To discuss the situation. Israels Foreign Minister says this is possible if hamas agrees to free its hostages. 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 has left for saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. This is the appeal from palestinian president , mahmoud abbas, to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. Translation and i say here whats happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and its only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. And here, the biggest catastrophe would happen. We hope israel will not attack. We call on the United States of america to ask israel to not carry out the rafah attack because america is the only country able to prevent israel from committing this crime. Our correspondents sameer hashmi, in riyadh, and wyre davies, injerusalem, are covering the latest Antony Blinken visit. I asked wyre about the sort of impact this visit is likely to have. Well, mr blinken� s clearly here to try and help those peace talks get going once again. Israel has, along with other countries, urged israel not to undertake this big military offensive in rafah, principally because of the humanitarian consequences more than a million and a half people trapped in rafah with very little protection, very little shelter. Thus far, those american words, that american persuasion hasnt had much impact, certainly on the opinions of benjamin netanyahu. Wyre, thank you very much for that. As you can see, our correspondent, sameer hashmi, standing by for us in riyadh. Good to see you. Just talk us through what the latest is where you are. Well, today is the first day of the World Economic forum, the special meeting thats happening in riyadh. And its focused a lot on whats happening in gaza. We had the palestinian president , mahmoud abbas, who gave a speech earlier in the morning, and in his address he reached out and appealed to the United States and President Biden to stop israel from carrying out the invasion in rafah. He said it was important the United States exerts that pressure on israel and prevents that. So that was one of the first things, and then there will be a lot of action tomorrow, a lot of diplomacy around gaza because us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken will be arriving here, he will be meeting a lot of leaders from the region, including the Foreign Ministers of the gulf region, hell be meeting arab leaders, then in the evening there will be a meeting between the five countries from the eu along with the arab countries to find a resolution to this issue, to take stock of where the situation is and how to take this process forward. So tomorrow is going to be a pretty busy day as far as gaza goes. Here in the uk, senior conservatives have defended the Prime Minister after the tory mp, dan poulter, defected to labour. Dr poulter who also works for the nhs accused the tories of no longer valuing public services. Home Office Minister chris philp rejected the claim and said the government was spending more money than ever on the health service. Our Political CorrespondentGeorgia Roberts reports. Defections to other parties are fairly rare in uk politics but dan poulter says the conservatives are no longer the party he knew. 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 i feel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run and governed. A damaging blowjust days away from local elections. The government insisted the conservatives� record on the nhs is a good one. I dont accept what dan is saying at all. He talked 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, were now spending £165 billion a year on the nhs, thats more than ever at any point in history. The move is a gift to labour. Hes 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. The nhs will, for many voters, be among the key issues of the upcoming general election campaign. Despite their continued slump in the polls, an optimistic tone from the government. Weve seen inflation falling dramatically down to 3 , wages rising at 6 , so for, i think, nine months now, wages are rising faster than inflation, those nhs Waiting Lists are coming down. Clearly at the moment people do feel grumpy with the government but as we get closer to an election, its not so much a referendum on grumpiness, it becomes actually a choice. Who do you want to run the country . Elsewhere, speaking to sky news, rishi sunak wouldnt be drawn on the possibility of a july poll, which would be earlier than many had assumed. Weve talked about it. Youre not going to rule outjuly . Youre going to try and draw whatever conclusion you want from what i say, i am going to always say the same thing. You should just listen to what i have said, the same thing i have said all year. But there are some in the party who feel that the threat of a summer poll is just a tactic to ward off any kind of revolt against rishi sunak if the conservatives face a bloodbath next week. Whenever the general election is, heres one man who says it should happen as soon as possible. Georgia roberts, bbc news. The Scottish Liberal Democrats have rejected an offer of