Middle East crisis live: UN security council to vote on granting membership to Palestine
by Amy Sedghi (now) and Martin Belam (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#6M5K4)
UN due to vote on Thursday on bid for full membership by Palestine in move the US is expected to block
The EU has edged closer to calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East after a meeting of the 27 bloc leaders last night.
Leaders have struggled to agree language from the outset of the conflict, engaging in torturous discussions over whether they should use the word ceasefire, pause, or pauses in the first official bloc-wide declaration in October.
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