of the decision for response to the dire situation on the ground. palestinian ambassador called it a step in the right direction but calls for an immediate cease fire sitting to two point million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. israel s and bass criticised and seen the us should have focused on humanitarian crisis of the hostages. and we think the us at our correspondent send this update. after a long drawn out diplomacy, the draughting and redrafting finally the moment of truth and wide show support for the security council members was no surprise. responding to the cause for a sustainable station of hostility and humanitarian aid. not in the world that we want. always not in the world that we want. always run the us and russia and in the end, the both abstained and it was not a veto and so, the resolution passed. on the ground its immediate practical implications were limited. the us did much to tone down the language motivated by what se
for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
of the votes in the run off election over the weekend. it s the first run off ever seen in a turkish presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds gathering at the presidential palace in the capital. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the ent
aid to gaza. this is the scene live in new york where the members of the un security council are making statements after the passing of that resolution. police in prague release body cam video from the moment officers arrived at the scene of thursday s deadly mass shooting. sudan s army chief vows to hold his commanders accountable after a rival paramilitary group captures a strategic city. plus. and sam or wham? we find out this hour who s topped the christmas charts for 2023. all of those headline stories in a moment or two. let s go back to our breaking story in the last half hour because the united nations security council has approved a resolution aimed to bring more aid into gaza following days of negotiations. the statements still going on by the member countries let s cross back to the un in here a little more. here is the chinese representative at the moment. . ., ., is the chinese representative at the moment. . . ., , , , , is the chinese representative at the mo
leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in ukraine. at the g7 summit, in the japanese city of hiroshima, presidentjoe biden told leaders the us was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets. some details remain unclear, like who would supply the jets, and how many pilots would be trained. britain, the netherlands, belgium and denmark have expressed support for the plans. president zelensky welcomed the move, and said it would greatly enhance the ukrainian army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of the decision at the g7 summit in hiroshima . that is what he tweeted. president zelensky is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima in the coming days, where its expected he ll address leaders, and hold a meeting with us president, joe biden. but on friday, he was in saudia arabia for an arab league summit. of those present, only syria has openly supported the russian invasion. others have s