and the pursuit of a nuclear weapon free world and we look ahead to the big stories that could dominate the headlines in twenty eighteen. december on al-jazeera. thanks love to make loans to sufferance because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because us taxpayers never go away is a new one born every single day and it is an urgent national necessity to me that it be officially requested deflation of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. that's machine at this time. to a chorus of international condemnation white house officials say u.s. president donald trump will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel.

palestinian groups in the occupied west bank call for three days of rage over trump's plans which include moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv. the rama you're watching officer of life more headquarters here in that hole so coming up closure for the families of argentinean soldiers killed in the falklands war in one thousand nine hundred two as their remains are finally identified after forensic investigation plus california wildfires are fueled by high winds forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. welcome to the program palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank are calling for three days of rage over u.s. plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and relocate the american

embassy to the city the trump administration's move has sparked international condemnation and warnings from across the world the saudi king says the move will inflame the feelings of muslims while the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is warning of dangerous consequences the status of the city is at the core of the israeli palestinian conflict the international community does not recognize jerusalem as israel's capital it is home to sacred religious sites for muslims jews and christians palestinian leaders have long said the capital of their future state will be located there she had returns and has more from washington d.c. . well that's beautiful at the white house there was no sense of the international uproar that's been caused by donald trump's forthcoming speech announcing the u.s. is recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital this is a campaign promise to keep trump financial dinah's like las vegas casino magnate

sheldon adelson and his poor right wing evangelical base whom the president needs now move them ever as his popularity ratings plummet throughout the day the president briefed the regional leaders which led to this question at the state department briefing i'm wondering if you can say that the that he's gotten the support of anyone for any decision that he might make so again i'm not going to characterize those conversations minutes later the white house press secretary was similarly callie about the decision i'm not going to get ahead of the president's remarks that he'll make tomorrow to say other than israel which thinks this move is twenty two years overdue that all of the feedback he's been getting from world leaders is overwhelmingly negative. no again he spoke with five leaders that's hardly indicative of everybody across the globe mr president the fifth fleet of the president called was the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu israeli politicians have welcomed troops decision on jerusalem the israeli mayor of the city so that the embassy move could take two minutes by switching the sign on the

current u.s. consulate in west jerusalem administration officials who didn't want publicly to be named later said that was not going to happen more about building a new embassy would take at least three to four years to the question of whether that means of this decision could be reversed if president doesn't stay on for a second term the officials insisted once the process of planning and you embassy begins it would reach its conclusion they also said the president was simply affirming what they called quote reality both historical moment that connected the state of israel to the city they argued issues of sovereignty would not change i was. said that not moving the embassy since it was required by congress in one thousand nine hundred five had not made any difference to the peace process but trumpet ministration was still committed to a two state solution they said if that's what both parties wanted but with reports over the weekend that the president's middle east envoy is pushing saudi backed

plan that gives israel formal control of all of jerusalem it appears that drums announcement on wednesday will be in keeping with the direction of his administration's emerging middle east policy she average hands the al-jazeera washington while news of the possible move has angered palestinians in the occupied west bank dozens of protesters gathered outside the church of the nativity in bethlehem they set fire to posters with donald trump's image our position the position of president our business is very clear and. they're going to get and this is going to be moved to jerusalem this is again. this is this would be unacceptable. if this happens it would complicate things it would put an obstacle to the peace process maybe it would be the end of the peace process . not to get the nation back from this decision.

well that's been strong global condemnation and concern about the intended me as you can see here at least a dozen leaders an organization as have said that they're against it as it would destabilize the middle east and contravene international law here here are just a few of those many voices that have been speaking out. mr trump jerusalem is a red line for muslims. we will follow the struggle to the very last moment with determination and we could even go right up to cutting our diplomatic relations with israel. a way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of jerusalem as the future capital of the states so that the aspiration of this can be fulfilled. for. the council of ministers rejects this

step and expresses its utmost concern regarding this step as well as the moving of the american embassy to jerusalem the iraqi government warns of the consequences of this decision on the stability of the area and the world ignoring the rights of palestinians and the arab and muslim world and other religions. that are indications that the united states in the coming days will recognize the listening with capital by the way without consulting with. far reaching consequences a step would have germany's position on the should remains unchanged the solution a did a saloon problem can only be found with valid negotiations between the two parties . is a co-founder of the electronic intifada he thinks the reality is the u.s. supports a palestinian state in name only. and if trump's announcement is what you know stud you out of thinking that the u.s. was an honest broker i don't know what to say to the u.s.

