:00:00. > :00:13.This is BBC world News today broadcasting in the UK and around
:00:14. > :00:18.the world. The headlines: the UN Security Council demands an end to a
:00:19. > :00:22.legal settlement building by Israel. The motion passed after the US
:00:23. > :00:28.refused to exercise its veto. Israel is describing it as shameful.
:00:29. > :00:35.The settlements must stop and we've been sending that message for five
:00:36. > :00:39.decades. The main suspect in a billion market
:00:40. > :00:44.tack tack is shot dead but Jimmy and still in a state of high alert.
:00:45. > :00:51.Relief after the men who hijacked a plane to Malta surrendered to
:00:52. > :00:55.police. And in sport, this athlete's coaches given a ten year ban for the
:00:56. > :01:11.fences. Hello and welcome. Israel has
:01:12. > :01:15.reacted with anger at the United Nations passed a resolution
:01:16. > :01:19.condemning Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory. It happened
:01:20. > :01:25.because the United States changed its usual veto policy that -- and
:01:26. > :01:30.abstained. Israel's ambassador to the Yemen said it was shameful but
:01:31. > :01:35.the US said it had long argued against settlement building. Today,
:01:36. > :01:40.the Security Council reaffirmed its consensus that settlements have no
:01:41. > :01:45.legal fertility. The States had been sending a message the settlements
:01:46. > :01:51.must stop. That has been privately and publicly fund nearly five
:01:52. > :01:54.decades. It is because this forum continues to be too often biased
:01:55. > :01:57.against Israel, because there are important issues which are not
:01:58. > :02:00.sufficiently addressed in this resolution and because the United
:02:01. > :02:05.States does not agree with every word in this text that the US did
:02:06. > :02:10.not vote in favour of the resolution. But it is because this
:02:11. > :02:15.resolution reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with US
:02:16. > :02:17.policy across the public and Democratic administrations
:02:18. > :02:23.throughout the history of the state of Israel that the United States did
:02:24. > :02:27.not veto it. In the last hour, president elect
:02:28. > :02:33.Donald Trump has responded to this UN vote. He has tweeted:
:02:34. > :02:43.it is worth mentioning that Mr Trump has chosen a pro-settlement
:02:44. > :02:49.hardliner to be the US's next ambassador to Israel. Reuters
:02:50. > :02:53.reporting at the moment that the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's
:02:54. > :02:57.office in Israel, has said Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel
:02:58. > :03:02.resolution at United Nations and will abide by its terms. That is one
:03:03. > :03:10.of the reactions that is coming out of Israel. A lot of dismay coming
:03:11. > :03:15.from many in Israel. They are saying this resolution is unfair. The
:03:16. > :03:20.energy minister reportedly said that the US abstention is not how friends
:03:21. > :03:27.behave. One Cabinet minister also said this vote splits in the face of
:03:28. > :03:32.Donald Trump. We will confirm that if we can.
:03:33. > :03:36.Let's move on. In Germany, the interior minister says that the
:03:37. > :03:40.threat to his country is still high today, despite the killing of the
:03:41. > :03:43.prime suspect in the burning Christmas market attack. Anis Amri
:03:44. > :03:48.was shot dead by Italian police in the early hours of Friday. Security
:03:49. > :03:50.officials are now trying to work out how he ended up in Milan. And he was
:03:51. > :04:14.linked to. At three in the morning, acting
:04:15. > :04:22.suspiciously, he was stopped by two officers and tried to shoot them. At
:04:23. > :04:26.that moment, the man, without hesitating, pulled out a pistol and
:04:27. > :04:30.fired. It was towards the policeman who would ask for identity
:04:31. > :04:36.documents. The officers reacted immediately. The one who was hit is
:04:37. > :04:41.recovering in hospital. And this has just been released by the so-called
:04:42. > :04:46.Islamic State, a recording made in Berlin by Anis Amri, sometime before
:04:47. > :04:50.the attack. He is pledging his allegiance. It is now believed the
:04:51. > :04:57.24-year-old true busy and they had been radicalised after he arrived in
:04:58. > :05:02.Europe. -- Tunisian. German security services knew he was a threat but he
:05:03. > :05:06.talked about buying guns, not using a truck. So how did he get all the
:05:07. > :05:09.way to Italy? This is what we know that his movements. At 8pm on
:05:10. > :05:14.Monday, he attacked the Christmas market and that he vanished but
:05:15. > :05:18.managed to get to France. From there, a train ticket found on his
:05:19. > :05:22.body showed he travelled to Turin and onto Milan Central Station,
:05:23. > :05:31.arriving at one in the morning. Finally, he took the Metro to the
:05:32. > :05:35.last stop, where he was shot. At the end of this week, we can be relieved
:05:36. > :05:40.that one acute threat has come to an end but the general threat posed by
:05:41. > :05:47.terrorism will continue. We will do our utmost to make sure our state is
:05:48. > :05:52.a strong state. So Jimmy is now trying to root out radical Islamic
:05:53. > :05:55.networks. We visited this place today, a short distance from where
:05:56. > :05:59.Anis Amri's new video was recorded. This is one of the places Anis Amri
:06:00. > :06:03.was known to frequent in the months when he was in Berlin. It is a
:06:04. > :06:10.residential complex that the reason he would come here, what used to be
:06:11. > :06:15.a mosque. It was closed down and became a meeting point for radical
:06:16. > :06:19.Islamist 's. One of the neighbours told us small groups of young
:06:20. > :06:23.Islamic men continued to use the building. They would meet late at
:06:24. > :06:29.night, apparently discussing attacks. Of course it was dangerous.
