this is beyond 100 days. the palestinian group hamas has called for a third "intifada" — following president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the un security council is expected to meet on friday for talks demanded by the western powers. gunfire there have been violent protests in ramallah, jerusalem and bethlehem. the leader of hamas says the peace process has been "buried forever." al franken bows to the pressure of his senate colleagues and says he's stepping down following a raft of allegations he touched women inappropriately. today, i am announcing that in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. in california, dry weather and gusting winds are spreading wildfires further. already 100,000 people have been driven from their homes. also on the programme: bitcoin is on a roll. the digital currency is surging but could this boom simply be a bubble? it's always been a culinary treasure

— now it's a cultural one as well. the art of pizza making in naples is given world heritage status. get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond—one—hundred—days hello and welcome. i'm christian fraser in london. jane o' brien is in washington. the us state department had warned its diplomats of the likely repercussions in the middle east, if donald trump recognised jerusalem as israel's capital. and sure enough there were clashes today in ramallah, bethlehem and eastjerusalem, between palestinians and the israeli security forces. dozens of people have been injured. in gaza the leader of hamas called for a third intifada. the un security council will meet on friday. britain, france china and russia have all expressed concern over donald trump's announcement. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. palestinians today

preparing their own message for president trump, venting their anger over his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. clashing with israeli soldiers in the west bank. meanwhile in gaza, the islamist hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, upped the ante — demanding a new uprising, or intifada. so far, fiery rhetoric hasn't ignited protests on a grand scale, but these palestinians in ramallah really fear their chances of having an independent state, with eastjerusalem as its capital, could now be stamped out. he's making it only one side, and they're taking the opinion of the israelis. this has ended the two—state solution, you know, the dream for us as palestinians. palestinians see the changes

in us policy onjerusalem as a huge setback. donald trump may say he is still committed to helping them end their conflict with israel, but here they say he is no brokerfor peace. meanwhile injerusalem the israeli prime minister was jubilant. translation: president trump on himself forever with the history of our capital. his name will now be proudly displayed among other names in this city's glorious history. many israelis share his gratitude that the president has delivered on a long—time promise, recognising, he said, the reality on the ground. translation: trump is a man who was sent from heaven to say the right things at the right time. but there are also concerns about violence. on one hand i think he needed to do that. 0n the other, i am a realist.

this contested city is at the heart of divisions between israel and the palestinians which president trump insists he wants to mend. with more demonstrations planned, hopes of that seem remote. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. for the latest we can speak to our correspondent tom bateman, who is in jerusalem. tom, the situation that men are palestinians face today in gaza and the west bank is bad, perhaps even worse than it was in the 1980s, but how likely is that they could or would even want to mount another intifada. making predictions in what is such a volatile region is incredibly difficult, but i think the evidence we have to go on so far is after president trump's declaration yesterday, what has happened the day have been serious

clashes. however, at this stage, we are not at the scale of clashes that we saw, for example, over the summer, when there was a serious crisis over access to one of the very sensitive holy sites in the city ofjerusalem. that had been triggered after the killing of two israeli policeman very close to that place. we will have to wait particularly until tomorrow, because fridays are always big days when it comes to protest here, so that will bea comes to protest here, so that will be a key moment to watch and get a sense of how much this is inflaming ordinary people and see how prepared they are to go out and protest. all of the noise around this, particularly from arab and muslim countries in the region, has been that this is an unacceptable violation of international law, something of course that the americans, the israelis refute. but

of course, because it focuses on jerusalem, because there is that whole issue of the key holy places within that, we know that small changes on the ground in those places can lead to further violence. tom, how are people preparing for tomorrow? is never a lot of extra security evident yet? the israeli military sent extra battalions into the west bank today, so it looks as though that will continue. i think there is a sense that the warning from how mass is being taken seriously in terms of the preparations that are being made, but i think there is something, if you like, of a ritual to the way that these protests tend to work, and where they tend to be focused. so, i'm sure the israeli security forces will be focusing on the usual areas. today was interesting. i mean, you know, across towns and

cities in the west bank and on the gaza border, there were clashes in the odd city. i was there around lunchtime, and there were protests, the armed border police dispersing people. again, nothing like the scale that we saw, for example, during the summer. if the old city becomes more of a focus again, it has the potential to raise tensions and add to the sense of volatility. tom bateman, injerusalem, thank you for joining tom bateman, injerusalem, thank you forjoining us. let's get the thoughts of william cohen, who served as the us secretary of defense during bill clinton's administration. thank you forjoining me. how do you think that this decision will affect the peace process? well, i'm not sure there is a process any longer. i had been in favourfor years of having a two state solution, believing that the palestinians were entitled to have their own state with their own form of government and live side by side in peace with the israelis. that may have been a

