0:00:04 > 0:00:12President Trump is expected to recognise Jerusalem
0:00:12 > 0:00:22as the capital of Israel, as Arab leaders warn it
0:00:23 > 0:00:24could jepordise the peace process.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It's a dramatic break with decades of US policy.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29It's thought the president will also announce plans to move the US
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Embassy to Jerusalem - prompting international concern.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33We view the reports we've heard with concern because we think that
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Jerusalem, obviously, should be part of the final
0:00:35 > 0:00:37settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39a negotiated settlement, that we want.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40We'll have the latest from Washington.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Also this lunch time:
0:00:43 > 0:00:46A 20-year-old man has appeared in court accused of a plot to bomb
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Downing Street and kill the Prime Minister.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59A Mane peers in court charged with terrorism offences, including
0:00:59 > 0:01:02sharing the address of Prince George's school with potential
0:01:02 > 0:01:08attackers. -- a man appears in court.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Theresa May has phoned the leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13as attempts continue to settle the issue of the Irish
0:01:13 > 0:01:14border after Brexit.
0:01:14 > 0:01:21Snog agreed until everything is agreed. So the final - nothing say
0:01:21 > 0:01:24greed until everything is agreed.
0:01:24 > 0:01:261,000 firefighters tackle huge wildfires near Los Angeles,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And I'm here in Adelaide, where, after a disappointing day,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35England's Ashes' hopes are now hanging by a thread.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And this is Little Foot - an ancient human ancestor
0:01:37 > 0:01:41who lived in Africa more than 3 million years ago.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Just four months after giving birth to her first child,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49seven-time winner Serena Williams has entered January's event
0:01:49 > 0:01:58and could defend her title in Melbourne.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The White House says President Trump will break with decades of American
0:02:18 > 0:02:20policy on Israel later today by recognising Jerusalem
0:02:20 > 0:02:24as the capital of Israel.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25He's due to announce the highly controversial decision
0:02:25 > 0:02:30in a speech this evening.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33President Trump is also expected to approve plans to move the US
0:02:33 > 0:02:36embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - though that is not expected
0:02:36 > 0:02:37to happen for several years.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Jon Donnison reports.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Over the millenia, few cities have been so contested or seen so much
0:02:43 > 0:02:48conflict as Jerusalem.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Israel regards it as its undivided capital.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Today, Donald Trump is expected to declare where he stands,
0:02:54 > 0:03:00and honour a campaign pledge.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish
0:03:04 > 0:03:05people, Jerusalem.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10APPLAUSE
0:03:10 > 0:03:12But East Jerusalem has been under Israeli occupation
0:03:12 > 0:03:18since it was captured by Israel in 1967.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Palestinians want it as their capital in a
0:03:19 > 0:03:22future Palestinian state.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The US is delivering a lethal bullet to the heart of the two-state
0:03:25 > 0:03:30solution.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33That would be actually the kiss of death for the two-state
0:03:33 > 0:03:35solution because Jerusalem is at the very heart of the two-state
0:03:35 > 0:03:37solution.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It is the major pillar of it and there has been many
0:03:40 > 0:03:42decades-long policy of the US, the international community and
0:03:42 > 0:03:47everybody involved, including the Israelis
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and the Palestinians, that Jerusalem is a final status issue.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Moving the US Embassy from its current home in Tel Aviv
0:03:52 > 0:03:55could end up taking years.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57But today, much of the international community spoke
0:03:57 > 0:03:59out against President Trump's anticipated change to the
0:03:59 > 0:04:02status quo.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia as well as the Pope all critical.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11But also Britain, not on the same page as the president.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16We think that Jerusalem obviously should be part
0:04:16 > 0:04:18of the final settlement between the Israelis
0:04:18 > 0:04:19and the Palestinians, a negotiated settlement
0:04:19 > 0:04:24that we want to see.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29And we have no plans ourselves to move our embassy.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33On the ground, in this city of Palestinians and Israelis,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38as with almost everything here, the issue is divisive.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I think that it is about time 3000 years later than it should be or 70
0:04:42 > 0:04:49years after everyone admits that it is capital city.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54TRANSLATION:There will be new problems again.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58There will be a new intifada.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Even abroad, as I head in the news this morning,
0:05:01 > 0:05:02the Western countries are against it, even
0:05:02 > 0:05:03more than the Arabs.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Already in Gaza this morning, there were some
0:05:05 > 0:05:07small demonstrations.
