Biden, Netanyahu discuss latest in effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have spoken in a phone call on the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release in the Israel-Hamas war. It's a sign of the intensifying push to reach a deal before Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. Talks mediated over the past year by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have repeatedly stalled at moments when they seemed close to a deal. Still in recent days, U.S. officials have expressed hope of sealing an agreement. The head of Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency and Biden’s top Mideast adviser are both in the Qatari capital Doha, which has been helping mediate talks