Description
Added on the 31/07/2014 17:32:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says it is "not too late" for Ukraine to win the war, promising President Volodymyr Zelensky that more support is on the way to Kyiv as Russian forces advance. "Ukraine has been outgunned for months, forced to ration its ammunition... But it's not too late for Ukraine to prevail," the NATO secretary general says at a press conference with Zelensky. SOUNDBITE
"Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns at the top of a Security Council meeting on Iran's attack on Israel. SOUNDBITE
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, says that a projected imminent famine in war-torn Gaza "can and must be prevented". In a recorded statement, he warns that Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid and its ongoing attacks "may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime". SOUNDBITE
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says that the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was an Israeli operation and his visit to Israel was not aimed at setting a timeline for the conflict. SOUNDBITE
A Red Cross bus transporting released Palestinian prisoners arrives in the Israeli occupied West Bank, in the final exchange under an extended truce deal due to expire within hours. IMAGES
Israeli army vehicles fire tear gas they enter the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia, near the Ofer prison, ahead of the planned release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Hamas hostages. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
