a dystopian vision of ireland in the grips of totalitarianism. welcome to the programme. there are some signals that the temporary ceasefire agreement, between israel and hamas, due to end in a day's time, could be extended. 1a israelis and three foreign nationals who were being held hostage in gaza have been released during the third day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension

of the current four—day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcome home. to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart young hostages finally home. emily embraced by her father thomas who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well.—

believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. yesterday we finall not and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily _ and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back _ and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from _ and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from the - finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she's lost a lot of weight from her face and body but generally doing better than we expected.— than we expected. emily's families sa the than we expected. emily's families say they will _ than we expected. emily's families say they will throw _ than we expected. emily's families say they will throw her _ than we expected. emily's families say they will throw her the - than we expected. emily's families say they will throw her the biggest | say they will throw her the biggest birthday party ever. she turned nine in captivity. abigail has also been freed. joe biden had been pushing for her release. the four—year—old is an american israeli, hamas killed both of her parents. also back in israel this woman. since coming home she has learned her grandson is a captive. this was the 85—year—old being driven away by hamas, a survivor of the holocaust taken

hostage. her granddaughter says she is back from hell strong as ever. her spirit is still there and she's still looking all of us in the eyes and still— still looking all of us in the eyes and still showing us that she wouldn't _ and still showing us that she wouldn't let them break her. and she's_ wouldn't let them break her. and she's telling us how she thought about_ she's telling us how she thought about us— she's telling us how she thought about us and the grandkids at night when _ about us and the grandkids at night when it_ about us and the grandkids at night when it became tough. she saying she could hear_ when it became tough. she saying she could hear their voices calling her and she _ could hear their voices calling her and she said ok, i have to push through. — and she said ok, i have to push through. i— and she said ok, i have to push through, i have to do what ever it takes _ through, i have to do what ever it takes to— through, i have to do what ever it takes to he — through, i have to do what ever it takes to be back. also coming home palestinians in their teens, freed from _ palestinians in their teens, freed from israeli jails. many children are detained by israel the occupying power— are detained by israel the occupying power on _ are detained by israel the occupying power on charges of throwing stones. in the _ power on charges of throwing stones. in the west _ power on charges of throwing stones. in the west bank they got a heroes welcome _ in the west bank they got a heroes welcome. the green flag of hamas now

flyin- welcome. the green flag of hamas now flying high _ welcome. the green flag of hamas now flying high. in welcome. the green flag of hamas now fl in: hiuh. ., welcome. the green flag of hamas now fl in hih, . . welcome. the green flag of hamas now fl in hih. . . , flying high. in gaza the truce is holdin: flying high. in gaza the truce is holding among _ flying high. in gaza the truce is holding among the _ flying high. in gaza the truce is holding among the ruins. - flying high. in gaza the truce is holding among the ruins. morej flying high. in gaza the truce is - holding among the ruins. more than 14,000 holding among the ruins. more than ia,000 palestinians have been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. many in the international community fair what's to come if israel's bombardment resumes. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. our correspondent lucy williamson is in occupied eastjerusalem — she told us there's the possibility, that more palestinians could be released beyond the end of the current deal. i think that will come as welcome news to many people in the west bank and in eastjerusalem, notjust because it means more palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails, but also because of the sense of kinship that many people feel with people in gaza and concern for the situation there. israel has put restrictions on many of the families who are receiving people back

from jails, saying they shouldn't hold celebrations, they shouldn't talk to the media. but there's very little mood for big celebrations as it is because people have told us they do feel anger and sadness at the situation in gaza. we spoke to one mother in the west bank this week who was waiting for her son to come off one of these coaches from from the israeli jail. and she said she felt conflicted about what hamas had done. on the one hand, she said it brought her son back to her. on the other hand, it caused the devastation in gaza. we will be tracking official statements from israel as well as hamas on bbc. we can now speak to boaz atzili in washington dc. boaz has relatives who are believed to currently be held hostage in gaza. boaz�*s cousin aviv atzili and his wife liat beinin atzili, both a9, went missing from their home in kibbutz nir oz.

