hello, i'm lauren taylor. this is bbc news. the united states has blocked a un security council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas, which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, a chance to regroup. earlier, the un secretary general warned that the people of gaza are at breaking point. here's our correspondent nada tawfik in new york this meeting and vote took place after the secretary general antonio guterres used a rarely invoked article of the un charter. article 99 to bring to the attention of the security council threats to international peace and security. he urged the council to call for a ceasefire because he said

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 surprised by it. _ what is your reaction? i am not surprised by it. as _ what is your reaction? i am not surprised by it. as far - what is your reaction? i am not surprised by it. as far as - what is your reaction? i am not surprised by it. as far as the i surprised by it. as far as the united states is concerned, their priority is to get prime minister benjamin netanyahu to focus on what the president and secretary of state is saying and have been saying and now publicly and privately regarding the conduct of the israeli campaign in gaza. particularly the air campaign and impediments the israelis have posed the execution of humanitarian operations in gaza. the un vote condemning israel and demanding a ceasefire would first will not achieve the ceasefire. and secondly would greatly complicate president biden and

the secretary of state antony blinken�*s efforts to get benjamin netanyahu to focus on what they think he needs to do. and they have been very clear about that. the secretary of defence has said publicly he believes israel is headed towards strategic defeat in gaza. that was a powerful statement coming from a member of the cabinet. the israelis have got to stay focused on washington and not on the york and the un. washington and not on the york and the un-_ washington and not on the york and the un. what about the gap between the _ and the un. what about the gap between the intent _ and the un. what about the gap between the intent and - and the un. what about the gap between the intent and the - between the intent and the situation on the ground? you mentioned people have a private message and a public message. what will they be saying privately about the humanitarian situation? there

would be conveying _ humanitarian situation? there would be conveying the - humanitarian situation? there would be conveying the same | would be conveying the same message but in much stronger terms. it would be coming from the president and not the secretary of state. i think it is fair to assume if you hear something publicly that sounds a bit tired coming from washington that you can be assured what is said privately stronger. assured what is said privately stronuer. a, , assured what is said privately stronuer. , ., ~ stronger. more intense thank ou stronger. more intense thank you forjoining _ stronger. more intense thank you forjoining us. _ meanwhile, more video has emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel. the footage, verified by the bbc, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by israeli soldiers. it's understood that some of the men have since been released. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. gaza is at breaking point, says the un. almost two million people have been driven from their homes by israeli forces. in deir al—balah, the mosque was bombed with such force that the yafa hospital next door was put out of action. the us warned israel

again that it was killing too many civilians. targeted or indiscriminate attacks on civilians are a war crime. israel said it launched a50 strikes in the last 2a hours. it sent out these pictures of its men assaulting hamas inside a school near gaza city. another video released by hamas shows a dead hostage and what it said was the bloody aftermath of a failed israeli raid to free him. gunfire. at the un in new york, the secretary general requested an immediate ceasefire, telling the security council that hamas violations of the laws of war did not excuse israel's. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza which would have

devastating consequences. we anticipate that it would result in a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into egypt. i fear the consequences could be devastating for the security of the entire region. but the us rejected his warnings and vetoed the ceasefire resolution. it is giving israel more time to destroy hamas. our goals should not simply be to stop the war for today, it should be to end the war for ever, break the cycle of unceasing violence, and build something stronger in gaza and across the middle east, so that history does not keep repeating itself. back in gaza, israeli troops posted more video on social media of their round—up of hundreds of palestinian men, allegedly hamas suspects. the men were ordered to leave their families at a un shelter, stripped to their underwear

and had their hands tied before being driven away for interrogation. israel still hasn't beaten hamas in northern gaza. fighting continues in an urban wasteland. the bbc traced the video to israeli soldiers, who deleted it after it went viral. the way hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza are being forced to live was filmed by a freelance journalist working for the bbc. he is sheltering in a tent made of plastic sheets in the grounds of a hospital in deiral—balah, in the middle area of gaza. gaza's people are at serious risk of starvation and famine, according to the secretary general. he said the un could no longer help them under current conditions. the freelance journalist said he is trying to get his kids to forget the good food they used to like. translation: idon't| know what to tell you. the only thing we have to eat is tea with no sugar.

