negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated - on the bed when something exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others. this was 13 year old
of the city of khan younis. israel has warned more palestinians living around the city to leave immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by several governments including us and uk. these pictures were shot on sunday. children are among those being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. israel insists it is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza, after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. and i should warn you, the report contains footage from the very beginning that is distressing. lost boys, brothers, looking for their father my dad s been killed. i swear my dad s been killed. they
Could moscow be softening its position about president Bashar Alassads role in the political future and we hear from the rugby world champions as they make a triumphant return home, the trophy back on new zealand territory after the all blacks successful title defense. Okay. We start with some breaking news out of romania, where the Prime Minister victor ponta and his government resigned following protests following a nightclub fire. 30 people died in the capital bucharest. 20,000 called for cabinet resignations on tuesday, and are accusing the government of corruption when granting permits and conducting safety inspections. Lets speak to the local journalists, joining us on the line from bucharest. We know ponta had been under pressure to resign. Was it the protests that did it. He had been under pressure to quit. He went on trial in september facing trials of fraud, Money Laundering et cetera. There were young professional students, artists, friends and relatives of those killed and
Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine to face the consequences. Im Veronica Pedrosa in bangkok thailand and well that is correct a thailand airways to see if they can emerge from heavy debt to make a soft landing we start with the israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahus controversial visit to the u. S. To address a joint sitting of congress and hell teleu. S. Lawmakers why he opposes the terms of a deal with iran. Earlier Binyamin Netanyahu gave a speech to the biggest american lobby group. Reporter as in previous appearances. Binyamin netanyahu gave a speech to a. P. A. C, taking pains to ensure that differences with president obama should not split democrats and republicans in the support for israel. I regret some misperceived my visit as doing that. Israel is a bipartisan issue and should remain. Many are describing as a tactical mistake Binyamin Netanyahus accepting the republican invitation to speak before a joint meeting of Congress Without notifying the white house, saying shes forcin
Theres more good news about the Coronavirus Vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. Final trials show it is 95 effective in people over the age of 65. Whats more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for approval by authorities around the world. Its due to role out later this year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Yet more good news on vaccines. Last week, Pfizer Biontech were the first to show their vaccine protected against covid. Now we have more detail. Pfizer says the vaccine is more than 94 effective among the over 65s and showed the same consistent protection among volunteers from different ethnicities. There were 170 cases of covid 19 across more than 40,000 volunteers. 162 of those were among the volunteers who got dummy or placebo jabs, and only eight in the vaccinated group. There were no serious safety concerns, but a small minority of volunteers suffered significant headaches orfatigue. I think this is good news, and also very encouraging that the v