this is bbc news. the headlines: anger in the arab world. the leader of hamas calls for a new intifada after president trump recognises jerusalem as the capital of israel. tear gas is fired on the streets of bethlehem this morning to disperse demonstrators. the government says it is "optimistic" an agreement can be reached on the irish border, as pressure mounts on theresa may to find a brexit deal. we are going to get on with the job as quickly as we can and try to find the right way forward. i'm in no doubt that in the coming days, if there is a will to find an agreement, an agreement will be found no matter weather it is day or night. missed targets in accident and emergency — more than 3 million

people in the uk waited more than four hours in the last year. also, the foreign secretary will pledge to stand by european allies in the fight against islamist terrorism after britain leaves the eu. hms queen elizabeth will be commissioned into service later today. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the leader of the palestinian islamist movement, hamas, has called for a new intifada, or popular uprising, following president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. the us decision has been widely criticised around the world, including by some of america's closest allies such as britain,

france and saudi arabia. the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to debate the move. let's show you the latest pictures we have from bethlehem, where there have been demonstrations against the decision by president trump and tear gas is being used to try and disperse those demonstrations. joining us now is fawaz gerges, professor of international relations at the london school of economics. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. i guess when we look at those images from bethlehem, it's no surprise, given the initial reaction to what president trump said yesterday? it is the beginning. i fear that this move could trigger a biggerfire in the middle east. it has been imploding since 2006. now

you have a new front. moving the us embassy to jerusalem will do you have a new front. moving the us embassy tojerusalem will do more harm than good. it will undermine the quest for peace. it basically shatters the idea or the lie that americans are peace brokers. it undermines their allies, jordanians and egyptians. it does not advance is real‘s cause. the united states now stands facing the international community. including the united nations and the pope. we have seen various us embassies in parts of the middle east warning their staff and theirfamilies to middle east warning their staff and their families to take extra care. president trump has been focusing largely on his domestic audience, his core voters when he made this announcement. what can be done in

terms of other us allies like britain, france and someone, who have condemned this decision, to try to calm the situation?” have condemned this decision, to try to calm the situation? i think this is really what we should focus on. donald trump is a disrupter and i demolish. we need to understand this move in context. he has pooled the united states out of climate policy. this is red meat for a red audience. it is about his populist base of support. the international community has moved on regarding the climate agreement. the international agreement. the international agreement will most likely move on regarding jerusalem. the challenge facing the palestinians and israelis is not to put all their eggs in the basket of donald trump. i am not a palestinian, but they should be

heartened that the international community is on their side. nobody is saying that the united states should not have moved its embassy to jerusalem. donald trump could've turned a dangerous move into a win—win by saying he recognises west jerusalem as the capital of israel andi jerusalem as the capital of israel and i recognise eastjerusalem as a future capital of a new state. we will take you live to the foreign office. borisjohnson will take you live to the foreign office. boris johnson has just will take you live to the foreign office. borisjohnson has just began his speech. they are seeking each other right in countries where governance is weak. they are there

in afghanistan, libya, somalia, northern nigeria. five months of this year, the so—called islamic state were in the philippines. they're state were in the philippines. they‘ re capable of state were in the philippines. they're capable of operating even put in places where governments are comparatively stable, as they tried to do in tunisia and egypt. 100 of the foreign fighters came from malaysia. we see the impact in western europe. in the concrete and steel chicanes installed around public buildings. in the endless queues at airports and recent attacks in manchester and london. we know they are simultaneously moving up know they are simultaneously moving up and down the ladder of technological ambition. you're working on new bonds of all kinds, new ways of eluding detection, they are enlisting everyday objects as terrorist weapons and i'm sad to say

that it has become all too commonplace to read that somewhere on our continent someone chooses to announce that god is great while launching an attack on passers—by. in this country, m15 and counterterrorism policing are now running well over 500 live operations. a third more than last year. so now is the moment to draw confidence from our success against daesh and consider how we an

§ wiwfi ar: iii; a, ar: i155; a, 7 7 ofa of a fight not a think of a fight not against a military opponent but against a disease or psychosis. even though that metaphor is itself imperfect. they have decided to take this path. me and they alone are responsible for other crimes. perhaps we can see that as with every other form of criminal behaviour, we have to look

at the social and emotional factors that combine to make people dedicate themselves to such comprehensive nihilism. i appreciate the inadequacies of the phrase islamist terrorism. if i could think of a better one, i would use it. but would need to understand exactly why this type of terrorism has become associated with islam, in a way that 1.5 billion muslims find insulting and infuriating. it is an ancient idea and common to virtually all religions, including christianity, that any kind of worldly setback, military defeat, political humiliation, even economic decline, must be the mark of some divine disfavour. for thousands of years, human beings have postulated that the correct response must be to

stipulate that god or gods by some act of piety, think of a amendment who believed he was being punished for a transgression. he killed his daughter. it is this same sort of expedia three thought pattern that allows people to engage in movements which can be described as puritan fundamentalist. in the past 150 yea rs, fundamentalist. in the past 150 years , we fundamentalist. in the past 150 yea rs, we have fundamentalist. in the past 150 years, we have seen fundamentalist. in the past 150 years, we have seen how a small number of islamic thinkers have responded to what they see as the humiliations of the muslim world. and this same logic applies to the individual as he or she is radicalised. because of course the world is full of people who feel that they are not successful or not powerful or not in control of their lives. and then suddenly in a mosque

torah prison or increasingly online, someone torah prison or increasingly online, someone hands them what seems to be this emotional universal spanner. and are told that all the disappointments are caused by their own refusal to adopt a jihadist ideology. if only they return to this extreme and violent theology, all the troubles would be gone and their lives turned upside down. and suddenly the world around them which had previously seemed to be alienating and intimidating, now seems itself to be contemptible and corrupt and deserving of their holy rage. this process is fast. islamist jihadism has been compared to crack cocaine. it is also hard to reverse. and so we need to stop the spread of this malady. we need to confront it and wipe it out. in all the

ungoverned spaces where it reads, in the middle east, north africa, in the middle east, north africa, in the foul rag and bone shops of the internet, in our own country where it exploits the very freedoms of our liberal democracy. and in the wildest and least govern space of all, the human heart. there are interlocking ecosystems of terror, domestic and international, contaminating each other online. we can stop both cogs turning. we can greatly reduce the threat. yes, we can win. but we need to understand not just whom we can win. but we need to understand notjust whom we mean by the enemy, we need to understand who we are. who are we who are going to win? there is an unedifying narcissism in the whole use of this first person plural. all too often, the term we

is taken to mean the west. it means the so—called advance liberal democracies of europe and america. and if that is all we mean by we, then the cause is hopeless. look at then the cause is hopeless. look at the death tolls from suicide bombs that no rate barely a paragraph in our papers in iraq and somalia. who are the principal victims of this global disease? it's not westerners... so boris johnson speaking at the foreign office. were going to come back to that speech. e is expected to top for around half an hourand take is expected to top for around half an hour and take in the question and a nswer an hour and take in the question and answer session for you. in the meantime, let's return to our main story this morning. and the news that the leader of hamas has called foran that the leader of hamas has called for an uprising against israel, and

intifada, in response to yesterday's decision by president trump to recognise jerusalem as decision by president trump to recognisejerusalem as the capital. issam ikirmawi is a correspondent for bbc arabic. we can speak to him live injerusalem now. weight in practical terms, what you think this call for an intifada is to mean? it is sort of expected. every time there is kind of incident, hamas calls for an intifada. the cold for an intifada last year when there was a spate of stabbing in eastjerusalem. this is in keeping with their stance on this issue. other factions

in keeping with their stance on this issue. otherfactions have called for people to go out and demonstrate an express their anger and displeasure at president trump's announcement yesterday recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. they have declared three days of rage starting on wednesday. now we're hearing of between demonstrators and israeli police and soldiers in various parts, in bethlehem, eastjerusalem and also on the road betweenjerusalem and kamal. is there disquiet, any sense of disquiet with the government because of the violence that potentially

this decision might bring?“ of the violence that potentially this decision might bring? if you're talking about the israeli government, the israelis decided to beef up their presence by sending extra police and soldiers to potential hotspots in the west bank. also there have been reports that binyamin netanyahu has cancelled some of his engagements today to concentrate on what is happening on the ground. as for the palestinians, mahmoud abbas spoke yesterday after the announcement and he expressed disappointment at what president trump had to save. and he called a recognition of jerusalem trump had to save. and he called a recognition ofjerusalem as the capital of israel as a blow to the peace process. on the palestinian side, are they hearing, although the focus on what president trump has announced, i they hearing the voices

