hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. america has become the first country to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. israel is a sovereign nation with the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. as you'd expect, israel has welcomed this. arab countries haven't — nor have the palestinians. these actions are a destruction of all the efforts to achieve peace. the decision is tantamount to the us abdicating its role as a peace mediator. we'll be live at the white house — and lyse doucet here's in the bbc newsroom with me. we'll also talk about the democratic republic of the congo — more people have had to flee their homes there than anywhere else in the world this year — including syria. we'll look at the conflict causing this. time magazine has named the women who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment as its person of the year. donald trump came in second place. and look who's decided to run

for president, again. bbc russian will give us their analysis. donald trump has kept his campaign promise — and formally recognised jerusalem as israel's capital. i have 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. this is a long overdue step to advance the peace process and to work towards a lasting agreement. israel is a sovereign nation. with the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition

for achieving peace. america will also be moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem — though that may actually take years to do. palestinian president mahmoud abbas responded to the decision a short time ago. these actions are destruction to all the actions to achieve peace. the decision is paramount to the us abdicating its role as a peace mediator. these measures will be looked upon favourably as by the extreme mixed groups that operate in oui’ extreme mixed groups that operate in our region. israel's prime minister though, has welcomed the news. we are profoundly grateful for the president, for his courageous and just decision. to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel and to prepare for the opening of the us embassy here. this decision reflects the president's commitment to an ancient but enduring truth.

to fulfilling his promises and advancing peace. the president's decision is an important step towards peace. for there is no peace that doesn't includejerusalem as the capital of the state of israel. this raises many questions, one of them is why president trump is doing it now. here is barbara plett usher. i think the main reason the president made the announcement was pretty clear in his speech, he said previous presidents have failed to deliver on campaign promises to move the embassy, i am delivering so that is what is behind this. its domestic politics, he made the promise and wa nted politics, he made the promise and wanted to do it. but because of us law the presidents every six months had to sign a waiver which will keep the mc in tel aviv for security

reasons which meant every six months donald trump would have to confront the fact he was not keeping his promise and that frustrated him very much so we understand that is what drove this discussion for recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel and basically he wanted this very much despite the advice of his national security officials who we re his national security officials who were worried about security implications. i understand the general idea of a candidate wanting to keep his promises but his position, the embassy being in israel, why does that matter to his core supporters in america? those he was responding to were strongly pro—israel groups, evangelical christians who are quite a big force and american dues on the right—wing the spectrum. and some wealthy donors. it has a certain amount of

power he was responding to. also congress is in favour of this, they voted for this move to take place in 1995 which is why every six months the president says we will not do it for security reasons. it's a bipartisan consensus. broadly speaking i think most americans are not walking around asking why the embassy is not injerusalem. israel has always regarded jerusalem as its capital — but no other country has recognised it as such. that's why you'll find embassies in and around tel aviv. eastjerusalem is a particularly contentious. it was annexed from jordan in 1967 and israel has built dozens of settlements there — but it's not recognised by other countries as part of israel. for their part, the palestinians want east jerusalem as the capital of a future palestinian state. here's yolande knell injerusalem with more context on today's decision. jerusalem. this ancient city lies at

the very heart of the israel palestinian conflict. we have seen many times how just a palestinian conflict. we have seen many times howjust a small change on the ground here can quickly lead toa on the ground here can quickly lead to a flare—up anti—violence. so what happens here really does matter. jerusalem has got great religious significance of course. head old city has some of the holiest sites are muslims, christians and jewish people but it has great political significance as well. most israelis seejerusalem as their eternal undivided capital. not long after the modern state of israel was created in 19a8 years early parliament was set up in the west of the city. but it wasn't until the 1967 war with neighbouring arab

countries that israel captured east jerusalem, including the old city. it later annexed it in a move that is not recognised internationally. israeli leaders often vent their frustration that there is not a recognition of full israeli sovereignty overjerusalem particularly from international allies. of course palestinians see things starkly different play. they want eastjerusalem as their starkly different play. they want east jerusalem as their capital. that is part of the long—standing international formula for peace year known as the two state solution. basically the idea that an independent palestinian state would be created alongside israel, along the boundaries which existed before 1967. it is written up in un resolutions. about one third of people jerusalem are resolutions. about one third of peoplejerusalem are palestinian, some of them coming from families which have been here for centuries. and there are lots of ongoing

