hamas and israel is near. the white house it is closer than to freeing some of the 240 hostages taken by hamas last month. 0fficials hostages taken by hamas last month. officials in qatar oversee medial say their only very minor obstacles. the international committee of the red cross has further raised hopes of a deal by saying its head will meet hamas. it comes as a group of premature babies evacuated from the al shifa hospital in gaza is now receiving medical attention in egypt. they were taken over the rafah crossing. i2 egypt. they were taken over the rafah crossing. 12 of them in more serious condition were flown to cairo for further treatment. in gaza at the hamas run health ministry says at least 12 people were killed in an israeli strike on the indonesian hospital in the north of the territory. the israeli military says they were fired on from within the hospital and that they fired back at the source. in a moment we will have the latest on the talks to secure the rel
company board. nearly all of their workers are threatening to quit if the board does not resign and reinstate the former leadership. for members fired mr altman friday saying in a statement he was not consistently candid in his communications with them. the company also announced greg brockman, the president and co founder of openai, would step down as chairman of the board. but he quit. the company has named emmett shear, the co founder of livestreaming platform twitch as its interim ceo. two prominent open ai had to have signed on to the letter and chief technology officer and chief technology officer and the firm s chief scientist. on monday morning there was a tweet seeing there was a deep regret on the board s actions. the openai has been the dominant force in a development with its chatgpt chat port. this episode highlights a split in the field of ai between those pushing for progress and those pushing for progress and those urging caution. meanwhile microsoft has inves
change are harming the mighty mekong river. and admirable restraint ? or the definition of bad writing ? the final series of the crown divides critics. the flow of fenta nyl. welcome to bbc news. we begin in gaza city, where israel says its soldiers have found the body of a 65 year old hostage. she was one of 240 hostages killed by kidnapped by hamas last month. they say she was found in a structure adjacent to the al shifa hospital. they also found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons at al shifa hospital, as the military operation there continues. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa has been used by hamas for military purposes. we begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson. this is what israel says hamas has been trying to hide. and where. the entrance of an underground work of tunnels they say uncovered today in the hospital grounds. israel wants to show that hamas is using this hospital as a mili
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