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a match in amsterdam. the police say five people have been treated in hospital and 62 have been arrested. days after donald trump declared victory and final results from the us election continue to come in — the swing state of nevada now projected for mr trump. experts say trump's presidency will have a negative effect on actions against climate change, ahead of an annual global climate conference in azerbaijan. the un says around 70% of the people killed by israeli actions in gaza were women and children. we speak to the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, who has just returned from gaza. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan.
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welcome to this hour. israeli and dutch leaders have condemned anti—semitic attacks in amsterdam last night which followed a europa league football match between maccabi tel aviv and ajax amsterdam. city police say they responded to multiple violent incidents. the israeli military was at one point planning to send two cargo planes to evacuate its nationals, although these have now been cancelled. 62 arrests were made. at least five people were treated in hospital. israel's foreign minister is travelling to the region — he has described the violence as a blaring alarm call for europe and the world. dutch prime minister dick schoof released a statement, saying he was horrified by the anti—semitic attacks on israeli citizens, saying they were completely unacceptable and that the perpetrators would be identified and prosecuted. officials in amsterdam have advised fans stay off the streets for the time being. there are also videos of a crowd, believed to be israeli fans, cheering as a palestinian flag was torn down from
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the side of a building. they can be heard chanting offensive anti—palestinian slogans. let's get the latest from our correspondents. anna holligan in amsterdam and joe inwood injerusalem. let us start with you, anna, we have been hearing more from the authorities, tell us what they are saying. authorities, tell us what they are saying-— are saying. we have indeed. this morning _ are saying. we have indeed. this morning dutch - are saying. we have indeed. this morning dutch police i are saying. we have indeed. i this morning dutch police have given us an update and i should tell you where i am now, right outside thejohan cruyff outside the johan cruyff stadium, outside thejohan cruyff stadium, the home ground of ajax, there are still pints of beer discarded on the streets, flags lying around, the arena is here. you can see the streets of peaceful again this morning. police say they will have an increased presence to make sure there are no further outbursts of violence. this morning they said several reports about last night's events in amsterdam are circulating on social media. police have launched a major
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investigation into multiple violent incidents. so far it has known five people have been taken to hospital. 62 people have been arrested. police are aware of reports regarding a possible hostage situation and missing persons. however they stressed they currently have no confirmation this actually took place. this aspect they say is still under investigation. the violence took place on these streets last night. you might be able to see there are still some palestinian flags flying from the balconies here. there are reports of violence on both sides. in fact both of these sides. in fact both of these sides have in the past had incidents of violent football hooliganism. all of this is still under investigation. the bbc has managed to verify a couple of the videos you may have seen circulating on social media. it is clear there was a huge amount of violence. police in the netherlands have taken
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measures to try to prevent these kinds of clashes around these kinds of clashes around the game. there was already tension in the days preceding. a pro—palestinian much scheduled to take place here last night was cancelled, moved. yet still after the game it is reported israeli supporters were ambushed. some had to be escorted to their hotels by dutch police. they have been advised to stay there today and if they need to leave the hotel, they have been told not to show any signs of their israeli nationality, jewish nationality, just to be safe, as a precaution. we are expecting a statement from amsterdam city council in about an hour, around 11 o'clock gmt. let us go tojerusalem, joe. condemned of course by the highest levels of government where you are and an israeli
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official is on his way to amsterdam. bring us up—to—date on what you are hearing. that is riuht. on what you are hearing. that is right- the _ on what you are hearing. that is right. the new— on what you are hearing. that is right. the new foreign minister_ is right. the new foreign minister is on his way to the netherlands to address the issue _ netherlands to address the issue. we were told we would have — issue. we were told we would have two _ issue. we were told we would have two military rescue planes, _ have two military rescue planes, hercules aircraft, leave _ planes, hercules aircraft, leave from here as well, but we understand that has now been called — understand that has now been called off. we understand the national— called off. we understand the national flag carrier is going to be — national flag carrier is going to be putting on free flights back— to be putting on free flights back from the netherlands instead. in terms of the reaction, it has been very, very— reaction, it has been very, very strong indeed. the prime minister— very strong indeed. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said they were premeditated and anti—semitic attacks. the president issac herzog went one step further, you could say, in describing _ step further, you could say, in describing this as a pogrom. pogrom _ describing this as a pogrom. pogrom is a term for anti—semitic massacres that took— anti—semitic massacres that took place in europe and russia in the _ took place in europe and russia in the i9ih _ took place in europe and russia in the 19th and 20th centuries in the 19th and 20th centuries in which — in the 19th and 20th centuries in which thousands of people were — in which thousands of people were killed, obviously very, very— were killed, obviously very, very strong words to be making that comparison, but it gives you an —