the only three words we hearfrom our children are "hungry, cold, thirsty". and we would rather die than see them get sick. the israelis destroyed the historic 0mari mosque in gaza city. they are ignoring us warnings that so much destruction and death could push palestinians into the arms of hamas, and the us cannot block a ceasefire indefinitely. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. tell us, you have been speaking to people in gaza, however they finding food and shelter? it is a problem- — finding food and shelter? it 3 a problem. testimonies on the communication channels and social media, being asked to move from east doctor gaza to the west. —— east of gaza. they

are still saying they don't have food, no electricity. nothing at all. these are problems. one of the grandmothers said her granddaughter slapped without food. that is how horrific the situation is. 85% of the people in gaza are displaced. they are not in their houses and the aid going there is almost like a drop in the ocean. even in addition to that, the secretary general of the united nations that the support system in gaza is at high risk of being collapsed. this shows how much the pressure on people there because aid going there is not enough. and the slow screenings. the health

situation, there is fear of some disease. there is nothing there on health level or food level. some peoplejump arouses to get food because they are so hungry. fin to get food because they are so hunu . ., to get food because they are so hunu . ._ ., , hungry. on friday there was discussion _ hungry. on friday there was discussion on _ hungry. on friday there was discussion on whether - hungry. on friday there was discussion on whether a - hungry. on friday there was i discussion on whether a second crossing would be reopened. how likely is that to happen?— likely is that to happen? there are rebels _ likely is that to happen? there are rebels coming _ likely is that to happen? there are rebels coming from - likely is that to happen? there are rebels coming from israeli | are rebels coming from israeli officials and american officials, even egyptian officials, even egyptian officials saying other crossings could be opened in order to alleviate the pressure of humanitarian needs for people in gaza. this crossing was before october seven. there are more than 60% of the trucks of goods and stop going to gaza come from this crossing. it is

very crucial. if it were to open, it would help a lot. the main thing for the palestinians and the frustration of arab countries, saying a centre because the situation is then used to be a ceasefire in order to solve the problem. the crossing would alleviate the humanitarian calls but the ceasefire would help to stop people getting killed for that there are more than 17,000 people killed so far and more than 46,000 people killed so far and more than 116,000 injured. about 7000 them children killed. the tragedy is much. they said would her —— what happened should be condemned. the american pressure on israel even antony blinken said what happened in reality is not reflecting the promises of israel. there is pressure from

america to do more to protect civilians. russia fired cruise missiles at ukraine on friday for the first time in over two months. the air raid in kyiv lasted almost two hours and all the missiles heading towards the ukrainian capital were intercepted and destroyed by western supplied air defences. the central parts of the country also saw strikes. one person was killed and four others were injured in the city of pavlohrad. six long—range surface to air missiles were fired at the eastern kharkiv region, with residential buildings destroyed, one dead and several others injured. the fresh attacks come as vladimir putin announced that he will stand for re—election for the fifth time as russian president when his term ends next year. 0ur correspondentjess parker is in kyiv with this update. president putin �*s announcement he will stand for a further term in office is not exactly welcome news and ukraine. it

does rather make a point that you can seemingly hold onto power while many believe he is waiting for western support for ukraine to ever weigh and crack. in the next week or so it could be a crucial test. there are two packages of support that appear to be in jeopardy because of political wrangling. 0ne jeopardy because of political wrangling. one is economic assistance from the european union and the other is defence aid from the united states. many billions of pounds worth that has been caught up in tangled in domestic political issues. for ukraine as winter sets in and after its faltering counteroffensive, the idea to us defence aid could start to dry up is almost unthinkable. crucial it has been on the battlefield. the cravings hoping and praying that what president clinton may believe is proven to be wrong. —— president putin. south korea, japan and the united states say they've

agreed on new ways to counter threats from north korea. the national security advisers of the three allies have been meeting in seoul. they said they would work together to tackle pyongyang's nuclear programme and its growing military ties with russia. moscow is suspected of helping north korea launch its first ever spy satellite last month. live now to leonid petrov, visiting fellow at the school of culture, history and language at the australian national university. tell us about this meeting. what do you think they're trying to achieve with it? good morninu. trying to achieve with it? good morning. well, _ trying to achieve with it? good morning. well, you _ trying to achieve with it? good morning. well, you see - morning. well, you see trilateral meetings between south korea, japan and the united states have been on the go for a number of months, probably since the russian invasion of ukraine, this alliance is extremely important

in the face of china and north korea, and increasingly aggressive russia. so, kimjong un, the north korean leader, met with vladimir putin in september in the wake of the trilateral meeting in camp david when prime minister kushida and joe biden met. we believe the federation between north korea, china and russia, the former cold bloc alliance has also resumed and the suspected arms deal between russia and north korea has been done with the blessing of beijing. so, once again, in seoul, the meeting which is happening, orjust about to

start, is designed to deter a potential threat from the old cold war, vis—a—vis, just it was during the korean war time and in the context of continuing north korean provocations, the launch of the missile, and it was an apparently successful launch of apparently successful launch of a spy satellite that north korea haven't succeeded previously. this time, apparently, there was success due to the russian technological and military assistance. i5 technological and military assistance.— assistance. is that what they're _ assistance. is that what they're most _ assistance. is that what they're most concernedj assistance. is that what - they're most concerned about? the alliance between north korea and russia? and do you think the satellite was in part helped by russian technology? we'll know soon. as soon as north korea can produce the evidence of a high quality observation of south korean territory orjapan or the us

