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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
US climate envoy John Kerry is greeted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the UN climate conference in Dubai. IMAGES
French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem, 21, who was held by Hamas since October 7, arrives by helicopter at the Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. Shem was released along with another hostage, 40-year-old Amit Soussana, according to Israeli authorities. IMAGES
A bus arrives at the entrance of the Israeli Ofer prison to collect Palestinian prisoners ahead of their expected release. Israel is expected to free some Palestinian prisoners on the sixth day of truce. Sixty Israeli hostages and 180 Palestinian prisoners have been released under the truce agreement. IMAGES
Plane carrying released Huthi prisoners arrives at Sanaa International Airport, following prisoner swap between the Yemeni rebels and the internationally recognised-government. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).