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that comparison, but it gives you an indication of quite how seriously— you an indication of quite how seriously this has been taken. and, _ seriously this has been taken. and. let — seriously this has been taken. and, let us turn to you again, what more do we know about who was behind this? still what more do we know about who was behind this?— was behind this? still sub'ect to investigation. i was behind this? still sub'ect to investigation. we �* was behind this? still subject to investigation. we have - was behind this? still subject to investigation. we have a i to investigation. we have a post from the dutch prime minister on x, he said he has been following the news from amsterdam, currently in budapest, horrified by what he described as anti—semitic attacks on israeli citizens. he says it is completely unacceptable, in close contact with all parties involved and has just spoken to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone to stressed the perpetrators will be identified and prosecuted. the situation, he says, in amsterdam is calm once more. we can see right now the situation is indeed calm. but there will be an increased police presence over the coming days. the flights expected to take off from schiphol airport about ten
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minutes drive from here outside the johan cruyff minutes drive from here outside thejohan cruyff stadium throughout the day. we have heard from the dutch foreign minister, he said the violent incidents in amsterdam were unacceptable, reports of violence on both sides are being investigated. he is in close contact with his dutch colleagues and facilitating the evacuation where possible, a lot of concern of course for the fans and the widerjewish community in amsterdam. puma community in amsterdam. anna holliuan community in amsterdam. anna holligan in _ community in amsterdam. anna holligan in amsterdam - community in amsterdam. anna holligan in amsterdam and - community in amsterdam. anna holligan in amsterdam and joe injerusalem, thank you. let's speak to senya boztas, a journalist who lives in amsterdam. welcome to bbc news. you are listening to what my colleagues were saying, how surprising is this to you, these events? well, actually, not that surprising. i wasjust well, actually, not that surprising. i was just speaking to someone in the heart of the
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action where a lot of the hotels are on two things have come together. a lot of demonstrations and upset about the situation in the middle east and some demonstrations which have turned somewhat violent or tricky in recent weeks. and there is also a growing problem with dutch football hooliganism which over the past few years has been getting worse and worse and many people have been looking to england for tips on how to deal with this. two things have come together. one person i spoke to who saw it said, this is poison. spoke to who saw it said, this is poison-— spoke to who saw it said, this is poison. what would you say the mood _ is poison. what would you say the mood is — is poison. what would you say the mood is at _ is poison. what would you say the mood is at the _ is poison. what would you say the mood is at the moment i is poison. what would you say i the mood is at the moment now? of course authorities have urged for calm. it of course authorities have urged for calm.— of course authorities have urged for calm. it is a city, many people _ urged for calm. it is a city, many people carry - urged for calm. it is a city, many people carry on - urged for calm. it is a city, many people carry on with| urged for calm. it is a city, - many people carry on with their lives and have not seen anything about it, i have been walking up the street where some of the choices happened, some of the choices happened, some people were blissfully unaware, tourists are here as well, but some people who have seen it were quite shocked. there is football violence at other times, so when english fans are in town to play, the
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police sometimes close down pubs and say, are you english? go to your hotel, bed time now. the situation in the middle east means you cannot do anything like that. it is not entirely unpredictable, but is pretty shocking. the national coordinator _ pretty shocking. the national coordinator for _ pretty shocking. the national coordinator for combating i coordinator for combating anti—semitism in the netherlands and is has set a line had been crossed and the readiness to commit such violence was disgusting. what else have we heard from the authorities?— else have we heard from the authorities? there is going to be a press — authorities? there is going to be a press conference - authorities? there is going to be a press conference at - authorities? there is going to be a press conference at 12 i be a press conference at 12 o'clock. this morning, could i call it the triangle, amsterdam mayor, head of police and public prosecution came up with a statement condemning anti—semitic violence and confirming there were instances of people who were specifically chasing israeli supporters in order to attack and and this was completely unacceptable, they condemned this in the strongest terms. i suspect they will do that in more detail at 12 o'clock today. there were
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teams of riot police who were set in and someone i spoke to so than to try to get people safely back to hotels, said the authorities are taking it extremely seriously. some mps have called for a debate in the parliament today as well and the prime minister has condemned it as well. ads, condemned it as well. a journalist in amsterdam, thank you for your thoughts. to the united states, where the final results from the election are still coming in, confirming the extent of support for president—elect donald trump. in the last few hours, the state of nevada, home to las vegas, has been projected for the republican. it leaves just the state of arizona still to be called and takes mr trump's electoral college tally to more than 300. it comes as the president—elect has begun to confirm some of his top team — susie wiles will become white house chief of staff. considered the architect of this year's presidential campaign, she'll be the first woman to hold the role. donald trump's described her as tough, smart and innovative.
