of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers, and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela el yakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo of their reunion, writing, my precious daughters were returned to me yesterday, a moment etched forever in my memory. emily hand, who turned n
would be released have been put on hold. over the past week, israelis and palestinians had started to get a little more used to scenes like this of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed, and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers. and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela elyakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo
phase of the transition, the next milestone. we ll set a goal for afghan forces to take the lead for combat operations across the country in 2013. next year. so that isaf can move to a supporting role. this will be another step towards afghans taking full lead for their security as agreed to by 2014 when the everyone saf combat mission will end. and police in chicago are certainly hoping that their mission is a lottese ier today, easier than it was yesterday. what a mess. protesters opposed to the war among other things, vow to be back out on the streets again today and my colleague ted rollins is there too. so, ted, things got ugly quickly yesterday. how are things looking today and have they taken any additional measures to keep things in check? reporter: well, so far so good in terms of today. it s very quiet today. however there s a protest that s ramping up here in the next hour at boeing where protesters are going to surround the building and right now police have p
meeting to discuss the crisis in syria. the government of bashar al assad has ignored. james murdoch is backing away from the british newspapers in his father s media empire. news corp. says murdoch is no longer on the boards of the subsidiaries that publish the times, the sunday times. the inquiry into uk press efforts is back in session in london this thursday. the committee is set to hear from author j.k. rowling, actress sienna miller and former formula one chief max moseley, the inquiry is looking into allegations of phone hacking and police bribe by by the press. i m monita rajpal, world business today starts right now. it s 9:00 a.m. here at cnn in london. good morning to you. i m nina dos santos. it s 5:00 p.m. at cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this thursday, november 24th. the former clrkseo of olympus speaks with prosecutors in japan. speculation is mounting about him taking his oath job back.