You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

We are recording this at 14 hours, GMT on Monday the 27th of November.

Press amounts on Israel and Hamas to extend their temporary truce in Gaza.

Environmental activists say they're shocked at claims the UAE has used its role as host of

UN climate talks to discuss oil and gas deals and six former pupils at a school in France

go on trial over the beheading of a teacher. Also in the podcast Chinese family

seek compensation nearly a decade after the disappearance of flight MH 370.

After 10 years, the court has finally opened the hearing.

I hope that the legal relief can be

realized as soon as possible. And New Zealand's new centre-right government

scraps the country's smoking ban. the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas is reportedly due to end at 7 a.m.

local time tomorrow, but both sides say they are willing to extend it.

The fourth and final hostage and prisoner swap of the original deal is due today

though there have been reports of minor issues over who will be included.

If the exchange does go ahead it will mean that 50 Israeli hostages will have been released

over four days in return for 150 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children.

Hamas also released a number of foreign workers.

Speaking in Spain, the Palestinian Foreign Minister,

Riered al-Maliki, said there is broad support for a continuation of the ceasefire agreement.

The Qataris, the Egyptians, the United States, the European Union, Spain, Palestine, we're all working

to extend that truce by one day, two days, three days.

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