record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
Pizza gains World Heritage status. World heritage status. And coming up in the sport on bbc News Premier League clubs make history in the Champions League with 5 teams from england reaching the knockout stages for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 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 today 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 hailed it as historic, and mr trump himself insists his plan will help to promote peace in the middle east. Heres our correspondent tom burridge. Tension is again simmering here in the Israeli Occupied west bank. Israeli soldiers confr
People in the uk waited more than four hours in the last year. Also, the foreign secretary will pledge to stand by european allies in the fight against islamist terrorism after britain leaves the eu. Hms Queen Elizabeth will be commissioned into Service Later today. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, hamas, has called for a new intifada, or popular uprising, following President Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. The us decision has been widely criticised around the world, including by some of americas closest allies such as britain, france and saudi arabia. The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to debate the move. Lets show you the latest pictures we have from bethlehem, where there have been demonstrations against the decision by President Trump and tear gas is being used to try and disperse those demonstrations. Joining us now is fawaz gerges, professor of International Re
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
Theresa may has been speaking to the president of the European Commission and the irish Prime Minister this evening, amid signs of possible progress in efforts to restart the brexit negotiations. The talks stalled on monday, after Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party objected to the draft plans, because of their concern over the status of the border with the irish republic. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is in westminster and gave us this update. After the embarrassing collapse of the whole thing on monday when theresa may had gone to brussels and had to then come back without a deal, things have been kept pretty close in a very tight circle in westminster. There have been lots of phone calls tonight. Lots of talks. But both sides have been pretty tightlipped and when we saw the westminster leader of the dup, the Northern Irish party, nigel dodds emerge from talks at whitehall this afternoon he very much avoided answering any questions or giving anything away. However, to