now the first of three days of power then in rachel. the interest the united states advising jerusalem as the so of israel angry protests were held at all major west cities today where israel has deployed hundreds more troops. palestinian aid agencies cairo he's twenty two palestinians were wounded when israeli soldiers responded with tear gas and rubber bullets or at least one case live via. the gaza dozens protested near the border and at least two rockets were fired from the hamas run searching for her we've all has. class is kicking off in the west that. here in ramallah the pale take us of the israeli army it's is with adults smoke from burning tires.

hundreds of come out to protest just a day off to donald trump officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. a city which palestinians also claim as their own capital. similar scenes elsewhere in the west bank where many schools and shops of in close in anticipation of the upcoming violence. meanwhile israel has increased troop deployments throughout the occupied territories and tightened security at border posts. herron bethlehem badly hundred meters separate soldier from protest. palestinian islamist group hamas hopes the demonstrations will increase pressure on the enemy's. i don't know that i media blood. the american decision is an aggression on our. of war. against our islamic and christian centuries add it up. the uprising which started yesterday will continue today. better what i'm papau i want to continue to make trump any occupation. right

there decision you'll pick up all. i'm not. john rest looks only set to increase over the coming days. abbas is called for an intifada all mass uprising as of friday. often that i'm joined by mutterings sees the representative in the palestinian territories of the konrad adenauer stiff t. thank you for being with us on france24 tonight and now i'm hundred you see now there is a real outpouring of anger. on the palestinian street but what is the long term strategy off palestinian leadership following this move by us president double from abe that they say. changes everything. thank you very much yes and it doesn't all their crucial question and i think we have to differentiate between the two political movements and hamas. stilll based in gaza hamas as colorful thirty father i dizzy minds. that will be highly contested as

i don't see w what you natin in the streets so violence is the amountsts of hamas on the e other handd we havee e palestininian authoririty bd here in the ramallah. a wateter use it s so far from them is our being there only calling for will salute disobedience possible u unr. army but what is clear trums rethink up cost failures and try to invent something you and and as you point out that a bowl sides acknowledged the peace process is israeli dead in the water for years now the international community's been focusing on. the and lot more in syria for

example and does trump's move at least. you know refocus world attention on the conflict between israelis and palestinians indedefinitely takes hostage of other international expected is mainly the upn union but also has allies in thee region we're talkiking about a rajoy quiuite you america and sony arab coalition. i think all of these actorors i know of sad challenge to kind responses. as you as aa yesterday clclearly had already as an honest broker is frfrom the palestiaian perspective. i think what is known you this kind of the new strategy also having both from your little to from thehe arab league the foreign ministers of the arab needs are going to meet. on saturday so maybe there's something coming from their part.

will at how the students are demanding since quite awhile already is a new forum them all on the inside in bilateral talks brokered by the united states what they are calling for is a much less . already now to the first visit to grace my turkish president in sixty five is but it is so far pursuing sailing today is russia clive said one sat down with my theory president and the greek prime minister. all of ththem revisisiting d grievances today including border is the treatment of muslims living in northern greece and of course the ongoing turkish. military occupation of northern cyprus for are not as good to athens our correspondent necessary his is that and actually it wasn't pretty frosty atmosphere out wasn't it and

but this is a historic visit how is it being seen by greeks. well many of them are still trying to take small call what did happen today out because it it really did kick off with a very tense mood. the air turkish leader there. bringing up some of brie old treaties one that where the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region the. treaty of ireland's i'm namely nineteen twenty three there which help could define you know the territories of each country's in that has been maintained throughout so when this came up. and he repeated it. pentagon repeated throughout the day until he kind of said that seoul on.

