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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world and everyone streaming us on CNN Max. I'm Rosemary Church.

And we begin with breaking news from the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza plan. And in the hours ahead, the Israeli Security Cabinet is set to meet with a vote expected on the agreement. President Trump says as part of the deal, Israel will withdraw its troops to an agreed upon line and Hamas will release all the remaining hostages likely by Monday. Hamas says it has provided lists of Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of the deal.

We've seen scenes of celebration in Tel Aviv where crowds gathered to cheer the news of the agreement in Hostages Square. Some families of hostages thanked President Trump as they await the return of their loved ones.

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UNKNOWN: President Trump, you have the best crowd in the world. What do you guys have to say to President Trump?

UNKNOWN: Thank you.

DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT (on the phone): Thank you very much, everybody.

UNKNOWN: You did it.

UNKNOWN: Thank you.

UNKNOWN: This is amazing. Mr. President, we believe in you. We know you've done so much for us over the past, since you became a president, even before that. And we trust you'll fulfill the mission until every hostage, every 48

of the hostages are home. Thank you so much. Blessed be the peacemakers.

UNKNOWN: God bless you, Mr. President. God bless America.

TRUMP (on the phone): Thank you very much, you just take care of yourselves. The hostages will come back. They're coming, all coming back by Monday.

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CHURCH: Joy and relief also being felt in Gaza. Singing broke out in the city of Khan Younis as Palestinian the agreement, which they hope will mean an end to the two-year war there.

CNN's Paula Hancocks is following developments from Abu Dhabi and joins us live with the latest. So, Paula, talk to us more about reaction across the region to this news of a breakthrough after two years of war in Gaza.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, it's a combination, really, of celebration and also relief that this ceasefire has been agreed to, or at least the first phase of this plan has been agreed to. Now, there are many questions that still have to be answered. This 20-point plan has many points that still will be very difficult in negotiation.

But I think waking up here in the region this Thursday morning, relief and joy will be among the first feelings that many are feeling in Gaza and in Israel as well. Now, we have heard from the U.S. President, Donald Trump, as you heard there. He says he believes that there could be the start of these hostages being released on Monday.

Now, we know what has to happen going forward is that there has to be a vote in Israel. We understand from an Israeli official that the security cabinet will be meeting around 5:00 p.m. local time, it's about six hours from now. And they will be voting purely on the part of this plan for the hostages to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

The original plan had up to 2000 Palestinian prisoners being released in exchange for these hostages. We haven't seen the latest version of this 20-point plan. And once that has happened, then the clock can start ticking.

So we've heard from the U.S. President as well speaking on Fox News about what comes after this initial first phase. Let's listen to what he said.

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TRUMP (on the phone): I think you're going to see all of that disappear. I think you're going to see people getting along and you'll see Gaza being rebuilt. We're forming a council that the Council of Peace. We think it's going to be called and it's going to be very powerful.

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HANCOCKS: So that Board of Peace he was referring to there is the framework that he will be heading up going forward. And that is really the key, whether the momentum can continue. Now, what we're seeing on the ground in Gaza right now doesn't look exactly like a ceasefire.

We have heard from those on the ground, from journalists working with CNN that they have heard explosions.

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We see live pictures as well of smoke on the horizon looking towards Gaza City. The Gaza civil defense also saying that they are still hearing explosions.

So the guns have not fallen silent yet. But we are hearing from those on the ground. It is definitely a lot quieter than it has been for many months.

Now, another critical part of this, of course, is the humanitarian aid. We have heard from the United Nations, the secretary general. We've heard from NGOs on the ground that they are ready, that as soon as the border opens, they have the trucks ready to come into Gaza and to create this surge that they have been speaking about that is desperately needed for those on the ground, parts of the enclave there have been reports of famine confirmed. And so clearly this is an urgent consideration when it comes to what changes on the ground as well.

So at this point, there is celebration. There is joy that the first phase has been agreed to. There are elements that still have to be ironed out, there has to be the cabinet approving this deal in Israel.

But certainly this is a positive day in this region and it is being welcomed as such. Rosemary.

