The heart of new york city Authorities Say a twenty seven year old suspect strapped a bomb to his body but no one was killed and the suspect is now in custody but lets be also clear this was another attempted terrorist attack. Thank god with Robert Frazier did not. Result in a goal well take you live to our correspondent in the u. S. From war plus. A cool reception for israeli Prime MinisterBenyamin Netanyahu as he tells a new Foreign Ministers their nation should also recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Buffer in the program i am sorry harmon its good to have the with. A twenty seven year old man is in custody after an explosion rocked new york citys Port Authority trauma. Well police say this incident was terror related but new york mayor bill de blasio said that authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats to the city the explosion occurred during the morning rush hour at the intersection of forty Second Street and eighth avenue not far from times square four people suffered minor injuries a major evacuation of the area by police and other First Responders followed the blast heres mayor de blasio speaking at a press conference earlier. And lets be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not. Result to make goals. Thank god our First Responders were there so quickly. Speaking a little earlier lets go live now to the u. S. For our correspondent Carson Vaughn naaman as following the story for us carson the mayor call this an attempted terror attack what else do we know what we know so far is the improvised explosive device went off in an underground passageway near the Port Authority bus terminal and the subway stations there apparently the man who exploded that device was injured so we can expect that maybe just a detonator went off not the device which was apparently a pipe bomb itself that pipe bomb was strapped to the body of the man and probably he intended to kill many people but so far as far as we know there were only four people injured one of them the suspected attacker and three bystanders or passers by who were only lightly injured heights new yorkers are going to be breathing a sigh of relief about this and why p. T. Has confirmed the suspect is in custody tell us what you know about him. Well police say the suspected attacker is twenty seven year old. An immigrant from bangladesh who lived in brooklyn in the borough of brooklyn in new york once again the police is questioning him he is currently in hospital and the Police Supervision once again he survived this attack because apparently his bomb prematurely exploded or probably just a detonator so the bomb didnt have the full effect and they the police havent said really what was the motive here apparently demand made a statements to police but your thought is wouldnt journalists what he said because this is still an Ongoing Investigation but they believe the man acted alone and as you said before there seems to be no imminent current threat to people in new york no imminent threat to people in new york and we heard bill de blasio earlier saying this was a terror attack but he also had strong words of praise for emergency workers who perhaps prevented this incident from becoming worse how is that being covered in the u. S. Media. Well as always when these suspected terrorist attacks happened and there is of course a lot of coverage but the fact that there wasnt. Any casualties at least no one killed made sure that the media here are now concentrating also on other issues as for instance the senate race in alabama theres a special election there on tuesday which people are looking at because the republicans only have a very small man majority in the senate so politics there has taken over but of course this will remain to be an important issue of course people are. Very much afraid of terrorist attacks since the big attacks on september eleventh two thousand and one even though if you look at the statistics its much more likely to be killed by another american here more than ten thousand people are killed by gunshots knots counting suicide. Number of victims of terrorist attacks thankfully is rather low but it is a big issue important statistic there Carson Van Allen thank you for sharing with us. Israels Prime Minister has urged european governments to follow the u. S. And recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel Benjamin Netanyahu says the move is simply a recognition of reality and as such a step towards peace for the palestinians but his words got a firm rebuff in brussels very has been meeting with the e. U. Foreign ministers. Are ok but you mean it was a rival in brussels marked the first visit in twenty two years by an israeli head of government. Let me say of this quite historic opportunity its far too long for friends and partners and we are a big moment made even bigger by Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital just days ago what President Trump has done is put facts squarely on the table peace is based on reality i believe that all or most of the repeating countries will move around this is to jerusalem recognize crucial in this israels a couple but instead the reception in brussels was as frosty as the temperatures outside the Council Building protesters gathered to condemn mr netanyahu visit now they are inviting him so they will talk but there is nothing to talk about you dont do such things but what hes doing in israel. To the palestinians. The decision to move the Capital Needs to be discussed between both sides it also cant be up to europe or the United States to decide that. Because you need to defeat the e. U. Ministers also shook their heads at the move. We did not agree. To be. Taking her. Side with this truce. On another fundamental question the union cemented its position a commitment to a two state solution yet there are worries that the United States are no longer a credible mediator. Weve been waiting already for several months for the american plan and if one is not forthcoming then the European Union will have to take the initiative you know ive been in this incident but even if the e. U. Stepped up its peace efforts the question remains if it has indeed the ability to really make a difference in this conflict. Well