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translation: 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul searching. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation of their construction in occupied eastjerusalem. who gave you the right to issue such a decree, denying our eternal rights in jerusalem? israel has long pursued a policy of building jewish settlements on arab land captured during the 1967 war. it insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the un resolution will make ....
our look at the day at westminster. the headlines: mps from across the commons call for action to streamline the health service and social care in england. the local government agree they need help. the health service agrees they need help. but the health service and local government blame each other. warnings that a skills shortage in the housing industry is leading to poor quality buildings. the pressure that the trades have had up to it means we have substandard building going on. and, in the lords, the government gives assurances workers rights won t be damaged by brexit. but first, the government s been warned by mps on all sides of the house of the need for better communication between the health service in england and social care. conservative backbenchers were among those who told ministers about hospital beds being taken up and constituents finding themselves caught between health and social care providers, neither of which were able to help. local governmen ....
story before 10am. it isa it is a must watch. and, a legal battle over the rights of parents to take their children out of school for holidays during term time reaches the highest court in the land today. we ll speak to the father at the centre of the case. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. throughout the morning we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. and as always, really keen to hear from you. after 10am we ll be hearing how a primary school in bournemouth has started allowing pupils to wear their comfy slippers in class, after research found it helps them to get better grades and generally improve their performance. if you work from home, you might already know that s the case. do get in touch with your views. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. donald trump has sacked the united states‘ top legal advisor after she questioned the legality o ....
after. the countdown is on to the super bowl in houston, texas. we ll hear how the fans are gearing up for it. hello. the us government is to make a formal appeal against the legal ruling suspending president trump s ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. major airlines are again allowing citizens from the affected countries to board flights to the united states. here s the bbc‘s simon clemison. first they could go to america, then they could not. now they are back at they could not. now they are back at the departure gates again. after two yea rs of the departure gates again. after two years of vetting and investigating my background they granted me the visa. so this shocked me. some nev are unpacked their suitcases there. others were wary wondering how long this would last. now the decision has been appealed, lifting the ban on foreign nationals arriving from seven predominantly muslim countries. donald trump insisted the move was not against religion ....
also this hour: as wales and england prepare to clash in the six nations in cardiff, final preparations are being made to their starting line ups. wing george north and fly half dan biggar have won their fitness battles and are named in wales‘ team for saturday s big match. and an australian man who fell into a trench survives for hours with his nose just above the water. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an independent report published in the last hour looking at the safety failures that forced 17 edinburgh schools to close has blamed the council and the partnership which managed the building contracts. the report s author says there was a lack of proper scrutiny of the construction work. the crisis began injanuary 2016, when a structural wall at 0xgangs primary school collapsed during a storm. 17 schools, including ten primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools were then shut because of concerns over the standard of construction. ....