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i will be talking to a close ally of the israeli leader. >> we can discuss anything in the settlement negotiations, there are no preconditions. freezing jerusalem is on accepted. >> facing furious, googled tries to beat the chinese censors. the u.s. takes a top level delegation to mexico. hello, welcome to "gmt." in the next few hours the british foreign secretary is set to expel an israeli diplomat based in london following an allegation that was israeli agents that killed the senior hamas official in to buy earlier this year and that they were traveling on cloned the british

track -- british passports. this is sort of confirmation of what many people have suspected of this entire affair. >> that is right, the suspicion was always that it was the israeli intelligence service to carry out the killing. it will not always be the case that the foreign secretary will say that this afternoon, because what they are investigating as out so much the killing itself as it is the use of british passports. they believe that the assassination team used foreign passports to enter the country. britain's foreign crime agency has been out investigating this, finding that all of the passports belonged to british citizens living in israel, their passports were copied. evidence, the government believes, strong enough to

expel an israeli diplomat. >> let me get this right, when this report is made public, the foreign secretary will not be saying that the israeli secret service has done that? >> i do not think that they will. they are still working on the language. and they're still working on who is involved in the killing. officials want to focus much more on the use of passports and rather than the killing itself, which they say is a matter for the dubai police. >> thank you, we will be following that story throughout the day and bring you that statement live as it happens, i am sure. another aspect of israeli policy under the microscope today, its building program in jerusalem. they have insisted that they have a right to build wherever

they want in the city. i will be speaking to the mayor of jerusalem in a few minutes. but with the rest of the day's main headlines, we turn to david. >> thank you. china has reacted with anger to the decision of google to stop censuring internet -- stops answering internet searches. for now their mainland firewalls are blocking sensitive results. china said that google had broken written promises made upon entering the chinese market. >> google's decision is a major blow to china's international image. one of the world's most prominent corporations saying they can no longer do business china's way. china has refused to allow for uncensored searches and its website, according to google,

there website came under chinese attack. here is the official response. >> google is wrong in halting filtering of this search provider, also in making accusations towards china. we firmly oppose these issues and express our dissatisfaction and anger at google's unreasonable accusations and promises. >> google says that china has moved to further limit free speech on the web. they had to filter sense of information to stay in china. chinese users have been directed to their hong kong-based website where the searches are not censored. here is what happens when you try to find something centered, use -- censored, fire walls block the results. >> they have been ruined.

a real pity. >> china make clamp down on their services even further. >> the former member of a nazi unit has been sentenced to life in prison for killing people -- three civilians in 1944. thousands of french workers are on a nationwide strike one day after president sarkozy shuffled his cabinet after their crushing defeat in regional elections. the stoppage, largely by public- sector workers, has been a response to their plans to reform the pension system. the labor party has punished ministers for influencing policy

secretly, discussing a deal with what they thought was an american lobbying company, they were actually speaking to an undercover reporter. charged with kidnapping a financial advisor that they blame for making the music -- lose their money in bed u.s. investments, the charge is for abducting the buys are in june of last year. pete rosenberg has been following this story from bavaria. >> a remarkable trial is drawing to a close. from the words of a defense lawyer, had you seen this story of a saturday night, you would have thought that the plot was too far fetched. but it really happened. a group had invested money in the u.s. property market. then the bottom fell out of the property market and they lost their money. who did they blame?

their financial adviser. they decided to take justice into their own hands. the ringleader and an accomplice allegedly kidnapped the financial adviser, taping his mouth and stuffing him into a crate, putting the box into a getaway car in speeding off across germany to a lakeside retreat. there he was held for more than three days while the pensioners tried to convince him to pay the money back. the circumstances surrounding his release were just as dramatic. he eventually agreed to pay the money back and was allowed to send a fax to a bank in switzerland. remarkably he managed to conceal the fleet -- conceal the phrase "call the police" in the facts. hours later 50 german police commanders stormed the building.

