A bomb to his body no one was killed and the suspect is now in custody lets be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god it perpetrator did not. Result in a gold will go along to our correspondent in the u. S. For the latest also coming up. A cool reception for israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as he tells Foreign Ministers their nations should recognize jerusalem as israels capital. And russian president Vladimir Putin is on a tour of the middle east he announces a Job Well Done in syria and looks to repair times with egypt so is this an opportunity for moscow to extend its influence amid anger at the u. S. Also coming up in the next sixty minutes and winter hits europe with a vengeance heavy snowfall across the continent creates a win. Sure wonderland for some but travel chaos for others. Welcome to the show my name sarah harmon its good to have you with us. A twenty seven year old man is in custody after an explosion rocked new Yorks Port AuthorityTerminal Police say this incident was terror related but new york city mayor bill de blasio said authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats in the city this video shows the moment the explosion happened during morning rush hour at the intersection of forty Second Street and eighth avenue not far from times square for people suffered minor Injuries Police quickly evacuated the area following the blast. And not long after mayor de blasio commented on the incident. And lets be clear this was tempted terrorism. Thank god the perpetrator did not. Result in the goals. Thank god or responders were there so quickly. Journalist james ryan is in midtown new york he joins us now james several hours have passed since the attack describe what youre seeing now near the bus terminal where the explosion took place. Hi there im as you can see im. Coming over here in midtown manhattan thats where the attack took place at around seven this morning all but theres a lot of activity here including on police out in the three and im dealing with youve been involved in taking the four injured people to hospital managing the crowd the coast an extremely busy station busiest in the well bahamas about sixty five Million People every year i dont think you have been investigating the attack the subway station thats right next to me the engine that it closed all guarded by police with the police tape across that. Activity is sort of a pick up there the bus that started running running again as you can see the traffic is moving along i have a new in front of us now james we know that police say theyve arrested the suspect what do we know about him right now you know theres a lot of information about this attack has come out already even though its any of that of paul we know that the suspect name is a lot hes a twenty seven year old we understand that he was wounded when the attack took place when he detonated what police of called a low tech explosive device and then under fall below us here about seven thirty in the morning and hes twenty seven years old hes injured hes in custody bangladeshi origin an immigrant who was here illegally on a green called a was a permanent resident living in brooklyn hed been in the u. S. In twenty eleven and had a couple of jobs one of them was a taxi driver. So new yorkers are notoriously hard to ruffle james but its plus in two months and eight people dying in a truck attack downtown how are people there coping with what seems to be a return to care to the city. I mean yeah of course what you say is true and new yorkers are famously unflappable and hard no but it is early. The following attack what an immigrant drove a truck onto a thoughtful pause in Downtown Manhattan and the obvious they recounted the memories of you know nine eleven in the war against terror that this country has been quite thing for the last couple of decades because new york hasnt been totally immune in the interim period dont forget that in twenty six days september there were a few quite bomb attack plan a pan american immigrant and then there was the famous two thousand and ten attack in my time web life why is that which is that its not like the city has had no efforts that the pair and the interim period and as you say new york has in many ways able to take these kind of attacks in the throw it in much the same way as the european counterpart to when that its just london berlin a dreadful state similar attack. This was in many ways a good outcome for a terror attack four people injured none of them seriously we can imagine many new yorkers would be breathing a sigh of relief james how much of that has to do with the Emergency Responders and how much of it is just luck that this thing didnt go off or. Well we dont have a full account from the officials about what happened but theres suggestion that the that the attack was a botched attack that. May have been a pipe bomb only destinated partially not fully and perhaps its not entirely clear yet what. The individuals intentions but as a child but it wasnt meant to be a death and i think at that particular location so perhaps it is one of those cases where because of the low quality of the attack the lack of organized asian between for example which you have a group possibly i fired that pack their ability to transmit information to an individual whos capable of building a bomb correctly and i think detonating at the right location. Perhaps with the nature of these impact becoming the organization becoming quickly under pressure the chances of them cry because many lives its up to tackle once it becomes more to crisis sounds like still some open questions there thats journalist James Reynolds fanning in front of the Port Authority in new york thanks very much for your reporting well israels Prime Minister has or hear a pin governments to follow the United States is 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 with the palestinians but his words earned him a firm rebuff in brussels where hes been meeting with a new Foreign Ministers. A rare oks and that you mean a tenuous arrival in brussels marked the first visit in twenty two years by an israeli 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 rippin countries will move their embassies to jerusalem recognize truth when this israels 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 or what are you 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 done to see the picture of. Society in the streets. 