Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

America’s UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (AP)

Russia and China have vetoed a US-sponsored UN resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than two million hungry Palestinians.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 members in favour, three against and one abstention.