The palestinian president saying the u. S. Was no longer an honest broker. Both leaders reacting to donald decision toateral recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. President of peru survives a move to impeach him as opposition lawmakers come oft eight votes short evicting him over ties to the biggest Corruption Scandal in latin america. Also coming up this hour in business, whats in a name . One Beverage Company saw its shares jumumped up 500 after it changed its title to reflect the bitcoin craze. More on that in our business update. In our special series, the brexit effect, we look at the hardcore antibrexiteers who still believe there is hope to stay in the e. U. More on that coming up, but first, our top story, live from paris. With thatt first Regional Election in catalonia, where proindependence parties won. They look set to hold 70 out of 135 seats in the new catalan parliament. That victory is a slap in the face for spains Prime Minister, to call the election on the hopes those against independence would win. Carles puigdemont is in selfimposed exile in brussels, evading a spanish judicial probe into his attempt to split catalonia from spain. In brussels, he offered to meet the Prime Minister without any preconditions. i announce that i am meet the Prime Minister rajoy anywhere in europe. But not in spain. This newpproach period, this new political period in spain and in europe, and this step, this stage, must aim to achieve political breakthroughs, not by criminal proceedings. Has failed. The catalans the more the catalans feel mobilized, the more they have voted for democracy, and may have even exceeded the figures, the record, on october 1, the elections of september 27. We have more and moree votes. Article 155 has now got to be rescinded. Genie lets bring in catherine norrison trent, who is in catalonia. What is the feeling in catalonia . You put these parties together, won won, but the party that the most votes is against independence. The paradoxt is coming out of these elections in catalonia today. Divided,remains deeply there are entrenched caps terms of the views on independents. There are the separatist supporters who feel l emboldened now by thehese election results. They are feeling that they want to go ahead now with their dream of independence for catalan, albeit through dialogue. People are less inclined toward some kind of unilateral declaration of independence, which exacerbated this logical crisis. They feel they are in a better position going into negotiations with the government in madrid, and also on an international level. They feel they are taken more seriously by the European Union and international partners. They feel emboldened. On the other side of the debate, you have got the unionists, who wanted catalonia twostate part of spain. They are feeling a bit disappointed this morning, because one of the unionist parties actually came out on top as the single party with the most votes in this election. But it you put all the separatist parties together, they have an overall majority. While theyre pleased with their performance, they are disappointed the separatists will be taking power. It is a very divided region today. Genie what is next for Carles Puigdemont, who is in brussels . He is still in selfimposed exile. What is going to happen to him . Catherine Carles Puigdemont has offered to meet with spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy, but not on spanish soil. If mr. Puigdemont comes back to spain, he faces immediate arrest. There is still a warrant out for his arrest on charges of sedition and disturbing the peace, having been one of the organizers of that illegal independence referendum back on october 1. Other separatist leaders say they have been taken to jail. Carles puigdemont was spared that fate because he left and went to brussels, but he knows as things legally stand, he cannot come back. He offered to meet the spanish Prime Minister in any other european country. Thel have to wait and see spanish prime, how he responds to that rather he will respond to that call for dialogue. There is a clear legal blockage. Cross puigdemont says he will return and had up catalonias regional government, but at the moment, it is not clear how, physically, he can do that. Genie kathryn noris strent inorri barcelona. Leaders slammed donald trump at a press conference in brussels. Men were meeting as part of the french president s efforts to support peace talks in the middle east. Emmanuel macron said the u. S. Had marginalized i itself in e israraelipalestinian conflict i unilaterally recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. The mood abbas adding that washington was no longer an honest broker for the talks. I have reasserted to president macron, after president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and transfer the embassy from tel aviv the United States are no longer an honest broker, and honest mediator in the Peace Process. We will accept no plan on the part of the United States because of the partisan spirit, and because of the violation of international law. Donethe United States have in this regard is a violation of international law. By so doing, the