tensions particularly over the expansion ofjewish tensions particularly over the expansion of jewish settlements tensions particularly over the expansion ofjewish settlements in the east of the city. they are seen as illegal under international law that israel disagree. for decades the international community has been saying any change in the status ofjerusalem can only come about as part of a negotiated peace deal. so for now all countries with embassies in israel keep them in or nearto with embassies in israel keep them in or near to tel aviv and they have consulates injerusalem. reaction to this has been as strong as it's been predictable. saudi arabia says it's a "a flagrant provocation to muslims". egypt's president is urging donald mr trump "not to complicate the situation in the region". and the leaders of turkey and jordan addressed the issue at a joint press conference. there is no alternative to the two

state solution and jerusalem is key to any peace agreement, it is key to the stability of the entire region. translation: nobody has the right to play with the destiny of billions of people for the sake of personal ambitions. such a step will only play into the hands of terror groups. i spoke to lyse doucet our chief international correspondent about what this means for the peace process. the history of the peace process and it has to be said failed peace process is symbols matter as much a substance. when it comes the symbol is no greater symbol of the attempt to find a solution to one of the most intractable conflict anywhere in the world, jerusalem. jerusalem is not, it is notjust one of the most coveted and controversial pieces of real estate anywhere in the world, it's also a symbol of the

desire, you had from king ofjordan, the two state solution, to have an israeli and palestinian state side by side with each having part of jerusalem as the capital. but the way israel describes it is the eternal undivided capital. they want to say it will help the peace process but for now there is only anger and anxiety, this is not how you restart the peace process. will it somewhere down the line? there have been so many setbacks and this is just another one but it is huge. mac with a bass seeing this means america cannot be the mediator any more, but critics will say they have a lwa ys more, but critics will say they have always been towards the israeli side anyway. there has been one constant in the peace process and that is america, it's the only outside power

a cce pta ble america, it's the only outside power acceptable by both sides because it's always been seen by the palestinians, notwithstanding the criticism, that the tilted towards the israelis,, that they had the will and the power to do something about it. i think this decision will make them think twice. i think in the long run they will find it hard to find a replacement because israel will not accept anyone else and after this move today they will not accept anyone but the united states is the main outside player. we were talking to you in saudi arabia, donald trump would have known this would upset them, how damaging do you think this is? jared kushner working on this process, he has been, he made three secret trips, did not consult the state department about it, had talks with the crown prince of saudi arabia. we

understand most of it was to discuss the ideas were peace process. new ideas. no doubt he would have been told about this decision. it's especially tricky for the saudis because the saudi king is the custodian of the two holiest shrines for islam and the third one is in jerusalem. much more information on the bbc website. we will bring the up—to—date as more people have had to flee their homes. the brexit secretary has been accused of gross negligence after admitting that the government has not tried to calculate the effect brexit might have on the british economy. speaking before the brexit committee, mr davis said the usefulness of such assessments would be "near zero" because of the scale of change brexit is likely to cause. do not draw the conclusion that

because you used the word impact you have written an impact assessment. i took it, that they were looking for a quantitative economic forecast and thatis a quantitative economic forecast and that is not there. we haven't done that. what is there is the size of the industry, the employment and so on. that's important and of course it describes the effect of the policy. the government of course is looking at the effect of the potential policies but it hasn't written an impact assessment. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: president trump has overturned decades of us policy and recognised the disputed city ofjerusalem as israel's capital. let's get some of the main stories

from the world service. more than 200 countries at a un conference in kenya have signed a statement saying the use throwaway plastic must end. one of brazil's most—wanted men been arrested in a security operation in rio involving 3,000 police officers and soldiers. rogerio avelino da silva is accused of drug—trafficking, extortion and murder. france's most famous rock star — johnny hallyday — has died at the age of 7a. he was inspired after seeing footage of elvis presley — and he went on to sell around 100 million records over 50 years. here's something i didn't know until today — more people have had to flee their homes in the democratic republic

