Return with a response, though there is no indication of a timeline. Frank gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats been being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. That is something israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during the a0 day truce. And they would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds if not thousands of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return from a rather lower figure that was originally lowerfigure that was originally demanded by israel, an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is a dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this de
And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, we take a first look at whats on tomorrows front pages. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from the Holyrood Parliament in edinburgh, at the end of a tumultuous day in Scottish Politics. Tonight, the search is under way for a new First Minister and snp leader, after humza yousaf announced he was standing downing afterjust 13 months in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain since thursday, when he ended the snps power Sharing Agreement with the scottish greens. It left him facing a Confidence Vote he was at risk of losing. Today he said hed underestimated the level of hurt and upset his decision about Power Sharing would cause. 0ur Scotland Editor james cook is with me. Did Humza Yousaf Miscalculate . Short answer is yes and spectacularly so. How so . Because if we wind back, he inherited this Power Sharing deal with the Scottish Green Part
Suspended, if a deal emerges to free the hostages still held by hamas. Israel katz said their freedom was a top priority. Hostage release also forms a key part of International Mediation efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the gaza war. Hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and omri miran both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas, considered a terror group by the uk and us governments, has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, sent this update from tel aviv. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video
Lets go back to that defection from the Conservative Party to the labour party by a conservative mp. Dr dan poulter, who works part time in the nhs, has been welcomed by his new leader, sir keir starmer, who said the former minister would help his party get the Health Service back on its feet. Well, mr poulter has been speaking about why hes done this on the Laura Kuennsberg programme. Lets listen to the interview. Well, id been thinking about it for a little while and it was alongside my work as an mp. I work still work as an nhs doctor and have done. The Health Service that i saw under huge strain is very different to the Health Service of maybe a decade ago, and the struggles and the challenges that patients have been experiencing in accessing timely good care were something that really resonated with me and stayed with me, and ifound it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. And i fee