to still be in gaza. hamas was presented with a proposal for a further release of hostages last week and just today has responded. the details of that response are not yet clear. the us secretary of state antony blinken is on a whirlwind tour of the middle east, meeting the leaders who are trying to broker that deal.he first landed in cairo, where he met egypt s president, abdel fatah al sisi. he then flew to doha, where he met the emir and the prime minister, sheikh mohammed al thani. at a press conference afterwards, mr blinken gave an update on the negotiations we are reviewing that response now, and i will be discussed we re reviewing that response now and i ll be discussing it with the government of israel tomorrow. there s still a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it. with me is our state department correspondent, tom bateman. to be know anything
could the disabled children whose mums took the anti epilepsy drug valproate finally be set to receive compensation? a report out tomorrow will call on the government to make payments of £100,000 to those harmed by sodium valproate because some women were not told of the risks taking it could pose. we ll talk live to these two women mothers, between them, of seven children with physial and learning disabilities who have been fighting for compensation for 12 years. 12 years. also tonight. our own mark urban s despatch from ukraine. almost two years into the conflict soldiers are exhausted. will the government s new recruitment plan provide the numbers needed 7 we ll understand it would be a very long war. 0ur soldiers have been fighting for two years. they are tired and exhausted so we cannot win. also liz truss is back today launching a new tory group called popular conservatism what does she know about that? conservatives have not taken on the left wing extremists
several tornadoes have killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said twisters left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than 6,000 metres into the sky. we are looking at some of the latest pictures that have come through. you can see the trail of destruction, debris everywhere, cars on top of buildings, completely decimated. 0ur correspondent frances read is with us. you have been working in the us and you have covered a lot of weather stories, how does this compare? this is serious, stories, how does this compare? this is serious. 23 stories, how does this compare? “m 3 is serious, 23 people at stories, how does this compare? “m 1 is serious, 23 people at least have lost their lives, a large number. a trail of destruction, as you said.
In touch. hello. tomorrow marks the start of british summer time. 0ver hello. tomorrow marks the start of british summer time. over the next few days, things will turn briefly colder again. few days, things will turn briefly colderagain. more few days, things will turn briefly colder again. more on that in a moment. back to this evening, this has been a picture through today. a fairly messy picture with showers or longer spells of rain in places. now our eyes are drawn to the system approaching from the south west, which will bring rain into south west england and wales to this evening and overnight, and also in the central southern and south east england, east anglia, may be part of the lens. further north, may be dry but cloudy. clear skies across scotland, wintry showers feeding in from the north. here, temperatures at or below freezing. similar temperatures for the far north of england. furthersouth, temperatures for the far north of england. further south, something a bit milder.