when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. if you are in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when miss was that somehow time as aiming to a place america and going to run the world well 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 on a just see it. israel's prime minister meets european foreign ministers this criticism grows over the u.s.

decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and i'm adrian for the again this is out of syria live from doha also coming up from elections venezuela's president by amz the main opposition parties from taking pass in next year's presidential vote. here in shock there can even talk more evacuations are ordered in southern california as wildfires burn towards coastal cities and new file as breakout plus. we travel to zimbabwe's killing fields where families of thousands murdered by the army twenty years ago still wait for justice. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to face pressure to restart middle east peace talks when he meets european foreign ministers in brussels

shortly it follows widespread criticism of the u.s. decision to recognize to roussillon as israel's capital the move has prompted days of protests in the occupied palestinian territory and around the world the head of lebanon's hezbollah group is calling for mass demonstrations in beirut place on monday after protests were held near the u.s. embassy on sunday world leaders have criticized washington's move but the israeli prime minister has refused to give ground on the decisions saying it merely reflects reality he made the comments after meeting with france's president a manual mccraw in paris the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think president trump's announcement was so historic and so important for peace on the quest for peace there is a serious effort underway now by the united states and all i can say is related to

prison in mccomb i think if you'll pardon the expression you should give peace a chance. thank you good as. france remains convinced that the only solution in accordance to international law is to enable the establishment of two states living side by side in pace and this can only happen through negotiations we will support any initiative to be taken to that effect i invite the prime minister to make courageous gestures regarding the palestinians and to overcome the current deadlock life out of brussels and as arizona cain is there so dominic who will netanyahu be meeting today there in brussels. well ager and first on the agenda is a meeting with federally come already any the external policy chief for the e.u. what should be happening in the next ten fifteen perhaps twenty minutes or so and we expect some joint statement from the two leaders as it were putting forward

their points of view we can probably expect the same sort of thing to be said by mr netanyahu as we just heard being played out there and that's the sense here that this is the first time that israeli prime minister has come to the european you had quarters as it were in twenty two years certainly and so far as mr netanyahu is concerned that is the case the point to make the is what sort of reception he's going to receive here given what is all the things that have been happening in the past seven days or so and given all of that dominic how does that impact upon the ears role as a mediator in the peace process. well it's a really good question isn't it the point to be made here we just heard emmanuel make on the french president saying france remains resolutely committed to the thought of a two state solution being the way ahead and clearly we can imagine that that might well be what's the that the substance of what federica marini is going to say in the not too distant future the point to make here is that not all e.u.

states have criticized the decision by donald trump's administration president donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital certainly the czech republic has as has said well we will recognize jerusalem as well one key ally finance minister netanyahu here in the in the e.u. but pretty much across the board elsewhere in e.u. capitals there was not necessarily criticism certainly there was a feeling that the decision taken by president trump has not helped situ things in this this peace process the city that are usually report from berlin well the foreign minister there is it my god we are from the social democrats said that he thought the decision taken by president trump was adding fuel to the fire it was not going to help the peace process so when leaders here. hear president prime minister netanyahu saying let's give peace a chance perhaps in private some of them might well be thinking what if that was what you wanted why is president trump taken the step that he has taken certainly nothing none of that will emerge publicly clearly the e.u.

sees israel as a very important element in in securing a peace process but perhaps privately as i say there may be some consternation at the way events have gone in these past seven days or so i don't agree thanks to mccain they live in brussels turkey's president a strongly criticized president trump's decision on jerusalem bret's of type one accused israel of being what he calls a terrorist state here's how israel's prime minister responded to that. was during one is attacked israel. us what is my response. i'm not used to receiving. luxuries but morality from a leader who bombs kurdish villagers in his native turkey. lived out to occupy these to roost without serious hairy forces there harry what's been the reaction there in israel to netanyahu is common so far on this trip. well it's certainly

been reported very widely both his conversation and his joint press conference with emanuel markhor and also his a repudiation which you just heard of the turkish president as well because after that it's a very strong response from the german and you know who the turkish president's own spokesman came back and accused israel of of massacring palestinians in the thousands so this international sort of offshoot of the donald trump. announcement on wednesday continues there's also been some focus on what's president said about not wanting to put france forward as the sponsor of an alternative peace deal at this stage a peace process at this stage of course the palestinians are saying they want just that they want some they're looking for some other interlocutor or some other sponsor of an alternative means of getting to the negotiating table with the

