that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us to go back to. the rhythms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is d w news live from berlin hamas calls for a new intifada uprising after president trump's decision to recognize the loose a lot as the capital of israel palestinians have been protesting in the west bank and in gaza and the israeli army is reinforcing its troops in the west bank there's

been international condemnation of trying to decision so far only israel has welcomed it. also coming up greece rolls out the red carpet for recha type ever won is the first turkish head of state to visit the country in sixty five years. and a senior volkswagen executive gets seven years in a u.s. prison for his role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. widespread condemnation and fear of violence is building today after u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize to whistlin as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for a new into fatah and uprising against israel and the israeli army is deploying

reinforcements in the west bank the un the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday trying said that his decision marks the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the us president throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind he dismissed warnings that his decision could light the fuse of one of the world's most explosive powder kegs 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 in jerusalem many israelis celebrated trumps announcement it's long overdue the flacks of the two allies waving side by side on the old city wall. prime minister benjamin netanyahu praising the move as the beginning of a new era this is a historic day. 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. but far from all israelis share that optimism but it shows a lack of understanding of the sensitivities in this region and i think it's a dangerous move right now that sentiment echoed by the palestinians top peace negotiator the seasoned diplomat visibly shaken warning that trump's move could play into the hands of islamists i think president tonight this qualified the

united states of america and you know all you know if it's possible i think tonight he is strengthening the forces extremists in this region as no one has done before and there is reason to fear the washington's u.-turn could provide fertile ground for radicalization many palestinians see them with her in a sense of betrayal. i tell donald trump you're crazy crazy. you've opened hell's gate i'm the white house is set to unveil a peace plan some time next year but after trump's latest announcement the question is if those needed to secure peace will listen let's get some more analysis now on this decision we are joined by our interim me former israeli government spokesman and now the director general of the jerusalem press club welcome to you and thanks for joining us. now this decision it has been praised by the israeli prime

minister and others meanwhile saying that it could destroy the prospect of the two state solution and provoke unnecessary tension maybe even violence and therefore from the israeli perspective is it it worth. time will tell it's premature to speculate know. it all depends if truong. is really intending to pursue a real peace. plan here or just throw this. issue of the. embassy in the air and then wash its hands of the middle east if there is a deed as he said this and it didn't look. good did it is as far as i know because i read his book. is the two sides get. equal the what they want and therefore if this. that

liberation is full of a rigorous peace plan then it's good if not it might is many people fear. and spark a. round of violence in this region but here i mean some would say that the trial has now undermined his position as a potential broker of that peace process i mean you were there when israel and the palestinians launched the middle east peace process under the oslo agreements back in the early one nine hundred ninety s. what do you say to those people who say that this is the end of what you worked for than. well first of four you're referring to the also a process and if nothing to do with the americans piece but anyway he's only reached when the two parties to coffee reaches

a. situation. in fees when this is enough is enough and unfortunately the us is ready has ended but it is imo there it is you know both sides things that they get everything. good data strong the case is this compromise where if both sides are equally dissatisfied so. i would say we need to go back to talking to them but his demons and nothing will come out of. america. precisely when the suspicion is that trumps through this the clear asian in the air signaling the retreat from her from the middle east something like ok you guys want to fight each other do it and we couldn't care less we have other things to. do more

so i think we need to go back to the table israelis and put us in is i know it's easier said than done especially today but we need to do that some vision would not come from america i want to talk a little bit more about the situation there on the ground hamas has called for a new uprising for an end to fatah against israel and the israeli army meantime is deploying reinforcements in the west bank it does not seem right now as if anyone is going to the negotiating table quite the opposite it seems as if there is a build up there on the ground of tension are you worried about the prospect of violence. locus is jerusalemite i'm not. he's in the front and by hear anything come i said. yes i. am concerned about the situation. talking to but it seems i don't think there is

a steam for another intifada obviously we'll see some of the wrist to morrow in iran their prayers on the temple mount. but. you know i under the radar there's a there's a strong cooperation between israel really. on the other us security. forces and to put a scene in. and there is a mutual interest here. to really and not to let the situation they deteriorate so i think after a few days of the wrist. we'll see calm again but again the middle east and the palestinian israeli conflict doesn't toll the rate vokoun and something must happen and my hope is my the concern of these and the immediate

