United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling
for increased humanitarian aid to pass into Gaza.
The demand for the urgent suspension of hostilities between
Israel and Hamas was removed from the final resolution.
The US and Russia abstained from the vote.
The US ambassador called the resolution a glimmer of hope.
It took many days and many
many long nights of negotiating
to get this right.
But today, this council
provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering.
Today, this council called for urgent steps
to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access
and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities.
Meanwhile,
a group representing the families of Israeli hostages claims a US Israeli
man kidnapped on October 7th and held in Gaza has died.
According to the missing persons family forum. The 73 year old was a dual citizen.
The US Israel and Hamas have yet to confirm this. An analysis by CNN suggests Israel
£2000 bombs on Gaza at least 500 times in the early days of the war.
The United Nations estimates that at least 37,000 buildings
in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed satellite images obtained
by the associated press suggest at least five community
projects paid for by the US are among them.
Egyptian officials told the Wall Street Journal that
Hamas has officially rejected an offer from Israel that
would pause fighting for a week in exchange for
the release of 40 hostages held in Gaza.
Hamas has said it will not release any hostages until the war ends
staying overseas.
Warning that the next video may be disturbing to some viewers.
Prague police released body camera footage
from yesterday's deadly shooting at Charles University
showing officers entering and searching a school building.
They confirmed 14 people were killed, 25 were injured. The gunman died at the scene
at a press conference.
The police chief also shared they were investigating whether the shooter was
connected to a double murder in a Prague suburb last week.
The chief said he believes the gunman chose victims completely randomly.
The White House expressed its condolences to victims and their families.
The president and the first lady are praying for the families who lost loved
ones and everyone else who has been affected by this senseless act of violence.
On behalf of the United States, we send our condolences and also
wish the survivors of this tragic event a speedy recovery.
This was the deadliest shooting in the Czech Republic's history
back here in the States.
Protesters took the streets of Tacoma last night after a Washington State jury
acquitted three police officers for their role in the death of Manuel Ellis.
In 2020
the three officers were charged with second degree murder and manslaughter for
restraining beating and shocking Ellis as he said he could not breathe.
The officers, lawyers argued Ellis,
a black man died due to a heart condition and methamphetamine in his system.
Witnesses testified and surveillance footage
of the encounter showed Ellis surrendering
with his hands up when the officers shot him with a taser
after Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual
battery in a lawsuit filed by his former assistant
in the lawsuit. Asta
Janson claimed the fast and furious star restrained and
groped her at a hotel suite in 2020.
She claims she would,
she was fired a mere hours after the alleged assault by Vin Diesel's sister
who is the president of Diesel's production company. One Race Productions.
Diesel's attorney said in a quote that Vin
Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety.
This is the first he has ever heard about this more than
13 year old claim made by a purportedly nine day employee.
Yesterday.
The food and drug administration warned consumers
about copycat versions of the diabetes drug.
Ozempic. The FDA announced it was investigating counterfeit versions of Novo
Nordisk,
Ozempic 1 mg injections.
The agency has seized thousands but warned that some may still be available.
Purchase the Danish drug maker, Novo
Nordisk
and the health agency are conducting tests of the drug's identity,
quality and safety.
The FDA said the needles from the seized injections
are counterfeit and their sterility cannot be verified,
posing greater risk for infection.
A Congressional Oversight Committee has opened an
investigation into the safety of osprey aircraft.
This comes weeks after a deadly crash of an osprey off
the coast of Japan which killed eight airmen following the crash.
The US military suspended use of the aircraft
in total. The Osprey has been involved in the
deaths of more than 50 service members.
The US House of Representatives Committee
on Oversight and accountability sent a request
for documentation on the ospreys safety and history of accidents to us.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
that is expected to be delivered by January 4th.