the palestinian group islamic jihad released videos of hostages it claims to hold. stills show hanna katsir, a woman in her 70s, sitting in a wheelchair. the second hostage is a teenage boy. both hostages sharply criticise israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu but it is not clear if they are reading from a script. the israeli army called the video psychological terrorism. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading. drawing on countries like yemen. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netany
a full separation of our economies would be economically disastrous for both of our countries and for the world. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china that benefits both countries over time. her comments come ahead of a potential meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping next week. since the leaders of the world s two most powerful nations last met in bali, a lot has changed despite us restrictions on high tech products over the last few months, us china relations have actually improved. both sides are keen to find more ways to cooperate on economic issues. translation: thank you, madam secretary, for your remarks. - it would give me great pleasure to meet with you again in the beautiful city of san francisco. it is less than four months since we last met in beijing and we had in depth discussions on topics of mutual interest. the efforts of these two superpowers to stabilise their relationship comes against an increasingly complicated backdrop a sputt
arriving at refugee camps in the south. talks continue to free the 240 hostages in gaza. the palestinian group islamic had released a hostage video. stills show hanna katsir, a woman in her 705, in a wheelchair. the second ho5tage, a teenage boy. both 5harply criticise i5rael 5 prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but it is not clear if they are reading from a script. the israeli army called it psychological terrorism. i spoke with our diplomatic editor. at this point, what more do we know about the video and the hostages that were featured in this video? this is a video released featured in this video? this is a video released not - featured in this video? this is a video released not by - featured in this video? this is | a video released not by hamas a video released not by hama5 but by one of the other palestinian factions, palestinian factions, palestinian islamichhad, a smaller group which is thought to be holding a number of hostages itself. there were two in the video
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australian surfer laura enever paddled into this huge wave, which was over 13 metres high, beating the previous women s record by just a foot. you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the us is still the world s most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america s backing for ukraine s war against russian aggression and israel s war on hamas as a twin defence of a values based international order. but much of the world isn t buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback. my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in