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apparently discussing attacks. translation: of course it was dangerous. when the men sit here and fantasise about carrying out attacks, yes, i was worried. my children and my family live here. with the immediate danger apparently over, berliners gathered for a memorial this evening by the brandenburg gate. no matter what, we are all one. all people come together here and think of the victims. the berlin people, we are something else they have to beat. but germany as a country now confronting the reality it faces new and hidden threats. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in berlin for us tonight. as far as the hunt for possible accomplices of anis amri, that goes on for them it was by pure chance that italian police found at all. on for them it was by pure chance that italian police found at allm was. this was a stop by a routine police patrol. it was an officer who had only been in the italian police force for nine months who shot him dead. not a europe wide ....
on the railways, that means no trains on many lines this christmas. and all smiles for big sam, as he returns to the premier league as crystal palace s new manager. also in the next hour, we will be taking a look at tomorrow s papers, including the i, which says europe s open border policy has been blamed for allowing the berlin lorry terror suspect to flee more than 1,000 miles, across three countries. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hunt for the man who is believed to have carried out the berlin christmas market attack is over. anis amri, who had evaded capture for four days, was killed in milan during a shootout with two police officers. train tickets found on his body indicate that he had travelled from germany to france, and then onto italy, undetected despite the europe wide alert. 12 people died, and dozens were injured, when a lorry was driven into a crowd of shoppers on monday night. germany has said it is relieved that amri no longer poses a danger, but of ....
condemning israeli settlements on palestinian territory. it happened because the united states changed its usual veto policy and abstained in the vote. well, israel s ambassador to the un said that it was a shameful move, but the us said it had long argued against settle m e nt it had long argued against settlement building. the resolution specifically calls for an end to settle m e nt specifically calls for an end to settlement building in the west bank and eastjerusalem, settlements that are considered illegal under international law. the us and israeli ambassadors to the un responded soon after the vote. today the security council reaffirmed its established consensus that settlements have no legal validity. the united states has been sending the message that the settle m e nts sending the message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decades. by publicly, for nearly five decades. by voting yes, in favour of this resolution, you have ....
a resolution demanding a halt to israeli settlement building on occupied palestinian land. it happened because the united states changed its usual veto policy, and abstained in the vote, saying it has long argued against the settlement buildings in the west bank and eastjerusalem, which are considered illegal under international law. today, the security council reaffirmed its established consensus that settlements have no legal validity. the united states has been sending the message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decades. by voting yes, in favour of this resolution, you have in fact voted no. you voted no to negotiations. you voted no to progress, and a chance for better lives for the israelis and palestinians, and you voted no to the possibility of peace. prime minister netanyahu of israel has rejected the resolution. a statement from his office said israel would not abide by its terms. it said israel looked forward to working ....
the un security council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. the obama administration broke with longstanding american practice and withheld its veto, in a sharp rebuke of israeli policy. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. ina rare in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul searching. israel at the council, although not without much soul searchingm israel at the council, although not without much soul-searching. it is because this forum too often continues to be biased against israel, because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united stat ....