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orla guerin,bc news, ramallah. nada: for more on today's announcement i spoke earer with former ambassador dennis ross, former advisor to president obama. w he is now at thington institute for near east policy. investigation has put him at forward and it gives israel agree my territory-- a green light to annex rylestinian terri is this a blueprint for the future for which there is no return? dennis: i don't know if it creaked a blueprint for which there is no return. let's bear in mind a couple he doesn't give a green lig unless the administr formally says it is giving the green light. at the same time, the administration talks about a four-year timetable where the israelis are supposed to have a freeze in terms of what they do in areas that have israeli selements but would be in territory that is part of the palestinian area. does that become part of a quid pro quo, where in return for the freeze the administration says to the israelis, you can annex the areas we are getting to you? that is the case, it becomes ha

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.d myanmar to put emergency measures in place to protect rohingya muslims. the court is worried that the minority group is still at serious risk of genocide. the ruling is being seen as a further blow to the reputation of aung san suu kyi, who chose to defend her country's record personally. the latest crime figures for england and wales show what happens after a crime is reported. only about 7% of reported crimes lead to a suspect being charged or cautioned — that's a record low. according to the home office, robberies increased by i2% last year. and knife offences were at a new high, rising by 7%. tom symonds has this report. we're in nottingham with detectives on the robbery squad. if we can see them in the area, it establishes the time accurately and stuff. they're looking for cctv of some suspected muggers. basically, i guess he's got two possible routes. this team has been set up specifically to tackle robbery. we are focusing on those individuals that are causing us the most pain

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.ous state than before. and scientists behind the so—called ‘doomsday clock‘, say that's no false impression. the time has moved tojust 100 seconds to midnight — after experts altered the clock due to the state of world affairs. the clock now stands at its closest to doomsday since it began ticking in 1947. rachel bronson is president and ceo of the bulletin of atomic scientists and she told me why they thought it was necessary to move it closer to midnight we are very concerned. we're moving the clock towards midnight. it's the closest it's ever been. we're very concerned about the issues of nuclear risk and climate change, both trending in the wrong direction, in terms of safety and security. but there's a really important segue from your last guest to this discussion, which is one of the things we call out, are not only are those trends getting worse, but the international capacity to deal with these major global issues is crumbling, and we're really concerned about our ability to ha

our middle east correspondent, orla guerin, reports.aust survivors coming to honour those who perished, lighting a memorial flame for the 6 million jews annihilated by the nazis. among those gathered on jeruselam's mount of rememberance, heads of state, prime ministers and princes. pledging to combat an enduring threat, the dark shadow of anti—semitism. and here is its incomprehensible expression. auschwitz, the gates of hell. the nazis killed more than a million people in this one camp before it was liberated by the red army. for many, auschwitz is the ultimate symbol of evil. it is certainly that. israel's prime minister used this platform to call for global action against iran, saying it wanted to develop a nuclear weapon to destroy the jewish state. they threaten the peace and security of everyone in the middle east and everyone beyond. i call on all governments to join the vital effort of confronting iran. the music was a haunting echo from the past. it was composed by viktor ullmann. he was sent to auschwitz and died in the gas ch

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.put emergency measures in place to protect rohingya muslims. the court is worried that the minority group is still at serious risk of genocide. the ruling is being seen as a further blow to the reputation of aung san suu kyi, who chose to defend her country's record personally. we all need to reduce our meat and dairy consumption by a fifth to help cut carbon emissions and free up agricultural land for tree planting. that's the recommendation in the latest report from the government's committee on climate change. the changes are needed to meet the uk target to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop in east london. instead pc stuart outten found himself fighting off a man armed with a rusty machete. today mohammed rodwan was found guilty of wounding with intent. our correspondent katharine carpenter reports from the old bailey. a warning her report contains graphic images. it should have been a routine traffic stop. when van driver mohamme

