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kopel no one could there are those of yours that makes peace possible because recognizing reality is the substance of the priests. binyamin netanyahu tells eve foreign ministers that countries like the u.s. should recognize jerusalem as israel's capital we go live to brussels. and in berlin an israeli flags of bond in the streets as thousands join told by listening protests in the german capital. also coming up the winter hits your of with a vengeance heavy still flowing across the continent brings probably chaos on the roads railways and airports but it's a win to the wonderland facade. and the bundesliga a blizzard of goals and blizzard conditions in cologne but the team's former coach was feeling the warmth the advocacy of dortmund off to getting a surprise for the. color

of a warm welcome to you i'm under. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is in brussels meeting e.u. foreign ministers this comes against the backdrop of international protest over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel nidia who says european governments should follow the u.s. and move the embassies from tel aviv to jerusalem but the e.u. has condemned the u.s. decision and is expected to put pressure on the israeli leader to do more to revive the peace process has some of what netanyahu and the foreign policy chief really had to say you know where the european union stands we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are those as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of

palestine along the sixty seven line this is our considered position i believe or or most of the european countries the embassies to jerusalem record does crucial in this israel's a couple. robustly with us for security prosperity. and peace. let's head over to brussels and to the ws bureau chief mike hoffman that makes listening to the two leaders that they are so far apart given that what kind of reception is the israeli leader binyamin netanyahu getting in brussels. federica mongering of the e.u. foreign policy chief that we just saw in that short video mention the words friends and partners i think three or four times right in the beginning so she tried to give binyamin netanyahu a friendly start after all and a mahsud he might be too strong word but there were very strong words exchanged in the last weeks after the trumpet ministration recognize jerusalem as the israeli

capital so they tried to give a good start but of course as soon as they start talking you saw the differences very very clearly and quite frankly federica marini is said to be have been horrified by the u.s. decision last week and if anything has said he hoped that countries would accept the u.s. decision and also recognize did use them as a captive is in and move their embassies that is i just wish the thinking given the strong stance that u.s. taken on the issue. there are two positions basically there's that you official position the one represented by federico green in that one is pretty clear it means jerusalem is supposed to be after negotiations between the two sides the capital of the two state solution so if two states one side israel the other side a palestinian state of course were very far away from that at the moment because the two partners aren't even negotiating so that's the official e.u.

position but then the member states themselves have different positions for example the czech republic is said to have been ready already last week to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel we know that some scandinavian countries are very palestinian friendly compared to other states so you can't really say that there is a unified position within the european union as so often and so you don't know what's going to happen in international pressure mounts if other countries decide the u.s. start recognizing that jerusalem as the capital of israel that might change things hard to predict at this moment. given that the positions have become so polarized once again on this issue of jerusalem again the e.u. play a mole pro active role in trying to revive the peace process that. if you want to revive the peace process in the middle east and that's true i guess for every kind of negotiations you need the trust of both sides you would be accepted by the palestinian side i think that's safe to say but israel there's not

a whole lot of trust there at the moment there's another problem you really left that game around two thousand and two thousand and nine when the obama administration took over so they left the whole playing field to them and the u.s. still effectively has that but the trump administration of course is filling that field in a different way and also. the anti-semitism that we are witnessing in some european countries is on the rise for example in germany for example in france and that's not really helping building trust in israel so difficult for the you would take a lot of effort it would take a lot of trust building to get back into that game max so fun the brussels beauty for the w. thank you very much for that. angle over donald trump's decision on jerusalem boy to win but in over the weekend several people were arrested after thousands of pill palestinians protesters took to the streets the

demonstrations of sparked concerns about anti semitism off to protest as bunt at these three israeli flags two of them outside the u.s. embassy live kitted next to the national holocaust memorial some detest is also chanted anti jewish slogans police have launched an investigation into the flag burning the german don't make a strongly condemn the flag burning justice minister heikal mosque a treating any kind of anti semitism is an attack on everyone anti semitism must never be allowed to have a place in society again then the interior minister told us the museum was a strongly lashed out at the flag but as saying we do not accept jews or the state of israel being insulted in this shameful way. the following these developments let me join our political correspondent simon young someone as we heard a strong reaction from a german ministers there they want to send

