Biden affirms hostage agreement may be imminent

The US president, Joe Biden talked about a potential hostage deal at a Thanksgiving ceremony a few hours ago.

Answering reporters at the ceremony when he was asked if a deal was close, Biden said “I think so” while crossing his fingers.

This came after a White House national security official named Jon Finer said on Sunday that people trying to make a deal were “closer than we have been perhaps at any point since these negotiations began weeks ago”.

Qatar’s Prime Minister said over the weekend that they are close to bringing back the hostages.