Plus: UK's nuclear deterrent test fails for second time, and farmers face tear gas and barricades in India, and
| | | | | | | Hello. We're having another look today at the international community's view of the Israel-Gaza conflict, after Washington vetoed a US resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports on a failed test of a British nuclear deterrent. Your newsletter has more updates from India and DR Congo. Scroll down of a heartwarming story of "blood brothers" seeing each other for the first time after they saved each other's lives. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | US vetoes call for immediate ceasefire | | | | Many displaced Gazans are living in makeshift shelters or tents in squalid conditions. Credit: Reuters |
| | UN Security Council members keep butting heads on the message they want to send to Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza. In the latest development, China has sharply criticised the US for vetoing a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the territory, saying Washington was giving a "green light to the continued slaughter". The White House said the resolution, put forward by Algeria, would "jeopardise" talks to end the war. The text was backed by 13 of the 15 UN Security Council members - with the UK abstaining. US ally France voted in favour. Washington proposed its own resolution, calling for a temporary ceasefire "as soon as practicable" but it is unclear whether this will be put to a vote. Meanwhile, there's little hope in a negotiation process that appears "stuck" and international aid agencies tell of the "collapse of civil order" and a "precipitous slide into hunger and disease" in the Strip. | | • | Aid deliveries: The World Food Programme has paused "life-saving" distribution of food in northern Gaza, where at least 300,000 Palestinians have remained. | | • | The context: Israel and Hamas have been at war since the 7 October attacks. Read our simple summary of where things stand. | | • | In the Red Sea: French warships detected "multiple drone attacks originating from Yemen" on Monday and Tuesday. Watch the moment they "engaged and destroyed" two of them. |
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| | | | | | | | AT THE SCENE | Haryana, India | | Farmers face tear gas and barricades | | After four rounds of talks with the federal government failed, farmers demanding assured prices for crops have resumed a march on Delhi. Authorities fear a repeat of 2020, when thousands hunkered down for months at the capital's borders in protest at agriculture reforms. | | | | Arvind Chhabra and Meryl Sebastian, BBC News |
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| | Visuals from the Shambhu border between the neighbouring Punjab and Haryana states showed thousands of farmers preparing to push past barriers using bulldozers and earthmovers. Police fired tear gas at the protesters as they attempted to move towards the border, BBC Punjabi reported. Farmers seemed better prepared than last week as they used masks, gloves and safety suits to protect themselves from the shelling. "We will remain peaceful but we should be allowed to remove these barriers and march towards Delhi," farm leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said. |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | Fleeing the violence in DR Congo | | | | Medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières said it was surveilling possible epidemics in refugee camps. Credit: BBC |
| | Millions of people have been forced to leave their homes and jobs in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and live in camps after an escalation in the conflict between M23 rebels, who are widely reported to be backed by Rwanda, and Congolese government forces. Two internally displaced people tell the BBC about their new reality. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Genetic silver lining | | How the bubonic plague rewired the human immune system. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | We have a heartwarming tale of "blood brothers" who say they saved each other's lives. When British doctor Nick Embleton developed a rare type of blood cancer, he needed a bone marrow transplant. And it's thanks to a stem-cell donation by Marius Werner, a young German, that he's alive today. Marius, in turn, says being able to help gave him purpose at a time when he had felt suicidal. BBC News and the Anthony Nolan charity brought the pair together - read about their emotional reactions. |
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