joining me now is mark frings from the Conrad Adenauer foundation a think tank linked to chancellor Angela Merkels conservative city you party mark youre in ramallah in the palestinian territories where emotions are running high right now the e. U. Strongly condemned trumps decision has there been any reaction to that from the palestinians because you know so far there is no official reaction coming from to be able to think the positions are quite clear yet to differentiate between the street and the street as it does how does hide there theres no main these no much trust in the west be it the u. S. Be it the you to do something in favor of the palestinians however when it comes to the p. L. O. The officials they of course depend very much both on the u. S. And e. U. When it comes to political and Financial Support what do palestinians want from the u. N. And do is say that you as a possible mediator for the peace process. If you please yes we asked earlier this year also last year who should be the most important mediate order to bring peace between israelis and palestinians the majority im going to syrians told us that the you should play the go to war and this is also what the p. A. What the p. L. O. All bite say in the upcoming hours and days they dont understand why the u. S. Kind of keeps a monopoly on peace talks between israelis and palestinians they would refer to the Success Story when it comes to the five plus one talks the peace talks on the nuclear deal with the iran they would also refer to the might of natural dimension the monitor of forum that was introduced by the French Peace Initiative earlier this year so there are very concrete ideas and i think the u. N. Doesnt have to reinvent the wheel theres a very concrete initiative on the table its the arab Peace Initiative initiative from two thousand and two which is still balanced that asks israel to withdraw from the i tell you stories and in return for that the arab league and which means all arab states would recognize israel and in the borders of one thousand and sixty seven ok netanyahu says that recognizing reality is the substance of peace so let me play devils advocate here for a second isnt recognizing jerusalem as israels capital just acknowledging reality which could put negotiations with the palestinians on a more realistic footing. Well as teams would argue that trouble only record just one reality because this really warms the heart of the regime that there are hundreds of thousands of and its also living in the city that there are all of the songs we have to go to the religious things but this if you really comes to the palestinian perspective on the under isnt it so i think when we no talk about synchronizing todays realities then one risk that i secretly would be that the palestinians also start second i suggested its use and just in my view reality for israel but many are now having doubts with regard to bankable two state solution you see a decline when it comes to a democratic independent palestinian state and as he certainly is that they would question this strategy as well marc frank says the palestinian territories head of germanys Conrad Adenauer foundation joining us from ramallah mark thank you heres a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world russias president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of Russian Troops from syria he made the announcement on a surprise visit to an airbase in the country where he met with president Bashar Al Assad russia has been a syrian governments main backer in the countrys six year civil war. But none traveled to cairo where he met with the gyptian president Abdel Fattah Elsisi the two leaders signed plans to advance signed a deal excuse me to advance plans for a russian built Nuclear Power plant the two countries recently approved a Draft Agreement to allow russian warplanes to use a shift in military bases. Saudi arabia is about to end its thirty five year ban in cinemas the first one will open early next year the will was part of a raft of changes being introduced in the conservative Muslim Country by mohamed bin selman a powerful saudi crown prince. And Member States have overwhelmingly agreed to formally widen defense cooperation move lays the foundation for a proposed European Defense union the goal is to make europe less dependent on the u. S. For its defense. The world is waiting for us to act those were the words of german chancellor Angela Merkel today as she urged quick progress on talks aimed at forming a new Coalition Government europes largest economy has been in political deadlock ever since inconclusive elections in September Merkel is now hoping the talks the central of social democrats on wednesday will lead to a rerun of the grand coalition between germanys two biggest parties. The c. D. U. Would like to avoid new elections so the goal is clear to figure out if another grand coalition is feasible. Standard must be what does our country need my take on is this of course we have different positions from the social democrats but i also see a whole range of issues where theres room for agreement schmidts mencken the chancellor wants talks to proceed quickly but thoroughly and for now at least she rejects a key s. P. Demand to replace germanys dual system of public and private Health Insurance with a single public citizens insurance for all. To see do you are not in favor of the proposed citizens insurance because we do not believe that eliminating competition would improve the system as a whole. At their Party Conference the s. P. D. Decided to take an open approach to the possibility of working together with the c. D. U. But the new general secretary has named conditions to the central and we believe that billions of euros must be invested in education we want large scale restructuring in the health and nursing sectors with more staff and more money and europe as a central priority we need to help move europe forward well see whether the c. D. U. As ready to talk about these issues but i just dont so whats a leading. Wednesdays opening round will provide a first indication of whether the c. D. U. And s. P. D. Are ready to renew their sometimes an easy partnership. 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