All United Nations Security Council members, except the United States, on Wednesday said the famine in Gazawas a “manmade crisis” and warned that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is banned under international humanitarian law.

The United States has refused to back a UN Security Council statement declaring the famine in Gaza a “man-made” crisis and possible war crime.

Britain, France and Germany will begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, two European diplomats said. The trio, known as the E3, met Iran on Tuesday to try to revive diplomacy over the nuclear programme before they lose the ability in mid-October to restore sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under a 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.