of objection come from france, britain and elsewhere the announcement? is this a possible route to prevent violence, if they listen to other leaders? most of the world is against this announcement. there have been statements from various governments in france, the uk, other islamic governments in the region. they have all more or less said the same thing that they did not think it was a good idea to recognise jerusalem unilaterally as the capital and that should only be done within a larger or competence

of peace agreement between the israelis and palestinians. how effective these messages are when it comes to the street, that something else. people are not really holding out much hope for what the palestinian president had to say. the general consensus amongst palestinians is that mahmoud abbas is too weak to stand up to the americans and israelis and he is only paying lip service to the announcement from president trump. thank you. a d raft a draft agreement between britain and the eu which would have allowed the brexit negotiations to move on

to trade... i am joined by ian watson. do you have any sense yet what this deal might be on the border issue because it seems that is the crucial issue that is stopping progress at this stage? that's right. it seems to be the crucial issue. downing street have said more work needs to be done on the question of the irish border. it doesn't sound as if there's any deal thatis doesn't sound as if there's any deal that is likely to be eminent. as i understand it, what they are trying to do but at the is something... there have been various terms are banded alone and. the dup is worried about any kind of internal border being set up between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. what has been talked about at the moment isa has been talked about at the moment is a phrase called phil alignment. effectively that would mean you

could have similar rules and regulations on both sides of the irish border but northern ireland would like the rest of the uk be free to drop separate rules and regulations as long as it had a similar outcome. it is that kind of level of detail being discussed. i don't know yet whether that will be a cce pta ble don't know yet whether that will be acceptable to the dup. there is huge pressure on theresa may from the irish prime minister and michel barnier. there is a crucial eu summit next week. i was speaking to chris grayling earlier today and he seemed to think that the timetable for any deal might be more flexible than that. there's lots of talk about deadlines at the moment. and certain that when people want something to happen, they will make it happen. we will try to find the right way forward. i'm in no doubt that over the coming days if there isa that over the coming days if there

is a will to find an agreement, that agreement will be found regardless of what time of day or night it is. next thursday? were all working towards reaching an agreement for next thursday. there is a desire to reach a resolution and i'm sure people will be flexible to do that. so when is the michel barnier would really like it by tomorrow evening. is that likely? possibly, possibly not. the dup sounding pretty downbeat about whether they will get a deal this week. potentially be some noises from brussels that the eu commission might be prepared to wait until next tuesday to try to get anything definitive. if that is the key to unlock this movement towards crucial trade talks which theresa may thinks will be crucial to boost business confidence. that mightjust then

to boost business confidence. that might just then give to boost business confidence. that mightjust then give other eu leaders to give the green light to the trade talks when they meet formally in brussels next week. interesting way, the chancellor philip hammond is yet to discuss what they want from the trade talks. downing street sources are telling us downing street sources are telling us that will happen and it is likely to happen before the end of the year. but unlikely to happen before the trade talks have actually been given the go—ahead. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the leader of hamas calls for a new intifada after president trump recognises jerusalem as the capital of israel. the government says it is "optimistic" an agreement can be reached on the irish border, as pressure mounts on theresa may to find a brexit deal. missed targets in accident and emergency — more than 3 million people in the uk waited more than four hours in the last year. jurgen klopp says his team will be

ready for a tough match in the champions league. manchester city one. for this weekend's derby with their first defeat since april. elsewhere, spurs beat nicosia at wembley. and could return be growing closer for ben stokes? the english rider hasn't played since his arrest in september. but he has been named in the one—day squad for the series with australia in the new year. i will be back with more stories in 15 minutes. the number of patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in the uk has more than doubled since 2013. research by the bbc has found over three million people experienced longer waits than the a&e target

in the last 12 months. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. right across the uk, accident and emergency departments have been working at full capacity. now bbc analysis shows how an already busy system is struggling to cope. the waiting time targets to treat or deal with 95% of patients within four hours have been missed across the country. in the past year, more than 3 million patients waited longer than four hours — an increase of 120% on four years ago. but visits to a&e are up by only 7%, to nearly 27 million. to ensure the target is met, the nhs will need to build an additional 20 more a&e departments. there is no more capacity in the system. staff are working really hard, our nurses, our doctors, and we have reached a point where we, unfortunately, cannot meet that demand. scotland has come closest to hitting the target,

while england has seen the biggest increase in those facing a long wait, but performance is even worse in wales. northern ireland manages to see just three quarters of patients within four hours. a busy nhs means longer waiting times and as we head into what could be a very hard winter, there is little sign of respite for staff or patients. and if you want to find out what waiting times are like at your local hospital — go to the bbc‘s nhs tracker page on the website — you just need to put in your postcode. the royal navy's new aircraft carrier will be commissioned into service by the queen at a ceremony in portsmouth later today. the event marks the official handover of hms queen elizabeth to the royal navy. it's one of two new british aircraft carriers and cost around £3 billion to build.

up to a0 aircraft will be able to be transported on board, including the f 35 b fighterjet which the ship has been built around. it's due to come into active service by 2021 and will be joined by sister ship hms prince of wales in 2023. our defence correspondentjonathan beale has this report. this is a big day for the royal navy. a moment to forget about recent cuts and fears of even more. the crew of hms queen elizabeth has been rehearsing for the arrival of the monarch here in the carrier's giant aircraft hangar. today the queen will be welcome on board to officially commissiond the ship that bears her name into service. it's been a long wait. work began at rosyth on this, the first of the royal navy's two new aircraft carriers, in 1998. slowly taking shape, she was built with the help of 10,000 people right across the uk.

for the past few months, hms queen elizabeth and her 700 crew have been at sea testing her systems. this the largest and most expensive warship ever built for the royal navy, at a cost of more than £3 billion. and today, now at her new home at portsmouth, she officially becomes a royal navy warship where they'll raise the white ensign for the very first time. swapping the blue ensign and white ensign is symbolic. it's formally recognising her as a warship legally. but for us it is more than that. it says, "here we are, we've arrived." the white ensign says a lot about the country. the flag has been flying in the service of the country for many years. for us, magnificent day. next year, hms queen elizabeth will begin flight trials from this massive deck, first with helicopters and then jets, the new f—35bs which each cost £100

million, which will take off from that ski ramp. but she won't be operational until 2021. russia's already dismissed her as a large convenient target, but the royal navy believes hms queen elizabeth and her sister ship, hms prince of wales, will be a potent show of british military power for the next 50 years. stay with us here on bbc news. we'll have live coverage from portsmouth where the new aircraft carrier will be commissioned into service by the queen just after midday. just some lines on brexit coming into us from the european commission around the issue of a deadline for

news to be sent from the uk to the eu, which would allow everyone to move on to trade discussions, the european commissioner saying it is still in discussions with the uk government, but so far no white smoke. it says reports of extending the british deadline to next week are wrong. so those involved in the brexit discussions on the eu side have been talking about tomorrow evening but we heard in the interview between ian watson our political correspondent and chris grayling, he was talking about next week. but the eu, according to some reports, saying any british offer must come this week. hour week includes the weekend, sunday. so from the eu point of view, it looks as though sunday is the absolute deadline as far as they are concerned. whether there is any wiggle room in all of this, we don't know. interesting lines coming to us from the eu on the question of a

deadline for enough satisfaction on the eu side to allow them to say that they will move onto trade talks with the uk. and now, some of today's the developing stories. the defence secretary gavin williamson has said no british citizen who has fought for the so—called islamic state group should be allowed back into the country. mr williamson, who was promoted to his post last month, told the daily mail that the fighters should be hunted down and killed, because a dead terrorist couldn't harm britain. the accounts of bath spa university show its departing vice chancellor, professor christine slade, received more than £800,000 last year in pay and benefits. ten days ago, the chancellor are the other university in the city announced she would step down in 2019 after complaints from stu d e nts down in 2019 after complaints from students and staff about their pay. the university college union said

the pay and pensions of some senior staff made them look greedy and out of touch. research suggests there has been a stark increase in childhood obesity. a study of nearly 12,000 children found 25% were overweight or obese at age seven, rising to 35% at age 11. campaigners are calling for more action on weight issues in younger children. it is time for a look at the weather forecast. let's get the latest with simon king. hello. we have a lot going on at the moment. storm caroline across the far north of scotla nd caroline across the far north of scotland will give gusts of wind up to 80-90 scotland will give gusts of wind up to 80—90 mph in the far north, and in the northern isles, and amber warning in force to be prepared for damage and disruption. strong winds elsewhere. across the south—east, it is clear, with sunshine across the afternoon, but turning much colder, temperatures dropping by a feud agrees. the risk of snow and ice, comes over scotland, snow falling

down to low levels, increasingly in northern ireland, north—west england, wales and the west midlands by the early hours of tomorrow. temperatures below freezing, so the risk of some eyes into friday morning. during friday, snow continues to settle across parts of northern scotland and northern ireland, and parts of north wales into the north west midlands. 2—5 centimetres, more by the end of the day potentially. where there's no snow, you will have sunshine, but it will feel cold. these are the wind—chill temperatures. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the palestinian group hamas has called for a new intifada — or uprising — following donald trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. tear gas has been fired on the streets of bethlehem this morning to disperse demonstrators.

