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. 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 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 of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed that video in full, it is not something that normally happens because of course when you see the people in it, the two men in this case looking very malnourished, obviously speaking under duress, sending messages to their families and urging the Israeli Government to come to some sort of arrangement, some sort of deal to try and achieve their release. Now, of course that deal and those talks have been going on for weeks and weeks. The last time we saw a significant hostage release was at the end of last year. At one point, we were told the talks had very much broken down, the two sides werent really in communication at all but the egyptian delegation� s visit this week and the further efforts of the us and us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken, we are led to believe that perhaps they are moving slightly closer in terms of trying to achieve a deal, but certainly those powerful messages we heard tonight on the stage from the hostage families, they were talking directly to israels leaders, directly to the politicians and were saying, you need you to do a deal. While we know they are alive, you need to do what they can to ensure their release now. Meanwhile the bbc has learned that british troops could be deployed to gaza to help deliver humanitarian aid. Soldiers may be used to drive lorries across floating causeways on a new sea route, dropping supplies onto beaches. The us army has already begun building floating platforms like this off the coast of gaza where aid will be taken off ships, and be put onto trucks. The us has said there will be no american troops on the ground. Now lets Cross To Rafah to speak to olga cherevko, a spokesperson for the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, or ocha. Welcome to you, thank you for being with us. Describe to us what the Aid Situation is like across the gaza strip, how much is getting in . Thank ou for strip, how much is getting in . Thank you for having strip, how much is getting in . Thank you for having me strip, how much is getting in . Thank you for having me tonight. Strip, how much is getting in . Thank you for having me tonight. The you for having me tonight. 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There are a lot of elements involved. And we have seen a bit more aid coming in lately, but to say that it has made a tangible difference, we cannot say that because we have not seen that yet make a difference on the ground. Describe to us the conditions that people are living in right now in the tented camps that have sprung up. The tented camps that have sprung u. The tented camps that have sprung u. ,. , the tented camps that have sprung u. ,. ,. , the tented camps that have sprung up. The conditions are absolutely dire. I up. The conditions are absolutely dire i mean. Up. The conditions are absolutely dire. I mean, there up. The conditions are absolutely dire. I mean, there is up. The conditions are absolutely dire. I mean, there is no dire. I mean, there is no sanitation, people need food, there is no water, no electricity, fuel, all of the basics of life are missing in gaza. And, of course, overi Million People are on the brink of famine, 70 of this number, 70 of the population in the north is facing imminent famine and just overall the situation is becoming more and more desperate by the day. As i mentioned, the us army has began building us floating platforms off the coast of gaza with a view of delay eight being delivered from ships, have you been given a timeframe for this . There are technical given a timeframe for this . There are technical discussions given a timeframe for this . There are technical discussions about i given a timeframe for this . Ti are technical discussions about the peer that is being built. We welcome initiatives of aid flowing into gaza, but it mostly remains being by land. While these technical discussions are happening, we, as the un, are seeking reassurances of neutrality and of security in this additional relief route into gaza. And just to say that while we can supplement the land routes, land access remains a priority for us because only Truck Convoys can guarantee the volumes of food and supplies that can be delivered to the people in need. filgd supplies that can be delivered to the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank ou the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank you for the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank you for giving the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank you for giving us the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank you for giving us that the people in need. Olga cherevko, thank you for giving us that view i thank you for giving us that view from inside rafah, thank you. Thanks very much here in the uk, a conservative mp has defected to the opposition labour party. Dan poulter has been the mp for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich since the 2010 election. He combines his political career with Practising Medicine as an nhs Hospital Doctor on a part time basis. He confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg take a listen. 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 very different place. Its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. Our Political Correspondent ben wright told me more about dr poulter. He has been an mp since 2010. He represents Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. Hejoined the party under david cameron. He is very much a cameroonian conservative. He is in the centre of the party,a one nation tory. He is a Working Doctor in the nhs, working in mental health, and he has continued to do that alongside his time in parliament. He was briefly a minister but has been a backbencher for the last few years. This has come out of the blue. There has been speculation for a long time that the despondency and anger simmering on the Tory Backbenches could burst into a defection at some point. Today we have it. I think it is a big blow for rishi sunak. We are going to have big local elections in a few days which the tory party is braced for being bad. The clock is ticking down quite fast to a General Election. The Prime Minister doesnt have long to try to gee up his troops and prove he has a plan for pulling this back. Here you have a stinging intervention, actually. What he says about public services, where he thought the tory party used to be compassionate in his view they no longer are. He feels that the conservativism he joined the party to represent has been abandoned by the current Prime Minister and his team, and i think this is quite wounding. It is intended to be. Defections dont come out of the blue. I am sure this will have been orchestrated to an extent. There will have been talks going on for a while, perhaps, between dan poulter and keir starmer. It is certainly a coup for the labour party. It is a big blow for rishi sunak. Yes, tell us about. I dont think weve had reaction from the conservatives but what about the labour party . Keir starmer on social media said it was fantastic to welcome dr poulter to the changed labour party. It is time to end conservative chaos, turn the page and get britains future back. Pleased that dan poulter has decided to join us on this journey and dan poulter says he would like to see an election happen