counsel called for m counsel called for urent ste-s to _ counsel called for urgent steps to immediatelyl _ counsel called for- urgent steps to immediately allow safe unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. police in prague release body cam video — from the moment officers arrived at the scene of thursday's deadly mass shooting. alex batty — the british teenager who was missing for six years — gives his first interview — as police open an abduction investigation. # last christmas i gave you my heart #. and wham! beats sam to top the uk christmas charts for the first time — 39 years after their song was released. hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. the un security council has adopted a resolution on gaza,

after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed — here's some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled 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 sustainable cessation of hostilities.

the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing in gaza. over the last weeks and days, there has been no significant change in the way the war has been unfolding in gaza. there is no effective protection of civilians. intense israeli bombardment and ground operations continue. more than 20,000 palestinians have reportedly been killed. the vast majority, women and children. meanwhile, hamas and other palestinian factions continue to fire rockets from gaza into israel. the uk ambassador to the un emphasised how the resolution should help aid supplies to gaza. today, we support this resolution,

which will streamline aid checks so we can massively scale up the humanitarian response. it demands the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and it calls for steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities. and for the avoidance of doubt, we are clear that the resolution is without prejudice to the rights and obligations of parties under international humanitarian law. our un correspondent nada tawfiq is in new york with more. the states explained in the council

that ultimately why, while they were heavy that this was stepping up humanitarian aid, they were not heavy that the council did not include a condemnation of hamas for the october seven attack. she said that this was to lead them to eventually abstain. now, it is worth noting that the draught was humanitarian in nature, and those on the council who have discussed this resolution said there must be a condemnation of all parties if one is named. so ultimately, the united states, while it did say that i didn't use it to this draught, that came just after intense, intense negotiations really at the highest level in capitals to try to reach an agreement. as we heard from the secretary—general today, you know, he says there shouldn't be a judgment about the aid and how much is getting in by the number of trucks that are at the borders crossing into gaza. he said there is a real problem with the way israel is conducting its military operation. again, these kind of international calls for a cease—fire

are growing so loudly. while the uae did kind of defend this resolution, she did acknowledge the ambassador, that it she did acknowledge the ambassador, thatitis she did acknowledge the ambassador, that it is not perfect and that they will continue to push for a cease—fire. will continue to push for a cease-fire.— will continue to push for a cease-fire. ., ., ., ., , cease-fire. the language that was chan . ed in cease-fire. the language that was changed in order _ cease-fire. the language that was changed in order for _ cease-fire. the language that was changed in order for this - cease-fire. the language that was changed in order for this to - cease-fire. the language that was changed in order for this to go - changed in order for this to go through refers to a cease—fire in terms of creating conditions for a cease—fire. is that too vague to be meaningful? cease-fire. is that too vague to be meaningful?— meaningful? that's what a lot of critics argue- — meaningful? that's what a lot of critics argue. we _ meaningful? that's what a lot of critics argue. we saw, _ meaningful? that's what a lot of critics argue. we saw, for- meaningful? that's what a lot of. critics argue. we saw, for example, real divides in the arab group of nations. jordan, algeria, member is taking their name off sponsoring this resolution because they thought it was just watered down too much, that it really made no impact. they said it would be better not to have a resolution at all rather than to have this one. again, some saying, given the dynamics on the ground,

given the dynamics on the ground, given the dynamics on the ground, given the united states is still against a cease—fire, it was better to kind of work within the parameters they could to get some stronger... a security council resolution that would give some push to diplomacy to get more aid into rather than have nothing. so there is a bit of disagreement about this resolution, but what we heard from a number of members in the council is its effectiveness will be judged in the coming weeks on how much it actually does change the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. we can speak to tess ingram, a spokesperson for the un child ren's charity, unicef. thank you forjoining us. i think you may have heard some of what my colleague was saying there. how much of a difference do you think this un resolution could make to the levels of aid getting into gaza? it resolution could make to the levels of aid getting into gaza?— of aid getting into gaza? it needs to make a difference, _ of aid getting into gaza? it needs to make a difference, that's - of aid getting into gaza? it needs to make a difference, that's the l to make a difference, that's the bottom line. it's been calling for a

