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
Ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages, together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position , although it didnt give details of what that is. Hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. That could include further ceasefire talks. A hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. This is the appeal from palestinian president
Lets get more on our top story, the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Efforts are under way to negotiate a truce between israel and hamas. The us Secretary Of State is heading to riyadh, where he will meet arab leaders to discuss the situation. Lets speak to Gina Abercrombie winstanley, president of The Middle East Policy Council and former us ambassador. Thank you very much for coming on the programme. Antony blinken on his way. What you think he is hoping to achieve . Hes got a tough road ahead, he has got to convince the players he is meeting in riyadh are several things. Players he is meeting in riyadh are severalthings. Number players he is meeting in riyadh are several things. Number one, players he is meeting in riyadh are severalthings. Number one, he has got to convince the saudis there is a deal ahead, that the us Security Guarantees are going to make it worthwhile for them to continue forward.
On bbc london, withjust a week to go until londoners vote coming up on bbc news, after a Merseyside Derby defeat, Virgil Van Dijk questions his sites willingness to win the title. Our livable out of the race . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. Shes been described as the post Office Executive who knew more about the horizon it scandal than anyone else. This morning, Angela Van De Bogerd told the Public Inquiry that she was truly, truly sorry for the devastation caused to Sub Postmasters and their families. She personally oversaw many of the complaints about problems with the computer system, and in 2019 was heavily criticised by a judge for giving misleading evidence during a high court class action which alan bates and fellow subpostmasters won. Zoe conway reports from the inquiry. Its the biggest day of the inquiry so far for subpostmasters. Angela van den bogerd, the woman they blame for causing so much of their suffering, is taking the stand. Its a very big moment. Like, i w
Kathleen continues to bring some very strong winds and some blustery showers through today. Join me later for the full forecast with all details. Forecast with all the details. To im stephen morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on gb news is. Before we get into the serious stuff this morning, the daily star. I love the daily star. Its got some interesting stuff. Its got some interesting stuff. Have you been to the supermarket lately . Yeah. Im there most days. Yeah. Im there most days. Did you spot anything unusual . No no. Well, apparently i in 10 ufo sightings in the uk, and theres quite a lot of them is in a supermarket car park. Really . Apparently so. Oh so i dont know why. Chris eccles, whos one of the people who spotted it. He lives in rotherhithe in south london. Yeah. Theres my theory is all of the lights look like a kind of the lights look like a kind of giant landing site. Oh, its like a runway from above. Oh, its like a runway from ab