0:05:07 > 0:05:14But in recent years, Palestinian protests
0:05:14 > 0:05:23have always fizzled out, the victim of weak leadership and fatigue.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Arab countries may speak out today but
0:05:33 > 0:05:36bigger problems across the Middle East means many the Israeli
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Palestinian issue is less of a priority.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40President Trump says that he sees peace between Israelis and
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Palestinians as the ultimate deal.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43The chances of that though seem as ever very distant.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Jon Donnison, BBC News.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Barbara Plett-Usher is in Washington.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49If this does happen, if he announces it, it is a major break with decades
0:05:49 > 0:05:51of the US policy and goes against international consensus. Why would
0:05:51 > 0:05:54President Trump decide to do this now?Well, he is doing this now
0:05:54 > 0:05:59because the issue has come up. The Congress has a law which says the US
0:05:59 > 0:06:01should move its Embassy to Jerusalem and recognise Jerusalem as the
0:06:01 > 0:06:07capital of Israel. But every six months for the past 22 years,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Presidents here have waived that demand for national security
0:06:09 > 0:06:13reasons. It has come up now in December, it is the deadline and
0:06:13 > 0:06:17President Trump has decided to do differently for domestic political
0:06:17 > 0:06:20reasons, because he made that campaign promise to move the Embassy
0:06:20 > 0:06:25and recognise Jerusalem as the capital. He wants to satisfy his
0:06:25 > 0:06:29pro-Israel voters. Officials have been at pains to say it is not a
0:06:29 > 0:06:32change in US policy, they are just recognising the reality, which is
0:06:32 > 0:06:36that Jerusalem is the functional capital of Israel. This does not
0:06:36 > 0:06:40affect the controversial issues about the final status, such as the
0:06:40 > 0:06:44status of the holy sites, the boundaries, the borders, the
0:06:44 > 0:06:47sovereignty of the various bits of it. All that will be decided in
0:06:47 > 0:06:50peace talks but based on what officials told us, it doesn't sound
0:06:50 > 0:06:54as if he will make any concrete announcements to reassure the
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Palestinians and also he will not be making the announcement as part of a
0:06:58 > 0:07:02peace plan, so it does look as if he is siding with one partied, Israel.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06We will see how he explains himself but he has alarmed his Allies in
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Europe.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins is here.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It is hard top underline how significant this announcement will
0:07:14 > 0:07:18be if he makes it. - to underline.I don't think we can doubt the
0:07:18 > 0:07:24significance. It is huge. President Trump is effectively repudiating the
0:07:24 > 0:07:28United States' foreign policy of almost 70 years. No President has
0:07:28 > 0:07:31ever recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and for good
0:07:31 > 0:07:36reasons, because they believe that to do so could be incendiary and
0:07:36 > 0:07:39could, of course, prejudice a possible, positive outcome from
0:07:39 > 0:07:44talks about a two-state solution. Now for all the caveats what the
0:07:44 > 0:07:46White House officials are apparently putting in, the fact is this does
0:07:46 > 0:07:52seem to endorse the taking of East Jerusalem in the 1976, Six Day War
0:07:52 > 0:07:55by Israel and that's something that has never been recognised
0:07:55 > 0:07:59internationally and it seems in a sense, also, to legitimise from
0:07:59 > 0:08:02President Trump's point of view, much of the settlements by Israelis
0:08:02 > 0:08:07of areas of East Jerusalem that are regarded by the United Nations as
0:08:07 > 0:08:12being illegal. It does change the status quo, it is an enormous
0:08:12 > 0:08:16political gift to Israel. No wonder the rest of the world is dismayed.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Prime Minister Theresa May said in the Commons it was not Britain's
0:08:18 > 0:08:22position and she would be speaking to President Trump later about this.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I think she's echoing very widespread political worry.Thank
0:08:25 > 0:08:31you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33A man has appeared in court in London
0:08:33 > 0:08:35accused of plot to bomb Downing Street and kill
0:08:35 > 0:08:36the Prime Minister.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39A second man has also appeared, charged with the preparation
0:08:39 > 0:08:40of terrorist acts.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Both suspects were detained last month.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Our Home Affairs Correspondent June Kelly is at Westminster
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Magistrates Court.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Well, Sophie, this was a first appearance at Westminster
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Magistrates' Court and as is usual in these counter-terrorism
0:08:53 > 0:08:58investigations, it took place amid intense security. In the dock we had
0:08:58 > 0:09:03the two men, the first, Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, a 20-year-old
