our correspondent hugo bachega has more from jerusalem. this annual list by the un secretary general covers the killing of children in conflict and also the denial of access to aid in the targeting of schools and hospitals. it s still not clear what accusations the israeli military is facing, but this decision, if it s taken, will put more pressure on the country s authorities. unsurprisingly, there s been strong reaction from israeli officials. benjamin netanyahu said the un had added itself to the blacklist of history and he said the israeli military was the most moral army in the world. they have been reports suggesting that both hamas and islamichhad will also be added to the list and there has been reaction from the palestinians as well. a spokesman for the palestinian president told reuters that this decision was a step closer to holding israel accountable for its crimes. french president emmanuel macron has promised ukraine new weapons and fighterjets. mr macron, who s
hugo bachega has more, from jerusalem thousands of children have been killed in this war against hamas in gaza and thousands more are in desperate need of humanitarian help. this list by the un secretary general covers the un secretary general covers the killing of children in conflict and also the denial of access to aid in the targeting of schools and hospitals. it is still not clear what accusations the israeli military is facing but this decision, if it is taken will put more pressure on the country s authorities and unsurprisingly there has been strong reaction from israeli officials. benjamin netanyahu said the un had added itself to the blacklist of history and he said the israeli military was the most moral army in the world. the israeli foreign minister said this decision would have an impact on the country s relations with the united nations. they have been reports suggesting that both hamas and islamichhad will also be added to the list and there has been reaction
in targeting of schools and hospitals. it is still not clear what accusations that israeli military is facing but this decision, if taken, will put more pressure on the country s authorities. unsurprisingly, there has been a strong reaction from israeli officials. prime minister netanyahu said the un added the of history saying the israeli military was the most moral in the world. they have been reports saying both hamas and islamichhad will be added to this list and there has been reaction from the palestinians as well. a spokesman for the palestinian president the reuters news agency saying that this decision was a step closer to holding israel accountable for its crimes. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken is set to make his eighth visit to the middle east since the october 7th attacks. for more on all this, i spoke to michael oren, the former israeli ambassador to the us to get his reaction to the un s report. outrageous, unacceptable. the israeli army is do
Let s take a look at the numbers. about 373 million people are eligible to vote that s about 5 times the uk population. people will cast ballots from finland in the north to cyprus in the south, ireland in the west to bulgaria in the east. the next european parliament will have 720 members, with each country having seats proportionate to the size of their population. germany is guaranteed 96 seats, france 81 and italy 76, while the netherlands has 31. dutch voters were the first to cast ballots, with exit polls suggesting a tight race between a left green alliance and the party of anti islam populist geert wilders. ireland and the czech republic voted on friday. while voting in most eu countries happens over a single day the czechs get two days to vote. people in other eu member countries will vote over the weekend, with far right parties eyeing victory in france, belgium, austria and italy.
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