Expectations build for Hamas-Israel hostage deal

US President Joe Biden says a deal could soon be agreed that would involve Hamas releasing hostages from Gaza in exchange for pauses in fighting as a group of 28 premature babies are evacuated from Gaza's besieged al-Shifa hospital to Egypt -we hear from the World Health Organization.

Upheaval at Open AI - the software firm most prominent in artificial intelligence - where almost all employees ask for the board to resign and reinstate the sacked CEO, Sam Altman.

And rescue efforts continue in India to save 41 workers trapped in a tunnel for the past eight days.