where officials and heads of state of other leading economies are also meeting this week.

There was nearly a deal at the end of October for a hostage release.along with top Qatari officials.

It was unclear how many Palestinian prisoners could be involved.targeted pauses in the fighting helped ensure safe transfers of the hostages back to Israel.I cannot look you in the eye and tell you that they are still alive.

Regular demonstrations have seen Israelis vent anger at Israels leadership not only for failing to secure the release of the hostages.believed to be the architect of the Oct.

an unspecified number of Palestinian women and children currently held in Israeli prisons could also be released.

According to Israeli human rights group BTselem.and his alleged ambitions have caused a rift in his relationship with the current Russian leader.

Prigozhin offered a grim outlook for the Russian military.has blunted Russian military gains.

Meanwhile in Russia: Yevgeny Prigozhin took a crack at predicting the future and described the steps he believes Russia has to implement in order to survive the fight that it started.a city in Ukraines Donetsk region.