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susie wiles' political career goes right back to ronald reagan's run for the white house in 1980. she's since helped elect dozens of prominent republicans, including ron desantis, the florida governor, and others. wiles met trump during the 2015 republican florida primary. she became co—chair of his campaign there which he went on to win. in wednesday's victory speech, the president—elect called her the ice maiden and one of the most feared political operatives in the us. earlier, president biden gave an address at the white house, calling for a peaceful and orderly handover of power. there is now, for a few weeks at least, a rival centre of political power in america. it's the heavily protected mar—a —lago resort in florida, where donald trump is assembling his new cabinet. here's our north america editor sarah smith.
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power moves fast and it doesn't wait for anyone. in washington, they are already preparing for when donald trump will again be sworn in as president of the united states. just metres away, the current president addressed the nation about his party's defeat. he has already called mrtrump and invited him to the white house, maybe as early as next week, and promises a peaceful, orderly transition of power. you can't love your country only when you win. you can't love your neighbour only when you agree. he often used that line to criticise donald trump. now he has to live up to it himself. remember, a defeat does not mean we are defeated. we lost this battle. the america of your dreams is calling for you to get back up. that is the story of america for over 240 years and counting.
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this election loss is now part of his legacy and many democrats blame him for the defeat. if he had stepped aside earlier, would the result have been different? president biden believes that he made the right decision when he decided to step aside and immediately endorsed the vice president and you saw the party come behind her, support her, and he believed it was the right thing for the american people. he put himself aside. this was not about him. posed like royalty or a celebrated dynasty, the trump family, minus the future first lady and including elon musk who is presumably now an honorary family member. they have been restored to the top of american public life and inside mar—a—lago, the trump florida residence, plans are taking shape — who to appoint to the top jobs and drafting the first executive orders he will issue. mr trump says he has talked to around 70 world leaders and he spoke to one journalist today who said he is feeling bullish.
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and i asked him, "well, what is the price tag to this "mass deportation plan you have talked about? "what specifically would it look like? "how would it work?" and he said, "there is no price tag. "you have no choice." leaving the white house four years ago, donald trump left behind many unfulfilled plans and ideas. this time, he wants to make sure he really can do what he wants. sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach. let's speak to our correspondent helena humphrey. the centre of power for the next few weeks of course, donald trump is not sworn in as president until the 20th of january. in the coming days and weeks, assembling his top team. start with the appointment he has made, susie wiles, as chief of staff, the first woman to hold that position. tell the viewers how key the chief of staff is when it comes to us
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politics. staff is when it comes to us olitics. . . , staff is when it comes to us olitics. . ., , ., politics. crucially important role. it politics. crucially important role- it is — politics. crucially important role. it is seen _ politics. crucially important role. it is seen as - politics. crucially important role. it is seen as perhaps. politics. crucially important i role. it is seen as perhaps one of the most important roles that someone does not have to be elected to. as you mentioned, it will be held by susie wiles, she will be the first woman to hold the position, a formidable position as well when you consider under donald trump's first presidency he got through four white house chief of staff. also when you consider as you are mentioning here, i very much the epicentre of this political transition —— mar—a—lago very much the presenter. people associated with donald trump's previous administration arriving here if they want to look for a position in his cabinet. during his tenure, we saw a number of people sentenced to prison time and serving prison time, whether they were allies or associates of donald trump. susie wiles will be stepping
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into this position. we were talking about the fact she is nicknamed the ice lady. she is meant to be a formidable operator in terms of working with donald trump, she has been his co—chair of the campaign and she has been by his side since his 2020 loss. she runs a tight ship. she is known to be really in control in terms of who gets on and off donald trump's aeroplane, who he speaks to, at a time when people are looking to have his ear, and here at mar—a—lago right now we understand president—elect will be spending the weekend. he will continue working on the executive orders. and i am sure you remember as well in washington just you remember as well in washingtonjust how many you remember as well in washington just how many times donald trump did waive the pen to sign off on executive orders. for comparison, 220 times during the first presidency compared tojoe presidency compared to joe biden�*s142. presidency compared tojoe biden�*s142. of presidency compared tojoe biden�*s 142. of course, he biden�*s142. of course, he might not need to use it quite so often now and the particularly if we see congress
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fully in his favour. we know of course the senate going to the republicans. we will wait and see what happens with the house of representatives.— of representatives. interesting times for you. _ of representatives. interesting times for you, helen _ of representatives. interesting l times for you, helen humphrey, at mar—a—lago where donald trump is in florida. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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let's take a moment to look at the humanitarian situation in gaza, as israel continues its military operation against hamas, the group behind the october 7th attack last year. the united nations human rights commission has published research in which it says the part of the population suffering the most deaths in gaza is made up of children aged between five and nine, and that around 70% of the people who have been killed by israeli action were women and children.