policy is to aggressively assist israel in doing everything it can to destroy any prospects for palestinian self-determination or palestinian liberation and that the united states has had the assistance of the so-called international community and the various arab regimes that are now complaining so loudly about this i think what they should be asking themselves is what have we been doing for all these decades while israel was busy. mixing jerusalem building settlements expelling palestinians from jerusalem israel has been gradually encroaching on on the old city and on the muslim holy sites i mean fact you have this so-called temple movement funded by the israeli government whose open goal is to remove the eye lock some mosque in the dome of the rock and

rebuild the jewish temple and meanwhile the arab regimes which complaining about this move by trump a busy embracing israel the gulf states moving towards israel at lightning speed and there and absolutely no position to complain about this well staying in the middle east over the top stories that finding has escalated between the sanity that coalition and he find is over one thousand northern yemen southern province near the saudi border now the area is a hoot the stronghold the fighting is false dozens of families to flee from their homes. well the u.s. says it's extremely concerned about the increased violence in the yemen following the killing of the girls did present earlier the wrestler on monday washington is calling for an immediate end to the fighting and a return to u.n. mediated negotiations it follows a similar statement from the u.n. security council it wants the side of the coalition to completely lift the blockade

warning of widespread famine otherwise in particular their call on parties to immediately provide safe rapid anie hindered and sustained commercial and humanitarian access to the populations of all affected governorates. through all of yemen's fords and airports most importantly who data board and sun airport the member of the security council urged all size to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law. the gulf cooperation council summit has ended hopes of a breakthrough in the blanks biggest crisis in decades the meeting in kuwait city was the first since saudi arabia bahrain of the united arab emirates and egypt cut trade and diplomatic ties with qatar in june reports. while the announcement

that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is

embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they're really just wanted to have this. just to show that they're actually still exist and the summit is going to take place but nothing else is going to have been which is a really disappointing in that case. in the end a summit that is usually slated for two days ended after only a few hours kuwait's emir said his country will continue mediating in the dispute for just i want to she will be your recent months of saying a lot of trouble but the wisdom of my brothers of the leaders of the gulf countries managed to calm things down and now meeting today will lead us to continue playing the role that will live up to the aspirations of our people in order to have certain mechanisms to sort out disputes with guarantees that will allow everyone to

abide by these rules. added that the gulf has faced painful and negative developments over the past six months due to the rift. six months to the day since the beginning of the blockade against qatar some here in kuwait say the fact the representatives of all member countries actually showed up means that this summit should ultimately be considered a success others however say that today's developments call into question if the g.c.c. and institution which at its core is meant to highlight regional unity will be able to survive much longer how much of too much easier to wait while still ahead here on al-jazeera why elite police forces in honduras are refusing to enforce a curfew and it is a political deadlock plus the international olympic committee announces restrictions for the russian fleet in the upcoming winter games.

hello there it's very mild in the west in parts of europe for now that's because we've got an area of high pressure that's dominating the weather here and it's giving us plenty of fine weather however towards the east it's a bit different you can see all the cloud toppling over the top of that area of high pressure the down into the eastern parts of europe so here it's cooler and it's also rather unsettled for many of us as well quite a bit of rain around quite a bit of snow to the next system though that's waiting in the wings and on wednesday and thursday be drifting its way southwards and in london in london will get to around fifteen degrees but that will be an early fifteen degrees around lunchtime we'll see the temperatures begin to drop and they'll continue to drop until we get to friday and friday there will be a very different feel to the day it will be bitterly cold for many of us in that cold weather will continue to spread its way across many other parts of europe too if we head further south you can see the winds are firing down from the north so

it's not particularly warm for many of us here at seventeen there's also a fair amount of cloud being brought in by those winds and one or two showers around as well looks like we could see a couple more showers as we head through thursday as well for the. they are fine for now robots that eighteen degrees and head a bit further south there's plenty of fine weather to be found here just the chance of a shower in nigeria. welcome

back you're watching al-jazeera the whole problem remind of our top stories palestinian leaders are calling for three days of rage over u.s. plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and relocate the american embassy to the city from tel aviv now the move has spout international condemnation the status of the city is at the core of the israeli palestinian conflict the u.n. security council has appealed to all sides in yemen to recommit to a u.s. led political process to end the country's war it's warning you haven't faced a catastrophic famine and close to a million cases of cholera the security council is also calling for unhindered

