if you listen let's have feelings of the instruments that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us to about algorithms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is d w news my vote from berlin tonight condemnation from around the middle east as u.s. president donald trump does what no president has done before. for i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem

as the capital of israel the u.s. president breaks with international convention and decades of america's own policy will go to jerusalem and washington to find out what it means for hopes of peace in the region and palestinian aspirations to statehood. also coming up he could be russia's longest serving leader since stall the blood of your putin says he will seek reelection in russia's march elections he's been in power for eighteen year four in moscow tonight to gauge how popular he is today. and california's raging wildfires spread to los angeles that's as firefighters battle blazes across the south of the state with thousands fleeing their homes.

i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight u.s. president donald trump has broken with a decade's old pillar of u.s. policy in the middle east today he announced the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel making the united states the first and only country in the world to do so the move has unleashed a firestorm of criticism from the palestinians who say the u.s. is no longer a credible broker of peace in the region we'll go to ramallah jerusalem in washington for more reaction in just a moment first the words of the u.s. president that have shaken the middle east i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel while previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise they failed to deliver today i

am delivering this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality it is also the right thing to do it's something that has to be done and that is why consistent with the jerusalem embassy act i am also directing the state department to begin preparation to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. we want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and a great deal for the palestinians we are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the israeli sovereignty in jerusalem or the resolution of contested borders

those questions are up to the parties involved are there was u.s. president donald trump speaking there palestinian leader mahmoud abbas says the u.s. has abdicated its role as a peace negotiator in the middle east abbas reacting to president drums decision to recognize the contested city of jerusalem as the capital of israel he says that the city is the quote eternal capital of palestine and he calls the move deplorable and unacceptable he says that it would undermine peace. trunks move was also condemned by the palestinian authority's top negotiator saeb erekat here's what he said the step is prejudged pre-judging dictating closing the doors for negotiations and i think president trump tonight disqualified the united states of america to play any role in any peace process plus the new leadership will call for

an emergency session for the palestine central council to study the speech and to review all the options available and take the proper decisions concerning many issues and the same time i would say that crossing the thread lines tonight for president from speaking about moderation speaking about nonviolence i think tonight he is strengthening the forces of three mists in this region as no one has done before. this is an act statement that's totally uncalled for to an x. and acceptable and johnson is jerusalem is a can but that it is no country on earth have to go to night as it had an exception for jerusalem except for the president dump tonight he is in total violation of international law human rights and his standing in the conflict between palestine and israel is from a political one into a just one that's

a very dangerous situation the a very visibly emotional mr erekat tonight we want to talk about what has happened today in the middle east through the words of the u.s. president to do that i'm joined here in the studio by. a middle east expert from the s.w. p. a think tank here in berlin and to his left shawnee was on this mid east analyst and in jerusalem tonight our very own tanya kramer and in washington our correspondent carsten phenomena he has the story from that angle to all of you good evening tanya let me start with you the palestinians say that this is a game changer what will happen next if they no longer see the u.s. as a legitimate broker of peace. i think that's an important question. of what will be done next for the fall all of this now and to really have the answers yet we understand that the palestinian leadership. will meet in the coming days

including also hamas and islamic jihad they're also invited me to see this and they're trying to to reunite the palestinians under one roof and to discuss but the next steps will be reheard mahmoud abbas giving his speech tonight to kind of reassure his people about this issue and especially speaking also to the east jerusalem i suppose demons and the passing residence in occupied issues and telling them that even not the u.s. to change their situation that internationally it is still an occupied territory which is east jerusalem so for them it's really a big game changer because also in the speech we didn't hear many you know what he said relations from the palestinians to the city and i think people are really frustrated about this now it is unclear a real step in if the u.s. is not. the broker anymore as the palestinians have said so this is still to see

how that is that there's a course in the u.s. president he hammered the point in his speech that nothing is really changing except the address of the u.s. embassy or was this the speech that the world was expecting to hear today. the white house had been advertising this speech for the last forty eight hours so this didn't come as a big surprise really the line that was communicated was this is about acknowledging the facts that are already on the ground this is what donald trump had promised during his election campaign so we shouldn't be surprised also this is about implementing the ninety ninety five jerusalem embassy act which already said back then that jerusalem is the capital of israel and that the u.s. embassy should move there and also that donald trump remains committed to the