the government says it is "optimistic" an agreement can be reached on the irish border, as pressure mounts on the prime minister to break the brexit deadlock. we're going to get on with the job as quickly as we can, trying to find the right way forward, but i'm absolutely in no doubt over the coming days, if there is a will to find an agreement, that agreement will be found, regardless of what time of day or night it is. research by the bbc shows there has been a big rise in nand waiting times. ‘s a&e waiting times. the largest and most expensive warship ever built for the royal navy will officially join the service today. the queen will commission the new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, at a ceremony in portsmouth this afternoon. time for sport. hugh has the latest

for us. good morning. premier league clubs have created champions league history, with five of them qualifying for the knockout stages of europe's premier competition. chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham have all progress, making them the first tea m all progress, making them the first team to have five teams in the last 16. -- team to have five teams in the last 16. —— bill first country. it is not a big supply to everyone. 16. —— bill first country. it is not a big supply to everyonelj 16. —— bill first country. it is not a big supply to everyone. i am not surprised that five premier league teams have gone through, purely because they have underachieved for a period of time, and i think it is overdue. the money that has come back into the game has made a big difference. these teams are stronger now. there was a transition period the likes of manchester city, and even manchester united which we saw came in. they have good players, plenty of money, and top coaches, and that is the thing. the top coaches are really doing the business, making sure these teams are getting into this area of the champions league. this is how liverpool did it, with a

7-0 this is how liverpool did it, with a 7—0 demolition of spartak moscow at anfield last night. it included a hat—trick for catania as well as another couple of goals for sandy amani. they will avoid the likes of paris st—germain, barcelona and roma, those could still getjune menzies or holders real madrid. after defeating the first year ashes test, and criticism over a lack of fighting through it, what england wouldn't give to see ben stokes out on the field with them again. that remains highly unlikely for the test matches, but he has been named in the one—day squad for a five match series against australia in the new year. more from adelaide. england now know they have a mountain to climb if they are to retain the ashes. they have a two—day warm up game in perth this weekend before the third test gets underway next week, and they know that if australia win that test, they will regain the ashes. just to make it even more daunting, england have not won in perth since 1978. one man who is not here with england

is ben stokes. he is currently playing domestic cricket in new zealand. we have had the news he has been named in england's one—day squad for a series here injanuary. ben stokes is waiting to find out at the moment whether he will be charged over an incident in bristol in september. despite being named in this squad, he is currently still unavailable for selection until the crown prosecution service decide whether to charge him, and until the england and wales cricket board decide whether to take any disciplinary action. so as things stand at the moment, ben stokes is still unavailable to play. let's ta ke still unavailable to play. let's take a look at the england squad for their warm up match with the cricket australia 11. that sta rts the cricket australia 11. that starts on saturday. moeen ali will captain the side, the only man from the team beaten in their second ashes test in adelaide to feature in the warm up. mark wood has a chance to claim a place for the third test as the selectors may gamble on his extra pace on the quicker surfaces

in perth. russian athletes could still stage the first major olympic boycott since 1984. the country has been banned from the next winter games in south korea, with only those who prove they are clean being able to ta ke prove they are clean being able to take part. a final agreement from russia's sports federations could come next week. president by the mere putin will allow the athletes to go, but some bodies may choose not to protest by taking part. kelly sotherton found out this week she will be awarded a gold medal from 2008 in beijing after a russian athlete was retrospectively disqualified. twice i have been cheated out of a medal will stop once by a russian, and once by a ukrainian. but it is something that, u nfortu nately, ukrainian. but it is something that, unfortunately, it is sacrificing the few to save the money. if i was in that position, i would feel really upset. i would feel, why is this happening to me, i haven't done anything wrong, and maybe some of

them haven't. they have obviously got to prove they are clean, they must ask those questions so their country. their sports associations, their governing bodies, why has this been allowed to happen? it is not the rest of the world's problem, as russia thinks, it is their problem, and they must need to deal with it. that is all the sport for the next hour. so see you later. thank you very much. more now on the situation withjerusalem, as the leader of the palestinian islamist movement hamas has called for a new intifada, or popular uprising, following president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. the us decision has been widely criticised around the world. joining us via webcam is ian black, visiting senior fellow at the middle east centre of the london school of economics. he's also a former middle east editor at the guardian. ian, bear with us. we are going to go back to the foreign office, where borisjohnson has go back to the foreign office, where boris johnson has been go back to the foreign office, where borisjohnson has been making a speech and is just about to take questions from the media. if there are any non—journalists

here, ican if there are any non—journalists here, i can see a lot, i'm going to come to journalists here, i can see a lot, i'm going to come tojournalists in here, i can see a lot, i'm going to come to journalists in a minute, don't worry. any non—journalists? i think we have more or less cover the waterfront from the point of view of...i waterfront from the point of view of... i seem to have exhausted every possible avenue of thought or conversation on that. if there aren't any questions from non—journalists, then i am going to go to... yes, of course, ambassador. quite, absolutely. our distinguished latvian ambassador asks very few words onjerusalem, and let me just say, that we asks very few words onjerusalem, and let mejust say, that we in asks very few words onjerusalem, and let me just say, that we in the uk are sticking very much with our plan, with our policy, which is that we think the future ofjerusalem must be settled as part of the negotiated agreement between israel and palestinians, and as part of the

2—state solution that we are all working for, and i have to say, we view premature recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel, moves of embassies, is not helpful in this context. it is something that we want to do, but it cannot be done until you have progress towards a 2—state solution. yes. done until you have progress towards a 2-state solution. yes. sydney morning herald. on page six of your speech, there is a bold part about the embassy move. i am wondering why you did not say at? and do you believe the move to jerusalem will actually encourage conflict in the area? ididn't area? i didn't say it for the simple reason it was inserted at the last minute andi reason it was inserted at the last minute and i thought it would be easier to answer the question that has been brilliantly posed by the latvian ambassador. i think you will agree what i said just now in my a nswer agree what i said just now in my answer was more or less identical to the words that appeared in the

script, and they will not deviate from that. do you think you will potentially create more complex? i don't think it is the right thing to do. -- more conflict. i recognise, of course that by right of congress, america is committed to doing it since 1995 in principle, but i think america and all her allies, basically, for a long time thought that was a card that should not be played until we could really use it as an incentive to get the peace process moving. so what i hope now, let's be absolutely clear, a lot of people are excited and interested in the possibilities that the american administration, the trump administration, good being there would bring to the middle east —— could bring to the middle east peace process. there was a moment people think progress can be made. i think this decision, having been

announced by president trump, the world would like to see some serious announcement by the us about how they see the middle east peace process , they see the middle east peace process, and how to bring the two sides together. i think that is what we wa nt sides together. i think that is what we want to see. if we are going to have a move of the us embassy, let's also see some moves towards the long overdue resolution of the middle east peace process. i will come to you ina east peace process. i will come to you in a minute, james. sky news arabia. my question is on jerusalem. can you see a much bigger role from the british, with the palestinians and israelis? the are clearly now looking at you as completely committed to support israel in full, and they do not see them as someone who will bring both parties together. can we see a

bigger british role in the middle east? you can take it from what i just said in my 4700 words that we are committed to our role in the middle east, we recognise our historic role in the israel— palestinian question. there is no doubt the uk has a moral duty to help to resolve that question, if you think back to the balfour declaration and onwards. i will be clear with you. we look back at our seminal role in the foundation of the state of israel. with pride. with pride, but also with respect for the suffering of the palestinian people, and that suffering has still not been addressed, and we need to make sure that we do. so we understand our role model we understand our role model we

understand our role model we understand our historic role, and we understand our historic role, and we understand our historic role, and we understand our duty. but i also believe that the united states is the bierman and power —— the pre—eminent power back and show leadership in resolving this question, for reasons that are well understood by people in this room, andi understood by people in this room, and i hope that we will see from the us administration some policies and some programmes to bring the parties together, though i understand the caveats that you now make, i don't believe that they are necessarily going to prove everyone. first of all, and brexit, could you tell us what the government is offering the dup in an attempt to secure a offering the dup in an attempt to secure a deal, and how woeful iu of securing a deal that will get us to the next phase? —— how hopeful are you? on the speech itself, you say britain should engage more in conflict in the middle east and

