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Its taken days of wrangling, but the Un Security Council has finally tonight voted unanimously for an immediate 30 day ceasefire across syria. Its hoped the truce will allow medical help to reach areas that have seen intense bombing, with hundreds of civilians, including children, killed by Government Air strikes. Rebel held Eastern Ghouta is the worst affected zone, and its been impossible for aid convoys to get in to help. The vote had been delayed repeatedly. But the haggling meant that it avoided a veto from russia, an ally of the syrian government. This is how it finally got through, about two hours ago. Translation the results of the vote are as follows. The draft received 15 votes. The draft is hence adopted unanimously. As solution a01 for the year 2018. As resolution. So, that was the moment this ceasefire was approved. To some, it was unexpected. But its been broadly welcomed by all sides. Earlier, i spoke to panos moumtzis, the un Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the sy
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are martin lipton, whos the Deputy Sports Editor at the sun and benedicte paviot, president of the Foreign Press association, as well as the uk correspondent for france 24. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Following the uns resolution for a ceasefire in syria the observer carries the picture of two children in Eastern Ghouta under the heading syrias endless agony brexit leads the sunday telegraph with theresa mays de facto Deputy David Lidington writing that the snp risks splitting the uks economy and damaging trade deals. Staying with brexit the sunday express reports that the Prime Minister will declare britains best days really do lie ahead of us in a speech in brussels this week. The mail on sunday reports that the ministry of defence is setting up a helpline for british troops suffering from conditions including ptsd. So no consensus over the main story, but brexit appears in several guises, perhaps not surprisi
Welcome to bbc news. Within the past hour, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire across syria. The resolution would allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, where activists say 500 people have been killed in the past week alone. Heres the moment that the current president of the un Security Council, kuwaits permanent representative, introduced the vote. Translation i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution in the document as 2018 146 to raise their hand. Yes. Translation the results of the vote are as follows. The draft received 15 votes. The draft is hence adopted unanimously. As solution 401 for the year 2018. After the vote, the us ambassador, nikki haley, accused russia of cynically stalling on the ceasefire vote. The Syrian People should not have to die waiting for russia to organise their instructions from moscow. Ought to discuss it with the syrians. And wide
Good morning. Im richard lui. Were going to start with breaking news coming out of yemen nepu. S. State department urging u. S. Citizens to leave yemen immediately due to, quote, the continued potential for terrorist attacks. It also ordered nonemergencies u. S. Government staff to leave. The Security Threat there is considered very high. Tensions already elevated with 19 u. S. Embassies and consulates closed through saturday. Sources telling nbc news intercepted Electronic Communications prompted those closures through the middle east and north africa. Sources saying two of al qaedas top leaders, quote, wanted to do Something Big this past sunday during ramadan. Those leaders being al qaedas chief Ayman Al Zawahiri and his deputy in yemen. It did not reveal a specific target or method. A shooting inside a pennsylvania government building leaves at least three people dead culminating with two people tackling the gunman, shooting him with his own gun. Three people, including the gunman