0:09:03 > 0:09:08British Bangladeshi and it's claimed that he was planning to set off an
0:09:08 > 0:09:11improvised explosive device - in other words a bomb - at the gates of
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Downing Street, at the junction with Whitehall and then, in the ensuing
0:09:15 > 0:09:19chaos, it's alleged he was planning to get into Downing Street, equipped
0:09:19 > 0:09:22with a suicide vest, a pepper spray and a knife, and kill the Prime
0:09:22 > 0:09:29Minister. Now, in court documents it actually says "With a view to trying
0:09:29 > 0:09:32to kill the Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Theresa May MP." In
0:09:32 > 0:09:44the dock with him is co-defendant, Mohammed Aqib Imran, 21 a Pakistani,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48he is facing charges of preparing terrorist acts unrelated to Downing
0:09:48 > 0:09:54Street, involve foreign travel and he is accused of helping Imran in
0:09:54 > 0:09:57that endeavour. Both men were arrested last week, one in
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Birmingham, one in London. There were no pleas today because it is a
0:10:00 > 0:10:04first appearance. They have been remanded in custody. Their next
0:10:04 > 0:10:09appearance will be at the Old Bailey on December 20th. Thank you, June.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11A man from Lancashire has appeared in court charged
0:10:11 > 0:10:13with terrorism offences - including sharing the address
0:10:13 > 0:10:15of Prince George's school with potential attackers.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Our Home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds is here.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26What more can you tell us?This is a man, 34, from Nelson in Lancashire.
0:10:26 > 0:10:34He is accused of using the messaging app, Telegram, to set up channels
0:10:34 > 0:10:37for groups to share information with potential attackers. His name is
0:10:37 > 0:10:50Mack 1. -- is Husnain Rashid. He posted pictures of Prince George
0:10:50 > 0:11:02and de tails of the address of his school. The charge is faces is
0:11:02 > 0:11:05consistent with preparing acts of terrorism. He will appear at court
0:11:05 > 0:11:10this morning and he will appear again at the Old Bailey on 20th
0:11:10 > 0:11:13December inhe will stay remanded in custody.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15The Prime Minister and the leader of the DUP,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Arlene Foster, have spoken by phone this morning
0:11:17 > 0:11:21for the first time since a deal to move Brexit talks on to the next
0:11:21 > 0:11:22stage stalled in Brussels on Monday.
0:11:22 > 0:11:29It came after the DUP rejected the text of an agreement between
0:11:29 > 0:11:32the UK and the European Union on the future of Northern
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Ireland's border.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35But in the Commons this lunchtime, the Prime Minister insisted that
0:11:35 > 0:11:38very good progress has been made in the Brexit negotiations.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48REPORTER: Have you won over the DUP, yet, Prime Minister? Back from
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Brussels without the deal she wanted. She knows she needs a new
0:11:52 > 0:11:56plan to convince those she thought were on her side this. Afternoon in
0:11:56 > 0:12:00the Commons, facing questions about what went wrong.On Monday, as she
0:12:00 > 0:12:09thought she was coming here to make a statement, it was vetoed by the
0:12:09 > 0:12:13leader of the DUP, the tail really is wagging the dog here. The Prime
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Minister insisting that talks were moving forward. We are at the point
0:12:17 > 0:12:21of progressing on to the next stage. Nothing is agreed until everything
0:12:21 > 0:12:25is agreed. So the final settlement won't be agreed until we have
0:12:25 > 0:12:30actually got the whole of the deal agreed. But I have to say to the
0:12:30 > 0:12:33right honourable gentleman, he asked me questions about hard borders.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Half the Labour Party wants it stay in the single market. Half want to
0:12:38 > 0:12:40leave, the only hard border around is right down the middle of the
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Labour Party.On the cusp of an agreement on Monday to try to settle
0:12:45 > 0:12:50the separation from the EU so talks can turn to future trade, the deal
0:12:50 > 0:12:54was scuppered by the Democratic Unionists, who pulled the plug on
0:12:54 > 0:12:57proposals for the Irish border. They are keeping the Prime Minister in
0:12:57 > 0:13:00power and don't want any difference between Northern Ireland and the
0:13:00 > 0:13:05rest of the UK after Brexit. Theresa May has spoken to the DUP leader,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08article even Foster today over the phone but it is clear there is still
0:13:08 > 0:13:12some way to go before they'll be able to settle on a form of words to
0:13:12 > 0:13:17take back to Brussels. European lead letters meet in just over a week, to
0:13:17 > 0:13:21decide whether enough progress has been made to move negotiations on.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24-- European leaders will meet in just over a week. It is clear that
0:13:24 > 0:13:27it is Britain holding things up. Meanwhile an admission from the man
0:13:27 > 0:13:31in charge of delivering Brexit that there are, as yet, no official
0:13:31 > 0:13:36assessments of how leaving the EU will affect different parts of the
0:13:36 > 0:13:44economyNo system attic assessment: The answer to the question is no.