. range of time that somebody. writes maybe or on the wrist will have but eventually the two parties need to sit down and talk because otherwise what we're going to see is a slow but sure drift toward one state. or other jews will be numbers and this will. remain a sense of failure was labia so really people need to wake up and do something to have it. mean we very much appreciate you speaking with us today about your take on this decision by trump and this administration and as we mentioned you are the former israeli government spokesperson thank you for speaking with. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world australia's parliament has passed

a bill to legalize same sex marriage paving the way for gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot as early as next month but for lawmakers voted in favor of the change which defies marriage defines marriage as being a union of two people. high dry hot and dry winds have been fanning massive wildfires in southern california the blazes have destroyed hundreds of homes so far and are threatening thousands more firefighters are battling to get the fires under control and reach the hardest hit areas so that they can assess the damage. in turkey the trial of a pro kurdish opposition party leader has become. so they are hot damn near tosh has been accused of links to kurdish militants charges that he denies the leader of the people's democratic party was first detained under the state of emergency that followed last year's failed coup his supporters say that the case is politically

motivated. turkish president has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but the relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war. and greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there is still thorny issues to resolve. greek turkish relations have been tense if not adversarial for decades the two countries have disagreements over three major issues the island of cyprus control of parts of the aegean sea around their two countries and recently the migration crisis. cyprus was granted independence from the british in one nine hundred sixty years of

violence between the island's greek and turkish communities followed. when greek nationalists tried to unite cyprus with mainland greece in one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkey invaded and captured land in the north. today the two halves of the island a still separated turkish northern cyprus is recognized only by turkey the republic of cyprus and the island south is an e.u. member state protected un buffer zone keeps them apart greece and turkey are also at loggerheads over the aegean sea located between the two countries they've been contesting sovereignty and other rights in the area since the one nine hundred seventy s. tensions have run so high since then that the dispute has twice almost led to the outbreak of military hostilities. the migration

crisis has further strain ties between the two countries greece and turkey have become the landing point for many migrants hoping to reach europe from africa and the middle east a deal between turkey and the e.u. to return refugees that arrive from the greek coast has helped ease tensions but a long list of grievances remain. and for more let's bring in correspondent and the car star who is standing by with the latest from there we just heard about that while the list of grievances given that went to greats make of this visit. well on the face of it the greek government wants to build bridges as it says with its. traditional adversaries so we are going to be hearing a lot of talk about bringing these two countries together with more commercial truck ties potential travel between the two countries but there are as you say longstanding differences the government doesn't expect these differences to be

settled in the next twenty four hours during the talks here with reject i don but in fact they are now shocked with some controversial statements which the turkish president made just before coming here namely he has contested yet again this agreement between greece and turkey outlining their borders he's also come down very hard on the greek prime minister for not handing over eight turkish servicemen who fled to greece last year after a coup so this is put the government in a very awkward position here and we may be seeing a bruising encounter in the next kind of day or or so because of these controversial statements but i mean ultimately the hope was to have an improvement in relations there how will a sick is that prospect would you say. well absolutely i mean as i said before the

greeks do want to see a continued discussion between greece and turkey despite these lingering differences they also were hoping to kind of help turkey kind of anchor its way back to the west as it as we've seen it kind of drift more towards russia and iran and we were expecting some some some strong support from the greeks to to to the turks to kind of bring them back within the european realm were their designs to join the european union but all of that remains to be seen and what statements will be coming out we're expecting needing between the president and the turkish president and mr tippers the prime minister in the next hour or so so we'll be getting more on that correspondent and the chorus of

a thank you. you're watching still to come on the program what will they or won't say germany's social democrats gather for their party conference and to decide whether to start negotiations with chancellor angela merkel to form a new coalition. but first a second volkswagen employee is going to jail over the fact we have her stuff over here to tell us a little bit more about that's right sara and that is a hefty sentence seven years behind bars that's the price all of a schmitt has to pay for lying to consumers the false flag and senior executive was also find four hundred thousand dollars over his role in the company's massive emissions cheating scandal as requested by prosecutors both penalties represent the maximum that the u.s. court could have had the doubt. this wednesday was perhaps the worst day of all of a smith's life the engineer sentenced to seven years in prison at the toughest

possible sentence for perpetrating fraud against consumers he was emotional he apologized he regrets his decisions he said he takes responsibility it's his fault. schmidt was responsible for us environmental matters at v.w. from twenty twelve until twenty fifteen the time that folks wagon admits to manipulating emissions tests using software loaded into its cars. he knew about the test manipulation and testified in court that he simply followed orders the judge ruled that without doubt the v.w. board shared responsibility for the scandal prosecutors said schmidt was in the same room as the c.e.o. they all worked on their stories that they would tell viewer thora teams. it remains to be seen if the form of folks flogging c.e.o. martin venter corn could face charges in germany he has repeatedly denied knowing about emissions cheating schmidt's sentencing comes months after that of another

former manager. james gang having cooperated with authorities and handed in a guilty plea from the outset he received a forty month jail sentence. the international monetary fund says china needs to do more to protect its banks against possible financial risks the i.m.f. says china's largest four banks passed its stress test but the rest have a problem. three quarters of them were under-capitalized to one extent or another china has relied on debt fueled investment in exports to drive it's tremendous economic growth but the i.m.f. says that model is no longer feasible. now for some more inside let's bring in our financial correspondent konrad bosun in frankfurt konrad we've been talking about the rising financial risks and china for some time how significant is this warning by the i.m.f. now you know christoph traders here on the floors are not concerned

