hello, this is the briefing. our top stories: protests in the middle east as president trump formally recognises drew russell as the capital of israel. australia's parliament could be just moments away from a vote on legalising same—sex marriage. “— away from a vote on legalising same—sex marriage. —— jerusalem. fa ncy same—sex marriage. —— jerusalem. fancy a slice of world heritage? that may be about to join the list of international cultural greatness. in business, sins of omission, a vw executive is jailed for seven years in the us to his role in the diesel gate scandal. we will also be looking at your‘s plans to prevent another financial crisis. i will be talking to credit suisse‘s top ranking analyst. —— banking. a warm welcome to the programme. in

this all we will brief you on all you need to know in global news and business and sport, also in the programme, caught the traditional art form of pizza making the added to the un's world heritage list? residents of naples have high hopes for that. a unesco committee will decide today. so what would you nominate if you were on the panel? suggestions, please to #bbcthebriefing. let's begin. one of the closest allies of the us in the middle east, saudi arabia, has condemned president trump's decision to recognise drew russell is the capital of israel. —— jerusalem. recognise drew russell is the capital of israel. ——jerusalem. the statement from the saudi court said the movies unjustified and irresponsible and urged the

administration to reverse their decision. the palestinian president warned of dangerous consequences to the entire region and emergency meeting of the un security council is expect to take place on friday to discuss president trump's announcement. laura beek has the latest. donald trump's promised to move the us invalid from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognise the city as the capital. this team sent out a single message, and was made, price kept. today we finally acknowledge the obvious, but through salom is israel's capital. —— jerusalem. the obvious, but through salom is israel's capital. ——jerusalem. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. it is also the right thing to do. already, the protests have begun, peacefulfor

now the fear of unrest has prompted the pentagon to put american embassies and consulates on alert. president trump spoke of the peace process but did not give details of how this announcement brought at all any close. we want an agreement that isa any close. we want an agreement that is a great deal to the israelis and a great deal to the palestinians. the president's words were warmly welcomed by israel. we are profoundly grateful for the his courageous and just decision. to recognise jerusalem as courageous and just decision. to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel and to prepare for the opening of the us embassy here. but a third of those injerusalem are palestinians. the old city has some of the holiest sites from is blamed by prafulla muslims and christians as well isjewish people. they want are declared as the capital of their future independent state. they now believe the us has abdicated its role as a mediator for peace. translation: jerusalem is a

palestinian city, christian, muslim, jewish also. and it is the capital of the state of palestine for ever. at least eight un countries including allies, the uk and france, have called for an urgent meeting of the security council that while the international reaction is mostly one of condemnation, at home, president trump can say it has ticked off another campaign pledge that he doesn't seem concerned that on this decision, america stands alone. we will be live tojerusalem shortly to get more reaction to the news. in the meantime, let's brief you on other stories. president putin says he will allow russian athletes to compete at next year's winter olympics under a new —— neutralflag after the ioc banned russia over allegations of state—sponsored

doping. ioc accused russia of an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti— doping system. a 500—year—old painting of christ believed to be the work of leonardo da vinci is heading to the move to derby. the museum may be an announcement on twitter without specifying whether it had bought the painting at auction. it was purchased by a saudi prince —— louvre abu dhabi. the work was sold for a record $450 million. a former volkswagen executive has been jailed for seven years in the us to his role in the diesel gate commissioned scandal at the german carmaker. oliver schmidt was also fined $400,000 after admitting he helped the firm said clean air laws. —— said. —— evade. the latest on volkswagen is our top story in

business in 20 minutes and also, we will discuss the fact it is ten yea rs will discuss the fact it is ten years since the financial crisis and until now there has been no agreement across europe on how to stop it happening again. it could change later today in a meeting in frankfurt, central bank chiefs are set to decide new rules on just how much cash banks have to keep on hand foran much cash banks have to keep on hand for an emergency, what difference will it make? i am joined by a formerfinancial will it make? i am joined by a former financial analyst who has written a book called city boy, here and loathing in the square mile. also a used paper columnist. good to see you. you worked in the city for some time and are familiar to how they used to operate, this move on they used to operate, this move on the part of a panel of european wide set of rules in a sense or guidance on what banks should keep in terms of cash on the balance sheet, a much impact will it have? ultimately is a good thing, critics would say it makes the baseless competitive, particularly against those who don't go for it, it also, it essentially