0:13:44 > 0:13:51No. . So the Government hasn't taken impact assessments for different
0:13:51 > 0:13:55sector for leaving the EU for the are British economy. With time
0:13:55 > 0:13:58running out, the Government is trying to find a way forward to
0:13:58 > 0:13:59please all counts.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01In a moment we'll speak to our Ireland Correspondent
0:14:01 > 0:14:07Chris Page in Belfast.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13We know the Prime Minister and Arlene Foster have spoken on phone
0:14:13 > 0:14:16this morning, no face-to-face meeting as yet. Do we expect Arlene
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Foster to come to London at any point?No plans at the moment. I
0:14:20 > 0:14:24think the fact that phone call has taken place, isn't a sign that a
0:14:24 > 0:14:27significant breakthrough is imNant. The DUP seem to be sending out the
0:14:27 > 0:14:29message that they will not be rushed. In Prime Minister's
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Questions in the House of Commons, a DUP MP, Jim Shannon asked the Prime
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Minister if she could guarantee there will be no barriers,
0:14:38 > 0:14:39politically, economically, or constitutionally between Northern
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Ireland and the rest of the UK after Brexit. That remains the DUP's
0:14:43 > 0:14:46bottom line. Theresa May said the simple answer to that question is
0:14:46 > 0:14:50yes but she also went on to talk about the fact that there were some
0:14:50 > 0:14:54specific areas of cooperation between Northern Ireland and the
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Irish Republic, for example, an all-Ireland energy market so perhaps
0:14:57 > 0:15:00that gives you an indication of the line of thinking that could
0:15:00 > 0:15:04potentially resolve this issue. Remember the EU aren't requiring
0:15:04 > 0:15:08this entire issue around the border to be resolved before talks move on
0:15:08 > 0:15:14to phase 2, they just want sufficient progress. For the Irish
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Government they make clear they want a written guarantee no return to a
0:15:19 > 0:15:26hard border.And Norman, the clock is tick, little time leftYes, the
0:15:26 > 0:15:31pressure has gone up a few notches on Mrs May, not only by the tough
0:15:31 > 0:15:34line taken by the DUP although Downing Street are describing that
0:15:34 > 0:15:38conversation as constructive but because many of our own MPs are up
0:15:38 > 0:15:43in arms, previously loyal MPs, angry at some of the reassurances being
0:15:43 > 0:15:49offered to the DUP. In particular, this idea that if there is any going
0:15:49 > 0:15:54any sort of regulatory linement with EU rules t won't just apply to
0:15:54 > 0:16:02Northern Ireland, it'll apply to the whole of the UK.
0:16:02 > 0:16:09Many Tory Brexiteers are saying if you have that it. Post Brexit
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Britain from negotiating those crucial free trade deals because we
0:16:11 > 0:16:17will still have some EU rules to be bound by. In a way this is the Grand
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Canyon divide within the Tory party which has never been resolved.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Whether after Brexit we should stay close to the EU or we should make
0:16:25 > 0:16:30our own way. And Theresa May has never really spelled-out where she
0:16:30 > 0:16:34stands on that.Thank you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36One thousand firefighters are battling to contain a huge
0:16:36 > 0:16:38wildfire in California.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Hundreds of buildings have already been razed to the ground
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and thousands more are threatened.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The fire is burning in Ventura County -
0:16:44 > 0:16:47about 50 miles north of Los Angeles.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Nearly 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55From California, James Cook reports.
