on humanitarian aid for gaza. the vote was originally scheduled for monday but has been delayed several times since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document. the original draft called for a sustainable cessation of hostilities but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one. the united states are the key players having vetoed all previous un resolutions since the start of the war but they say they are ready to support the latest draft. these are the latest pictures from the un because various member countries are just talking. these are live pictures coming from the security council into the bbc but we still await for confirmation that we are going to get the vote after all of the wrangling we have seen this week and still we wait for certainty of that. and of course, an exact time. we are keeping an eye on that and monitoring the situation. here s the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. we do have that
since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document. the original draft called for a sustainable cessation of hostilities but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one. the united states are the key players having vetoed all previous un resolutions since the start of the war but they say they are ready to support the latest draft. here s the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. we do have that resolution and we are ready to vote on it. and it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need and it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance. we will be live in new york in the next few minutes, talking to our correspondents. but so much focus on the humanitarian side of what is happening in gaza but also a tremendous amount of focus on the hostage situation that continues, injuring nine weeks of w
one down. three letters, out, ben duckett was followed by zak crawley. stuart broad s job was to survive. instead second ball he offered a catch to someone, anyone. no one. the evening under the lights ended with glares and a test match that s fascinatingly poised. patrick gearey, bbc news. we heard about storm otto earlier. let s look at the weather with louise lear. it did look lovely in aberdeen despite storm otto and that s because the storm has passed, i am pleased to say. but we had ferocious wind whipping up the sea this morning and gusts of wind widely across eastern scotland in excess of 80 miles an hour. notjust scotland, in the north of england and west yorkshire we had 75 mile an hour gusts as well. but storm otto is now pushing off to scandinavia. the isobars are opening up and the winds are fading but these weather fronts are fading but these weather fronts are producing cloud. it s a blustery afternoon. but there will be sunny spells as well as you can see in e
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and