makes them stronger institutions and i think it is a good thing. the financial crisis i think liman is doing about 2007 had literature 44 to one equity debt, so it meant it was so overly leveraged that any risk—taking of the bank was potentially disastrous —— lehmanns. i think this has to be a good thing. asa i think this has to be a good thing. as a slightly reduces the chances of another financial crisis. many countries have been hands—on since 2008, the us, the uk, we have stress test now. —— tests. but the concern has been about banks elsewhere in europe, you know, some banking authorities have been worried about for example in italy concern about banks as they exposure still. the question is whether this would really cover all the start. it depends the extent to which it is a volu nta ry depends the extent to which it is a voluntary agreement or not. i think,

there were two major issues, structural issues with the banks, where they were massively overleveraged, and the behavioural issues and the behavioural issues are the things i was particularly interested in because the system of the bonuses and so forth essentially motivated you to take risks because the bonus is an asymmetrical risk but if you take gambles and they come good, then you make lots of money. if you take gambles and they don't come good, they don't take money from your pocket. you may get fired. it seems to me they were attacking both of those things and it would be a positive. i am all for slightly tighter regulations. for now, thank you indeed. we will have more in 20 minutes, plus gerant is coming back for the news briefing. now, let's go live to australia because as you may know, i have been debating for some time in the parliament is there on whether same—sex marriage can become legal or not. well, it is verified by the

governor general it could become legal within days. live to hywel griffith in for us. we have a decision yet? no, nothing is quite certain in australian politics until the deal is done. expect within the hour, probably, that the lower house in canberra take this vote that we expect them to pass the bill, making same—sex marriage is legal. it seems that every single politician has wa nted that every single politician has wanted their say in the last three days survey are still stuck at the moment debating potential amendments. you have to bare in mind this has been an active debate in australia for well over a decade, ever since 2004 when the law was last changed since their marriage could only be specifically between a man and a woman. ever since then, campaigners for marriage equality has watched with frustration as other countries, including the uk, more closely he of course new zealand, have changed marriage law

to include same—sex couples and so there will be some celebration when finally, this bill is passed. however one note — no one can actually get married for another month until it has had royal assent, you need to give them one notice in australia before you can exchange rings and south and have a big party. it may take that kind of time to organise your party anyway. thank you, we will speak to hywel griffith later when the announcement through, we will watch the events in parliament closely. moving on, the turkish president erdogan is due to arrive in greece today his first visit for 60 —— 65 years. the two nato members have long had an easy relationship and significant differences to remain. most recently, the granting of asylum by greece to those turks allegedly involved in the failed coup against president erdogan in 2016. the mediterranean has seen many

people cross in recent years but now a different group is moving. they are members of the gulan movement, labelled as terrorist since the failed coup of 2016. in october, human rights watch said they have credible evidence of torture in custody. at turkish officials have repeatedly denied these accusations. turkey uses all of its diplomatic effort to have members of the gulan movement extradited but so far, this hasn't happened here in greece. and instead, more people are arriving and trying to build a new life. another gulan supporter across the

border only months ago. he says he spent six months in prison where he claims to have been tortured at later released. then he was charged again for having an encrypted message application on his phone which the turkish authorities deemed to have been used by exclusively the gulan movement. with the crackdown against the gulan movement ongoing, many more are expected to arrive here in greece.

stay with us here on the briefing. what's more to come, including will it be messy old reynaldo or someone new? the winner of the ballot all for the world ‘s best footballer will be announced later today the chris brunt. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow

of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. lets remind you of the headlines: the shrill in parliament is taking the final steps towards legalising 93v the final steps towards legalising gay marriage, a vote is expected very soon. “— gay marriage, a vote is expected very soon. —— australian. and our top story: donald trump's decision top story: donald trump's decision to recognise jerusalem top story: donald trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital has been widely criticised around the world, including some of