0:16:55 > 0:17:02The wildfires are exploding with terrifying speed,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04driven by ferocious desert winds, whipping down the
0:17:04 > 0:17:05dusty canyons.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08This blaze ravaged the beach-side city of
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Ventura and last night, it jumped the main coastal motorway, causing
0:17:10 > 0:17:14terror for drivers.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16This is literally like 15 feet away from us
0:17:16 > 0:17:17right now.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21This is the cross.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22We're at the cross.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23OK, hold on.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26We need to get out of here as soon as
0:17:26 > 0:17:27possible, that fire is right there.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Only one thing could stop the blaze, the Pacific Ocean.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Each fire leaves a trail of physical destruction and
0:17:32 > 0:17:34emotional damage, scores of families have seen their homes
0:17:34 > 0:17:36reduced to ash.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42All too often there is nothing left to save.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44All of a sudden, I see from the other side
0:17:44 > 0:17:45fire came to our side.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47So scary.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I don't want it to happen to anybody.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Thank God to the firefighters.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54It's not over yet.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Unless the wind dies down or the conditions die down,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58it's too fierce.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04These winds are just indescribable right now.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Another fire stopped the suburbs above Los Angeles itself,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09raining ash on the city of Angels.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Millions were warned to stay inside as smoke filled the air.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Well, these firefighters have been working hard
0:18:17 > 0:18:21all night and into the day trying to save these houses.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23The battle was unsuccessful and the reason for that
0:18:23 > 0:18:26is the wind.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29It is still whipping around here with ferocity and it is
0:18:29 > 0:18:34driving this fire further down into the valley.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37This was how the fires looked from space,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40thick smoke streaming out to sea.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42And the outlook is not good, more intense
0:18:42 > 0:18:46winds are forecast in the coming days.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51It has barely rained here in LA for six months and you can tell.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Many scientists say climate change is driving more frequent and more
0:18:53 > 0:18:56destructive wildfires.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59For California, this is yet another grim wake-up call.
0:18:59 > 0:19:06James Cook, BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10"Fake news", it's a phrase that has been used so much in the past year
0:19:10 > 0:19:12that it has now made it into the dictionary.
0:19:12 > 0:19:20The term "fake news" has been driven mostly by one man in particular.
0:19:20 > 0:19:29The fake news. This is fake news. Fake news... Where are you from. The
0:19:29 > 0:19:37BBC. There is another beauty.While the BBC is launching a scheme to
0:19:37 > 0:19:40help school pupils identified fake news and false information that is
0:19:40 > 0:19:42being spread.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Our Media Editor Amol Rajan is here.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48How will it work?
