Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our latest edition coming at you this time with the following top stories. Sparkling cheer a german couple and their annual christmas light extravaganza. Booming business the art market is making more and more revenue on online auction. And festive treats in search of german christmas specialties we visit the city of. Well its already an age old tradition in north america where people love to brighten up their homes for the Christmas Season with all manner of lights and sparkling or even very humorous decorations on meanwhile here in germany the custom has also caught on in homes all across the countryside are now lighting up with garlands of light but one house in particular in color in lower saxony gets brighter every single year its the biggest christmas light extravaganza in the country and we visited roll folks to see how and why he doesnt. Why. Its not just tiny tots whose eyes are all aglow when big and small gather on the first weeken
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
Suspects tonight a mother and son are in jail, accused of using their home and another apartment as brothels. People living near the suspects helped tipoff police. We are at the jail where they are being held. Reporter we talked with neighbors who live near the two, they are accused of running a prostitution ring out of a house they live in together. Neighbors said theyd seen suspicious activity for years, they agreed to talk with us but only if we didnt identify them on camera. Hightraffic of men every half hour. Reporter the family was so concerned about all the men coming and going, they started writing down license plates of the cars that parked at the house. We knew what was going on because of the activity. Reporter this is the house, police say the mother and son both lived here. We tried to talk with a young woman who answered the door. Hello, is faye or david here . They are not here. Reporter to they live here . Do you know about anything that happened with their case . Yes,
West coast. The damage comes after two days of recordsetting rain. Look at the east coast. It feels like 100 degrees. Its a scorcher a melting. Does donald trump owe you an apology . He mayo an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict. John mccain is responding to Donald Trumps controversial comment. Trump said that mccain is only a war hero because he was captured. He needs to apologize. The United States will officially reopen their embassies in washington, d. C. , and havana. In a now fully released deposition bill cosby admits to grooming women into sexual sagss. George bush sr. Is back at his summer home in maine. The former president has been released from the hospital after four days of treatment. The clock starts for congress to review the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran. Defense secretary ash carter has arrived in israel. This deal saves irans path to a nuclear arsenal. The lapd is investigating a tragedy at the home of actress demi moore. A young man w
Chaos. Commuters escaping. One person saying i heard a boom. Nannies or mums asking where the children were. Reporter 8 20 in london this morning. Little early to draw full conclusions on what the circumstances and cause of that explosions are. Reporter nearly twodozen injured. One woman telling me she saw a woman with externssive burns. Others ran in panic. Young witnesses to what may be another terror attack in europe. And President Trump tweeting this morning. Another attack in london by a loser terrorist. These are sick and demented people. The mayor of london calling for calm saying this city will never be defeated by terrorism. That attack is raching up security at home. Bob redell is there live in oakland with that part of the story. Reporter good morning to you there. We are here at west oakland bart. And none of them have received Credible Threats after what happened in london. B. A. R. T. Has been boosting patrols. The agency is either having officers work overtime or deployi