the united states closest allies. let's dig a bit deeper into that story and go live tojerusalem to speak to a journalist at the israeli daily newspaper. thank you for joining us on the programme. tell us what is happening in jerusalem now following president trump's speech? the sun just rows overjerusalem —— rose. the same jerusalem, despite what he said. last night, officially the capital of israel according to the americans and most of the rest of the world disputed city between israelis and palestinians. a third of the city ‘s residents are palestinian are not exactly happily with the proclamation from last night, but right now things are calm, it is still early and we still haven't yet seen any still early and we still haven't yet seen any major breakout of

demonstrations or violence here. in response to mr trump's words and we are still waiting to see how the local community respond to this.“ their concern about tomorrow, friday prayers, that there could be a reaction, some sort of trouble? as we have seen in previous waves of violence, friday prayers, mainly around the mosques are a flashpoint in time where we see demonstrations and often more violent repercussions begin. the israeli security forces are mainly planning for that kind of scenario, though, in the past we would have seen already some kind of more violent events here on the ground. we haven't seen that yet and it has been suggested to me i

palestinian residents and israelis that there is a war weariness on the palestinian side and this may not yet be the outbreak of yet another. what did you make of the president's wording in the speech with regards to the city itself? he was at pains to the city itself? he was at pains to point out that when it comes to the division of the city it is up to the division of the city it is up to the israelis and palestinians.“ you listen closely to what he said in the speech, he didn't really have much to say about the future of jerusalem. he spoke about the history, he spoke about their officers of the israeli government all sit here in jerusalem, officers of the israeli government all sit here injerusalem, those are fa cts . all sit here injerusalem, those are facts. he didn't have much to offer about how jerusalem facts. he didn't have much to offer about howjerusalem will look in the future, he just about howjerusalem will look in the future, hejust said about howjerusalem will look in the future, he just said that the actual boundaries of israeli sovereignty will be decided in the final stages agreement. there was a suggestion of what we can expect in the much talked about trump peace plan, which

will probably be unveiled in the new year. there wasn't any vision therefore jerusalem's future and most people who really listen to trump heard more of a political and almost a campaign broadcasting in which he was saying to his domestic audience, this is a promise i made in my election campaign, i am fulfilling it. but there was no real message to israel is all palestinians. so very briefly, from your perspective, how significant is this? i think it is much too early to say. this could be an empty gesture, some words that he is saying, mainly for his domestic audience. we cannot say yet what kind of taste or indication we have got from this speech on the trump peace plan and even if we have got some kind of insight as to what he plans to propose to both sides, as it seems now the palestinian side would accept the trump framework for

a peace plan. is a nonstarter. thank you for your time. —— a peace plan. is a nonstarter. thank you foryourtime. —— it a peace plan. is a nonstarter. thank you for your time. —— it is. let's bring you up—to—date on all the sports. hello there. coming up on the thursday sport briefing: the 2017 ballon d'or ceremony takes place later in paris, will it be ronaldo or lionel messi? liverpool race into the last 16 of the champions league, plus many bakhtiar like you have never seen him before. —— manny taki our. —— pacquio. are you a messy or ronaldo fan? the 2017 ceremony takes place, with ronaldo the favourite. if he does win it, he will be level with lionel messi with five wins, he last won it in 2015. don't forget name, he is

also shortlisted. —— neymar. arsenal have qualified for the knockout stages of the europa league, but there will be 17 scrapping it out for the last remaining spots, go to our website for the latest details of. the course looks great, but built european two will be without its star attraction. the 2010 open champion was meant to be heading the field but has had to pull—out because of a freak accident. he hurt his fingers when they were caught between two airport trolleys. when something like this happens, on monday when i travelled. it is a bit u nfortu nate monday when i travelled. it is a bit unfortunate but i don't want to tee off and play one whole and withdraw and take somebody‘s spot. ijust can't do that. liverpool have qualified for the

last 16 of the champions league after a 7—0 victory, with philip coutinho grabbing the first of his hat—trick from the penalty spot while adding two are more. savvier money notched a double, the second of which was a volley. and it surely it was a happyjurgen klopp. of which was a volley. and it surely it was a happy jurgen klopp. the last 16 are only strong sites but this year it is special, i don't think we can face often bayern munich or real madrid in the last 16 if you win the group, but... and all the others! so that is quite interesting. this man here, the shakhtar donetsk boss, sob raided a 2-1 shakhtar donetsk boss, sob raided a 2—1 victory shakhtar donetsk boss, sob raided a 2—1victory over shakhtar donetsk boss, sob raided a 2—1 victory over manchester city by wearing a zorro mask. the portuguese