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. Mansurs im joined now by our brussels correspondent barbara vessel barbara we just heard the question posed there can you really make a difference in this conflict whats your sense there in brussels are they even want to. They have the feeling that they more and more do have to reengage because we do have to remember in the past when they where in gauged in the Peace Process and theyve tried for years and years and then finally particularly through the obama years they sort of said ok we can probably outsource this the American Government is going to take this over and sort of move this forward and then nothing at all happened the whole thing came to a complete standstill in sound of the depression no rises on the european to reengage was the conflict because it simply will not be what all the european governments here are completely one of pinon on is that the way that donald trump does it is not the way to go you can just unilaterally put something on the table and then this and then say now this is reality you have to swallow it and lets move on this is not going to work europeans know that and they are under pressure to to really do something the french president in modern the crown his first step he met yesterday in paris and he said you know lets try go go again for peace but they dont have a plan ready and so they really have to sort of sit down and reconsider they not only dont have a plan ready that you failed to even issue a joint statement on trumps decision was blocked by hungary what does that tell us about the unity of the e. U. On this issue. Now we have two countries so made months sometimes even three who really will go against. A uni the union of the e. U. And one of them is hungry but even the czech foreign minister when they were walking into this meeting in the morning said that the initiative is not helpful and that not to mis understand his country they wouldnt really move their embassy to jerusalem of course not and so hungry theyre trying to really talk tall they theyre trying to sort of play a role and block things just by being contrary it doesnt really mean very much because the vast majority of your states really of one mind on this and they really have to reengage briefly are any other e. U. Countries going to move their embassies to jerusalem is that even on the cards. Its not really going to happen the swedish a foreign minister marvells from said after the meeting that she doesnt see this at all nobody in new in europe really wants to sort of set that precedent and sort of really impede the stalled Peace Process further Everybody Knows four years in use what was on the table is the status of jerusalem is the last thing to be decided in peace negotiations and the European Union wants to stay was that right thats part of it is a force in brussels thank you so what are palestinians think about all this earlier i spoke to mark frings in ramallah hes in the Conrad Adenauer foundation thats a think tank thats linked to Angela Merkels conservatives and i asked if palestinians believe that the e. U. Could be a mediator in a possible Peace Process. If you please yes we asked earlier this year also last year who should be the most important mediator order to bring peace between israelis and palestinians the majority among palestinians told us that the you should play a bigger war and this is also got to be a what the people all by 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 comes with a 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 manager 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 there is a very concrete initiative on the table its the arab Peace Initiative initiative from two thousand and two which is ill balanced that asked 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 thats more friends in ramallah. Well the German Government has called the burning of israeli flags in berlin this weekend shameful german chancellor Angela Merkel said she rejected any kind of antisemitism and seen a fabia and her government fight such incidents with full force three israeli flags were burned when thousands of propellants any of protesters took to the streets of the german capital. Burning israeli flags in berlin have sparked outrage from the German Government prompted by u. S. President Donald Trumps controversial decision to recognize theresa limits israels capital thousands of party palestine demonstrators gathered in berlin over the weekend. We unanimously condemn these violations of constitutional principles we oppose all forms of semitism on a phobia this was. More than one thousand people gathered at berlins iconic Brandenburg Gate near the u. S. Embassy on friday where around two semitic slogans were heard from some protesters ten people were arrested with charges including assault violation of the law of assembly. At a second demonstration on sunday tune a half thousand demonstrators march through berlins noyon district flags bearing the star of david. For historical reasons germany is always particularly vigilant when there are protests against israel it is are also never far away the time to semitism could fuel violence. All along were seeing a lot of condemnation of flag burning at least ministrations from the social media just now ive got frederica bongo fredricka we heard from merkel give us another idea about the other german reactions to this well sorry ive seen a number of german lawmakers condemning the flag burning weve seen the German Foreign minister. Tweeted while criticism of the u. S. Is Jerusalem Decision is understandable there is no excuse to burn these rail the flag our Justice System must not and will not tolerate this weve also seen the justice minister. He has accused the flag burners of the semitism and he is saying here and any kind of gun to semitism is an attack on everyone and to semitism must never be allowed to have a place in society again and we also saw the interior minister tell us him as yeah he told interview he has strongly lashed out at the flag burners saying we do not accept jews or the state of israel being insulted in this shameful way. Of course we are seeing the Jewish Community in germany theyve been. Demming the incident also the Muslim Community weve seen for instance the chairman of the Central Council of muslims in germany im on my sick. Sorry and he said those who protest for the rights and justice of the people and at the same time call for violence against jews must be condemned they have forfeited their rights to demonstrate and they act contrary to the law is antiracist ok we know this is a super controversial thing here in germany given the countrys history but give us some context how widespread is Something Like flag burning at these rallies well in this case the majority of demonstrators where there are protests to to voice peacefully their support for palestinians but there were a number of incidents that raised questions of semitism not only the flag burning weve also seen these videos circulating and these. Protests can be heard singing at chanting arabic which translates into english as jews remember the battle of hide but the army of mohammed is returning and that chant is referring to referring to a battle that took place in the year six hundred twenty eight which jews were massacred and expelled from a town called high bad which is now part of saudi arabia and this too many are going to say she is a clear stand to semitic stance and of course semitism is a very sensitive issue here in germany as you mentioned and these incidents also coming at a time where in the jewish the Jewish Community is voicing fears of a surgeon and to semitic sentiments here so of course these incidents are raising a lot of times like separate from our social media does thanks for your sites. 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