foreign policy is the solution. but where is britain's diplomatic clever rich, when all its bandwidth is focused on brexit at the moment, —— diplomatic level rich, it is often at odds with the white house on many issues, and it is planning to reduce its defence capability. where is it on this? i am not going to give a running commentary on the state of the brexit negotiations. i think we are delighted to see so many friends from other eu countries here today. very, very good and loyal of you to have come this morning, and of course, it shows that we may be leaving the eu, but we are not leaving the eu, but we are not leaving europe. what we want to achieve, big picture, what we want to achieve is a new relationship, a deep and special partnership in

which we can intensify our trade links, continue to work together on foreign policy, security, and all the things that matter to us, but we need to get going with the second half of the talks. that is the exciting bit, where we will achieve a new trading relationship with our friends. we can get it done, we just need to get it —— get on with it, andi need to get it —— get on with it, and i hope the european council will mark that progress. on your second question, which was, how can the uk exert level —— leverage, everywhere i go, i encounter a reaction that may seem paradoxical to many people in this country, which is, other countries wa nt to country, which is, other countries want to see more of the uk, not less. they want to see as mooring gauged and involved, using our

incredible diplomatic strength to try to achieve better outcomes, using the best aid budgets anywhere in europe. we are 25% of europe ayes aid money, and that is not going away. it will still be there, part of the european aid budget. part of policy will be administered in a slightly different way, and they see a country which is the second biggest layer in nato, the second—biggest contributor, and is engaged in dozens of countries around the world. i think all too often, we in this country don't recognise our ability to make a difference, and i am talking —— i was talking the other day to the prime minister of libya, for instance, who has really value the uk role in trying to get the international community to support the un plan. that is the way forward , the un plan. that is the way forward, and as i have said, you can

make an argument that we got things wrong in the past, but i think retreat is not the solution. retrieved i britain is exactly the wrong description. —— retreat by britain. on the contrary, we need to be more outward looking and more engaged. that goes for yemen, for syria, but dozens of problems and conflicts around the world. that is why it is crucial that we not only fund our diplomacy properly, we focus our aid budget and defence budget, and that is what we intend to do. who is a non—journalist? yes! don't worry. charlie winter from ics are. i wanted to know what your thoughts are regarding the new defence secretary's comments about returning fighters, or the prospect of returning fighters, whether they should be allowed back in, given the

radicalisation, orwhat? i think that michael fallon put it very well a few weeks ago when he said that anybody who goes to fight for daesh in syria or iraq after you understand they are putting themselves in harm's way, and indeed, making themselves the legitimate targets of british armed forces, and that is the reality. sorry, yes. carl dennen from itn news. doesn't more engagement, not less, require more soldiers and more royal marines, and not fewer, as is currently being considered? and secondly, if i may, what is your understanding of the eu's deadline for getting a form of words that can be agreed at the next council? to the first question, yes, which is

why we are increasing our defence spending. the answer to your second question is, i don't know what their deadline is, but i think our collective deadline should be as soon as collective deadline should be as soon as is. front row. daily telegraph. i have a question about two different prisoners in the middle east. one is a chap named shabazz soule middle east. one is a chap named sha bazz soule man, middle east. one is a chap named shabazz soule man, who is a british i still shabazz soule man, who is a british i still fight, shabazz soule man, who is a british i still fight, who is apparently still named in —— who is apparently still named in —— who is apparently still in a prison. britain has not applied for extradition for him. what are you going to do with these returning fighters? are you going to let them languish, or bring them back and tried in britain. the other one, of course, is nasr news gary rackliff. you are expected to be visiting iran before the end of the year. what part of the speech are you taking to tehran and pressing home there, a country which is also a major player the middle east, and

how are you going to combine that with trying to bring her home? there is an expectation you will give that a good shot. on the first case, of the daesh fighter injail, on the first case, of the daesh fighter in jail, what we on the first case, of the daesh fighter injail, what we must on the first case, of the daesh fighter in jail, what we must do on the first case, of the daesh fighter injail, what we must do is assemble evidence against anybody who is involved in terroristic activity of any kind and bring them to justice, activity of any kind and bring them tojustice, and activity of any kind and bring them to justice, and that goes with this gentleman, as well as anybody else coming back from a theatre of conflict. on your second point, we have a lot of difficult cases, and discussions with iran, and is probably useful if we do not try to engage in a running commentary on what we're doing about those issues, but they are extremely difficult, andi but they are extremely difficult, and i think that what iran is doing in the region is an entirely separate question, but certainly one i will be raising when i go to

tehran before the end of the year, and one thing i will be saying is that the supply of rockets to hezbollah, the helping of the houthis to launch missiles against riyadh, this is causing fear and terror in parts of the middle east, and it is disruptive and dangerous behaviour. that is the message i will be taking. patrick. patrick meijer from the guardian. you are talking about a force being created in the middle east. say ain? created in the middle east. say again? athird created in the middle east. say again? a third force? a third force, in between what we are doing now. i just wonder whether you feel whether there are any regimes you can point

to that are heading in the right direction, and whether this requires britain being slightly tougher... we will leave that q and a at the foreign office, where dorisjohnson called president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as called president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's called president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital premature and unhelpful. we go to portsmouth now, whether queen is arriving at a ceremony to officially commission her namesake, the hms elizabeth interservice with the hms elizabeth interservice with the royal navy. —— the hms queen elizabeth. it is the largest warship ever built for the royal navy. a 280 metres long vessel at a cost ofjust over £3 billion. our correspondent duncan kennedy is there. he is ina he is in a commentary position, keeping an eye on everything that is

happening for us. a long build—up to today's events, duncan. good morning, i need to. there certainly has been. if you plot it allup, it is certainly has been. if you plot it all up, it is nine years in the making for this ship. it was first starting to be constructive back then. over the last eight or nine yea rs, then. over the last eight or nine years, hundreds of people have been working to get it together for this day, a day which will be marked by the queen, who we see arriving here at the naval base in portsmouth, commissioning the ship, this ancient tradition that goes back to the 16th century, when the royal navy first came into being. the queen was not around then, of course, but her predecessors were. ships down the ages have been commissioned in this very long and ancient tradition. the actual formal commissioning, the bit

where the alliance that built this incredible ship formally handed it over to the royal navy, was done this morning. what we are about as ian the next half an hour or so, the official ceremony, where 3500 people will witness the queen and other members of the royal navy carry out this extraordinary ceremony itself. inafew this extraordinary ceremony itself. in a few moments, we will see her majesty aboard the ship, her namesake. she will get on board, not by clambering up the steps, as many of these people we are looking at have had to do. there is a lift that has been specially installed for the monarch to come on board. it is the first time she will have been on board. she carried out the naming ceremony a couple of years ago up in scotland, where she was built. but the queen has never actually been on

board, and these are the scenes on the main hangar deck, if you like, 3500 people, including the 700 members of the ship's company and theirfamilies, just members of the ship's company and their families, just waiting for the queen to board. then the ceremony itself can begin. an intricate ceremony, watched by gavin williamson there, the defence secretary, among others. it takes on board a religious turn and a ceremonial tone. half an hour or so in length. the queen will make a short address, and so will the chaplain of the fleet and the captain of the ship. that isjerry kidd. so, an exceptional scene playing out before us here. written's newest warship. as you said, £3.1 billion. —— written's newest. please stand for their majesty the

queen. what do we have here? a mixture of the ship was macro company and the royal marines' marching display band. just coming to attention as her majesty boards the ship. joined today by the princess royal. they will carry out an inspection of some of the ship's company before taking their places. here we are, the queen coming on board. being led in by a mixture of the

captain... the commanding officer of the ship's company. an extraordinary scene, really. this is the hangar where really, the business end of this aircraft will be based, the base for the f35 lightning jets, where they will be stored and maintained before being put up to the flight deck itself using 15 lifts. you can whiz these jets up so they are able to take off and continue their duties. thejets themselves will not be arriving on themselves will not be arriving on the carrierfor themselves will not be arriving on the carrier for another year or two macro. we should say their viewers now

watching on bbc two, we are leaving you. if you want to continue watching this ceremony, please join us on the bbc news channel. band plays ‘god save the queen' i , the owner, shoulder arms. the formal arrival seems for the

queen, the national anthem, in a moment to she will carry out inspection. the guard of honour, also 90 members of the ship's company. and then the ceremony itself will begin. all the family as you can see in the background, members of the ship's company's families. the ship arrived in portsmouth back in august after undergoing sea trials, having left rosyth, having been named, and then carrying on with the sea trials in the north sea before coming here. to the north sea before coming here. to the home of the royal navy, portsmouth dockyard.

