eu will advocate for language in the final agreement that says there should be a phase—out of all fossil fuels. should be a phase—out of all fossilfuels. oil, gas and coal. the second big topic has to do with money. it's the loss and damage fund. billions of dollars for developing nations to help them deal with the effects of climate change, they are already seeing, and helping them get on track with their renewable energy and transition into a greener area there. the third line is kind of like a climate report card caught the global stock—take and for the global stock—ta ke and for the first global stock—take and for the first time in this entire process nations will be required to present their progress towards their goals of cutting emissions. we were ready know that these are not going to be passing grades, is on marg rafferty 1.5 degrees mark. we are closer to three. those will be the big topics at this 13 day—long conference, just kicking off today here in dubai. , �* , , ., dubai. yes, it's been a little bit overshadowed, - dubai. yes, it's been a little bit overshadowed, has - dubai. yes, it's been a little bit overshadowed, has in i dubai. yes, it's been a little bit overshadowed, has in it, j dubai. yes, it's been a little i bit overshadowed, has in it, by a bbc investigation looking at the uae team planning this event which is a huge event, as you just described, saying and allegations they're using the climate talks ahead of cop28 to do oil and gas deals which of course is hugely controversial given what you just said, the main aim for many at this event is trying to do a deal on reducing fossilfuels in is trying to do a deal on reducing fossil fuels in time. right, that's of course one of the main goals and actually the allegations are that potentially the opposite was true, these are documents that were leaked in the past day or so that seem to indicate that the cop presidency which this year is led by united arab emirates and its president, sultan aljaber, were planning on having meetings with countries to discuss fossil fuel projects. that is counter to many of the goals here at cop28. already there was a lot of scepticism and cynicism about the fact that this was being hosted on a fossil fuel nation, that the ceo, sultan al jaber of this country, its oil company, one of the biggest in the world, was in charge of the process, so much of what has to happen here is getting nearly 200 countries to agree on cutting their emissions, so just having that in the background, the doubts over all of this, could affect the process. we have to mention that sultan aljaber denied his allegations and said this was completely false and he had never seen these documents alleging that he would be talking to countries about fossil fuel projects but still, already heading and there was criticism and now that's just hanging in the background there over these talks. fiifi hanging in the background there over these talks.— over these talks. 0k, thank you for now. over these talks. 0k, thank you for now- carl — over these talks. 0k, thank you for now. carl nasman _ over these talks. 0k, thank you for now. carl nasman at - over these talks. 0k, thank you for now. carl nasman at cop28| for now. carl nasman at cop28 for now. carl nasman at cop28 for as. just to say there are so much detail and analysis from our climate editorjustin rowlatt who was there as well. king charles iii is there, rishi sunak, and many others. lots of business leaders are there as well and we will have more in this in 20 minutes. we will be back, actually, no, more like seven minutes, sorry, i'm looking at the clock and getting timing is wrong. more like seven minutes. we will have more on cop28 later. 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 he posted a tweet agreeing with an anti—jewish post. during the new york times dealbook summit interview, he apologised for that tweet but had a message for advertisers, as our north america technology correspondent, james clayton, reports if anyone musk wanted to attract advertisers back, this is probably the worst possible way to do it. seeing in no uncertain terms, where to go. you don't want them to advertise? no. what do you mean? if somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go expletive yourself. but... go expletive yourself. is that clear? to say that advertisers is going to make linda yaccarino's job so much more difficult. she was brought in as chief executive to woo advertisers back to twitter. now it is x. but that seems almost impossible when you have an owner who is not only posting almost whatever he feels like at any one time, but also when you have an owner who says that to the advertisers linda yaccarino has been charged with putting back. there is something else that elon musk said that was really telling. what does advertising boycott is going to do is kill the company. the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company. we will documents are in great detail. it was not the only thing that elon musk said. he did do something that his chief executive might have approved of, apologising for a 20 which could most certainly be construed as anti—semitic. but it is not that that people are going to remember from it is not that that people are going to rememberfrom this interview. we don't know exactly the percentage of revenue that x gets from advertising but we do know how much twitter used to get under a previous ownership. it is around 90% plus of all the money coming to the company, so the company is massively dependent on advertising dollars and it's really the first time we've heard elon musk saying it in such explicit terms. the advertisers, if they don't come back, they could and “p don't come back, they could and up killing the company. james clayton there. elon musk making the news yet again. i will be back with more. 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 coasts 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 ortwo 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. live from london, this is bbc news. good cop, bad cop? the global climate summit opens today, hosted by one of the world's top oil and gas producers. so are critics right to fear a conflict of interest? respect who we are, 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