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the fashion watch now on youtube the this is dw news, live it from berlin. the un security council adopt a resolution to boost badly needed aid to gaza. the vote was $13.00 to 0. the us and russia of state. the resolution does not call for a pause in the fighting between israel and him off. also coming up humanitarian groups a quarter of guns. this population is starving. that's more than half a 1000000 people plus of the czech republic in morning after the deadliest mass
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shooting in the country's history. police a student went on a rampage at the university and the capital proc, leaving 14 dead before killing himself. the break off is good. they have you with us on this friday, and we begin in new york where the un security council has adopted the resolution to boost a deliveries to gone to russia and the united states abstained on the resolution. and that paved the way for the draft tax to be adopted with a resolution needs at least 9 votes in favor and no veto in order to pass. the 13 other members of the council voted in favor of the resolution of the vote, was delayed for several days as us diplomats haggled over the wording of the text of today's resolution, notably does not call for
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a break in the finding. the human security general said the international community needs to do more to reach that goal. and humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to begin to meet the desperate needs of people, even garza, and, and that ongoing nights mass. i hope that today is security policy resolution may help the finally to happen, but much more is needed immediately. 5 or more now i want to cross over to a journalist. it's amy circle in jerusalem. sammy, good evening to you this you in resolution. it does not call for a suspension of hostilities. so is this even a story where you are, or i can tell you that india is ready, political being in a, this is not very interesting. there was a recent phone showing that even if they would have been a un security council resolution that would have ruled for a ceasefire,
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90 percent of this really public, they thing that is really should not abide by the to know is security concept. now of course, those who are in the foreign ministry and in the united nations, and they are quite content today as this. so resolution passed without this kind of a strong language that would go on for a, a stop of the all state these a vast. so the, to the united makes it the dawn he finds the americans you signed to buy them for his position and for the position of the united states to in the security council. and would all the, is there any official or looking at it, some of the language in this resolution did was they believe in the let's is or a control and supervisor what goes in and what goes out from the gaza strip.
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and this is something that many of the humanitarian organizations are concerned about. and certainly i want to ask you about what the head of the un gutierrez said after today's vote. he said basically that the problem is, and the problem remains. israel's bombing of gaza. has there been any reaction to that in israel, as well as i already said, the united nations here is a considered to be a hostile organization. this was one of the things that was said today by is really representatives is the security council has not called them yet. the mazda attack, on the 7th of october. it basically a, all these statements that come out from the united nations are disregarded. as i think the only player that has some the clouds here and is run is the americans
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generally say me so good with the latest from jerusalem tonight. sammy, thank you for the risk of famine in gaza is increasing by the day that is the grim assessment of a new un backed report in warrens that more than a quarter of god's us population. some half a 1000000 people are now starving signs of starvation and not hard to find in gaza. here in ross the crowds, joe, so for little food is available. the dispute is evident that a little less that this will brought to a non preferable level of humiliation. we struggle so much the just to provide lunch. life has become so expensive. we do not eat, drink to sleep properly and nothing is available. one of the agent who lives here
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much more who is much more a united nations bank reports these move in 90 percent of people in gaza facing crisis levels of hunger critical situation and is rails relentless bombardment in response to the october stevens from us, tara attacks to you in agencies say guys, sounds like using just team percent of the food deliveries. they would usually receive people struggle to find water medicine and fuel. what is happening. garza is unprecedented both in terms of its scale, but also how quickly it is happening. you know, in the world right now, there are about 130000 people who are in catastrophic levels of hunger, meaning their star was in gaza. more than half
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a 1000000. that is 4 times more. that is what makes this totally unprecedented. israel did briefly allow aid through its kareem shalom crossing intake as of this week. but it is really it strikes that hit the palestinian side, forced you in stuff to stop it's pick ups the you can still award this but we need to make sure that people have food. people have water, they have shelter. they have sanitation and photo, all of those things to happen. we need water crossings open. so these commodities can commit to growing despair. ration for food also means that the limited supplies that do make it into guys that are often seized upon before being handed out in the u. n. c's, it's not just access to a that is vital, but also it's safe distribution across the strip. without it,