shorter prison sentences were given to those that were not the ringleader. >> the world's largest airplane makers have come to a long- awaited ruling on state aid. airbus had been receiving government support for developments. brussels was also investigating the aid received by boeing in the united states. it of cricket for you, a blazing half of a smash in the latest indian premier league. mumbai defeated calcutta after four games, playing his own part in the victory, an unbeaten 71.

this was their third defeat in five games. back to you, george. >> you are watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." we just reported on the diplomatic spat between israel and britain on the cloning of diplomatic passports. now to a more significant disagreement between britain and just about everyone else, the building in jerusalem. prime -- prime minister netanyahu is in washington to meet with obama. but he has already struck a defiant note, describing jerusalem as a capital, not a settlement. talking now, more about the breakdown between israel and washington. >> washington wants this man to reconsider, but netanyahu was having none of it.

>> the jewish people were building jerusalem 3000 years ago and the jewish people are building jerusalem today. [applause] jerusalem is not a settlement. it is our capital. he said that middle east peace could not be imposed from the outside, but insisted he was serious about dialogue. >> from the first day we have called, i have called on the palestinian authorities to begin peace negotiations without delay. and i make that same call today. president abbas, come negotiate peace. >> negotiations took a nosedive a few weeks ago when vice president joe biden visited. he was incensed when israeli

planners granted permission for 600 new homes. mr. netanyahu apologize for the timing, but not the principles. despite these smiles, divisions linger. >> new construction undermines the trust and dangers proximity talks and a further step towards full negotiations that both sides say that they want and need. it exposes daylight between israel and the united states that others in the region hope to exploit. >> meaning the government of iran. washington's concern is that this will embolden their common enemy intent on producing nuclear weapons. on that much they agreed. the israeli prime minister also warned of a nuclear-armed iran,

that the common ground between the allies remains shaky. >> earlier i spoke to the mayor of jerusalem. i put it to him that u.s. relations are at their worst in many years. >> we have a difference between strategy and disagreement. i believe that there is a disagreement about the relationship between america and europe to israel is very strategic and i do not look at it as confused. >> use a strategic, i think you are playing with words. american officials have said that the building of settlements and the announcement timing was an insult and constructed, it seemed to me, to highlight a big difference of opinion. >> jerusalem is planning 50,000

new apartments, one-third for the arab residents, one-third for the jewish residents. jerusalem needs to play catch- up. this is not a plan that has the dewitt jews or arabs, it is about developing the city for the residence. >> i am afraid it is an obstacle, we know that. when prime minister netanyahu tells president obama that there will be no freeze on the settlement, that they will go on forever? >> jerusalem is not settlements, it is neighborhoods, jewish people and arab people living in a vibrant community. the way it should be maintained.

i believe that is what the prime minister will say to the president of the united states. it was never an obstacle for. >> it will never come off the negotiating table. you are saying there's a definite note to a freeze? >> yes, we are saying no to that. >> that is what president obama will hear today? >> i hope so, because that view of israel always was and always will be. >> then where do you think there is room for a maneuver? where will these proposed talks go? palestinians said that as long as this goes on, we cannot talk.

>> whoever puts that demand want to derail negotiations. we can discuss anything in the negotiations. there is no precondition. freezing jerusalem is a precondition that is unacceptable by israel. >> de you think that the united nations is trying to derail negotiations? they are calling for a freeze as well. >> it is a red line that israel must not accept. >> you just said that anyone who says that there should be a freeze in building is trying to derail negotiations. is that the accusation your making of the international order? of the european union? of the obama administration? >> not an accusation, it is a statement. let me expand. if people were recommending just to freeze jewish buildings, or if it was jewish and arab of

buildings, it would not make any sense. freezing of jewish buildings in jerusalem, that is the legal everywhere in the world and i strongly recommend that people take it back as a precondition for palestinian discussion. >> i know that the plan is to build of jerusalem, why would anyone want to come to a city that is so divided at the heart of one of the most serious conflicts in the world? why would any tourists want to do that? >> you would be surprised, the tourists that come to the city enjoyed a lot. one of the assets that we have, you can see jewish, christian, moslem, freedom of religion like never before. we want people to come enjoy the city. i would love to see you in the audience come to visit the fascinating city of jerusalem. it has nothing to do that, these are separate things, we are open