middle east peace process so this was all expected and of course practically not much will change for the next few years except that preparations are under way to make that move otherwise things will stay as they are theoretically but of course politically and diplomatically at this is a game changer it is a game changer in the me ask you if trump is saying and you know kirsten is right the u.s. president wants us to believe that the status quo will be maintained but why do the palestinians why do they not hear that in his words well because i think trumping the business then meant that he is coming over stomping all of the conventions old conventions old old rules of the game is that ignoring a very important part of the dynamics in the middle east and that symbolism that has a lot of meaning in this region and for the passings of themselves especially comes

to jerusalem which is the heart of all the conflict it's really really important for them and we also need to remember it's not about the promise the end trump is not much of a diplomat and a lot about what's not being said and what americans in the international community have been tiptoeing around for so long and for a reason now is coming in saying i don't care about your reasoning i don't care what you've done trust me i. no better and you know also being that particular messenger as trump that's hard for the passing is to have and it's also it's not the one who's going to have to go into the middle east next week or next month and deal with this right gil i mean we know the u.s. vice president is being sent in we know that jared kirshner the u.s. president's foreign policy team wants to go in and present an ultimate peace plan early next year what's going to happen when they knock on the door of the palestinians what a lot of is said about the two state solution and the influence of tonight on the two state solution but we have to also speak about the fundamental change regarding the mediator on that level and you are not just talking about any issue in mediation but one of the core issues one of the treacle issues the future

negotiation with this specific bias that americans have shown today with the palestinian perception there is a really little hope. to the future of the american a. perception being perceived basically as an on a broker in the future a lot is actually connected to what we're going to see on the fight of these friday basically this is a sensitive point if we're going to talk about pacelli and intifada but the specific public rage it all is really doing to rage loss of course and this specific moment. and also what we can also actually examined the eco system basically and the question about readjusting the american plans for the next couple of months and the next couple of weeks we got him to go she is definitely on the table you knew so you're convinced the united states is going to have to readjust it's not going to be business as usual i think with that it's really dependent until now we have to actually differentiate between i would say public statements

and lip service and actual commitment of the relevant actors not just the palestinians but beyond that we are we had been discussing the end of the american role as a mediator but we also have to understand that there's a difference between policy and commitments and long term frameworks of relations and. public policy but when when we talk about the police in streets the alba street initially mentioned the symbolism yes i think it was in the symbolism and practical implications go hand in hand right if we want to see a momentum that leads to a different eco system regarding the palestinian public which might also influence the higher echelons of leadership then we have new images of the game i want to put in a sound bite from the israeli prime minister we've got reaction from netanyahu to what the u.s. president said let's take a listen here today's pronouncement by president trump is such an occasion we are profoundly grateful for the president for his courageous

and just decision to recognize use of them as the capital of israel and to prepare for the opening of the u.s. embassy here this is the solution reflects the president's commitment to an ancient but enduring truth to fulfilling his promises and to advance in peace the president's decision is an important step towards peace for there is no peace that doesn't include jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel i call on all countries that seek peace to join the united states in recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and to move their embassies here i share president trump's commitment to advancing peace between israel and all of our neighbors including the palestinians. telling you that netanyahu and trump obviously on the same page here obviously completely tone deaf to what the palestinians are saying three days of

rage are now in the cards is israel bracing for violence. yes definitely i mean this has been talked about in the past couple of days that it's expected somehow that there might be violence you know some people talk could be demonstrations and as he said i mean friday would be something to look at but maybe not just in and also in the occupied west bank also in gaza but also in the neighboring countries like in jordan but also there might be you know there's some sense that there might be some sort of lone wolves attack that might to you see one or two years ago. but it's very hard to predict what will happen really i think. you need to wait and see how the next days will play out here and if it still there and of course to briefly before we have to go the u.s. state department also warning of violence as embassies in the middle east right absolutely security at embassies in the region has already been stepped up u.s.

