I invite these members. To participate in this meeting. It is so decided. I propose that the council and by special representatives of the president s of the state of palestine to participate in the meeting. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the council, i welcome his excellency. In accordance with rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure, i also invite the following individuals to participate in this meeting. The chair of the committee on the exercise of enable inalienable rights of the Palestinian People. The European Union a high representative for the middle east peace process. The assistant secretary general of the league of arab states. And the secretarygeneral of the union for the mediterranean. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin consideration of item two of the agenda. I give the floor to the secretary general. Mr. President , excellencies, the middle east is on a precipice. We have seen a perilous escalation. One miscalculation or
The day would for ever haunt these are the people, particularly those wisdom suffer daily knowing their loved ones are still showed hostages by almost once again. Do you 3 . Its hard to mind to the tomas release on hostages immediately and unconditionally hovering gaza. Its not only the hostages who are suffering over 33700 philistines have been killed. Most of them women and children, thousands have been injured or maint. Countless others remain on accounted for. Missing under the rubble of ruins, neighborhoods the prospect of a further escalation into alpha, where over 1000000 displaced civilians are struggling daily to survive. Ease on country ben. As we stress our Firm Rejection of any ground defensive into alpha and any further displacement of palestinians with over half of the population on the cost of a man made farming. Coupled with this Amazing Health system, children also dying from lack of food and water. According to unicef today and gaza, one in 3 children under the age of
Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is off this week. Hes in france but hes not hanging out with the new french president thats what Vladimir Putins been doing today. The two leaders had a get to know you meeting at versailles. And you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the French Election mr macron Accused Moscow of interfering in his poll. At a tense press conference, Vladimir Putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. From paris, Lucy Williamson reports. Despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held A Touch Of Frost from the start. At the entrance to frances versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. Two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. France and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. Emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they were red lines that must no
Renewables is seen widening the appeal of its muchanticipated ipo. Yousef it is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Our top story today, north korea reporting missile launches early this morning before the markets opened. Markets look at how reacted, we saw a spike in defense related stocks. Lets jump into my bloomberg. I have the industrial space right here. 6 . This little bit on a day where it is subdued and volumes are not quite there, defense stocks up him a 1. 5 . Have a look at some of these names, five within that space. That said, history tells us that when you have these spikes on the peninsula, you get a spike in stocks. And you get a drop subsequently. Japan ande story, south korea have issued a strong protest. We are looking at reactions from the u. S. , and most importantly china. Guests oned by our all this. What do we have here . It is just ratcheting up relieved attention. This,h, it is kind of som
Clouds creep up from virginia, well see increasing clouds in the afternoon. 38 degrees in philadelphia. Below freezing not too far away in wilmington. 33 in trenton. 29 degrees in allentown and reading and lancaster have slipped to 27 degrees. Not a lot of wind this morning, so we dont have to worry about a windchill only 7mile an hour breeze in philadelphia. Some spots were calm, but its certainly on the chilly side. 35 degrees by 7 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. , 47. By noon up to 5. We can 55. We can lose the heavy coat at that point. 3 00 p. M. , 62 degrees. 6 00 p. M. , cloudy and 54. Were a waiting the arrival of rain overnight tonight. That rain will hang around for tomorrow mornings commute. I will let you know when it ends, karen. What you got on the roads . Reporter emergency workers, look at the backup we have in Chester County 202 southbound at 252. Malvern and payle paoli, we have a singlevehicle accident emergency workers on scene blocking right lane. Traffic slowing on 202 southb