israelis having inside erica the general secretary of the pillows words seen the united states disqualify itself from that role the central committee of the p.l.o. is the central council of the p.l.o. person liberation organization is having a rare meeting on monday to discuss the ways forward the presidents of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas is in cairo for talks with egyptian president sisi to talk with him about the situation after the trump announcement so various political lines continue to emerge excuse me emerge at the moment though in terms of the protests things do seem to quieten down significantly it is another quiet day so far in jerusalem very many thanks indeed harry forces there in occupied east jerusalem. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has announced opposition parties which boycotted sunday's local elections will be barred from taking part in next

year's presidential vote his ruling socialist party won at least ninety percent of the three hundred thirty five mayoral seats in the municipal poll daniel schwedler reports from caracas. voting in venezuela is not obligatory but many still put their faith in the electoral process however several opposition leaders boycotted the vote accusing the government of manipulating the process to maintain its grip on power. he has been a plague nicolas maduro and his regime said he should go he should resign democratically so we can have elections and choose candidates at every level of society over the years and president that those parties that boycotted the municipal elections would no longer part of the political landscape if you look at the parties that did not participate today a boycott of the elections cannot participate anymore that's the criteria laid out legally by the considering assembly and as the head of states i support that. a

move that will have repercussions on presidential elections scheduled for october next year these are municipal elections that's all the venezuela's problems and the government is hoping some of it solutions to a focus here a country divided and in crisis but the process that some hope will provide some answers. the voting itself passed generally peacefully with only isolated reports of violence and there regularity is here the system isn't very advanced technical level but it's also very advanced the level of participation of the people of mobilization of the vote. in this way the remains in crisis with inflation rampant student medicines scarce and crime rising tens of thousands of left the country and many of those who remain say they have little faith that elections alone will solve their problems some however are optimistic and. all countries have crises and they

recover we learn from this and we move on we don't stay where we are our country is a valving. what us president. into ference of venezuela's problems and despite his deep on popularity the opposition boy caught on international criticism these municipal elections only seem to have tightened his grip on power. in honduras thousands of people have again protested against alleged electoral fraud the main opposition party says that it will hold nationwide protests if president the honduras is to clear the winner of last month's election and as an opposition candidate salvador both said that they won the votes the president is leading so far but some ballot boxes have had to be recounted due to irregularities the opposition says the process has been manipulated. more evacuation orders been

issued in southern california as wind gusts continue to spread a huge wildfire that's threatening coastal towns local officials are warning that the fires near santa barbara could become the worst in the state's history rob reynolds reports from cop in terre. california got no respite from fires burning out of control good canyons and rocky hillsides towers of flame twisted skyward firefighters dropped tons of water from helicopters but high winds and weather conditions were making their jobs extremely tough the brush here is tremendous very very thick it's bone dry there hasn't been a lot of rain out here in a long time so that coupled with the santa ana winds and single digits humidities has made this fire grow rapidly and it spots ahead of itself tremendously firefighters on the ground and in the air are doing everything they can to keep this fire from moving towards santa barbara city of more than ninety thousand

people. officials could not guarantee that santa barbara is out of danger we can't say it's not there are some concerns of course there have been historic fires in this area so this area is not any stranger to large wildfires here vast clouds of smoke and ash falling like snow made air quality extremely poor over a wide area of southern california hospitals reported a sharp increase in patients admitted for respiratory problems in a low income ventura neighborhood volunteers passed out donated face masks to residents activists say many impoverished spanish speaking residents make their living working on big fruit and vegetable farms in the area and they are particularly at risk of health problems from the smoke got thousands of farm workers making this horrific choice whether to lose the income they need to put put

roof over their family's head or be exposed to the this dangerous toxic air some neighborhoods were almost entirely burned out but in others the fire showed a cruelly capricious quality destroying some family's homes but leaving next door houses intact jim cole's house survived his neighbor's house did i feel guilty wow says. almost untouched and my neighbors with whom i have a good relationship overwhelmed their. denial of hearing shock there can even talk with no rain in the forecast and wind still whipping the fires to a frenzy it's nature who holds all the cards in california robert oulds al jazeera carpentaria california a weather update next here on al-jazeera then. we want to find another out of choices what is. turning into action when look at the challenges the palestinians

say respond to the u.s. decision of jerusalem. plus one hundred years old and facing persecution we meet her a hinge a refugee who doesn't believe he'll ever return to be him. hello the weekend it was snowing the good part of the british isles first proper snow even reached london and it came in this massive cloud here which overseas far more extensive than just british isles goes down towards spain and that's how far its influence will be felt in the next twenty four hours or so the i suppose are quite tight which to me indicates windy weather so we had windy weather it's now we've got significant rain as well overnight the whole lot does push south and east with significant snow falling on the top of the mountains for the most part with that