and duncan, a crew of around 700, that will more than double with the full confluent of jets and helicopters on board. a floating community. that's right. it will double, because these are just the sailors and the needy people —— navy people who will be running the aircraft carrier. what you will not see over people who will be running thejets. britain will be taking around about 38 jets britain will be taking around about 38jets on board britain will be taking around about 38 jets on board this aircraft carrier. there will be other helicopters also on board, but the jets have formed the basis of the rationale behind commissioning this aircraft carrier. the defence secretary gavin williamson said this morning that this was about projecting british power around the

world, and these jets, projecting british power around the world, and thesejets, with projecting british power around the world, and these jets, with their stealth capability, will be part of that. the queen getting a look at some of the cakes that will be cut later on, made by a company based in edinburgh. that one she's looking at now, a 3—d model of the ship itself. it took 100 hours to make these ca kes. it took 100 hours to make these cakes. seven kilograms of flower, needed 2000 eggs. the queen and others will be cutting that later on in the ceremony. so many statistics to quote, including that one about the rather huge cake. it is an entire carrier full of statistics. 65,000 tonnes, 10,000 miles of cables on board, 10,000

people, to make this ship, an alliance of core companies and corporations, 700 small companies, all required to arrive at this day. what will be happening first of all is the commissioning warrant, the first part of the ceremony, before the white ensign is raised. commissioning order, sent by the vice—admiral fleet commander. commissioned at her majesty 's naval base portsmouth, order soon afterwards, you are to proceed forthwith to prepare for service. commissioning, you will be under my full command, and you are to bring to my immediate notice through the commander of the portsmouth returner —— flotilla. anything that causes

you dissatisfaction with the ship or any other matters of importance, in particular those relating to the welfare of your personnel. may god's blessing be upon the ship, and the personnel here by entrusted to your command. and may you uphold the high traditions of the royal navy, and may the ship be crowned a success and happiness. ladies and gentlemen, please stand. guard of honour, royal salute! it is actually the third ship he has

been the captain. and this is the moment where the weight ensign is raised. ‘god save the queen' the blue ensign was the mark of the alliance of the companies that have built the ship, it has already been taken down. the white ensign has been raised. this is the moment that this ship, hms queen elizabeth, is on active duty. a simple ceremony,

thatis on active duty. a simple ceremony, that is all it takes, on the back of the ship, on the stern of the ship, fluttering in the winds that are sweeping through portsmouth harbour here today. but that is the critical moment, the ship is now in the hands of the royal navy. in a few moments, we will be having an address from the chaplain of the fleet. and here, the fly—past involving merlins, other aircraft... and here, the fly—past involving merlins, otheraircraft... some of whom could not take off today because of the high winds down here in portsmouth. we had been expecting a swordfish from the 1930s to be

pa rt a swordfish from the 1930s to be part of this fly—past, but it was something too wet and windy for it to ta ke something too wet and windy for it to take place. though we cannot be faithful to the high trust placed in us, let us unite in prayers in seeking god's blessing on this ship and all who serve blessing on this ship and all who serve on blessing on this ship and all who serve on her. i called upon you to pray for god's blessing on this ship. may god, the father, bless her. mayjesus christ bless her. and may the holy spirit bless her. bless our ship! that has taken from the gillick blessing of 1859, to give you an idea ofjust how blessing of 1859, to give you an idea of just how far blessing of 1859, to give you an idea ofjust how far back these traditions go here in the royal navy. he said to them, let us go across to the other side, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them on the boatjust as he was. other boats we re the boatjust as he was. other boats were with him. a great storm of wind

arose, and the waves beat into the boat so that the boat was now filling with water. he himself was in the stern asleep on a cushion, and they awaken and say him, teacher, do you not care that we perish? and you walk. —— and he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the scene, peace, they still. —— be still. and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. and he said to them, why are you afraid? have you still no faith? and they feared exceedingly, and said, one to another, who then is this that even

the wind and the sea obey him? the gospel of saint mark read by ian wheatley, who was the chaplain of the fleet. he has been in the navy twice, joined first of all in 1983 and againa twice, joined first of all in 1983 and again a few years later. the ship itself will not be fully operational until 2021, so this is still the very early stages of the ship's history, as we enjoy an anthem. they sing

the queen will shortly be addressing this audience. now the navy does have its new flagship for the 21st—century, the first of two such carriers that will transform the look and the role of the royal navy. it has been called anchors of british sovereignty and will be projected around the world for yea rs. choir sings well, there we have it, the

portsmouth cathedral choir. together with the band of her majesty ‘s oil marines. on this momentous occasion, letters give thanks to god for all who have inspired us by their example, and pray that we may uphold the best traditions of the royal navy and the naval service. almighty and everlasting god, the creator and upholder of all, who has in every age inspired your servants with courage and skill, we give you thanks for the example of those who have gone before us, for the seafarers of our nation, for all who in ships greater small have braved the perils of the deep. for all who have given their lives for their country. for ourselves, grand, lord, that we may be conscious of your ruling hand. may we be found

watchful at our post. make us ever mindful of the needs of others, sharing ourjoys and baring their burdens in the work which you have given us to do, and keep us always in your love and peace. we ask this through in your love and peace. we ask this throuthesus christ, in your love and peace. we ask this through jesus christ, our in your love and peace. we ask this throuthesus christ, our lord, and men. “— throuthesus christ, our lord, and men. “ amen. we pray for those that supporters, our families, we pray for those that supporters, ourfamilies, our we pray for those that supporters, our families, our friends, and we pray for those that supporters, ourfamilies, ourfriends, and our homes. god, who sent your sonjesus christ to live in an earthly home for our sakes, we pray you to bless our homes, and all who live in them. granted that we may always remain faithful to them and they to us, and help us to remember that though time and distance part is, we are all one in eu forever, and distance part is, we are all one in eu for ever, through and distance part is, we are all one in eu for ever, throuthesus christ, our lord, amen. —— one in you. and as we begin this great

endeavour, we prefer perseverance “— pray for perseverance. lord, wenvoe givers to thy servants, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning but the continuing of the same until it be thoroughly finished that yields the true glory through him, who threw the finishing of thy work, laid down his life, our saviourjesus christ, work, laid down his life, our saviour jesus christ, amen. work, laid down his life, our saviourjesus christ, amen. will you all please stand for the naval him? the chaplain of the fleet, the reverent ian wheatley, giving the address. this is the naval him which everyone

will recognise. sang at all sorts of occasions. on a day of extraordinary importance for the royal navy, to ta ke importance for the royal navy, to take charge of this ship, one of two aircraft characters, the second one, the prince charles will be a year down the road, and they will form the backbone of the british navy for the backbone of the british navy for the next five decades. always having won at sea, surrounded by a flotilla of other ships. frigates are being commissioned as well as more new submarines. it is different from what the navy has done in the past, leading with this aircraft carrier, taking on all sorts of roles, not just military, humanitarian ones as well. gavin williamson this morning told us that it will even be used in the fight against terrorism just in the fight against terrorism just in the same way that the americans use their aircraft carriers around the world. next year, it will undergo

more sea world. next year, it will undergo more sea trials before going to the united states, and at the end of next year it said 35 aircraft will start to come on board, and then the full capacity of this extraordinary vessel, controversial in some circles, will become apparent as britain's naval strategy and naval structures will change for the next five years. duncan, thank you very much. duncan kennedy reporting on the commissioning ceremony for hms queen elizabeth. and just a little incidentalfor elizabeth. and just a little incidental for you, looking at how well the crew has turned out today, the captain of the hms queen elizabeth has been quoted as saying his favourite part of the ship is the laundry, which he called huge and bespoke lee built. there is a reason why they use the phrase shipshape, isn't there. you're watching bbc newsroom live, the time

is 12:17pm. the leader of the palestinian islamist movement, hamas, has called for a new intifada, or popular uprising, following president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. the us decision has been widely criticised around the world, including by some of america's closest allies such as britain, france and saudi arabia. the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to debate the move. these are the latest pictures from bethlehem where tear gas has been fired to disperse protesters. the leader of hamas declared the american decision regression against the palestinian people —— and aggression. translation: today, we call for and work for a new uprising against the zionist occupation. today, we want have have solutions

any more. today there is no space or place for half measures. let us unshackle our palestinian people. and let them express their age and commitment to their historic right injerusalem commitment to their historic right in jerusalem and the commitment to their historic right injerusalem and the whole of palestine. our bbc arabic correspondent sent us this update from one of the protest. as you can see behind me, clashes are happening between the palestinian protesters and the israeli army. you can probably see the smoke screen you can probably see the smoke screen created by some palestinian protesters by burning tyres here on the ground. the israeli army is responding mostly with tear gas bombs, and we're hearing that many palestinians, maybe around ten, have been taken to hospital for injuries related to tear gas mostly. this is

