Hello im Maryanne Demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up President Trump will deliver his decision on moving the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem on wednesday the plan is met with condemnation across the arab world. Two thirds of the leaders are absent as a g. C. C. Summit finishes without concrete progress on the gulf crisis. By whose yemens capital where a funeral for the former president. Has been postponed. U. S. Holocaust museum latest exhibition dedicated to remembering the victims of syrias civil war. From the twenty eighteen winter Olympic Games. But leaves the door open to keep russian athletes to compete as neutral. A low our top story the u. S. President has called the leaders of palestine jordan egypt and saudi arabia to inform them of his intention to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. Has been met with criticism across the board with the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying it will have dangerous consequences and the saudi king warning it will inflame the feelings of muslims president will announce his final decision on wednesday after a six month waiver to delay the move expired israel claims all of jerusalem as its United Capital while East Jerusalem is seen by palestinians as the capital of their future state. Well the white house spokeswoman decatur that the president had made up his mind already on the embassy move even though any policy changes yet to be announced im not going to get ahead of the president s remarks that hell make tomorrow he did speak with a number of leaders this morning and hes going to continue to have conversations with relevant stakeholders but ultimately hell make what he feels is the best decision for the United States the president i would say is pretty solid in his thinking at this point. The palestinian president spokesman said that the middle east Peace Process could come to an end if donald trump pressed ahead with plans to move the u. S. Embassy our position the position of president problem this is very clear and if. The American Embassy is going to be moved through the room this is against the. This is. Unacceptable for. If this happens it would complicate things it would put an obstacle to the Peace Process maybe it would be the end of the Peace Process hopefully there not a good solution would back that out from this decision. Our correspondent mike hanna sent us this update from the United Nations. The most recent u. N. Resolution about to rue slim came only last month the General Assembly said that any israeli actions in East Jerusalem must be regarded as null and void illegal because israel is an occupying power that resolution was passed by one hundred fifty one votes to six one of which was the United States with Nine Countries abstaining the secretary generals unwilling to comment on any possible plans for jerusalem the Trump Administration may have but his spokesman outlined what has been the un position on jerusalem for decades as a matter of principle the secretary general has said that he has consistently warned against any unilateral action that would have the potential to undermine the two state solution and weve always regarded jerusalem as a final status issue there are spirits of through direct negotiations between the two parties based on Real SecurityCouncil Resolutions many would argue there are two crucial un resolutions concerning israel and East Jerusalem in particular the first resolution one eight one passed by the General Assembly in one thousand nine hundred forty seven it eg knowledged the partition of palestine and recommended the creation of a jewish state alongside an arab state the second vitally important resolution passed by the Security Council in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven that was after the arab israeli war it called for the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli Forces from occupied territory during the obama years there were numerous resolutions once again all but one were vetoed that one back in december twenty eighth sixteen said that the building of israeli settlements in occupied territory was illegal that was the only time that. The Obama Administration withheld a veto but with trump coming to power the veto is back again but to restate the un position very clear the Israeli Occupation of East Jerusalem is illegal both in terms of the un position and because it is a broaching of the geneva conventions its illegal in international law. We can by how he joins us now for all the latest from washington d. C. And kimberly we know that President Trump has been speaking to foreign officials as press secretary said that conversations are ongoing with the relevant stakeholders what can we expect to happen on wednesday. Well certainly it appears but this is all subject to change until the president really makes his announcement he has been known to change his mind at the last minute depending on who has spoken to him last but what it appears is that there is an imminent announcement at least of a move of the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem but what that will look like and how long that could take certainly could take many forms but what i can tell you is we do have a readout now from the white house with regard to those telephone calls you were talking about at the start of the show between the president and the israeli leader the palestinian president king the king of saudi king the jordanian king all of this has been kind of surmised in very general language from the white house basically saying that the White House Position and the u. S. Position is there is a commitment to advancing Israeli Palestinian peace talks it is important to support those talks and there is a recognition or reaffirmation in these calls that was made by the president to bilateral cooperation with each partner to advance peace within the region there was also one additional sentence in that readout that said that there was a discussion in all of these calls of the quote potential decisions regarding jerusalem so certainly there was no acknowledgement of what we know has been widely reported and that is the caution in by all of these leaders against any sort of announcement of a move of the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem instead the white house merely saying that these were issues that were discussed as you saying there is mounting opposition and concern on the part of european leaders also in the arab and muslim world can many what is how much opposition is that of this move inside washington. Well there has been there have been a number of Democratic Senators democratic lawmakers in the house of representatives who have been appearing on National Television by the hour increasingly and also there have been sort of lobby groups that have been acknowledging the grave concern about any potential announcement by the trumpet ministration because there is a recognition that this could make any efforts by the United States to appear as an honest broker almost impossible when it comes to trying to negotiate peace between the israelis and the palestinians but theres another layer of this too theres a recognition that there will be a tremendous amount of Security Risk that will come into play particularly when it comes to u. S. Interests there is expected that there americans could be targeted as a result in terms of violent protests or backlash so there is certainly concern inside the United States as well as outside the United States most with the recognition that for more than twenty years the policy in the United States has been to move this embassy but to not actually implement it now these signals that that may no longer be the case is concerning for many here in the United States and they all could have all the latest there from washington thank you. Youre watching the news hour live from london still