cease—fire for weeks, and while this doesn't quite get there, hopefully what it does is push for a cease—fire in the coming days and allow more aid in in the interim. really, the test of this resolution is going to be what we see happening on the ground in the next few days. in on the ground in the next few days. i ., ., ., on the ground in the next few days. in and what had been the main barriers so _ in and what had been the main barriers so far, _ in and what had been the main barriers so far, then _ in and what had been the main barriers so far, then to - in and what had been the main barriers so far, then to the - in and what had been the main. barriers so far, then to the right levels of aid getting in and how is it best to overcome those? the aide that's been — it best to overcome those? the aide that's been getting _ it best to overcome those? the aide that's been getting has _ it best to overcome those? the aide that's been getting has been - it best to overcome those? the aide that's been getting has been just . it best to overcome those? the aide that's been getting has been just a i that's been getting has been just a trickle compared to the needs on the ground. we have been getting 150 trucks in a day, which is so much lower than before the escalation with hostilities on the 7th of october. unicef earlier this week issued a press release about how dire the situation is on the ground in relation to water. one half to two l of water per day per child, which is far below what is needed.

and in next, we said we have the materials at the border to help improve the water situation from generators to pipes. but because of restrictions on those materials, we cannot get them in. so they are the sorts of things that need to change sorts of things that need to change so that agencies like unicef can do itsjob. so that agencies like unicef can do its 'ob. ., ._ so that agencies like unicef can do its 'ob. ., , . ., , ., its job. you say the restrictions on materials there, _ its job. you say the restrictions on materials there, do _ its job. you say the restrictions on materials there, do you _ its job. you say the restrictions on materials there, do you think - materials there, do you think there is anything that could be done short of a cease—fire that would help? israel says that it will not accept a fall cease—fire. what, for example, a short term truths be just as useful in the short term? it's not going _ as useful in the short term? it's not going to _ as useful in the short term? it�*s not going to be just as useful, because what we need, but the children of guys i need is a humanitarian cease—fire. that's the only way that we are going to meet the desperate needs of the people there. the pies that we signed november, it was helpful, but it hasn't ended the suffering. it hasn't ended the suffering. it hasn't stopped children from dying.

the numbers are continuing to go up in their hundreds. so what we need is an immediate to long—term humanitarian cease—fire. and is an immediate to long-term humanitarian cease-fire. and if we look further _ humanitarian cease-fire. and if we look further ahead _ humanitarian cease-fire. and if we look further ahead at _ humanitarian cease-fire. and if we look further ahead at the - humanitarian cease-fire. and if we look further ahead at the more - look further ahead at the more long—term humanitarian impact. we have been hearing humanitarian agencies and aid agency saying that gazais agencies and aid agency saying that gaza is at risk of famine within six months. what are you seeing on the ground in terms of what the long—term impacts might be of the current situation? it long-term impacts might be of the current situation?— current situation? it really is warnin: current situation? it really is warning after _ current situation? it really is warning after warning - current situation? it really is warning after warning at - current situation? it really is warning after warning at the | current situation? it really is - warning after warning at the moment. we have this water warning, and then together with un agencies, this hungerfamine warning together with un agencies, this hunger famine warning yesterday. colleagues on the ground send back stories today, they went to a food plaint in raphael, and four of the stories i recommend three children and her mother, all of them said they really only had a meal a day and that they would go to bed hungry. —— rafah. and a 13—year—old said she was in line because if she

didn't get food in that line, her family wouldn't eat that day. so it really is dire. we are also seen quite serious mental health impacts now on children, which, you know, day after day, this ongoing fear and trauma can and we just don't know what the long—term impacts of that sort of recurring mental health trauma is going to be.- sort of recurring mental health trauma is going to be. what is the im act on trauma is going to be. what is the impact on aid _ trauma is going to be. what is the impact on aid records _ trauma is going to be. what is the impact on aid records as _ trauma is going to be. what is the impact on aid records as well, - impact on aid records as well, because i imagine they are also caught up in this and struggling to be able to do the job that they need to do in order to help civilians in gaza. �* , ,., , to do in order to help civilians in gaza. absolutely. as you know, more than 130 records _ gaza. absolutely. as you know, more than 130 records have _ gaza. absolutely. as you know, more than 130 records have been _ gaza. absolutely. as you know, more than 130 records have been killed. . than 130 records have been killed. that's the un agency, the staff on the ground in gaza, which is an absolute tragedy. from my colleagues there and others, it is an incredibly dangerous situation day incredibly dangerous situation day in and day out. we have providers working to address some of these mental health challenges that we are

