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The United States vetoes a Security Council vote on a Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership. The draft resolution, which was introduced by Algeria and "recommends to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations," received 12 votes in favor, two abstentions and one against. IMAGES
Twenty-nine members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) vote to expel Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term. The move, following a campaign led by the United States, was done over Tehran's brutal crackdown of women-led protests. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in the streets of London, in solidarity with the Palestinians, holding flags, banners and chanting slogans. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a protest near the Democratic National Convention venue, on the third day of the event. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is set to officially accept the nomination to be Kamala Harris's White House running mate and will address the crowd later Wednesday. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that protesters against Israel's war in Gaza who demonstrated outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago "have a point." "A lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides," Biden says in his farewell speech to the convention. SOUNDBITE
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