The move blocked a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the United Nations, where it is considered a "nonmember observer state."
The 15-member council is scheduled to vote later Thursday on whether to recommend that Palestine receive full U.N. membership, which would effectively recognize its statehood.
TikTok could be banned in the United States with Congress on the brink of passing a bill that would push parent company ByteDance to divest of the app.
