context what i disclose more information to a person or to a computer in this case. it's a feelings of the instruments that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us. the rhythms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is d.w. news live from berlin global anger at donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. demonstrators voice their

opposition in cities around the world and palestinians keep up their protests in gaza and the west bank as funerals are held for the first victims of clashes with israeli security forces we'll go live to cairo where the arab league is holding an emergency session also coming up hold on to your house for the front runners in europe's answer to the oscars we'll bring you a preview of the films in the running for tonight's european film awards. and a thunderous sendoff for the singer new and as the french elvis presley paris pays an emotional farewell to johnny holiday the man who tops the country how to rock. hello and welcome i'm marrying evanston it's good to have you with us tensions are running high in the middle east after days of violent protests against donald

trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the arab league has called an emergency session to discuss the move by the u.s. president which has sparked a backlash in the palestinian territories and beyond in gaza funerals have been held for two members of the palestinian militant group hamas they were killed by israeli airstrikes in response to rocket attacks. and protesters have been turning out around the world to voice their anger at trump's policy reversal. yeah. a small group of pro israeli demonstrators and just across from them thousands turned out to support the palestinians scenes like these on friday in london could be found across many cities. in the greek capital athens u.s.

flags were burned in protest against president trump's middle east policy. in tunisia and many countries across the muslim and arab world thousands call for freedom for palestine. and in washington the u.s. president could well have seen this prayer protest from the white house. an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council the representatives of israel and the palestinians are at a distance. that you as this edition truly or does it really is impunity undermines and essentially disqualifies its leadership role to seek peace in the region i call on all countries all peace seeking nations of the world to join with our american friends. recognize jewel the limbs connection to either

move your embassies to our capital but as here the u.s. is largely alone in its decision the european allies speak out against the us president's actions we disagree with the u.s. decision to recognize to resell them as the capital of israel and to begin preparations to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem it is not in line with security council resolutions and is on helpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region we encourage the u.s. administration to not bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than that. will shortly the arab league which is an umbrella organization of twenty two arab states will be holding an emergency meeting in cairo i'm joined now by michael thinks she's a journalist who's in the egyptian capital ruth thanks for joining us so the arab

league has called this emergency session to discuss downturns recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital just what are they hoping to achieve at this meeting . well it seems like the most likely outcome off an evening of debate is that we're likely to see a statement old condemnation concerning the decision now the question. that you know will be asked by commentators and observers of this evening's meeting is who exactly that statement of condemnation is likely to be targeting is it israel in which case that would be an end with a lot of other statements previously made by the arab league or is it the united states and if so that route be something of a break from tradition for the arab league and it would also put countries like egypt and saudi arabia which have very good relations with the trump white house it

would be a they certainly are breaking relations for them to all right so if they do come up with this joint statement of condemnation assuming that the target is the united states just what kind of an impact would that have is this merely words or will there be some sort of policy changes that will follow from it. i think that it's been quite rare in the past that we would see major shifts of policy from individual member states in the arab league following even the most fiery statements of condemnation but that's what so called in the past generally their statements of condemnation have been in line with things that we already believe that we already know that individual member states have so for example the previous statement of condemnation was looking upon donation of the lebanese who has and condemning them as a terrorist organization if the statement today focuses on israel this is

unlikely to affect individual business deals that we secretly being debated between even countries like egypt israel which are currently debating and for gas deal that would see a pipeline go through jordan. and a statement of condemnation focusing on the united states would be highly irregular and might change some business deals from the u.s. side but don't necessarily do so by individual member states here. well specifically in egypt we've heard that the leader of the coptic church there has announced that he's not going to meet the u.s. vice president mike pence when he comes to visit egypt later this month now we do know that egypt is a key ally of the united states so just how much damage has trump's announcement under islam already caused. i think it's fair to say that it certainly put countries like egypt which have these very strong relations with the trump white house it's put country such as egypt in a very difficult position in that they have you know renewed relations with trump

