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 StateAntony 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 on israel, on The Americans and on the israeli public, so the israeli public put pressure on the Israeli Government to compromise. And do you think that will work . Will the pressure be enough to get the Israeli Government to compromise . Well, you know, the main bone of contention is the hamas demand that israel stop the war and allow Palestinian Refugees to move from the southern part of the gaza strip to the north. If israel stops now, its not going to achieve its aims. So it is tough for the Israeli Government politically to accept the hamas demands. And weve also been hearing in the last couple of days of a visit by egyptian mediators to israel. There seems to be some kind of optimism that there might be a deal reached between israel and hamas. Whats your reading on that . The egyptians are important because they have an interest that israel stop its Military Operation and not go into rafah, because rafah is very close to egypt. And if israel operates in rafah, there is the danger that many Palestinian Refugees willjust move into the sinai, which is egyptian territory. And we also heard from the Israeli Foreign minister, israel katz, saying that israel wouldnt stage an invasion of rafah if hostages were released. Do you think the Israeli Government ever planned on Invading Rafah . The israelis did move forces a division closer to rafah. This, i believe, is in order to put pressure on hamas to compromise. You, if you dont compromise with us, hamas, we will move into rafah. But they are not there yet. In rafah, there are 1. 2 million Palestinian Refugees. If the israelis want to operate in rafah, they have to evacuate the refugees first. It would take them between four and six weeks to do that. So the tanks are ready, but i dont think that they are going to start their engines and move into rafah anytime soon. You talk about evacuating over a Million People who are now in rafah. Just how possible is that going to be . Well, its going to be a big operation, and the first sign for it will probably be if the israelis Drop Leaflets over rafah telling them to move to khan younis or to another area which is close to the sea. Its a big operation. Its going to be very messy. And just what are the conversations within the Israeli Government, if were hearing of any of these conversations, or within israel itself about the impact of such an operation on the people there . Many of them have been displaced several times over the past seven months and now the prospect that they would have to move again. Again, i believe that there is a low probability that the israelis will operate in rafah. There is strong american pressure on the israelis not to operate there, including hints that we, The Americans, will not provide you with the weapons necessary to operate there. So in my view, its not going to happen, at least not now. It is just a way that israel is trying to put pressure on hamas to compromise. Police have moved in on a pro palestinian protest at Northeastern University in boston. Officials said about 100 people were detained as they were taken away from the site. Those with Student Identification will not face any legal action. Its the latest standoff in a wave of pro palestinian sit ins, at campuses around the United States including this demonstration, which has been ongoing at Columbia University in new york for one week now. Here in the uk, ministers have criticised a conservative mp whos defected to the opposition labour party. Dan poulter who combines his political career with Practising Medicine as an nhs hospital doctor, said labour would help the Health Service recover. But the tory minister chris philp said the government was spending more on the nhs than at any point in its history. Heres dan poulter explaining his defection to the bbc� s Laura Kuenssberg. I found 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 ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment, in terms of how it is run and governed. The party i was elected into valued public services. It valued. It had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. I think the conservative party today is in a very different place. Its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. Our Political CorrespondentGeorgia Roberts has more on the reaction to dan poulter� s defection. Yes, a big headache for rishi sunak this weekend, overshadowing the final weekend of campaigning ahead of the local elections which many polls suggest are set to be very rocky for the conservatives. Defections arent common they often signal bad feelings or something wrong in Political Parties and as well as dan poulter� s criticisms on the nhs, he also talked about the conservatives becoming a nationalist party of the right. This is also the second conservative to labour defection under keir starmer� s leadership, so lets have a listen to the home office minister, chris philp, speaking to Laura Kuenssberg about dan poulter� s decision. Well, i dont accept what dan is saying at all. He talks about the nhs as a priority. Well, of course, the nhs was one of only two departments that was protected during those years of necessary spending restraint after the last Labour Government bankrupted the country. As we heard earlier, we are now spending £165 billion on the nhs. Thats more than ever at any point in history. Its a 13 increase above inflation just over the last four orfive years alone. Injust the last year, the nhs has hired an extra 68,000 people, of whom 7,000 are doctors thats a net increase and there are 21,000 more nurses today than there were a year ago. That isnt a sign of a Party Deprioritising the nhs that is the sign of a political party, the conservatives, investing heavily in our nhs because it is a priority. In his defence of the conservatives� record, chris philp was backed up by his colleague, the former immigration minister robertjenrick, who was speaking on the panel with Laura Kuenssberg, and said that dan poulter� s comments were clearly wrong but that defection clearly a big boon for the labour party ahead of local elections next week, so lets now listen to Labours Shadow Health secretary, wes streeting. He has abandoned the conservative party to save the nhs. And i think there are millions of conservative voters across the country who are feeling politically homeless, who can see the chaos and the failure to deliver of now five conservative Prime Ministers, who are now looking for an alternative. And i hope they will trust the doctor, who has seen the conservative party up close in parliament, and also the changed labour party up close in parliament, and i hope they will give change a chance at the next General Election by following dan poulter backing labour. And