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
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 diplomat is that they ve made more progress today than they have all week and that they are narrowing the gaps. what we have received is the latest draft resolution and it is different in key aspects from 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 toned down from the original draft. the resolution on the table now also appoints a senior humanitarian and reconstruction co ordinator that will then appoint a un mechanism to try to speed up aid into gaza. so it is all quite a mouthful but these are
of the decision for response to the dire situation on the ground. palestinian ambassador called it a step in the right direction but calls for an immediate cease fire sitting to two point million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. israel s and bass criticised and seen the us should have focused on humanitarian crisis of the hostages. and we think the us at our correspondent send this update. after a long drawn out diplomacy, the draughting and redrafting finally the moment of truth and wide show support for the security council members was no surprise. responding to the cause for a sustainable station of hostility and humanitarian aid. not in the world that we want. always not in the world that we want. always run the us and russia and in the end, the both abstained and it was not a veto and so, the resolution passed. on the ground its immediate practical implications were limited. the us did much to tone down the language motivated by what se
are met. with more, here s our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. explosions. 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 hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we would never have got the 110 hostages out that we did in november. israel s army said this week it had killed tens of hamas fighters in an ambush near gaza city. and that it s prepa
the release includes infamous former defence contractor leonard glenn francis known as fat leonard. he s at the center of one of the us navy s largest corruption cases. in exchange the us has freed alex saab, an aide and top ally to venezuela s president nicolas maduro, accused of laundering money on behalf of the maduro government, which he denies. mr maduro is also releasing 20 venezuelan political prisoners. it s all part of the biden administration s efforts to improve relations with venezuela, and push mr maduro to hold fair elections next year. earlier, i spoke with our reporter mimi swaby about the deal. president byers was emphasising that this was all about encouraging venezuela to hold free and fair elections. how much leveraged you think the biden administration has in that regard? this is yet another sign of significant flowing between relations between the us and venezuela after months of really high level negotiations. this comes as biden is grappling with a