thank you for your time here on the bbc. i completely understand how difficult the last few weeks must�*ve been for you. i appreciate you taking your time out and speaking to us here on newsday. you are with us a few week ago having did not have you received any new information about your relatives? ha. you received any new information about your relatives?— you received any new information about your relatives? no. no new information _ about your relatives? no. no new information whatsoever. - about your relatives? no. no new information whatsoever. this - about your relatives? no. no new information whatsoever. this is l information whatsoever. this is something that i think are important because hamas does not let the red cross access the hospital. and they don't even share the list of hostages they hold. so we don't know anything about what's happening. and it's important that all the powers involved will put pressure on hamas at least to provide this basic information.— at least to provide this basic information. , ., , , , information. there is a possibility that we've been _

information. there is a possibility that we've been reporting - information. there is a possibility that we've been reporting of - information. there is a possibility that we've been reporting of the l that we've been reporting of the cease—fire being extended in exchange for more hostages but it has been a fragile truce as we've been tracking. how much does that concern you?— been tracking. how much does that concern ou? , . concern you? very much so. each day we're anxious — concern you? very much so. each day we're anxious to _ concern you? very much so. each day we're anxious to see _ concern you? very much so. each day we're anxious to see when _ concern you? very much so. each day we're anxious to see when and - we're anxious to see when and if they will publish the list of hostages they were release on that day. untilthey hostages they were release on that day. until they are actually home we can't trust that they are home. so i really hope that the agreement will be extended, there will be more hostages released and in return more palestinian prisoners released and extended cease—fire. which is also good because the more humanitarian aid we get into gaza, which in my mind is a good thing. you mentioned the owers mind is a good thing. you mentioned the powers that _

mind is a good thing. you mentioned the powers that be _ mind is a good thing. you mentioned the powers that be must _ mind is a good thing. you mentioned the powers that be must exert - mind is a good thing. you mentioned the powers that be must exert more | the powers that be must exert more pressure on hamas. how do you think in your opinion the israeli government has handled the hostage crisis given the current circumstances?- crisis given the current circumstances? , . circumstances? given the current circumstances — circumstances? given the current circumstances i _ circumstances? given the current circumstances i think _ circumstances? given the current circumstances i think the - circumstances? given the current circumstances i think the deal- circumstances? given the currentl circumstances i think the deal that they reached with hamas was the best deal they could. i hope they continue to put the hostage issue at the top of the agenda above any other goal that israel may have. i want to say also that the american administration, the biden administration, the biden administration has done a tremendous job in promoting this deal. and so the other actors like qatar. what the other actors like qatar. what more do you _ the other actors like qatar. what more do you think _ the other actors like qatar. what more do you think needs - the other actors like qatar. what more do you think needs to - the other actors like qatar. what more do you think needs to be done?

i think all the hostages should come home. all of them, there are still many, many of them in gaza. a lot of the hostages that were released, the children still have their parents, their dads in one place, their mum, their dads in one place, their mum, their siblings are still hostages in gaza in addition to some of the parents that were killed by the hamas attack on october seven. so i think all of them should come home. and ultimately, i don't want to get into details of policy, that is not for me to say but ultimately, there needs to be some kind of understanding that there are two people that live here, not here in this small space and neither of them

is going anywhere. there needs to be some serious negotiation for a peaceful solution. that cannot happen when extremist are holding the power. mil happen when extremist are holding the ower. �* �* ~ the power. all right, boaz atzili, we will leave _ the power. all right, boaz atzili, we will leave it _ the power. all right, boaz atzili, we will leave it there. _ the power. all right, boaz atzili, we will leave it there. thank - the power. all right, boaz atzili, we will leave it there. thank you j we will leave it there. thank you for speaking to us here on newsday. i appreciate you spending the time to speak to us under these difficult circumstances. thank you. according to its deal with hamas, for every israeli hostage freed from gaza, three palestinian prisoners are released from israeli jails. no adult men, nor anyone convicted of murder, are being exchanged. but the detainees' charges range from throwing stones to attempted murder. bbc arabic news muhannad tutunji spoke to one of those convicted of a more serious crime as she was reunited with her family amid police presence. her first footsteps as a free woman.