for business. 3 billion people of faith throughout the world. >> that was the mayor of jerusalem speaking to me just a little while ago. if you want to see that interview again, check out our website, there you can watch some of our recent program highlights to learn more about how we put the program together. we want to hear what you think, please get in touch. still to come here "gmt," president obama works on his promise to help mexico with his drug war -- with their drug war on drugs. in south africa belongs arm of a lot is becoming increasingly worried about the big bellies of their officers. more than half of the police in the city of port elizabeth are clinically obese.

joan of fisher was there to watch them being put through their paces. >> 7:00 in the morning, the south african police force is getting into shape. battered, bruised, dismissed by many, this is where the combat is supposed to start off. half of the country's police officers are thought to be overweight. they're launching a national campaign to get the force to slim down. >> here at the college they are trim and fit. as soon as they leave the college, that is the problem. >> and get fit for get and of under the new program. chubby cops were told they had a year. of course, they will not be

completely fit overnight, but this campaign forms part of a concerted effort to reinvigorate what has become a demoralized force. in the back of everyone's mind, the world's largest sporting tournament, designed to show that security is under control. the south african police know that they have an image problem, so this public's wedding is about trying to convince people here and those coming to the world cup -- public sweating is about trying to convince people here and those coming to the world cup that they can do what needs to be done. bbc news, victoria. >> this is "gmt." the main headlines, the bbc understands that britain is going to expel an israeli diplomat for allowing the use of

fake british passports tied to the murder of a hamas officer in to buy. jerusalem, netanyahu claims they're not a settlement, shrugging of american criticism of their policies. america is pledging to redouble their efforts to tackle the growing threat from mexico. the promise was made by president obama during a phone conversation with his mexican counterpart. a surge in violence along the border, hillary clinton is leading a top-level delegation later in the day. >> taking center stage, the meeting between top u.s. officials and mexican officials.

the longtime problem has been given new urgency. 6000 troops on the ground, 500 people have been killed already this year. the secretary of state and of the defense secretary, robert gates, want to get things under control. but mexicans think of the u.s. should be doing more. u.s. officials may be reluctant. >> joining me from washington, the former defense official from president clinton.

a very high-profile visit your having their. >> very high profile. the killing of consulate employees after leaving a birthday party, clearly they were targeted, the states have very much been raised. there are over 230 cities in the united states with mexican gang related distribution for the cartels. the u.s. is ramping up assistance. >> what can the u.s. actually do in practical terms? >> working to improve intelligence, reconnaissance, training, making the assets needed available. do joint training said the equipment can be put to use.

this is actually very challenging. the need to give direction to their subordinates so they can get to work on these issues. simply working on things like intelligence sharing, you actually have to vet the people sharing the intelligence tel malign or you risk compromising everything from the value of the intelligence to the methods and sources. >> you talk about vetting personnel, but it implies a much greater level of interference in mexican affairs and has been the case in the past. -- been has been the case in the past. -- ben -- than has been the case in the past. >> users in the united states consume these drugs, weapons are making their way into mexico, mexico is a transit route for the drugs.

>> sorry to interrupt, but the implication, clearly, is that the weak link in all of this is on the southern side of the border in mexico, is it not? >> the u.s. works on reduction and there have been successes in that area. pushing the drug cartels and to mexico, a $13 million per year operation, which is a lot of muscle resulting in a lot of killing. >> very quickly, will we see american troops outside of the border? >> i do not think we will. they are a sovereign country and our sensitivities about the extent of u.s. involvement, but we can see the benefit of u.s. involvement. >> thank you for being with us. >> you are welcome.

>> for this edition of "gmt" i spoke to the mayor of jerusalem, who reaffirmed the israeli position that no part of the city is a seven, that jerusalem is not up for negotiation, and that they themselves -- anyone opposing them is derailing the talks. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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