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
Ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas have been stalled for weeks. Local media are, however, reporting notable progress this weekend. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. Meanwhile, 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, is in tel aviv, where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. 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
This comes after egyptian mediators arrived in israel with local Media Reporting theres been notable progress in finding common ground. In the last few hours, its also been announced that americas top diplomat, antony blinken, will visit saudi arabia this week. The state Department Says hell discuss ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire that secures the release of hostages. Meanwhile, 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, is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to call again for all the hostages in gaza to be released omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he