24—year—old marah bakeer is one of up to 150 palestinian prisoners being released, as part of israel's deal with hamas to bring its hostages home from gaza. translation: i feel emotional. it's a very good feeling. but also, we are very sad because this deal came following the death of many innocent people, and this makes us unhappy and uncomfortable. bakeer is back home with her family in eastjerusalem, after being sentenced to eight—and—a—half years for a knife attack on a border police officer in 2015. translation: | only | heard i was going to be released this morning. i couldn't believe it. even when i was getting taken here in the police car. even when i saw my dad. i still can't believe it's not a joke. many palestinians view the prisoners as victims of israel's occupation. sawsan bakeer has been campaigning

for her daughter's release. i asked her what it feels like to see her daughter sitting on her couch for the first time since she was a teenager. translation: my happiness has come back with her. - she has brought thejoy back into our home. finally, ourfamily is together again. israeli police told the prisoners' families to sign documents promising not to celebrate their release. the picture in the west bank, policed by the palestinians, is very different. among the singing and chanting in the capital, ramallah, were some hamas flags. all this comes in the context of the effort to free israeli hostages. around a dozen a day are being driven across from gaza to egypt, then airlifted to israeli hospitals to meet their families. muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem.

also a war that has seen a lot of information circulate on social media. young or old. tiktok or x, formerly known as twitter. your social media feeds are unique to you — but could they be shaping how you view the israel—gaza war? the bbc s disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has been investigating. social media algorithms — which recommend content to you — seem to be driving some users towards increasingly divisive posts about israel and gaza that shape public opinion. i've been told some mps are receiving a "huge influx" of messages including from young people. others are worried about hate online. let's start with tiktok. videos from israeli soldiers seem more polished — trying to play into viral trends. videos from bloggers in gaza — and pro—palestinian users at home — seem to trigger a more positive reaction among young users. tiktoks using the hashtag istandwithisrael" have racked up more than 240 million views overall, compared with more than 870 million

views for videos using "istandwithpalestine . similar to other video—based sites with younger users. one israeli soldier called daniel makes tiktok videos like this one with 2.1 million views. since then, his views have decreased significantly. daniel has had support, criticism and anti—semitic abuse. he said, "i am not taking personally the hate reactions because, first of all, i did nothing wrong. second, people around the world are so dedicated to hate israel so it doesn't matter what is in my content. " pro—palestinian creator ariana shares her views from her bedroom in the us. she experienced criticism and islamophobic hate at first, but then that changed. people started following me, they started discovering me, and so the numbers started shooting up. i have received more engagement on tick—tock and have had multiple videos receive more than a million views. both creators say their content

has not been sponsored. questions remain about whether the israeli government or hamas —— proscribed as a terrorist group by the uk government — is involved in encouraging unofficial content. when users are pushed more content confirming their views, extreme ideas can gain traction. you can see here how tiktok blocked the search term "letter to america. " that's because — on the app — several young users began to praise parts of osama bin laden's "letter to america" — hisjustification for the 9/ii?attack — without mentioning its anti—semitic or homophobic content. tiktok said there were only a small number of these videos — which its since removed — and interest was amplified on other sites. tiktok has also said: "our recommendation algorithm doesn't " take sides' and has rigorous measures in place to prevent manipulation." and it's removed 1.1 million videos from the region promoting hate and terrorism. professional pro—israeli content, including videos about hostages, is having a significant reach on x, formerly known as twitter — a site popular with politicians and journalists. clips of released palestinian

