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hello and welcome to you if you re joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i m richard quest. together, we are in the cnn newsroom . president biden reveals that he didn t ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it s a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cnn s weather center, some in the united states forget a white christmas. think rainy christmas, instead. it s an extreme ly busy morning, and i ll get to those stories in a moment. only after i ve updated you with one twor deve developments in d trump s legal battles. the former u.s. president has now asked a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal election subversion case against him ....
journalist, brian stelter. first, the latest headlines. the uk is out of recession, after stronger than expected growth at the start of the year. the economy shrunk towards the end of 2023 as people faced higher prices in shops and higher interest rates. piran ditta khan, the man who last month was found guilty of the 2005 murder of west yorkshire police officer sharon beshenivsky has been jailed for life. the mother of three was shot dead as she and her colleague responded to a break in at a travel agents in bradford. the judge said that beshenivsky s courage and commitment to her duty that day cost her life . a commuter train has crashed in the argentine capital, buenos aires, injuring dozens of people. 30 people have been admitted to hospital, but there are no reports of fatalities. the train had just left one of the city s main stations when it hit the back of a stationary maintenance train. the duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria at an ev ....
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war and 150 palestinians held in israeli jails. that pause in hostilities a critical demand by the white house to permit the delivery of more fuel and other humanitarian aid. really now the ball is in hamas court. if hamas has any care or concern for continuing a pause in the hostilities and any sense of responsibility, it will continue to release hostages and this pause can continue. the agreement calls for more hostages to be released depending on whether the pause in fighting holds. the first hostages expected to come out tomorrow. there will be ten women and children believed to include american 3-year-old aigail, a day before her 4th birthday. with me one of the key negotiators for the u.s. a live report from rome where pope francis met with families of some of the israeli hostages and with palestinians who had relatives in the war-torn gaza. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. after 46 days, nearly a dozen hamas hostages will soon be f ....