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american officials argued such a move would be "divorced from reality". every other member of the council backed the resolution — apart from the uk, which abstained. there's been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas — which is classed as a terror group by many western governments — a chance to regroup. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. "in gaza, there's no safe place," says the un secretary general. "the health care system is collapsing, "hospitals have becom...

in gaza, there's no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday in the aftermath of an israeli airstrike as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, at the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and had this warning. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza, which would have devastati...

the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a "flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values" and he holds the us "responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip". the us envoy said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution — apart from the uk, which abstained. israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would gi...

we're up here on the roof of the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. in our last programme of 2023, not a particularly happy year, we'll be asking, what's morale like in the ukrainian front line as winter closes in? there are some areas where morale is higher, where there have been some gains, and there's a strong belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment. why can't the un do more to get the kind of world peace that most of us long to see? you've got a structure here in the united nations that reflects a post—second world war order. the new orde...

Condemning israeli settlements on palestinian territory. It happened because the United States changed its usual veto policy and abstained in the vote. Well, israels ambassador to the un said that it was a shameful move, but the us said it had long argued against settle m e nt it had long argued against Settlement Building. The resolution specifically calls for an end to settle m e nt specifically calls for an end to Settlement Building in the west bank and eastjerusalem, settlements that are considered illegal under international law. The us and israeli ambassadors to the un responded soon af...