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the un report also claims that in its military action israel is not distinguishing between civilians and fighters. let's speak to jan egeland, the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, who is currently in amman, injordan, havingjust returned from gaza. welcome to bbc news. plenty to talk about. i will start by asking you about what he witnessed on your recent trip. the last three days i saw devastation, despair beyond belief, really. iwas devastation, despair beyond belief, really. i was there also in february, then in rafah when israel had herded together and pushed people down to rafah in the very south because it was supposed to be safe there. since then of course they attacked also rafah known now as i could witness myself from rafah in the south via khan younis, second biggest city, to
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the biggest city, gaza city in the biggest city, gaza city in the north, there is hardly a building that is not damaged. and large areas look like stalingrad after the second world war. you cannot fathom how intense and indiscriminate the bombardment has been on this tract population and as you havejust this tract population and as you have just referred to it is evident it is first and foremost children and women that are paying the price for this senseless war —— trapped population. it this senseless war -- trapped population-— population. it is well maintained - population. it is well maintained is - population. it is well maintained is of - population. it is well. maintained is of course population. it is well- maintained is of course it is targeting hamas. iwill maintained is of course it is targeting hamas. i will read from the un human rights report here. it says, the continuation of these attacks killing evenly across the population demonstrates an apparent indifference to the deaths of civilians and the impact of the means and methods of war warfare. the most
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representative of verified fatalities are children, saying children aged between five and nine, 10—14, and babies, 0—4, does not correlate with what you have seen on the ground in terms of those who have been killed? —— does that correlate. and in terms of those who have been injured?— been in'ured? yes, that is what m been injured? yes, that is what m own been injured? yes, that is what my own colleagues _ been injured? yes, that is what my own colleagues on - been injured? yes, that is what my own colleagues on the - my own colleagues on the ground, palestinian colleagues working across gaza tell me. one female colleague lost 126 members of her extended family. they had all crammed together in the northernmost... she was done with herfamily in the northernmost... she was done with her family working for us in the middle area, and 126 members of her extended family were wiped out, killed in one attack. and more than half were children. so, when
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you say, as the bbc often does, of course, israel disputes this, they say they are targeting hamas, they have a precise operation, it is a lie, and we all know it. they are party to a very dirty conflict. do not believe hamas, israel, hezbollah, they are parties to the conflict. believe the un, the conflict. believe the un, the red cross, believe those who are eyewitnesses on the ground in the place where you journalists are prevented from coming because they do not want eyewitnesses that these systematic violations of humanitarian law.- systematic violations of humanitarian law. you are absolutely _ humanitarian law. you are absolutely right _ humanitarian law. you are i absolutely right international journalists are not allowed into gaza which is why i want to draw on what you have seen to draw on what you have seen to get your on the ground perspective. i will draw on this un report again. it says that of the verified fatalities around 80% were killed in
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residential building either mac or a similar housing. again, what have you seen on the ground in terms of destruction of residential buildings? —— residential buildings or similar housing. we residential buildings or similar housing. residential buildings or similar housina. ~ ., , similar housing. we lead this shelter group _ similar housing. we lead this shelter group of _ similar housing. we lead this i shelter group of organisations, meaning we have taken upon ourselves to try to find housing for the homeless. in earlier wars, housing for the homeless. in earlierwars, it housing for the homeless. in earlier wars, it has been maybe five, ten, 15,000 damaged or destroyed housing units. this time, it is 400,000. 400,000. there is hardly a house that is not damaged. or destroyed. these are civilian houses. this winter will be cold and wet and the latrines ducked down in the
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sand will overflow and enter the tense and under the tarpaulins where people now are trying to survive —— tents. this is humanity being raised before our eyes and the us, the uk and germany who have provided arms to this have no moral credibility left if they do not force israel to stop it. this is the besieged areas of asset's syria again where we were outraged and there were also militants associated with al-anda, a very bad organisation. —— assad's syria. i want to point out the images we have been showing have all been found by you and your teams. the footage we are