a message with with their tweets on there. that's right amrita there's also also been reaction from gabrielle is the acting foreign minister he said that there is no right and no justification to burn israeli flags or call for hatred against jews or to question the right of the state of israel to exist so pretty clear words there from all these german politicians i think they just want to make it clear that although they can understand people's anger at the decision of donald trump to recognize to rue slim is israel's capital that that protests must not be allowed to spill over into violence and there's always potential for that to happen in cases like this particularly in cities like berlin where you've got large immigrant population with sympathy for the palestinian cause and some of the flag burning is against the law in some countries what is the legal situation here in

germany. yeah i mean there's no special protection for the israeli flag. at least if it's not an official flag so any official foreign flag is protected under german law for instance if it's flying outside an embassy but in spite of that even a homemade flag as some of these flags were that have been burned could give rise to legal action it could be that police would press charges of incitement to ethnic hatred you know if they could prove a sort of anti semitic motive in a generalized anti semitic background to this and of course there's a special sensitivity always in germany on these cases because of the history of the holocaust and politicians are always very vigilant to watch that israel gets

the full protections as i mentioned there was some interests during demonstrations over the weekend with the specifically connected with the flag burning incident simon well it seems so the there were hundreds of people on the street outside the u.s. embassy here in berlin on friday and over the weekend and israeli symbols were burned there police say that they've detained ten people they're bringing charges against some people it's not clear at this moment whether those will be charges of incitement to hatred or public order offenses or some other offenses somebody on that a parliamentary city is thank you very much this article about some other stories making news around the wild saudi arabia is to end its thirty five year ban on cinema as the first one will open early next year the on the spot of changes being

introduced in the conservative country by mohamed bin samantha the powerful crown trends. on the rise for the first time in seven as the stock and based international peace research institute says world wide arms sales totaled more than three hundred and seventy four billion dollars in two thousand and sixteen u.s. based companies account for more than half of those sales followed by the united kingdom and russia though at significantly lower numbers. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has banned key opposition parties from next year's presidential election he claimed the move was based on the party's decision to boycott merrill elections on sunday the opposition was protesting against what it claims is a really rigged electoral system. a major flare up in southern california as largest wildfire has triggered new evacuations the blaze has

been moving closer to the city of santa barbara fires in the area have force of two hundred thousand people to feed their homes and destroyed hundreds of houses. here in the city of carpentaria the air is choked with smoke and ash. with the flames edging closer firefighters are working around the clock to contain the inferno the so-called thomas fire is one of the biggest wildfires ever seen in the u.s. it's already burned hundreds of structures to the ground and scorched an area larger than new york city now it's threatening communities near california's scenic coastline. after impacting santa paula and ventura the flames are now menacing santa barbara home to some of the state's wealthiest residents. the locals hope the firefighters can get control of the blaze before it's too late. that's a big number right there before another one right here you know. i think.

there's enough manpower there to do what they have to do lighter than expected winds have helped firefighters killed some communities from the worst of the blaze moved down into this community of shepherd mesa which you see behind you is really unfortunate but if you turn around and see what these guys saved last night what they did last night was amazing they saved this entire community but authorities have warned the danger will persist thousands remain under evacuation orders the blaze is only partially contained and is likely to grow further in the coming days . and are joins me now on the trip to cause see bits going has been much in the news lately and it's entering a new era it seems that anna absolutely and reason for the first time ever a bit corny future is a now a tradable that's in the united states now they were known from the chicago board options exchange on sunday evening their traders placing their bets as to where

they think the virtual currency will be come january surging to more than eighteen thousand dollars now some expect the derivatives to stabilize the price others say it's about will and is set to bust. it's a move some say could propel bitcoin from the fringes to the forefront of finance. the futures markets allies traders to speculate on the cryptic currencies priced at a later date something which could increased ability but also push the price down from the dizzying heights of clear it's been i think argue a correction and i suspect the correction will happen when the futures markets come online and so my suggestion is to kind of wait and see what happens i think that if you're investing though for the next two years or three years then the difference between the price now and the price in a week's time may be irrelevant some say that bitcoin might not even be around to the next two to three years though it's notoriously volatile with warnings that it

