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we have a special report on a yazidi family suing an islamic state leader s widow for abuse and sex trafficking. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in new york, where the united nations security council has voted in favour of an american resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas in gaza. 1a countries voted in favour, with russia abstaining. speaking after the vote, the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, said the fighting could end now if hamas accepted the three phase plan. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is monitoring events for us, and sent us this update. the united states, i think, it s no surprise that this resolution, the vote, coincided with antony blinken s trip to the region. and what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war, saying that it really is a deal that was israel s initiative, it outlined thr
south, turning to sleet and snow in the hills. it will be colder tomorrow, maximum temperature 1a in the west, a lot colder across northern parts of scotland, cold air coming in across that range southwards. we will find some sleet and snow over the hills of northern england and north wales. to the north of that, really cold air is going to mean sunshine and wintry showers as a cold air continues to push down behind that weather front, thatis push down behind that weather front, that is where it is on wednesday. still have some wet weather into wednesday night, with the colder air continuing to dig in behind that, some sleet and snow falling even on lower levels across southern parts of england and wales, a light covering in places on thursday morning. that will push away, then sunshine and a whole rash of wintry showers on thursday, hail, sleet and snow, a good deal of those across the eastern side of the uk. temperatures no better than sex, 7 degrees on thursday, but strong