humanitarian access. and the gulf cooperation council summit has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks of the largest crisis in decades relations have been strained said saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. ties with cattle. now the opposition jurist says obey a full recount or a runoff will end the impasse over the country's presidential election will follow issues have failed to declare an official winner sparking violent protests at the time curfew but reports. after more than a week since the presidential elections in honduras a winner has yet to be named prolonging a political crisis a nationwide curfew remains in effect but across the country protests continue well into the night hours. in the latest turn of events hundreds of elite police forces known as cobras have announced they will no longer be obeying orders to enforce the ten day curfew one officer told reporters they are rebelling. our people are

sovereign and we are in their service furthermore we cannot be confronting and crushing their rights the ongoing demonstrations continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. when hundreds of argentinian soldiers who are buried anonymously on the disputed follicle of the islands have been identified relatives now have the chance to bring

the remains of their loved ones home to resupply reports of by designers. know tomorrow my sister brother and a lot of the was nineteen years old when he went to war and was killed. that was thirty five years ago and not a man has traveled from the remote north of argentina to the capital to find out whether her brother's remains have been positively identified. i am very anxious them very upset because i'm not sure whether they have found him my mother died a few months ago waiting for this we need to know and be able to give him a proper burial we need to know whether they have found him in. argentina and the united kingdom went to war when argentine troops invaded the british controlled. which the argentine. during the two months of fighting two hundred fifty five british troops and nearly six hundred fifty argentine soldiers were killed about twenty percent of the soldiers killed in that war where an identified buried in

graves marked only by a simple message i didn't only known to god according to a report by the international committee of the red cross out of one hundred twenty one graves eighty eight of them were clearly identified the relatives of those who were killed during the war were brought here to this building where they informed whether their loved ones were among those identified. they would be there has been working identifying victims in war zones for decades he says working on the islands was not easy. it was a complex process that took a very long time but the red cross form the team that involved experts be different specialties from all around the world working on the islands was difficult because of the conditions there but it was successful. what made possible the identification process was an agreement between the u.k. and argentina with the assistance of the red cross if this agreement was based on

humanitarian law and it's an umbrella that unites all versus aside from the conflict that exists between countries that we will have to resolve but also shows that when the end benefits everyone the objectives can be achieved it. on tuesday night a model mace was told that her brother in law out of the was among those identified she's now hoping to eventually return her brother to the disputed islands where he was killed to be buried in a grave with a stone that will bear his name. now the russian olympic teams been banned from the next winter olympics for doping offenses the international olympic committee says russian athletes will still be able to compete individually but only under a neutral flag and if they could prove their claim the president of the russian olympic committee has also been suspended the competition will be held in the south korean city of chang in february. the russian olympic committee is

suspended with immediate effect. individually in the russian else leads will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games here a charge two thousand and eighteen the president of the russian olympic committee mr alexander took of his suspended as an i.o.c. member given his membership is linked to his position as president of the russian olympic committee. a ukrainian prosecutor has given georgia's former president twenty four hours to had himself in after his supporters helped him escape police custody may hire really was detained after being dragged from his home by ukrainian security forces his supporters freed him out of fighting police and security agents the ex georgian leader has been based in ukraine for the past three years he was briefly

a provincial governor only to fall out with the ukrainian president petro poroshenko but appointed him says then to his village has been stripped of his ukrainian citizenship his home country georgia has requested his extradition on criminal charges which she says are politically motivated. now the leader of the syrian opposition has accused president bashar assad's government of rejecting the peace talks in geneva an eighth round of un back negotiations aimed at ending syria's war began last week talks were paused over the weekend and both sides were expected to return to the swiss city on tuesday but the government delegation was a no show. now an exhibition opened at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum that highlights the plight of syria's missing citizens as part of the museum's mission to alert the world to crimes against humanity also in jordan takes a look if life is revealed in details these scraps of cloth list those of eighty

two men who were held any secret military prison in syria five years ago they are now on display at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington. over the loudspeakers a man reads the names of the prisoners the men he had suffered alongside for the better part of the year it's the least the human rights activist mansour omari says he could do i am on sort of money i come from. syria. story you will see inside is the story that was hidden underground in damascus. omari says the military tortured him and other men for opposing president bashar al assad and they knew their families had no idea what had happened to them so the plan write their names using a mixture of blood and rust on pieces of a shirt and tried to get them to the all side world when the military released omar he did just that and then he called the families of the other prisoners they do

know any news about their sons and it was the first time they knew anything. was also very hard work for me contacting most i'm going with their sons museum officials learned of omar's actions thanks to filmmaker sora who had made a film about syria's disappears what really struck us about months or story was. how courageous the plan was to actually document these names in detention museums typically catalogue what happened in the past long ago but this new exhibition focuses on people who may still be alive as we speak people being detained arbitrarily by the assad regime writing one of the curators says the exhibit is a call to action it's all the more important for an institution like ours in a capital like washington d.c. to speak up and say these crimes are happening and really to shine a light on on both on the victims but also on ourselves the name of the exhibition

please don't forget us both and to the whole cost museums mission and a call to visitors to remember the people of syria as monsoreau mari has done. for most of my promise to my colleagues that. i have to tell your story about the world you don't want about your story. roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. libya's national accord government host of the event to mark the first anniversary of defeat in the city of sirte the government has been compensating awarding families of the victims many have been invited by government forces to celebrate and show appreciation for the sacrifices mahmoud of the reports now from misrata. the libyan city of misrata members its fallen men. eisel insititute last year.