but some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival. 0rla guerind of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. from bbc news at ten, good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme tonight. leicester are back in the groove as they put four past west ham. manchester united's quest for a top four place is turning into a nightmare. the saracens saga continues with premiership rugby is set to publish a full report into their breach of the salary cap. heather watson is confident of going even further as she reaches the second round of the australian open. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start with the thrills and spills from the premier league. manchester united supporters were left with their heads in their hands after burnley recorded a 2—1victory, their first at burnley recorded a 2—1victory, theirfirst at old burnley recorded a 2—1victory, their first at old trafford since 1962. there city have got to re—find their form from early in the season —— leicester city. west ham at home it would seem a promising chance,

orla guerin, bbc news, yad va5hem.s in israel among dozens of world leaders expected. we will follow that on bbc news and all day everyday the alf which museum, if you use twitter, is putting out all sorts of important material —— outwits. —— auschwitz. environmental activists are saying the contamination of drinking water in the united states with man—made chemicals is far more serious than previously estimated. tests commissioned by the environmental working group have for the first time found toxic chemicals known as pfas in the drinking water of dozens of american cities. some of these chemicals have been linked to cancer, liver damage and low birth weight. she has accused the military of deep—rooted intolerance. the army says she is unable to continue her services. tributes have been paid to the monty python star terry jones, who has died at the age of 77. he had been suffering from dementia. our correspondent david sillitoe looks back at a career that helped to reshape comedy. terryjones. in monty python, he was

but some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival. 0rla guerinednesday was a rather grey and gloomy day for most of us — misty and murky with some spots of drizzle. there were a few brighter spells, particularly eastern scotland and north—east england, and i think today's looking pretty similar — most places cloudy with limited spells of brightness. we've still got our area of high pressure, it's getting squeezed out as lower pressure's pushing in from the north and from the south. this weather front will be pushing to the north—west of scotland to bring outbreaks of rain. but it's going to be another very grey day. there could be some dense fog patches in places, particularly england and wales, and some of the cloud might be thick enough for the odd spot of light rain or drizzle. much like wednesday, it's probably eastern scotland and north—east england where we'll see the best of any brightness. we could see a little bit as well across the south—west of england. for most of us, the winds will be winds but stronger in north—west scotland as that

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.ning visa restrictions to stamp out what the trump administration calls birth tourism. from friday pregnant women applying for visitor visas will have to prove they have a reason for going to the country, other than giving birth as anyone born in america gets citizenship. sergio gonzales is deputy director of the immigration hub and former senior policy advisor to us senator kamala harris. the trump administration wants to restrict immigration. they would say it has the right to use any tool available, doesn't it? u nfortu nately we've available, doesn't it? unfortunately we've seen a lot of hideous attacks by this administration to use any tool they can to reduce immigration, including those seeking asylum at our southern border and unfortunately in that agenda they really implemented some of the most terrible policies that are discriminatory in nature, and this is one of the worst examples of that. essentially what the new regulation will do is allow the administration to deny entry

but some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival. 0rla guerine week this week with plenty of beautiful winter sunshine. the skies have turned cloudy and we have more to come over the next few days. thursday starts with patches of fog that could be slow to care but brings plenty of cloud. here is why, high pressure sat across the uk and has been with us since the beginning of the weekend with us over the next few days. north and west, a cold front will bring outbreaks of rain for north—west of scotland and away from that, a lot of cloud and the cloud could be thick enough for the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. some breaks in the cloud, the best fount to the east of higher ground. temperatures sitting at around 8—10 selfless. thursday into friday, not a great deal of change. high pressure still in charge and the cold front slips south but not a great deal on it at this point. friday morning you could wake up to scenes like this. fog could be an issue again as we move into friday. dense patches of fog that could be slow to clear and cause disr

but some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival. 0rla guerinad vashem injerusalem. barbara, it will be a huge ceremony taking place with many world leaders gathered and people might reflect as they look towards the 75th anniversary towards the liberation of auschwitz on monday that these events a re of auschwitz on monday that these events are taking place against a backdrop of rising cases of anti—semitism into the world right now. yes, and that is very much something that the organisers of this event want to focus on and they wa nt to this event want to focus on and they want to remember the horrors of the holocaust which become more and more as the years go by, 75 years now and the generation of holocaust survivors is ageing and passing on and the urgency and need to preserve those memories and to keep —— keep them as living memories as we were hearing there, becomes more important the there has been a rise in anti—semitic rhetoric and attacks, but in the past year or so which has alarmed many here or those attending the event, so the israel

