saying that 2.3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. for more on the day s events, our correspondentjohn sudworth sent this update. after the long drawn out diplomacy, the drafting and redrafting, finally, the moment of truth. the wide show of support from most security council members was no surprise. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live in, not in the world we want. all eyes were on the us and russia. in the end, they both abstained. but it wasn t a veto, and so the resolution passed. guns fire. on the ground, its immediate practical implications may be limited. the us did much to tone do
the palestinian ambassador to the un, called it a step in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2.3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. russia s ambassador to the un criticised the us for not doing more to restrain israeli operations in gaza. this comes amid complaints that the resolution is watered down. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the us abstained because the council did not condemn hamas october seventh attack on israel. here s what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but, today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expan
on the ground . the palestinian ambassador to the un, called it a step in the right direction. but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2.3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution, and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. russia s ambassador to the un criticized the us for not doing more to restrain israeli operations in gaza, saying it is giving israel a license to kill civilians. this comes amid complaints that the resolution is watered down. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the us abstained from the vote because the council did not condemn hamas october seventh attack on israel. here s what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but, today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. tod
in the right direction but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire, saying: meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said: russia s ambassador to the un criticised the us for not doing more to restrain israeli operations in gaza. this comes amid complaints that the resolution is watered down. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the us abstained because the council did not condemn hamas october seventh attack on israel. here s what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right but today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. for more on the negotiations that led to this deal, my colleague carl nasman spoke tojose de la gasca, the ecuadorean am
For more than a0 years, and although the Prime Minister famously said brexit means brexit, and no deal is better than a bad deal, we still dont really know what life outside the eu will look like. What will our Trade Relationship be with our closest neigbours . And whats the future for eu citizens living and working here . Well try and answer some of your questions about britains exit from the eu. With me is our economics editor, kamal ahmed. Oliver illott, Senior Researcher at the thinktank the institute for government, which works to make whitehall more effective. And the uk immigration lawyer natasha chell, partner at Laura Devine Solicitors in london. It would be great if we could rehearse all of this, wouldnt it . lets make a start. We will try to look at all of the different aspects if we can. The first question, oliver, we will start with you. What will happen if there is no deal at the end of two years . If we cant agree terms with the other 27 members . Well, if there is no de