to come lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri withdraw his resignation drawing a line under a month long political crisis at least twenty seven thousand people are evacuated as a bushfire rages across Southern California. And englands cricketers chase an unlikely victory in the second ashes test against australia. In sports. Foreign minister has told a bloc remains crucial to regional stability catherine quite with the gulf nations which sent heads of state to the summit others were represented by ministers or deputy Prime Ministers the meeting follows a regional dispute which began when saudi arabia bahrain and the u. A. E. Cut ties with cattle in june im a gem jim reports from kuwait city. While the announcement that this years Gulf Cooperation Council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might be in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwaits emir. And his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the Current Situation in the region required the Councils Members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. First the United Arab Emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g. C. C. Then saudi arabia the u. A. E. And decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think until he has. To turn up. And then therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that theyre really just wanted to have this. Just to show that theyre actually still exist and the summit is going to take place but nothing else is going to happen which is a really disappointing in that case. In the end a summit that is usually slated for two days ended after only a few hours kuwaits emir said his country will continue mediating in the dispute for just so were going to crucially be your recent months of saying a lot of troubles but the wisdom of my brothers of the leaders of the gulf countries managed to calm things down and now meeting today will lead us to continue playing the role that will live up to the aspirations of our people in order to have certain mechanisms to sort out disputes with guarantees that will allow everyone to abide by these rules. Added that the gulf has faced painful and negative development over the past six months due to the rift. Six months to the day says the beginning of the blockade against qatar some here in kuwait say the fact that representatives of all member countries actually showed up means that this summit should ultimately be considered a success others however say that todays developments call into question the g. C. C. An institution which at its core is meant to highlight regional unity will be able to survive much longer. Wait im joining the. Chatham house what conclusions or what is. Your assessment of this g. C. C. Summit what does it say about the state of the bloc right now i think it is significant that the summit place at all because this is the first time that representatives of all the countries have made together since the qatar crisis. Six months ago bots clearly there werent very many productive discussions this is taking place at a time when the gulf states could be working together on a lot of rapidly shifting developments in the region weve seen the you say to yemen weve seen the news about trumps and its been to jerusalem there are a lot of issues of Public Interest where they clearly havent really seen the need to Work Together on those and what is behind that because weve seen definitely a series of very strong and swift unilateral moves on the part of the Saudi Crown Prince are we basically witnessing this disintegration of the g. C. C. It was nor were the saudi arabia and the u. A. E. And thence to new Strategic Partnership with the eve of the g. C. C. Summit no i dont think this is a dramatic change because it really just formalizes something that was already clear that these two countries with the rise of mohammed and so might have been working closer and closer together but announcing it just as the g. C. C. Summit started did seem to signal that these countries dont see the g. C. C. Is that when the vehicle and they will be looking probably into new alliances for some of the areas where theyre working so that means that the g. C. C. Survives but it limits forward as a forum that simply exist for its own sake but not one that actually addresses crucial challenges in the region thats one of the scenarios that could become something rather like the Arab Magreb Union in north africa where we see the long running dispute between more Cornell Duryea meaning that the body doesnt function but it still continues to exist on paper and just a quick one how what was the potential for this summit is you say that been the so much going on in the region are expecting an announcement from present. On recognizing that jerusalem is israels capital weve had the death of. In yemen of course the the cattle crisis seems very much for those and thats gone into a stalemate how would you describe the scale of the challenges facing these countries right now the challenges are huge they are extremely need fast moving so one would think this would be a time when go Foreign Ministers would have a huge amount to talk about and Work Together on right thank you jane came in one from Chatham House appreciate your analysis. Well speaking of yemen the funeral of the ousted yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in santa has been perspire and meanwhile his former whos the allies who killed him on monday have been holding a celebratory rally in the capital the u. N. Is a combo as it tries to arrange more aid deliveries for beleaguered civilians and has more. The killing. Has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president with the unit dominant Political Force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by hooty fighters on monday had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. The clashes were ongoing the entire night until the morning if someone stepped out into the street or fled they would have a bullet hit them in the head chest or body. On tuesday thousands of supporters filled the streets of sanaa celebrating what they called the end of the crisis but yemens challenges are far from over the Saudi Led Coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by a man who are hadi has said it will still strike rebel targets and how to use urging yemenis to rise against the who these ladies. And i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong will to turn the new page and to get rid of such a nightmare lets put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and to build a new united yemen. And the who pushed out toddies government in january two thousand and fifteen and set up their own administration prompting the saudi led campaign against them since then the country has been split between the who the rebels in the north adis administration in the south and forces loyal to saleh. His death could mark a turning point and the conflict getting worse a conflict which has already killed nearly ten thousand people push yemen to the brink of mass starvation and triggered what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis we remind all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of International Humanitarian law may constitute war crimes. So there a former military officer became president of north yemen in one thousand nine hundred Seventy Eight after a coup and in one nine hundred ninety when the north and south reunited he was elected as the first president of the newly unified country he was ousted in two thousand and twelve during the arab spring uprising that managed to stay in the country and wielded considerable power behind the scenes salih once likened his involvement in yemeni politics is dancing on the head of snakes and while its not yet clear who will succeed him or what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or the future of yemen one thi