:06:30. > :06:35.When the men sit here and fantasise about carrying out attacks, yes, I
:06:36. > :06:41.was worried. I -- my children and family lived here. With the
:06:42. > :06:45.immediate danger apparently over, Berliners gathered for a memorial
:06:46. > :06:50.this evening, by the Brandenburg gate. No matter what, we are all
:06:51. > :06:58.one. One of the people are coming together and thinking of the
:06:59. > :07:02.victims. Billing people... Germany is a country now confronting the
:07:03. > :07:09.reality it faces new and hidden threats.
:07:10. > :07:13.Let's speak to major Chapman, a former head of counterterrorism at
:07:14. > :07:18.the Ministry of Defence in the UK. Thanks for joining us. We've seen so
:07:19. > :07:23.many security problems in the last year or so in Europe. Looking at
:07:24. > :07:27.what has happened here, with so many apparent failures, what lessons need
:07:28. > :07:32.to be learned? Firstly, the relationship between the security
:07:33. > :07:35.services and the police. You can say there was an organisational failure.
:07:36. > :07:38.They need to look at the relationship between the state and
:07:39. > :07:48.federal system. Second, they need to look at their technical aspects. The
:07:49. > :07:51.UK would use intercepts and things like that. Thirdly, they will have
:07:52. > :07:57.to look at their procedure all sides. How do you secure a border if
:07:58. > :08:04.necessary in an emergency. Lastly, the human element. For example in
:08:05. > :08:11.the UK, we rolled out a project, first used during the Commonwealth
:08:12. > :08:17.Games, which uses the data and the psychology of crowds to pre-empt
:08:18. > :08:24.these things. Of course, you also have the larger question of the
:08:25. > :08:30.Schengen agreement in the sense of how he got to Italy, via France. If
:08:31. > :08:34.you want an integrated Europe, then Schengen is a good thing. On an
:08:35. > :08:39.economic level, if you want a free flow of good and trade, it's a good
:08:40. > :08:43.thing. On a security level, if you want to contain, it's a bad thing.
:08:44. > :08:46.It's something they will be looking at both in Germany and the wider
:08:47. > :08:51.European community in the future. Picking up on that final point,
:08:52. > :08:56.because it's politically so controversial, is there a way of
:08:57. > :08:59.allowing some freedom of movement whilst massively beefing up
:09:00. > :09:04.security. All of us have travelled across Europe with virtually no
:09:05. > :09:09.checks. It's a difficult one. You are trapped on a second by second
:09:10. > :09:16.basis with the things you carry. A mobile phone is unintrusive
:09:17. > :09:19.surveillance device. We have more CCTV, automatic number plate
:09:20. > :09:24.readers, things like that, which enable the security services to be
:09:25. > :09:27.effective in the UK. But freedom of movement without some sort of checks
:09:28. > :09:33.can open you up. There is a trade-off. There are only 151 people
:09:34. > :09:37.killed in Europe last year and in numerical terms, is not a great
:09:38. > :09:42.threat. We have to be careful that we don't outsize the threat. That is
:09:43. > :09:50.exactly what ISR trying to do. They are trying to make themselves a
:09:51. > :09:54.strategic player. The numbers might not be high but the change to
:09:55. > :09:58.everyone's expectation about what it means to live in a western democracy
:09:59. > :10:03.is massive, isn't it? Politicians have to react. Do we need more
:10:04. > :10:06.money? There is no such thing as absolute security is you have to
:10:07. > :10:14.look at what resources you want to apply in the appropriate place.