mirage. whatever it is, it is gone, in myjudgment, mirage. whatever it is, it is gone, in my judgment, because mirage. whatever it is, it is gone, in myjudgment, because central to a final solution for the status of jerusalem was whether or not the palestinians would have east jerusalem as their capital. that has been taken off the table now. at least, it appears to be, unless president trump has something in mind forjerusalem, and maybe he was only referring to westjerusalem. i think it will be difficult to walk back. i think we had put our hand on the scale for the israelis and not the scale for the israelis and not the palestinians, so i am not sure they can sustain a third intifada. you have a difference of opinion in the middle east in terms of the countries who are more concerned about iran than they are about the plight of the palestinians, so for me, it looks like a blues— lose proposition for the palestinians and win— win for the israelis, because

the more they demonstrate in a violent way, the more the israelis will say, that is the reason we need more settlements and push the palestinians away so they don't threaten us. i think it is problematic for the palestinians, andi problematic for the palestinians, and i think it will be troublesome going forward with a process. i think the recent one now. work about the reaction from other countries in the reaction from other countries in the reason? is palestine still a unifying force? less so. the prospect of a round being a revolutionary country spreading its ideology and trying to destabilise other parts of the middle east, that isa other parts of the middle east, that is a primary concern on the part of many arab countries that i travel to. so i'm not sure that the palestinian cause will be for most in their mind. i think they are working very closely with the israelis against iran. secretary

cohen, we werejust israelis against iran. secretary cohen, we were just talking before the programme, jane and i come about the programme, jane and i come about the last time the western powers at effectively called an emergency meeting at the un security council to scold the americans, probably just before the iraq war, right? does it matter and will it make any difference, whatever they discuss on friday? i don't think so. i think the united states has made its own policy decision. it was a political decision, obviously, nota diplomatic one. the president made a promise to the christian evangelicals and to many of the jewish population in the united states. israel has a voice in our political process. the american people don't have a voice in israeli politics. it is clear that president trump is not going to be dissuaded at this point. he said, i am trump is not going to be dissuaded at this point. he said, iam in favour of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel. i don't think there is anything that can be done to make changes mind or to mitigate it. we talked yesterday about the

role that saudi arabia would have played in this. do you buy into this theory is that is doing the rounds that the palestinian issue is an inconvenient issue for the crown prince, and his issue is really the proxy war with iran? at least verbally, the leaders of the arab countries will be very much against this decision. 0n countries will be very much against this decision. on a practical level, again, the fearof this decision. on a practical level, again, the fear of a run and this decision. on a practical level, again, the fear ofa run and of the need to modernise saudi arabia and other countries is going to be the dominant thing. the thing to be concerned about going forward is, what kind of state will israel become? will it continue to be a democracy? if you have one state solution, do you have one man, one vote ? solution, do you have one man, one vote? if you don't have that, does that make you a democracy or something to a theocracy? that is something to a theocracy? that is something that will have to unfold to see whether united states stands

in relation to israel under those circumstances. we have had a former prime minister warning about having an apartheid country. it is pretty strong language. but you have a division of opinion inside israel about what complications could be and where the conflict could be in future. thank you very much for joining us, william cumming. it is interesting, as he says, this is clearly a domestic decision. this is the president saying, i stick to my promises, don't follow convention. it is red meat to his base. it is red meat to his base. it certainly is, and it begs the question of whether or not fulfilling a campaign promise is what the consequences. also, how did the president come to this position? who is influencing him? we have heard talk of a casino magnate who is campaigning very much on this issue, whispering in the era donald trump, and he has had dinners in the white house with him. we know he has

been very much in favour of this decision. it raises the question. then he spent $35 million on the trump campaign, bought himself a seat on the stage at the inauguration? that's right, he did. and again, it raises the question of who the president is listening to. we know that he likes to surround himself with informal advisers, friends, family. is this something that again he has decidedd —— he has decided to listen to? it comes down to the role of the state department, doesn't it. hundreds of houses have been destroyed and 200,000 people have been forced to flee after fast moving wildfires continue to spread in southern california. the blazes have reached the pacific ocean and impacted the state's main coastal highway. firefighters have been working around the clock but with winds reaching 75 miles per hour the flames are spreading fast. the bbc‘s james cook is in the communities impacted outside of los angeles and filed this report. the american west was

never really tamed. the weather here was always wild and dangerous, and after years of drought it now seems worse than ever. this is the largest and most destructive of the blazes, in ventura county north of los angeles. last night it looked as if a volcano was erupting, the hillside glowing like lava. and with daylight the damage became clear. the tinder dry ground turned to ash. swathes of southern california now look like this, the fire swept through here rapidly, charring everything in its path and turning this area into a wasteland. it only consumed vegetation here, down in the valley below now they are worried about homes. in the exclusive los angeles suburb of bel—air yesterday they attacked the fires aggressively, working hard to save scores of homes. the house will be on fire soon, unlike what are you talking about? you said it was far away last night.

