general used a rarely invoked article of the un charter. article 99 to bring to the attention of the security council threats to international peace and security. he urged the council to call for a ceasefire because he said there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system and anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no protection of civilians there, running out of food, risk and starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. here we saw the majority of the council supporting that cold by the secretary general but despite that, the united states again cutting an extremely lonely figure in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. united states said they did not support a ceasefire because thought this resolution was unbalanced and divorced from reality, conclud
place after the secretary general antonio guterres used a rarely invoked article of the un charter. article 99 to bring to the attention of the security council threats to international peace and security. he urged the council to call for a ceasefire because he said there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. and he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no protective protection of civilians, there. that they were running out of food, at risk of starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. so here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary general, but despite that, the united states again cutting an extremely lonely figure in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. and united states said they did not support a
this was the scene in new york earlier. despite 13 nations voting for a ceasefire, the united states veto means the resolution failed to pass. earlier, the un secretary general warned that the people of gaza are at breaking point. israel says any ceasefire would cement hamas control of gaza. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many countries, including the uk. meanwhile, more video has emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel. the footage, verified by the bbc, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by israeli soldiers. it s understood that some of the men have since been released. we ll speak to our correspondent at the united nations shortly, but first, here s out international editor, jeremy bowen. gaza is at breaking point, says the un. almost 2 million people have been driven from their homes by israeli forces. in deir al balah, the mosque was bombed with such force that the yafa hospital next doo
this girl grew this girlgrew up this girl grew up injenin in the occupied west bank and this holiday was imad s first trip to his homeland to introduce their baby meriam to the wider family. but after attacks by hamas and israel on the 7th of october, the couple made the 7th of october, the couple made the decision to come back to london. my the decision to come back to london. my daughter grew up identifying as british but i want to for her to have the lived palestinian experience. but i think us being in palestine when the war started, when the genocide started, it s like, is that the lived experience i want her to have? comes as a package, being palestinian it s a big package it is inherent pain and trauma two generations. inherent pain and trauma two uenerations. , , ., ., generations. they see even london has not always generations. they see even london has not always felt generations. they see even london has not always felt like generations. they see even london
good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the sporting revolution being driven by saudi arabia. the kingdom has been investing billions of pounds in attracting some of global sports biggest names, from boxing, formula 1, football and golf. nowjon rahm, one of golf s top players, has announced he sjoining the saudi funded golf tour. the country has been accused of using sport to improve its reputation distracting from its human rights abuses and poor environmental record. but in an interview with the bbc, the sports minister denied claims of so called sportswashing . our sports editor dan roan reports from the port city ofjeddah, where he was accompanied by saudi ministry officials at all times when filming. from a revamped league attracting football s biggest stars and the hosting of world heavyweight title fights to an attempted takeover of golf. jon rahm now the latest top player tojoin its breakaway series. saudi arabia is spending billions of pounds tr