the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israel s president has said his country is now ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause . nearly 20 thousand people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start discussing a new draft of a gaza resolution and a vote could take place any minute now. the white house has just said discussions for a humanitarian pause are quote very serious . it s all about the wording of the text. it s all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access . it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. in the past half hour, the us secretary of state
tell us what is happening. i tell us what is happening. i was reachin: tell us what is happening. i was reaching out tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to diplomats - tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to diplomats as - tell us what is happening. i reaching out to diplomats as they were leaving consultations. i was told the vote had been delayed yet again until tomorrow. we were able to hear directly from the uae which offered this draught resolution. their ambassador told us that they decided to give additional time to try to see if diplomacy could yield a positive resolution. in other words, if they could avoid a us veto here. and we have seen these negotiations drag out over days, which i thinkjust underscores how high stakes these talks are. the ambassador said that these discussions are happening at the highest levels in capitals, with everyone who has leverage, and while the united states does
abroad for safety. evan s friends collect and translate letters of support for him from all over the world, helping keep his spirits up and their own. evan is not a spy. evan is a journalist. and my greatest hope is that evan is released as soon as possible and can go home, can go back to work and go back to his family, can come and spend time with all of us again, as he should be doing right now. that s the greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined seriously. the barracks have black mold. but paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as a prisoner. are you worried that there s going to be another deal that you re going to be left behind again? yeah, i am worried that there ll be a deal to leave me here. with each case, my case is going to the back of the line that s being left in the dust. it is russia that put him here, but paul whelan wants america to push harder to get him home. sarah rainsford, bbc news. some breaking news. the irish government has deci
will cause huge disruption . this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. 0ur health correspondent sharon barbour has the story. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? 0ur nhs! dr greenhlagh is a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patient in the accident and emergency department, and i can t examine them in a room because there s no space, and so they re on a trolley in the corridor, it s not right. and when you see how little it seems the government values us, again that is a real blow to many doctors morale. we re not asking for a huge pay rise. what we re asking for is our pay to stop being cut and to reverse the pay cuts we ve already suffered. have you thought about leaving? i think alljunior doctors, to be honest, i think m