not the only location where we are seeing protesters. many protesters are also gathering in bethlehem, in jericho, and many other west bank cities, in which other clashes have occurred between the israeli army and the palestinians. these protesters have come all the way from downtown, where there was a central demonstration. they have called for more support from the arab countries. we have sensed a little bit of disappointment from the palestinians, who say we expected a reaction, a bit of, not necessarily from the arab leaders, but from the arab nations, who have some sort of relationship, or a strong laois and shipped to jerusalem. you can sense the disappointment here —— relationship. around four hundred, 500 people have gathered here today. let's show you some live pictures

coming to us from jerusalem and the last few moments, just before we cut to this shot, water cannon ‘s were being deployed on the streets there. obviously, it goes without saying that the situation is extremely tense and tear gas canisters being fired as well as the authorities attempt to control any demonstrations. joining me now is our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. as we watch these images, well, it seemed pretty inevitable that we would see scenes like this following president ron's announcement, didn't it? it's dead. it was foreshadowed in much of the international criticism of the president's unilateral decision on behalf of the united states to recognise jerusalem decision on behalf of the united states to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital, breaking ranks with 70 years of a very finely

judged diplomatic response to the situation in the middle east. many countries, saudi arabia, seen as an ally of the united states, predicted this violent response which they thought would be hugely disruptive to the pool —— peace process. britain has been highly critical of the decision to recognise to result is the capital of israel. so far, without being complacent, it has been relatively restrained. to what extent do you think that is, james, so far? because other nations, allies of america, have criticised donald trump for this decision, like britain and saudi arabia, like france, to what extent are people in the middle east in the region listening to these other voices and thinking, let's just pause and see if we can control the situation without further violence? i'm sure that those who are going to

the streets are going to be listening to everything that has been said around the world, and also by their own leaders in the region. it was no surprise that the representative of hamas with called foran representative of hamas with called for an intifada. hamas only speaks for an intifada. hamas only speaks for an intifada. hamas only speaks for a small number of people, it is relatively weak at the moment as it tries to seek some sort of reconciliation. the other half of the palestinian political world, palestinian authority, hamas was predicted as doing just this. but the scale of international condemnation may, to some people, be seen as some sort of condemnation may, to some people, be seen as some sort of legitimation of violent uprising, and therefore these days ahead will be very tense. the united states itself, president trump is the author of the change of policy and he knew exactly where

this could lead in the short or medium term. as he was speaking last night, the state department was issuing a warning to its own diplomats to avoid all but essential travel in the region. the united states knew when it let this particular genie out of the bottle that there were real risks involved. president trump insists it is in the long—term interests of the two state solution, although most of his allies do not see it that way. rex to listen was speaking about short—term pain for long—term gain, in his words. and also saying the president a simile carrying out the will of the american people —— is simply. he is carrying out the will ofa simply. he is carrying out the will of a certain section of the american people, and appealing to his core base of supporters. but he is overturning decades of us policy towards the middle east. what sort of advice, representations, were made to him not to do this?

we know there is a lot of pressure internally within the united states and externally internationally on him not to take this step. many countries, britain among them, said the united states, this will be very provocative, and pre—judges are potential two state solution. you are, after all, giving israel potential two state solution. you are, afterall, giving israela political gift if you acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital, even president trump thinks that is merely a fact being read —— recognised. premature, is what borisjohnson used. yes, borisjohnson said in answer to a question, this decision having been announced by president trump, we in britain would like to see serious proposals for a long overdue resolution of the middle east peace process. button is saying, you now have a greater responsibility, it is not enough simply saying what we

believe is a misstep. you have to bring forward serious proposals for a long overdue resolution. it has been battered back into washington's court. it is not enough to provoke a response. you have got to come forward with concrete ideas about how you're going to foster peace process. a lot of eyes on washington to see if they will follow up this announcement with other ideas. thank you very much, james. at that speech that boris johnson you very much, james. at that speech that borisjohnson was making, he was also speaking about brexit. in the question and answer session. the eu is willing to extend deadline, this is wrong. an offer will be needed by sunday at the latest. a spokesman for theresa may said there was more work to do on the irish border, but they were close to an agreement. the foreign secretary borisjohnson said it's very important that whatever happens with brexit, it has got to be consistent with the taking back of borders,

laws and finances. what we want to achieve, picture, what we want to achieve is a new relationship, a deep and special partnership, in which we can intensify our trade links, continue to work together on foreign policy, on security, all things that matter to us. but to achieve all that we need to get going with the second half of the talks. that is the exciting bit. that's the bit where we will achieve a new trading relationship with our friends and partners. we can get it done. we just need to get on with it. the december european council will mark that progress. our brussels reporter adam fleming is in brussels. borisjohnson also said that he was not entirely sure what the collective deadline was forgetting to the next stage, but he said it was certainly asap. what more can you tell us on those lines coming

from brussels saying that the deadline is actually sunday this week? those lines you are talking about have come out of a press briefing, the daily press briefing given to journalists by the european commission. their chief spokesperson said that there was no white smoke yet, in other words no signs of progress or any change in the situation. then we came onto this issue of the deadline, he said that sunday was the deadline for the uk to come back to brussels with more proposals for how to solve this problem in a document they are preparing about how to address the irish border question. the reason he says the deadline sundays because on monday, there will be a meeting of the so—called sherpas. they are the eu advisers to the prime ministers, presidents and chancellors of europe. they will be meeting on monday to effectively finalise what is going to happen, the meeting of those leaders is taking place in brussels on thursday and friday next week. they were saying there is to a

good out come of that summit, let's get going on phase two, and here are the guidelines we are going to give to michel barnier to allow that to happen. we need to have something to work with on monday morning at the absolute latest. some people will say, hang on, wasn't the deadline the monday just past? say, hang on, wasn't the deadline the mondayjust past? i spoke to an eu ambassador on tuesday night who said the absolute deadline was wednesday. so people might argue that these deadlines are kind of just a tool for the process, and what will really matter will be the discussions the leaders have around the summit table on thursday night. that is certainly how the uk government sees it. thank you adam. some breaking news, west midlands assista nt some breaking news, west midlands assistant chief constable marcus beale has admitted, at westminster magistrates' court, a charge under the official secrets act of leaving confidential documents in a car

before they were stolen. the assista nt before they were stolen. the assistant chief constable in the west midlands, marcus beale, admitting that charge under the official secrets act. the number of patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in the uk has more than doubled since 2013. research by the bbc has found over three million people experienced longer waits than the a&e target in the last 12 months. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. right across the uk, accident and emergency departments have been working at full capacity. now bbc analysis shows how an already busy system is struggling to cope. the waiting time targets to treat or deal with 95% of patients within four hours have been missed across the country. in the past year, more than 3 million patients waited longer than four hours — an increase of 120% on four years ago. but visits to a&e are up by only 7%, to nearly 27 million. to ensure the target is met,

the nhs will need to build an additional 20 more a&e departments. there is no more capacity in the system. staff are working really hard, our nurses, our doctors, and we have reached a point where we, unfortunately, cannot meet that demand. scotland has come closest to hitting the target, while england has seen the biggest increase in those facing a long wait, but performance is even worse in wales. northern ireland manages to see just three quarters of patients within four hours. a busy nhs means longer waiting times and as we head into what could be a very hard winter, there is little sign of respite for staff or patients. joining me now is niall dickson,

chief executive of the nhs confederation. tell me more about the facts behind these greater numbers of people having to wait for longer than the target. in addition to the work the bbc has done on this, nhs england are produced figures for what is happening in ana departments across england now, and the figures are alarming, quite frankly, at the beginning of this process. —— a&e departments. if you look at bed occupancy, that is running at 94.5% across england, meaning there is almost inside hospitals, and many of them will find they have at all. we know that in london, for example, there is a situation with paediatric intensive care units, where last week there was just one bad across the whole of london. that has a real human impact. staff are stretching every sinew to try to make this work, but it means that, for example, parents delay will find

their child who is going to have an operation will have it cancelled because there is no intensive care bed for them. the worrying clicking forward is that the weather does not liberate over the next period, and we haven't seen exactly yet how the flu virus will hit us. so i think we are seeing signs, as you have demonstrated, that the system is under huge pressure already and it is likely we will see even further pressure in coming weeks. i have heard from nhs professionals before, though, that that idea of winter pressure is a bit misleading. they say there is simply pressure all year round. so do you think it will be particularly worse this winter, or is the pressure there simply 365 days a year. there is pressure their 365 days a year, and we also know, for example, extreme cold weather can have a pretty fundamental impact, particularly on elderly and vulnerable people, so they are more likely to have fall or