0:19:48 > 0:19:53Well the BBC has the mission to educate and inform and now it wants
0:19:53 > 0:19:58to educate young people about how they are informed. It will be an
0:19:58 > 0:20:03online resource with many tools to sift through fact from fiction. And
0:20:03 > 0:20:09schools will possibly get a visit from BBC journalists as well. What
0:20:09 > 0:20:13is driving the entire industry is not just the phone number of fake
0:20:13 > 0:20:18news but the way that young people are consuming news, it is driven by
0:20:18 > 0:20:22social media and it is on their mobile phones. Gone are the ideas of
0:20:22 > 0:20:26a bundle of news like an old-fashioned newspaper printed on
0:20:26 > 0:20:31paper. These days it is an endless stream of information and that could
0:20:31 > 0:20:36be sometimes propaganda so the BBC thinks that has a duty to intervene
0:20:36 > 0:20:41at a time when the truth is becoming ever less fashionable.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Our top story this lunchtime:
0:20:43 > 0:20:45President Trump is expected to recognise Jerusalem
0:20:45 > 0:20:48as the capital of Israel as Arab leaders warn it could
0:20:48 > 0:20:52jeopardise the peace process.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55And coming up - festive finances - a leading debt charity warns more
0:20:55 > 0:21:00than a third of us will need to use credit, to pay for Christmas.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Coming up in Sport.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Boss Jurgen Klopp says there are 'no guarantees' Liverpool
0:21:04 > 0:21:07will get the point they need against Spartak Moscow this evening
0:21:07 > 0:21:09to make in five English teams in the last 16
0:21:09 > 0:21:19of the Champions League.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26There's been furious reaction in Russia to the decision by
0:21:26 > 0:21:28the International Olympic Committee to ban the country from next year's
0:21:28 > 0:21:35Winter Olympics in South Korea.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Russia's Foreign Ministry called the decision a "large scale assault"
0:21:37 > 0:21:40aimed at isolating the country, while the Kremlin says its first
0:21:40 > 0:21:43priority is to defend the interests of Russian athletes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52In Moscow today the cold reality was setting in.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Russia, a sporting superpower, had been banned from
0:21:54 > 0:21:59the Winter Olympics.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02The International Olympic Committee announced its decision yesterday.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Russia punished for systematic state backed doping in sport.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08The report clearly lays out an unprecedented
0:22:08 > 0:22:14attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Russian athletes who can prove they're clean will be allowed
0:22:17 > 0:22:21to compete in South Korea but only under the Olympic flag.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27Unfair, said Russian sports officials.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29TRANSLATION:If Russia was not having problems on the international
0:22:29 > 0:22:33stage we would not be having problems in sport.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Everyone says sport and politics should be separate but our athletes
0:22:35 > 0:22:40have become hostages to politics.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42The IOC says this isn't about politics.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44It is about cheating.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48And this is the man who revealed the scale of it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Grigory Rodchenkov, a former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53turned whistle-blower.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56He is now living in America.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Moscow continues to dismiss Grigory Rodchenkov's testimony.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02The Kremlin likes to portray Russia as a besieged fortress,
0:23:02 > 0:23:08threatened by America, by Nato, by the West.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11So don't expect contrition here.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The Russian authorities are likely to use this Olympic ban
0:23:14 > 0:23:17to re-emphasise their claim that everyone is ganging up on Russia.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21On the ski slopes of Moscow last night there was deep disappointment
0:23:21 > 0:23:26that Russia had been left out in the cold in the Olympics.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29People here have grown used to their country's sporting success,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32you can understand they do not want to believe there
0:23:32 > 0:23:35has been foul play.
0:23:35 > 0:23:45I disagree with the position of the International Olympic Committee.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Because I think for Russian sportsmen it will be very important
0:23:48 > 0:23:53to show their results onto the Russian flag.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56But there will be no Russian flag, no Russian anthem
0:23:56 > 0:23:57at the Winter Games.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And until the Olympic movement believes this country is serious
0:24:00 > 0:24:01about tackling doping, Russia's Olympic
0:24:01 > 0:24:04future looks unclear.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Less than three weeks until Christmas and shopping
0:24:12 > 0:24:14is in full swing.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And there are warnings today about the amount
0:24:16 > 0:24:19of financial pressure it puts on millions of people.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Almost 40% of people will use credit to pay for Christmas -
0:24:22 > 0:24:30according to the Money Advice Trust.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And a leading debt charity is calling for an end to bank
