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