russian ambassador vitaly churkin offered a veiled criticism of the united states. >> some members -- one member of the security council, i'm sure you can guess which, indicated sort of quite transparently that they will not be prepared to go along with any reaction of the security council. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke after meeting in cairo with his counterpart on the arab league, nabil al arabi. >> my message is clear -- both sides must halt firing immediately. further escalating the situation will put the entire region at risk. >> ban will again call for a cease-fire when he visits israel. >>> three major countries in asia -- japan, china, and south korea -- have agreed to start talks for a free-trade agreement. they're putting aside territorial disputes between japan and the two ore nations. japan's trade minister, yukio edano, china's commerce incity, chen deming, and bark tae-ho met in phnom penh tuesday on the sidelines of the east asia summit. they said further economic development in east asia will benefit the three countries amid the european credit crisis tha

council could not speak with one voice on this issue now on monday russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkin accuse the us of filibustering the council now for its part moscow has drafted a resolution on the israeli gaza conflict calling for a ceasefire it also expresses support for international and regional mediation efforts and it also urges the palestinians and the israelis to resume overall mideast peace talks but if the russian draft doesn't specifically fault the hamas rocket attacks leading up to the israeli air strikes last week then the u.s. has said it will not support that measure that the security council is currently holding consultations behind closed doors possibly discussing russia's draft resolution a once more information becomes available kevin we will of course update our viewers. in new york keeping tabs of the. wealth of the spoke to professor of politics from new york university patricia de janeiro she told me she believes so must never wanted the standoff to. israel's making history teach a miscalculation at this point they have now the obama administration and for m