may self-destruct and it's not backed but some believe the impact of block change technology will be lasting whatever you might think about cryptocurrency is the reality is that the technology behind it which is the blog is here to stay if i can make a kind of a comparison is more like the dot com bubble that we had early two thousand. while everybody was getting rich just having you know a dot com on the web side but even after the bubble burst the internet is still there we have facebook google so the technology behind it is here to stay already opinion is divided over whether the trading of futures will prove the making or the downfall of the digital darling. financial correspondent daniel corp's at the frankfurt stock exchange for us daniel what is this futures trading done to the price of bitcoin. you know what a rally that we have seen today happening at the chicago stock exchange after the

launch. the website was down and we saw already hundreds of transactions within the first few minutes everything started at a level of about fifteen thousand dollars and the bitcoin future even went up to eighteen thousand seven hundred points so yeah quite a impressive start for the first day helena well done you tell us more about the frank perspective then all trade is there watching this north closely and can we expect to see something happening very soon that the friend there was looking very closely because the us or. so i was interrupting you it was a little bit too fast yeah there are watching it very closely haven't i because this is just the start off at the c b o e c e is going to be the next stock exchange also trading even mastic is considering to do the same so the frankfurt stock exchange is under fire but we're hearing for the moment at least that there are not really considering to do this because of course now the price has been

going up but you know sometimes changes within a day off thirteen fourteen percent are also pretty normal so many are calling this also to be very careful that's right certainly a long way down daniel court in frankfurt thank you. representatives from one hundred sixty four nations have gathered in the. capital one has ideas for the first world trade organization conference since u.s. president donald trump took office he's previously described the body as a quote disaster accusing it of being set up to benefit everyone but america when all the issues like battling china's protectionist policies the united states is less litter and calling on the w t o states than. smiles for the cameras but behind them the recognition of a new reality global trade relationships are undergoing a shift driven not least by the arrival of u.s. president donald trump and his america first policy mentioned in all but name in

the w t o chief's opening remarks sentiment today is more inward looking the threat of protectionism remains ever present and with this in mind i think it is more important than ever that we build on the progress that we have already made to further strengthen the system what exactly strengthening the system actually entails is less clear among the issues up for discussion is china's demand to be recognized as a market economy on this issue at least the europeans and the united states are united in their opposition such a move would prevent other countries from levying antidumping duties against china for selling commodities like steel unfairly low prices. other contentious issues include plans to end state subsidies in the fishing and agricultural industries that some see as hampering trade. the problems of the w t

o ourselves with more w t o not with less it's time to be pragmatic and advanced on the basis of a scheme that while it's not ideal allows us to take small but firm steps bit of freedom or. more w t o leading to more globalization outside the meeting hundreds of protesters gathered to object to precisely that message. they see the rise in global trade arms the body that represents fares that's contributing to worsening conditions for workers around the world. and rita now and a great piece of innovation that's what helen i'd nobody heal but i often have faced this frustrating experience of not being able to unscrew the cattle for jobs but now there's a new invention from sweden that looks set to banish screw cap misery forever this also has a serious purpose especially has been developed for handicapped people in the

workplace risk could also have practical benefits for everyone. two years ago thirty four year old daniel freberg suffered a stroke a blood vessel in his neck burst and he could no longer move his hand. that meant he also couldn't work until he discovered this reporting glove now he can use tools again. your feet and opened my fingers went numb and i couldn't move them. later on i got some feeling back and i could move them a little. then i was given a glove it helps me bend my fingers so i can pick things up. all the comic cannick from carlstadt in sweden can our work again at seventy five percent capacity the glove costing around five thousand euros is produced by the tech

company bio server and struck home as well as helping people with disabilities it adds grip and sensitivity for specialist jobs the swedish government is supporting the project. just i'm off the stack this is a strengthening glove it gives the wearer more power and stamina in the hand the senses on the tips of the fingers enable people to grasp things in a natural way. the extra power comes from this unit which contains the most is we're talking about. the projects main aim is to help disabled people get back to work that in turn helps older people to keep working for longer and it brings down welfare payments. dozens of times we're seeing changes in our societies people are living longer and therefore they will have to work longer but that means we have to give people the ability to work

