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 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 State antony 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. Antony blinken, us Secretary Of State heading back to the region. The us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, is set to travel to saudi arabia on monday as negotiations between israel and hamas remain in limbo. This will be his seventh trip to the middle east since the war began. It is part of President Biden� s efforts to encourage a ceasefire and prevent the conflict from spreading. He will also call for the release of hostages from the october 7 attack. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. A lot of the emphasis is on the hostages . Take us through where we are in terms of hostages . Take us through where we are in terms of the hostages . Take us through where we are in terms of the talks . Hostages . Take us through where we are in terms of the talks . I like what you said in your introduction the introductions the negotiations are in limbo, that is putting the negotiations in perspective. Both parties are putting a massive amount of pressure on each party to accept the hostage deal without massive amount of conditions. So israel is putting pressure, they are intensifying the military operation, they are threatening of starting the operation and rougher overnight we saw 30 people died in shelling in middle gaza and gaza, ten were children, israel believes only Military Pressure on hamas will make them accept the hostage deal. 0n the other side we saw hamas releasing these Hostage Videos urging the Israeli Government to accept that deal. I heard a clip of hamas official saying israel wants them to voluntarily hand back them to voluntarily hand back the hostages involuntary to accept them occupying Gaza Involuntary except for not having a permanent ceasefire. The hamas would say why on earth would would accept all of this without a perspective of ending this war . What was Anthony Blink and likely to achieve . He has a big job . Anthony blink and is trying to put this conflict in a wider context. He is trying to convince the arab countries the United States is committed to the two state solution, it is committed to the longer Term Solution to the Palestinian Cause. He is trying to convince saudi arabia to return to the part of normalisation, the relationship with israel, he is trying to get the Wider Perspective and even hamas announced last week they are willing to discuss being disarmed, if the two state solution, path would be viable. So he is trying to do that. Israel is only trying to achieve the two main aims of this war, destroying hamas, releasing the hostages and the United States trying to find a longer term dealfor the Palestinian Cause which would give the americans Peace Of Mind for an give the americans Peace Of Mind foran amount give the americans Peace Of Mind for an amount of time. Mohammed thank you very much indeed. Hundreds of pro Palestinian Protesters have gathered at the building hosting the annual white house correspondent� S Association dinner in washington where President Biden was giving a speech. Some wearing vests with the names of palestinian journalists killed in gaza lay down on the ground in front of the venue as guests filed in. More than 20 palestinian journalists this week issued an open letter urging their american colleagues to boycott the dinner. Meanwhile, police have moved in on a pro palestinian protest at Northeastern University in boston. Officials said about 100 people were detained as they were moved from the site, but those with student id would not face any legal action. Its the latest Stand Off 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. 0ur North America correspondent, will vernon, is following developments from washington. There have also been arrests today at Indiana State university. 69 people, we understand, detained there at indiana university, too. And negotiations are ongoing at Columbia University in new york over the protest camp there. And thats what really sparked this latest escalation in the protests, really. Pro palestinian demonstrations have been going on for several months now at a number of universities, but the mood has really changed in the last week or so, and that was because of an incident at columbia. 0n the 18th of april, the nypd were called onto the campus to take down a protest camp there. Dozens of people were arrested and that really ignited tensions. And a number of other Protest Camps were then pitched at various universities across the country. Now, the protesters say that theyre unhappy with the us governments support for the Israeli Military campaign. They want a ceasefire in gaza, but also theyre demanding that their universities divest, so cut ties with companies with links to israel. But manyjewish students say that they feel intimidated by these demos. There have been a number of reports of verbal assaults or even physical attacks onjewish people by the pro palestinian demonstrators. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, as well as many people in congress here, say that these protests are anti semitic. Of course, the demonstrators deny that. And University Administrators say that a lot of this trouble is being caused by Radical Outside Elements that have infiltrated the ranks of the students. And thats certainly what we heard from northeastern earlier today. They told us that while around 100 were detained, only about 12 or maybe a bit more than that of them actually had student ids. So many of them were not from the university at all. Lets speak to shawn hubler, a reporterfor the New York Times covering california. Come to the programme. 