This is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 3 00 in the morning injerusalem where Donald Trumps decision to recognise the city as the capital of israel is continuing to cause unrest. Thereve been clashes in the west bank and gaza. Elsewhere, tear gas was used against protestors outside the us embassy in beirut. But israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made it clear he backed Donald Trumps decision, telling palestinians to get to grips with reality. 0ur Arab Affairs Editor sebastian usher reports. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1,000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach the us embassy this morning. Effigies of President Trump and us flags were burned by angry groups of Palestinian Refugees and lebanese activists. Translation we are here to tell the us embassy, the embassy of the aggressor, thatjerusalem is arab, it was arab and it will stay arab. Large rallies have been held in the moroccan capital, rabat. And in cairo too. As protesters try to build momentum across the region against President Trumps decision. In istanbul, thousands turned out to hear president erdogan launch a blistering attack on President Trump and israel. Translation israel, it is a terrorist state, yes, terrorist. We will not abandonjerusalem to the mercy of a state that kills children. That earned him a fierce riposte from the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he wasnt used to receiving lectures on morality from a leader who bombs kurdish villages. He also had an uncompromising message onjerusalem. It has always been our capital. And jerusalem has never been the capital of any other people. I think, the sooner the palestinians come to grips with this reality, the sooner well move towards peace. But as clashes again broke out near the fence between gaza and israel, many fear that mr trumps move will reignite extremist violence. Sebastian usher, bbc news. A spokesperson for the us Vice President , mike pence, said it was unfortunate that the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet mr pence because the us has made that decision to recognised jerusalem as israels capital. The Us Ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, believes that this recognition will achieve peace. When you recognise the truth, when both parties recognise reality, peace comes and thats just, um, thatjust the true reality of the situation. We are living in the reality that jerusalem is the capital of israel but if you notice when the president spoke, he made it very clear. He didnt talk about boundaries, he didnt talk about borders, he didnt get into any of that, because the final status of jerusalem is between the palestinians and the israelis its not for the americans to decide so we are doing what we do in every other country, israel should be no different, and thenb we are going to continue israel should be no different, and then we are going to continue to support the peace process. Nikki haley there, stressing that the us is committed to supporting the peace process, but the decision over jerusalem should ultimately be left to the israelis and the palestinians. I put this point to our north america correspondent, david willis. Yes, the United States is making clear that it remains committed to peace in the middle east but its going to be an uphill battle, particularly given this snub of Vice President mike pence. He was standing behind donald trump when he made that controversial announcement about jerusalem last week and mr trump indeed went on to say that mike pence would be sent to the middle east to reaffirm americas ties to its partners there. Now, mike pence was due to meet with with Mahmoud Abbas in bethlehem in just over a weeks time that will not now be happening. The palestinians are saying they have no interest indeed in talking with the United States until such time as donald trump reverses his controversial decision last week. Now, mike pences spokesman, in a statement, said that that was unfortu nate, as he put it, unfortunate that the palestinians were walking away from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region. But given the global condemnation and the protests in the region and elsewhere, this clearly remains a very, very difficult decision, a difficult announcement for the americans to get past at this time. Absolutely, david, so where do they go from here then . Well, that, ithink, is a bit unclear. We heard from nikki haley that this decision in her view will move the ball forward, as she put it, towards the goal of peace in the middle east but the status ofjerusalem remains, of course, crucial to the conflict between the israelis and the palestinians. The palestinians continue to see occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, and the very fact that they have now effectively walked away from the negotiating table makes, i think, the prospect of peace in the middle east all the more difficult for the Trump Administration to hope to attain. David willis there, speaking to me from washington. Lots more analysis on our websight. Also making news today the winner of this years Nobel Peace Prize has warned that the world could be just one impulsive tantrum away from nuclear destruction. Beatrice fihn made the comments while accepting the award in oslo on behalf of her organisation, the International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. She was apparently referring to current tensions and the trading of insults between the United States and north korean president s. A moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a boost ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. A calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. The gulf state of qatar has signed another major deal to buy hi tech defence equipment. It will spend 8 billion on 2a typhoon fighterjets, which will be built in the uk. It follows a deal struck last week with a french supplier for nearly 500 armoured vehicles. Firefighters across Southern California say theyre getting the upper hand in containing some of the wildfires which have broken out across the state. However, several fires north of los angeles are still burning out of control. Sent out by brad is now under threat. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. Santa barbara. This is zaira wasim, one of indias leading actresses, who says she was sexually harassed while on board a flight from delhi to mumbai. The 17 year old star of the hit movie dangal said a male passenger who was sitting behind her started to rub her with his feet while she was trying to sleep. The claims caused an outcry in india, and a 39 year old man has now been arrested. The airline, air vistara, has promised to carry out a detailed investigation. And with christmas just a fortnight away, we thought wed share these nativity scenes with you. What makes them a little bit different is that theyre all sculpted from sand. Theyre on display in the italian town ofjesolo, not far from venice. It took a team of ten artists many hours to turn 1,000 cubic metres of sand into these masterpieces. But they wont be around forever, theyll be destroyed in february. The internet whether its social media or shopping online is a presence in most of our lives, and its dominance among children is becoming more apparent. But new research from unicef is warning that too little is being done to protect them from the dangers of the digital world. 176,000 children every day go online forfirst time. Every day 176,000 children go online for the first time. 71 of young people globally are online. Young people aged between 15 and 2a are the most connected age group. Worldwide, 71 are online compared with 48 of the total population. African youth are the least connected, with around 3 out of 5 youth offline, compared tojust1 in 25 in europe. The online world is dominated by english language websites approximately 56 are in english. Sexual abuse is a big concern. More than 9 in 10 child sexual abuse urls identified globally are hosted in five countries canada, france, the netherlands, the Russian Federation and the United States. I spoke to laurence chandy, unicefs director of data, research and policy in our new york studio a short time ago. Well, unfortunately, the internet has become a one stop shop for the sexual abuse of children. Its a place where children and customers of sexually explicit material can be recruited. It is where businesses can be organised. Its whether material can be ultimately advertised and distributed, and all with a high degree of anonymity. And all that means that the whole business of Sexual Exploitation of children has become more profitable and children are therefore increasingly at risk. There are some aspects of the web that support this, including the anonymous payment platforms and encrypted platforms by which the material can be spread. I believe that some of your viewers may be seeing some footage right now which unicef has provided of a 12 year old girl, from the philippines, who was coerced into performing sexually explicit acts on line for extremely modest payments. One of the customers from the us ultimately travelled to the philippines to visit her and attempted to rape her before the authorities from the philippines, thankfully, were able to rescue the girl. This is very serious problem. We are hoping to show you that clip you talked about but for viewers, you can als owatch it on line on the unicef website. It is a deeply disturbing story indeed. Also whats deeply disturbing as most of child sex abuse sites are actually hosted out of five countries that we mentioned earlier. The netherlands, the us, canada, france and the Russian Federation. So why is that specifically and should the governments of these countries shoulder most of the responsibilities to keep children safe . Or is it not quite that simple . So the truth is, we dont fully understand why there is this great concentration. The statistic you are talking about we actually have sourced from the Internet Watch Foundation who speculate the reason is in those countries, one can distribute material on line at very low cost with high speed and a high degree of anonymity but we dont exactly know and that captures so much of the problem of protecting children on line because the risks are continuing to evolve and expand and regulators are unfortunately behind the curve. You ask a good question about whose fault is this and i think there is plenty of blame to go around. It starts with policymakers and regulators and also corporations. The Companies Whose platforms are often used to spread explicit material of children. And again, this is not a straightforward issue. There are some deep questions to ask about what the responsibility of those funds are. I would go back to this key point that the internet was not built with children in mind but they are among the most frequent users today. Laurence chandy from unicef on that report out today, venezuelas leader Nicolas Maduro has banned candidates from major opposition parties from taking part in next years president ial election. He made the announcement after voting ended in polls to choose mayors in more than