:10:15. > :10:18.Without over egging the thread. You can securitise everything but if you
:10:19. > :10:23.securitise everything, it becomes a great bill. The Americans had ?1
:10:24. > :10:28.trillion after 911 for something which only killed, killed 3000
:10:29. > :10:33.people, but in terms of the amount of money for the payoff, that is
:10:34. > :10:36.probably inappropriate. Now, politicians can't say that because
:10:37. > :10:43.if you say that as a politician, it's deemed to be a gaffe.
:10:44. > :10:49.Thank you for your time. Back to our top story. Developments at the
:10:50. > :10:54.United Nations, that resolution that has angered Israel so much on
:10:55. > :10:58.settlement building. You can speak to our correspondent who is in
:10:59. > :11:02.Washington. We are getting a lot of reaction. Bring us up-to-date. The
:11:03. > :11:05.White House defending its decision to abstain, even though Mr Netanyahu
:11:06. > :11:10.said they are going to ignore this resolution.
:11:11. > :11:14.Mr Netanyahu has come out with a strong statement saying that this is
:11:15. > :11:18.a shameful anti-Israeli resolution. Israel will not abide by its terms.
:11:19. > :11:22.He said that the Obama administration not only failed to
:11:23. > :11:26.protect Israel against countries ganging up on Israel at the UN but
:11:27. > :11:32.colluded with it behind the scenes and then he said Israel looks
:11:33. > :11:37.forward to working with Donald Trump, who has signalled a different
:11:38. > :11:41.approach. The Americans, the ambassador at the UN, did say that
:11:42. > :11:47.they were not happy with every word in the resolution. She talked about
:11:48. > :11:50.the way they are uncomfortable about criticising Israel at the UN because
:11:51. > :11:56.they do believe it's a venue which is biased against Israel. But she
:11:57. > :11:59.said the continued settlement building in the West Bank and East
:12:00. > :12:03.Jerusalem is happening at such a pace that it really was making a
:12:04. > :12:08.solution to the conflict unviable and therefore the Americans felt
:12:09. > :12:13.that they had to withhold their veto this time. She said one cannot
:12:14. > :12:17.simultaneously championed Israeli settlements and a stew is two state
:12:18. > :12:22.solution. So the Obama administration put its mark down on
:12:23. > :12:28.that. It's the very end of the Obama
:12:29. > :12:35.presidency and Donald Trump is going to ignore this, as are the Israelis.
:12:36. > :12:38.It is not insignificant. To have the US reverse its long-standing
:12:39. > :12:43.practice of protecting the EU Israel at the Security Council is a big
:12:44. > :12:48.deal. To the Israelis, they can fight. This isolates them. It's one
:12:49. > :12:53.of the main reasons they fought so hard. It's also a strong statement
:12:54. > :12:57.of international consensus that the Israeli settlements in the pub
:12:58. > :13:02.Palestinian territories are illegal and they threaten a two state
:13:03. > :13:06.solution. It refutes Israel's argument is that what they are doing
:13:07. > :13:11.is legal and the status of this territory needs to be settled. You
:13:12. > :13:15.are right. It comes at the end of Obama's administration. If we had
:13:16. > :13:21.done so earlier on, it could possibly have had more impact. Now,
:13:22. > :13:25.the impact will be largely symbolic because Mr Netanyahu said clearly
:13:26. > :13:31.that the Israelis will not implement it. Mr Obama's successor, Donald
:13:32. > :13:35.Trump, has signalled that he will be supportive of the right-wing Israeli
:13:36. > :13:40.government. Retweeted things will be different after January 20 which is
:13:41. > :13:43.when he takes office. It's a diplomatic earthquake in some ways
:13:44. > :13:53.but the impact on the ground, at least initially, will not be felt.