CHURCH: And Paula, as you mentioned, there is that cabinet meeting and the full approval of the cabinet. Is there likely to be any issue there? Is there any -- I mean, at this point, Netanyahu can say that this is what the U.S. President wants so will that be enough to get everyone on board?

HANCOCKS: I don't think there are any concerns that this won't be approved by the cabinet simply for the fact that the vast majority of people within Israel we have seen from countless polls recently want this war to end and they want the hostages to come home. So I think this initial stage is expected. Of course, there are things that could come out of the woodworks at the last minute, but it is expected to pass the cabinet.

There are far-right elements of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition that do not want an end to the war. They do not believe that Hamas has been defeated sufficiently and they are likely to vote against. But we haven't really been getting a sense that at this point they will try and collapse the coalition in order to make sure that this war does continue.

We've also heard from opposition leaders within Israel that if that were to happen, they would step in to shore up the coalition, to keep the government going so that they can ensure that these hostages do come home, that the hostages are released, 48 of them still being held by Hamas and other groups, 20 of them believed to be alive at this point.

So it doesn't appear as though that will be one of the stumbling blocks and certainly the next few days don't appear to be the key stumbling blocks. Of course, what happens is once those hostages are released and then the difficult work of who on the ground is going to disarm Hamas, ensure they're disarmed, there are many more hurdles coming. But certainly the next few days are hoping that it will be smooth and those hostages will be released in return for the Palestinian prisoners.

Rosemary?

CHURCH: Alright. Paula Hancocks in Abu Dhabi with that live report, many thanks.

Daniel Levy is the president of the U.S./Middle East Project. He joins me now live from London. Appreciate you being with us.

DANIEL LEVY, PRESIDENT, U.S./MIDDLE EAST PROJECT: Good to be with you, Rosemary, and in a slightly more hopeful setting.

CHURCH: Yes, indeed. And of course, we have been seeing much celebration across the region after President Trump's announcement that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of his Gaza peace plan, which, of course, includes the release of all the hostages, the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the release of Palestinian prisoners. What is your response to all of this?

LEVY: Well, it's captured in how you just described that, Rosemary, the first phase. And let's step back a moment. Let's be very hopeful for the people in Gaza who have been put through an unrelenting killing spree of indiscriminate attacks.

The cruelty of starvation of everything being destroyed, displaced multiple times. The Israelis who are now waiting for their family members to come home, those being held, of course, Palestinians in Israeli prisons who will be released. And then one has to pause because we've been here before.

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Israel has violated these ceasefires in the past. And what has been agreed overnight was basically a leap of faith, which will at least include those first phases if they're implemented. What you don't have is the clear arrangements for the entry of aid, massively ramped up scale into Gaza for the full withdrawal of the Israeli military.

And I think what we can anticipate is the next few days will remain optimistic and then it will get difficult. And the trust Trump, how far will that currency go? Because that's pretty much all we've got. There has been a heavy leaning to get to this point.

This isn't. And I think people are making a huge, in some cases intentional, in some perhaps naive optimism, a huge leap to think this is a path to peace.

The Israeli Prime Minister has said there will be no Palestinian state, he repeated it after the plan was presented. I expect him to repeat it in the coming hours and days as well. And as long as you have Palestinians in conditions of occupation and apartheid and under structural violence, and let's also keep one eye on the West Bank, where the relentless Israeli military operations are not going to abate unless those things are addressed.

This isn't the last time we'll be having depressing conversations, Rosemary, because no people kept under those conditions has security and no people who imposes those conditions has security either.

CHURCH: Right. And of course, as you point out, despite all this excitement, sticking points remain, including the Palestinian statehood, which Israel's Prime Minister has rejected and of course, the disarming of Hamas could prove complicated as well. What do you expect to happen with these two issues specifically?

LEVY: So I think we've jumped too many steps ahead.

I think if we get to the moment where the Israelis held get out, the Palestinian prisons and prisoners are released. And I think now the Hamas and Palestinian factions have relatively little leverage over which Palestinian prisoners are released. I would be surprised if the most heavyweight names are on that released list.

Once one gets the aid and assistance in, I think whatever that initial line of Israeli withdrawal, and apparently it's not entirely closed, there might be a thick pen line on the map. But whatever that initial line of withdrawal is, I expect that to remain the line. So Israel will stay in Gaza, Netanyahu again has said as much.

