Is accorded World Heritage status by the Cultural Agency unesco. F s. e traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision, but israel says its a welcome step forward, in gaza, hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, called for another uprising. In arabic it is intifada, a word synonymous with more troubled times. Israels Prime Minister is now claiming others will follow suit. Translation i have no doubt that once the American Embassy moves to jerusalem or even before, there will be a movement of many other embassies to jerusalem. The time has come. But the International Reaction so far suggests otherwise. In istanbul, anger directed at washington outside the us consulate last night. And americas allies, like france, also disagree. President macron was today at an airbase in qatar. A peace deal between the palestinians and israelis he says is only possible ifjerusalem has an international status. Translation the status of
Is it worth being a city of culture . Ill be chatting to businesses all morning about how things have changed for them this year. Good morning. In sport, liverpool net seven goals, making england the first country to have five teams through to the Champions League knockout stages in the same season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Storm caroline will make its presence felt in the north of scotla nd make its presence felt in the north of scotland today. 90 Miles Per Hour gusts. Blizzards as well. A mild and a wet start to the day away from that. It will be noticeably windy. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story the number of patients experiencing long waits in accident and Emergency Departments in the uk has more than doubled in the last four years. Research by the bbc found that more than three Million People waited longer than the four hour target in the last year. Doctors say it shows the nhs can no longer cope. The dep
Into service the royal navys largest and most expensive warship hms Queen Elizabeth. And celebrations in the west midlands, as the title of uk city of culture 2021 is sent to coventry. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the best player in the world, cristiano ronaldo, is named the winner of the ballon dor for the fifth time. Good evening. The number of cases of Domestic Violence reported to police in england and wales is on the rise. Now the childrens commissioner for england has called on the Prime Minister to put in place greater protection for children who are exposed to the problem, at home. The latest figures show an increase in the number of cases police in england and wales are involved in almost 650,000 in the year to march. Its estimated that one in seven children and young people under the age of 18 will have lived with Domestic Abuse at home at some point. And its when children are involved that theres added pressure on the police to respond quickly. Jeremy cooke has this s
Well bring you reaction to the decision. Storm caroline brings strong winds to scotland, causing transport disruption. Dozens of schools have been closed and, the richest youtuber in the world is a 26 year old man from aldershot. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Brexit talks over the irish border are intensifying as negotiators on both sides push for a breakthrough on a post brexit plan to push negotiations forward in a way which satisfies the european union, ireland and the democratic unionist party. Earlier an announcement that European Council president donald tusk will make a statement on brexit early on friday morning fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister had made progress on the wording but a uk government source has stressed that no agreement had been reached. There is speculation that the Prime Minister will meetjean Claude Juncker tomorrow. And leaving talks in westminster this evening, the dups westminster leader nigel dodds refused to comment when questioned if th
Tell the story of the weather. This has been the story this morning in the Northern Isles but for scotland tomorrow i suspect we will have seems like this with blizzard like conditions and frequent snow showers tonight but how far south will they go . Stay watching and i will tell you in half an hour. Thank you. Well be talking to tvs nick hewer about why 80 of the worlds orphans arent actually orphans and what hes doing to help them. We might talk about that other apprentice presenter, dondald trump, as well. Hello. The leader of hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, has called for an uprising or intifada in response to President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip are holding a day of strikes and protests and israels military has used water cannon against protesters in bethlehem. Traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision but israel has