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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Sunday the 17th of December these are our main stories.

The relatives of Israeli hostages demand a return to negotiations with Hamas after the army

admits killing three captives who were waving a white flag.

A senior Roman Catholic official has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail for embezzlement.

One of the most influential figures in Bosunova music, Carlos Lira, has died in Brazil age 90. Also in this podcast, this is the first time the

Pakistan authorities have used what you properly call artificial rain or cloud seeding method.

So the Pakistani city of Lahore tries to make it rain.

We find out why.

Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have staged an emotionally charged

rally in Tel Aviv to demand that the government do more to secure their freedom.

Many carried placards bearing large pictures of their loved ones.

They said the current policy of using military force wasn't working and demanded the resumption of negotiations.

Ruby Chen's 19 year old son was seized from the Naha Oz Army Base.

The Israeli government needs to be active. They need to put an offer on the table, including

prisoners with blood on their hands, and put the best offer on the table to get the hostages back alive.

Alive.

Earlier the Israeli army revealed that three hostages alive. shot. At a news conference the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that the

military campaign would continue but said Israel was working with Qatar and Egypt.

Mr Netanyahu was speaking through her translator.

With all the terrible sadness let me clarify that the military pressure is

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