setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. my announcement today marks the beginning of a new approach to conflict between israel and the palestinians despite warnings

from world leaders the u.s. president officially recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. and. this is a reward to israel and for encourages the occupation of the state of palestine the palestinian president condemns the u.s. decision saying it undermines peace efforts. donald trump calls in saudi arabia to lift its blockade on the admin and get basic necessities. and dangerous wildfires once again threaten california and homes and businesses.

the u.s. president is being widely condemned for officially recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinian leaders have denounced the action say they'll meet and decide the next steps in the coming days but also said washington is no longer trusted mediator hiree force it has more from occupied east jerusalem. this announcement had been trailed for days now it was up to donald trump to make the case that a wildly controversial move opposed by the palestinians arab states and most of the international community who could advance the peace process it would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result therefore i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel trump said he was directing the state department to begin preparations to

move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv talk of architects and engineers confirming earlier suggestions that this would be a matter of years not days we are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the israeli sovereignty in jerusalem or the resolution of contested borders before donald trump made this speech white house officials were trying to frame it saying that it didn't define the final status of a terrorist well that could still be negotiated between israelis and palestinians in a two state solution if that is what both parties still want it over for the palestinians this is the united states definitively taking sides in this conflict in a prerecorded message the palestinian president said trump was merely encouraging continued occupation. in washington got these denounce and rejected measures create deliberate constraints to all of the efforts towards realizing peace and reflect

the united states withdrawal from practicing its role as a peace mediator. israel to have repaired its messaging on a day that prime minister benjamin netanyahu called historical milestone the president's decision is an important step towards peace for there is no peace that doesn't include jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel palestinians living in occupied east jerusalem would have heard little in president trump speech recognizing their own historical connection to the city which they too view as their capital jerusalem as christian churches warned of conflict violence and irreparable harm donald trump made reference to a perceived lack of courage on the part of his predecessors who'd failed to make this decision now he will have to wait along with the region to see what consequences it brings are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. there have been protests throughout the middle east against trump's decision demonstrations took place in

jordan lebanon and gaza palestinians waved flags and banners proclaiming jerusalem as our eternal capital denounced the move five us. turkey's friends their own war on the us decision would cause public unrest across the muslim world roger type out of the wind was speaking at a press conference with jordan's king abdullah who said jerusalem is key to the stability of the entire middle east jordan has called for an emergency meeting of the arab league how many out there has more from istanbul. the. anger on the streets of stumble hundreds of protesters gathered outside the u.s. consulate to protest u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognized it as israel's capital they say trumps control wash will complain to transfer the u.s. embassy from tel aviv is illegal you know. this is a big conspiracy against muslims and most of us seem unaware of it we're here to

say no to persecution we want our voices to behead. these protesters just like they're calling the same that any decision on the final fate of the your insolence or after the early part of a peace deal between the palestinians and israelis they say president trumps position is on the soul to one point five billion muslims across the world. the turkish government has also warned of dangerous repercussions to trump's decision they say it could launch in the middle east and the world into what it called an endless crisis following a meeting with jordanian king of the law who is visiting turkey president to. join the chorus of condemnation. any step to change drools rooms legal status as affirmed numerously by un resolutions should be rejected nobody has the right to play with the fate of millions for their personal ambitions such measures

would only work to the advantage of terrorist organizations jordan's king of the law warned the decision would have then doesn't apply security instability therefore it is imperative now to work fast to reach a final status solution and a peace agreement between palestinians and israelis and this must allow palestinians to establish their independent state side by side with israel and its capital and. more protests also planned across the country of all the issues at the heart of the enduring conflict between israel and palestinians. the status of tourists in the holy city has been at the center of peacemaking efforts for decades donald trump's approach say these protesters threatens to smash a longstanding international consensus in a dangerous way. at all just stumble the u.n.

