The EU's foreign policy chief has said it will resume direct economic aid to the Palestinian Authority in support of President Mahmoud Abbas's new cabinet.

Mr Abbas appointed an emergency cabinet excluding Islamists Hamas, who won the 2006 parliamentary election, after it seized control of the Gaza Strip.

Javier Solana said a part of the money would go directly to the government, but also that some would go to Gaza.

Not a lot of details on this yet.