he was like, don't look outside, a whole mountain was on fire. celebrities such as the musician lionel richie and the socialite paris hilton were among those forced to flee. every firefighting aircraft in the united states has been summoned to california and they are making a big difference. we are not quite out of the woods yet but here in daylight we will do everything we can to hit it hard, fast and safely, and then we will look to see by the end of the day what we can do in terms of providing information. in times of crisis, extraordinary moments of compassion. here, a man runs to rescue a rabbit. he seems in distress but one little life has been saved. at least four major fires are burning across the state. more fierce winds are forecast

and worst may be to come. and just moments ago i spoke with james in southern california. james, i guess all eyes are on the weather forecast — what forecast is there for relief from the winds? actually, the weather forecast has improved. the national weather service here in the united states has said this morning here in california that its worst fears have not been realised, that the conditions that it had feared would materialise, which would have seen gusts of up to 80 mph in quite a number of places where the fires we re number of places where the fires were burning, has not in fact happened because of the combination ofair in happened because of the combination of air in the atmosphere. that doesn't mean that the danger is over. there is still a significant danger across large parts of

southern california, and there is the potential for the wind to increase later today. these dry, gusty winds that come down from the desert could whip up the fire through the canyons, and those are still forecast, just not at the same intensity as previously forecast. the pictures have been dramatic — can you give us the pictures have been dramatic — can you give us an the pictures have been dramatic — can you give us an idea of how destructive this has been? can you give us an idea of how destructive this has beamm can you give us an idea of how destructive this has been? it has been exceptionally disrupted. we are on the outskirts of a town in the valleys just north of los angeles, and the roads are all but deserted. the occasional car is coming past, but people are not going about their day—to—day lives. ash is falling and making it quite unpleasant to stand here. you can see smoke in the sky behind me. notjust here, but even into los angeles itself, there are

several major fires burning, into los angeles itself, there are several majorfires burning, at least four, in southern california, one of them in the very exclusive suburb of bel—air in los angeles, where those who have had to flee include lionel richie and paris hilton. we have also seen vineyards. i watched yesterday as fire burnt in a vineyard owned by media mogul rupert murdoch. the helicopters were very quickly on top of that and prevented it reaching the property. the firefighters have done really very well, watching them over the last few days. james, thanks for joining us. germany's spd party has voted to enter into talks with chancellor angela merkel‘s conservatives. they'll be looking at whether to renew their grand coalition that ended in september. the party's leader — martin schulz — had initially ruled out rejoining the alliance, but softened his stance after mrs merkel‘s attempts at building a coalition with two other parties collapsed. the first visit to greece by a turkish head of state for more than 60 years has got off to a tense start.

turkey's president erdogan and greek prime minister alexis tsipras swapped pointed remarks about their countries relations since world war one. but the two have agreed to confidence—boosting measures. the un security council has expressed its concern about reports of migrants being sold into slavery in libya. stories of slavery and abuse have been emerging in recent days. migrants trying to reach europe have spoken of being held by smugglers and forced to work for little or no money. in the end, the pressure was too much. today al franken took to the senate floor and announced he's retiring after allegations of sexual misconduct. but the lawmaker from minnesota didn't go without defending his record and taking a swipe at the president. more than 30 democratic senators — including almost all his female colleagues in the chamber — had called on him to step down. seven women have accused him of groping and sexual harassment. here's some of what he had to say. today, i am announcing that in the coming weeks

i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. i, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. and for more on senator franken's announcement we are joined now by our political analyst ron christie, who served as an advisor to george w bush. ron, thanks for coming in. he's not admitting anything, and he's making it very clear that he is resigning under pressure. is this a rush to

judgment or a turning point?|j under pressure. is this a rush to judgment or a turning point? i think it isa judgment or a turning point? i think it is a turning point. you found yesterday an overwhelming majority of colleagues saying it was time to step aside and move beyond what has become a distraction for the senate. this is all about politics. right now, the democrats want to be in a position where they can take the moral high ground and say thatjohn connors has retired, al franken is leaving the senate, and now the republicans have roy moore in alabama and donald trump in the oval 0ffice, alabama and donald trump in the oval office, but the democrats are addressing these allegations seriously. will it put pressure on the republicans? at the moment, they can't do much about roy moore in alabama. not in the short term. listen carefully to what mr franken had to say today. he said he would retire within the next few weeks. we have an election in alabama on shoes they, and senate leadership has indicated that if mr moore wins, we will have a situation where the