detainees seem less popular on x than tiktok. according to x, posts shared there by the state of israel's official account racked up over a0 million views between 16 and 21 november, compared to 200,000 views for the official account for the palestinian mission to the un. x has been accused by politicians and celebrities of allowing the spread of hateful and misleading content under its new owner elon musk, which he and the company have denied. social media feeds are many people's window into what's happening in the war and they are shaping views worldwide. read more online now and listen to the new global story podcast on bbc sounds. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. more than 100,000 people have taken part in a march against anti—semitism through central london. the metropolitan police says

it's arrested two people including the founder of english defence league, tommy robinson, who showed up even though the organisers had asked him not to attend. the leader of reform uk, which used to be the brexit party, has denied offering money to persuade the deputy chairman of the conservatives, lee anderson, to defect. the sunday times reported there was a recording of mr anderson saying he'd been offered "a lot of money" to defect to a party beginning with "".r the former england football player and manager, terry venables, has died, at the age of 80, after a long illness. venables — a charismatic and sometimes controversial figure led england to the semi—finals of the european championship in 1996, where the host nation lost on penalties to germany. he managed a number of clubs, including tottenham and barcelona, where he earned the nickname, "el tel". you're live with bbc news. lets get you the latest on a major rescue operation

still under way in india. efforts are at a standstill at the site of the collapsed tunnel in the northern part of the country, where 41 construction workers have been trapped for?15 days. a drilling machine that was being used to make a hole for the workers to climb through, has completely broken down. our south asia correspondent samira hussein sent this report from the site in the mountaineous region of uttarkashi. this was day ten, the first glimpses of the 41 construction workers. "we will get to you quickly. "don't worry." five days later, they are still cut off from the outside world. the men were constructing a roadway through this mountain when a nearby landslide crushed the partially built tunnel, trapping them behind piles of rubble. as crews raced to get them out, family and friends wait in anticipation, like chaudhary, who has been here for 11 days, waiting for his son.

he lost one son in a construction accident two years ago, and he says he cannot face that grief again. translation: i pray to god that please don't take - this son away from me. all i want is that my son should be out. this is my prayer. this is my last wish. for days, we waited while rescuers drilled a hole through the rubble. but the machine keeps getting stuck, and finally, it has failed completely. what makes this rescue operation so complicated is that they're not only dealing with rubble and debris, but they're also dealing with construction material, pieces of metal, and that's

what the drill keeps getting caught on. remember, this tunnel was still being built when it collapsed. now the plan is to manually dig the remaining 8—10 metres, a process that could take several days, which means more waiting for the men inside and their families on the outside. samira hussain, bbc news, uttarkashi. we will be tracking those rescue operations closely on the bbc. it was just two years ago that the uk led the world stage at the un climate summit in glasgow. but since then, the prime minister has been accused of backtracking on climate action, by approving the opening of a new coal mine and issuing new oil and gas licenses. so the coming week's cop28 summit in dubai could prove tricky for rishi sunak, as our environment correspondent jonah fisher explains.? welcome to a checkley wood wind farm. bigger and better technology has turned wind power into one of the cheapest ways

to generate electricity. but when these huge blades start turning in bedfordshire, this will be just the second onshore turbine to be completed in england this year. it's tough. it's very tough. onshore wind is being left behind in the uk's renewable revolution. planning regulations make it almost impossible to build a turbine on english soil. they're cheap. they�* re safe. we produce home—grown energy. what's not to like? offshore it's very different. huge wind farms, this one is the size of greater london are being built in the north sea. increasing amounts of solar mean that in the last year, renewables in the uk generated more power than burning fossil fuels. the uk has a well—earned reputation as a leader on climate change, a country that's notjust talking about transitioning away from fossil

fuels towards renewable energy, but actually doing it at some speed. but under rishi sunak, the tone has changed. the talk is now not so much about the opportunities of a cleaner, greener economy, but of new oil and gas exploration, softening net zero targets and keeping gusts down. --costs the last few months i think the uk has looked flaky. _ lodestone has advised both labour and conservative governments on climate change. i travel a lot to work with india, to work with china, working with the eu united states. and i'm constantly now over these last months ask the question what is going on in the uk? aren't they so committed anymore? hearing no objections it is so decided. the tone was very different two years ago as the uk chaired cop26,

