Trying to come up with a unified response to the move which has drawn worldwide condemnation of sparking violent protests from palestinians in the west bank and gaza also coming up. A hundred sendoff for the singer known as the french Elvis Presley pays an emotional farewell to Johnny Hallyday the man who tossed the country to rock. The dark swedish comedy the square is the big winner at the european film awards in the bring you the highlights from europes answer to the oscars. Thanks for joining us of the arab league is holding an emergency session on Donald Trumps controversial decision to recognize your roots in the capital of israel the Foreign Ministers of twenty two arab countries are meeting in cairo to try and come up with a unified response to going to use by the u. S. President the palestinian delegation is calling on the organization to take urgent action after trumps policy shifts. It has drawn global condemnation and sparked violent protests among palestinians in gaza the west Bank Funerals has been held for two hamas militants killed in the unrest. The. Grief is rarely privates in the middle east. Militia men with masks and guns patrolled through crowds in cars the city an angry funeral parade. The dead were killed in asterix by israeli planes retaliation for rockets being fired towards israel from the gaza strip. Two others died during clashes with israeli forces. Get the file its remained relatively muted the real echo has been on the International Diplomatic front. All along color come on let me look across on this decision is entirely provocation let me speak clearly we will never give our consent to this decision that tramples muslim and christian rights on jerusalem will bizarre turn. The United NationsSecurity Council also stood against trumps move. These decisions are helpful to the prospects for peace in the region a name that i know all of us in this council remain committed to this was welcomed by palestinian groups. Its very positive that many countries of the world came out to say that what america has done is not in the interests of the palestinians know the palestinian cause and not in the interests of the middle east in general. You know them but anger at Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital has gone global demonstrations in london athens tunis and rome. Scenes from around the world echoing the cold of those living at the center of the tensions in jerusalem it sounds. As go live to jerusalem on our correspondent tanya kramer right now and there have been clashes on the streets of jerusalem throughout the day but they were thankfully not as violent as feared what is the situation in the city right now where im standing here in is through some its relatively quiet now i mean you see the streets almost empty its also rather code so people are probably staying at home but the scene here protests today especially here in this main shopping street today and also there were protests as you seen in the reports in the occupied west bank and also in the gaza strip more intense of that also dozens of people injured so people here are saying you know we have two ways of dealing with this is either going out on the streets but theyre also hoping that their Political Leadership will basically come up with some kind of plan and some kind of response to this decision by mr trump and one of the responses of course is the Arab League Meeting which is taking place right now in cairo what exactly are palestinians hoping for. Well we heard officials in ramallah saying today and also the Foreign Policy and foreign minister saying that they are hoping for a very strong word just a statement of condemnation by the arab league they are hoping also and i think this is what you have to look at that this some kind of maybe action plan i mean the arab league is not really known for going much further than the statements but i think what the palestinians are hoping for is that they have finding some kind of common response with other countries what to do next and to decide on the next steps and they hope of course i mean they see that the u. S. Isolated itself with this decision they hope also to make some impact for example when it comes to decisions on the u. N. Security council. That was tanya kramer speaking to us there in jerusalem thank you for that. Hundreds of prominent artists have called on the turkish government to free imprisoned german journalist and as you chat popstars bano and staying and several Nobel Prize Winning author is are among those whove signed a letter calling on her to free dennis each is a writer for a german newspaper de velde sunday will mark his three hundredth day in prison and the turkish government accuses him of being a spy and a terrorist he was jailed after of course on corruption in the government there its still unclear when hell face trial. And some of the other stories making headlines this hour. Iraqi Prime Minister buddy has declared victory over the socalled Islamic State he says the army has driven the final remnants of is. From iraqi soil ending more than three years of conflict the islamist militants once controlled a third of iraq including its second largest city mosul. 