this is faith w. news live from birds been a major shift in u.s. middle east policy israel approves the palestinians outright just washington says it no longer considers israeli settlements on palestinian land with the occupied west bank to be a violation of international law palestinians continue the move as another blood prospects for peace in the region also coming up around imposes a maybe a blackout of the deadly protests against fuel price increases a senior commander accuses the united states think on the bridge.

dozens of pro-democracy activists to escape a police siege at a university campus beijing takes games ones that could intervene to end the crisis in golf in the city. also on the program germany gets it to clash with northern ireland and you are a 2020 qualifying team shakeup is on the cards as you keep those sides looking to cement this spot at the top they can. imagine how it's good to have you with us we begin with a major reversal in u.s. policy in the middle east the trumpet ministrations says it no longer views israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as violating international law for decades israel settlements on palestinian territory have been a huge sticking point in peace negotiations palestinians have slammed the move

saying it's another blow to the cause of peace. the u.s. gives up a decades long position on israeli settlements. the establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with international law israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law because they are built on land occupied by israel during the 1967 middle east war the settlements are one of the main impediments to peace with the palestinians acting prime minister binyamin netanyahu who's in serious legal and political turmoil welcome the new stance. this is a historic day another great policy achievement after president trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel recognize our sovereignty over the golan heights the u.s. administration has now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal. the palestinian authority is outraged israeli settlements in the occupied palestinian

territories including his jerusalem. not only illegal under international law they are war crimes and the statement of mr by the secretary of state of the united states is absolutely. rejected and in response to pompei of the european union's foreign policy chief greeny said the e.u.'s position on israeli settlements had remained unchanged the e.u. considers them illegal. the israel palestine peace process has been stalled figures now and washington's latest move could jeopardize future negotiations. all right let's take this to washington now our correspondent. joins me now where we just heard there had lots of of a surprise was this announcement and why this move now. hi anthony well and actually in many ways actually this doesn't come as

a shock it's basically a continuation of you know this administration's policy towards israel and the region. as we know president trump and his administration have been incredibly pro israel to say the least we also can't forget that they've recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel they've also recognized israeli sovereignty in the golan heights and so you know this is the latest in several moves made by trump administration that critics have said that this is coming basically at a time as we know that the trumpet ministration and the secretary of state of course is included not my pompei oh they're under a lot of pressure because of the ongoing impeachment inquiry related to ukraine and also my pompei a has been under a lot of pressure from both republicans and democrats over his handling of u.s. diplomats so basically by making this announcement at pompei 0 in some ways is

raising his profile and focusing attention on another issue at the moment. my pomponius stresses this would not affect the peace process one though what side those in washington with experience in this region. well anthony you know this announcement is coming out of time where it basically breaks a 2016 u.n. security council ever the resolution that basically you know states settlements in the west bank are basically a violation of international law it also breaks with the position held by the united states since 978 under as president jim or jimmy carter and he basically said you know settlements in the west bank were inconsistent with international law now just a few years later ronald reagan slightly changed his stance and he said they would settlements were illegitimate but he didn't actually call them illegal we also come for get that it goes against the 4th geneva convention and also interesting me once

again the u.s. and you know distancing itself from its traditional allies in europe which is where it hasn't gone down very well and also potentially straining relations with that you know allies in the islamic world and instead of perhaps you know improving the situation there it's going to make it a far far lot worse so you know at the moment a lot of critics are saying that this is not a good move here in the united states both for the alias in washington thank you. thirty's have defended the hike in fuel prices that spawn days of rioting at least 3 people have been killed and more than a 1000 arrested the government insists the price was is on this is syria to fund social welfare programs as the troubles continue the internet has been cut off and the supreme leader has accused the united states of being behind the wrist.