spinning center there just the west of paris the windy weather still here but this is fairly reggie's biggie warm air so much of it is rain but there will be more snow for the southeast corner of england belgium the netherlands luxembourg and a good part of germany could be ending up to two to the meter making three fresh fall on top of the alps so it's avalanche risk time as well but it's a good start to skiing season rain to the south of that some snow across the sierra nevada of space in the day off from the sun comes out you'll find it feels rather fresher police the sun's out you'll be glistening or seeing the glistening tops of the mountains the temperature elsewhere for five or six degrees and all this time central europe become much much milder represented by vienna at twelve. the world's largest humanitarian crisis millions caught up in civil war all jews

the world examines the roots of the conflict in yemen and the complex history that drew our country into perpetual time. separation of. the north and the so these dualisms are part of history. yemen the north south divide this time. and again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to face pressure to restart middle east peace talks when he meets european foreign ministers shortly it follows widespread criticism of the

u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. let's listen in to work frederick this was really. live now in brussels national friends and partners but also with friends and partners in the region starting from egypt and jordan and obviously with a part this with israel and palestine to start to. pre-launch the peace process even if it seems difficult types that will have a similar conversation with president abbas in general. you know where the european union stands we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is a well considered position and we will continue. to respect the international consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to

direct a negotiation between the parties and we hope that the parties can gauge in many for direct negotiations with the support of the international community let me also say that the worst thing that can happen now is an escalation of tensions or violence first of all around the only places but also in the region and beyond let me calm down in the strongest possible way all attacks on jews everywhere in the world including in europe and on israel and on israeli citizens increase tensions and violence would only inflame the region and would be a gift to the extremes to those that are not interested in actually against peace and security and living together. we express in the strongest possible manner our full support to the work that. jordan any particular his majesty the king of jordan is playing us the story of the only places i met the foreign minister of jordan here last friday and i know that we share an interest in the holy places keeping

their strongest possible value and being a point of reference for the three monotheistic religions this is not only important for jerusalem but also for the entire world let me finish by a positive note. but we're much for you and what. let's make sure that merry christmas let's move forward let's make sure it doesn't take other twenty two years to have a business or it won't argue for this reversion. to remember where in europe it's a pleasure to be here. europe and israel are important partners from three memories from your security. their prosperity in the area of peace and security and israeli intelligence has prevented dozens of terrorist attacks many of them on

european soil and i think countless lives have been saved as a result of this cooperation that is well known to the security services of many were painted and governments will continue to do so. as part of our common battle against terrorism equally i think that the greatest problem facing europe is the flow of the people who are scaping the battle torn areas in the middle east. and the middle east is under threat both of isis militant islam of the sunni. minority and militant islam of the she had variety led by iran israel is the strongest power in the middle east that is preventing the spread of militant islam not only preventing isis attacks in europe but also preventing the collapse of many parts of the middle east adjacent to israel that would otherwise be twenty's in the

world war five energy companies one id in a brief span of a decade that's been completely reversed five i.q. companies are now in the top down one energy company left which went from number one to number five the revolution is big data artificial intelligence conduct of any the net new industries are created out of thin air israel has now a car industry we never had europe as many car industries our car industry received tens of billions of dollars of investment including fifteen billion a few months ago went into a bog and is really based autonomous vehicle company we didn't have this we have five hundred start up just in autonomous vehicles and in ways and crowdsourcing that are important that are changing the pace of transportation i give this isn't one example digital health another example being developed in. israel precision agriculture id cyber israel and now has received twenty

percent of the global private investment in cyber security and we live without cyber security and you protect your bank accounts your electricity grids your civil aviation your cars in the future you need cyber security as well as a world part and therefore the partnership between israel and europe is vital in my opinion it's important not only for us clearly it is i wouldn't be here otherwise but i think it's important for europe and many many countries around the world understand that israel is the partner for innovation and innovation is the future so this is the second point we've also found gas by the way and we've just concluded enamel you with some of the european countries with cyprus greece and italy. the familiar to you we're actually exploring the length of a gas pipeline from our off shore gas fields of to italy this would be i think very important for a europe's economy in this way as well and ovation energy and every other way. we

believe we are natural partners third is peace is what has extended its hand to peace to our palestinian neighbors for a hundred years well before that was a state of israel and after it was established and for fifty years before there was a single settlement or single issue of territory we were being attacked constantly we were attacked not because of this or that piece of territory but the idea of any territory that there would be a jewish state a nation state for the jewish people. in any boundaries was rejected by our neighbors and this is what led to the conflict and this is what continues the conflict you see that in the continues the nile. by unfortunately by the palestinians of israel's right to exist as. the jewish state and the denial of our history. for three thousand years jerusalem has been the capital of the jewish