three hundred towns and cities. These local elections were boycotted by the three principal parties in venezuelas opposition. And mr maduro said only the parties which had taken part in sundays vote would be allowed to put forward president ial candidates. Despite venezuelas worsening economic crisis, mr maduros socialist party is expected to win the most votes in the mayoral elections, as katy watson reports. This is one of the voting centres where people are choosing their local mayors. There are 335 measured up local mayors. There are 335 measured up grabs. The number is expected to rise during these elections. Mayoral elections are not a priority for many people. Add to the fact this has been ait malta was a difficult year. People are disillusioned. The major opposition parties have said they will not participate in these elections. They say the system is flawed. There are some smaller candidates that are being put forward. That is the problem. The opposition is divided and in tatters. It is expected to strengthen the governments hand and head of potential president ial elections next year. There may not be any protest, but life here is still hard. Hyperinflation, food, medicine shortages, and queues for things like bread rule people s lives there. They are fed up. They might not want to govern, but they dont think the opposition can offer an alternative either. All they want to do is live their lives. That was katie watson outside one of those polling centres. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Temperatures as 10 celsius. How is europe coping with the sudden onset of winter . John lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. Theres been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. And the flowers have been piling up. The 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. This morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. People are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. Elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. Imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. Shes facing seven charges of tax evasion. She pleaded not guilty. The prince and princess of wales are to separate. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the decision had been reached amicably. Welcome back. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Our top stories thereve been more violent protests across the middle east after donald trump recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel. Israels Prime Minister has said its time for palestinians to get to grips with the change. Venezuelas leader, Nicolas Maduro says, he is banning the main opposition parties from standing in next years president ial election. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The Straits Times picks on the continuing reaction to President Trumps declaration on friday aboutjerusalem. It leads with the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus suggestion to the palestinians that they come to grips with reality. The South China Morning Post covers the Nobel Peace Prize awards in oslo and the warning about north korea from the winners the International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. It quotes the campaign head, beatrice fihn, saying the world is in an extremely dangerous situation. And the Philippine Star reveals that philippine president duterte is seeking to extend martial law in the Southern Island of mindanao for a further year. The paper quotes his spokesperson as saying that the safety of filipinos is of paramount concern for the president. That brings you up with some of the papers. Now, what stories are sparking discussions online . And this video of an elephant attacking a bus in china is proving popular on our website. It is proving to be really popular. Its not clear why it took such a dislike to the vehicle, after wandering out of a forest in the south western yunan province. But youll be glad to know that neither the elephant, nor anyone on board the bus, was hurt, although the windscreen did need replacing. And you can see more of that on bbc. Com news. Much of Northern Europe is in the grip of blizzard like conditions and widespread disruption. This was Frankfurt Airport in germany, where dozens of flights were delayed and cancelled. Specialised snow clearing equipment was used to make the aircraft and runways safe, but hundreds of passengers were still affected. Problems also in switzerland, a country which is normally used to some heavy snowfall, actually struggled to keep the roads clear. There were also Flight Cancellations and delays in the netherlands with some Rail Services cancelled after problems on the lines. Winds gusting at up to 140 kilometres an hour, and temperatures as low as minus ten degrees celsius have also caused disruption in france, and across britain. Richard lister reports on the impact here in the uk. Much of britain looked like a christmas cloud today. Scotland and Northern England had been expecting snow. This was bucks. 0n the ground it was not pretty. Notts. Brea kd owns it was not pretty. Notts. Breakdowns and blizzards on the m25 kneejerk cross made false low blow growing in slippery conditions. 0n the eighth betty ford near newbury, two stuck lorries meant the southbound carriageway had to be closed. But in wales, some smaller communities were cut off entirely. Thousands of people lost power. This is by far the worst i have ever seen. Probably the worst snow i have ever seen, to be honest. It is about a foot deep around. In the midlands, they thought grit would be enough to keep the road say. In