ethics committee will begin their investigation. i bet if roy moore wins on tuesday, franklin says —— franken says, i will stick around and have my day if he is having his. what do you think of newt gingrich‘s tweet saying the other day that franken was voted by i tweet saying the other day that franken was voted byi million people from minnesota. they picked him for the senate in 2014. he's got a point, hasn't he? everyone is innocent until proven guilty, why not let it take its course through the ethics committee? there are the political optics and illegal ones. mr franken did not get his day in court or get to face his accusers. he did not have that legal momentum to move forward one way or the other, but this is all about politics. the 2018 cycle is just around the corner. the democrats are

trying to retake the house of representatives and in 2018, you begin the start of the 2020 presidential election cycle. what the democrats didn't need was a political albatross around their neckin political albatross around their neck in the form of senator frank in —— senator franken. from a legal perspective, it looks that he was rooted out. from a political perspective, it was too much for the democrats to handle. he didn't go down without a fight. he talks about the irony of trump being in the oval 0ffice, the irony of trump being in the oval office, and he has faced the allegations of roy moore, who could be elected to the senate. he has made a point before he left. what you didn't hear in his farewell speech to the senate was an apology. he talked about people from minnesota, about one of his mentors, a former senator, but he didn't talk about addressing the allegations directly and apologising for the conduct that allegedly took place before he came to the senate. so

what we have is a day about politics. i would add that there was only one republican member of the senate on the floor as the speech was going out, and who was that but the outgoing senator from arizona. the republicans are taking a victory lap, if you will, and saying, now we have got one of our hardest detractors against the republican party out of the senate. thank you for joining party out of the senate. thank you forjoining us. just reading responses to the tweets he sent out last night. lots of people did not wa nt last night. lots of people did not want him to go. it was a different situation to the harvey weinstein allegations, which were of a much more serious nature. it is and it isn't. there is a process to go through here, and i think there are two mag distinct issues. we keep comparing al franken to avoid more. roy moore has not been elected yet, but al franken had been elected and was in the senate. he was

representing the institution of the senate, and that is why the leadership and his colleagues had so much say over why he should step down, and calling on him to resign, because at the end of the day, they are concerned about upholding the integrity of the senate. that is what makes this distinct. 0k, al franken is gone. we focus on alabama next week. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: we'll be live in ramallah where there's been violent reaction to trump's decision to move the us embasssy to jerusalem. and who's thatjournalist first to a story about pizzas getting unesco recognition? yes, that's me ten years ago in naples. that's still to come. storm caroline still blowing hard in

the far north of the country, but the far north of the country, but the winds are coming down now. we have had gusts in excess of 90 mph in the very far north of scotland. in the lowlands, closer to 50—60 mph. that storm is moving out into the norwegian sea. with the wind swirling around, on the backside of caroline here, we will see winds coming out of the arctic. this is very cold air, and with that comes the threat of snow. we have been talking about snow showers all day. 0ver talking about snow showers all day. over the next few days, we will be dealing with snow almost anywhere across the uk. deceiving, already snow increasing across scotland and northern ireland, the north—west of england, into wales and parts of the midlands as well. it could be a problem first thing in the morning. in areas close to the coast, it is

more likely to be rain and sleet. takeit more likely to be rain and sleet. take it steady first thing in the morning first thing, particularly across northern and western parts of the uk. in scotland, in the north, which is often the case, that is where we will see most of the snow. all day, still blizzards across the hills of scotland. 0ut all day, still blizzards across the hills of scotland. out to sea, gale force winds. you will see snow around belfast, the north—west of england, wales, parts of the midlands as well. in the south—west, i think it will be mostly sleet. across the moors, there will be snow. close to the coast, plymouth, more likely to be rain and sleet. through the day, the showers will get heavier. notice, not too many of them close to the east coast, the south—east and the south. 5—10 centimetres in some spots, most of it across northern scotland. i won't say which town or city will get the snow, but is it —— because it is virtually impossible to predict.

those could be 10—20 miles across town could hit —— 10—20 miles across and could hit one town and miss another. barely above freezing in the north of the country on saturday. 0n the north of the country on saturday. on sunday, a potentially larger area of snow across central britain. still some uncertainty about that. stay- —— stay about that. stayjune. —— stay tuned. this is beyond 100 days with christian fraser in london and jane 0'brien in washington. a mass call for a new intifada following president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as president president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as president —— capital of israel. senator al franken has resigned after admission see touched women inappropriately. in 2010, a bitcoin was worth 8 cents. today it would fetch you over one another than $75,000. why is it

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