basesin territory orjapan or the us bases in the pacific. perhaps this will be the best proof to see that nuclear. armed north korea has capability delivery vehicles. launching the satellite is just the evidence that north korea can put a nuclear warhead that can reach potentially the us mainland, australia, and anywhere in east asia, or even in the middle east. so i believe that there's certain concerns from us allied countries in the pacific rim who believe that north korea simply can act as a proxy of china and definitely russia. and the us confrontation with russia and continuing trade war with china is not... i believe that trilateral co—operation is absolutely necessary. again, we live in the cold war — possibly a war environment back in the

days of nuclear mutual destruction environment where we have to be really, really careful that means we need to be vigilant and be prepared for potential advancement of nuclear technology as well as conventional capability that north korea can supply russia with, in its aggressive and illegal destruction of ukraine. do you think that aside from this being a show of strength from these countries, do you think there will be tangible results from this?- think there will be tangible results from this? well, given it's not results from this? well, given its not - _ results from this? well, given its not - the _ results from this? well, given it's not - the summit - results from this? well, given l it's not - the summit happened it's not — the summit happened in august but this time it's national security advisors, they meet obviously to discuss they meet obviously to discuss the national security military calculation in the face of new reality where china potentially may try to unify the island of taiwan, the republic of china. in the same fashion as russia

is trying to absorb and annex the state of ukraine. so, north korea one day may also think about unification and south korea will be in direct threat. so i think it's really important to send a strong signal to beijing, pyongyang and moscow, that seoul, tokyo and moscow, that seoul, tokyo and washington dc are really determined to take the security of its east asian allies and the us seriously, in the same fashion as it does.— fashion as it does. thank you forjoining — fashion as it does. thank you forjoining us. _ here in the uk, powerful groups of conservative mps are looking at the new rwanda bill this weekend and deciding whether to back the plan, ahead of a critical vote next week. the prime minister wants to send migrants to the african country in the hopes it will deter people from crossing the channel in small boats, but the original scheme was deemed unlawful

by the supreme court. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reflects on this key weekend. this weekend rishi sunak, a lot of senior ministers, also those in numberten, i of senior ministers, also those in number ten, i think, will be ringing around conservative mps, trying to shore up support for the prime minister's new rwanda bill, which is going to face a vote in the house of commons on tuesday. the problem for the prime minister at the moment is there are at least two different factions within the conservative party who are currently raising concerns about this legislation in its current form. there's the so—called european research group, sort of brexiteer mps, more on the right wing of the party, who have raised concerns it could still leave the government open to individual asylum claim appeals, saying it needs to kind of override even more european human rights legislation. now, then on the other side, there's the

so—called one nation group of more moderate and centrist mps who are concerned this bill goes too far and are worried about the potential tensions it may set up between judges and the government going forward. now, both these groups are mulling over the legislation this weekend as well, they're seeking legal advice on it, they haven't come to a conclusion yet about whether or not they'll vote for it, or try to seek changes to it, when this bill is voted on next week. one thing to bear in mind is a, it would be a huge deal if mps were really going to vote against the prime minister, given this is such a flagship piece of legislation for him, and secondly, as well, one thing to bear in mind is evenif one thing to bear in mind is even if this vote passes its second reading in the house of commons on tuesday, there's still potential for rishi sunak to face challenges over it because there will be further votes on this bill as it passes through the house of commons, there may be well be attempts by labour and some tory mps to

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warnings already and there could be 20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland left over from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a high of 1a in the southeast with some late sunshine. it's going to turn quite windy through the day, though, across england and wales

and northern ireland, gales quite widely, and around some irish sea coasts the winds could be gusting 60—70 miles an hour. now, those winds will tend to ease overnight and the rain will continue for a while across scotland and northern england. and then as that move through, we've got the next band of rain just approaching the far southwest by sunday morning. again, it should be frost free temperatures, six oi’ seven degrees. and it's almost a repeat performance, really, on sunday. this band of rain moves in a little later, but it's not going to be quite as heavy. shouldn't last as long. and again, we'll get some sunshine coming in after the rain for england and wales. more rain returns to northern ireland and still cloud and patchy rain left over in scotland. temperatures not quite so high, but it's probably not going to be quite as windy. should be a reasonably mild start to next week. there's still some rain around from time to time. it does turn drier as the week goes on, but it does

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us defends its decision to block a un security council resolution, calling for a ceasefire in gaza. vladmir putin says he's running for a fifth term as russian president. his announcement comes amid renewed violence in ukraine. hollywood actor ryan 0'neal, who found international fame as the star of love story,

has died at the age of 82. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, the last before the christmas break, and then we'll be back in early january. we're up here on the roof of the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. in our last programme of 2023, not a particularly happy year, we'll be asking, what's morale like in the ukrainian front line as winter closes in? there are some areas where morale is higher, where there have been some gains, and there's a strong

belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment.