UN passes Gaza resolution; Poland’s president promises budget veto, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 24 December 2023
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Israeli strikes on Gaza continued after the UN Security Council passed a resolution to encourage the delivery of more humanitarian aid into the enclave.
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| 0:58.6 | Israeli strikes on Gaza continued after the UN Security Council passed a resolution to encourage delivery of more |
| 1:05.8 | humanitarian aid into the enclave. |
| 1:08.9 | At least 18 people were killed in an attack on the Nusorat refugee camp, according to Palestinian media. |
| 1:16.0 | Antonio Gutierrez, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said that Israel's offensive was, creating massive obstacles to the distribution of aid inside Gaza |
| 1:27.7 | Meanwhile America accused Iran of being quote deeply involved in the planning of attacks by the Hutis, a Yemeni group |
| 1:36.1 | on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. |
| 1:41.1 | Poland's President, Andre Duda, said he would veto a budget proposed by the new liberal government, led by Donald Tusk. |
| 1:49.0 | Mr. Duda, who is loyal to the recently ousted National Conservative Law and Justice Peace Party, |
| 1:56.0 | said the bill's funding of public media was, quote, unacceptable. |
| 2:00.0 | Mr. Tusk's government has tried to purge state media of peace loyalists. |
| 2:05.0 | Mr. Duda also vowed to submit his own budget, something that sits outside the President's Authority. |
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