secretary general is among the international leaders reacting to trump's announcement telling the terrorists stress there is no alternative to a two state solution with jerusalem as the capital of both israel and palestine mike hanna reports from the u.n. . half an hour after president trumpets spoke in the u.n. secretary general restated what position on jerusalem for decades i have consistently spoken out against. measures that would jeopardize the prospects of peace for israelis and palestinians jerusalem a final issue. that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties on the basis of the relevant security council and general assembly resolutions taking into account the legitimate concerns of both the palestinian and

israeli sites a number of other leaders have backed the un position among them pope francis released a statement calling on all to respect to roast lamb status quo based as he put it on the pertinent united nations resolution criticism of president trump's decision coming to from the president of france this is. this is a regrettable decision that france does not approve of and which goes against international law and all the u.n. security council resolutions and the british prime minister theresa may said the following we disagree with the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem and recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital before a final status agreement we believe it is unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region the british embassy to israel is based in tel aviv and we have no plans to move it back at the un even before president trump made his announcement

the bolivian ambassador said he would call an emergency meeting of the security council. reckless and dangerous decision to go against international law the resolutions of the security council. we can see you have a force for peace in the region and also upsets the whole. region and later in the day bolivia was joined by a number of other countries calling for an emergency security council meeting including egypt france and the u.k. however waiting in the chamber will be the u.s. veto mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. let's get reaction now from pakistan come on the joins us from islamabad and understand it's been quick to come from the pakistani government what are they been saying well absolutely although the decision came late night project on time the foreign office

issued a statement within minutes of that announcement saying that it expects strong all petition and condemnation of the u.s. move to legitimize. moving the embassy to. the fed it known to have done saying that this was a violation of international law and that despite pleas from the international community not to do so the americans have gone ahead anyway so strong condemnation and that swift condemnation from pakistan as far as the u.s. moves its concern about reaction from the streets protests planned for today. well this is one issue on which everybody is your knight kate whether it's the take part gave the religious parties dav which strong condemnation of the u.s. move relations with the united states that are already strained and are likely to

get worse because of day you will be seen protests across pakistan it might take days because the reaction headed debate but the mood on the streets and get involved on. all across the islamic worried about that on a day of also well come turkey to move meeting an extraordinary meeting of the islamic state within the next few days showed it will be important to see what kind of reaction we get on the streets but there will be a strong reaction. to leave it there for now find some kind of. now than trump has also been talking about yemen he's called on saudi arabia to end its blockade immediately here's a portion of his statement he said i've directed officials in my administration to call the leadership of the kingdom of saudi arabia to request a completely allow fuel water and medicine to reach the yemeni people who desperately need it the u.s.

has backed the saudi don't coalition in its fight against two three rebel since two thousand and fifteen thousands of people have died in the war where thousands more are facing famine and starvation. in the crown prince of abu dhabi is with the son of the slain ousted president ali abdullah saleh the home of inside offered his condolences to act modally saleh who has been under house arrest in the u.a.e. since his father made an alliance with the who these in two thousand and fourteen the u.s. is part of the saudi led coalition that joined the yemen war in two thousand and fifteen to expel the who he's from son are the fighters killed. on monday after he announced he'd talk to the coalition every move is a professor of history studies at the university of north a dame tells us lived in the blockade will be welcome for the yemeni people but it won't bring peace. several months ago president from very strongly and vocally supportive of the saudi engagement in yemen clarine that iran has to be

stopped at all costs and then weaponize saudi arabia to the teeth and going to so it's very difficult to see how the saudis are going to change because our on the say so of a president. and you know now clearly the humanitarian blockade aid organizations and the u.n. have been qualified for the looking out of a cave for four weeks now and so clearly this coming at this hour will be a relief of the yemeni people and one should not discount that the only way forward in yemen be for all parties to set the together and search for a way forward to a lasting and durable peace in yemen that has been eluding their country or for many many many months now i mean years. still ahead on al-jazeera voters in nepal hope to use the ballot box to force change after a devastating earthquake two and a half years ago plus. bush. iranians love american food because it's

tasty delicious and has personality tension between the u.s. and iran appears to be more government to government then people to people. hello european or even turkish weather has become very active recent days all spreading across the levant and towards iran is a massive cloud now that represents just a few rain showers for example in iraq but more in syria and significant snow fell in turkey that snow could be repeated in azerbaijan the northeast of iran maybe even northern syria the full cost. of a winter show here temps just above freezing by a long way of course but back is a plus in terence and fourteen when the sun comes up behind aleppo still at plus

eleven but anchor is struggling to some degree now it will improve in turkey as armenia and georgia see the rain and snow come in and the sun should come out again to syria i don't iraq and iran to be honest apart from the north eastern side just beyond to wrong but given the active weather hey you quite often throw things for the size of all it looks fine twenty six and there are thirty one america standard fare let me take you ahead to the friday night line they represent our culture and if you like potential showers are behind it the wind picks up and that looks like i have a couple days a sham all lying down in the gulf through kuwait to bahrain and west towards the u.a.e. further west nice and fine. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships one mess was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and going to run the world