at the press conference with his attorneys pat throughout the day now the opposition hearing greece was quick to seize the opportunity to outlast. the premier for a calling this of castle calling this i'm a tragic college risen in the sense that he hadn't kind of clarify did these issues would not be brought up today. and this could actually put of the entire southern done the country a lot on the line. but on the whole i think. everyone is kind of waiting to see how the next day. all but the turkish leaders visit is going today maybe tomorrow when he actually visits alcohol to me and the

more the reason why the muslim minority lives so sef issues that are. you know pretty current now and amy the extradition all bubutight turkish servicemen who fled. jerky following the cool they've been. inin greece fr the moment the greek judiciarary has ruled by thy have denied and doubled against any sort of extradition to turkey because. they fear that they will not be a fair a treatment or judgment action on these. officers none the less the greek premier honda promised that.

these. offices would be returned and that was. the turkish leader he was harping on that today you promised i that these people will be extradited so we aco some sort of conclusion all these issues that were brought up. desi thank you very much jackie separatists and opposing from athens. now the french president emmanuel macro has signed billions of dollars worth admitted she deals in castle michael's visit comes amid ongoing blockades of the gas rich nation by its gulf allies. other doe house allegeged suppoport for internationall terrorism catherine get h has the stoy we did more. on will. cementing their friendship a manual macro and shake tammy bin her live out sunny side twelve billion euros where the commercial deals. the visit by maccarone comes

amidst a continuing boycott of the gulf nation by some of its arab neighbors. macron has said france won't take sides in the standoff but has thrown its support behind mediation efforts by kuwait's. bill that at a small desk that the restoration of stability in the gulf is a priority for us. because we have many friends in the gulf and that's the reason why i have reiterated to ta'mim france's support of the mediation efforts by kuwait's. my wish is that we can find a rapid resolution of the current problems will be good. in addition to the business contracts macro and the emir reaffirm their commitment to tackling terrorism and tear related financing. selling closer cooperation and coordination. qatar has been suspected of funding terrorist organizations which it strongly denies. new layout of the latest nba from day one the arab and islamic states all the most damaged by the terrorists and their attacks.

the full we are committed to countering terrorism with all of our friends and brothers in the region. what about us? mac all is organizing an ininternational conference n the fightt against terrorism city held in april in paris. also on the day's agenda iran. while macro said it was important to maintain a two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal. he also wants to develop a framework to contain surrounds regional ambitions. today i states our another korea has been ended by a sexual harassment scandal senator al franken says he's resigning over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct he's the second democratic senator to step down i'm such allegations this week. abe i am announcing. that in the coming weeks. i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. let me be clear. i may be

resigning my seat but i am not giving up my voice. i will continue to stand up for the things i believe and as a citizen. and has an activist. well frank and went on to say that for him it felt somewhat ironic to be quitting all donald trump who's in court on tape bragging about groping wome. related the white house france24 was fitted crowther fools from washington. while frank and doesn't necessarily admits to everything that. he is accused of doing by up to eight women now all of whom accused him of some. degree of sexual harassment from grouping them at you making improper movements toward them and he says that's some of this is untrue he says he has different recollections solve some of thehese momen. but it is still enough for senator our franken to resign from the u. s. senate in the coming weeks he says that gives democrats enough time in minnesota which is

where. senator al franken is from two at put in place a replacement for now that will then be followed by a special election. not really a see this endangered by the way for democrats. so this but this is really an important moments here in u. s. politics because what we saw yesterday. was more and more democrats in the senate basically saying he has to resign it started off with around a dozen women in the u. s. senate a with and followed by. the male members of the u. s. senate on the democratic side clearly as it was a political move on the back on the on the side. of democrats what he was saying here is that when there are allegations of sexual harassment. grad toward a democratic member of the

senate or the house of representatives they have to go this happen with john conyers office we know thatl trump the u. s. president now. did this on tape there is proof that he admitted to this and also mentioned by out frank in the fact that the republican party. is fully supporting roy moore at the senate candidate for republicans in alabama he has been accused of paraphilia no less. background and i was saying in the united states multimillion dollar mansions are on the threat from wild fire in the city of los angeles. firefighters of boxing to save people's lives as authorities warn of extreme virus in the city. vise being helped by strong winds that have already from thousands of evacuations after in va. evacuations continue in southern california as officials warned the dangerous santa ana winds could hate purple the most