United States have disqualified themselves honestaying a role as brokers. I want to be very clear. Thee is no alternative to two state solution, and no two state solution without an agreement between the parties regarding jerusalem. Live on joining me now set is the president of the International Center for peace in the middle east. They you for coming to speak to us. This press conference of course coming one day after the u. N. Voted overwhelmingly to reject Donald Trumps unilateral decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Just Nine Countries voted to back the u. S. How much is that greater hurt the Peace Process . I do not think it is going to hurt the Peace Process. I think donald trump is the Harvey Weinstein of politics. If partners do not give him what he wants, he will threaten lots of people. But he is getting the opposite results. What you saw on the ground is that he succeeded on unifying the arab and muslim world, instead of killing each other, unified them. The International Community is marginalizing the United States being a fair player in the Peace Process. The extremists on all sides. An electoral, internal reason in the United States, to please the evangelists. Believe one day jesus christ will come from jerusalem when all the jews will be there. And every crisis, it is an opportunity. I am happy president macron is seizing this opportunity. He is meeting with president abbas today. He is expressing the position of france. Atnce will recognize this the right time. France will not accept any pressure. Challenge will make Everything Possible for our country to organize as well and guarantee the security of israel. What he has to do with his and the vote at the National SecurityCouncil Three days ago the huge majority of the Security Council voted decision. Nald trumps only america put a veto on it. Normal that the europeans are giving so much money to the palestinians, which is a good thing. And they are the main economic partner of israel. We do not have any political leverage. Now, it is the path and the challenge of france and the german partners to bring together the europeans, to have one voice. It is what the International Community is asking for, what the palestinians are asking for. We saw it a few minutes ago from president abbas. France, the role to play in the future. Now everybody understands. It is time to go back to the table, to go back to serenity, and to move ahead in a calmer way. Everyone except israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. You mentioned the idea of putting political pressure on him from europe. What could that look like . What pressure would work on Benjamin Netanyahu . Internationalthe community, the overwhelming majority yesterday expressed we do not agree with mr. s political brutality. Will forexpress their the israelis and palestinians to get to a peace agreement. Most of these countries recognize the state of israel and its right. All of these countries should recognize the state of israel, including arab and muslim countries. This is the security of israel. The only thing we currently secure to israel israel has good reason to feel threatened, good reason to feel they are living in a problematic neighborhood. The only way for them to guarantee the security is to ask the arab and muslim countries to organize. At the same time, israel and its partner need to recognize what was stated by president macron. Genie but the Sticking Point is still jerusalem. There is a lot of misunderstanding about jerusalem. We have to be very careful. Jerusalem can be and is an excuse for extremists all over the world to act. It is why this should not have been given to donald trump to region. Ts in the lets put facts about jerusalem together. When we speak about jerusalem, most people think we are speaking about the holy places. Lets not forget that the holy christians, the jews, the muslims, represent a few hundred square feet. It is nothing. It is a small piece of jerusalem. In jerusalem is 250,000 palestinians that do not recognize the nation of jerusalem by the state of israel. West jerusalem, 450,000 mostly jews that are jerusalem, the fact oh. Recognizes west jerusalem as the capital of israel. It is time to organize a palestinian state and jerusalem as being the capital of the future state of palestine. This may help everybody maybe to come back to the table of negotiation, and for europe to play a constructive role in the region. Genie thank you for coming to speak to us. The president of the International Center for peace in the middle east. Thank you. Genie one year ago today, the syrian army took back the city the rebebels. Thousands of people theyre marked that anniversary thursday with flags and a military parade. The cymer 2, 2016, the army announced it was in full control of syrias second city, after clearing it up writers things to a massive offensive backed by russia. Aleppo marked the syrian president s biggest victory since the beginning of that war, and set off a a domino effect of opposition losses around the country. Perus parliament has voted not to impeach its president. That is the latest twist in the political crisis that began over a week ago after allegations that table pollack a kinski received that Pedro Pablo Kuczynski received bribes linked to a Corruption Scandal. Reporter latenight band ring in his success. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has escaped impeachment by the skin of his teeth i just eight votes. The surprise victory elicited applause in congress after his opposition had not reached the to impeach, needed 87 votes. 79 mps voted in favor of ousting the president , with 21 abstentions and 10 lawmakers that did not show up for the debate, which went on late into the night and lasted over 12 hours. On social media, the president said a new chapter in peruvian history had begun one of reconciliation. But kochanski is but Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is now facing a judicial investigation. After the vote, parliamentarians warned that this is not the moment for a victory lap. Asif the president sees this a triumph, this crisis is going to repeat itself again in the coming weeks or months. He remains unpopular among many peruvians. Some protested for impeachment. The political crisis in peru has been whirlwind, for it began just over a week ago. Documents emerged that the company had received 800,000 dollars from other breast on odebrecht. The corruption allegations have not just hit Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Peruvian president s are expected suspected of having a finger in every pie, even the main opposition leader. She is also being accused of having a hand in the honeypot. Genie time for our business update. M joined onset by uncle or im joined onset by our analyst. In the United States, and their avoidance of a shutdown. Analyst thursday was the deadline for congress to approve the federal governments annual budget. With no plan agreed upon, republicans were up against the wall. The house and Senate Passed a temporary spending bill to gain some time. They now have until january 19. Reporter crisis averted yet again. With just 24 hours to spare, the to. House and senate photo extend the deadline by which lawmakers must approve the governments annual budget. Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If s are 66, the nays are 32. The motion to concur is agreed to. Reporter budgetary brinkmanship is nothing new at the holiday season. Each year, opposition lawmakers use this opportunity to try to leverage demands from the ruling party. Deny claimsrongly that they were holding the government hostage. Newsbreak. The republicans congress. They control the house very they control the senate. And they have the signature in the white house. They have the votes to keep government open. They have the votes to keep government open. They dont need us to keep government open. We have never been about shunning government down. Reporter congress has until january 19 to vote on a budget both parties agree upon, but this will be no easy feat. Pain for the Mexican Border wall, the funding defunding obamacare, and expelling undocumented immigrants who arrived in the u. S. As minors these are just a few republican priorities which are sure to be met with resistance from across the aisle. Next up, you have bad news for the worlds most valuable company. Faces a apple classaction lawsuit in california over the performance of its older iphones. The company admitted on wednesday to slowing down older iphone models. They said it is only to conserve battery life, which diminishes on models prior to the last iphone eight. The plaintiffs who filed the suit are owners of an iphone seven. They claim apple never requested consent from them to slow down their iphones. Big storiesf our today is the Regional Election in catalonia. Our european markets reacting . We generally call it a santa claus rally right before the holiday weekend. But in europe, most of them were trading in the red. They were dragged down by the uncertainty after those elections. Spains ibex 35 index was trading down more than 30 . Cai should bank and bank of the seven this caixabank and banca sabatel were down as well. Londons footsie slightly above flat line. The euro took a fall against the dollar. The latest company to join the bitcoin bandwagon has a lot of people scratching their heads. Analyst bitcoin has seen of secure companies that make everything from cigars to sports bras pivot to the crypto currency, hoping to get a piece of the pie, the 1600 rally. The latest is the Long Island Iced Tea core, a nonalcoholic Beverage Company. It rebranded itself as long block chain corp. , after the technology that powers bitcoin. The company has never turned a profit but its shares jumped up 500 after its name change. It could be bad timing as the price of bitcoin hit its lowest since 2013 today, dropping nearly 20 . Look thank you for that at the business news. It is now time for the presser view. It is time not to take a look at what papers have been saying around the world. Today onocus obviously the snap Regional Election in catalonia. It does look like independence parties will hold a slim but reduced majority in the new assembly. Analyst most of the votes went to a Unionist Party which wants to remain part of spain, wants catalonia to remain part of spain. These are the angles you are seeing in the press today. Partieslly, separatist are going to have a majority, but it is actually the party that wants to stay in spain that got the most votes. They are talking about a historic time for the Citizens Party, but the separatists keep the majority. In particular, another paper is talking about how the Independence Movement is going to keep its hegemony, its supremacy, in catalan politics. This editorial applauds the turnout. 