marines have been flown in to support their comrades already stationed there and u.s. citizens have been advised to avoid crowds especially in israel and in the palestinian territories. all right our correspondent christian phenomena in washington tonight tanya kramer force in jerusalem and here at the big table with me. and shawn he was honest to all of you thank you very much. or here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world of poland's ruling the law and justice party may replace the prime minister in a government reshuffle next week now that's after the prime minister tweeted what many interpreted as a farewell statement saying quote whatever happens poland is the most important thing the move is thought to be aimed at securing the party's future ahead of a string of elections starting next year. a man has appeared in court in london on

suspicion of plotting to kill british prime minister to resign may prosecutors say the islamist plot involved an attack on her official residence when another man was arrested in connection with the case security officials believe it's the ninth islamist worded attack by british police this year. a multis court has charged three men with october's car bomb murder of the journalist daphne koller one. the fifty three year old was known for her blog exposing government corruption the three suspects among a group of ten arrested this week have pleaded not guilty. the british government says it's not yet formally assess to how leaving the e.u. will impact the country's economy breaks it minister david davis told parliament such an analysis was not needed until later in the divorce the comments are likely to inflame criticism of the government negotiations with brussels have stalled in recent days over the status of the irish border. russian

president vladimir putin says he will run for reelection next year he made the announcement while visiting car factory workers today opinion polls suggest that putin would comfortably win the election he's maintained popularity among russians despite economic hardships and rising tensions with the west scootin is credited with for longing stability in the country he's effectively been in power since two thousand when he first became president. let's listen to the moment that president putin announced his decision to run again. by civil rights to a bunch of. disputes in the. mites couldn't find a better place and moments when i'm stressed thank you for your support and your spicy poems about us i will be running as a candidate for the post of president of the russian federation. by the mere putin

there some say the eternal politician or talk magazine has named the silence breakers of the hash tag me to movement against sexual assault and harassment as its person of the year a few hours ago the magazine released its famous and you will cover featuring prominent women who spoke out about their harassment now their stories and thousands more were flooded social media under the need to hash tag as part of a global outcry against sexual assault and discrimination. all right harvey is here now jail time for some big wigs that wagon i understand that's right friend we saw it coming definitely and now apparently it's becoming our reality v.w. manager all of a schmitt has been detained in the united states for almost a year now and we are waiting for his sentence that is due to be announced any minute now schmidt was in charge of the company's environmental and engineering division in the u.s.

and pled guilty a felony prosecutors are demanding seven years in prison and a fine of up to four hundred thousand dollars schmidt says he was following orders . let's begin a little bit deeper with our financial correspondent in new york called the who's been following the story for us what can we expect of the sentence some say that he could face up to one hundred sixty nine years in prison or that it was at least planned. that was originally this ridiculous threat from u.s. prosecutors but that was clearly a technical move to force him all of us from it to plead guilty you want to you eventually did and also get some more information and some more names are probably to us the prosecutors the majority of all of us mint by the way is arguing that he shouldn't get more than most at most forty months of prison because he was not the

mafia mind behind the whole cheating scandal yes he misled us prosecutors and authorities but he was not at the beginning of this whole scandal when the whole scandal broke so at the moment we will have to wait and see as you mention seven years of prison term that's on the table for all of us me and it's true what you just mentioned that most of the dalai executives haven't even lost their jobs at least not here in germany now because this set a precedent for other sentences to precisely other. there are a couple of charges for goods have thousands of. managers but all of them they live in germany and so quite obviously they will not plan any us vacation some time soon so it will be really hard to for us prosecutors to go after the other managers but volkswagen is the one story and then we still have to wait and see if

we get some more information for. competitors who all sort of cheated was there software soul the whole case will not and here and today but probably most car executive from traveling to the u.s. and any time soon our correspondent yes caught in new york thank you very much onto another story because as cannabis becomes a legalized drug in many countries some people are hoping to make big bucks out of it and expectations are well high the nice market is now worth an estimated eight billion euros and market analysts expected to grow to some twenty two billion euros by twenty twenty one. coffee and marijuana those are the ingredients in this snack it's a picture of her with a different kind of punch in the past intoxicating space cakes are something