0:24:32 > 0:24:34charges when people go into unauthorised overdraft.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Simon Gompertz is here.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43How many people are likely to get into trouble. While the people that
0:24:43 > 0:24:46the debt charity are concerned about are those given overdraft limits
0:24:46 > 0:24:50that are too high and it is hard to handle. They talk about one customer
0:24:50 > 0:24:56being given a £2000 overdraft limit but they're earning just £200 a
0:24:56 > 0:25:01month from part-time work. There are also concerned about people going
0:25:01 > 0:25:03into unauthorised overdraft and then incurring high charges and they
0:25:03 > 0:25:10become stuck with those charges. So the charity points to over 2 million
0:25:10 > 0:25:16people at risk of this, who are in overdraft every month during the
0:25:16 > 0:25:20year and cannot get out of it, it is persistent. Those are the ones in
0:25:20 > 0:25:24danger of incurring these high charges and they want measures to be
0:25:24 > 0:25:28taken to try to protect them.And shopping is in full swing but it
0:25:28 > 0:25:33just puts so much more pressure on people who are already financially
0:25:33 > 0:25:37stretched.If you have a high overdraft you are also more likely
0:25:37 > 0:25:40to resort to other forms of credit to pay for Christmas and the
0:25:40 > 0:25:45national debt line which is run by the Money Advice Trust have come up
0:25:45 > 0:25:50with the figure of 37% of people who are going to be buying presents
0:25:50 > 0:25:57using credit. You might be comfortable using a credit card for
0:25:57 > 0:26:01that but for some people it will be difficult and they say 14% of people
0:26:01 > 0:26:05are concerned every day about how they will pay for Christmas. So this
0:26:05 > 0:26:09is a big concern and the debt charities are there to provide free
0:26:09 > 0:26:15help of people need it. So you have got the national debt line, and
0:26:15 > 0:26:18local Citizens Advice Bureau is to go into if you think you're in this
0:26:18 > 0:26:22position of finding Christmas difficult to handle.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24France's most famous rock star Johnny Hallyday has
0:26:24 > 0:26:26died at the age of 74.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29The singer, whose real name was Jean-Philippe Smet,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33was inspired by Elvis Presley after seeing him on screen in 1957.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35He sold around 100 million records in a career that
0:26:35 > 0:26:39spanned five decades.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41But despite being a household name in France, he never broke through
0:26:41 > 0:26:47into the English speaking market.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50In cricket, England's Test captain Joe Root insists his side
0:26:50 > 0:26:52are still in the Ashes, despite starting the series
0:26:52 > 0:26:54with back-to-back defeats.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Australia wrapped up a 120-run victory in less than two
0:26:58 > 0:27:00hours of the final day, dashing hopes of
0:27:00 > 0:27:02an England fightback.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss reports from Adelaide.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11They had arrived with such optimism.
0:27:11 > 0:27:18England fans hoping to witness one of cricket's greatest comebacks.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21But within minutes their hopes lay in tatters.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Second ball of the day, Chris Woakes caught behind and even
0:27:24 > 0:27:28worse was to follow.
0:27:28 > 0:27:37England captain and cornerstone Joe Root gone for 67,
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Australia had their key man.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41And when Moeen Ali was trapped for just two, any last lingering
0:27:41 > 0:27:42hopes left with him.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43The rest was a formality.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45In just an hour and three quarters, England's dreams had been
0:27:45 > 0:27:46ruthlessly dispatched.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Australia taking a 2-nil lead while England tried to take the positives.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54We have shown that throughout the two games that are periods
0:27:54 > 0:27:55where we can outperform Australia.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56But just not for five days.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59And that is going to be a challenge, really.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02If we get that right, and we can perform to our ability
0:28:02 > 0:28:05for longer periods of time, then we will win games.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Simple as that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12The harsh reality of this defeat though is that England's Ashes hopes
0:28:12 > 0:28:13are now hanging by a thread.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16If they lose the next match in Perth where they have not won
0:28:16 > 0:28:19for nearly 40 years, it is all over.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22England have not been able to match the pace of Australia's bowlers
0:28:22 > 0:28:25or the durability of their batsmen.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30And some believe there is no way back.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Hopes are raised every now and again, we had a couple
0:28:32 > 0:28:34of moments in Brisbane where we could have grabbed
0:28:34 > 0:28:37the initiative, but we were not good enough to do it.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40We have had a moment here, we have all been up a bit, maybe.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44But when it comes to the tough moments, they are better than us.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45So no chance?