speaking elsewhere this morning, the Prime Minister very much on the attack, saying that labour has no plan, no vision. He talks about the announcement on defence spending this week, too, saying that that a big success. And he has also been talking about the fact that his plans to send some Asylum Seekers to rwanda are finally into law and talks about that being a big deterrent. So trying to keep the focus, this morning, away from this news, these words from dan poulter. Nonetheless, a very damaging blow to rishi sunak, a blow from a former colleague. And dan poulter, his words this morning, also ahead, of course, as we have been talking about, of local elections where the nhs as an issue will be Front And Centre. It will also, of course, be Front And Centre of the upcoming General Election campaign, whenever that is. The bbc� s Georgia Roberts. Scotlands First Minister hamza yousaf is fighting for his political future. After he pulled out of a coalition with the Scottish Greens bbc news has been told the First Minister is ruling out an electoral pact with fellow nationalists, the alaba party. A source close to mr yousaf said the snp leader would not agree to such a deal at westminster or holyrood. Well have more on that story in about 20 minutes. The Un Security Council has expressed deep concern over an imminent attack on the sudanese city of al fashir, by the Paramilitary Rapid support forces. Al fashir is the last big city in the darfur region, where sudans army is Still Holding out against the rsf, whove been accused of carrying out a wave of violence against non arab ethnic groups. Residents in al fashir are said to be afraid for their lives should they attempt to flee. Civilians are trapped in the city, the only one in darfur still in the hands of the saf, afraid of being killed should they attempt to flee. This dire situation is compounded by a severe shortage of essential supplies, as deliveries of commercial goods and humanitarian aid have been heavily constrained by the fighting. The Commissioner Calls for an immediate De Escalation of this catastrophic situation, an end to the conflict that has ravished the country for more than a year now, and an investigation of all aleged violations and abuses of International Human rights law and violations of International Humanitarian law. Lets speak to our east africa correspondent kalkidan yibeltal, who joins us from addis ababa. Just start by telling us why is there so much concern about possible attacks or clashes within fashion. It is the biggest city in dow for that has so far been not under the control of the rsa. It has been a sanctuary for many people that have been fleeing their villages and their towns and arriving there they are seeking a semblance of safety. 0ver are seeking a semblance of safety. Over the past year there have been accusations and reports that there are sf and allied militias have been targeting non arabs living in darfur. Some people say these attacks could amount to ethnic cleansing. Darfur is a fairly inaccessible area for independent journalists and international journalists. We have a reasonable idea, mostly from the people who fled. There are people in chat who have been describing the horrors of what has been happening by the rss is around. They say that Sexual Violence has been rampant and young men and boys have been summarily executed on the streets. These have been compounded with a severe food shortage. The concern is now being raised in the past few days by the un, by the us, and other humanitarian agencies that all this could be replicated in el fasher, but to imagine if rsf is to control it. Rsf denies these accusations but people in el fasher itself have been rather concerned that what they have fled from in the last few months might be following them there as well. ,. , might be following them there as well. ,. , well. Over the past few days we have seen images well. Over the past few days we have seen images of well. Over the past few days we have seen images of rsf well. Over the past few days we have seen images of rsf forces well. Over the past few days we have seen images of rsf forces encircling | seen images of rsf forces encircling el fasher. 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Because of that there is a displaced population which has been growing Evenin Population which has been growing even in the past few days. The city itself had 100,000 people and the displaced people is much higher, for example in one of the camps the number of people displaced is triple that of the number of people it had before the war began. Now there is concern that there is a possibility that it might arrive there and all the fears that they have been fleeing from. fix, the fears that they have been fleeing from. The fears that they have been fleein from. � ,. ,. , fleeing from. A delicate situation there. Kalkidan fleeing from. A delicate situation there. Kalkidan yibeltal, fleeing from. A delicate situation there. Kalkidan yibeltal, thank. Fleeing from. A delicate situation i there. Kalkidan yibeltal, thank you for bringing us up to date. Tesla chief, elon musk, has landed in beijing. Chinese state media is reporting the Tech Entrepreneur is there by invitation, for the promotion of international trade. Its understood he will meet officials to discuss data and technology relating to Electric Vehicles. Tesla has been facing a price war with Chinese Brands in the electric vehicle market. It has recently said it will lay off 10 of its global workforce. Our Business ReporterDavid Waddell explains why the visit is so significant. Here is mr musk� s challenge. Hes trying to sell more units of his companys full Self Driving Software. Its available in north america, both in the United States and canada. Chinese users, chinese drivers have requested it being made available there too, and mr musk has tweeted in recent weeks that itll be rolled out there very soon, he said. But here is his challenge teslas data, the data released from tesla vehicles, its fleet in china, is stuck in shanghai servers and it cant be released to the United States under chinese regulations. Mr musk wants that data released so that the company can do learnings from its fleet in china, so that its vehicles there can operate with full Self Driving Software both safely and effectively. Thats the heart of these negotiations with chinese officials. For its part, china has Competitor Companies such as this, byd, its biggest electric vehicle manufacturing, also the saic motor corporation, that produces not only Electric Vehicles for the road but also ev vehicles that can fly. So thats where tesla is trying to complete with chinese providers, both in the chinese Domestic Market and internationally, because a lot of these companies are producing cars more cheaply and selling them more cheaply