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Learn more at Accenture.com. Following the war in Gaza,

the war in Gaza, reading stories about death tolls from bombings,

hunger, the discovery of mass graves. It can all become this dark blur.

But in this moment of the now seven month long war, there's finally a faint glint of progress.

To the latest in the Israel produced a Decocean,

this week talks in Cairo have produced a document

that negotiators on both sides have agreed to take back to their leaders in Israel

and somewhere deep in the tunnels underneath Gaza that could see the first break in the clouds

for a long time. An extended ceasefire and the release

of prisoners and hostages on both sides. It's a moment fraught with danger, one that could collapse at any moment.

But in a bleak war, this moment could be the first step in a long time, towards an end.

From the Guardian, I'm Michael Safi.

Today in focus, negotiations in Cairo and the stakes for Gaza. Julian Borja, you're the Guardian's World Affairs editor.

Hamas and the Israeli government are at war.

They've been at war for six months, but that whole time they've also been talking to each other and what I want to know first is how do

those talks actually happen where do they made and how? Well this is largely done

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