A fourth day or protests against the u. S. Decision to declare a truce on the capital of israel many of them in occupied East Jerusalem where forces fired stun grenades and tear gas as they charge through a crowd of peaceful demonstrators alan fischer was there. Was it is it was it started as a small protest handful of people but as they walked towards all jerusalem dome one of the citys busy shopping streets there was blogged by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed back to it was in a city where anger has been close to the surface since Donald Trumps controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations was the police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating widespread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten at some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their we
In lebanon of a donald trump decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital Security Forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds outside the u. S. Embassy in Beirut Lebanon seventy almost four hundred fifty thousand palestinian refugees. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says palestinians ought to get to grips with the reality that jerusalem is israels capital in order for all to move towards peace the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think President Trumps announcement was so historic and so important for peace on the quest for peace there is a serious effort underway now by the United States and all i can say as i said related to president and mccall i think if youll pardon the expression you should give peace a chance. Venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro has banned the countrys main opposition parties and taking part in next years president ial election comes after three of th
The u. S. As mediator in the middle east Peace Process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role Mahmoud Abbas called for europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts instead after meeting french president in one electron in paris as asked about reports from paris. It was no surprise that the Palestinian Leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel my car has been a staunch critic of the United States decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel off to talks on the crisis Mahmoud Abbass said the palestinians could no longer accept a u. S. Peace plan. The United States is no longer a credible mediator in the Peace Process we will not accept any plan on the part of the us because of the parties feeling and because of this violation of international law. Mccraw has stepped up efforts to mediate in the crisis meeting with the king of jordan and israels Prime Minister earlier this month he wants to try and help revive tal
Are feared dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by a Tropical Storm ten ben most of the casualties on the island of mindanao dozens of people are still missing and the last five reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by Tropical Storm turned in the towns of. Mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. We really want to go straight now and were going to figure out what you have so many people that are really. At the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts there even though theyre out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide its not just in one province but in several provinces sh
Roman catholic cleric says the city should be a place of peace that excludes no one his comments follow u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Both francis said repeating what many others said before him hes not you with that. Peace. Theres not peace if someone uses could. It would include not to screw to. Spains king philip a has used his traditional christmas address to call for unity following last weeks Regional Elections in catalonia he asked the newly elected parliament to give up further moves towards a session in spain. I think. Some days ago the citizens of catalonia voted to elect their representatives in the Catalan Parliament who know must face the problems that affect all catalans respecting diversity and thinking responsibly about the common good the road cannot be won that lead to confrontation or to exclusion again as we already know that only generates disagreement uncertainty. On the moral civic and of course economic impoverishment