Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At One 20171206

Court. Theresa may has phoned the leader of the dup, Arlene Foster, as attempts continue to settle the issue of the irish border after brexit. Snog agreed until everything is agreed. So the final nothing say greed until everything is agreed. 1,000 firefighters tackle huge wildfires near los angeles, as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes. And im here in adelaide, where, after a disappointing day, englands ashes hopes are now hanging by a thread. And this is little foot an ancient human ancestor who lived in africa more than 3 million years ago. And coming up in the sport on bbc news just four months after giving birth to her first child, seven time winner Serena Williams has entered januarys event and could defend her title in melbourne. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The white house says President Trump will break with decades of american policy on israel later today by recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. Hes due to announce the highly controversial decision in a speech this evening. President trump is also expected to approve plans to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem though that is not expected to happen for several years. Jon donnison reports. Over the millenia, few cities have been so contested or seen so much conflict as jerusalem. Israel regards it as its undivided capital. Today, donald trump is expected to declare where he stands, and honour a campaign pledge. We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. Applause but eastjerusalem has been under Israeli Occupation since it was captured by israel in 1967. Palestinians want it as their capital in a future palestinian state. The us is delivering a lethal bullet to the heart of the two state solution. That would be actually the kiss of death for the two state solution becausejerusalem is at the very heart of the two state solution. It is the major pillar of it and there has been many decades long policy of the us, the International Community and everybody involved, including the israelis and the palestinians, thatjerusalem is a final status issue. Moving the us embassy from its current home in tel aviv could end up taking years. But today, much of the International Community spoke out against President Trumps anticipated change to the status quo. Saudi arabia, turkey, russia as well as the pope all critical. But also britain, not on the same page as the president. We think thatjerusalem obviously should be part of the final settlement between the israelis and the palestinians, a negotiated settlement that we want to see. And we have no plans ourselves to move our embassy. 0n the ground, in this city of palestinians and israelis, as with almost everything here, the issue is divisive. I think that it is about time 3000 years later than it should be or 70 years after everyone admits that it is capital city. Translation there will be new problems again. There will be a new intifada. Even abroad, as i head in the news this morning, the western countries are against it, even more than the arabs. Already in gaza this morning, there were some small demonstrations. But in recent years, palestinian protests have always fizzled out, the victim of weak leadership and fatigue. Arab countries may speak out today but bigger problems across the middle east means many the Israeli Palestinian issue is less of a priority. President trump says that he sees peace between israelis and palestinians as the ultimate deal. The chances of that though seem as ever very distant. Jon donnison, bbc news. Barbara plett usher is in washington. If this does happen, if he announces it, it is a major break with decades of the us policy and goes against international consensus. Why would President Trump decide to do this now . Well, he is doing this now because the issue has come up. The congress has a law which says the us should move its embassy tojerusalem and recognise jerusalem should move its embassy tojerusalem and recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel. But every six months for the past 22 years, president s here have waived that demand for National Security reasons. It has come up now in december, it is the deadline and President Trump has decided to do differently for domestic political reasons, because he made that Campaign Promise to move the embassy and recognise jerusalem Campaign Promise to move the embassy and recognisejerusalem as the capital. He wants to satisfy his pro israel voters. 0fficials capital. He wants to satisfy his pro israel voters. Officials have been at pains to say it is not a change in us policy, they arejust recognising the reality, which is thatjerusalem is the functional capital of israel. This does not affect the controversial issues about the final status, such as the status of the holy sites, the boundaries, the borders, the sovereignty of the various bits of it. All that will be decided in peace talks but based on what officials told us, it doesnt sound as if he will make any concrete announcements to reassure the palestinians and also he will not be making the announcement as part of a peace plan, so it does look as if he is siding with one partied, israel. We will see how he explains himself but he has alarmed his allies in europe. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins is here. It is hard top underline how significant this announcement will be if he makes it. To underline. Significant this announcement will be if he makes it. To underlinelj dont be if he makes it. To underline. dont think we can doubt the significance. It is huge. President trump is effectively repudiating the United States Foreign Policy of almost 70 years. No president has ever recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel and for good reasons, because they believe that to do so could be incendiary and could, of course, prejudice a possible, positive outcome from talks about a two state solution. Now for all the caveats what the white house officials are apparently putting in, the fact is this does seem to endorse the taking of East Jerusalem in the 1976, six day war by israel and thats something that has never been recognised internationally and it seems in a sense, also, to legitimise from President Trumps point of view, much of the settlements by israelis of areas of eastjerusalem that are regarded by the United Nations as being illegal. It does change the status quo, it is an enormous political gift to israel. No wonder the rest of the world is dismayed. Prime minister theresa may said in the commons it was not britains position and she would be speaking to President Trump later about this. I think shes echoing very widespread political worry. I think shes echoing very widespread politicalworry. Thank you. A man has appeared in court in london accused of plot to bomb downing street and kill the Prime Minister. A second man has also appeared, charged with the preparation of terrorist acts. Both suspects were detained last month. Our Home Affairs Correspondentjune kelly is at Westminster Magistrates Court. Well, sophie, this was a first appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court and as is usual in these Counter Terrorism investigations, it took place amid intense security. In the dock we had the two men, the first, naaimur zakariyah rahman, a 20 year old British Bangladeshi and its claimed that he was planning to set off an improvised explosive device in other words a bomb at the gates of downing street, at thejunction other words a bomb at the gates of downing street, at the junction with whitehall and then, in the ensuing chaos, its alleged he was planning to get into downing street, equipped with a suicide vest, a pepper spray and a knife, and kill the Prime Minister. Now, in Court Documents it actually says with a view to trying to kill the Prime Minister, the right honourable theresa may mp. In the dock with him is co defendant, Mohammed Aqib imran, 21a pakistani, he is facing charges of preparing terrorist acts unrelated to downing street, involve foreign travel and he is accused of helping imran in that endeavour. Both men were arrested last week, one in birmingham, one in london. There we re birmingham, one in london. There were no pleas today because it is a first appearance. They have been remanded in custody. Their next appearance will be at the old bailey on december 20th. Thank you, june. A man from lancashire has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences including sharing the address of prince Georges School with potential attackers. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds is here. What more can you tell us . This is a man, 3a, from nelson in lancashire. He is accused of using the messaging app, telegram, to set up channels for groups to share information with potential attackers. His name is mack 1. Potential attackers. His name is mack1. Is husnain potential attackers. His name is mack 1. Is husnain rashid. He posted pictures of Prince George and details of the address of his school. The charge is faces is consistent with preparing acts of terrorism. He will appear at court this morning and he will appear again at the old bailey on 20th december inhe will stay remanded in custody. The Prime Minister and the leader of the dup, Arlene Foster, have spoken by phone this morning for the First Time Since a deal to move brexit talks on to the next stage stalled in brussels on monday. It came after the dup rejected the text of an agreement between the uk and the European Union on the future of Northern Irelands border. But in the commons this lunchtime, the Prime Minister insisted that very Good Progress has been made in the brexit negotiations. 0ur Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. Reporter have you won over the dup, yet, Prime Minister . Back from brussels without the deal she wanted. She knows she needs a new plan to convince those she thought we re plan to convince those she thought were on her side this. Afternoon in the commons, facing questions about what went wrong. On monday, as she thought she was coming here to make a statement, it was vetoed by the leader of the dup, the tail really is wagging the dog here. The Prime Minister insisting that talks were moving forward. We are at the point of progressing on to the next stage. Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. So the final settlement wont be agreed until we have actually got the whole of the deal agreed. But i have to say to the right honourable gentleman, he asked me questions about hard borders. Half the labour party wants it stay in the single market. Half want to leave, the only hard border around is right down the middle of the labour party. On the cusp of an agreement on monday to try to settle the separation from the eu so talks can turn to future trade, the deal was scuppered by the democratic unionists, who pulled the plug on proposals for the irish border. They are keeping the Prime Minister in power and dont want any difference between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk after brexit. Theresa may has spoken to the dup leader, article even foster today over the phone but it is clear there is still some way to go before theyll be able to settle on a form of words to ta ke able to settle on a form of words to take back to brussels. European lead letters meet in just over a week, to decide whether enough progress has been made to move negotiations on. European leaders will meet in just over a week. It is clear that it is britain Holding Things up. Meanwhile an admission from the man in charge of delivering brexit that there are, as yet, no official assessments of how leaving the eu will affect different parts of the economy no system attic assessment the answer to the question is no. No. So the government hasnt taken impact assessments for different sector for leaving the eu for the are british economy. With time running out, the government is trying to find a way forward to please all counts. In a moment well speak to our ireland correspondent chris page in belfast. We know the Prime Minister and Arlene Foster have spoken on phone this morning, no face to face meeting as yet. Do we expect Arlene Foster to come to london at any point . No plans at the moment. I think the fact that phone call has taken place, think the fact that phone call has ta ken place, isnt think the fact that phone call has taken place, isnt a sign that a significant breakthrough is imnant. The dup seem to be sending out the message that they will not be rushed. In Prime Ministers questions in the house of commons, a dup mp,jim shannon questions in the house of commons, a dup mp, jim shannon asked the Prime Minister if she could guarantee there will be no barriers, politically, economically, or constitutionally between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk after brexit. That remains the dups bottom line. Theresa may said the simple answer to that question is yes but she also went on to talk about the fact that there were some specific areas of cooperation between Northern Ireland and the irish republic, for example, an all Ireland Energy market so perhaps that gives you an indication of the line of thinking that could potentially resolve this issue. Remember the eu arent requiring this entire issue around the border to be resolved before talks move on to be resolved before talks move on to phase 2, theyjust want sufficient progress. For the Irish Government they make clear they want a written guarantee no return to a ha rd a written guarantee no return to a hard border. And norman, the clock is tick, little time left yes, the pressure has gone up a few notches on mrs may, not only by the tough line taken by the dup although downing street are describing that conversation as constructive but because many of our own mps are up in arms, previously loyal mps, angry at some of the reassurances being offered to the dup. In particular, this idea that if there is any going any sort of regulatory linement with eu rulest any sort of regulatory linement with eu rules t wontjust apply any sort of regulatory linement with eu rules t wont just apply to Northern Ireland, itll apply to the whole of the uk. Many tory brexiteers are saying if you have that it. Post Brexit Britain from negotiating those crucial free trade deals because we will still have some eu rules to be bound by. In a way this is the grand ca nyon bound by. In a way this is the grand canyon divide within the tory party which has never been resolved. Whether after brexit we should stay close to the eu or we should make our own way. And theresa may has never really spelled out where she stands on that. Thank you. One thousand firefighters are battling to contain a huge wildfire in california. Hundreds of buildings have already been razed to the ground and thousands more are threatened. The fire is burning in Ventura County about 50 miles north of los angeles. Nearly 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. From california, james cook reports. The wildfires are exploding with terrifying speed, driven by ferocious desert winds, whipping down the dusty canyons. This blaze ravaged the beach side city of ventura and last night, itjumped the main coastal motorway, causing terror for drivers. This is literally like 15 feet away from us right now. This is the cross. Were at the cross. 0k, hold on. We need to get out of here as soon as possible, that fire is right there. Only one thing could stop the blaze, the pacific ocean. Each fire leaves a trail of physical destruction and emotional damage, scores of families have seen their homes reduced to ash. All too often there is nothing left to save. All of a sudden, i see from the other side fire came to our side. So scary. I dont want it to happen to anybody. Thank god to the firefighters. Its not over yet. Unless the wind dies down or the conditions die down, its too fierce. These winds are just indescribable right now. Another fire stopped the suburbs above los angeles itself, raining ash on the city of angels. Millions were warned to stay inside as smoke filled the air. Well, these firefighters have been working hard all night and into the day trying to save these houses. The battle was unsuccessful and the reason for that is the wind. It