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seeing of destroyed buildings and the aftermath has been filmed by the norwegian refugee council we have only got 30 seconds unfortunately, new us president comejanuary, your president come january, your thoughts president comejanuary, your thoughts on that in respect with what is going on on the ground. with what is going on on the round. ~ , ., , ., ground. well, if trump wants to ut ground. well, if trump wants to put america _ ground. well, if trump wants to put america first, _ ground. well, if trump wants to put america first, he _ ground. well, if trump wants to put america first, he would - put america first, he would have to tell israel to stand down because at the moment it is israel first, america second, and humanity third. it is costing america, as uk, germany, credibility... too costly. germany, credibility... too costl. . ~' germany, credibility... too costl. ., . ., costly. thank you so much for shafinu costly. thank you so much for sharing your _ costly. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts - costly. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and - costly. thank you so much for| sharing your thoughts and your recent visit here on bbc news. we appreciate it. i and rajini vaidyanathan. this is bbc news.
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hello. for many of us, the gloom feels like it's been everlasting, and for some more than others. over the last 11 days, parts of hampshire have seen just 18 minutes of sunshine. that's over 11 days. not much better in altrincham, on the outskirts of manchester, either. we will change things eventually, by the end of the weekend and into the start of next week. clearer skies at the moment just coming in off canada. they will come in behind this weather system, which will weaken as it gets towards us on sunday, but crucially, sweep away a lot of that low cloud that has been lingering for days and days on end. that low cloud still with many of us today. but there are some brighter spots again. northern scotland again, blue skies for many. some better breaks in the cloud towards the northwest of england for this afternoon. and to the west of wales again, we could see some sunshine. but for most, it stays cloudy, murky over the hills and temperatures 11 to 13 or 14 degrees, maybe up to 16 in the north of scotland. tonight, the cloud sits in place for many, but where we have those clearer skies, of course a bigger drop in temperature, and it's
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across northern scotland we could see temperatures down to around one or two degrees, so a touch of frost here. most, as you were — around 6—9 degrees. a bit milder in the west. could be a bit thicker cloud here. some patchy light rain or drizzle tomorrow. but still some cloud breaks possible to the north and north—west of scotland. greater chance of some sunshine south—west scotland and maybe north—west england and parts of north wales. many central and eastern areas, though, stick with the grey and gloomy conditions and temperatures as they were — 11—14 degrees, a bit higher still, though, where you get the sunshine in parts of north—west scotland. into remembrance sunday, we've got extensive cloud to begin with, but thicker cloud. the weather front, which will bring the change, moves across scotland, northern ireland during the morning, so into the afternoon, sunshine here. patchy rain or drizzle more extensively though for england and wales through the afternoon. but even before we properly clear away the low cloud, there could be some breaks in that towards the south and the east, so we can't rule out at least a little bit of sunshine. but the best chance of sunshine uk—wide comes into monday.
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that weather front clears through, high pressure builds in, and with it, a lot more in the way of clear skies. it won't be completely blue skies throughout. there will be areas of cloud around. might turn cloudy through the day in western scotland and northern ireland. but compared to what we've had of late, some sunshine welcome more widely and temperatures 11—14 degrees — still a little bit above average for the time of year.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. israeli football fans are attacked following a match in amsterdam. the police say five people have been treated in hospital, and 62 have been arrested. days after donald trump declared victory, and final results from the us election continue to come in, the swing state of nevada projected for mr trump. experts say donald trump's presidency will have a "negative effect" on actions against climate change, ahead of an annual global climate conference in azerbaijan. foreign secretary david lammy tells the bbc that his previous strong criticisms of donald trump are "old news." —— british foreign secretary david lammy. harrods' managing director has given a personal apology following the sexual abuse allegations against the department store's former owner, mohamed al fayed. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan.
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