had to under obama but the schools you know they have been until now key broker in palestinian peace talks and talks between hamas and fatah that have been taking place break yulian cairo and this decision somewhat undermined. their efforts in that area and you know it's undermined their ability to continue acting as a real broker peace. journalist with michaelson reporting from cairo many thanks indeed now to some of the other stories making news this hour and iraqi prime minister haidar of bodies says his country's war with the so-called islamic state has been one he says the army has driven i-s. from the country and re secured its border with syria after more than three years of conflict huge wildfires raging through southern california have killed at least

one person and forced around two hundred thousand people to flee their homes multiple blazes have destroyed hundreds of buildings and much of the state's valuable of a condo crump and unrelenting winds mean the fires could last until christmas a german village has been sold for one hundred forty thousand euros in auction vina is a small community with fifteen inhabitants it's located south of berlin in the former east germany and testing tough times since reunification and anonymous buyer purchased the village they were the only bidder. well now on to something for our cinema fans they are europe's answer to the oscars the european film awards the prizes will be handed out tonight here in berlin the home to the european film academy you've taken a look at this year's favorites including a dark comedy from sweden which is expected to win big. what are the biggest challenges of square

a comedy about the art world and one man's accidential crisis has picked up five nominations a museum curator goes from one strange situation to the next and not completely without blame how often rich. women say you don't know very well. and have sex with them you know their names. so what's my. director ruben best learn to expose is the hypocrisy and immorality of the upper middle class a social satire a portrait of the president that you won't forget in a hurry after winning the palme d'or the highest prize at the con film festival it now has a good shot at the european film awards. the hunger area and love story on body and soul has been nominated for three awards it's a mythical romance between maria and director two introverts who work together at a slaughterhouse they slowly realize their soul mates they even have the same dream

every night. the film demonstrates the strength of love with poetic often enigmatic images that earned it the golden bear at the berlin film festival. melancholic finnish director aki chorus makis entry the other side of hope follows the fate of a syrian refugee in helsinki a lonely restaurant owner decides to help him this is my bed. no way. for a time the two of them share a common destiny as always chorus maki believes in hope in the face of adverse conditions his film has been nominated for two awards. three films that ask big questions all of them would be deserving winners. to paris now where the

city is saying goodbye to the singer a new one as the french elvis presley rock legend johnny holiday died of lung cancer on wednesday at the age of seventy four tens of thousands of people turned out to see him off ahead of his funeral lining the streets to watch bikers escort his coffin to the ceremony. hundreds of bikers joined the funeral procession for a thunderous sendoff johnny holiday himself drove a harley he was a working class hero whose appeal eventually comes across class divides. well yeah they say no you don't look around there are all sorts of people workers everything young people old people less young people we don't care we're always young for johnny foreigner to the jungle journey. that would have been no johnnie without british and american rock but he made it very much his own and he sang in french.

on the steps of the modeling church president manuel mccall paid tribute there is what some told of a career spanning almost sixty years as a thousand songs fifty albums. you were with us still with us grown with us forever to be sure the. johnny holiday will be buried next week on the caribbean island of samba tellin me. match day fifteen in the bundesliga is underway and friday's kickoff leverkusen manage a big when it stood guard to move up to fourth in the standings twenty year old jamaican player leon bailey was again the hero for laver cruzan he assisted on both of their goals is corner kick set up a lars bender header with ten minutes left to seal the two nil win bailey has played a major role in his club's ten game unbeaten streak. while

an athlete already considered one of japan's best ever baseball players is about to become an angel twenty three year old shohei otani has signed with the los angeles angels the nerve to major league baseball in the states was expected but it's still hard for japanese fans to take. shohei otani is a two way threat in baseball the twenty three year old canto fastballs up to one hundred miles per hour and he's explosive at the plate and now he's an angel much to the dismay of japanese support us back home. she died i'm sad because he threw really fast pitches and was also great at better. so i'm really i'm happy with him so that kind of sees fans know otani struggled with an ankle injury this season but a year ago he had twenty two home runs and kept hidden said bait with his powerful

pitching. it's also good that by going out into the world children in japan can see that and have similar aspirations to come up by. the time he hopes to help turn the angels into world series contenders a quick reminder now of our top story palestinian protesters are clashing with israeli security forces for a third day after donald trump controversial move to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the arab league has called an emergency session to discuss the policy reversal by the u.s. president. you're up to date now on d.w. news thanks for watching. the ascent.