welcome to all of our viewers watching the united states and around the world. a head on cnn newsroom. the plot as thickening for hospitals in gaza as age groups have an increasingly dangerous situation on the ground. the leaders of the arab and islamic world meeting to discuss possible solutions to the fighting, while protesters across the world show support for palestinians under fire why leaders in london were concerned about a march that brought hundreds of thousands out on armistice day. the israeli military has offered to evacuate infants and other patients from gaza's largest hospital on sunday. the hamas -controlled health ministry in gaza sent said three newborn babies have died since friday night at al shiffa hospital after knocking out a generator. evacuations have been impossible, because of the fighting. like other hospitals across gaza, al shifa is nearly out of food, water, medicine and fuel. the idf says it has been been engaged in heavy fighting with hamas, but denies the hospital is under siege. >> we are also trying to coordinate the safe removal and transport of the remaining patients that are still inside the hospital. i want to emphasize, we haven't struck the hospital, and we are not surrounding it or applying any pressure on it. we have troops in the vicinity, but we have not been engaging with the hospital or any parts of it. >> cnn's paula hancocks is is our correspondent. paula, what can you tell us about what has been happening? >> well, layla, information is coming to us from officials inside the al shifa hospital, the largest hospital in gaza strip . and, at this point, we understand that it is a catastrophic situation. it is also coming to us from doctors, without borders, saying that they have lost contact with those that they were talking to within the hospital, but they had said how catastrophic the situation was before that, also pointing out the quote, hostilities have not stopped around al shifa hospital itself. one thing we are focusing on his what exactly is still functioning within the hospital. we understand from the head of the hamas -controlled ministry of health that the icu, the pediatric department, the oxygen devices have stopped working. that they have been telling us that three newborn babies have lost their lives since overnight, friday into saturday, because one of the generators that was powering the incubators in the neonatal department was taken out, when a shell hit nearby. now, we understand there are 36 newborns that are still in a precarious situation, with incubators not working. now, we understand from officials there that they are currently trying to carry out artificial respiration for those babies, to try and keep them alive, which is effectively doctors having to manufacture manually pump air into their lungs. so, certainly this is a very desperate situation, with that particular event. now, we heard from the israeli military that they had said publicly that they would be coordinating, to try and evacuate those babies to a safer place. we are looking for clarification as to what exactly will be happening. cnn did speak also to a freelance journalist, within this compound, and he said that the situation was very dire, that there is a lack of food, water, medical equipment, and electricity, saying that food rations are simply not enough. also pointing out that there are many bodies, he said dozens of bodies, that are awaiting burial. but what we understand from those inside this complex is that the situation just outside is too precarious for them to try and bury those who need to be, and also to be able to try and evacuate to somewhere that is safer. now, we have also been told that many of these medical staff are trying to have to continue working without electricity, and by candlelight, to try and keep some of their patients alive. we have also been told that ambulances are unable to get to areas they need to get to, to pick up more injured people, as i said, al shifa is the largest hospital in gaza, certainly the most significant in gaza city, some of the hospitals already overwhelmed are having to pick up extra patients that they simply cannot cope with at this point. we understand that the al ali hospital is trained to take on more patients that simply cannot get to al shifa. and it is not those that are injured at this point, the latest figure we had was around 400 patients. there were also around 20,000 internally displaced people who are sheltering in the area, hoping it was safer than other areas. layla? >> desperate situation, paula hancocks reporting, thank you so much. meanwhile, the world health organization says it lost communications, with its contacts at how she found, as fighting reaches around the hospital. numerous agencies have been demanding a cease-fire to prevent gaza's healthcare system from collapsing entirely. on saturday, they said it was deeply worried about the worsening situation and called for hospitals and children to be protected from the fighting. but, with doctors now working by candlelight and supplies running low, some groups fear it may already be too late. >> the medical charity, doctors without borders says the crisis in gaza is past the point of no return. dr. paul spiegel is the director of the johns hopkins center for humanitarian health. he has worked extensively with groups, like msf to coordinate emergency responses for humanitarian crises. he joins me now from baltimore, maryland. sir, good day. the situation in gaza, in general, and healthcare facilities in particular, is desperately urgent. as a doctor, you have responded to humanitarian emergencies around the globe. how