Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

We have sensed after the election that the momentum is coming back.

A key mediator in the Gaza ceasefire talks tells me about getting them back on track.

My conversation with Qatar's foreign minister and his Norwegian and Indian counterparts.

Then...

The BB files.

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand for the first time in his long-running corruption trial,

a new documentary reveals the man behind the public image under police interrogation.

Director Alexis Bloom and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney joined me.

Plus, the Supreme Court and Contempt for Expertise,

according to journalist Masha Gessen, who talks with

Michelle Martin about care for transgender minors. Welcome to the program, everyone.

I'm Christiana Manpur in London.

Is there renewed hope and momentum for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza?

Both outgoing and incoming U.S. administrations want that to

happen before January's transfer of power on inauguration day. Since last month, ceasefire between

Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli foreign minister says, we can be more optimistic than

before, but we're not there yet. The families of the 100

hostages still inside Gaza have had to bear the loss and the constant cycle of dashed hopes

since the last and only negotiated deal brought the first batch home last year. While inside Gaza,

the appalling and consistent bombings, shootings, starvation, and evacuations

and forced displacements of civilians, as well as militants, has caused even a former

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