Update to this story from yesterday.

What a disgrace.

(BBC) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has raised the Palestinian flag above a UN agency for the first time.

Mr Abbas said he hoped Unesco’s admission of Palestine was the beginning of international recognition.

The Palestinians were admitted into the UN’s cultural, education and science organisation in October, despite strong opposition from the US and Israel.

Washington reacted by suspending its funding for Unesco, which accounted for a fifth of its annual budget.

Two US laws prohibit giving funding to any UN body that admits the Palestinians as full members before they reach a peace deal with Israel.