get chest infections, and experience other illness as a result of the drop in temperatures. secondly, the flu virus can absolutely had, and for example, we see norovirus, the sort of vomiting virus has also begun to start hitting the system as well. i believe one hospital, luton and dunstable did meet all its targets. what is it doing that others are not? or, another way, what lessons are there to learn from that hospital? i think there are quite a lot of lessons that have been learned from the luton and dunstable. the chief executive there is now the director of urgent care for the whole of england, so absolutely, the system is learning. but however well the accident and emergency department operates, you must see it as part of a wider and more complex system. you are actually dependent on the gp service, the out of hours service operating, and crucially, you are buried dependent on social care. ——

you are very dependent. the funding for that has been significantly cut recently, and the demand has rocketed up. lots of private providers of social care simply aren't able to recruit the staff order to be able to deliver the service needed. this isn'tjust about looking at a&e departments. you must look at what is happening to ambulances, gp and community services, and how the whole system is working. i would say they are working better now than they certainly have done in the last 10-15 certainly have done in the last 10—15 years, so there is a lot better planning and coordination, but the reality is, their resources as it is of money and people are simply not there to meet the levels of demand they are facing. thank you very much, niall dickson, talking to us. and if you want to find out what waiting times like at your local hospital, you can go to the bbc‘s nhs track page and was in your

postcode. that is on our website. the addresses on our screen. time now for the weather forecast, with louise. how are things looking? busy, not only today, but into the weekend. it is all about caroline today, storm force winds bambang thing the four north of scotland. once it clears, much colder air across the country. for the rest of the afternoon across england and wales, dry with some sunshine, temperatures falling away, but you are not in the real caldaire at the moment, which is further north. showers increasingly wintry during the latter stages of the day. gales continue overnight, some wintry showers across scotland and northern ireland, and as we go into the night—time period, looks as though there could be blizzard conditions for scotland and northern ireland,

down through north—west england, wales, and as far south as the midlands. there could be some snow accumulation first thing tomorrow. that is worth bearing in mind. tomorrow, snow showers continued to the far north and west. further east, is drier, bright error weather, but a wet and windy day and ghosts, with gales still continuing, and that will make it pretty cold. wherever you are, you will need to wrap up more warm. more details earlier on in. this is bbc newsroom live. our latest headlines: protests have been taking place injerusalem as the leader of hamas calls for a new intifada in response to president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as the israeli capital. translation: today we call for and work for a new uprising against

the zionist occupation. today we won't have half solutions any more. the government says it is "optimistic" an agreement can be reached on the irish border, as pressure mounts on the prime minister to break the brexit deadlock. the largest and most expensive warship ever built the queen has welcomed the largest and most research by the bbc shows that there's been a big rise in a&e waiting times. 3—million people in the uk waited more than four hours in the last year. let's return to our main story this morning. the leader of the palestinian islamist group hamas has called for an uprising against israel in response to president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the country's capital. joining us via webcam is ian black,

visiting senior fellow i asked him the significance of calling for another intifa. it is sort of expected in their approach to the conflict. every time there is an incident, they call for a intifada. this is not the first time. they called for one lastjuly when israelis caused there were installed the cameras at a compound in eastjerusalem, and also, they called for an intifada last year when there was a spate of stabbing in parts of eastjerusalem. so this is in keeping with their sta nce so this is in keeping with their stance on this issue. however, other factions have called for people to go out and demonstrate and express

their anger and displeasure at president trump's announcement yesterday, recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. they declared three days of rage, starting on wednesday. this morning, however, they started with a general strike throughout the west bank, gaza and eastjerusalem. but throughout the west bank, gaza and east jerusalem. but now, throughout the west bank, gaza and eastjerusalem. but now, we're hearing of clashes between demonstrators and israeli police and soldiers in those parts, in bethlehem, hebron and east jerusalem, and also on the road between jerusalem and jerusalem, and also on the road betweenjerusalem and run mall. a short while ago, the foreign secretary boris johnson a short while ago, the foreign secretary borisjohnson said the uk's position had not changed. we in the uk are sticking very much with our plan, and our policy, which is that we think the future of jerusalem must be settled as part of the negotiated agreement between israel and the palestinians and as pa rt of israel and the palestinians and as part of the 2—state solution that we are all working for, and i have to say that that i view premature

recognition of jerusalem as say that that i view premature recognition ofjerusalem as the capital of israel, moves of embassies, is not helpful in this context. it is something that we wa nt context. it is something that we want to do, but it cannot be done until you have progress towards a 2—state solution. borisjohnson, 2—state solution. boris johnson, speaking at 2—state solution. borisjohnson, speaking at the foreign office a little earlier. the eu has described reports that it is willing to extend a deadline for a deal on brexit as "wrong". it said an offer from the uk would be needed by sunday at the latest. a spokesman for theresa may said although there was more work to do on the irish border, they were "close to an agreement". joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent ian watson. ian, on the face of it, that sunday deadline from the eu certainly piled the pressure on theresa may. it does, but it already sounds like a bit of a stay of execution. the main eu negotiator

michel barnier is suggesting that we should come forward with the bases of the deal by tomorrow evening in order to inform eu ambassadors who did not talk to the leaders ahead of next week's crucial summit which will decide whether or not we move onto trade talks. the eu commission is deciding that the deal must be done by this week, including sunday, to use their wits. so there is a bit of extra time, which isjust to use their wits. so there is a bit of extra time, which is just as well, because they have to get onside the party propping up the prime minister here at westminster, the dup, and they are certainly more downbeat about the prospect of an early deal than either downing street at the irish government. in the midst of all this, 19 conservative mps have written to theresa may effectively supporting the negotiating stance, but also warning her not to listen to read lines, the siren voices, as someone put it, coming from some conservative colleagues, suggesting she should perhaps be too inflexible. joining me now is nicky ford, signatory of that letter, and of course, a former mep. —— vicky

ford. what is your message to the prime minister? she has always said she wants to deliver a deep, special partnership between the eu and the uk. we back year. the negotiating. article 50 gives us two years for negotiations. we know this is copper plated, but we think it is in the interests of british businesses, consumers, travellers, to make sure that we can keep that close relationship and a trade relationship and a trade relationship with europe. so keep talking. some of your colleagues suggest she ought to be almost writing in blood some red lines ahead of these negotiations. you are warning her not to do so. who do you have in mind? there are thousands of jobs in my constituency relying on trade with europe, and many... which of your colleagues are you saying not to listen to? i'm not going to name names? iain duncan smith? william jacob rees mogg? read lines will

make it much more difficult. the prime minister is in touch with 27 other countries, one of which is ireland. it is really an irish interest to deliver a special deal with britain as well. they are the country that most needs a long—term relationship. so keep talking, and there must be a solution that works for all of the uk. we can't have one pa rt of for all of the uk. we can't have one part of the uk being sliced off from the rest of us. it must work for all of us and all 27 other countries. keep talking, and give the prime minister the flexibility she needs to make sure these negotiations work. you have been in the european parliament and seen how these negotiations have happened in the past. they tend to go to the wire, don't be? where hearing there is now a deadline of sunday. is that realistic, or could the commission be more flexible? any decision they wa nt be more flexible? any decision they want to get through the 27 other heads of state next week will clearly need to be put to them in advance of next week. but we are still a year and a bit away, march, 2019, before the final exit date as

set down by the article 50 letter. so let's keep talking. you would be worried if the trade talks were put off tee i would really like to start those trade talks as soon as possible. i think it is in british and european interests, especially in irish interest, that we move forward. realistically, do you think it will happen, that it will be improved this week tee i hope it will happen. i think it is in irish interest to make it happen, but i also know that to resolve the irish border, we need to get the long—term issue sorted out as well, so let's move on to talk about that. vicky ford, thank you very much. mp and former mep vicky ford giving her advice to theresa may, which is to keep talking and don't do anything, meaning the british government of prime minister would walk away from those talks before the european summit next thursday. and on another matter, i want to ask about the news that the elections watchdog has announced it is investigating whether the group momentum, which supported jeremy

corbyn at the general election, broke spending rules. what can you tell us about this? that is right, the electoral commission say they are investigating momentum, a group supportive of jeremy corbyn, investigating momentum, a group supportive ofjeremy corbyn, about what they were doing during the general election. effectively, they area general election. effectively, they are a group which is allowed to campaign or call for support for a political party, but there are strict spending limits. uk why, that is about £39,000, and the electoral commission are questioning whether momentum stayed within those limits. momentum stayed within those limits. momentum today say they will cooperate fully with this investigation, but there may have been accounting errors and they believe this is something that can believe this is something that can be resolved. thank you very much. some lines coming to us from first minister's question that holyrood. nicola sturgeon describe the uk's handling of brexit negotiations is dissembling, mendacious and totally and utterly incompetent. the leader of the scottish liberal democrats, willie rennie, asked if ms sturgeon