while the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china at this time just. watching out to zero time to recap our headlines now the us president donald trump has officially recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel he directed officials to begin moving the american embassy there from tel aviv israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu is hailing the announcement as storage landmark is urging other

countries to follow suit. the palestinian president has condemned the move by the u.s. without passing a dog trump was merely encouraging continued occupation he added the u.s. is no longer a peace mediate palestinian leaders are calling for three days of rage. protests against the decision were held in ramallah where demonstrators called for a general strike gaza rival palestinian factions joined hands in a show of unity and also waved palestinian flags and banners proclaiming jerusalem as our eternal capital. polls have opened in the second phase of nepal's parliamentary and regional elections the vote is considered the fine. will step in the country's transition from monarchy to a federal democracy those who say they want their new leaders to focus on rebuilding with many still coping with the impact of the devastating earthquake two

years ago sabina stressed that has more from katmandu. post it in at seven a.m. local time and voting has been going on in in fifteen thousand polling since centers across the country have been long queues and people are quite excited about this election we talked to some people earlier who are saying that it is a very important election because they've waited for such a long time for this country to be a federal republic and there is a level of cynicism as well especially with the young people that we've talked to largely because they're concerned that the same old faces will be elected again there is a three percent threshold for new political parties and one person at least one person from this from new political parties have to be elected in the first past the post sister while people are hopeful that this will happen there is also a bit of concern that it might not happen these polls happen in two different

phases the first one happened in the mountains where the climate was challenging geography was challenging and this and this station around twelve million people are voting this election has been complicated because it had to take place in a relatively short time and it all it is an election of both the national parliament as well as state parliament we talked to one of the election commissioner yesterday who said that because of the time constraint and and budgetary policies and all they could not move to electronic ballots which means around fifteen million people would have cast their votes in on paper ballots for both state and national elections so folk counting is going to take a significant amount of time and according to the election commission it will take around a week before we know who will get the mandate to form the next government. russia's

president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year the sixty five year old has been in power as either president or prime minister for seventeen years but if burton serves another six year term you could reach the master for the longest tenure as leader since joseph stalin. disputed. there can be no better place and no better reason for making this announcement thank you for your support i will put forward my candidacy for the post of president of the russian federation . a right wing billionaire who's promised a tough stance on migrants has been sworn in as prime minister of the czech republic under above as has pledged to stick to the czech republic's rejection of an e.u. quota mandate all members to take in some migrants his party was the strongest force in october elections with about thirty percent of the vote but it's not clear

how bad this is facing corruption allegations will win support from all majority of the legislators the first senior u.n. official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang tickler affairs chief jeffrey feltman store comes after prong recently tested a ballistic missile he says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping feldman's trip will kick start a u.s. led effort to deescalate tensions in the region. the nobel peace prize will be awarded on december the tenth to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons oh i can millions of people can remember a time when the threat of nuclear war was a looming presence that worry has steadily diminished since the end of the cold war but with the rise of new north korea's nuclear capabilities some watery that fan

may return rob brown sort of folds the nuclear annihilation with little warning that was the terrible fate that the generation that grew up in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's was taught to fear and prepare for the first duck and then cover schoolchildren were drilled on how to avoid being incinerated we all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous it may be used against us we must get ready for public service films urged children to keep an eye out for soviet planes and to head for shelter when the air raid siren you were warned right the flash that's the first thing they'll be get away from windows get under a desk you had the sense that it was going to be incredibly destructive and that we would be just tiny pawns pieces of debris we had to hide in every crevice we could find. hollywood's response to this visceral fear was to produce

a parade of nuclear spawn monsters giant ants emerged from the site of a nuclear bomb tests to attack society as did giant radioactive spiders and humans in terrifying radiation gruen like enormous looming symbols of destruction the terror peaked in one nine hundred sixty two when the cuban missile crisis brought the u.s. and soviet union to the brink it is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out it receded as the superpowers negotiated a reduction of tensions and nuclear. but under the hawkish ronald reagan fear of mutually assured destruction came roaring back it flares again the nuclear fear in the early eighty's when ronald reagan started building star wars and makes missiles before the reforms started in the soviet union we were again at the brink this time popular culture delivered not giant insects but

