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The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future, and it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process but it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condem...

to the generals, we want to thank you for— to the generals, we want to thank you for ensuring peace and stability during _ you for ensuring peace and stability during voting and we must also thank the home _ during voting and we must also thank the home affairs staff and officials who ensured that as many voters as possible _ who ensured that as many voters as possible had their identity documents on election day. thank you very n1ucir— documents on election day. thank you very much to — documents on election day. thank you very much to you as well. applause i would also like t...

welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party's campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accused labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some of what the snp lea...

hello. i'm anna foster. let's start in the middle east, where israel's opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahu's coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three—phase proposalfrom presiden...

if forces entered rafah�*s "population centres" or launched a major ground operation. hugo bachega has more. the remarks by the israeli national security adviser appeared to reject the idea that we could be near the end of the war in gaza. he said fighting might continue for at least the rest of the year — although he didn't give details about how intense the conflict might be. now all eyes are on rafah, near the border with egypt. the israeli authorities say it is vital to enter the city because they believe four hamas battalions are still operating there. but israel is under a ...