:13:54. > :14:00.The hijacking of a Libyan plane to Malta has ended peacefully. The two
:14:01. > :14:05.men who seized control free to those on board and then surrendered to the
:14:06. > :14:13.authorities. The domestic flight was hijacked in the morning after taking
:14:14. > :14:14.off from Libya. It appears the hijackers are
:14:15. > :14:26.supporters of the late former leader, Colonel together Ashley. The
:14:27. > :14:30.hijackings seems to be more of a political stunt than a terrorist
:14:31. > :14:34.incident. This had been an internal flight to Tripoli, when the Airbus
:14:35. > :14:39.was forced by two men on board to divert to Malta. They told crew they
:14:40. > :14:46.had a hand grenade and threatened to blow up the plane. Probe Gaddafi
:14:47. > :14:52.claims were made by the hijackers, with one appearing and waving a
:14:53. > :14:57.plain green flag. After hours of talks, the promise was given to free
:14:58. > :15:00.those on board, if unspecified demands were met. Passengers were
:15:01. > :15:07.then taken away, with the flight attendants following. They were
:15:08. > :15:11.asked to surrender any weapons. They were found to be in possession of a
:15:12. > :15:15.hand grenade and a pistol. Nevertheless, the Armed Forces are
:15:16. > :15:23.currently conducting a full search on the aircraft and a second pistol
:15:24. > :15:27.has been found so far. The search is ongoing. The hijackers were
:15:28. > :15:35.apprehended on the tarmac and taken into custody. Libya has said they
:15:36. > :15:40.wanted to set up a probe Gaddafi political party. They will be
:15:41. > :15:44.wondering how the men got a grenade on the plane, even if replicas. In
:15:45. > :15:50.Tripoli, families are waiting for their loved ones to be flown home.
:15:51. > :15:55.It is evident that in Libya, airport security is as lax and chaotic as
:15:56. > :16:03.the country's politics. Stay with us. Much more ahead. Does
:16:04. > :16:08.the end of the rebel uprising in Aleppo signal a new era for Syria or
:16:09. > :17:24.the beginning of the end? This is BBC world News today. The UN
:17:25. > :17:29.Security Council backs a call for an end to illegal settlement building.
:17:30. > :17:33.The Israel has said it is shameful. The main suspect in the Berlin
:17:34. > :17:38.market attack is shot dead but Germany is still on a state of high
:17:39. > :17:42.alert. President Putin has called for a
:17:43. > :17:45.nationwide ceasefire in Syria, now that government forces have fully
:17:46. > :17:55.taken control of the city of Aleppo. The final lap took place last night,
:17:56. > :18:01.with the biggest victory for Bashar Al-Assad says the uprising began
:18:02. > :18:04.five years ago. Jeremy Bowen looks at the significance of the victory
:18:05. > :18:10.and how it could now affect the course of the war.
:18:11. > :18:14.In western Aleppo, Christmas party became a victory celebration. It was
:18:15. > :18:22.watched over by banners of Syria's three wise men, President Putin and
:18:23. > :18:26.president at Assad and the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. The
:18:27. > :18:31.regime's supporters underestimated in the West End there was relief
:18:32. > :18:36.that the killing might be open -- over. The last buses out of Aleppo
:18:37. > :18:41.delivered thousands of fighters and civilians into an uncertain future.
:18:42. > :18:45.The fall of eastern Aleppo is the rebel's greatest defeat and shows
:18:46. > :18:51.how the orders now been decided by the foreign powers that have
:18:52. > :18:55.intervened. So, what is next? President Assad and his allies have
:18:56. > :19:00.won themselves some options. Their victory does not end the war.
:19:01. > :19:04.Thousands of rebel fighters have been bussed out to a deliberate, the
:19:05. > :19:08.neighbouring province. The regime and its allies will want to win it
:19:09. > :19:19.back. The question is when. They might decide to make eastern... It's
:19:20. > :19:21.part of the suburbs of Damascus. It is vulnerable because rebel groups
:19:22. > :19:30.have weakened themselves by infighting. Foreign powers are
:19:31. > :19:35.shaping the battlefields. Turkey has troops fighting in Syria and backed
:19:36. > :19:39.some of the rebel groups. But it watched whilst Rob Russia destroyed
:19:40. > :19:46.them. That's because Turkey needs Russia to stand aside while its hits
:19:47. > :19:50.the Kurds. While East Aleppo fell, the West was also a bystander and
:19:51. > :19:54.that is because the Syria policy of the Americans, British and their
:19:55. > :20:00.friends never coherent, has now failed completely. Last week, the
:20:01. > :20:04.British and American defence secretaries fell back on old
:20:05. > :20:08.slogans, not credible, as the Syrian regime scored its biggest victory of
:20:09. > :20:16.the war so far. We don't see a future for president Assad in Syria,
:20:17. > :20:24.even if he defeats the opposition in Aleppo. Aleppo though looks to be a
:20:25. > :20:28.turning point. Tonight, Britain's Foreign Secretary said president
:20:29. > :20:33.Assad must go. But the downfall of the President looks like a hollow
:20:34. > :20:37.dream. Diplomacy hasn't done it. Early in the war, there was a chance
:20:38. > :20:42.to make it happen by joining the fight but that chance has gone while
:20:43. > :20:48.President Assad remains Russia's and Iran's man. It won't be easy for his
:20:49. > :20:56.coalition to move from Aleppo to victory in Syria but now, they have
:20:57. > :21:02.the momentum. Let's catch up with the sport. My
:21:03. > :21:09.children are still celebrating the Indian cricket victory this week.