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.the cloud today and is attempting to sell and. on the whole it looks like it will be cloudy overnight. the cloud until network and next in fog around some patchy rain running a down western scotland towards northern ireland. breaks around high ground when there is a risk and attach a frost from the whole temperature is four or 5 degrees. tomorrow cloudy grey day for many of us once again that rain pushes back northwards at the western side of scotland. blustery showers at the far north of the country. sunshine across the sea set the pennines, north wales brightening up. a cloudy day with temperatures around eight or 9 degrees. hopefully a bit more sunshine on saturday. significant change on sunday as they went to pick up this band of rain will push its way eastwards and bend cold shower in eric follows behind by the end of the weekend. signalling a start of something much more u nsettled start of something much more unsettled often elect, often windy at least for the early part of next

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our international correspondent, orla guerin reports.to honour those who perished, lighting a memorialflame for the 6 million dues annihilated by the nazis. among those gathered, heads of state, prime ministers and princes. pledging to combat an endearing threat, the dark shadow of anti—semitism. and here, it is incomprehensible expression. auschwitz, the gates of hell. the nazis killed more than1 million people in this one camp before it was liberated by the read army. for many, auschwitz is the ultimate symbol of evil. it is certainly that. israel's prime minister use this platform to call for global action against iran saying it wanted to develop a nuclear weapon to destroy the jewish state. they threaten the peace and security of eve ryo ne threaten the peace and security of everyone in the middle east and eve ryo ne everyone in the middle east and everyone beyond. i call on all governments tojoin the everyone beyond. i call on all governments to join the vital effort of confronting iran. the music was a haunting echo from the past.

our international correspondent orla guerin has spent the day in the west bank gauging palestinian opinionsfore sunrise. palestinians rushing to a day's work in israel, those lucky enough to have permits. movement is tightly controlled. that's life under israeli occupation. and few here today were expecting a new dawn from the white house. do you have any hope for the peace plan from donald trump? "no, no, no," says ibrahim, a father of seven. "they don't want to give the palestinians their rights. "the plan has failed, even before it's announced". a view echoed over coffee in ramallah. that's an hour away, or triple that if there are delays at israeli checkpoints. here, we met some of the oslo generation, palestinians who grew up with the peace accords signed in 1993. they say the trump deal ends that era and it's time for a new strategy. it finally spells the death of the peace process that many assumed would lead to a palestinian state, and instead opens the door for us as a new generation to begin building a type of resistance movement based on what nelson mandela did. so this is the en

in ramallah, our correspondent 0rla guerin asked mohammad shtayyeh if the palestinians had missed anjecting the trump plan outright. if we accepted the deal we could have been good guys. simply because we stick to our national interests, we are not good guys any more. if that is the criteria for who is good and who is bad, we prefer to be very bad, sticking to aspirations of our people and our legitimate right, in an indefinite palestinian state withjerusalem as its capital, let them call us whatever they want. did you make a strategic mistake in boycotting the american administration since december, 2017? that basically meant you had no voice at the table, you are not part of the negotiations. it was not we who did boycott the united states. the united states has taken every measure to really push us away from the negotiating table. surely you must have expected the arab world to come out clearly on your side, which it has not done, it has rejected this plan. it has not rejected this plan. we can understand the political sensitivity to some arab countries. really, we think it is the

speaking to our correspondent orla guerin in ramallah, the prime minister denied that the palestinians an opportunity by rejecting the plan. if we accepted the deal we could have been good guys. simply because we stick to our national interests, we are not good guys any more. if that is the criteria for who is good and who is bad, we prefer to be very bad, sticking to aspirations of our people and our legitimate right, in an indefinite palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital, let them call us whatever they want. did you make a strategic mistake in boycotting the american administration since december, 2017? that basically meant you had no voice at the table, you are not part of the negotiations. it was not we who did boycott the united states. the united states has taken every measure to really push us away from the negotiating table. it's now less that 2a hours to go until britain leaves the european union. one of the immediate changes will be in trade arrangements. the uk will be able to start talking to countries around the world about setting new rules for buying and sellin

