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The United States says that a ceasefire voted by the United Nations can "only" be implemented once Hamas begins releasing hostages it still holds. SOUNDBITE
The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour calls Washington's veto of a Security Council push for a ceasefire "absolutely reckless and dangerous." "It is not Israel that should be protected by the veto. It is Palestinian children, women and men, who must be protected by this Council acting now," Mansour says in a statement to the Security Council. SOUNDBITE
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 12 (EFE / EPA) .- Afghanistan is on the verge of sanitary and financial collapse after the cut in the flow of international aid with the arrival of the Taliban to power, while the approach of extreme winter does not do more they set off the alarms.FOOTAGE OF DISPLACED FAMILIES AT SHAHR-E-NEW OARK IN AFGHANISTAN.
Kathmandu, May 20 (EFE/EPA).- The worsening Covid-19 crisis has driven Nepal's weak health infrastructure to the brink of collapse as hospitals and crematoria are overwhelmed by record numbers of daily infections and deaths.The Himalayan nation on Thursday recorded 8,227 coronavirus infections and 190 deaths as it battles a virulent second wave of the pandemic.The new numbers brought the overall caseload to 488,645, while the death toll increased to 5,847 in a country with fewer than 30 million people. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: EMPTY STREETS OF THAMEL, A MAJOR TOURIST HUB IN KATHMANDU, DURING A COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
The UN's Libya envoy says she is "quite optimistic" about the prospects of talks in Geneva between the two warring factions producing a ceasefire. "I'm qute optimistic... there is an air of seriousness and commitment," Stephanie Williams, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), tells a press conference, after the sides agree to open internal land and air routes. SOUNDBITE
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