are you thinking about this moment? >> yes, well, indeed it is critically urgent. i have been in many other situations, which are not similar, but also urgent, i think the difference here is the intense bombardment and lack of a release style, meaning people are not able to leave the country or the territory, as, in most other situations, where they are able to do so. >> now, as you outlined there, there is a precedent i understand, this is also a very unique situation. you know, as a started out our conversation you are a recognized expert. when you consider the situation in gaza today and in the face of a calamitous health situation that is worsening by the day, by the minute, the need for aid is so great, so overwhelming, so sit insufficient. are there alternative ways of learning how to deliver medical aid to civilians? >> yeah, there have been various discussions, some by see. in the past there have been hospital ships that are able to do-- provide such support. usually their government, such as the u.s. or china or turkey, so that is one possibility. the issue is will they be secure and protected? and the second issue that is still, i don't believe worked out of sufficiently-- people can go there from gaza, but what happens when they are treated, and they are ready to return? >> those are some of the options being considered, and i think also maybe field hospitals in egypt, although i believe countries are reluctant to go down that route in a significant way. it is interesting. i would like to know your perspective as a humanitarian and as a doctor. it seems like everybody is just saying well, there's nothing we can really do here. >> it is a difficult situation. before i answer that, if i can, in terms of the hospitals, that is the more traditional way that we generally respond. there are field hospitals that can come very, very quickly and take care of people. the question is, there could even be a possibility of the israelis doing something like this, which is, i think, much more unlikely than the egyptians, but all of it comes down to the political decision of a country to allow people to cross out of gaza territory into something like egypt. >> and, dr., what happens when places are weapon eyes? is this something new? have you seen this somewhere else happening at this scale and other conflicts around the globe? >> there have been. yes. there have been examples, for example, in iraq, for example, where the-- there was such intense bombardment, and many, many civilians were killed. however, early on, generally, people do their best, the combatants and supporters, like the u.s. and others, to ensure that there are an equivalent of humanitarian corridors. this hasn't happened in the same way as in many other situations, which i think is making the situation worse, combined with the first thing that i mentioned, in terms of civilians are not able to leave the territory. >> how much of of a litmus test is this? also, in terms of, are there any options to deliver humanitarian and medical aid to people in gaza? >> firstly, this is a litmus test in terms of the humanitarian system, because the system is very much challenged. we have what is going on in gaza, we have what is going on in sudan, which does not get much coverage. many, many other situations across the board. humanitarians aren't able to address all of these situations, but clearly, the numbers of civilians that have been affected by this, and the hospitals that have been attacked, it means that it is not just pockets not currently impossible to provide sufficient medical aid. >> dr. paul spiegel, thank you for talking to us. >> thank you very much. on saturday, saudi arabia held what it called the joint extraordinary summit in riyadh. it included strong condemnations of israel's actions in gaza. >> arab and muslim leaders met in saudi arabia fofor an emergency meeting to discuss gaza. they shohow a very united regio we donon't know how uniteded th were. and coming up with this draft resolution, about 31 clauses, and itit is very strongly worde and they say they demand entries , brutal and inhumane massacres in gaza and also condemn the ongoing occupation in the west bank as well as east jerusalem. but they are also reiterating something we heard before from regional leaders, calling for a cease-fire and also more aid to gaza. in terms of action, the only action plan here is to car call on the security council to come up with a binding resolution. not anything to do with the un security council, regarding israel, we know it holds no consequence for the country. they also talked about the international criminal court embarking on the investigation of war crimes, something the icc already says that it does plan to do once it has access to gaza. this is the one issue, that there wasn't real action plan from the region itself. there were many mechanisms that many had anticipated they might use, like blocking the sale of gas not only to put the pressure on israel, but also the united states. remember, the u.s. has many military bases scattered across the region. that was another point that many analysts have been mentioning. you ron's president also said on saudi soil, for the first time, this is the first iranian leader to go to the kingdom in over 11 years. iran's president says that they hold the united states complicit in israel's actions in gaza. we know the u.s. and iran aren't the best of friendsds, a of c course, many concernsns ab iran cutting i involved in this war may be bececoming a regiona crisis. syria's president, a also there he has just been added to the ararab fold earlier this year.r this was a