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BBC OS: 2023/12/18 17:06 GMT: Pressure grows on Israel to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza

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Pressure grows on Israel to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza

2023/12/18 17:06 GMT

2023/12/18 17:06 GMT: Pressure grows on Israel to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Pressure grows on Israel to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza

UN security council to vote on ceasefire call

International pressure is growing on Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of UN security council vote on the issue on Monday. Our UN correspondent will have the latest from New York

As fighting in Sudan's civil war spreads south of the capital Khartoum, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people had taken refuge. We speak to two residents about the challenges of providing basics including healthcare for their family.


We get an update from Egypt as President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is elected for a third term in office with just under ninety percent of the vote.

And we get reactions from people in France after the Miss France contest chose a winner with short hair for the first time in its 103-year history - causing much controversy.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo by DAVID AZAGURY/US EMBASSY IN ISRAEL/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
A handout photo made available by the US Embassy in Israel shows US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, 18 December 2023.)

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