people from the time studies by king david well documented in the history of the bible and the aftermath when jews in the ghettos of europe was poured next year in jerusalem next year in jerusalem we never lost our connection yet that connection is a denied in the u.n. forms and you know it's going laughable the citizens that seek to. to deny history and seek to deny historical truth drusilla's been the capital of israel for the last seventy years i think what president trump has done is put facts squarely on the table and peace is based on reality peace is based on recognizing reality and i think the fact that it drew some capital jerusalem is israel's capital is clearly evident to all of you visitors will see where the seat of our parliament our knesset is the seat of our government my office the president's office the

supreme court justice i'm as israel's capital no one can deny it doesn't obviate peace it makes peace possible because recognizing reality is the substance of peace is the foundation of peace. and there is now an effort underway to bring forward a new peace proposal by the american administration. i think we should give peace a chance i think we should see. what is presented and see if we can advance this peace but if we have to begin it i would say it's one place recognize the jewish state it's always been about the jewish state. and it's time that the palestinians recognize the jewish state and also recognize the fact that it has a capital it's called drew from i believe that even though we don't have an agreement yet this is what will happen. i believe all or most european countries will move their embassies to jerusalem correct and does truth

from israel's work up it'll encourage robustly with us for security prosperity. so i thank you for the opportunity to preserve these views which are i'm truly a. hearty discussion. form and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu there speaking alongside federica moderately the e.u.'s foreign policy chief ahead of. their meeting in brussels federighi federica mcgreevey said that he continues to respect international consensus on jerusalem benjamin netanyahu said that israel is preventing eisel taking over the middle east israel extended its hand of peace to palestinians for over one hundred years even before the state of israel existed the problem is he said the palestinians denial of israel's right to exist and the denial of history and historical fact based

p.p.c. said is based on reality and recognizing reality and it's time that palestinians recognized the jewish state will in the us. three palestinian sources are calling for president this is a different story moving on tonight the us three democratic senators according to president donald trump to step down over allegations of sexual harassment more than a dozen women accused trump of sexual misconduct during the election campaign in the past few months on occasions against men in powerful positions of force the number of resignations the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says those who have accused the president should be heard how do you think people should assess the accusers of the president. well i mean you know the same thing as women who accuse anyone should be heard they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i

think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way they have every right to speak up iraq has celebrated its victory against eisel with a military parade in baghdad. it follows last month's recapture of rubble one of the last towns held by the armed group since then iraqi forces have been fighting to retake small pockets near the border with syria that was still on the ice will control on sunday that iraq's prime minister hide all about he declared the end of the military operation against the group. is buying twenty four fighter jets from the british defense and aerospace company b. a systems britain's defense minister gavin williamson and the minister of state for defense the psion the six point seven billion dollars deal williamson called the sale a massive vote of confidence in supporting british jobs at injecting billions into the u.k. economy the planes are said to be delivered in late twenty twenty two. the u.k.'s

foreign secretary boris johnson has left iran without clarity on the face of a jailed british iranian aid worker johnson held talks with iran's president hassan rouhani after being accused of seriously harming the case of nazneen zardari reffed live by saying that she was training journalists she's been imprisoned for nearly two years charged with seeking to undermine the iranian state iranian leaders say that there is proof that she was spying for the u.k. . could save us a free information here into how the top stories this hour on al-jazeera benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel is urging palestinians to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the prime minister is expected to face pressure to restart the middle east peace process when he meets with european foreign ministers in brussels shortly it follows widespread criticism of the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. drusilla's been the capital of

israel for the last seven years i think what president trump has done is put facts squarely on the table and peace is based on reality peace is based on recognizing reality and i think the fact that a couple of them is israel's capital is clearly evident to all of you as it is will see where the seat of our parliament our knesset is seat of our government my office the president's office the supreme court jerusalem as israel's capital no one can deny. thousands of people in honduras again protested against alleged electoral fraud the main opposition party says it will hold nationwide protests if president won all on one hand as is declared the winner of last month's election and end this and the opposition candidate salvador nasrallah both claim to have one of those. so the evacuation orders have been issued in southern california as wind

gusts continue to spread a huge wildfire that's now threatening the coastline firefighters are warning that the blaze near santa barbara could become the worst in california's history. in the u.s. three democratic senators are calling for president donald trump to step down over allegations of sexual harassment all of a dozen women accused trump of sexual misconduct during the election campaign in the past few months allegations against men in powerful positions of forced of number of resignations the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says that those who have accused the president should be heard there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the nobel interview next . witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera.

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