would support calls for a second referendum in europe. she said she did not rule it out, but said her priority was keeping the uk in the customs union and the single market. that is just into us from scotland. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: protests in the west bank as the militant group hamas calls for a new intifada in response to president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as the israeli capital. number ten says the government is "close to an agreement" but "there is more work to be done", as talks continue on the issue of the irish border after brexit. the number of long a&e waits across the uk more than doubles over four years as hospitals struggle to cope with demand. former british soldier nick dunn, one of the so—called chennai six, has arrived back in the uk after more than four years of being jailed

in india and weapons charges. mr dunn, along with five other british man, had been guards on a ship to combat piracy in the indian ocean but were jailed in october 2013 after being charged with carrying unlicensed firearms and ammunition. these images are from newcastle airport, where mr dunn arrived home short while ago, and our correspondent fiona trott was there when he arrived. well, here years. nick dunn, finally back home. —— here he is. afterfour yea rs back home. —— here he is. afterfour years in an indian prison, here he is at newcastle airport, hugging his sister lisa. and his mother margaret. hasn't seen them for four yea rs. margaret. hasn't seen them for four years. my goodness. look how emotional his family are.

remember, nick dunn always said he wouldn't really feel like this ordeal was over until he walks through those doors here at the arrivals hall at newcastle airport. well, here he is. he has been dreaming about that for a long time. he says that since he got the news that he would be released from prison, it was like a dream after the nightmare of four years. he could not wait to come back and see his family, spend christmas with them, and do normal things that we ta ke them, and do normal things that we take for granted. he said he wanted a nice, hot bath and a cup of tea. so he has just arrived a nice, hot bath and a cup of tea. so he hasjust arrived back from that connecting flight from dubai. as soon as he came through those doors there, just dropped his suitcase, came over, and heard his sister lisa, who you can see here in the beige jumper. she

sister lisa, who you can see here in the beigejumper. she has really been spearheading this campaign to get him freed. there was even a 400,000 signature petition which they tucked a downing street a couple of months ago —— which they took to downing street, to get politicians to work harder to secure his release. and we got that news ten days ago that all four men, all six men, including former servicemen nick dunn, were being released from prison. let's return out our main story. —— let's return to our main story. the leader of the palestinian islamist group hamas has called for an uprising against israel in response to president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the country's capital. joining us via webcam is ian black, visiting senior fellow at the middle east centre of the london school of economics. he's also a former middle east editor at the guardian. ian, thank you very much for waiting to talk to us. we were trying to talk to you a little earlier. live events talk to you a little earlier. live eve nts got talk to you a little earlier. live events got in the way of that. we

are seeing some signs of an uprising, if you can call it that, some demonstrations, i think is a better term, actually, in jerusalem, and the region today so far. do you think these can be contained, given the level of anger at president trump's decision? i think it is clear that in these circumstances, even with a lot of anger, the israelis very much hold the upper hand in terms of security control. after all, they are able to rule the west ba n k after all, they are able to rule the west bank and eastjerusalem for 50 yea rs. west bank and eastjerusalem for 50 years. i think they would have to be something extraordinary to really challenge that, but i think it is a dangerous moment. we have seen a high level of rhetoric, and furious response to president trump's decision. tomorrow, of course, is friday, on friday prayers in muslim societies tend to be a focus for

protest, so it might notjust be a question of what happens today. i think there is no doubting the angry reaction to what president trump did. this is really a finger in the eye for the palestinians, and other arabs and muslims who care about the future ofjerusalem. arabs and muslims who care about the future of jerusalem. what arabs and muslims who care about the future ofjerusalem. what trump has done is give something to the israelis without demanding anything in return and completely ignoring palestinian demands. that is the heart of it, and it is an emotional, wrenching issue that has the capacity to create real trouble, no doubt about it. given that he has done that and overturn decades of us policy in the process, is there any sense or sign from the us that his administration is going to follow that with some efforts to work towards what the palestinians want as well? well, there has been no sign of it. there was a slight qualification in his statement

yesterday saying something to the effect that this decision should not be seen as prejudicing the outcome of negotiations, but for example, trump could have made a reference to eastjerusalem, demanded by palestinians as capital of their future state. he did not do that, and that was a very deliberate omission. he could have softened the blow by giving something to the israelis and giving something, and indeed, some hope, to the palestinians. he did not do that. that means that it is hard to see where you go from here. you heard borisjohnson earlier talking where you go from here. you heard boris johnson earlier talking about the need not to play cards until you can get something in return, and that, i think, can get something in return, and that, ithink, is can get something in return, and that, i think, is a widespread feeling, that trump has done something that not only fails to advance the peace process, already infairly advance the peace process, already in fairly serious trouble, but a p pa re ntly in fairly serious trouble, but apparently seems to have blocked it from proceeding at all for the foreseeable future. do you think he has done this mainly

to appeal to his base? rex tillerson we re to appeal to his base? rex tillerson were saying awhile ago and he has delivered this for the will of the american people, but actually, we clearly know not all americans would have wa nted clearly know not all americans would have wanted him to take this decision, to reverse us policy on the middle east, so trying to get into the mindset of the president, is he really trying to look to his domestic audience to say, well, i can deliver on an election pledge? or is he actually thinking about the wider international situation?” think if they are thinking about the wider international situation, there is no sign he is doing it with any serious consideration of what is at sta ke. serious consideration of what is at stake. this is a serious blow, to the admittedly already slim hopes of the admittedly already slim hopes of the peace process. trump had spoken up the peace process. trump had spoken up and about the deal of the century that he was going to strike. —— had spoken often. even with that slightly pretentious goal in mind,

he has certainly shot himself in the foot. he appears to be a acting for selfish, narrow, domestic political reasons that don't take into account the people in the region who are locked into a conflict whose end is syd ney locked into a conflict whose end is sydney not only insight after this. thank you very much, ian black, visiting senior fellow at the middle east centre of the london school of economics. the reptilian creature similar to a swa n the reptilian creature similar to a swan has been discovered. the creature was a therapod like tyrannosaurus rex. it may have been the first dinosaur to adopt the lifestyle of a modern day water birth. any moment, the news at one. first, the weather forecast. good afternoon. storm caroline continues to dominate the weather story, not necessarily due to the storm force gusts of wind that are still a threat across the far

north—east, but because once this front passage through, it will open the floodgates were bitterly cold airto the floodgates were bitterly cold air to spread down across the country from the arctic. in wintry theme looks likely over the next few days. before that, let's look at the rain. some of that quite heavy in the selbys at the moment. behind it, decent spells of sunshine. a rash of showers continue through scotland and northern ireland, turning increasingly wintry through the latter stages of the day. the temperatures fall away. storm force winds ease, but gale force gusts through the night will blow some of the snow around, so blizzard conditions likely in scotland, northern ireland, and down through the cheshire gap to parts of wales. tricky driving conditions first thing tomorrow, not necessarilyjust because of the snow. icy stretches well, so worth tuning in to your bbc local radio station before you travel. this is how those showers

are likely to be in the morning. filtering down through the irish sea and the cheshire gap to wales in the north midlands, we could even seasoned wet sleet and snow bad to the north of london or the time being. a cold start. as we go on, blustery winds will continue to push further in. elsewhere, dieselspells of sunshine, but the snow showers will be a bit of a nuisance. we could see 5—10 centimetre to wales and the north—west of england, and 10-20 and the north—west of england, and 10—20 centimetres of snow in parts of scotland. the strength of the winds, a cold day wherever you are and whatever you're doing. you will need a couple extra layers. into saturday, slightly more quiet day. we can see scattered showers running down the east coast, and this is where the coldest weather is likely to be. more cold to the west, and this is potentially because of the weather front which is likely to

threaten on wednesday. as it dumped into the cold air we have across the country, the potential of some sleet and snow. you will need to keep watching the forecast if you hard or plans on sunday. —— if you have outdoor plans. the leader of the palestinian group hamas calls for an uprising after president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital. tear gas and water cannons are used as violence breaks out in palestinian areas of the west bank. we will be asking what further fallout there is likely to be from president trump's controversial announcement. president trump's controversial announcement. also this lunchtime: missed targets in a&e — the number of people waiting more than four hours in uk has more than doubled since 2013. a final report into a tram crash in croydon in south east london which killed seven passengers has concluded that the driver probably fell asleep. underfire — a university

is criticised for giving its outgoing vice—chancellor more than £800,000 in pay and benefits. it cost £3 billion to build and weighs 65,000 tonnes —