later in life the physical ability and couple of times of. daniel freiburg is just happy to be back at work two hundred of these clubs are already in service in sweden most of them in car plants it's an innovation which clearly has applications in many other markets. indeed very useful now large sponsor of europe have been covered in a blanket of snow what you're seeing here is drawing footage from the netherlands but the reality for travis around europe was rather less tranquil there was chaos on the roads in britain after a heavy snowfall in full us and germany also got its first heavy dusting of the year and here too there were disruptions but for some it was also an opportunity to have a bit of fun. the day of going nowhere fast however intrepid . this the sight for thousands of passengers at germany's frankfurt

airport snowplows and the ice is unable to stop the cancellation of more than three hundred flights there on sunday. widespread destruction across britain to tens of thousands of passengers left without flights at europe's busiest airport london heathrow while police advised those attempting road journeys to stay home unless travel was critical the heaviest snowfall in four years created treacherous conditions. but i would be surprised to get shouted at is just horrible to be stuck like this is that absolutely freezing very. hard really scary very yeah and. northern europe has been covered with snow with temperatures dropping well below zero. the cold front brought with it high winds this passenger ferry was stranded for several hours after running aground near the french port of

cali weather warnings are in place across much of the country. but for those who didn't have somewhere to be the freeze provided ample entertainment. it's a perfect it's great for the children finally we have snow. i hope it will be as why does this come christmas. is often all too often so obvious they're going to take for granted. people across the continent able to simply enjoy the snow the forecast is good more wintry weather is expected over the coming days. not a sport of a different kind football or soccer and cologne went into the bundesliga match against freiburg on the verge of setting an unwanted record for just three points in fourteen games another defeat would mark the williston any side in german top flight history so how did they fare in their first game with a new coach let's find out. stefan who wouldn't back face

a tough task in his first game in charge of bottom side cologne and not just because of the weather his team began brightly in their early dominance paid off when lucas took nine minutes at the open a in the eight minutes. freiburg sydney and schuster then found syracuse a c. in the books the penalty spot had to be uncovered before get a secret five hundred first both goal of the season. cologne kept up the pressure even in the snow and soon it was three nil up to just thirty minutes the i'm lucky own goal scored by candidates time i'd still believe the newspaper since smashed in your recovery is free kick leaving colognes t.-mo horn with no chance. that b. was again the provider on sixty five minutes this time yet acaba heading into make it three to. cologne began to implode and sunny a shot and gave away a spot he wished he'd just think about it on ninety minutes. but privately not done

with their remarkable comeback and in injury time give us he's humble that's another penalty pietersen competes in his country. one of the most extraordinary but it's the games ever summed up rock bottom colognes bizarre season. and that is clones first one is a game since coach peter i was five just to be a week ago but he's now jumped in and bruce a don't want to replace peter bosh and bosh was sacked after saturday's two one home defeat by van de braman last season still get ahead cologne in a surprise fifth place finish but just last week he was fired with cologne languishing in bottom spot off the bust ever stop to a been distinct a season still has dortmund runs till the end of the season. so this article look at the bundesliga standings off to match day fifteen by an a well clear up the top as you can see with the closest

a massive eight points behind. occupy the other two champions league places while dortmund have fallen to eighth in the bottom half there was little movement cologne remain in deep trouble on just three points and with a big gap opening up between them and the rest of the competition. onlookers in room have been treated to a daring feat watching a tightrope officer attempt to cross the tiber river and honestly why a night on the italian before much inched his van hundred thirty five pieces of cable between the banks of the famous river wrecked in windy conditions made for even more challenging conditions boss it wasn't enough to stop the findus aerialist . here's a recap of the top stories that we're following for you in d.w. israel strong this have been and when it's again according to the european union foreign ministers in brussels he says he expects most you nations to recognize to use them as israel's capital any chance of peace in the middle east. that's it from

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