The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future, and it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process but it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as quote unfair, unethical and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of int
in the south of gaza. meanwhile, aid agencies estimate nearly 2 million people have already been displaced that s almost 80 % of gaza s population. thousands have tried to go to un schools to find shelter but have had to sleep in front of buildings as there is no room for them and most of those are struggling to find safe water and food, deepening the humanitarian crisis as israel s military operation against hamas grinds on. for more on the aid situation, here s our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. the israeli army is fighting intense street battle with three parts of the gaza strip, two in the north, in the jabalya refugee camp and gaza city known as schedule year. both areas the israelis have described as hamas strongholds. also in the southern city of khan younis, the largest in the southern gaza strip. and there, the fighting in the south is moving so quickly that the aid agencies, frankly, are not able to keep up. remember, this is an area where huge
good morning from germany where we are waking up with the scotland fans ahead are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of their second match in the european ahead of their second match in the european championship. will the scotland european championship. will the scotland party continue? we will find out scotland party continue? we will find out this morning. it s wednesday, the 19th ofjune. the latest inflation figures will be released this morning, giving an idea of the state of the economy before voters head to the polls in just over two weeks. analysts are expecting the figures for last month to show that inflation has fallen back to the bank of england s 2% target for the first time in nearly three years. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has more. have you got food left or is it all gone? gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. now he has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught bet
Well find out if the president should be worried. And this. And| will always love you. Stephen smith on a new movie about whitney houston. Hello. So theresa may is here to stay, for the time being. Which means she now has to wallow in the complexities of a precarious politics. Sorting out a deal with the dup for stability at home, and sorting out a position with the eu on brexit. As she said yesterday, she got her party into this mess, shell get them out of it. The dup deal is almost done, but not signed yet. The brexit one is a great deal more complicated, and with days to go until the formal start, the department for exiting the eu, dexeu to its friends, is being reshuffled its lost two ministers in 2a hours. Is it too strong to use the word disarray . Well, theresa may sat down for dinner and a bit of football this evening, with president macron of france. Well take stock shortly, but first David Grossman looks at the Prime Ministers day. A Tourist Snapping Landmarks today might con