a realistic and powerful depiction of nuclear war in the widely watched television film called the day after when the soviet union collapsed most americans gretl past their nuclear nightmares away now a new threat has emerged but so far at least the fear has not it's kind of surprising now isn't it that we seem to be in very perilous times with north korea but it doesn't resonate the way nuclear crises did in the past it's too early perhaps for popular culture to absorb the north korean threat and decide how to respond robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles now you can watch that exclusive interview with this is the nobel peace prize laureate beatrice finn from why you can be speaking to us right here on al-jazeera on sunday the tenth of december at sixteen hundred g.m.t. . iran is one of six mainly muslim nations included in donald trump's travel ban

a move causing some u.s. resentment into wrong feelings about america's a country maybe somewhat different view of faults now from to head on. before the islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine was a boxer that he says got him a job as a guard for the u.s. embassy after the chaos of the one nine hundred eighty s. he traveled to europe where he ate at mcdonald's for the first time he loved it so much he wanted to share the experience with his own people and must donald's was born. johore sure. iranians love american food because it's tasted delicious and has personality disagreements but the op says are government to government not people to people and with a son living in the u.s. state of georgia he hopes to visit soon it will be his first time. we ask about the travel. he says he's not worried about getting a visa because he has faith in the system and. i know. it seems if the american

president were to visit iran he'd find at least one friendly face earlier this year the restaurant was named america's favorite burger and there's one right here in teheran you can google it but it's not exactly the same thing. it's a homegrown iranian business with the same name issues of trademarks aside in urban centers like to han eating out of places like this is becoming more popular but not everyone has the same for the united states many iranians say the new visa restrictions are islam. child. you as. the best. the ultimate if you reach there. you want. and i'm just finding another solution for my life and while they may enjoy the food

america is no longer the top of the mountain for young iranians maybe many years ago it would be considered something very important and you know maybe it would be something which would make students iranian students were. you know not the only goal or the only option that they have for you know continuing their studies experts say the u.s. visa ban is a miscalculation they don't and cannot accept to be limited in traveling to other parts of the world including. they say is very direct and very. insults against iranian pride so this will backfire to. back at home pub the admires his most prized possession a gift from an american stranded on the side of the road he helped a stranger fix his car and got him on his way. it was more than forty years ago before the revolution when u.s. diplomats still lived in iraq he said that night he made

a friend. the american eagle and the islamic names of god symbols hanging together on the walls of at least one iranian living room is in basra al-jazeera. the u.s. state of california is going through its worst fire season on record all the latest blazes fanned by hot dry winds are spreading near densely populated southern counties some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in los angeles have been impacted this christian salumi reports hundreds of homes have already been destroyed thousands evacuated. dramatic images of a morning commute california's latest wildfires are threatening more neighborhoods including the community of belair for a time the flames forced the closure of several lanes of one of the most important highways in california interstate four five high winds in unusually dry conditions drove the inferno we had very strong winds coming from the northeast to the southwest blowing that fire quickly and it is turned into

a fire that is one hundred fifty acres zero percent containment at present from the air or water drops by helicopters to help hundreds of firefighters on the ground who've been mobilized and are battling to keep flames away from exclusive homes in the neighborhood some have been destroyed shrouded in the smoke renowned getty center art museum it closed its doors as a precaution officials are warning residents to remain on guard but we are in to supply the continuation of the red flood conditions throughout the week at least until friday about eighty kilometers away in ventura the largest of five wildfires continues to burn there some twelve thousand homes remain under threat the weather forecast provides little comfort the winds are expected to pick up in the affected areas kristen salumi al-jazeera.

and time to take you through now the headlines u.s. president donald trump has officially recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel he directed officials to begin moving the american embassy from tel aviv israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu kohls the announcement historic landmark i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. well previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise they failed to deliver today i am delivering i've judged this course of action to be in the best interests of the united states of america and the pursuit of peace between israel and the palestinians the palestinian president has condemned the move five us in

a prerecorded message my said donald trump was merely encouraging continued occupation protests against the decision were held in ramallah demonstrators called for a general strike gaza rival palestinian factions joined hands in a show of unity they also waved palestinian flags and banners proclaiming jerusalem as our eternal capital in other news the first senior u.n. official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang political affairs chief jeffrey feltman store khans after pyongyang recently tested a ballistic missile he says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping felton's trip will kickstarter un led effort to deescalate tensions in the region russia's president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year the sixty five year old has been in power holding the post of either prime minister prime minister or president for seventeen years if putin

serves another six year term he had reached the milestone for the longest tenure as leader since joseph stalin more than twelve thousand homes are under threat by wildfires in southern california hundreds of firefighters in los angeles are battling flames it's witness next so stay with us here in algeria. news has never been more of a liberal but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. got.