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Many analysts question the effectiveness of the UN in resolving conflict these days, pointing in particular to gridlock in the Security Council and the body's unresponsive bureaucracy.

Now the Gaza war, and questions over who will govern Gaza afterwards, have forced that political gridlock into open confrontation, as Netanyahu's far-right allies push hard for annexation.

Thousands of commuters in one of India's wealthiest suburbs were stuck on roads for six to eight hours due to rain-triggered traffic gridlock on Monday.

Fleeing families found themselves stuck in gridlock as flamed licked the side of the road; some abandoned their cars in desperation.

Forty-five Just Stop Oil protesters climbed gantries on the motorway, forcing police to stop the traffic, in an attempt to cause gridlock across southern England.