now. It is not about to, i dont think. The expectation still is that the General Election will probably be towards the autumn. He intends to stay in parliament. There is no requirement to have a by election if there is a defection like this but he will now be sitting in labours ranks. And already the conservatives are facing mass numbers of their mps since we spoke to ben, the conservatives have issued a statement about mr poulter� s defection. It says. Lets get more from john rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at the independent. Good to see you, john. How big a blow is this for the tories . Defections of the hard currency of politics and they dont happen very often and when they do, they are, as you were saying there with ben, they are designed to wound. So, yes, it is damaging. Personally, i am surprised it has taken so long. There has only been one conservative to labour defection in this parliament so far and that is Christian Wakefield who defected some time ago, 2022, i think it was. And i was expecting more to follow that path, but i wasnt expecting dan poulter. I dont know why not because he has always been very much on the centrist wing of the tory party and a likely candidate. What party and a likely candidate. What about the labour party and a likely candidate. What about the labour party . Party and a likely candidate. What about the labour party . Keir starmer said it was fantastic to welcome dan poulter to the party, how big is this a coup for labour . This poulter to the party, how big is this a coup for labour . Poulter to the party, how big is this a coup for labour . This is the sort of thing this a coup for labour . This is the sort of thing that this a coup for labour . This is the sort of thing that was this a coup for labour . This is the sort of thing that was happening l this a coup for labour . This is the | sort of thing that was happening in the 1990s, sort of thing that was happening in the 19905, i sort of thing that was happening in the 1990s, i mean, people may not remember but there was a former Tory Minister called Alan Howarth Who defected to Tony Blairs Labour Party in 1995, shaun woodward, the better known defection, that was actually after labour got into government. But all the traffic was in that direction at that time and the same thing seems to be happening again, and that will add to labours confidence about coming the coming election. find confidence about coming the coming election. Confidence about coming the coming election. And weve got big local elections coming election. And weve got big local elections coming coming election. And weve got big local elections coming up coming election. And weve got big local elections coming up in coming election. And weve got big local elections coming up in just i coming election. And weve got big local elections coming up in just a l local elections coming up injust a few days time. Obviously, we dont know what is going to happen there but if they are as bad for the tories as some are anticipating, does that again, combined with this, call rishi sunak� s leadership into question in the coming weeks . I dont think so because i think the General Election is not far away, whatever happens, i mean, it is going to be by the end of this year. Conservative mps are divided into two groups. One group who recognise that it would just make the party even more unpopular to try to change leader again, and another group Who Havejust Given Up leader again, and another group who have just given up anyway. And they regard the election as a hopeless cause. And what i am surprised about is that more of that group havent done what dan poulter did and defected to labour. I mean, it is not to say his career, because he is standing down from parliament anyway, but i would have thought that other mps might want to save their careers or look for a position under a labour government. But there are hue under a labour government. But there are huge numbers under a labour government. But there are huge numbers of under a labour government. But there are huge numbers of tories under a labour government. But there are huge numbers of tories who i under a labour government. But there are huge numbers of tories who have | are huge numbers of tories who have chosen not to stand in the next General Election, whenever that may be, certainly by the end of the year, we expect. Be, certainly by the end of the ear, we exect. ,. , year, we expect. There are, although actuall it year, we expect. There are, although actually it is year, we expect. There are, although actually it is roughly year, we expect. There are, although actually it is roughly the year, we expect. There are, although actually it is roughly the same actually it is roughly the same number standing down before the 2010 election and the 1997 election. I mean, this sort of turn ever happens. What is significant about defections is, you know, there are some mps who defect to the Winning Party in the hope of getting the job in the change government. And it is interesting that dan porter is not hanging around to do that, but maybe there will be other defections to come. , there will be other defections to come. I. ,. , come. 0k, john, we will leave it there, come. 0k, john, we will leave it there. Thank come. 0k, john, we will leave it there, thank you. And viewers in the uk can see the full interview with dan poulter on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at nine oclock on Sunday Morning on bbc one. Now its time for a look at todays sport. We start with the Premier League where liverpools hopes of staying in the race for the title have suffered another blow after they were held to a 2 2 draw with west ham united. Jared bowen put the london side ahead just before half time. Liverpool came back in the second half Leftback Andy Robertson equalising soon after the interval. An own goal from the west ham keeper Alphonse Areola gave the visitors the lead again. But they couldnt hold on to it with bowen, who was later given the player of the match award, picked out Michail Antonio to earn a point for west ham a result that isnt much help to either teams ambitions. Its not a great day for liverpool fc. We were unlucky a couple of times and unlucky too often is most of the time your own fault and we know that it is not anything else, so now again, lets recover and go again. Lets have a look at the other results from saturday. Sheffield uniteds relegation from the Premier League has been confirmed by their 5 1 defeat to newcastle united. Fulham and in form Crystal Palace drew 1 1. A late penalty from zeki amdouni gave burnley a point after a 1 1 draw with manchester united. Luton could have moved out of the bottom three but they lost 2 1 to wolves. Everton guaranteed their premier League Survival with a 1 0 win over brentford. Marc cucurella saw villa take the lead holders barcelona are through to the final of the Womens Champions League after Beating Chslsea 2 0 at stamford bridge. The spanish side had to overturn a first leg 1 0 deficit to go through to the final. Its the Second Season in a row that chelsea have been knocked out of the competiion by barcelona but their manager emma hayes was furious at a refereeing decision that led to her side finishing the game with ten players. England ran in six tries to beat france 112 21 in their Six Nations Championship decider in bordeaux and claim the grand slam for the third year in a row. Centre meganjones scored two tries in the victory as the red roses led 35 14 at half time. France remain