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this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8:00pm. more than 50 palestinians are reported dead, and thousands injured, after clashes with israeli forces on the border with gaza, as the us opens its embassy injerusalem. nothing will break us — not netanyahu, not israel, not the united states. the embassy‘s relocation has prompted fears about the future of the peace process, but israel's prime minister called it a glorious day. president trump, by recognising history, you have made history. the head of mi5 has accused russia of trying to undermine european democracies, and says the islamic state group is still plotting attacks against the west. a cross—party warning of the perils of a so—called hard brexit, but leave campaigners call it a last gasp effort by remainers.
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a sharp rise in the number of children under 11 referred by their schools for mental health treatment. and from the wedding menu to the design of the dress, we'll have all the latest, in the run up to this weekend's royal wedding. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 52 palestinians have been killed — and more 2,400 wounded — by israeli troops in clashes on the gaza border, according to palestinian officials. the violence came as the us opened its embassy injerusalem, a move that has infuriated palestinians. president donald trump told the opening ceremony via videolink
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that thejerusalem move had been a "long time coming", and that israel had a right to determine its own capital. palestinians see the move as clear us backing for israeli rule over the whole city, whose eastern part palestinians lay claim to. here, the foreign secretary boris johnson said the uk didn't agree with the decision to move the us embassy. from jerusalem here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. palestinians call these protests the ‘great march of return‘. for many of the young people who rushed the border wire with israel, it was a one—wayjourney. israel used a lot of tear gas... and lots of bullets. its army says it shoots to kill and under carefully controlled circumstances. it shot a lot today. israel blames the dead and wounded on hamas, the islamic resistance movement that runs gaza, it organised the protests. palestinians say their rage
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comes from israel's brutality and its denial of their right to independence. injerusalem, police scuffled with israeli peace campaigners outside the new american embassy. for what is left of israel's peace movement, this is a dark day. inside, the us marines showed their colours, and so has the trump administration. it's broken with an international consensus thatjerusalem's status is undecided, so embassies should say in tel aviv. today, we officially opened the united states embassy in jerusalem. congratulations, it's been a long time coming. president trump's daughter and son—in—law came to celebrate with israel's prime minister. what a glorious day. remember this moment. applause this is history.
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president trump, by recognising history, you have made history. moving the embassy is a triumph for prime minister netanyahu, a promise kept for president trump, and most israelis are happy. but so far, there is no evidence to back up mr netanyahu's claim that it's good for peace. in ramallah, on the west bank, palestinians demonstrated against what the americans call the ‘new realities‘, and against old ones. for palestinians, keys are symbols of the dispossession of 750,000 refugees never allowed back after israel beat the arabs in the 1948 war. we are marching in their best traditions of martin luther king and gandhi, peacefully, nonviolently, insisting our right forjerusalem as our capital and for our right of return. nothing will break us, not netanyahu, not israel, not the united states.
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later, there were clashes on the edge of ramallah between palestinian youths and the israeli army. 0n the streets, the lead—up to today‘s events has been tense and angry. this was the old city ofjerusalem at the weekend. nationalistic israelis parade every year through the overwhelmingly palestinian muslim quarter to celebrate israel‘s capture of jerusalem from jordan in the 1967 war. mostly it was noise and insults... sometimes it boiled over. nobody is saying that arabs can‘t say here, of course they can live here. sovereignty is a different story. you find it hard to say the word palestinians, don‘t you 7 there are arabs living in this area. why don‘t you call them palestinians? there is no reason to. why?
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