This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritzen and in the early hours of Tuesday the 28th of November,

these are our main stories. The pause in fighting between Israel and

Hamas in Gaza is extended by two days. In order to extend the pause Hamas has

committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days.

We would of course hope to see the pause extended further and that will depend upon Hamas continuing

to release hostages. Meanwhile, a BBC investigation reveals Hamas staged at least four big training exercises

at 14 sites to prepare for the October 7th massacre and the government of

Sierra Leone blames renegade soldiers for a series of attacks in Freetown on

Sunday that left 20 people dead.

Also in this podcast, HIV infection rates fall significantly in South Africa,

but the reason isn't clear and it's beginning to drink a lot like Christmas.

The idea came really from what we've seen over the years in the bar.

We wanted people to feel something when they watch this video.

As a budget advert from an Irish pub tugs at heartstrings around the world.

A four day pause in the fighting in Gaza has been extended until Wednesday.

It comes just a day after the US President Joe Biden and other leaders called for an extension to the truce between Israel

and Hamas that had been broken by Qatar and Egypt.

So far, dozens of hostages who were captured by Hamas during their attack on October 7th have been handed over to

Israel. In exchange, Israel has released a total of 117 Palestinian prisoners with a further

33 due to be freed.

The latest extension was agreed once again by Qatar where Hamas's political leaders are

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