is joining me from jerusalem. what in terms of the focus, what have we seen here for the president s visit? reporter: well, we just saw president biden arriving in bethlehem at the presidential compound where he was greeted by mahmoud abbas. this is the first visit by a u.s. president to meet with the palestinian authority president since president trump visited in 2017. and this comes as the u.s. is really trying to shift its policy towards the palestinians. we have watched the biden administration turn back on the spigot of humanitarian aid to the palestinian people that was cut off by the trump administration. we ve seen since president biden came into office about half a billion dollars of aid. and today we re expecting president biden to announce a total of $316 million of additional aid for palestinians including $100 million for the east jerusalem hospital network that serves palestinians. here is the president earlier this morning at one of those hospitals in east j
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk
it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed to the
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that serves palestinians. here is the president earlier this morning at one of those hospitals in east jerusalem. so today i m pleased to announce the united states is committing an additional $100 million to support these hospitals. your staffs that work for the palestinian people. your commitment of both resources and expertise. reporter: and white house officials have also told us that the president will announce $201 million for the u.n. relief and works agency for panhandle refugees and another $15 million in food aid. there is also a series of key confidence building measures between the israelis and palestinians, israelis have apparently committed to opening 24/7 access for the bridge that allows palestinians to travel to jordan. there is also going to be a restarting of this