about at immediate risk of this credit bubble in china to burst but for sure this i.m.f. report is shedding some light on the risks of this quoth model in china of fueling growth with ever growing amounts of loans and leverage and the i.m.f. is mentioning systemic risks as well it's talking about the shadow banking system in china and you know that's wording that really sounds very obscure and that sounds more and more dangerous the further away from china where you are so it's not exactly inspiring investor confidence here in europe you know to put money into china now in other news shares in the south african company behind germany second biggest furniture retailer steinhoff dropped up to seventy percent yesterday over reports on accounting irregularities and there seems to be no end to the drama.

yes the shares. are down another well really thirty percent this morning and what used to be an asset of this company a really plus factor is now turning into the night into a nightmare and that's the international structure of this company the international scale steinhoff has its operational quarters headquarters in johannesburg the shares listed in johannesburg and here in frankfurt are the legal seat is an absolute no if you are holding shares of steinhoff your of course have to ask yourself where do i get my money if i have a legal claim against this company and this kind of thinking accelerates of course the downward spiral of the share price cannot do that in frankfurt thank you so much. it is a decisive day for efforts in germany to end the country's political deadlock the

social democrats are holding a party conference and have to decide whether to open talks on forming a new governing coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the parties have been in coalition for the past four years social democrats party chief martin jilts and initially ruled out doing so against after. it was again after poor results in september's general elections but has changed course since schultz is up for re-election today and many social democrats are still to be won over. well standing by for us now from the. party convention is our very own thomas bar also thomas tell us this is a very important day for the future of the s.p.d. in germany walk us through what's going to happen. this is about deciding the leadership and the direction of the party in the next legislative period it's about

whether martin shows will continue as the leader of the s.p.d. and it's also about what you mentioned just a few seconds ago where the order or not they would join another grand coalition without going to merkel's conservative bloc that's what they will be deciding just here where we are standing now it's important to stress that not everyone in the party is in favor of that idea of a new grand coalition in fact before this started we were talking to some members of the youth branch to use a cold and they decided against the s.p.d. entering a new grand coalition and that's what other party members have mentioned as well on the other hand it's also important to stress that there are those who believe that the social democrats should at least talk to the conservatives but they also have certain responsibility when it comes to governing the country so it's a very divided situation here in the situation that will be clear today after we hear the leaders talk behind us thomas if you could just walk us through

both of those scenarios the scenario where they decide to work with the c.d.u. or against the cd or whether or not with them what would that mean for the generally speaking and what would all scenarios mean for the party leader. while there are obviously different views on this there are those here who say. that they would for example prefer a minority government of the conservatives with another party where the social democrats would tolerate certain areas and reject other areas they would still remain as the main party in opposition there are those who say no we should certainly try and get into another grand coalition the fear there that many have is that things could continue as they were in the last four years and in the last four years although the social democrats managed to pass some important projects it was a conservative who took the credit and the s.p.d. suffered a terrible defeat in the elections in september where they had their worst result in decades so there are differences that they have to discuss here and the result

of those scenarios obviously will determine what they move will be in the next four years thomas sparrow in berlin thank you. with all eighty two weeks to go until catalonia holds fresh elections hundreds of protesters have gathered in brussels to urge the e.u. to support their drive for independence from spain they're also voicing support for their deposed leader carlos pushed among he has said that he will stay in belgium because he fears arrest if he returns to spain ahead of today's protests a catalan member of the european parliament accuse the e.u. of taking sides on the independence question here's what he had to say. fully controlled by the government of italy france and spain. they have clearly backed the democratic behaviors overhaulin for instance in that two months ago referendum first of october. it was massive attacks from

spanish cory's against peaceful voters they backed the spanish government and the treaties article to an article seven of the european treaties. explicitly. prohibits. military repression against your own population. correspondent standing by with the latest from brussels so charlotte strong accusations that we just heard there from this cattle and how much truth is there to the. choir and i think it really does a good job of representing just how angry a lot of money the they can be european response so far looks to independents say that brussels is not taking action and is neglecting then essentially europe they would all be something very different it is. from a new sound something to be treated right now going to hungary what happens later

this week to try to close and that is exactly what is fueling this protest here that is why so many thousands of people on the streets say they might hear a way call that with europe to. europeans and this is something. we simply don't. know you know you're standing by in brussels who is out there protesting today. because. i was on a plane just to get here. with this protest the brunt of this just now we are about the people that spent the night just to come here it's been suppressed anger really what it is that you're saying that is not right it does not support the rights and is not supporting what they argue is a democratic decision this happened in calculating. bill in brussels thank you.

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