significant movove. he spoke about the consequences of the normalization of relations with israel, which many other couountries have don and saudi arabia wasas on the papath of doing this in, but these aren't the only diplomatic talks that have been occurring in the region here, in egypt, in cairo, we had hamas leadership meeting with egyptian intelligence on thursday, according to sources here. this is the same day that the cia chief was also in cairo, qatar's was in town on friday meeting with the egyptian president, maybe diplomatic discussions, the hope was that there would be some kind of breakthrough to finding an end to this ongoing crisis currently playing out in crisis. these discussions are always delicate, because whatever happens on the ground in gaza, and he intensified fighting or strikes seems to derail any progress on the diplomatic front. cnn, cairo. french president, emmanuel macron is calling on people to stand up against what he calls the resurgence of unbridled and anti-semitism. in a letter published to a french newspaper, macron wrote that more than 1000 anti- semitic acts were committed in the country in just one month, saying members of the jewish community are experiencing legitimate anguish. this all comes as the french president this week called for a cease- fire, saying it is the quote, only solution to end the conflict between israel and hamas. still to come, tens of thousands of britons march in london, calling for a cease- fire in the israel, hamas war. we hear from protetesters, nexe they start to shoot. >> it is not just food that volunteers are stepping up to help out with all across the country. people are doing what they can to support the soldiers and the civilians. >> so, you are building resiliency here? >> you result build resilience and make sure our resilience is its best. >> ronnie has hundreds of volunteers working for him. >> this is the heart of the operation. >> this is the heart of the operation, so it is starting to be hard so that is why we need to everyday rebuild the spirit. >> in this room, one of dozens like it across the country, volunteers, working 18 hour shifts, rescuing families from front lines, finding places to live. >> it helps me keep busy. so the head doesn't get stuck on the war and the atrocities that happened, and keep happening. >> like everyone here, sean, a 21-year-old student, sees the suffering on the other side too. >> i don't want for it to end completely. >> flammer a third-generation holocaust survivor, but in the last incursion. >> we seek for peace, so the only thing we know how to do is to help, to rebuild. they are going to bring 1 million people to live on the gaza border. >> for duty, dudi shrem, who lost his son, liam, that building back has only just begun. >> they continue the good life. >> nic robertson, cnn, israel. the families of hostages held by hamas and does are calling on the israeli government to do more to bring their loved ones home. dozens of people held a rally on saturday in tel aviv. israel's former president was also in attendance. demanding that the international community and the red cross ensure medical assistance for the hostages. while more than 200 people were kidnapped and taken into gaza, following hamas's attack on october 7th. london saw its biggest pro- palestinian demonstration so far on saturday. counter protesters also turned out, and police say they arrested dozens of people. cnn's clare sebastian reports. >> millions and billions! >> reporter: organized and in one voice, tens of thousands of people took to london streets, demanding a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. >> cease-fire now! cease-fire now! cease-fire now! >> this is beginning now in central london, but the final destination is the united states embassy in south london, and that is the key here, the anger that we are hearing is mostly directed towards western governments and, in particular, the united states for its support of israel. >> the conflicts now in its second month is seeing gaza under israel a bombardment in the weeks since hamas launched its attack on israel. >> and one month there's over 4000 children died. >> as people get ready to march in solidarity with palestinians, others marking a second historic war. armistice day commemorating the de facto end of the war. some have branded it as insensitive. the prime minister initially attempted to stop the pro- palestinian rally from going ahead. >> armistice day is supposed to be about the end of the war, and this is exactly what people are here for. we want to see an end to the war in gaza and this is what we are supporting. >> a heavy police presence had been promised in london, saturday, and they did face challenges. far right counter protesters disrupted a two minute silence observed for armistice day before clashing with police in central london. police say they detained dozens of those protesters, following scuffles. the pro-palestinian demonstrators gathering outside of the embassy at the end of their march, emotions were starting to show. >> i am jewish and i fully support this march and everything that is going on today. why can't we all stand up for the palestinians? >> despite the controversy and lead up to this event, it has remained very organized, pretty peaceful, but the scale of it reflects this increasingly growing public mood despite the attacks of october 7th, that the response may have gone too far. cnn, london. for those of you watching across the world, marketplace asia is coming up next. if you are watching cnn u.s., i will be 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newborn babies died