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after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed here s some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be chan ....
works. instead they have resorted to their favourite of works. instead they have resorted to their favourite of pressure, - their favourite of pressure, blackmail and twisting arms so that in the last minute, they have been able to present the members of the council with a an ultimatum either the council adopt a text that is convenient for washington or the washington united states will block the adoption of any product. yossi mekelberg is an associate fellow at the middle east and north africa programme at chatham house. i asked him how much of a difference he thinks this resolution will make. yes there is one step forward in terms of aid. this aid is needed desperately considering the 1.9 million palestinians displaced out of 2.3 million. but as you say, we have to look at the bigger picture. as we are gradually moving towards a cease fire, i think it is a great time to consider the continuation of fighting otherwise the nights is one of each of this resolution into exten ....
temperature here at the ground one degree. but elsewhere a mild start for many, heavy rain moving its way through scotland. that will gradually push the snow out of the way and across the west, with that south westerly flow always driving and more cloud it will be rather drab and dreary at times. east of the pennines we should get breaks in the pennines we should get breaks in the cloud, some sunshine to the south east and the temperature again mild for this time of year. most of us looking at 12 13, once again the far north east staying on the cold side. as we move into christmas eve it will continue to be mild, even record breaking mild, but also when they with gusts of wind at 50 70 so if you are travelling keep abreast of the forecast, tune into your local radio and we will see pulses of wet weather to the west. if we get above 15.6 it will be the warmest christmas eve on record. into christmas day, cloudy and wet and mild for most of us but we keep the cold air in the fa ....