seeing in children by running counselling and recreational activities. and they are telling us that it's becoming harder and harder for them to do theirjob because theyjust for them to do theirjob because they just can't find for them to do theirjob because theyjust can't find safe spaces to engage with these children. nowhere in gaza is safe.— in gaza is safe. thank you so much for takin: in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the _ in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the time _ in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the time to _ in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the time to speak- in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to - in gaza is safe. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us | for taking the time to speak to us and bringing us real picture of the situation on the ground in gaza. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. japan has relaxed its arms reels and will send missiles to the us which will send missiles to the us which will indirectly support ukraine and russia's invasion. the move is a significant shift away from tokyo's pacifist policies and coincides with western powers beginning to run out of their own ammunition to supply ukraine. the american actor, vin

diesel, has been accused of sexual assault by his former personal assistant. in a lawsuit, the claim is the incident happened during the filming of fast five in 2010. the lawyer for the actor said his client denies this claim in its entirety. china's air pollution has worsened for the first time in a decade according to a new study. a finnish institute says the air quality poses serious health risks and is related to the burning of more fossil fuels, particularly coal. beijing declared a war on pollution ten years ago and saw air quality improve. those are some of the other stories making the news. you're live with bbc news. police in the czech republic say the gunman who killed iii people at a university in prague yesterday — and injured another 25 — killed himself, after seeing that police were encircling him �*from all directions'. all those who died have been identified — the first to be publically named is lenka hlavkova, who was the head of the university's music department. police released bodycam video

of officers during the operation. police said the time between receiving the first emergency call and officers stepping into the building, was four minutes. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from prague. hunting for a killer. this is the moment when armed police burst into a prague university to stop the gunman who was stalking the corridors and shooting students. an officer's body cam footage was released today by police. frenzied images of a horrifying attack. in a classroom, they shout for stretchers and tourniquets to treat students with terrible injuries. others had barricaded themselves into lecture halls, hiding until they could be evacuated by police.

they first put us on the floor, they searched everyone and then it was all hands up. we werejust taken outside the building. as we was going down the stairs, i saw lots of blood on the stairs. the blood splashed all over the place. the whole attack was over in minutes. the gunman isolated on the roof. he had killed his father before telling a friend he planned to kill himself, then heading for the city centre, heavily armed. today the interior minister defended the police response. i don't want to speak about the number of weapons, but it... he had more than one and he was really ready to kill much more people. so it could have been a lot worse. much worse. this city is now dotted with shrines. the man who caused such suffering

had no criminal record. his guns were bought some time ago legally. no—one saw this coming. there is a real sense of sadness here today as people remember those who were killed in this attack. but there's also a sense of shock that this has happened here in prague where people say they felt safe until now, but where that sense of safety has been shattered. what has happened here is heartbreaking and unbelievable. sorry. among those he shot were two teachers. this is lenka hlavkova. police now think the gunman had killed before. he murdered a man and his babyjust last week, but he wasn't caught. perhaps this pain could have been avoided. interior minister was very clear when we spoke, saying that police had not acted too

slowly, they had not missed any i spoke to our correspondent in prague — bethany bell, who had more details. what was the motive behind this attack? we heard from we heard from the interior minister when he was asked about it. he told the bbc that it wasn't clear it might have something to do with his mental health status, but this is something that the police are looking into at the moment. in the meantime, some of the moment. in the meantime, some of the people who were treated in hospital, the latest reports suggest that around 12 of them are still in a serious condition, one of them evenin a serious condition, one of them even in a critical condition. and we know that of the injured, many of them were checked, but three of them were foreigners. one was a dutch

national. another two of them were from the united arab emirates. meanwhile, the city is really trying to come to terms with this horrible attack that happened so close to christmas all through the afternoon, i've been watching people as they come to lay flowers and remember the people who died and were injured in this attack. tomorrow, saturday, has been declared a day of national mourning. been declared a day of national mourning-— been declared a day of national mournin. ., �*, ., , mourning. that's our correspondent in prarue. this year there have been several mass shooting incidents across europe. let's give you some context on that now. zari kargar takes a look at some recent events and how they compare to shootings in the us. this is the worst mass shooting that the czech republic has suffered. saturday will be a national day of mourning to honour the victims. attacks like these are relatively unusual in the country, though. there have been a number of incidents in europe this year. this was germany in march where a gunman in hamburg shot dead

six before killing himself at a jehovah's witness hall of worship. eight were wounded in that attack. and this is serbia in may in separate attacks. a 13 —year—old boy killed eight fellow students and a security guard in belgrade. two days later, a gunman killed eight and wounded iii others in a village outside the capital. tens of thousands attended protests calling for an end to such violence. the country's president announced what he called a general disarmament of the country. this graph shows that four out of the top ten gun owning countries in the world are in europe, with serbia in the third. but the us is by far the biggest, with 120 firearms per 100 residents. this makes it the only country in the world where there are more guns than people. only this year there have been at least 627 mass shootings in the us, according to the gun violence archive. that is defined as an incident

in which four or more victims are shot or killed. mass shootings always spark a national debate around gun control and often lead to tighter restrictions. the dunblane primary school shooting in 1996 led to a public campaign which resulted in legislation that made the private ownership of most handguns unlawful in britain. greater manchester police say they've launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of alex batty, who disappeared from a holiday in spain at the age of ii. the teenager, who's now 17, was found in france 10 days ago — and has spoken publicly for the first time since his return to the uk. in an interview with the sun newspaper, he explained how he began having doubts about his nomadic lifestyle a few years ago. judith moritz reports.

alex batty is still taking in the oldham skyline. after six years away, he can't get enough of his new surroundings, which couldn't be more different from where he was before. alex was last in the french pyrenees and has lived a nomadic life in several countries since the age of ii, but he's wanted to come home for a long time. i decided to come back to england when i was around 1a, to be honest. i started weighing up the pros and cons from each lifestyle, and after a couple of months of contemplation, i realised england was definitely the way forward. alex had been taken out of the uk by his mum and granddad, though neither was his legal guardian. last week, he left them behind to return to his grandma in oldham. it was a normal day and i just decided, ok, it's time to leave. my next thought process was, "what do i need to pack? "don't show any sort

of indication that i'm leaving." my thought was to write a note, so i wrote a note to my mum, told her how much i loved her. alex wrote, "i'm sure you won't get found." and ended, "don't be too mad with me." he then walked away, and after being picked up by a van driver, he got in touch with his grandma and was brought back. when alex returned here to oldham, the police said they needed to take a statement from him so that his responses could direct the nature of their investigation. today, they've told me that officers have now interviewed the teenager, and as a result, their work has changed status from a missing persons inquiry to a criminal investigation into child abduction. i know that their decision to take me was what they thought was best for me and for my future. i know it came from love, i know it came from a place of protection, but no social life, no meeting people my own age,

kind of always being isolated... ..becomes boring, to say the least, really. alex will be 18 in two months and has big plans for adulthood. he wants to go to college, working computing and make his own decisions about life. judith moritz, bbc news, oldham. let's turn to spain now — where the winners of one of the world's biggest lotteries — spain's el gordo, or the fat one — have been announced. children sang out hundreds of winning numbers. more than 2 and a half billion euros were shared among the winners. the top prize, worth 400,000 euros this year, was distributed among many people who had bought the winning number, 88008. many spaniards club together

with family, friends or co—workers to buy tickets for the annual event. i asked our spain correspondent guy hedgecoe how much of a christmas tradition el gordo is in spain. as much a tradition as christmas trees and carols. people get really excited about el gordo and they start buying their tickets weeks before the draw itself. they'll be queuing up outside the shops or kiosks where they like to buy their ticket, in many cases where they think they're more likely to have luck because that particular shop might have sold a winning ticket before. you mentioned there how people like to gather together and buy their tickets. and then on the day of the draw, it's a huge tradition to sort of gather around the tv set and watch that draw in the royal opera house. and even if people don't necessarily win, it's still very much an event that people like to be part of. and has his has its popularity maintained over the years?