overnight in gaza's largest hospital, after nearby showing not have a generator. the israeli ministry is offering to evacuate the infants from an l shiva hospital sometime on sunday. the hospital director said 36 infants are still in the neonatal unit and evacuations have been impossible, because of the fighting. the idf says it has been fighting against hamas nearby and denies the hospital is under siege. on saturday, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, again rejected international demands for a cease-fire, vowing to fight hamas with full force. in a televised address, he said all hamas members had been marked for death. cnn is positioned just outside gaza and has the latest from there. >> from our position here on the northeast corner of gaza, we have seen and heard a number of all artillery strikes, as well as fighter jets in the air above and drones. now, when it comes to the artillery, which at times has become quite frequent and at times more intermittent, we haven't really seen where the strikes have landed. and we haven't seen the telltale explosions of the artillery shells landing and perhaps the suggestion that many of the strikes are lending farther south than our position here again on the northeast corner of gaza. much of the intense fighting in northern gaza has focused on the area in and around shiva hospital. intense fighting according to both palestinians there as well as to the idf which says it is focusing there. according to officials from the hamas -controlled ministry of health, shiva hospital, the largest in the gaza strip is surrounding idf troops in the area and that has made it very difficult, if not impossible, they say, to evacuate patients to bring people in and out. this, at the hospital already faces a dire shortage of electricity, food and water, turning what is already a humanitarian crisis into a medical crisis as well. doctors without borders says the medical system in gaza is on the break of collapse and pass the point of no return. at the same time, they say bodies are piling up because it is impossible to evacuate them and move them out of there, and that has made the situation there so difficult. the hospital itself, according to officials, not struck. but israeli strikes have damaged some of the surrounding buildings there, including, they say, the maternity ward and external clinics. the fighting there also down and damaged the generator and that stop the incubators in the neonatal intensive care unit, and according to the ministry of health there, three babies in the neonatal intensive care unit have died. israel says there is no seizure of al shifa hospital, and they say they have helped from evacuations from the hospital in that on sunday they will assist from evacuations from the pediatric unit there. they also say they are in touch with officials from al shifa hospital and will continue to work with them with anyone who wants to. they say they will make those accommodations. the idf says they have taken over 11 different hamas posts in northern gaza and prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, promising that the fight in northern gaza will continue until hamas is destroyed. so, despite international calls for a cease-fire, that simply seems to be, at this point at least, completely off the table. meanwhile, jordan has sent another airdrop of shipment in humanitarian supplies to its field hospital and they think the united arab emirates and qatar for sending in those supplies. they don't mention israel in the second time they have airdrop supplies, but sending a flight over gaza to be able to carry that out, that would certainly require coordination with the israeli military, again, as the gaza strip faces a humanitarian crisis, the palestinian red cross says the trucks got in on friday. a fraction of what is needed. oren liebermann, cnn. why the military is operating around the all shiva hospital in gaza. our troops are definitely nearby. we have troops that have approached that area from various locations. we have to understand that the viewers, who may not have been following are just joining, the al shifa compound is a nato hospital, but underneath our layers and layers of hamas military activity that they have established underneath the hospital, whereby they are using the hospital for military needs, which is a war crime. it is against the geneva convention, they are endangering the protected status of the hospital by doing so, and what we have done, first and foremost, is to inform the palestinians, and also the world that we know that hamas is using the hospital for military purposes. we know that it is full of hamas combatants that are seeking shelter and trying to hide away from our forces underneath the hospital. that is also one of the reasons why we are trying to evacuate it, because we don't want hamas to continue to use these people as their human shields in the future. >> i mean, that sounds like a very difficult and complicated operation that you are trying to undertake there. what happens to the hospital at the end of all of this? does the idf seek to control it? take it over? i mean, if you have to get at hamas terrorists who are hiding inside tunnels underneath the hospital, one would think at some point you have to take over the hospital or take over the area around that hospital? is that something that you are seeking to do? >> well a agree with you totally that it is a very complex situation and one that we would rather not find ourselves in, but ever since october the seventh, we are in this situation, where we have to fight inside gaza and we have to strike hamas wherever they are