of congo than in syria, yemen or iraq. it's estimated on average over 5000 have done so every day this year. the norwegian refugee council says "it's a mega—crisis. the scale of people fleeing violence is off the charts". it's because of violence — primarily in the provinces kivu, kasai and tangan—yika. these are pictures from tanganyika. they show a burnt out village. the violence is springing from chronic political instability and competition for scarce resources. a delay in holding presidential elections is increasing tensions. these are displaced people who've been sheltering in a church following attacks on their community. such violence has prevented many families from accessing their land. in fact over 7 million people lack a reliable supply of food — and a cholera outbreak has

killed 600 people. on top of this, very little international money is being pledged to help these people. here's one of the victims of the violence. translation: i spent three days in the forest before reaching a village. people had fled from the village. people had fled from the village i reached, i did not know where my husband and children had gone. three days later i found ten of my children but i am still missing one of them and my husband. there is more the bbc‘s emmanuel igunza told us more from nairobi. the problems are not new, this conflict has been going on for several years and it's simply about militia groups trying to control territory. we have seen thousands of internally displaced peoples over the years and this has intensified

over the last few months because of the uncertainty surrounding the elections which were supposed to be held this year but the president has now pushed them to december next year. many militia groups have now targeted government installations, they have been targeting government officials and all this violence has led to this massive displacement. time magazine has announced its 2017 person of the year. in fact its people of the year. they're all women who shed light on sexual harassment and abuse. the headline reads "the silence breakers — the voices that launched the movement". there's the activist adama iwu, actress ashleyjudd, singer taylor swift, strawberry picker isabel pascual and former uber engineer susan fowler. you can also see here the arm of a woman who came forward but chose to stay anonymous. the article reads: "the women

and men who have broken their silence span all races, all income classes, all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe.... they're part of a movement that has no formal name. but now they have a voice." those making the selection not unaware that if these people came first the person who came second, donald trump, boasted of sexually assaulting a woman. and third, xijinping. nada tawfik‘s in new york. i was saying it is only two months since the harvey weinstein story came out but it feels like a lot longer because of the profound implications which followed 7 longer because of the profound implications which followed? yes, absolutely. i along with some of my collea g u es absolutely. i along with some of my colleagues here in the office predicted this would be the selection because unless you have been living under a rock the last few months have seen such a powerful

iconic men across several industries, whether it is harvey weinstein in hollywood, charlie rose in media, kevin spacey in hollywood, powerful men across the political spectrum, roy miller, alf franklin, republicans and democrats, being accused of sexual assault. men and to the- they spoke to dozens sfwsmsn scrsss and the of e emote“ of $255 then “1g of fig then the j it not they to speak out, 75g“; feuding which 5:5; feuding which; them 7 ~~~ to 413 time. it! 413 time. kg 413 time. itga 413 time. it g a movement. 413 time. itg a movement. we moment in time, it is a movement. we have seen that today as well, it will carry on to have repercussions. i think it was a choice which does

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national campaign against police brutality in this country, it is a nod to those who are the most influential. thank you, toxin. this skeleton has become known as "little foot" — and today it's been unveiled. it's over 3 million years old — and is one of the oldest human skeletons. it found in caves, north—west of johannesburg. and it's thought this was a young girl who fell into the cave. this was important because it shows our ancestors lived across a far wider area than previously. the other well known skeleton of this age was found in ethiopia. it became known as lucy. andrew harding has this report form south africa on what else we're learning from these skeletons. they found her skeleton in these deep caves outside johannesburg. she'd been lying here for almost four million years, trapped in the rock. today, little foot finally emerged —

astonishingly intact, after 20 painstaking years of excavation. these bones had a very, very fragile, flaky surface, many of them. and it was like trying to extract a pie with flaky pastry out of concrete without damaging the pie. we had to do this properly, we had to do it slowly. yes, it took more than 20 years of my life, but i feel younger and stronger for it! so, these are the caves where little foot was found. the theory goes that she was walking along the surface, fell down into the caves, and was covered by sediment and rock. millions of years later, scientists in the 19805 and 1990s, in a series of extraordinary coincidences, stumbled across her remains and slowly managed to piece them back together. her skeleton shows she was in her 30s. she probably lived in the trees, and crucially, she was more