talks with the First Minister, humza yousaf, whose politicalfuture hangs in the balance. Hes facing two no confidence votes, after ejecting the scottish greens from his government. Mr yousaf is due to meet the only alba party msp, ash regan, this week, despite ruling out an electoral pact between alba and the snp. Alexandra mackenzie reports. Humza yousaf is fighting for his political future as he faces a vote of no confidence as First Minister in a minority government. After he decided to end a power sharing deal, the Bute House Agreement, with the scottish greens. One senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish green party. I apologise for what has happened this week, it could have happened in a different way but we are where we are. But the choice every member of the Scottish Parliament has this week is are we going to support that government under humza yousaf to make sure that we deliver the legislation that we all agree on . But the greens insist they will not back mr yousaf in the coming days. The Scottish Green Group have said we will vote in support of a vote of no confidence against humza yousaf and i cannot imagine anything at this point that could change that position. This was a spectacular breach. Of trust, from going on tuesday to saying the Bute House Agreement was worth its weight in gold, to stopping it unilaterally. On thursday, thats broken. The snp leader has written to the Opposition Leaders at holyrood, inviting them to discuss their concerns and priorities. Ash regan of the alba party could be kingmaker. Her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to survive. Albas leader set out the political price for that support, prioritising a re emphasis on independence. Ash regan, who leads alba in the Scottish Parliament, is obviously in a highly influential position, given the political arithmetic. She will be meeting with humza yousaf at his invitation, she will take with her some very reasonable, positive proposals which hopefully, if the First Minister accepts them, will help him to get out of a very tight political corner. The main Opposition Parties say the First Minister has run out of road, but the snp leader struggles on in a bid to secure enough support to keep hisjob. Alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. Ukrainian Military Intelligence has released a video it says is of a drone strike on an advanced and rare 5 million russian radar station. The radar is reported to be able to detect targets up to 300km away. Elsewhere, russia claims its forces have taken control of a village near avdiivka in the Eastern Donetsk region. Officials in kenya have warned about even heavier rainfall as Downpours Batter parts of east africa. A government spokesman said the flooding killed at least 76 people and displaced more than 130,000. There are also fears that five key dams on the tana river kenyas longest could overflow in the coming days, with people in affected areas advised to move to higher ground. The extreme weather has also wreaked havoc across neighbouring tanzania, burundi and uganda. Our correspondent anita nkonge is in nairobi and gave us this update. We continue to see heavy rainfall this weekend. Just last night, we saw such heavy rainfall here in kenya that it caused flights to be disrupted, some delayed, some having to be diverted to other parts of the country. Like you said, in burundi, 100,000 people have been displaced, 200,000 to have been displaced with 51,000 households affected by the floods, and 155 people dead in tanzania. In kenya, over 20,000 households have been affected, roughly 131,150 people affected by the floods as well and 90 dead. Part of what we have been seeing its houses being flooded, people being stranded with the roads being cut off, trains having to be delayed. So its definitely a very devastating time right now. And do we know what is coming up . Well, the Kenya Meteorological Department say that we should be expecting more heavy rainfall even tonight. And those who have been living in places where there are dams have been asked to go to higher ground, those in the main city have been asked to stay indoors or go to higher ground. Especially areas that could be affected by flooding. And the government has been launching a Multi Agency Response unit to those places where they may predict flooding. The red cross even created centres in parts of informal settlements where we have seen a lot of flooding in anticipation of houses and people being affected by flooding tonight. Thanks to anita for that. The boss of tesla, elon musk, has met Government Officials in beijing. Chinese state media is reporting the tech boss is there by invitation, for the promotion of international trade. They have apparently discussed data and technology relating to electric vehicles. State media reports premier li qiang describing the meeting as a successful example of sino us economic and trade co operation. 