hiding. underneath civilians, in their tunnels and also underneath hospitals. and our aim is to dismantle all of hamas military infrastructure, hamas has embedded a significant portion of their military capabilities, specifically under al shifa, and it is our aim to dismantle all of their military capabilities. i cannot go into further details about what, when and where it will be done. i can say that it would be best for everybody involved, including those who will need the hospital the day after the war, for hamas to come out of their writings and stop abusing civilian infrastructure for military purposes. if they don't, of course, we will have to respond accordingly, and implement our military plans. israel's defense minister is sending a strong warning to lebanon after an intense day of cross-border fire, saying quote, what we are doing in gaza can also be done in beirut. cnn, from lebanon. the low intensity war between hasbro and israel on the border is heating up, with each side striking deeper into the other's territory and using heavier weapons. the is bullet leader speaking on martyr day, saying his militants had begun using attack drones for the first time against israeli positions. and have fired also for the first time an short range ballistic missile with a payload of 500 kilograrams, mor than half a time. saturday was perhaps the most intense daday of cross-border fire, with more than 30 individual incidents. lebanon's official news agency reported that an israeli drone struck a vehicle 40 kilometers and 25 miles north of the border. the deepest such strike since the 2006 war, between israel and hezbollah. reporting to dozens of recent attacks by pro-iranian militias and u.s. forces in syria and iraq, they said if america wants to stop those attacks, if u.s. doesn't want this to become a regional war, it must stop the war on gaza. commenting on the situation along the border, saturday afternoon, israeli's defense minister issued an ominous warning, what we are doing in gaza, he said, we will also do in beirut. i am ben lederman in lebanon. >> the investigation is underway after u.s. military aircraft crashed into the east end and trainee and see on friday. the status of the crew is unclear. authorities are not saying whether anyone was killed, or describing the type of aircraft involved. but they stressed the accident occurred, during a training exercise and was not related to the israel-hamas war. still to come, pro- palestinian protesters gathered outside of u.s., president biden's home in delaware, echoing calls heard in cities around the world. for r a cecease-fire. . you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. we saw earlier how protesters turned out in new york and london this weekend to demonstrate for the palestinian people and call for a cease- fire. but it wasn't just in big cities. on saturday, protesters gathered near president joe biden, delaware home. >> reporter: a sizable protest occurred outside of president biden's home, here in delaware, on saturday. pro-palestinian protesters, hundreds of them, marching in support of a cease-fire. president biden didn't necessarily see them at close range, but it did mirror protests that the president has seen over the past two weeks, including earlier this week in illinois, when pro-palestinian protesters lined the streets near an event he was speaking at. he has also been interrupted twice by people calling for a cease-fire, so, certainly reflective of the growing anger among a certain portion of the american population at his handling of this conflict, and you can see that playing out on the world stage as well. just saturday, the french president, emmanuel macron, calling for a cease-fire in israel, saying that israel's bombing of civilians in gaza isn't justified in saying that he hoped other leaders, including in the united states, join in calling for a cease- fire. we have also seen divides within the american democratic party. just last week 24 democrats and two independents, so, a majority of the democratic caucus in the senate, writing a letter to president biden, asking for more details about that $14 billion request for emergency military assistance, and asking for guarantees that israel mitigate its killing of civilians in gaza. so, certainly this is all applying pressure on president biden, as he confronts this conflict. of course, he has been standing shoulder to shoulder with israel , certainly very supportive of its rights to defend itself, in what he calls a responsibility to go after hamas. but you have seen some caution creeping into his remarks and remarks from other top american officials, including the secretary of state, antony blinken, who just said this week that far too many palestinians have died and that much more needs to be done to protect civilian lives. what we have seen president biden doing is pressing the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu in what caused humanitarian pauses. and they have seen results to that effect just last week. israel, saying that it would enact four hour pauses every day, to allow aid to go into gaza, to allow civilians, who want to, to flee. president biden though, did reveal some discord with his israeli counterpart, when he was asked about those pauses, saying that he had wished benjamin netanyahu had agreed to them earlier. kevin, cnn, traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware. with the threat of a u.s. government shutdown looming again, the white house has harsh words for house speaker, mike johnson. he is calling his two stage government funding proposal a recipe for more republican chaos. the white