the central bank can be behind in flames police cars and a billboard of the ayatollah are also engulfed in blazes scenes of unrest and destruction in southwestern iran. in the capital tehran demonstrators wish death on their supreme leader. the unrest has left many dead or wounded this footage was recorded on saturday before the government blocked the internet on monday came this statement from the commander of the bus each a militia loyal to the government and. i will mean that yesterday the situation was stable throughout the country today things are also under control most of the people behind the riots have been identified and arrested this time the americans did not have any success and they added another defeat to that halle berry part of the mission of. the united states has criticized the rainy and security forces for

using violence against the protesters secretary of state mike pump a 0 posted in a tweet as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you. because of u.s. sanctions iran's oil trade has collapsed the government to short of funds and is trying to offset its losses by raising gasoline prices a payments are planned for 20000000 people in need a quarter of the population. the government has made this decision because it doesn't have any money now it's taking money out of our pockets to plug the gaps here in iran hommage everything in iran is connected to petrol prices when they go up so defeated prices rent everything. since the weekend iran has been cut off from the outside world that makes it difficult for the protesters to coordinate their rallies for the regime it's an opportunity to suppress the protests without interference around 1000 people are said to have been arrested so far.

some of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of supporters of libya's ousted president even with obvious have taken to the streets of the capital luck and demanding the resignation of the interim president in. these influential catholic churches called for a national dialogue to in more than a month violent protests. it was president donald trump says he is strongly considering testifying in his own impeachment investigation trump tweeted the announcement a day after house speaker nancy pelosi challenge him to appear before the committee to quote speak all the truth that he wants. still in the u.s. and the state of california is suing the country's largest electronic cigarette manufacturer jewel for allegedly targeting moneths in its advertising sale of cigarettes has soared in recent years especially among young people california law

prohibits the site of so-called biking products to people under the age of 20. now to hong kong which china has appointed a new police chief as the territory reels from violent protests on monday anti-government protesters made a bold escape from a police who sealed off a university campus occupied by demonstrators the stakes remain dangerously high china's ambassador to britain has warned that has the power and the resolution to end the unrest which is gripped hong kong for months universities have become the latest battleground for protesters and the police. that daring plan students climbing down from a bridge using ropes escaping on to a highway then they're in the clear. but there are only trickling out after police sealed off this university campus the epicenter of the most violent

clashes so far in hong kong's political crisis. if court the protestors could be charged with the rioting punishable by up to 10 years in prison. chaos reigns here and police have failed to gain control of the campus clashes continue on the streets to the struggle for democracy has disrupted life in hong kong for 5 months it's had a heavy impact on the economy especially the tourism sector because visitors are often forced to remain in their hotels back at the university some students leave through the front door not everyone can continue the resistance they head towards awaiting medics and the police. the siege might be facing an end but it's just one of many battles in hong kong's continuing standoff. twiddly and venice is returning to normal after days of flooding caused damage running into the hundreds

of millions of euros but as the waters in the city recede other parts of northern italy have been swamped by a tarantula rhine leaving whole villages cut off. the rains have stopped life is getting back to normal but in venice that means assessing the damage after 3 floods within a single week still the waters are receding from public squares and the taxis are working the canals. but it's a different story in land flooded fields as far as the eye can see in central italy . and there for you leave julia region reversed burst their banks flooding a key road and making access to cut off the ledge is difficult. we just cleaned up the lake and now this if it goes on this way we won't have any prospects for the future. the situation was even more dire in a coastal town. of fills up and overflows into drains.

floodwaters making even the most basic tasks much more difficult but a pivotal day with very limited as you can see when things like this happen we're stuck at home like prisoners. romagna in central italy was hard hit firefighters rescued stranded residents in boats and helicopters forecasters warned that more flooding could be on the way. to football and germany play their final year of 2020. coach walk in lives scored into tight northern ireland in frankfurt germany have already qualified for the tournament but can cement 1st place in the group with a win. yogi live still has a few tricks up his sleeve in the remaining euro 2020 qualifier germany have already secured their place at next summer's tournament so live wants to shake

things up against northern ireland and that i know undiminished planning some changes because i want to see certain players in action again this year and give them a chance and show my faith in them and give them the spice they may be neat. enough light i'll come up in new ticked goalkeeper mark andre test a game is among the players expected to start he's been vocal about wanting more playing time for the national team ahead of captain manuel neuer for live all that matters is that the team finishes top of the group questions achievable let's not go we want to win the next game against northern ireland we want to end up ahead of holland that would be nice it needs to be our goal but we can also use the game to develop and give certain players a chance to develop themselves you know couldn't he can be good 2019 has been another shaky year for the germany team but the match in frankfurt gives them a chance to go into the new decade on a high note. you're watching day w.

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