here their families receive an award for them it's a time to remember the signifies is that we're made. for you we have already started compensating the families today's event is just a symbolic awarding and a commemoration for those that we've lost we have also been taking care of the wounded we're still chasing i saw affiliates outside assert. there are pictures of important moments caught on camera during the war and people probably watching how their relatives led those fierce a battles more than seven hundred fighters were killed fighting against myself and said it last year most of them from misrata. the victims' families who are here today seem to have accepted their losses but many others are still in distress. at his family's house in misrata and money shows us the words of his fallen brother omar twenty year old

omar was killed inserted in a suicide car bomb. in august last year. his memories are always there in our minds he's a martyr and in paradise god willing that he died with dignity and honor but he truly left behind a huge vacuum in our life but it is different in the eyes of ten year old. she remembers the good times with her late brother. this is my brother omar may god have mercy on his soul and that's me and that's my brother guys we were in the car going to the market. merely younger volunteers joined the seven month long battle that ended with isis defeat in sirte most of them were untrained but joined with enthusiasm and phased suicide attacks like the.

the last of her brother has weighed heavily on. her family hopes it won't to have a lasting impact. misrata now thousands of people are being forced from their homes in southern california by wildfires fueled by winds of almost one hundred kilometers an hour our officials will. it really isn't the extent of the fires in southern california can be best seen at night found by one hundred kilometer an hour winds that tearing through the countryside thousands have left their homes many under mandatory evacuation orders the fire is pushing quickly towards the city of ventura we are making sure we are out ahead of the fire making sure we have evacuated in advance of the fire and we're basically leapfrogging our engines doing structure defense as a fire proceeds. more than five hundred firefighters walk through the night doing

what they could to bring the flames under control but more than one hundred fifty structures have gone many more are under threat. the very nerve wracking to see a fire up in the canyon headed your way just i mean just be ready and just don't wait. the fires are causing huge power outages more than a quarter of a million people in the area no have no electricity officials one need about the pace of the flames telling locals get out while you can you must abide by these evacuation notices we saw the disasters at the losses that happened up north in sonoma and this is a fast very dangerous moving fire in a towbar california suffered its most destructive wildfire in history forty three people died there is no indication how this latest fire started alan fischer.

you're watching officer i'm still robin these are all top stories palestinian leaders all calling for three days of rage over u.s. plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel relocate the american embassy to the city from tel aviv the move to spot international condemnation the status of the city is at the core of the israeli palestinian conflict. the u.s. says it's extremely concerned about the increased violence in yemen following the killing of ousted president ali abdullah salah on monday it follows a similar statement from the un security council in particular their call on parties to immediately provide safe rapid anie hindered and sustained commercial and humanitarian access to the populations of all affected governorates. through all of human and forwards and boards most importantly who did or board and son or your board

the member of the security council urged all size appalled their obligations under international humanitarian law the gulf cooperation council summit has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks largest crisis in decades relations have been strains in saudi arabia bahrain or the u.a.e. ties of cattle in june the main opposition in honduras is demanding either a full recount or a runoff to end a stalemate over last month's election the authorities have failed to declare an official winner sparking violent protests and a nighttime curfew the russian olympic team has been banned from the next winter olympics for doping offenses the international olympic committee says russian athletes will still be able to compete individually but only under a neutral flag if they can prove they're clean the president of the russian olympic committee has also been suspended the competition will be held in the south korean city of p.r. china in february wildfires in the u.s.

state of california her forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes the blaze northwest of los angeles has burned more than eighteen thousand hectares you can follow all those stories on our web site at al-jazeera dot com we're back with more news in thirty minutes next it's inside story with laura kyle. this month the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons will receive the nobel peace prize but what he's the real threat in a series of special reports al-jazeera examines the state of nuclear proliferation around the world. yemen's ousted president was known for political cunning and shifting loyalties on monday time ran out. how will his death entitled the escalating conflict and the world's worst humanitarian crisis.