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BBC OS: 2024/03/22 16:06 GMT: Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed

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Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed

2024/03/22 16:06 GMT

2024/03/22 16:06 GMT: Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed

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The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a resolution put forward by the US

The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a resolution put forward by the US.

Russia and China have vetoed a US draft resolution that tied an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to the release of hostages held by Hamas. It was the first time the US has supported calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region, having previously blocked such demands at the UN. We get more details from our correspondent and hear a story of Alma, who lost her entire family in Gaza. 

We talk to people about their struggles to pay student debt, after the BBC revealed that the highest outstanding debt in the UK is about $290,000.

We speak to our reporter in Senegal where people will go to the polls this weekend to elect a new president. The run-up to the election has been marred by violent protests following a controversial decision by outgoing President Macky Sall to delay the vote. 

The new school year has started in Afganistan but girls beyond 6th grade are barred. We hear a story of one young woman who used to go to school in Afghanistan but has now left the country. 

Presenter: Krupa Padhy.

(Photo: UN Security Council fails to pass US-drafted ceasefire resolution for Gaza, New York, USA - 22 Mar 2024. Credit: SARAH YENESEL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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