0:28:45 > 0:28:51I don't think so.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54And so an all too familiar story, England have now lost their last
0:28:54 > 0:28:55seven tests in Australia.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58One more and their Ashes hopes will have turned to dust.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Andy Swiss, BBC News, Adelaide.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06One of the oldest and most complete skeletons of our ancestors has just
0:29:06 > 0:29:08been unveiled in South Africa.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Scientists have spent twenty years excavating
0:29:11 > 0:29:14and preparing the skeleton, known as "Little Foot",
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and they estimate the fossilized remains are more than three
0:29:16 > 0:29:18million years old.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Andrew Harding reports from Johannesburg.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26So these are the Sterkfontein Caves, west of Johannesburg.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29They have become a real treasure trove for scientists trying to find
0:29:29 > 0:29:32the origins of modern humans.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35A huge number of skeletons, some intact, some partial,
0:29:35 > 0:29:40have been found in this cave system in recent years.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42What's being revealed today is the complete,
0:29:42 > 0:29:46nearly complete skeleton of Little Foot.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Now the theory goes that nearly 4 million years ago a small ape-like
0:29:49 > 0:29:53creature fell through the cracks here, down into this cave system,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57was covered in sediment which hardened into rock.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00And then in the 1980s and then the 1990s, in a series
0:30:00 > 0:30:04of extraordinary coincidences, scientists managed to find
0:30:04 > 0:30:11the bits of Little Foot, put her back together.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14And over the last 20 years what we've had is this painstaking
0:30:14 > 0:30:15process with scientists slowly reconstructing this
0:30:15 > 0:30:21tiny ape-like creature.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Although this is all about science, about our ancient ancestors,
0:30:24 > 0:30:30about Little Foot, it is also a little bit about modern
0:30:30 > 0:30:32politics and the tug-of-war between South Africa and East Africa
0:30:32 > 0:30:41over where really was the cradle of humankind.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Andrew Harding reporting from Johannesburg.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Here's Sarah Keith-Lucas.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Here's Sarah Keith-Lucas.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Well things are turning windy and then very cold to end the week. But
0:30:55 > 0:31:00we begin with the focus on the wind and we have warnings from the Met
0:31:00 > 0:31:04office for the northern half of Scotland where we could have wind of
0:31:04 > 0:31:09up to 80 miles an hour and also strong across central Scotland and
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Northern Ireland. These strong winds all down to a developing area of low
0:31:13 > 0:31:17pressure that will become the storm Caroline as it moves across northern
0:31:17 > 0:31:21parts of the country tomorrow. So very windy weather on the cards.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28Today a bit quieter out there. We've had some dry and cloudy weather
0:31:28 > 0:31:31across England and Wales but further north west this area of rain is
0:31:31 > 0:31:36working in south-east as we head through the afternoon. So windy day
0:31:36 > 0:31:40with some spells of rain. Still mild at the moment with temperatures
0:31:40 > 0:31:53around 10 degrees above but this evening we begin to see the
0:31:58 > 0:32:01wind is picking up and we could see gales or severe gales in the North
0:32:01 > 0:32:03and West and heavy rain sweeping south-east across many parts. This
0:32:03 > 0:32:05is a storm Caroline and tomorrow it will bring especially strong winds
0:32:05 > 0:32:08across parts of Scotland. Gusts of around 80 miles an hour right
0:32:08 > 0:32:10through the rush hour and even through the Central Belt very
0:32:10 > 0:32:12destructive winds. Disruption to travel potentially and some power
0:32:12 > 0:32:15cuts as well. And also wintry showers filtering in with that cold
0:32:15 > 0:32:20wind. So some sleet and snow likely behind the main bulk of the wind.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24The rain clears away from south-eastern parts and then lots of
0:32:24 > 0:32:27sunshine but again wintry showers filtering in on the north-westerly
0:32:27 > 0:32:32wind and feeling much colder by tomorrow afternoon. You will notice
0:32:32 > 0:32:37that dip in temperature. Then the strongest of the wind associated
0:32:37 > 0:32:41with the storm either way as the low pressure pushes on and then we are
0:32:41 > 0:32:46left with the wind coming in from a northerly direction so maybe cold
0:32:46 > 0:32:51air. Filtering across the country as we had to Friday. A different
0:32:51 > 0:32:57feeling to the weather. Sunny spells on Friday but wintry showers as well
0:32:57 > 0:32:59especially for Scotland and Northern Ireland and western parts of England
0:32:59 > 0:33:06and Wales. Some snow showers potentially settling and
0:33:06 > 0:33:10temperatures leading sub zero adding on that wind-chill factor. But over
0:33:10 > 0:33:15the next 24 hours will unlikely to see very strong wind associated with
0:33:15 > 0:33:19storm Caroline. That wintry weather then returning to end the week.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23President Trump is expected to recognise Jerusalem
0:33:23 > 0:33:26as the capital of Israel as Arab leaders warn it could
0:33:26 > 0:33:29jeopardise the peace process.