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which it calls a flagrant violation of international law. the vote passed after the united states, israel s traditional ally, abstained. the us ambassador to the un, samantha power, said the resolution was consistent with washington s support for a two state solution. our correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. 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. it is because this forum too often continues to be biased against israel, 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. but it is becau ....
ties with the united nations. this comes ties with the united nations. this co m es after ties with the united nations. this comes after the security council adopted a resolution demanding an end to israeli settlement building on occupied palestinian land. the resolution was passed after the united states refuse to veto it standing breaking with long standing us practice. donald trump has suggested he will reverse the us position on this at the un after his inauguration. translation: the decision was taken at the un yesterday pa rt decision was taken at the un yesterday part of the swansong of the old world biased against israel. we are entering a new era and as president elect trump said yesterday this is going to happen much quicker than people think. all the american president afterjimmy carter kept the us commitment not to try to impose conditions provide all agreement on israel in the security council. and yesterday, in complete contrast to this commitment includin ....
hello, this is breakfast on christmas morning with, me, naga munchetty. it s 7:31am. now, a summary of this morning s main news. a russian military plane has crashed into the black sea just minutes after taking off from sochi. russian news agencies say there were as many as 91 people onboard, 83 passengers and eight crew members. reports suggest that the plane was travelling to syria and that debris has been found in the black sea. ‘inspiration is to be the theme of the queen s christmas broadcast this year. she will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. the queen is at her home in sandringham in norfolk with other members of the royal family, though not with the duke and duchess of cambridge. they are spending the day with the middleton family. britain s senior anglican and catholic archbishops are addressing uncertainty in their christmas sermons. later this morning, archbishop of canterbury justin welby will talk about ....
hollywood superhero is the home grown hits and fabulous foreign language films. that s with me, mark kermode. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. merry christmas. for the first time in almost 30 years, the queen has missed the christmas day church service at sandringham. buckingham palace say she s still recovering from a heavy cold. later today, in a pre recorded christmas broadcast, she will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. morning service at sandringham part of the royal family s christmas day routine. but with one significant absentee this year the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at the church, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace described as a heavy cold. in a short statement, the palace said she would take part in the family s celebrations. her abse ....
in the past few minutes, thames valley police have confirmed the death of the singer george michael. his publicist said he passed away peacefully at home. the singer, who was 53, launched his career with wham in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer. south central ambulance service attended his home in goring in south oxfordshire. police say there were no suspicious circumstances. he was 53 and as many people will know he had launched his career with wham along with andrew ridgeley in the 19805 along with andrew ridgeley in the 1980s and went on to even greater success as a solo 1980s and went on to even greater success as a solo performer. he s often spoken quite widely of his relationship, rather difficult relationship, rather difficult relationship, with his father, saying he had to fight his demons. well we can speak now on the phone to the music critic for the daily telegraph, neil mccormick. hello, neil. hello. goodness, what news for christmas d ....