house press secretary says republicans are wasting precious time, with an unserious proposal. it has been criticized on both sides of the aisle. government funding will run out friday, with the stopgap measure that congress passed last month expires. and, with aid for ukraine and israel stalled, a top democratic congressman says he doesn't know where johnson goes from here. >> well, we think all of the supplemental pieces should move forward. that would include humanitarian aid as well. the issue is going to be, for some reason, many republicans have decided that they don't necessarily want to continue to provide support for ukraine, and i think that is part of why the speaker broke that out, you know, before the israel supplemental vote that he took a few weeks ago. so, i'm not sure what he is going to do at this point. well, it seems to be business as usual for new york city mayor, eric adams, saturday, and despite the federal investigation into fundraising for his campaign, he appeared at the city's veterans day parade just days after the fbi seized his cell phones, and ipad, as part of that investigation. cnn has more. >> new york city, mayor, eric adams, made his scheduled appearance at a veterans day parade, here in manhattan over the weekend, however, he did not add to his previous statements. in response to the seizure of his electronic devices, going to several sources speaking to cnn, the mayor had just read his speaking engagements last monday, when he was approached by federal agents with a search warrant in hand. those agents asked that he had over his two phones and also his ipad, according to an adams spokesperson, the mayor quickly complied. a spokesperson for the mayor, maintaining that the mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing and that they are fully cooperating with the investigation. the fbi has not released any comment, regarding this particular and very significant development. however, a campaign attorney, boyd johnson, did say that, after hearing of this investigation by federal authorities into campaign funding, that it was discovered that an individual within the campaign had recently acted in properly and that behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators, though, the spokesperson declined to say exactly who that person was, as adams maintains that he has nothing to hide, but certainly underscores the seriousness of this investigation, now that adams is, in some way, shape or form, a stakeholder in this, after he was approached by federal agents. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. and d we will be right baca . a town in southwestern iceland has been evacuated as the area braces for a volcanic eruption. hundreds of earthquakes have rocked the town of 4,000 people about 25 miles or 40 kilometers southwest of reykjavik. emergency shelters have opened in neighboring towns and officials are surprised at how quickly events are unfolding. >> what we are seeing now really is an unprecedented event. we are talking about velocities for this process and volumes or inflow rates that are much higher than what we have been seeing in the peninsula so far. >> experts warn that an eruption could happen within days or perhaps even hours. first it was hit by a deadly category 5 hurricane. now the mexican beach resort city of acapulco is dealing with massive piles of garbage. they're not only a nuisance, also dangerous, and officials are counting on thousands of soldiers to help get things cleaned up and keep disease from spreading. cnn's michael holmes reports. >> reporter: famed for its beaches and hotels, the whiff of garbage now overpowers the sea air in acapulco. two weeks after hurricane otis whipped through, killing dozens and demolishing thousands of homes -- the government says recovery efforts are under way. though some residents say the smell of rot suggests there is much more to do. >> translator: there are a lot of problems. the smell of rubbish is intensifying a lot. the health problems, too. so it's very important and urgent to help the whole port. >> reporter: mexican officials say they have deployed nearly 10,000 national guard troops to acapulco to maintain security and help with the cleanup. even before the hurricane, the resort city was in slow decline because of violent crime from drug cartels. many businesses that weren't damaged in the storm were looted in the aftermath. the government says providing security and getting food, water, and power to the area have been top priorities, and it's working on ways to remove those piles of garbage. >> translator: they're fum fumigating to avoid diseases, and everything is going to be cleaned up. they're looking for new rubbish dumpsterss, and there is a cleanup plan. >> reporter: health experts warn the festering mounds could attract rodents, and pools of undrained water could breed mosquitos, which spread disease. the government has pledged $3.4 billion to rebuild the city, with the goal of opening 35 to 40 new hotels by next april or may. residents hope that means making the streets safe and habitable again, not just for visitors but for those who survived the storm. more than 1 billion people of different faiths are celebratie ing dibali, the festl of lights. it's largely observed by hindus although sikhs, jains, and buddhists also join in. during divali, hopes, businesses, and public spaces are lit with oil lamps as people exchange gifts and eat sweets. fireworks also light up the skies. happy divali to all of those celebrating. that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." do stick around. i'll be back with more news in just a moment.