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. Duncan wrigley is chief China Economist at pantheon macroeconomics a research company. He told me more about the significance of mr musk� s visit to china. Tesla is struggling a bit too compete with other car makers globally. In many markets, electric car sales have slowed down a little bit recently. Even in china, which is the biggest electric car market in the world, the growth rate is still growing, it has slowed down a bit. Tesla is facing ferocious competition from a bunch of very price competitive electric brands. And what about the optics of all this and the politics, rather than just the economics . Right, well, china coming out of the covid, reopening since last year has faced a bunch of economic challenges. One of them is bringing back foreign investment. Chinese leaders like premier li have been rolling out the red carpet to try to encourage Foreign Companies to come to china, invest more, and i think that also helps to smooth the way a little bit towards more geopolitics. Obviously sino us relations are quite fraught at the moment, us election coming up. I think china is trying to do what it can to smooth relations. I see. Elon musk is a free speech advocate. He owns the platform x and constantly champions that. China not known so much for its free speech. How wide do you think the discussions will be . Well, x is not accessible in china. U nless unless you use a vpn. I do not think elon musk will be bringing that part of his business to china. When it comes to free speech, china has a different legal system, a different set of rules. I mean, what elon says outside china, as long as its not directly infringing on chinas interests, i think china willjust let him get on with it. Lets go live to italy because one set of Football Fans pretty happy this afternoon. These are the inter fans out on the streets. They have just clinched the serie a title by some margins. They are well ahead of their city rivals, who are in second place in the league at the moment. We have been keeping across these live pictures. Very happy fans out on the streets there, an open top bus expected a little later. Lets get the rest of the days sport now. Now its time for a look at todays sport with hugh. Inter milan winning the serie a title after a win over ac milan. For points now behind the leaders, arsenal, but with two games in hand. They were 3 0 up before half time and withstood a second half fightback to hold on for a win that puts the pressure on manchester city. Bournemouth are up to 10th in the table after a 3 0 win over brighton which also gives them a record points haul in the premier league. Marcos senesi, enes unal and Justin Kluivert on the scoresheet against brighton, who now havent won in the league since mid march. Inter miami are top of the Eastern Conference in mls, and no surprise about who was chiefly behind their 4 1 win over New England Revolution lionel messi. Miami actually went behind in front of a record crowd of over 65,000 in massachusetts before messi weaved his Magic Equalising before half time, and after the break it was all miami. Messi scored again to give his side the lead. And later, he came up with an assist as his side cantered to a win. Thats nine goals in seven games for messi next to the nba, where lebronjames has helped the Los Angeles Lakers avoid elimination in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs for now at least. They beat the the visiting Denver Nuggets 119 108 in game 4. Lebron in fine form with 30 points as the nuggets fell to the lakers for the First Time Since december, 2022. The teams head back to denver for game 5 on monday with the nuggets leading 3 1 in the series. Heres a check on the other results. Boston are the top seed in the east. They lead their best of seven series against miami heat 2 1 after a comprehensive win. Orlando beat cleveland to level the series at 2 2. And Oklahoma City thunder will try to complete a sweep of their first round series on monday in new orleans. They beat the pelicans for a third time. The nfl draft is complete, with all 257 picks made in detroit. Among them a british prospect whos never played a game of American Football before. Travis clayton was selected in the seventh and final round by the buffalo bills. Hes a former rugby player from basingstoke who took part in the Leagues InternationalPlayer Pathway Programme as an offensive lineman. Hes six foot seven and weighs more than 300 pounds. He will now battle for a spot on the bills� regular season roster. World numberfour Elena Rybakina eased to a straight sets victory over mayar sherif to reach the last 16 of the madrid open. The kazakh player, who has a tour leading three titles this season, broke twice in the first set to move 5 0 ahead. Sherif battled harder in the second set, surviving four match points to hold for 5 4 down. Rybakina proved too good taking the victory on her serve. Shell face teenager sara bejlek in the next round. Pakistan have appointed former australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie as coach of their test side. Gillespie has had success in englnads County Championship with yorkshire. He signed a two year contract. While the former south africa batter gary kirsten will take charge of pakistans 0di and t20 teams. Ronnie osullivan has taken a 5 3 le