It has already prompted a heated reaction, with arab leaders warning there could be dangerous repercussions. Earlier, i spoke to the bbcs north america correspondent peter bowes, and asked him about the possible reasons behind the expected decision. Well, its not entirely sure why now. Certainly it was a Campaign Promise by mr trump to move the American Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. And perhaps some domestic politics is playing into this, in that he wants to be seen to be making good on those big Campaign Promises in his first year in office, where perhaps he might have failed on some other issues. But, to the wider issue, in terms of peace and the Peace Process in the region, why now . Its difficult to fully understand without hearing the details of what hes got to say in a few hours time. Certainly the white house and the Trump Administration has been working on a peace plan for the region for many months. We dont know the details. But whyjump in with this extremely contentious
And welcome to. Headquarters and. Also ahead Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes the president. As liberia. As president of the challenges facing office. Is about to begin in washington d. C. To work. And rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish fighters along the turkish Syrian Border to drive kurdish. District and northwest corner. Plans to create a socalled safe zone. To protect its border Stephanie Decker has more from the turkish Syrian Border. Weve been hearing intense tank shelling and heavy artillery outgoing throughout the period of the morning it is an active campaign it is the third day of turkeys offensive the ground offensive also started on sunday we know theres been fighting back and forth in the northwest of syria is of course also a concern for the civilians its been very difficult to speak to anyone over the last day or so it seems that the coal mines in that area are pretty much nil there are reports of civilian civilian casualties the white saying at least
And a welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead. Israels Prime Minister hosts the u. S. Vice president as palestinians boycott his visit over trumps jerusalem declaration. Ending the trip by violence and the fallout from the sex abuse scandal pope francis says goodbye to pollute after holding mass a Million People plus. In the far east of indonesia is facing a Serious Health crisis im stuck reporting from the us market region in the south of where children die because of undernourishment and measles outbreak. Russia has for the first time weighed in on turkeys offensive in Northern Syria that it may not accept as plans to create a buffer zone but his operation in a free district is now in its third day. Thats trying to push out why b. G. Fighters and create a socalled safe zone thirty kilometers deep to protect its border russia which is on the Opposing Side of turkey in the syrian war says its keeping a close eye on developments and it
Of International Pressure mounts on syria to end the bombing in eastern guta. And i dont understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Survivors and families of victims of the Florida School shooting express their anger and sadness. Plus how Free Movement in the west african nations is laying the foundation for a strong economy. Twenty seventeen was one of the darkest years for human rights in recent history thats according to a new report by Amnesty International it covers a state of human rights in almost one hundred sixty countries and in a direct criticism of the trumpet ministration the group unveiled its findings in the u. S. For the first time has it culhane has more from washington d. C. A bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they will. All of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hu
And rex mattis testified on the authorization for the use of military force. This hourlong portion of the hearing took place before break. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. Thank you for being here. In the past when there have been interruptions on occasion i have n able to have people please dont do anything that causes you to have be escorted out of the room because then the process continues with being arrested and is fairly unpleasant. We have two votes today. Which is unfortunate. What we have talked about doing is adjourning the hearing at about seven minutes until 6 00. Everybody rushing down and voting of the tail end of the first vote, there will be no speaking before the second about. If we can keep going, general mattis, secretary mattis has a meeting he would like to attend and i know others wants to complete the work in an appropriate way. With that, id like to thank tillerson and mattis are being for being with us to