like us than like an ape. so the pictures you see in books of our ancestors gradually getting up off of all fours and walking along in a stooped manner, that's all nonsense. they were upright when they were in the trees, and they were upright when they came down to the ground. and now they're us? yes, now they're us. unearthed in these caves then, a vital addition to our own complicated family tree. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. ford is attempting to crack the chinese market — again. this time with as partnership with alibaba — which is vast online retail operation. the idea is simple — alibaba will help ford sell its cars online. sounds simple but i expect it would

be more complicated than that. sounds simple but i expect it would be more complicated than thatm certainly will be but ford has already made a big commitment to say they will push electric cars in china, the biggest market with the biggest appetite because china themselves have said they want to start having a lot more electric car is on the streets. enter alibaba. we are talking about trying to disrupt the way cars are being sold and it is interesting because it's a conversation which often comes up in the united states, people saying we need to change the way we sell cars. i think need to change the way we sell cars. ithinka need to change the way we sell cars. i think a lot of people will watch this very closely. in terms of american car manufacturers and their performance in china have they been able to get a sizeable foothold in the market? they are trying but there is a lot of complications. there are lots of success stories

but the complexities with which they have to do work in china, we saw tesla saying they will not partner with a chinese company locally and will just with a chinese company locally and willjust go at it alone which is something we don't really see often except, in fact, we have almost never seen it when it comes to car makers in china. very interesting, thank you, we will be getting more details on that arrangement between alibaba details on that arrangement between aliba ba and ford details on that arrangement between alibaba and ford on thursday so we will watch out for that. that's the first half, the lead story here that donald trump has confirmed what we we re donald trump has confirmed what we were discussing yesterday, that america will recognise jerusalem were discussing yesterday, that america will recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel and will start the capital of israel and will start the process of moving the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. i will be back with you with more of the biggest global stories from the bbc newsroom and a couple of minutes. the united states looking at its

first significant cold spell of the season, bitterly cold conditions penetrating as far south as the deep south and northern mexico. they called air behind this area of low pressure which swept through, this active cold front cleaving south and east and as the called air moves as far south as northern mexico it is likely to turn some of it into sleet and snow off high ground, you can see the extent of the blue indicating that cold, there will be showers and lake effect snow across the north—east, rain sleet and snow into parts of texas and new mexico and across the west it is dry and sunny but strong santa ana winds across parts of california fuelling the devastating wildfires. in south

asia a more dry picture across the north west one or two showers left in its wake but other than that it's a dry story. we are keeping a watchful eye in the bay of ben balfour that system which could develop into a tropical storm and move north into the direction of north—east india and parts of bangladesh. you can see emphasis on dry and sunny and very warm weather. a cross into europe high—pressure is the dominating feature, a lot of fine and dry weather, mist and fog problems in places but also strong winds tracked across the north of europe with an area of low pressure bringing disruptive winds, a lot of marine transport being interfered with. another area of low pressure moving, storm caroline which will bring disruptive winds to the northern half, thursday and friday,

tightly packed isoba rs northern half, thursday and friday, tightly packed isobars as the weather front clears southwards, unlike away from the south east winter showers, single figure values across the north and the west, double—figure values until the end of the day. blue colour is taking over as the storm moves away and be open the floodgates to the arctic so it looks very cold as we head towards friday and the weekend, bitterly cold if you add only wind, significant snow showers but good spells of sunshine, 3—6dc, add only wind and it will feel cold. storm caroline could bring disruption then it turns much colder to end the week with the risk of snow and ice. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. america has become the first country to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. israel is a sovereign nation with

the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. as you'd expect, israel has welcomed this. arab countries haven't, nor have the palestinians. translation: these actions are a destruction of all efforts to achieve peace and the decision is tantamount to the us abdicating its role as a peace mediator. in california, huge wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings and continue to threaten over 12,000 homes. we've got a report on the alabama senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct and the evangelical voters standing by him. is there any single thing a conservative republican candidate could do that would make you not vote for him? i haven't heard that answer. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag. talked california

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