killed himself. bethany bell reports from prague. of the people of prague are mourning their dad.- of the people of prague are mourning their dad. they have been lighting mourning their dad. they have been lighting candles - mourning their dad. they have been lighting candles and - been lighting candles and laying flowers to commemorate the victims of the attack, at the victims of the attack, at the faculty of arts building at charles university. police say students barricaded themselves into rooms of the university building and the police had to go floor by floor to get them out. they showed body camera footage of officers as they hunted for the gunman who died on the roof of the building. the interior minister said the quick response by police prevented more casualties. he told the bbc that the attacker had brought a lot of guns into the university and had been ready to kill a lot of people. the killer, named locally as a 24 year old david is also thought to have killed h
the palestinian ambassador to the u n, called it a step in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2 point 3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile: israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. gilad erdan also thanked the us for its support of israel. for more on the day s events, our correspondent there, john sudworth sent this update from washington. the united states explained that while they re happy that this was stepping up humanitarian aid, they were happy that the council did not include the condemnation of a mosque towards the october seven attacks and said that is what led them to eventually abstain and it is worth noting that the draught was humanitarian in nature and those in the council discussed must be a kind of all parties if one is named and ultimately, the united states, he di
the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed here s some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing i
and which festive favourite is the christmas number one? and coming up on bbc news. we ll be at villa park where sheffield united are the visitors on a night when victory can take aston villa top of the premier league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the united nations security council has passed a resolution to address the continuing conflict in gaza and the appalling conditions faced by around 2 million people there. it follows days of argument at the un in new york. the resolution calls on asians to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities and the unhindered delivery of assistance to gaza calls on nations. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live, not in the world that we want, and we will never tire in pushing for a full humanitarian