0bviously come to the programme. Obviously you are following the process very carefully based in the United States. How have they been seen . The United States. How have they been seen . They are seen it depends they been seen . They are seen it depends on they been seen . They are seen it depends on the they been seen . They are seen it depends on the political it depends on the Political Party i guess you belong to, in a lot of ways what has happened on the campuses here is a reflection and a product of the polarisation that has happened in the United States. Its very different to i gather the Campus Situation in europe, here, University Administrators have been put on the spot, because of political differences in an Election Year, and on one hand they dont want to crack down on free speech issue because it tends to inflame the situation, on the other hand, they also do not want to seen to be unable to manage their campuses. I have had those sorts of allegations made against them by members of congress, who have seized on this issue and made hay out of it. Mb . Have seized on this issue and made hay out of it. Have seized on this issue and made hay out of it. Why do you think it has made hay out of it. Why do you think it has escalated made hay out of it. Why do you think it has escalated so think it has escalated so quickly . Think it has escalated so cuickl . ,. ,. , quickly . Part of it as social media. Part quickly . Part of it as social media. Part of quickly . Part of it as social media. Part of it quickly . Part of it as social media. Part of it is quickly . Part of it as social| media. Part of it is genuine concern on all sides of the issues, on all sides of the United States, people are genuinely concerned about what is happening in the middle east. But part of it is when the arrests occurred on the columbia campus it set off a cascade, it shocked to students, police were bought in, the introduction of that Law Enforcement element, created, kind of raised the stakes for a lot of student, and it triggered more outrage at more campuses, more quickly thanit at more campuses, more quickly than it might otherwise have, at the universities acted differently. I at the universities acted differently. At the universities acted differentl. ,. , differently. I wonder if you could talk differently. I wonder if you could talk me differently. I wonder if you could talk me through i differently. I wonder if you j could talk me through as could talk me through as their power and Student Activism in the United States . Absolutely. 0f activism in the United States . Absolutely. Of course. The students are for one thing they are potential voters, and the upcoming president ial election, the country is narrowly divided. President biden in particular very much is hoping to get the youth vote, needs the youth vote in order to prevail, remain in office. There are a lot of parents who are concerned about what is happening at these universities. There is a long history of dissent in the United States so there is a generational aspect of it as well, parents are seeing their kids on one hand, get involved, and political discourse, but on the other hand, potentially be in a situation where they have an arrest record, or they might be in dangerand an arrest record, or they might be in danger and at the same time, there is a pretty sophisticated element of Community Organising that washes in and out of the campuses. In a lot of these universities, many of the people who are protesting our students, but some of them are not students, and there have been charges as your reported Noted Of Outside Education as well. ,. , Noted Of Outside Education as well,. ,. , ~ Noted Of Outside Education as well,. ,. ~ ,. , well. Shawn hubler. Thank you very much well. Shawn hubler. Thank you very much indeed, well. Shawn hubler. Thank you very much indeed, from well. Shawn hubler. Thank you very much indeed, from the i well. Shawn hubler. Thank you l very much indeed, from the New York Times. 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. In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg, he confirmed he was defecting to labour. The Prime Minister under pressure. The doctor departing the tory tribe. Dan poulter has been a doctor and a conservative mp for 1h years, but in that rare move, a political defection, hes quit and is joining labour too. 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 its run and governed. Since 2010, though, constituents in your suffolk home have chosen you, sent you to westminster as a conservative. Some of them might be angry that you have left the party that they chose. What do you say to them . I thought about it and i thought, well, whats the best thing or the right thing to do . And on balance, i thought because there will be an election very, very soon. It makes sense to have a by election. I thought, on balance, it was better to continue to work diligently for my constituents through until the end of this parliament. A conservative spokesperson said, what dan says is wrong. Sir keir starmer has no plan for our nhs under the conservatives, we are raising nhs funding to a record £165 billion a year, helping it recover from the effects of the pandemic and driving forward its first ever long term workforce plan. But last month, lee anderson walked away from the tories tojoin the reform party. In 2022, Christian Wakeford quit to join labour. Defections create noise and disruption because they are so rare. So its a damaging departure for the conservatives when polls suggest voters are deserting, too. Just days from Council Elections for millions, another political accident that rishi sunak can ill afford. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news. And viewers in the uk can see the full interview with dan poulter on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at 9 oclock this morning, on bbc one. And in scotland, it will be a difficult week for First Minister humza yousaf. He faces a Confidence Vote following his decision to end the snps Power Sharing Agreement with the greens. Humza yousaf has reached out to Opposition Leaders to find Common Ground but a source close to him has denied any electoral pact with the alba party. 0ur Scotland Editor james cook has more. These are difficult days for humza yousaf, facing an uncertain out as he tries to shore up support for his minority government. That is because he decided to end a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish greens. It powersharing deal with the scottish greens. Scottish greens. It is in the best interest scottish greens. It is in the best interest of scottish greens. It is in the best interest of the scottish greens. It is in the best interest of the people | scottish greens. It is in the i best interest of the people of scotland to pursue a different arrangement. The scotland to pursue a different arrangement. Arrangement. The greens are still furious arrangement. The greens are still furious and arrangement. The greens are still furious and insist arrangement. The greens are still furious and insist they i still furious and insist they will not back humza yousaf and a Confidence Vote in coming days. Nonetheless the snp leader has written to all the Opposition Leaders at holly road arguing people want to see Political PartiesWork Tog