the global climate change negotiations in glasgow with a new round of talks starting in dubai this week, the government says jobs and energy security justified drilling for new oil and gas and that since 1990 no other major economy has cut emissions faster. reputations aren't lost overnight, but the uk's language on climate and energy has changed and the world has noticed. jonah fisher, bbc news. now to one of the biggest events in the literary calendar. the booker prize for fiction has been awarded to the irish writer paul lynch for his dystopian novel 'prophet song'. it depicts an ireland in the grip of a totalitarian state, and shows a family coming to terms with a new reality of secret police, disappearances and state—sponsored violence. here's our culture editor katie razzall.

this is the book that's won the booker prize this year — prophet song by paul lynch. and i'm delighted to say that paul lynch is with me now. paul, congratulations. how does it feel to be taking this home for ireland? it feels quite surreal, unreal to be bringing this prize home to a country where modern greats like alan wright and john banville have previously won it. i don't quite believe it, to be honest with you. well, you have won it for this dystopian novel about a sort of ireland set in the future, potentially, which is sliding into totalitarianism. the judges said they were looking for something timely that would also endure. and i wonder, as you watched last week, the events unfolding, the riots on the streets of dublin, i wonder whether you thought, "goodness, my book is very timely"? well, you know, the book is much further along, shall we say, in the process of realization in terms of, like the events the other day. it's small, but you can imagine,

you can see where it can lead to. in my own case, you know, i think the counterfactual is really important to write something that that can ask questions about the now, in the future. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. you can get more stories and all the information on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. hello there. if you thought sunday was a cold day, well done, go to the top of the class. it was really cold across large areas of the uk. really cold. temperatures near inverness got to 0.4 celsius. the november average is 9. with cold air in place, the question is, "will it snow this week?" stay tuned for the answer to that one. it is cold at the moment because we have this northern latitude blocking. high pressure in the arctic is sending cold air our way. it is going to stay cold all week. low pressure has been bringing rain in recent hours.

through monday it will slowly pull away to the near continent. still some wet weather to come across eastern england and some showers across north—east england and east scotland and the best of any sunshine will be in the north—west the uk. wherever you are it'll feel cold through the afternoon the temperatures around 6 celsius. as we go through monday night, that area of low pressure pulls out of the way. skies clear, winds fall lighter and you are looking at a widespread frost developing in the countryside. that takes us into tuesday, a completely different day. lots more in the way of sunshine after that frosty start, showers across northern and eastern areas and with colder air working in here, we will see some of snow showers working in to shetland down to sea level and across mainland scotland, the snow confined to some modest hills. a similar picture to wednesday. a mostly dry day with sunshine after a cold, frosty start and again those showers, some of which will fall wintry across the north—east of the uk.

another cold one, temperatures well below average for the time of year. thursday looks to be a particularly tricky day, with a balance of cold rain or snow. a couple of scenarios — low pressure coming up from the south, we could see some rain turning to snow across the hills of southern england with some wintry showers across the north—east of the uk as well, but this area of low pressure might be further north and more intense, bringing more snow, even into parts of wales and the midlands, with those wintry showers across the north—east. so still a bit of uncertainty, but thursday has potential. what i do know is that it is going to stay cold for a long time yet.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, just after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i'm stephen sackur. this is a city of power and politics, but also of secrets and spies. in the cold war, the us built the best resourced intelligence agency in the world just down the road at langley. now, the cia has had a chequered history — involved notjust in spying, but assassination attempts and coup plots as well. but now intelligence seems

to have entered a different realm of cyber hacking, big data and electronic surveillance. my guest isjonna mendez. at the end of the cold war, she was the cia's chief of disguise. is human intelligence still a vital asset? jonna mendez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, it's great to have you here. what do you think are the qualities you possess that made you a good spy? no—one's asked me that before. um... i'm tenacious, i'm a...

..a bit adventurous. that's how i got into it to begin with.