there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. and he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no protective protection of civilians, there. that they were running out of food, at risk of starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. so here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary general, but despite that, the united states again cutting an extremely lonely figure in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. live now to steven simon, former united states national security council senior director for the middle east and north africaa vote for a ceasefire would have what is your reaction? i what is your reaction? i am not surprised what is your reaction? i am not surprised by what is your reaction? i am not surpr
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk
and we are losing the nhs, and i think that this winter s pressures are going to be the thing that topples the nhs over. david grossman, bbc news. and you can see more on that story at 10.30pm, on newsnight, on bbc 2. the government has scrapped a flagship piece of legislation, designed to raise standards of education in england. the schools bill included plans for a register of children who are missing lessons, and for all schools to become part of multi academy trusts. our education correspondent hazel shearing has more. the schools bill has faced a lot of hurdles since it was first introduced. we had the schools white paper, a policy document outlining the government s vision back in march. over the some of the schools legislation, the schools bill, which is legislation to implement some of that vision,
to default to the line of saying that if they were in government they would be getting around a table and getting more involved in strike discussions and they would be facilitating what is going on between employers and employees. where labour are more hesitant to make commitments is when they are pressed on how much you would be giving to train drivers, how much would they be giving to teachers and nurses, because labour are trying to find a balance between not saying they would give the inflation level rises that some of the employees would like to see but certainly trying to suggest that they would be taking a more generous approach than the government is. but their line and the one they seem to be taking is that if they were in government they would take a more proactive role. the government has scrapped a flagship piece of legislation, designed to raise standards of education in england. the schools bill included plans for a register of children
this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a bbc investigation has revealed the details of a series of brutal mass killings of civilians by the myanmar military. voters in chile have elected the country s youngest ever president. gabriel boric, a left wing former student activist, is 35. president biden s flagship piece of legislation, known as build back better, looks in deep trouble after a key senatorfrom his own democratic party said he wouldn t support it. senatorjoe manchin, who represents the conservative state of west virginia, told fox news he d tried to reach a compromise on the bill, priced at $1.7 trillion. if i can t go home and explain it to the people of west virginia, i can t vote for it. and i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can t.