Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversat later today Time Magazine will announce its person of the year. The annual award goes to the person or idea that has had the biggest impact on the world for better or worse. So who would you choose, and why . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start the programme with us President Donald Trump, who is expected to make an announcement today that could endanger his efforts to broker middle east peace. Senior Administration Officials say he will recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel and direct the state department to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv. The decision would break with decades of us policy as well as the International Consensus on the status of jerusalem. Arab leaders have strongly warned it could fuel violence. Peter bowes reports. Donald trump is venturing into uncharted territory. The president will recognise jerusalem unchart
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More slowly because speed costs money in negotiations. These negotiations are complex. It is a shambles. Theresa may doesnt know how to negotiate and these far too soft. It is a quagmire created by a lack of fore sight by the government. Let us know how you think brexit negotiations are going. We will speak to our audience of voters in the next half an hour. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories and as always, keen to hear from you. A little later well be talking about debt over christmas. Are you struggling this year . Are you having to use your overdraft facility in order to Fund Christmas . Lots of people are according to research from a debt charity today. Share your situation with us. Use the hashtag victoria live. You can e mailand the hashtag victoria live. You can e mail and whatsapp and message me on facebook. If you are texting, we will have to charge you. Our top story today. A man is
The president s commitment to an ancient but enduring truth, to fulfilling his promises and to advancing peace. Six months ago, the Palestinian Leader hosted donald trump on his middle east tour. That early optimism replaced by disappointment today. Translation jerusalem is a palestinian city. Christian, muslim, jewish and it is the capital of the state of palestine forever. Jerusalem, a city 6000 miles and two continents away from the us, was the subject of an Unusual Campaign pledge from donald trump to a very narrow constituency, to move the us embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem and recognise the ancient city as israels capital, but in keeping that promise, he seems to have made his other goal of advancing middle east peace a whole lot more complicated. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. Well, lets get some reaction to this from laura bicker in washington. Just how isolated is the us now over this . You heard from our colleague that the un, nato, the arable world had united against thi
1 00am in london and 3 00 in the morning injerusalem. President trump has abandoned decades of us Foreign Policy by recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. It is arguably his most controversial decision since taking office and its provoked expressions of concern and anger around the world. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. Camera shutters click thank you. The president signing this or that proclamation has become a commonplace, but nothing hes put his name to is as consequential or historic as this, a decision that upends us policy to the middle east, the most troubled region in the world. Past decisions had failed. It was time for a new approach. Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious, thatjerusalem is israels capital. This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. Its something that has to be done. Its a decision that the arab world and close allies cautioned against, but the president has gone ahead,