orla guerin, bbc news, yad vashem.tive of the holocaust educational trust. in that interview, obviously rena was concerned that the atrocities that happened to her and so manyjewish people might be forgotten by so many generations which is why an event like today injerusalem is so very important but do many other survivors you have spoken to share her worries? i think that all of our survivors including rena have such bribery and such resilience but also determination to keep on sharing their testimonies. while they may have that fear that people would forget —— such bribery. they continue to share testimonies in schools and it is happening all year round and hundreds of thousands of people are hearing what happened but there is no question that 75 years after the holocaust, some people are saying why is that relevant to me and it didn't happen to me or my family, but the story of the holocaust is our story. we will be talking about that more. thank you for that introduction and you will be with us to talk about events

our middle east correspondent, orla guerin, is in the palestinian city of ramallah, on the west bank.mergency session but we know it's meeting now in emergency session but we know its view on this proposal, even before president trump started speaking, outlining the details, a palestinian leaders were saying that this was dead on arrival. consider the choreography. we have the palestinian president, mahmoud bass, right here and he was not invited to the white house for the unveiling of the white house for the unveiling of the plan, unlike his honour —— israeli counterpart. in recent days he would not even take a phone call from president trump so it tells you what relations are like. speaking to people here today both inside the palestinian leadership and outside, the strong view is that if this is a deal, it is a deal that has been cooked up between the israelis and the americans. it is not a deal that is going to be done between the israelis and palestinians. we have had some small scale protests here tonight and calls for more demonstrations tomorrow and there is anger on the stree

said his response to trump deal was "a thousand times no. " our international correspondent orla guerin bank gauging palestinian opinions on the plan. bethlehem before sunrise. palestinians rushing to a day's work in israel, those lucky enough to have permits. movement is tightly controlled. that's life under israeli occupation. and few here today were expecting a new dawn from the white house. do you have any hope for the peace plan from donald trump? "no, no, no," says ibrahim, a father of seven. "they don't want to give the palestinians their rights. "the plan has failed, even before it's announced". a view echoed over coffee in ramallah. that's an hour away, or triple that if there are delays at israeli checkpoints. here, we met some of the oslo generation, palestinians who grew up with the peace accords signed in 1993. they say the trump deal ends that era and it's time for a new strategy. it finally spells the death of the peace process that many assumed would lead to a palestinian state, and instead opens the door for us as a new generation to begin building a type of resistance

joining me is white house correspondent ann guerin. is the trial likely to be overshadowed?> at least the first few days of the congressional return now certainly the conversation has shifted. we had expected to see the beginnings of a real showdown at the start of this week, with the president returning to washington and congress returning to washington. and no resolution of the impasse over when and how nancy pelosi would transmit the articles of impeachment. that fight is still there, and obviously will continue. but it definitely has been overshadowed by world events, iraq, yarn, and even venezuela today. >> earlier today senator lindsey graham weighing in on speaker pelosi and the upcoming proceedings. >> i hope she sends them over soon so we can get on with the trial. if not, i would urge senator mcconnell to change the rules of the senate so we can proceed to the trial without nancy pelosi being involved. my goal is to start this trial in the next coming days. not let nancy pelosi take over the senate. >> that would seem to me as if they would be changing the rules. c

. >> anne guerin, thank you so much. >>> we have much more to come.impeachment trial changed any minds? we'll spend more time on the case than "saturday night live" did with this summary. >> what happened was democrats spent three days laying out in great detail how they believe president trump has been the most aegregious abuser of power. and then republicans laid out their defense, the shrug emoji. hey, saved you a seat. this round's on me. hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers. included in most medicare advantage plans. enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com even after you clean, odors are still trapped in your fabrics. febreze fabric eliminates those odors. and try febreze unstopables with twice the fresh-scent power. tackle tough odors with irresistible freshness. la la la la la >>> after a whirlwind week on the hill, we know the arguments each side is making in the president trump's impeachment trial. here's a look. >> the president was the key player in the scheme.

