VOA60: October 26, 2023

China says it will make a major effort to get a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. China and Russia vetoed a U.S.-supported United Nations resolution on the conflict on Wednesday.

In Washington, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

In South Africa, hundreds of miners end a four-day stay underground as a dispute between two labor unions at a gold mine near Johannesburg continues.

And in Mexico, video shows blocked roads and supply shortages in Acapulco after Hurricane Otis caused major damage there.