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This is the second complaint against hall fun he apologized after an author accused him of Sexual Misconduct a month ago. Weve gone to paris now where the city is saying goodbye to the cigarette known as the french Elvis Presley rock legend Johnny Hallyday died of lung cancer on wednesday at the age of seventy four tens of thousands of people turn days to see him off ahead of his funeral. Tens of thousands lined paris streets to say farewell to the man the french call the king of rock. Fans young and old saying keisha tell him how much i love you Johnny Hallyday is a beloved figure to generations of french ruckus. He was known as a bike and so hundreds joined holidays funeral procession. It was an unprecedented display of grief because for many french people how the day was more than just a star. City. He was life life at its most powerful brought in generous. And he was a part of ourselves our part of france. His funeral was a smudge a concert as a church service. Delegates wife and his children consoled by monas including three french president s. And of course his spent force there too giving and on call performance for their leader. But hell it is funeral wasnt just an event for francis great and good night it was an event that united much of the country in mourning for a man they called the french elvis. A dark swedish comedy has the biggest prize at the european fela awards in berlin the square which is a searing satire of contemporary society took five awards in all including the best and better actor. Winner of the best of the european film award often goes on to win the. Ask her for the best Foreign Language film. You have now did you know that is called your correspondence course roxboro is here to tell you more about the awards costs the prizes have been given a telly by the winner yeah the square its great i mean this was my picks was going to put some money on it because i want it came out in one basically everything best director best actor for clay spawning the danish star of the film best screenplay its a satire set in the the fine art world in in sweden and the lead character. He is the curator of the museum and the film also has some some bigger names dominic west who people know from the wire the british actor and lisbeth moss american actress have small roles in the film it is a satire about the art world but it really is also got some very serious subjects it talks about its basically about how to live an ethical life in a rich well to do country in which most countries in europe are so its very serious but its also very very funny i mean i was surprised a bit that one really swept the awards this year because often the european film awards like to give prizes to more serious movies this is really laugh out loud funny and i really think itll scott now pretty good chance to maybe go on and maybe go to l. A. Maybe maybe do some do some work at the oscars in a couple of months excellent square but what about some of the other highlights yeah i mean the europeans awards are always really political and this year was no exception and for me the most impressive moment was in bed theres a german director whos also president of the European Film Academy he gave a really passionate speech against nationalism which as you know is rising across europe and he decried nationalism scolding the old sickness of europe and he called the people in the crowd which are all filmmakers to stand up against that and said what youre what we need is more europe and more diversity and thats definitely. On display tonight because unlike maybe some of the other film awards out there the european film awards are all about diversity you have this incredible range of filmmakers and and film styles across the entire with stephanie not if theres a good overture is now what about do you reckon theyre watching tonight yeah definitely i mean as i mentioned the square its already swedens contender for the best Foreign Language film for the oscars i think this gives another push up and maybe even beyond that maybe it could get some nominations outside the Foreign Language category another person people maybe of noticed from hollywood from tonight was the best actress winner alexander belly shes an actress she was in on body and soul and she plays a autistic woman who somehow finds love in an avatar of all places a very very funny film as well shes incredibly touching in this in a performance and was really a discovery for me ive never seen her in a film before she really blew me away obviously did for the European Film Academy as well and who knows she might be getting getting a call from hollywood anytime soon fantastic so its got rocks for thank you very much for joining us and. Moving on to some sports news and in saturdays bundesliga action there was another to fees for beleaguered dortmund they are too worn at home to strugglers braman thats eight games with a win in the league for dortmund and the pressure is very much on bosch then buy it one one nil at frankfurts leipzig were held to two by minds got back drew one one with. Brick drew with volves burke and on friday then laver couzin one two now. And said to call on sunday bottom cologne take on fire and hand over host hoffenheim. But its have a look and see what that is the table following saturdays games. Have an eight point eight five six day second despite their draw also failed to win dortmund are now way down and seventh turning then to the bottom and braman are in the relegation playoff spot just a point behind haubrich. Just a reminder of the top story that were following for you Palestinian Protesters have been clashing with Israeli Security forces for a third day after u. S. President s donald trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital the arab league is holding an emergency session to try and come up with a unified response to the deeply controversial and. Thats it for me for now you are watching news more coming up at the top of the hour so stay with us if you can. Make your smart t. V. Smarter w. Bush more. What you want