extreme level on the wildfire thread index. the fast moving fires could spark yet more blazes. a race in the hard fought gains made by firefighters. we are doing that i'm flare ups know that we. so it's. i feel there's a strong winds is that he went. occurring. in ventura some residents have been allowed back but for many it's been a heartbreaking return. visitors left of our house. yeah everything here. larry king every. we don't know the dog. you know you build everything. february we had all our troubles and. thirty three. four major fires stretching from the beach front city aventura to the edge of los angeles have prompted the evacuation of about two

hundred thousand people. and we have over now have over six hundred people put it here. helping his residence cope with this situation would in offered in three meals a day would offer them all the basic needs emotional support. firefighters have been working tirelessly to trying get the blazes under contro. the so called skirball fire has burned over five hundred acres near the largest states in bellaire. even the rich and famous aren't immune. media magnate rupert murdoch's vineyard suffered fire damage. critical fire conditions are expected to continue through at least friday. for arts continues to mourn the rock star johnny hallyday who died yesterday at the age of seventy four. memorial c ceremony will taking place here in paris tomorrow howow today f foune had been living in. sees you just a little sigh geeze for the last few years. and the people have made out of bali's reckless at his local

community did remember him fondly as navy iridescent reports. i his restaurant in los angeles step in readiness is about one of his rock icons johnny holliday who also happens to be one of his frequent customers. killeded in hit though he ss that the rock legend was nice and humble with a taste for a good french meal. really murphy follow is associate him with movies muscles and french fries unavailable. when his wife used by packets of madeleine cakes. johnny loved a french food that he dreamt of american cinema his dreams of working in movies alongside hollywood legends and never happens although many of his friends films would be screened out coal khoa. the festival of french cinema in los angeles. if he was pleased to be hundreds and i moved by the idea that americans are ex is like michael mann could seem on the big screen for all the call. johnny's home hasn't been flock by thousands of fans leaning

tributes or flowers but those who did know the icon of find comfort in his musi. now listening to announce their emotional. what the* for me it will always be johnny's house? voted no of his wife much easier will keep it. it's my place the morning. people harassed go to his house in monaco cats. i come here. here johnny holiday didn't have to worry about taxes or paparazzi's here he was just another neighbor very discreet and also i'm latin americans just don't realize who he was here he was able to live a life of relative anonymity something that he couldn't do in france. but at the same time the artist that the american media is calling of a french elvis never reach the level of success that he soo craved n the united states. assign out for business saying came eighties with us in the she iraq hague has or had a good start with a lot of people kicking themselves because they didn't invest. in the virtual currency bitcoin is breaking oracle thousand that's right

passing through at least two new thresholds this thursday of although the exact numbers do depend on which exchange or tracker you consult. calling death dot com is but it's a passing first fifteen thousand and sixteen thousand dollars in less than twenty four hours. it's an extraordinary surgery currency which was trading below a thousand dollars at the beginning of this year as gained more than five thousand dollars now in just the past few days. the frenzy has also but spotlight on security issues nice half which is a company that mines big ones on the half of its customers. said it was looking into a breach that could have seen up to seventy million d dollars worth the currency stolen. earlier i asked craig earlham senior market analyst and wanda whether the risk of the bubble made it too late divided queen. it's extremely difficult the same because this is being going wild now for the past few months across this being on welfare to shave her remember. one hundred the first when the markets open in trading below thousand dollars so just prince expected just what kind of

incredible profusion and equitable. free look of the course of the last week with by cyber another fifty to a hundred percent so. insofar to pick hollywood is to life very difficult serving back in may we're trading site around five thousand dollars people us in some questions and shows plenty of people is says no this is all right hundred and in its own over inflated well it's gone three full. critics everyone's if pick for his. they picked it like it's very difficult packets when you also looking i pulled her chair again. if this is one so risk also stills opportunity perhaps every bit going up but also as evidenced by his half who has been announced earlier this thursday. is also still a major security risk. here's security risks of anchor bickering it's all a main target for hockey is it's a very lucrative offer asian on i think what we're seeing from the number of wallets over the is a hobby