. >>> joining me now is ann guerin and matthew cognetti and donna edwards. ann, let me start. want to play the following exchange between speaker pelosi and a reporter yesterday and try to understand what has changed. take a listen. >> are you satisfied that there will be a fair trial in the senate? >> no. >> what feedback have you gotten from your colleagues on not sending the articles? >> absolutely total cooperation. it cracks me up to see on tv, oh, the pressure, the pressure. >> no. >> i have news for them. you don't have a story. >> we have a thousand flowers blossoming. >> yesterday she was waiting to get indications. mcconnell didn't do anything. >> no. >> mcconnell has done what -- look. pelosi and mcconnell might be the two best leaders that either party could have. this feels like she was trying to smoke out mcconnell and she failed. >> well yeah. a couple things happened. to your point, nothing happened between yesterday and today that at least as far as we know was -- had significantly changed the playing fild. what changed was the calculation. yesterday she felt

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joining me now heidi przybilla and white house correspondent and contribute anne guerin.o congressional democrats feel this is their best hope for challenging and changing the trajectory of where this seems to be going? >> this is a reminder, chris, that the constitution, not democrats say that if the president is to go to war with any nation state, that the constitution says he must come to congress. the democrats who i talked to last night, and i talked to a number of them, do believe this is their only option at this point and that public pressure will build. when you have 3,000 troops being deployed to the region, iran already saying it's going full steam ahead with enriching uranium. three people dead in kenya from a terrorist movement. we don't mow the motives yet. the iraqis saying they want us out of iraq. democrats believe that over time pressure will build in this regard, but theit's also import to point out, chris, there's a very important discrepancy between what we're being told by the president and what we're being told by the secretary of state. the preside

orla guerin has more from ramallah. bethlehem before sunrise.der israeli occupation. do you have any hope for the peace plan from donald trump? "no, no, no" says e brahim, a father of seven. "they don't want to get the palestinians their rights". a few echoed over coffee in ramallah. that's an hour away or triple that if there are delays that israeli checkpoints. here, we met some of the oslo generation. palestinians who grew up with the peace accords signed in 1993. they say the trump deal ends that era and it's time for a new strategy. it finally spells the death of the peace process that many assumed would lead to a palestinian state and instead opens the doorfor us would lead to a palestinian state and instead opens the door for us as and instead opens the door for us as a new generation to begin building a type of resistance movement based on what nelson mandela did it. so this is the end of the peace process as we know it? this is the end of what i would call it the illusion of a peace process. we will finish my talk about the washington p

speaking to our international correspondent orla guerin, rena says she worries the atrocities might behe is now a proud great—grandmother. a rich life forged from unimaginable horror. and i was lying in a pile of bodies, some dead, some alive. the british came in and they made these huge mass graves to bury10,000. newsreel: i passed through the barrier... that was april 1945, in bergen—belsen. rena lived to see the liberation, but her entire family perished in the holocaust. alone, aged nine, she was brought to the united states. a new home and a new life. but, 75 years on, rena says anti—semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. we have to remember the hatred that people can learn. germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. how can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. and do you feel like it's even more important for you now to keep telling your story? i do. you ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, "who was he?" how can that be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was? but they don't.

orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. remembering the holocaust why we still have some of those survivorshe prime minister will be coming to the white house next week. apparently, his rival in the upcoming election has also been offered an invitation, but that date hasn't been set, but the pre—minister will be in washington at the white house next week. the united states government has warned it will hit the uk with tariffs on its cars unless boris johnson's government shelves its plans for a "digital tax", which the us says discriminates against american firms. but the british chancellor sajid javid is pressing on with his plan for a 2% digital tax on the uk raised revenues, of tech giants like amazon, google and apple. yet france — by contrast — has blinked under this us pressure, agreeing to shelve the tax until they can find a mutually acceptable way forward. the row over digital tax adds to a list of potential flashpoints between the us and the uk in the months ahead, and at a time when the two sides are talking up a trade agreement. reuters reported today british officials have alre