Therefore, you won't get Hamas disarmament. I don't think that demilitarization will happen either, I think Israel will find reasons to conduct smaller scale, but nonetheless, ongoing military operations in Gaza. Can you at least prevent that from escalating?

Then you have the whole question of governance in Gaza, where the plan basically talks about putting a colonial structure in place where there is not Palestinian governance, but rather you have this international board, the Prime Minister of the country. I'm in the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, part of it.

How on earth is this the right way forward? There might even be an attempt to impose a similar colonial structure alongside the Israeli occupation in the West Bank. And my prediction will be there will be no talks whatsoever on any serious level between Israelis and Palestinians with regards to a Palestinian state. That's not going to happen.

And then there are other important questions, Rosemary, when there has been something I think legally defined in very important places, including the U.N. Commission of Inquiry as a genocide. Do we just say, oh, you stop now? That's fine. No one has to talk about accountability.

Netanyahu has an ICC arrest warrant against him who's going to pay to rebuild. Everyone assumes that the Gulf States should be lining up to write checks, Israel could impose this destruction. Is it going to be held account or its assets going to be gone after to pay for the rebuilding?

So there are a lot of questions here. And I think what we will see is quite soon we're stuck with a stuckness transitions into extreme violence again is going to be quite a big challenge. The Arab states who are mediating, I'm sure, are saying to Hamas, look, we're in very good standing with the American President.

Now, he's made commitments he didn't make in the past. How long will those last is a very real question. And can you in any way tamper Israel's actions in the West Bank?

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One of the things to look out for is does Netanyahu hold his coalition together? If he holds his coalition together, then what is he giving Ben-Gvir and Smotrich over the coming days and weeks in order not to bolt the coalition? Again, that will be a huge challenge because their intentionality is, yes, we stay in Gaza.

We're still going to try and displace Palestinians and we're going to do our worst in the West Bank, because if you also look at the conditions in which Palestinians are living, if you want to make life in any way livable again, rather than have a crisis where Israel is trying to push people out and the conditions exist for people to have a very hard time staying, then you really have to improve that situation.

Are we going to be nickel and dimed day in day out when it comes to what is allowed into Gaza? I know that sounds like a terribly depressing menu. I don't want to take us out of this mindset of finally and relief and that is absolutely the mindset for many Palestinians and Israelis today. But I don't want to make light of the hurdles ahead.

CHURCH: Daniel Levy, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate your analysis.

Well, the French President could name a new prime minister by the end of the week, that's according to outgoing Premier Sebastien Lecornu who resigned on Monday after failing to form a majority in Parliament. Despite the political deadlock, Lecornu says the prospect of a snap election is fading, and most lawmakers do not want to see Parliament dissolved. But there are doubts over whether debt-cutting reforms can be passed in time.

More now from CNN's Melissa Bell in Paris.

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MELISSA BELL, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It was a glimmer of hope in an otherwise fairly bleak week politically. On Monday, Sebastien Lecornu, the Prime Minister appointed less than a month ago, had resigned only hours after appointing his cabinet because of the fractious nature of his cabinet.

He was then asked by the French President to stay on and to try again to focus the minds of the leaders on the traditional moderate-right and traditional moderate-left that he had hoped to bring into his government in order to see whether it might not be possible still to find some kind of compromise. He'd been given until Wednesday night. By Wednesday morning, he had this to say about his negotiations.

SEBASTIEN LECORNU, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER (through translator): There is a will to have a budget for France by the 31st of December of this year, and this will create a movement and convergence that distances the prospect of dissolution of Parliament.

BELL: The suggestion then that what the negotiations have yielded so far is that the urgent need to get the budget for 2026 not just approved, but to agree on the important budget cuts necessary to avoid the looming debt crisis here in France might be enough to bring together that government in order that it might focus on that issue. Then the question of the dissolution, maybe not in the immediate future, but perhaps afterwards, could remain a possibility.

We should hear more either by Wednesday evening or Thursday morning from Sebastien Lecornu himself or from President Macron, who's found himself in a very difficult position of having a dwindling number of options ahead of him, none of them terribly palatable.

Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.

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CHURCH: Still to come, tempest flare on Capitol Hill as the U.S. government shutdown drags on. We'll have the latest on efforts to strike a deal.

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CHURCH: Lawmakers in Washington are starting to lose their cool amid the government shutdown now in its second week. From heated shouting matches to waning party loyalty, the pressure to make a deal to reopen the government is building.

The Republican-backed bill to temporarily fund the government has failed a sixth vote in the Senate, with Democrats refusing to give up their fight for changes to health care policy. But some lawmakers are making it very clear neither party wants to concede in the standoff.

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SEN. JOHN NEELY KENNEDY (R-LA): We're not going to budge on our insistence that we have to open government back up.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-FL), U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER: I'm sorry, I'm aggravated.

SEN. MIKE ROUNDS (R-SD): They've now decided that they're going to hold it hostage because they think they can. You simply can't reward that type of misbehavior.

REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), U.S. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: House Republicans are on vacation right now. That's extraordinary.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY), U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER: So Democrats have three words for this. No (expletive) way.

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CHURCH: Well, flight delays across the U.S. could get even worse in the coming days due to airport staffing shortages. Officials have reported an increase in air traffic controllers calling out sick amid the government shutdown, even though they're supposed to keep working without pay until the shutdown ends. CNN's Pete Muntean looks at the issues U.S. airports have been facing this week.

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PETE MUNTEAN, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: The good news is that on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration says it's not too concerned about staffing issues. It's not alerted any possibilities of staffing issues.

There was a concern about air traffic controller staffing at a facility near Newark Liberty International Airport, but that has now dropped off the list of concern. Pales in comparison to the problems on Tuesday, where we saw air traffic control facility after facility end up on the list of short staffing, including Houston, Dallas, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Boston, places we typically don't see on that list.

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And then the problems were so dire at two major airports that the FAA actually had to slow flights into those airports at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, where about a quarter of all flights were delayed on Tuesday. And at Nashville International Airport, where the approach control facility controlling close range flights at low altitude arriving and departing from the airport, that had to close for about five hours on Tuesday night. The most dramatic version of this, though, was on Monday at Burbank Hollywood International Airport, where that facility, that tower there, went to ATC Zero, it completely shut down for a time.

NATCA Union President Nick Daniels says this is not part of some coordinated sick out effort in the government shutdown. The controllers are already pushed to the limit, and things are pretty dire because of the low staffing levels already. There is a nationwide shortage of controllers, and so he says it only takes a handful of controllers to call out sick in certain areas to create a real cascading problem, an outsized impact.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says travel and flying is safe right now, and the FAA will slow flights if they have to if sick calls increase.

Pete Muntean, CNN, Reagan National Airport.

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CHURCH: Let's bring in CNN Transportation Analyst Mary Schiavo, she is a former Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation. I appreciate you joining us.

MARY SCHIAVO, CNN AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION ANALYST AND FORMER INSPECTOR-GENERAL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Thank you. Good to be with you.

CHURCH: So, as a result of the U.S. government shutdown, many air traffic controllers are calling in sick, creating staffing shortages, and a nightmare for the nation's airports. We were seeing numerous air traffic and plane emergencies even before this shutdown, so how much more dangerous is it now to travel by plane?

SCHIAVO: Well, you've hit it right, the nail right on the head there. If an airport or a facility had problems before the shutdown, you know, because there was a staffing shortage nationwide with air traffic controllers and the FAA even before all this, so those places that have problems, those problems are magnified.

And the interesting thing is no one has missed a paycheck yet, so the calling in sick, they're saying it's anxiety about missing paychecks in the future. And sadly for the United States government, this happens a lot. When I was Inspector General, many, there were increased sick call-ins, and then of course some workers turned others in because that puts greater stress on the workers.

And so the bottom line is yes, what has to happen is they have to stretch out the traffic, put more space between the planes, or it would be much more dangerous. So the way they're dealing with it is putting more space between the planes and space is time, and that's what's happening, that's why there are delays.

