Thundery showers pushing northwards and petering out and may be more thunderstorms for some as we head through this afternoon. There will be a lot of sunshine around as well particularly towards the north and the west so if we take a look at the bigger picture, some thundery showers are possible across wales, the midlands and east anglia. Further south its cooler, drier and quite a lot of cloud around and its cool and cloudy towards north sea coasts as well with the onshore wind. The best of the sunshine across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, where we could get to 22 celsius in the north west of scotland, the place to be, also possibly 22 degrees in parts of east anglia again today. 0vernight tonight i will Weather Front keeps waving a little further north, but further south, waving a little further north, but furthersouth, bringing waving a little further north, but further south, bringing further outbreaks of rain, thunderstorms approaching east anglia by the end of the night
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
While theres no sign of that happening at this point, a video showing two hostages, including an american was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum to discuss the war. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. So how likely is it that hamas will release hostages . Ive been speaking to Ahron Bregman from the Department Of War Studies at Kings College london about those hostage videos. Well, first of all, very good news for the families because they can see that their loved ones are still alive. And the message of hamas is basically here, you have the hostages, and you, the Israeli Government, should compromise. It is also a message to the American Administration because one of the hostages has got american nationality. So hamas pressure
Than a Million People have fled. Efforts are under way to negotiate a truce between israel and hamas. The us Secretary Of State is meeting arab leaders to discuss the situation. Israels foreign minister says this is possible if hamas agrees to free its hostages. But theres no sign of that happening at this point. A video showing two hostages, including an american, was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. This is palestinian president , Mahmoud Abbass appeal for the us to urge israel against any offensive in rafah. Translation and i say here, what is ha enin translation and i say here, what is happening now translation and i say here, what is happening now in translation and i say here, what
Of a conservative mp to the labour party. 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. Dr poulter told sunday with Laura Kuenssberg why he quit the tory party. 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 feel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run