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they won the risk of semen and cancer is increasing every day. so, let's take a look now. some of the other headlines this hour in the democratic republic of congo initial results of the presidential and legislative elections are expected. later today, the elections were extended by a day following delays and malfunctioning equipment opposition candidates are questioning the credibility of the results and are demanding a complete re run. the d. r. c is africa's 2nd largest country. it is one of the worlds of course, families from the ice landing town of green. the vic are being allowed home to retrieve belongings, but authorities say it is still too dangerous for them to return full time. the tiny fishing town was evacuated after a nearby volcano erupted on mondays viewing lava and smoke more than a 100 meters into the streets in the german city of hamburg, events and birds following a river surge that was caused by
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a storm named as old tom e. cause and strong winds and heavy rains across northern europe. real travelers faced disruption is the storm force. the cancellation of numerous trains ahead of the christmas holiday. air travel has also been effect authorities in the czech republic are searching for a mode of after the countries worst ever mass shooting on thursday of 24 year old gunman shot dead 14 people at charles university in the capital project. police say he then turned the gun on himself. authority said there is no link to terrorism. the country has declared saturday a day of national morning police in prague. sure. body cam footage. piecing together scenes from the countries, dudley shooting and decades. a just 5 minutes in police say, these officers arrive at the university. searching for the gunman on the loose,
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they climb up. the disadvantage at that point was that there was no sound of gunfire. so the officers had to actively search for the perpetrator. during the information we got about the paper tray, these movements was that he was supposed to be somewhere on the opposite floors. as more officers deployed and got closer, they said the shooter committed suicide. bringing the situation under control after some 30 minutes of frantic corps. the next day of the site, the site of the massacre in progress. historic center. it's day of morning. the check prime minister is among hundreds who visited the make shift memorial to pay tribute. many are still in shock
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to jim, so i feel strange bad, horrible because i am electron sophia, to faculty and we were experiencing very strongly what was going on and the faculty of it is hara, i cannot even speak mean any of it is not a pleasant feeling to walk on the street and think about what happened to someone who came to school. absolutely carefree. thinking about christmas coming in 2 days, i'd like to do that if i'd be solved on the incident has left many, overwhelmed with a somber mood just before the holidays. earlier i spoke to journalist in will be in prague and i asked him how the czech republic is coming to terms with this tragedy as well. there's a very somber mood here in the czech republic, this evening. flags our house must, as we saw on some of those images i kind of in the formulas pertaining us memorial to the victims of yesterday's most using us for an up in pride. people have been
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stopping by their lighting candles, laying flowers at this bus, just a short distance from the bottom of was a square. it's been a real, a touring grease here in the czech republic, including on social media. where during the day, more and more names of the victims of yesterday's masters, things has been coming out yet. what more do we know about the gunman in and i'll ask you, i mean, do we know anything more today than we did yesterday about a possible motive? not more about a motor, but what was confirmed a couple of hours ago is that a government that was found at this young man's phone had been used a week previously. and another tribal crime, a double murder in which a man walking his child in the woodland area near pride was shot dead. and so was the child of a 2 month old baby girl shot dead in her proud of that crime. horrified people here
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in the check for the it had been donation use for the whole week until yesterday's trouble events. and now it transfers that evidently these 2 crimes were connected by the same tutor. and, and we know that here in europe can in comparison, the czech republic is very liberal gun laws. do you think that there will be any moves to restrict access to fire arms after what has happened as well. there are a lot of guns in the truck about big something like 300000 legally have guns exist in this country, in a population with a population of less than 11000000 people. so far though, i haven't seen so much debate about whether access to weapons that should be restricted. um, what happened yesterday was very much a one off event. they checked, leaders have been betraying the savings as a kind of a deranged individual. the debate on the access to guns may hold up,
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but for now there's more more discussion about security and security i checked schools and universities. that's something that people are focusing on right now. ok. journalist in willoughby reporting from prague tonight. and as always, we appreciate your reporting. thank you. in spain, they are celebrating a centuries old holiday tradition today across the country, people to den, to follow the annual christmas lottery known as l gordo, or the fat one. considered one of the world's biggest and oldest lotteries this year is lucky. winners will share a pot worth 2600000000 euro it's, it's madrid school children. think out the winning numbers live on television in the ones that you know, me go straight on the thing one day for me and you're watching the w news. here's a reminder of our top story. the web security council is voted to adopt
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a resolution calling for a big increase in a deliveries to gaza. the vote was 13 to 0 in favor. the us and rush, abstain. it comes after days, delays and diplomatic talks to prevent the us from vito a dimension. this is dw, do use of next row. the trends are raising driver charlie martin's incredible journey. i'll be back at the top of the hour with news world news followed by the day i'm going to see you then the can you see what old cars have to do with you production? here's a hands on the really indeed the snow on youtube. my name is the.
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