hiked. the latest reports that we've seen today is that the security in some of these isn't all to scratch and people even sells extremely vulnerable as he talks in the the issue that you that local here. is that one sees wallets have been hawks zone there's no go mock you combine these moved a combine these. these taxes it were the you know protected by any form of regulators of things are the financial services compensation scheme. does apply to abe cornwallis self will you call to you. take on the risk as well as some potential half the war. secret look at the stock markets now europe's telecom sector led trading gains of over one percent. london's ftse one hundred dropped by about a third of one percent of the frankfurt dax rose by as much. cahill's up slightly less on the clothes wall street's trading upwards dowjones has jumped a hundred points at nasdaq up just a little under half

a percentage point this hou. tax reform still in the spotlight as us lawmakers try to come up final version of that long awaited phil. democrats remain staunchly opposed proposals put forward by the white house including slashing the corporate tax rate almost republicans insist the middle class will benefit. which really comes down what people care about. more money their paychecks more jobs a healthier economy faster economic growth more fairness more peace of mind one taxi rolls around. that's what this is about and it's about getting the on the status quo you have to give them credit for the call. this isn't absolute assault to ponder intelligent a class. why do you tax rates the wealthiest people and could of corporate america? to the geninitalia trillion havave dollars corporate america. in analytical is in katar and in addition to the symbolic political support he isolated state he's got big business on his agenda. fresh president sealed some twelve billion euros worth of deals including twelve ralph fighter jets and fifty airbus three twenty ones. leaders also great deals on armored vehicles and management and maintenance khan frodo husband.

actresses. rival planes that you see there are made by the group does so if he asian. now among france's most lucrative exports they also missiles in indian andd egyptian. ties. the international monetary fund has issued a stark warning about china's financial system saying rising levels of debt pose a large risk the economy. jana says that after the latest round of stress tests four of five chinese banks were found to be vulnerable to shock. reports compiled of the course of two years ones invasions emphasis on growth rather than regulation makes system hard to sustain. funds in trying to shift from its reliance on exports to a more modern consumer driven economy. the imf warned that transitional suppose major risks the world's second largest economy. general electric will cut twelve thousand jobs across its power business that's about eighteen percent of the units global workforce. jeez new ceo john flannery is struggling to cut costs and turn around the

beleaguered manufacturing conglomerate china sharia explains. after decades of spreading risk across a range of industries g. e. wants to shrink itself into a more focused company. the u. s. energy giant is cutting twelve thousand jobs worldwide in its power division eleven hundred workers in the u. k. one thousand six hundred in germany and other one thousand four hundred in switzerland. that's eighteen percent of the units two hundred ninety five thousand strong workforce. the goal is to save one billion dollars in structural costs in the power division in twenty eighteen and three point five billion overall. this decision was painful but necessary fuji e. power to respond the disruption in the power markets which is driving significantly lower volumes in products and services. france's g. e. power workforce won't be affected as burned agreement with thousand as say when ge bought it in twenty fifteen.

according to analysts demand for jeez power generation equipment is flagging due to four factors overcapacity lower utilization fewer outages and growth in renewable energies. the one hundred twenty five year old company traditionally dominated markets like gas and coal with those industries have been h hard hit in rececent years. general electric has been the worst performer in the dow jones industriall a avee ininhe last twelve m months with shares losing a whopping forty four percent of their value. plus changed their laura fascinating categorize indicated over the business was he so rightly stay with us much was a male france24

12/07/17 12/07/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! pres. trump: today we finally acknowledge that jerusalem is israel's capital. amy: protests erupt across the west bank and gaza after president trump announces he will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the order means the united states had abdicated its role as mediator in the middle east peace process.