wore a mask, hat and cap at his postmatch news conference. if you can preview our clean, you can go. that is the ioc‘s message to russian athletes wanting to compete in the winter of a bit. vladimir putin says that moscow won't prevent any athlete that wants to compete as neutral, his first comments since the ioc announced that russia will be banned from february's gains in south korea. —— games. what do you do when you near the end of your sporting career? manny pacquiao has better than most. he posted this photo, showing that he has been made a colonel in the philippine army. he says he wants to devote philippine army. he says he wants to d evote m o re philippine army. he says he wants to devote more time to politics when he finally retired. —— retire to back. get all of the latest sports news at

our website. that is your thursday sport briefing. now, locals in the italian city of naples are waiting to find out if the traditional art form of pizza making will be added to the un's world heritage list. an estimated 2 million people they are have joined an online petition, one of three traditions put forward by the unesco committee. catherine armstrong reports. it isa it is a familiar sight to those of us, served up in restaurants and ta keaway us, served up in restaurants and takeaway shops around the world. in naples, considered the birthplace of the modern pizza, it is a social ritual that has been handed down through the generations. here, local is petitioning to have the neapolitan pizza making process added to the united nations heritage list. arguing that he knew —— ubiquity is a threat to local making. translation: peta has become

a heritage over the world but many people don't know it is italian, so this recognition will establish once and for all the truth, which is that peter is a global food it was born here in naples and was born in the southern. —— are then. here in naples and was born in the southern. -- are then. this up and was considered the first place where pizza was made. being added to this list would be recognition for the yea rs list would be recognition for the years spent honing their skills. translation: going to school isn't enough to know how to make pizza, you can learn how to handle the dough, but to learn the art you need to spend a long time in a pizza rear. for now, locals are keeping up their strength while they wait for a decision, celebrating a slice of italian life that is near and dear to their hearts. let's see how they get on. i have got the un's list here of the 34

traditions that they are considering. saint the in your thoughts. use our hashed and, see you ina thoughts. use our hashed and, see you in a moment for the business briefing. —— send in your thoughts. some rough weather over the next 24 hours, courtesy of some deep pressure. see all of these white wines and isobars on the charts, some very strong wines and isobars on the charts, some very strong wind. this weather front ringing outbreaks of rain. —— bringing. and then as this weather system pushes through, it will introduce ever colder air from the north. that will eventually bring snow showers. starting thursday with fairly mild conditions, strong south—westerly wind towards the south—east and strong west or

north—westerly wind pushing across northern ireland and scotland. particularly across the northern half of scotland, we are quite concerned about the strength of the wind. the arrows here show the expected wind dosts, those reaching 80 mph or even a touch more as we had on through the day. on thursday, some wintry showers, snow showers and some lizard conditions. disruption and potentially damage is likely. the met office has issued an amber warning across northern scotla nd amber warning across northern scotland and a lesser yellow warning through central and southern parts of scotla nd through central and southern parts of scotland into northern ireland. a very windy and perhaps disruptively windy day. further south we have rain to clear away, taking a while, as it does, the skies will brighten and we will see spells of sunshine. for all of us, through the afternoon things turning colder and wintry showers becoming increasingly widespread. these then drifting further south and east as we go

through the night, it could see snow showers cropping up just about anywhere and where the snow does fall it could well accumulate and that could give some issues with ice as well. friday, a great day with sunshine but a very cold day. snow showers again could crop up anywhere. was likely in areas exposed to the north—westerly wind and when we consider the strength of the wind it will feel subzero in many places. it will turn briefly a little bit quieterfor many places. it will turn briefly a little bit quieter for start of the week and, but then on sunday we are concerned about the frontal system from the atlantic, bringing rain and perhaps snow on its northern edge. a lot of uncertainty about this, we will keep you posted. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. sins of emission — a vw executive is jailed for seven years in the us for his role in the dieselgate scandal. plus, basel faulty?

we ask if europe's new financial rules will prevent another crisis, orjust choke off investment. and on the markets in asia, we are seeing a sharp bounce back from yesterday ‘s losses, the mick kaye up over 1%. ——