CHURCH: And on Wednesday, staffing shortages were reported at FAA facilities handling flights into Washington, D.C., Newark, and Orlando. How many more airports will likely be affected if this shutdown continues, and when does it get too risky to fly?

SCHIAVO: Many airports can be affected, and many more will be affected, because what happens, for example, though with one of the shutdowns that I went through when I was Inspector General of the DOT, is as time goes on, the sick calls increase and they go up. Now it's not that everybody gets sick, some of that is people are looking for other work or are worried about looking for other work, so staking out other jobs, taking second jobs, et cetera.

But as time goes on, it will get worse. Now the government has some additional options. For example, the government rules say if you're out sick for three days, you have to have a doctor's note, you have to go see a doctor.

If you abuse sick leave, the government can make you go to a doctor every time you take it. So the government does have additional things to make the workers show up and it is stressful for them.

Like I said, I went through probably 10 shutdowns myself, but it is the law, you have to show up. And in the past, every time there was a shutdown, the workers did get paid when the shutdown was over.

CHURCH: And so Mary, what is your main concern as you watch all of this play out?

SCHIAVO: Well, the main concern is we had problems already this year in the United States. Some major accidents. We had a higher accident rate so far this year than we've had in 20 years in the United States.

We already had problems with what's called runway incursions, where planes are running into each other on taxiways and runways. And we have had a number of those this year, although it was down slightly last year. So we had a lot of problems.

And finally, the government committed to a major investment to overhaul the air traffic control system. And that's exactly what we need.

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We need a major overhaul of the system because the United States depends on air travel. We don't have a vast passenger rail system.

And that commitment was finally made. And now the funding for that is, as all funding in government, is put on hold. And those improvements can't start, they can't go on until that funding is back.

And so once again, the overhaul of the air traffic control system has been slowed or for right now stopped. And we really need it.

I mean, the new system could literally make mid-airs, runway incursions. It could make many things history. I mean, there's no need for those in the new system that they're thinking of building out. But right now, there's no money and there's no full-time government.

CHURCH: Mary Schiavo, thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate it.

SCHIAVO: Thank you.

CHURCH: --"CNN Newsroom," including reaction to the U.S. President's announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a ceasefire plan. Back with that and more in just a moment.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom," I'm Rosemary Church. I want to check today's top stories for you.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a ceasefire deal. He says the agreement will allow the swift release of hostages in the coming days and see Israel withdraw troops in Gaza to a specified line. Hamas says it has provided lists of Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of the deal.

The outgoing French Prime Minister says his replacement could be revealed by Friday. Sebastien Lecornu, who has been holding 11th hour talks with opposition parties, says the likelihood of a snap election is decreasing and the majority of lawmakers don't want parliament dissolved. He also says it's possible to get a budget passed by year's end.

Senate Republicans have failed for a sixth time to pass a bill to temporarily fund the U.S. government and end the shutdown and the effects continue to pile up. The Internal Revenue Service now says it's furloughing nearly half its staff, more than 34,000 people.

More now on our top story this hour. President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have signed on to the first phase of his Gaza ceasefire plan. Several thorny issues are yet to be resolved, including future governance of Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas.

But in Khan Younis, people welcomed the news.

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WAEL RADWAN, PALESTINIAN (through translator): Thank God for the ceasefire, the end of the bloodshed and the killing. I am not the only one happy. All of the Gaza Strip is happy, all Arab people are happy, all of the world is happy with the ceasefire and the end of the bloodshed. Thank you and all the love to those who stood with us.

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CHURCH: Israel's Prime Minister will convene his government in the coming hours to ratify the agreement and President Trump says he may travel to the Middle East in the coming days.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond is following all the developments from Tel Aviv and has this report.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: In a watershed moment for this region, Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all of the hostages. Now, there are four key components to the first phase of this agreement. An immediate ceasefire that would, of course, take effect. The withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of the Gaza Strip, redeploying to pre-agreed lines of control inside of Gaza in what is an initial withdrawal of Israeli forces, followed by the release of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas and the release of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.

Alongside all of that, we are also expecting to see a surge of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. I'm also told by an Israeli source familiar with the deal that hostages could be released from Gaza as soon as Saturday or Sunday. That is the expectation, but a lot of that will depend on the exact timing of an Israeli cabinet vote to approve this deal and actually allow it to go forward.