80 , the highest participation in history. The gives a lot of legitimacy to the results. This is a severe punishment for the spanish leader, Mariano Rajoy. The Spanish Government has a responsibility to accept this result, and that there is a reason for political dialogue with catalonia. Genie a lot of papers are focusing on the leader of one of the unionist parties. Analyst she is kind of the star in the catalan papers today. You can see this article. She is the rising star in catalan politics. Khaleesi. She has had a glittering political career since she entered the party. She is not originally from catalonia. It is an incredible feat for her. A lot of people are comparing her to tv characters. Theyre calling her the orange khaleesi, orange the color of the party. They are likening her to the queen of dragons, with so loves and an iron fist. Others are likening her to the aboutter in borgen, politics in denmark. People say she is like the fictional character who became Prime Minister of denmark. If you want to know more about her, she is actually in a cartoon that is complicated to explain. You can see Mariano Rajoy here. He looks like a mad scientist. He is saying we have to 155,tune the formula for the article of the spanish constitution that allows madrid boat. Pend catalonias genie how are the madrid papers reacting . I imagine there is a lot of pessimism. Analyst papers in madrid very much opposed to any independence of catalonia. You can see this cartoon in mendola does in el mundo does not need much extra nation. Andarf as a lifeline, catalonia hanging from the branch with the lifeline. I spanish paper is talking about the uncertain future ahead for catalonia. Even though the Independence Movement got a really good showing in the election, it is going to need the Citizens Party if it wants to be able to govern. People who want to leave spain and remain in spain what is that going to mean for catalonia . Whatever it means, this paper calls on lawmakers to work with the law and to respect citizens in catalonia. Genie you have been focusing on another big european story, the fight between poland and the European Union after the European Commission decided to initiate sanctions over polands controversial judicial reform. Analyst this is summing up how papers in poland are reacting to this, and especially the words they are using. It is quite dramatic. They are using words like a declaration of war, an attack, big guns, as if this is going to be a real battle between poland and the e. U. If you look at a paper in poland i hope i am financing this paper right. This paper often supports the government. It said that recently it has been like a car speeding ford a wall, and it has finally crashed into this wall, the wall being the confrontation with the e. U. Theyre talking about the possibility of a polish exit from the European Union in the wake of this fight. Genie after christmas is new year, 2018 almost upon us. I can hardly believe it. Many papers are taking a look back at the year. Analyst it was not all bad, according to the washington post. It has a list of 17 good things that happen. The paper says that for many people 2017 was a stressful year. They pulled together this list of things and say these good things these might not be seen as good for everyone, but we hope everyone had at least 17 good things that happened in 2017. The first thing is that the world and the u. S. Economies are continuing to grow. Another big issue is the fact that women have really spoken up about issues of sexual harassment. We have seen all this happening in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. They are talking about the fact that roy moore lost his election in alabama. This is a photo of people celebrating. There were less Little Things on the list. For instance, prince harry engaged to Meghan Markle is definitely making the list. You have gay marriage becoming legal in australia and women being allowed to drive in saudi arabia. From 2017. Ngs and 2018, they will have 18 good things. Genie always nice to finish on a positive note. If you want a closer look at the press review, you can always check the stories out on our website. Christmas is now just a few days away. In the next half hour, we will be back on set with how we celebrate the holiday in france. That is the next french connections. Too many outsiders, culture and los angeles is something that beginins and endsds with te movies. But the city has always been home to radical ideas and art, architecture, literal literatuture, and urban life. The profile of the city has run bigger and writer. With new cultural institutions, new approaches to art, and new ways of thinking about the landscape. 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