because it is quite a well—established lottery, isn't it? yeah, it's a lottery, which has been around since 1812. so it has a very long history. i think the its popularity and the number of people that take part in it, sometimes that depends on certain factors, particularly the economic situation. but last year, for example, we're told that spaniards on average spent around ?70 each on lottery tickets. and what you tend to find is that there are a lot of people who don't play the lottery at all throughout the rest of the year. but when it comes to the christmas el gordo, they do because it's somehow different and it's part of the christmas tradition. and it seems that this year, certainly a lot of people have taken part, as many as you might expect at christmas. and obviously, there's that that huge number of prizes that are being given out. more than two and a half billion

euros which have been spread out across the country. and guy, i'm sure i know the answer to this already, but were you one of the winners? did you buy a ticket? no, i wasn't. no, sadly, iwasn't. no, but i'm not losing hope. he wouldn't have told me even if he had, because ijust asked to borrow money. so i don't believe him. we have your headlines coming up in just a moment. of course, you can get the latest on today's stories on the bbc news website and the act. do you stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. full christmas forecast coming up in just a moment, first of all, i thought we'd start off with these rare nacreous clouds that are once again being spotted overhead in the uk. these form really high in the earth's atmosphere — between 13 and 19 miles above the ground. that's two or three times the height

of which aeroplanes fly at and you need temperatures in this part of the atmosphere to be at —78 celsius or even colder. normally, that really cold air is concentrated around our polar regions, but right now it's moved a bit further southwards. and it's cold enough across the uk for next week or two to see some of these rare clouds. best chance before sunrise or just after sunset, so eyes to the skies. further down in the atmosphere, we've got this mild flow of air to take us through the rest of the night. it will be quite a damp night across western areas. some heavy rain for western scotland. as that rain band bumps into the cold air across northern scotland, some of it turns to snow. could bring some disruption here as we head into the first part of saturday morning. 2 to 10 centimetres possible,

the larger amounts over the hills. if you're planning a journey maybe set out later in the day because it will eventually turn milder, the snow eventually will turn back to rain. lots more rain to come across western scotland. it's been a very wet month for these areas and so this extra rain could bring some flooding concerns. some damp weather elsewhere in the west of the uk. best chance of any cloud breaks east wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern parts of england. for most it will be quite a mild day. saturday night sees heavy rain set up across mid—wales, could bring some localised flooding here. it's also been another part of the world where we've seen more rain than average so far this month. sunday, which is christmas eve, another big travel day and it's going to be a windy day, particularly for western and northern scotland over and to the east of the pennines — where we could get gusts of wind of 50 to 70 miles an hour. those stronger gusts could knock down a few high sided vehicles, maybe even blow over one or two trees. so the message, if you're planning a journey on christmas eve, check conditions out on the roads and the railways before heading out. there could be some disruption. christmas day, monday, we've got these south—westerly winds,

mild air across vast majority of the uk. so not a white christmas for most of you. a gray, cloudy, wet and windy christmas for many. the one exception really is across the far north of scotland, where we still have that colder air with us.

this is bbc news, the headlines. after days of tense negotiation, the un security council passes a resolution to boost humanitarian aid to gaza. it's bin day on the international space station. we take a look at the growing problem of spacejunk.

should you buy the real deal or an imitation? questions are raised over the environmental effects of farming christmas trees. # last christmas i gave you my heart...# and wham! — beats sam to top the uk christmas charts for the first time — 39 years after their song was released. russia 5 representative to the un, vassily nebenzia, said that too much ground had been ceded to the united states and israel, calling the american's conduct in the lead up to this vote �*shameful�*. the united states very pretext have been dragging out the negotiation process deviating from the norm mineral transparent negotiation works. , . , mineral transparent negotiation works. , ., , ., ., works. instead they have resorted to

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