The Israeli Prime Minister is convening his cabinet on Thursday and this could be a lengthy session. We've seen in the past, sometimes ministers want to give speeches and it can go on for hours at a time. But once that goes forward, we will begin to see within a couple of days the implementation of this actual agreement.

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Now, neither Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement nor President Trump's explicitly mentioned an end of the war in Gaza, but other parties are. Hamas is saying that this agreement does stipulate an end of the war in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip. And critically, Qatar, one of the key mediators of this agreement, a statement from the spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry says that this agreement, quote, "will lead to ending the war in Gaza."

And of course, for the people of Gaza who have endured unspeakable horrors for two years now, this is just an enormous moment and an enormous sigh of relief that is being felt there. Over the course of the last two years, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Many more, bodies of whom are believed to still be underneath the rubble in the Gaza Strip. We've seen, of course, tens of thousands of children who have been orphaned as a result of this war, more than 90 percent of residential buildings have been destroyed. Just an unspeakable toll.

And then, of course, for the families of Israeli hostages who have spent two years of agony, two years fighting for their loved ones to come back, we are already beginning to see the reactions pouring in from those families, ecstatic by this news and eager to be able to embrace their loved ones in the coming days.

Jeremy Diamond, CNN, Tel Aviv.

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CHURCH: A judge has set a January 5th trial date for former FBI Director James Comey, he has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a Congressional proceeding. His attorneys say the case is vindictive and outrageous, and they plan to file at least five motions to have it dismissed.

The charges stem from Comey's 2020 testimony about leaks in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Comey's legal team also plans to challenge the appointment of Prosecutor Lindsay Halligan, a former personal attorney for Donald Trump.

It's a sobering experience for Japan's top brewer. A cyberattack temporarily stopped production and left a bitter taste in many beer lovers' mouths. That story just ahead.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to CNN, this is your Business Breakout. And we are keeping an eye on how financial markets around the world are reacting to the ceasefire deal in Gaza. You can see there Japan's Nikkei has risen more than 1.77 percent, the Shanghai Composite also up, but Hang Seng is down.

And these are the business headlines.

Elon Musk and his social media platform X have reached a settlement with a group of executives he fired in 2022. They were all forced out hours after Musk took control of what was then Twitter. The court order signed on October 1st does not detail the terms of the settlement.

A jury in California has ordered the Johnson and Johnson Company to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma. The family of May Moore, who died in 2021, sued the company, claiming its talc baby powder contained asbestos fibers that caused her rare cancer. Johnson and Johnson plans to appeal the judgment.

Cristiano Ronaldo has become football's first billionaire player, his current deal with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nasra catapulted him onto the Bloomberg billionaires list. That contract is reportedly worth more than $400 million in tax-free earnings. The Portuguese striker, who is 40, also has sponsorships worth more than $175 million.

Japan's favorite beer brand is brewing again, but beverage giant Asahi is still reeling from a cyberattack that halted production last week, leading to shortages at convenience stores across Japan. CNN's Hanako Montgomery brings us the story.

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HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Japan's biggest beer maker, Asahi, is running low on its most popular super dry. Why? A cyberattack.

It's so bad that the company had to temporarily shut down production at most of its 30 factories nationwide. Asahi told us the factories themselves weren't hacked, but their order and shipping systems were, leaving them unable to process deliveries.

Asahi says it's first restarting production of one beer, the iconic Super Dry, and staff are literally taking orders by phone and fax and processing them by hand. There's still no timeline for when their systems will be fully back. The company says production has restarted at six of its facilities.

Now, obviously, this is a huge concern for loyal Asahi customers, who prefer the taste of the beer to others.

UNKNOWN (through translator): I think I'd feel a bit upset if supply runs out. Even if there are other options, Asahi Super Dry, especially during the summer, is something many Japanese people go for.

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MONTGOMERY: And convenience stores, which are major sellers of the Super Dry, are bracing for shortages. 7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart all told CNN they've still got some Super Dry in stock, for now. Lawson even said it's prepping backup products, just in case.

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CHURCH: It's one of the most recognizable fast food brands in the world. But for the first time in more than a decade, Domino's Pizza is getting a refresh. If you're slightly struggling to tell the difference, the firm says it's all about the brighter colors. There are also new boxes, new employee uniforms and a new jingle.

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CHURCH: And it was written by none other than country megastar Shaboozey. Domino's says this is a makeover for the TikTok generation, designed to capture and hopefully hold onto customers' short attention spans.

Some of the most highly anticipated movies of the year are screening this week and next, as the London Film Festival gets underway with big name stars and directors. CNN is on the red carpet for opening night.

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CHURCH: Welcome back.

Some of the biggest movie stars are turning out for the British Film Institute's London Film Festival, as the 69th edition is now underway, 12 days of screenings and interviews celebrate the latest and greatest in the film industry. CNN's Anna Cooban reports from the red carpet.

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ANNA COOBAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm here at the Royal Festival Hall for the opening night of the BFI London Film Festival. Over the next two weeks, the great and good of world cinema will be treading this red carpet, all hoping that the festival can provide the springboard to box office success and awards glory.

Raising the curtain tonight is "Wake Up Dead Man," which is the latest instalment in Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" series. Starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a detective, I asked Craig earlier what he thinks about his third time reprising this role.

DANIEL CRAIG, ACTOR, "WAKE UP DEAD MAN": Having a cast like this and having someone as brilliant as Rian Johnson writing and directing these films, it's like an actor's dream.

COOBAN: And you shot in the U.K. last year. More and more productions are coming to the U.K. What do you make of this sort of resurgence in British cinema right now?

CRAIG: I can't actually over-exaggerate the importance of it, really. It's like, it's what we do brilliant. We have some of the best crews and creative people in the world, in this country, who are second to none.

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And it's what, you know, it's my industry, so obviously I've got some skin in the game, but it's also, I've watched it grow and grow over the past few years, and I couldn't be prouder of it. And I think, long may it last.

GLENN CLOSE, ACTOR, "WAKE UP DEAD MAN": It was like skating on smooth ice. You know, everybody just, we've had all so much experience, and it's so much fun to bring all of that into this crew, and just enjoy each other's company, and be inspired and entertained by everyone else's work. It was one of the best experiences I've had.

COOBAN: And what's it like working with Daniel Craig?

CLOSE: Heaven. He's lovely. You know, everybody here, a lot of us have done theater, so there's a kind of breadth of experience and perspective, you know, that just makes watching somebody.

You always learn by being in this profession. If you're lucky to work with great people, you learn from them. And so, when you're surrounded by that, it just becomes an amazing experience.

JOSH BROLIN, ACTOR, "WAKE UP DEAD MAN": Usually during a movie like that, you go to your respective trailers, we all ended up in the same trailer. We all ended up hanging out the whole time, on and off the set.

So I don't know why. You can't, you know, you go, oh, if I just get these people, it's going to be perfect. It's usually not the case, but this was an amazing experience, just personally.

COOBAN: Magic in a bottle, basically.

BROLIN: It was?

COOBAN: Magic in a bottle, basically. BROLIN: It was?

COOBAN: Over the next few days, the likes of George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Stone will be attending this festival, so audiences have a lot to look forward to.

Anna Cooban, CNN, London.

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CHURCH: Beloved country music legend Dolly Parton is reassuring fans she's not going anywhere just yet.

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DOLLY PARTON, MUSICIAN, ACTRESS, AND HUMANITARIAN: And I'm not ready to die yet. I don't think God is through with me and I ain't done working. So I love you for caring and keep praying for me.

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CHURCH: Many people were alarmed after one of Parton's sisters asked for prayers for the sister's health this week. But she says she didn't mean to scare anyone, just that Dolly has been under the weather and it was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister.

In her video, Dolly Parton said she's had some health problems after the death of her husband earlier this year. She says it was nothing major, but she postponed her December concerts in Las Vegas to be closer to home and address those health issues.

Hope you get better.

Thanks so much for your company, I'm Rosemary Church. Have yourselves a wonderful day. "Early Start" with Brian Abel begins right after the break.

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