enjoyed in secret today you can buy them openly like from this chocolate maker. but some customers are still getting used to the new normal. cannabis is still one of those taboos. and you know having that conversation my mom who is not only asian but also very catholic and grew up in a generation where cannabis was considered just as bad as you know any other drug she actually was really open to the idea and she actually eat the product on a regular basis. an elderly catholic lady may learn to accept the idea of hash chocolates but perhaps not some of the other goods on offer here the store owner proudly displays his wares and just a few months he's managed to raise ten million dollars in venture capital a windfall he says that will help as the marijuana market expands worldwide. this fall likely be the only time in my life that i see such

a large scale market move from the black market into the legal market consumers are already consuming cannabis there's this incredible moment where all around the world the cannabis revolution will happen within the next ten years. many in the u.s. want to see marijuana legalized fifty four percent of americans said they supported legalization and the smoking of it in public spaces and they're doing their part to pave the way for the popular recreational drug to become big business. we'll see if that really takes place it's back to brant now from world news and the u.s. west coast back in flames strife wildfires report of a year a wildfire has broken out in los angeles as firefighters struggle to contain blazes across. in california authorities have declared a state of emergency and ordered two hundred thousand people to evacuate but as these pictures show those fleeing the flames is no easy matter local media say one

person has died trying to do that others have been forced to watch as the blazes engulfed their homes take a look. any hope to save this house now gone up in flames one of hundreds of homes destroyed by wildfire at this point all the firefighters can do is stand and watch. the biggest fire burning right now in california is here and intercounty northwest of los angeles some neighborhoods have been spared others now just smoking piles of ash and debris authorities warn residents to get out while they still can. so we want to be really clear with folks we have lost structures we have not lost lives do not wait leave your homes. hot dry winds have whipped the flames across more than eighty kilometers nearly to the pacific ocean twenty seventeen has been

one of the worst years on record for wildfires in california the state fire chief blames climate change for spawning more and bigger places and warns that this wildfire could continue on its path of destruction for several more days. in iceland and increasing seismic activity around the country's most dangerous volcano has led authorities to raise the safety alert tonight to yellow with concerns that it could erupt scientists are worried about the devastating potential of the volcano one of its explosions centuries ago was stronger than that which destroyed italy's pompei experts are trying to gather as much information as possible to better understand what could or could not help. it's this icy serene atmosphere that just visitors to the remote parts of iceland but it's those traveling out there unfamiliar with the area that have authorities especially

concerned of the country's most dangerous volcano were to erupt. this jealousy is the increasing. the amount of people that are coming here that don't know the area they're coming in for the first time they're getting maybe a recreation of this for the first time with the know what. to do. the local inhabitants of have received evacuation plan briefings and know just how quickly they'd have to act. twenty minutes. at the summit of. a small depression in the snow could be a warning sign. part of what makes the volcano so dangerous is the lack of data to help balkan ologists predict its behavior is not one of the bison the one for. when the i i fed like you're going to a volcano erupted in april two thousand and ten icelandic authorities had to close much of europe's airspace for five days fearing the ash could damage jet engines to

gather more data scientists are rushing to install new equipment on and around the volcano dormant since the early eighteenth century the worst case scenario a possible ruptured in twenty years or a century the best case the volcano goes quiet again scientists however can't be too careful. let's hope she stays quiet here in berlin the city's subway system has played host to some very special guests bono and the edge from the rock band u two got a ride on the you tube underground line more than one hundred fans joined the musicians for selfies handshakes and autographs and were treated to a performance on the platform and that's a cheap concert ticket for you to use record label organize event to promote the band's new album coming out right now.

entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful for years now australia has faced a backlash of criticism over its treatment of refugees now it has a seat on the un human rights council and the pressure is intensifying my guest

this week is alexander downer the country's high commissioner how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. in sixty minutes on d w. w's program guide on the internet the highlights of the whole. d.w. dot com highlights. their black and living in germany. she's reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john updike is nothing i wanted to belong to and i was caught off. the king holiday group and being you know different than the way. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. it seems as. though i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely

a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. so the main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like because i could never completely disappear if you see all of these stereotypes about africa it's good to see you. do something for your country but you're still the black guy with an. afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . not even a plea from the pope could change his mind today u.s. president donald trump kept his campaign promise and made the u.s. the first country to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinians calling trump's decision the kiss of death for peace in the middle.