of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o
those families of those hostages. the largest number of foreign nationals taken by hamas on october the 7th when they seized 250 people of nationality in breaking news line, the israeli military said they have retaliated today to cross border fire from southern lebanon, the united nations keep peacekeeping force in lebanon has told the reuters news agency who are reporting this and reuters witnesses said they had blasts along the south eastern lebanese frontier with israel and we know this is an extremely sensitive area and hundreds of thousands of israelis have been moved out of that area where there have been skirmishes since october the but reuters reporting the israeli military have retaliated on thursday to cross border fire from southern lebanon and of course that is a his brother stronghold. let s bring you the latest from dubai. c0 p28 co p28 taking place. cop28 taking place. such a significant event. we cop28 taking place. such a significant event. cop28 taking plac
of the post world war ii era. he passed away at his home in connecticut. here s a look back at his life from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. to landale. some, henry kissinger was one to some, henry kissinger was one of the cold war s most influential statesman who advised presidents and prime ministers for decades. two others he was a war criminal. 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. n0 audio although in conventional wars. no audio although that is less desirable. it was president richard nixon who brought him into government, first as national s