Crucial UN Gaza vote delayed again
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Washington has become increasingly isolated in its staunch support for Israel's military campaign. Also: Sudan's army admits losing control of the central city of Wad Madani in a battle that's caused a quarter of a million people to flee, and we hear about festive drinks to get you into the Christmas spirit.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Wednesday the 20th of December |
| 0:10.1 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.1 | Israel's president says this. |
| 0:14.7 | Israel is ready for another humanitarian pause |
| 0:18.5 | and additional humanitarian aid |
| 0:20.6 | in order to enable the release of hostages. |
| 0:24.0 | A UN vote on a ceasefire in Gaza is delayed yet again to get the US on board, |
| 0:30.0 | and anger about the plight of children in war-ravaged Sudan. |
| 0:34.0 | Also in this podcast, China is hit by a large earthquake as Iceland's volcano erupts and... |
| 0:44.0 | There's a wonderful recipe which sounds fairly lethal. |
| 0:47.0 | George Washington in the 1790s, he served his eggnog with rum, whiskey and sherry in it. |
| 0:54.0 | We get into the Christmas spirit by looking at some famous drinks recipes. A vote on Gaza at the United Nations Security Council in New York has been |
| 1:07.8 | delayed yet again and won't now happen until Wednesday at the earliest. |
| 1:12.1 | Negotiations are continuing about the wording of a resolution |
| 1:15.6 | as global calls for a ceasefire intensify. |
| 1:18.6 | Israel is refusing to consider one and it continues to have the backing of the United States, which has used |
| 1:24.6 | its veto at the UN to support its closest ally and block a ceasefire. The US |
| 1:30.0 | National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Washington would |
| 1:34.1 | stick to this. |
| 1:35.6 | We don't support a permanent ceasefire at this time. |
| 1:37.8 | It would simply validate what Hamas did on the 7th of October. |
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