Would create space for more humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of many people and to build something more enduring and we have been working with egypt, with israel to put a strong proposal on the table and hamas responded to that and negotiators continue to work in the gaps are narrowing and we are continuing to push for an agreement in doha. There is still difficult work to get there but i continue to believe it is possible. Heres the take of our correspondent in jerusalem mark lowen diplomacy very much in motioned talking about how they believe an agreement is possible to end this war and even if it will be difficult in his words and talk about progress in his words and talk about progress in talking with regional actors about and what could run gaza and reconstructing gaza after the guns fall silent and sending a delegation back to delhi on friday led by the head of the Israeli Intelligence agency will be holding talks the cia and mediators from qatar in egypt suggesti
we believe we re closer than we ve ever been so we re hopeful, but there is still work to be done and nothing is done until it s all done, so we re going to keep working on this. our security correspondent frank gardner has more details on the process of reaching an agreement. is a deal to release the hostages getting close? well, it certainly sounds like it but we have been here before. and this is incredibly tough for the families, the relatives, who been marched up this hill before and marched down again with enormous disappointment, so it s not done until it s done. but i have managed to speak to some of the parties involved in this negotiation, indirectly, and they are more optimistic than they have been before, that in the coming days there could well be a release of dozens of israeli hostages in a single batch followed by further batches and in return there would be pauses in the fighting of a few hours for each day for a number of days, 3 4, five days, something like
i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. [laughter] jericka: chaos in the tech world as elon musk faces continued backlash over in anti-semitic post. plus, the major shake-up at the company behind chatgpt. what you need to know as you prepare for your thanksgiving feast. is this lettuce safer than this? the experts say yes. we will tell you why, and share other ways you can ensure your safety. jericka: president biden pardons turkeys in the annual white house tradition. i hereby pardon liberty and bell. [cheers and applause] jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this very busy monday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we begin with the holiday travel rush kicking into high gear, but severe weather could cause chaos at airports and on the roads. aaa estimates a near record of americans 55 million will travel more than 50 miles from their home this year, with the majority of them driving t
of in depth care very soon. 5,500 women will give birth in the next month. 15% of them will need a caesarean section. 25% of their children will be born preterm. that s thousands of babies. that s not 31, 29 or 38. that s literally thousands of babies will be born. separately, the who s chief said he is appalled by an attack on gaza s indonesian hospital. the hamas run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. the director of gaza s indonesian hospital has told the bbc there is still intermittent shooting being heard at the site. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from jerusalem with more on the situation on the ground. alive, against the odds premature babies rescued from al shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nour
in the talks to say that a deal could be on the way. us officials have previously said an agreement is closer than ever before. it s believed negotiators have been discussing a multi day truce, aid deliveries and an exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. but the talks, mediated by qatar, are complex, and israel is yet to comment. live now to my colleague mark lowen, who s injerusalem. thank you very much indeed. the families of the 240 or so hostages still held since hamas since the 7th of october are waiting anxiously for news to try to soothe their trauma. there are signs that weight that progress has been made, with the president of the international committee of the red cross and qatar, the country apparently leading negotiations on the release of the hostages. you will remember that the icrc was involved in bringing back four hostages in october. but there is growing anger 0ctober. but there is growing anger here from some family members of hostages on th