:21:10. > :21:13.We have moved on. It's all about football now. That was a fantastic
:21:14. > :21:19.victory for India. We will start with football this evening. Some ala
:21:20. > :21:25.dices the new manager at Crystal Palace. He signed a two and a half
:21:26. > :21:31.year deal. Alan Pardew was sacked 24 hours ago. Palace say they are
:21:32. > :21:36.fortunate that someone of his calibre and experience was
:21:37. > :21:42.available. He was sacked by England after one day in charge but as a
:21:43. > :21:48.club manager, he has never been relegated and he pleased to be back.
:21:49. > :21:53.As difficult as it is, as pressurised as it is, it is where
:21:54. > :21:58.I've been comfortable for many years and you generally get a new job
:21:59. > :22:03.because there are if you difficult is at the club. I also those
:22:04. > :22:07.difficulties ahead and try and get a few more results on the board,
:22:08. > :22:12.particularly over Christmas and New Year, to make everybody feel a bit
:22:13. > :22:18.more comfortable. Chelsea's O is leaving Stamford
:22:19. > :22:24.Bridge for Shanghai SIP GeForce 60000000 pounds, that's about $74
:22:25. > :22:27.million. That's the seventh most expensive player of all-time. The
:22:28. > :22:38.25-year-old Brazilian will earn ?400,000 a week.
:22:39. > :22:43.Two-time Wimbledon champion Kavita verse said moving her fingers again
:22:44. > :22:53.was the best Christmas present she could have wished for. She has left
:22:54. > :22:57.hospital following surgery. There is some flash photography in this
:22:58. > :23:01.report. The smallest of smiles after the
:23:02. > :23:06.most terrifying of traumas. Bearing the scars from her ordeal, she today
:23:07. > :23:10.addressed the public for the first time since the knife attack that
:23:11. > :23:14.could have cost her her career and nearly cost her so much more. I am
:23:15. > :23:29.happy to tell you that I'm feeling well. My team have provided amazing
:23:30. > :23:35.support in this difficult situation. Howard to thank each and every one
:23:36. > :23:42.of them for the important part they played.
:23:43. > :23:47.She was attacked by an intruder wielding a knife. She suffered
:23:48. > :23:53.lacerations to her playing hand. A day later, she underwent surgery.
:23:54. > :24:02.Her resolve has been unbroken. I will use my energy to focus on my
:24:03. > :24:06.recovery. I will do everything I can to return to the sport I love as
:24:07. > :24:12.soon as possible. She is one of the poster girls of world tennis. At 26,
:24:13. > :24:19.in the prime of her career. The world number 11 has twice won
:24:20. > :24:25.Wimbledon, two of 19 career titles. For now, her victories are on a
:24:26. > :24:29.victory -- different scale. Yesterday morning, during a session
:24:30. > :24:35.with a doctor, I was able to move my fingers on my left hand and this was
:24:36. > :24:40.the grace -- greatest Christmas present I could have wished for. The
:24:41. > :24:45.surgeon says she will not be able to pick up a racket for three months.
:24:46. > :24:50.This will be the year we will see the fighter that we've never seen
:24:51. > :24:55.before. The International Olympic Committee
:24:56. > :25:01.has opened disciplinary proceedings against 28 Russian athletes who
:25:02. > :25:06.competed in Sochi. Evidence emerged earlier this month of manipulation
:25:07. > :25:11.of athletes you're in tests during the 2014 Winter games. Russia has
:25:12. > :25:14.also lost two more major events following the accusations of
:25:15. > :25:18.state-sponsored doping is. The World Cup by a fan speed skating will be
:25:19. > :25:23.held elsewhere. That is all your sport.
:25:24. > :25:28.He has made his list, he's checked it twice and we can now report that
:25:29. > :25:33.Father Christmas has officially left that planned to begin his
:25:34. > :25:37.deliveries. He has been ably assisted by two reindeer. He left
:25:38. > :25:42.his grotto in northern Finland with a sack full of presents. According
:25:43. > :25:48.to the military organisation which tracks is Jenny, the sleigh weighs
:25:49. > :25:52.75,000 gumdrops and can travel faster than starlight. Reports
:25:53. > :25:56.suggest that also on board is a sack full of twigs from naughty children.
:25:57. > :26:01.Have a lovely Christmas weekend. Goodbye.