as israel s bombardment continues. it comes as a watered down un security council resolution for more aid to be allowed into gaza has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the ho
the police are very much out in force and many areas around the university are still cordoned off by police were advising people to stay away. at a press conference, please confirm the shooter was a student at the universities faculty of arts at charles university where the incident happened. it is near a very famous tourist site, the 14th century bridge at the heart of historic prague, just a stone s throw away from the town square and very popular tourist but is the christmas markets in the christmas season where it really sees the number of tourists increasing and people in the programme on a holiday and also speaking to a couple who were in prague on their honeymoon who said were told by police to get away as quickly as possible. when the event happened, the building they warn people around the area to stay away. and they been reissuing people that is not in danger and it s not connected to international terrorism in any way and the president does express to shock and sen
rejecting a request by special counsel jack smith to decide now whether the former president has immunity so his trial can begin on time in march. it comes as new evidence emerges, the reported tape of mr. trump pressuring michigan election officials, what he allegedly said. also tonight, the tragedy in gaza. the first known american listed as a hostage confirmed dead. the fears for his wife still in captivity. the heart-pounding body cam, police responding to the deadly mass shooting at a university in prague. what it reveals. the record surge at the border and the new reporting. our cameras there as busloads of migrants are released onto arizona streets. the holiday travel crush. millions on the move and the storms we re tracking. will they disrupt your trip? the terror at sea. videos of a rogue wave slamming a cruise ship more than 250 passengers stranded. the dramatic rescue. a man trapped under rocks for days in a tunnel on a san diego cliffside. the moment h
that the united states won t veto. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has the latest. still very much under. in the works. it s come down from cessation to suspension to now creating the conditions. i don t think there s any shortage of diplomacy. what we re in shortage of really is the agreement on a humanitarian truce, pause, ceasefire that will allow aid to come in in a sustained, consistent way. and not only that, but distribution has also been a key hindrance here. this. the relentless bombardment, the continued fighting has. has meant that even the little aid that comes in and we ve understood from the united nations, for example, that the aid that comes in is about 10% of the general need of the population in gaza, that hasn t been distributed and hasn t gone to the people who need it the most. we ve heard warnings from the world food program, for example, that gaza is now, you know, on the fringe of a real threat of famine. a who team has gone to the north of gaza to
to let more aid in has been delayed since monday as member states try to work out a draft that the united states won t veto. the us says it wants to make sure israel still has control over goods moving into gaza, to ensure it doesn t fall into the wrong hands. 0ur united nations correspondent nada tawfik has the latest from new york. what i heard from one to promote is that they ve made more progress today than they have all week and the gaps. what we have received is the latest draft resolution and it is different in key aspects of the last proposal. instead of calling for a suspension of hostilities the draft now calls for urgent steps to immediate allowance of safe and unhindered humanitarian access with creating conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities so the wording there turndown from the original draft. the resolution on the table now also appointed a senior humanitarian and reconstruction co ordinator that will then appoint a un mechanism to try to speed