is still whipping around here with ferocity and it is driving this fire further down into the valley. This was how the fires looked from space, thick smoke streaming out to sea. And the outlook is not good, more intense winds are forecast in the coming days. It has barely rained here in la for six months and you can tell. Many Scientists Say Climate Change is driving more frequent and more destructive wildfires. For california, this is yet another grim wake up call. James cook, bbc news, los angeles. Fake news, its a phrase that has been used so much in the past year that it has now made it into the dictionary. The term fake news has been driven mostly by one man in particular. The fake news. This is fake news. Fake news. Where are you from. The bbc. There is another beauty. While the bbc is launching a scheme to help School Pupils identified fake news and false information that is being spread. 0ur media editor amol rajan is here. How will it work . Well the bbc has the mission to educate and inform and now it wants to educate young people about how they are informed. It will be an online resource with many tools to sift through fact from fiction. And schools will possibly get a visit from bbc journalists as schools will possibly get a visit from bbcjournalists as well. What is driving the entire industry is not just the is driving the entire industry is notjust the phone number of fake news but the way that young people are consuming news, it is driven by social media and it is on their mobile phones. Gone are the ideas of a bundle of news like an Old Fashioned a bundle of news like an Old Fashioned newspaper printed a bundle of news like an Old Fashioned newspaper printed on paper. These days it is an endless strea m paper. These days it is an endless stream of information and that could be sometimes propaganda so the bbc thinks that has a duty to intervene ata time thinks that has a duty to intervene at a time when the truth is becoming ever less fashionable. Our top story this lunchtime President Trump is expected to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel as arab leaders warn it could jeopardise the peace process. And coming up festive finances a leading debt Charity Warns more than a third of us will need to use credit, to pay for christmas. Coming up in sport. Bossjurgen klopp says there are no guarantees liverpool will get the point they need against Spartak Moscow this evening to make in five english teams in the last 16 of the champions league. Theres been furious reaction in russia to the decision by the International Olympic committee to ban the country from next years Winter Olympics in south korea. Russias Foreign Ministry called the decision a large scale assault aimed at isolating the country, while the kremlin says its First Priority is to defend the interests of russian athletes. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. In moscow today the cold reality was setting in. Russia, a sporting superpower, had been banned from the Winter Olympics. The International Olympic committee announced its decision yesterday. Russia punished for systematic state backed doping in sport. The report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport. Russian athletes who can prove theyre clean will be allowed to compete in south korea but only under the olympic flag. Unfair, said Russian Sports officials. Translation if russia was not having problems on the International Stage we would not be having problems in sport. Everyone says sport and politics should be separate but our athletes have become hostages to politics. The ioc says this isnt about politics. It is about cheating. And this is the man who revealed the scale of it. Grigory rodchenkov, a former head of moscows anti doping laboratory, turned whistle blower. He is now living in america. Moscow continues to dismiss grigory rodchenkovs testimony. The kremlin likes to portray russia as a besieged fortress, threatened by america, by nato, by the west. So dont expect contrition here. The russian authorities are likely to use this 0lympic ban to re emphasise their claim that everyone is ganging up on russia. 0n the ski slopes of moscow last night there was deep disappointment that russia had been left out in the cold in the olympics. People here have grown used to their countrys sporting success, you can understand they do not want to believe there has been foul play. I disagree with the position of the International Olympic committee. Because i think for Russian Sportsmen it will be very important to show their results onto the russian flag. But there will be no russian flag, no russian anthem at the winter games. And until the Olympic Movement believes this country is serious about tackling doping, russias 0lympic future looks unclear. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Less than three weeks until christmas and shopping is in full swing. And there are warnings today about the amount of financial pressure it puts on millions of people. Almost 40 of people will use credit to pay for christmas according to the Money Advice Trust. And a leading debt charity is calling for an end to bank charges when people go into unauthorised overdraft. Simon gompertz is here. How many people are likely to get into trouble. While the people that the debt charity are concerned about are those given overdraft limits that are too high and it is hard to handle. They talk about one customer being given a £2000 overdraft limit but theyre earning just £200 a month from part time work. There are also concerned about people going into unauthorised overdraft and then incurring high charges and they become stuck with those charges. So the charity points to over 2 Million People at risk of this, who are in overdraft every month during the year and cannot get out of it, it is persistent. Those are the ones in danger of incurring these high charges and they want measures to be taken to try to protect them. And shopping is in full swing but it just puts so much more pressure on people who are already financially stretched. If you have a high overdraft you are also more likely to resort to other forms of credit to resort to other forms of credit to pay for christmas and the National Debt line which is run by the Money Advice Trust have come up with the figure of 37 of people who are going to be buying presents using credit. You might be co mforta ble using credit. You might be comfortable using a credit card for that but for some people it will be difficult and they say 14 of people are concerned every day about how they will pay for christmas. So this isa they will pay for christmas. So this is a big concern and the Debt Charities are there to provide free help of people need it. So you have got the National Debt line, and local Citizens Advice Bureau is to go into if you think youre in this position of finding christmas difficult to handle. Frances most famous rock starjohnny hallyday has died at the age of 7a. The singer, whose real name was Jean Philippe smet, was inspired by Elvis Presley after seeing him on screen in 1957. He sold around 100 million records in a career that spanned five decades. But despite being a household name in france, he never broke through into the English Speaking market. In cricket, englands test captain joe root insists his side are still in the ashes, despite starting the series with back to back defeats. Australia wrapped up a 120 run victory in less than two hours of the final day, dashing hopes of an england fightback. 0ur Sports Correspondent andy swiss reports from adelaide. They had arrived with such optimism. England fans hoping to witness one of crickets greatest comebacks. But within minutes their hopes lay in tatters. Second ball of the day, chris woakes caught behind and even worse was to follow. England captain and cornerstone joe root gone for 67, australia had their key man. And when moeen ali was trapped for just two, any last lingering hopes left with him. The rest was a formality. Injust an hour and three quarters, englands dreams had been ruthlessly dispatched. Australia taking a 2 nil lead while england tried to take the positives. We have shown that throughout the two games that are periods where we can outperform australia. Butjust not for five days. And that is going to be a challenge, really. If we get that right, and we can perform to our ability for longer periods of time, then we will win games. Simple as that. The harsh reality of this defeat though is that englands ashes hopes are now hanging by a thread. If they lose the next match in perth where they have not won for nearly a0 years, it is all over. England have not been able to match the pace of australias bowlers or the durability of their batsmen. And some believe there is no way back. Hopes are raised every now and again, we had a couple of moments in brisbane where we could have grabbed the initiative, but we were not good enough to do it. We have had a moment here, we have all been up a bit, maybe. But when it comes to the tough moments, they are better than us. So no chance . I dont think so. And so an all too familiar story, england have now lost their last seven tests in australia. One more and their ashes hopes will have turned to dust. Andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. One of the oldest and most complete skeletons of our ancestors has just been unveiled in south africa. Scientists have spent twenty years excavating and preparing the skeleton, known as little foot, and they estimate the fossilized remains are more than three million years old. Andrew harding reports from johannesburg. So these are the sterkfontein caves, west ofjohannesburg. They have become a real treasure trove for scientists trying to find the origins of modern humans. A huge number of skeletons, some intact, some partial, have been found in this cave system in recent years. Whats being revealed today is the complete, nearly complete skeleton of little foot. Now the theory goes that nearly 4 million years ago a small ape like creature fell through the cracks here, down into this cave system, was covered in sediment which hardened into rock. And then in the 19805 and then the 1990s, in a series of extraordinary coincidences, scientists managed to find the bits of little foot, put her back together. And over the last 20 years what weve had is this painstaking process with scientists slowly reconstructing this tiny ape like creature. Although this is all about science, about our ancient ancestors, about little foot, it is also a little bit about modern politics and the tug of war between south africa and east africa over where really was the cradle of humankind. Andrew harding reporting from johannesburg. Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. Well things are turning windy and then very cold to end the week. But we begin with the focus on the wind and we have warnings from the