and which festive favourite is the christmas number one? and coming up on bbc news. we ll be at villa park where sheffield united are the visitors on a night when victory can take aston villa top of the premier league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the united nations security council has passed a resolution to address the continuing conflict in gaza and the appalling conditions faced by around 2 million people there. it follows days of argument at the un in new york. the resolution calls on asians to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities and the unhindered delivery of assistance to gaza calls on nations. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live, not in the world that we want, and we will never tire in pushing for a full humanitarian
christmas charts for 2023. millions of people are on the move across the uk as the christmas getaway begins. there have been long queues at the port of dover after a surge in demand for ferries caused by yesterday s eurotunnel strike in france. and road and rail travel is also heavy, with more than 13 millionjourneys predicted between today and sunday. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. the christmas getaway is in full swing after a very bumpy start. train services have been recovering after yesterday s severe disruption. these passengers at leeds were travelling hopefully. i was glad that i wasn t going back last night, so i had friends that were going from euston and everything was kind of chaotic, so. a little bit stressed, cos see if these trains get cancelled, not sure if my train s going to be cancelled or not, so. now that i ve looked, it s all right. there have been long queues at dover s ferry ports, partly put down to a higher demand after a strike at e
through a resolution focused on getting humanitarian aid into gaza, but it stops short of calling for a cease fire. we will have the latest from our correspondent in new york and have all the reaction for you, including from a un human rights representative working on the ground in gaza. also on the programme tonight, we ll take stock of the uk economy after poor figures raise fears of a recession in 202a. and what happens when you need to take out the trash when you live in space? we ll look at the complicated operation under way today to clear the junk on the international space station. good evening. the united nations security council has passed a resolution aiming to get more aid into gaza, but which stops short of calling for an immediate truce. this was the moment the vote came in. 13 in favour and two abstentions from permanent members the us and russia but, crucially, no votes against, no veto. so after multiple attempts to come to an agreement on action after th
and the leader of north korea condemns his health officials, as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 6pm in new york, where president biden has gone to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was in buffalo as the president was speaking and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in morning. in an all ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging am