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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaSouth Korea votes for new parliamentImage source, Getty ImagesJean Mackenzie and Kelly Ngin Seoul and in SingaporePublished2 hours agoSouth Korea is voting for a new parliament, in what is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration.Mr Yoon still has three years left in office but his People Power Party (PPP) has struggled to achieve its agenda in a legislature dominated by the opposition Democratic Party.Polls are mixed but analysts have suggested the opposition may retain their majority or even increase it.Yoon is under pressure to address a number of issues including rising food prices, a rapidly aging population and an ongoing doctor’s strike.Is this K-drama? No, it’s South Korea’s election nightIf Mr Yoon’s party fails, he could leave office with little to show for his time, other than his foreign policy achievements.His major success has been building up relations with Tokyo and Washington to counter China and North Korea. But that will have little bearing on this election. South Koreans will be voting in line with their wallets more than anything.The president, whose approval ratings have been falling for months, has also weathered a series of political scandals since he was elected in March 2022.A hot mic caught him swearing in September that year after a meeting with US President Joe Biden in New York. His wife Kim Keon Hee has been embroiled in a controversy for allegedly accepting a luxury bag gift. Just last month, Mr Yoon drew criticism for being out of touch with the cost-of-living crisis during his visit to a grocery store in Seoul. He commented that a bundle of green onions priced at 875 won ($0.65) was “reasonable” while the item was temporarily discounted at the location he visited due to subsidies.The usual retail price would have been between 3,000 won and 4,000 won.The incident sparked a backlash, with farmers organising sit-in protests with bundles of green onions. The vegetable has also started appearing at the opposition Democratic Party’s election rallies.Voters will cast one ballot for their representatives in the National Assembly, which has a total of 254 seats. They will also vote for a political party, which will decide the share of the remaining 46 proportional representation seats.Seoul accounts for 48 of the 300 seats up for grabs. The Democratic Party took 41 in the 2020 parliamentary elections.The polls will close at 18:00 local time (09:00 GMT).Related TopicsAsiaYoon Suk YeolSouth KoreaTop StoriesWeak evidence and toxic debate letting down gender care children, report saysPublished4 hours agoGang guilty of running £54m ‘benefit fraud factories’Published56 minutes agoArizona court reinstates abortion ban law from 1864Published6 hours agoFeaturesThe Papers: Major gender care review, and ‘Mr Bates vs thugs in suits’Peter Higgs – the man who changed our view of the UniverseIs this K-drama? No, it’s South Korea’s election nightChappell Roan is the freaky, fun pop star you need to knowHow much is the cost of a UK passport going up?’Airport car park fire turned my life upside down’Big Zuu cuts down on cooking and rap for RamadanParched and shrinking – vital Moroccan dam dries upFirst ever climate change victory in Europe courtloading elsewhere storiesMost Read1Gang guilty of running £54m ‘benefit fraud factories’2Major gender care review, and ‘Mr Bates vs thugs in suits’3’Zombie’ drug found in cannabis THC vapes in UK4Arizona court reinstates abortion ban law from 18645Ex-Liverpool midfielder Murphy was addicted to cocaineAttributionSport6Children let down by ‘weak’ gender care – report7Was an extinct fox once man’s best friend?8’Airport car park fire turned my life upside down’9Dubstep star pulls out of Coachella over visa ‘snag’10Over 7 million struggling with bills, survey finds

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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMona: Art museum loses court case over women’s-only exhibitPublished5 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Jesse HunnifordImage caption, The Ladies Lounge exhibit was introduced to Mona at the end of 2020By Hannah RitchieBBC NewsMen will soon be allowed to enter a women’s only artwork in Australia, following a high-stakes court case over the matter.The Ladies Lounge exhibit at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) sought to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors. After being denied entry, a man sued for illegal discrimination, which he won on Tuesday. “We are deeply disappointed by this decision,” a Mona representative said. The lounge – which contains some of the museum’s most-acclaimed works, from Picasso to Sidney Nolan – has been open since 2020. It was designed to take the concept of an old Australian pub – a space which largely excluded women until 1965 – and turn it on its head, offering champagne and five-star service to female attendants, while refusing males at the door. Jason Lau, a New South Wales resident who visited Mona in April of last year, was one such male. Representing himself throughout the case, he argued that the museum had violated the state’s anti-discrimination act by failing to provide “a fair provision of goods and services in line with the law” to him and other ticket holders who didn’t identify as female.The museum had responded by claiming the rejection Mr Lau and others like him had felt was part of the artwork, and that the law in Tasmania allowed for discrimination if it was “designed to promote equal opportunity” for a group of people who had been historically disadvantaged. In his ruling, Richard Grueber dismissed the argument – finding that it was “not apparent” how preventing men from experiencing the famous artworks held within the Ladies Lounge achieved that goal. Throughout the case, the museum’s supporters, including artist Kirsha Kaechele – who created the Ladies Lounge – had used the courtroom as a space for performance art, wearing navy uniforms and engaging in synchronised movements. Mr Grueber said that while the behaviour of the women hadn’t disrupted the hearing, it was “inappropriate, discourteous and disrespectful, and at worst contumelious and contemptuous”.His decision to allow men access to the exhibit will come into effect in 28 days. Ms Kaechele previously told the BBC the case had felt like her artwork was coming to life and signalled she would fight it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. But she also noted that having the Ladies Lounge shut down could help drive home its intended message. “If you were just looking at it from an aesthetic standpoint, being forced to close would be pretty powerful.”Related TopicsTasmaniaArtAustraliaMore on this storyA museum tried reverse misogyny. Now a man is suingPublished20 MarchTop StoriesMan arrested after woman stabbed pushing pramPublished3 minutes agoSecurity raised ahead of Champions League matchesPublished5 minutes agoLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaWhat’s behind Russian frenzy to blame Ukraine for concert attack?Published59 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Russia had received warnings that an attack – like the one on the Moscow concert hall – was imminentBy Steve RosenbergRussia EditorIt began with hints. Intimation.Now, it’s no holds barred accusations.The Russian authorities are aggressively pushing the line that Ukraine and the West were behind last month’s Crocus City concert hall massacre outside Moscow which left 145 people dead.The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. But soon after the suspected gunmen were detained President Vladimir Putin hinted at a Ukrainian connection.At the weekend Russian state TV broadcast interrogation videos of the four suspects, all citizens of Tajikistan. One of the men said on camera that the post-attack plan had been “to head towards Kyiv”. Their words must be taken with extreme caution. During a court appearance after their arrest the men showed signs of torture. The Russian TV correspondent presenting the report went on to make a series of strange claims:”Following the terrorist attack Western sources and many Russian ‘foreign agents’ began to shift the focus from the Ukrainian connection to, exclusively, Islamic State.”In Russia many Kremlin critics have been designated “foreign agents” for allegedly receiving funding from abroad or just being deemed “under foreign influence”.The “shift of focus” to the IS was hardly surprising. Not only had the group announced that it was behind the attack, it had released video of the shooting. By contrast, Ukraine had denied any involvement. What’s more, both America and, reportedly, Iran had warned Moscow of possible attacks on Russian soil.In its 13-minute report, Russian state TV made no mention of the IS claim of responsibility.Then, from the journalist, this baseless accusation – that Western media “had more sympathy for those who carried out the terrorist attack which killed more than 140 defenceless people, than for the victims…”It was a clear attempt to demonise the West in the eyes of the Russian public.Day of mourning after 137 killed at Crocus City Hall concertMoscow Crocus City Hall attack videos examinedWhat we know about attack on a Moscow concert hallIt’s not just Russian TV saying this. So is the Russian foreign ministry. In a statement on its Telegram channel, the ministry claimed that in the West “there is a strict order not to report in the media the true scale of the tragedy – not to mention the number of victims of the terrorist attack, the dead children…”Demonstrations of humanity and sympathy for the Russian people are not allowed.”This is pure parallel reality. The BBC has received no such order. International media organisations widely reported the devastating consequences of the mass shooting and fire at Crocus City.As for sympathy, many Western diplomats visited the Russian foreign ministry to sign a book of condolence and, later, laid flowers for the victims outside Crocus City.That hasn’t stopped Russian officials from lining up to blame Ukraine and the West.Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB security service, told Russian TV:”We believe that the action was prepared by both the Islamist radicals themselves and was facilitated by Western special services. The special services of Ukraine are directly related to this.”Last week President Putin claimed that “Russia cannot be the target of terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists. We are a country that demonstrates a unique example of interfaith harmony and inter-religious and inter-ethnic unity”.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, President Vladimir Putin has sought to blame Ukraine for the attack on the Crocus City Concert HallYet only last month the FSB reported it had thwarted an IS plot to attack a Moscow synagogue.So why is the Russian leadership seemingly determined to frame Ukraine and the West for the huge loss of life at Crocus City?Here are some possible reasons:Don’t change enemiesSince the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour, Russians have been led to believe that their principal adversaries are Ukraine and the “collective West”. It’s a message the authorities here are unwilling to alter. After all, if the Russian public were to conclude that radical Islam is a greater threat to their security than the Ukrainian government or Western leaders, they may wonder why Moscow hasn’t focused on that particular threat and has chosen, instead, to fight Ukraine.Divert attentionLast month President Putin publicly dismissed a US embassy warning that an attack by extremists here was “imminent”. He called the terror alert “outright blackmail…[with] the intention of intimidating and destabilising our society”. The Crocus City concert hall attack followed days later.US officials subsequently made it clear that the intelligence they had shared with the Russian authorities had been “specific, timely, and credible”. Blaming Kyiv and the West may be an attempt to distract attention from the question of what information was passed on and how the Russian authorities acted upon it.Escalation pretextAsserting that Kyiv and the West were connected to the attack gives Moscow a pretext for any future escalation in the war in Ukraine – if it decides it needs it.But some commentators are warning the Russian authorities that, for a political system, identifying the wrong enemy can prove a fatal mistake. “That’s the way this type of system usually dies,” believes political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov, honorary senior research associate at University College London. “They concentrate on someone they see as the main enemy and miss the real one somewhere else. For now [the authorities] will concentrate on Ukraine, on the West, on liberals. And they will open the back door. It’s through the back door that the real danger will come.”Related TopicsWar in UkraineRussiaMoscowVladimir PutinUkraineMore on this storyWhat we know about attack on a Moscow concert hallPublished25 MarchMoscow concert hall attack videos examinedPublished23 MarchTop StoriesLive. Qatar cautiously optimistic as Israel and Hamas continue ceasefire talksWatch: Gaza footage shows collapsed buildings and homes in ruin. VideoWatch: Gaza footage shows collapsed buildings and homes in ruinPublished5 hours agoBradford stabbing victim named as manhunt continuesPublished8 minutes agoFeaturesWhen and where in the UK can you see Monday’s solar eclipse?’The NHS paid for my mum to go private. She died’Gazans return to devastation in Khan YounisMyanmar’s army massacred Rohingyas. Now it wants their helpBiggest WrestleMania yet? 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMoscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacrePublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Another suspect was arrested on Tuesday in connection with last Friday’s attack on Crocus City HallBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsTop Russian officials have directly accused Ukraine and the West of being involved in the deadly Moscow concert hall attack, after it was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.IS has released video of the atrocity, but Vladimir Putin and two close allies have claimed the jihadists were helped by Western and Ukrainian intelligence.Ukraine has rejected Russia’s “lies”.The scenario is all the more unlikely because the US had warned Russia of an imminent attack 15 days earlier.Russia says 139 people were killed when four armed men burst into the Crocus City Hall concert complex on Friday evening. Another 22 remain in a serious condition, including two children, officials say.Four citizens of Tajikistan have appeared in court accused of carrying out the massacre. Four other suspects have been accused of aiding terrorism.Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said the facts about the perpetrators and “the failed incompetence of the Russian security services are indisputable”. Western countries have also ridiculed the Kremlin’s narrative.The Russian leader acknowledged during a televised meeting on Monday: “We know the crime was committed by the hands of radical Islamists… we want to know who ordered it.”He argued that many questions remained unanswered, repeating an unfounded claim that the attackers had tried to flee south to Ukraine.How Russia pushed false claims about Moscow attack”Who was waiting for them there?” he asked. “This atrocity may be just a link in a whole series of attempts by those who have been at war with our country since 2014.” The US was trying to convince the world that Kyiv had no connection to the attack, he said, but he continued to point the finger at the West which he said was using Ukraine to fight against Russia. One of Mr Putin’s longest-serving allies, security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, doubled down on Mr Putin’s claim on Tuesday when he was asked whether IS or Ukraine was behind the attack: “Of course, Ukraine.”Then the head of Russia’s FSB security service, Alexander Bortnikov, went further.”We believe the action was prepared both by the radical Islamists themselves and, obviously, facilitated by Western special services. Ukraine’s special services themselves have a direct connection to this.”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the Russian accusations: “Putin was talking to himself again… Again, he blames Ukraine. A sick and cynical creature.”This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Russia attack suspects dragged into courtroomBelarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, a close Putin ally, appeared to cast doubt on the Russian narrative too, by suggesting the attackers had first tried to cross into his country before realising “there was no way they could enter Belarus”.The US has said IS is “solely” to blame for the Moscow attack and France’s Emmanuel Macron said it would be “both cynical and counterproductive” for Russia to try to exploit the situation to seek to turn it against Ukraine.Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said it was obvious Mr Putin was looking for pretexts to attack Kyiv, but said the videos of the attack were clear, and more than one IS claim confirmed the theory that it was involved.The attack took place little over two weeks after the US embassy warned that “extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts”. Mr Putin rejected the warning as provocative only last week.Three days before the gunmen targeted Crocus City Hall on the north-west fringe of Moscow, the Russian leader accused the US of using its warning of an imminent attack to “intimidate and destabilise our society”. Meanwhile, Russia’s FSB announced on Tuesday that it had foiled an attack by pro-Ukraine Russian fighters in the southern city of Samara. It said a member of the Russian Volunteer Corps paramilitary group had blown himself up after being apprehended.Image source, BERTRAND GUAY/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says 4,000 extra soldiers will be deployed in the coming daysThe Moscow attack, blamed by US intelligence on a regional branch of IS called Islamic State-Khorasan, has heightened fears of renewed jihadist plots in Western Europe, ahead of a summer of major international sporting events.French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Monday night that France had been on maximum alert since Sunday night and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said two attacks had been foiled since the start of the year.”We thwart a lot of attacks in France, one every two months,” Mr Darmanin said on France 2 TV. Paris is due to host the Olympic Games in fourth months’ time and the interior minister said the main threat was homegrown but the external IS threat was seeing a resurgence.Mr Attal said 4,000 extra soldiers would be deployed across France in the coming days.Germany has said it will introduce temporary border controls for the European Championships starting in June. The government in Berlin has already imposed controls on some of its borders in a bid to tackle gangs smuggling migrants across Europe.Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said controls would be imposed on all German borders during the tournament “to prevent potential violent offenders from entering the country”.In a separate development, Turkey said it had arrested 147 people suspected of links to IS in simultaneous raids across 30 cities. Ankara has confirmed that two of the four suspected attackers visited Turkey weeks before the Moscow attack and said they were able to travel freely there as there was no warrant for their arrest.Italy says it has intensified security ahead of the Easter holidays and has urged people to be alert, although “there are no concrete risks”.Related TopicsRussiaMoscowVladimir PutinMore on this storyHow Russia pushed false claims about Moscow attackPublished6 hours agoWhat we know about attack on a Moscow concert hallPublished1 day agoWho are IS-K, blamed for attack on Moscow concert hall?Published17 hours agoRussian state media blames Ukraine and West for attackPublished23 hours agoFour in court as Moscow attack death toll nears 140Published17 hours agoTop StoriesLive. Ship that collided with Baltimore bridge lost power – governorWatch: The critical moments before ship hit Baltimore bridge. VideoWatch: The critical moments before ship hit Baltimore bridgePublished2 hours agoLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaCorina Yoris: Venezuela’s opposition candidate blocked from electionPublished19 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Corina Yoris was nominated as the PUD’s candidate on Friday but has been unable to registerBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsVenezuela’s main opposition coalition says its candidate has been blocked from July’s presidential election. The opposition Unitary Platform (PUD) said it was unable to access the electoral council website to register its candidate, Corina Yoris. It is the latest setback for the PUD, whose leader, María Corina Machado, has been barred from running for office. Polls have suggested that if the election was free and fair, Ms Machado could beat President Nicolás Maduro.Ms Machado, 56, made headlines in October when the notoriously divided opposition united behind her. She received more than 90% of votes in a primary election organised by the opposition.The primary was denounced by the government of President Maduro as illegitimate and Ms Machado and members of her Vente Venezuela party have been targeted by the authorities since her overwhelming win. Several regional campaign officials have been jailed over the past months. And only last week, arrest warrants were issued for her campaign manager and eight other staffers, who have been accused of taking part in a conspiracy to overthrow President Maduro. María Corina Machado herself had a ban which prevents her from running for public office confirmed by the Supreme Court, which is stacked with government loyalists.President Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, has withstood international pressure to allow Ms Machado to run in the presidential election scheduled for 28 July.Image source, EPAImage caption, Nicolás Maduro held a rally after registering his candidacy for a third termHe told his supporters last month that “we’re going to win by hook or by crook, we’re going to win, always”. With the deadline for the registration of candidates fast approaching and Ms Machado’s ban still in place, the PUD on Friday picked Corina Yoris to replace her.Ms Yoris, an 80-year-old academic, is relatively unknown even in opposition circles. The fact that she is a newcomer to politics was seen as an asset by the coalition, which argued that this made it harder for her opponents to discredit her. Even so, she has already had to rebut allegations that she was born outside of Venezuela, which would have made her ineligible for the presidency. When it came to registering her candidacy by the deadline set for Monday evening, however, the opposition coalition hit a wall.In videos uploaded to social media, the PUD showed how they repeatedly tried and failed to log into the electoral council website to register Ms Yoris’s candidacy. Ms Yoris said that her rights as a Venezuelan citizen had been “violated” by being blocked from registering. She also said that when her team was faced with the unresponsive website, they had visited the electoral council in person to ask for an extension to the deadline, which was not granted. After the midnight deadline had passed, PUD official Omar Barboza said in a video statement: “We have been working all day (…) trying to exercise our constitutional right to nominate our candidate. This was not possible.”President Maduro, meanwhile, had no problems registering his candidacy for a third consecutive term in office. Thousands of people dressed in the red colour associated with his socialist PSUV party cheered him at a rally outside the electoral council office. He told them that “today, I have not just come to register (…) but to invite you to keep dreaming and continue transforming our reality, taking it forward to the future”.Nine other people from a variety of small parties were also able to register their candidacy – some are aligned with the government and none of them is thought to be a serious challenger to President Maduro.Related TopicsNicolás MaduroVenezuelaMore on this storyVenezuela announces presidential election datePublished6 MarchVenezuelan opposition denounces ‘intimidation’ attemptsPublished24 JanuaryVenezuelan opposition unites behind María Corina MachadoPublished23 October 2023Top StoriesLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaJeremy Bowen: Biden has decided strong words with Israel are not enoughPublished40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersBy Jeremy BowenBBC international editor For weeks, President Joe Biden and his senior officials have been losing patience with the way that Israel is fighting the war in Gaza. They have used increasingly stiff language to convey their displeasure to Israel and the wider world. The decision to allow the latest ceasefire resolution through the Security Council shows that President Biden has decided that strong words are not enough.Removing diplomatic protection from Israel’s conduct of the war is a significant step. It shows the depth of the rift that has opened between the White House and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded with a broadside directed at Israel’s most important ally. He condemned the US decision not to use its veto, saying it had harmed the war effort and attempts to free the hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October last year. Joe Biden and his top officials might file those remarks under the heading of extreme ingratitude. The president is deeply attached to Israel, calls himself a Zionist, and has provided the Israeli people with emotional support as well as all the military and diplomatic assistance their state has needed since 7 October last year. He wants freedom for the hostages as well as the destruction of Hamas as a military force. But Mr Biden wants Israel to do that, as he put it, “the right way”. In those devastating first weeks of the war President Biden warned Israel not to be blinded by rage, as America had been after the al-Qaeda attacks on 11 September 2001. The US president travelled to Israel, comforted families of victims of the Hamas attacks and even embraced Mr Netanyahu, with whom he has never had an easy relationship. President Biden and his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, who’s visited Israel six times since 7 October, have repeatedly told Israel to respect international humanitarian law, which includes an obligation to protect civilians. At the start of the war, as those first American warnings were being prepared, Prime Minister Netanyahu promised Israelis what he called a “mighty vengeance”. Since then, more than 30,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed with weapons mostly provided by the US. With Gaza in ruins, famine looming for Palestinian civilians and the prospect of many more deaths in an Israeli offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza, President Biden seems to have had enough of having his advice ignored.Israel claims that it always respects the laws of war and denies that it blocks humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. But evidence has piled up that the Israelis are not telling the truth, with children dying of hunger a few miles from ample stores of food in Israel and Egypt. The Americans, and the rest of the world, can see the evidence presented by the UN and aid agencies that Gaza is on the brink of famine. The US military is dropping aid by air and bringing a temporary dock across the Atlantic so that supplies can come to Gaza by sea, while Israel lets only small amounts through the port of Ashdod, a modern container terminal only half an hour’s drive north of Gaza. The decision not to veto the Ramadan ceasefire resolution is also an attempt by the Americans to push back at accusations that they have enabled Israel’s actions. It comes after Prime Minister Netanyahu has rejected, vehemently, the Biden Administration’s plans to find a way through the worst Middle East crisis in decades. The Americans are trying to show that Israel’s impunity from international pressure has limits. UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolutionWatch: Moment UN Security Council passes ceasefire resolutionEntire Gaza population facing acute hunger, Blinken warnsSecurity Council resolutions are normally considered to have the force of international law. Israel must decide now whether it will respect the resolution, which has been welcomed by Hamas as well as the Palestinian representative at the UN. Mr Netanyahu’s coalition government relies on the support of Jewish ultranationalist extremists. They will urge him to ignore the resolution. If he does, the US will have to respond. If more words are not enough, the biggest lever at President Biden’s disposal controls the air bridge of arms supplies to Israel, dozens of flights by huge transport planes bringing in the munitions Israel has used in the war, as well the ones it would need if it goes through with its plan to widen the ground war to Rafah.The US-Israel alliance is deep – in 1948 President Harry Truman recognised Israel’s independence 11 minutes after it had been declared – but at times it is dysfunctional. Crises happen when Israel defies the wishes of American presidents, and harms what they see as US interests. This isn’t the first time that Benjamin Netanyahu has infuriated the men in the White House. He has done so regularly since he first became Israel’s prime minister in 1996.But his defiance of the US has never been this prolonged, or bitter, and no crisis in the long US-Israel alliance has been as serious as the one that’s developed in almost six months of the Gaza war.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warBenjamin NetanyahuJoe BidenMore on this storyHow Gaza war is testing the limits of US diplomacyPublished2 days agoEntire Gaza population facing acute hunger – USPublished6 days agoNew Gaza hospital raid shows Hamas is not a spent forcePublished4 days agoTop StoriesUN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolutionPublished3 hours agoBowen: Biden has decided strong words are not enoughPublished40 minutes agoUK hits out at Chinese-backed cyber-attacksPublished1 hour agoFeaturesAt Gate 96 – the new crossing into Gaza where aid struggles to get inWhat can the UK do about China cyber-attacks? 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaIsrael-Gaza war: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in new ceasefire callPublished24 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersBy Ece GoksedefBBC NewsUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It is time to silence the guns,” he said, speaking from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the enclave.He also called on Israel to give “total, unfettered” access to humanitarian goods throughout Gaza.A UN-backed food security assessment this week said 1.1 million people in Gaza were struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation.It added that a man-made famine in the north was imminent between now and May.Mr Guterres, who said he had come to Rafah “to spotlight the pain of Palestinians in Gaza”, was speaking a day after Russia and China blocked a US draft resolution put to the UN which called for an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages held in Gaza. “It’s time to truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid. The choice is clear: either surge or starvation. Blocked relief trucks on the Egyptian side of border are a moral outrage,” said Mr Guterres, who also called for the release of Israeli hostages.”I want Palestinians in Gaza to know: You are not alone. People around the world are outraged by the horrors we are all witnessing in real time. Palestinians in Gaza remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare,” he added.Image source, ReutersImage caption, Aid trucks are backed up at the Rafah border crossingThe Rafah crossing is one of the main points of entry for aid into Gaza, where long queues of trucks with aid are waiting for Israeli approval to cross. Western countries and aid groups have criticised Israel over its inspection process, blamed for slowing down the entry of much-needed help. Israel denies that it is holding up humanitarian relief and says that inspection is needed to make sure that Hamas will not divert aid. 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More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians are sheltering in the southern city, where Israel says Hamas leaders are hiding and Hamas battalions still operate.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defied international criticism of the planned offensive, saying “no international pressure will stop Israel” from achieving all of its war aims.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warAntonio GuterresMore on this storyUS call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blockedPublished21 hours agoFirst UK-funded field hospital opens in GazaPublished9 hours ago’Help my brother first’: Gazan girl’s plea as entire family killedPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. 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[ad_1] Earlier, Mr Guterres met UN humanitarian aid workers in el-Arish, the Egyptian city closest to Gaza, where much of the international relief for the enclave is delivered and stockpiled.…