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translation: 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. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation of their construction in occupied eastjerusalem. who gave you the right to issue such a decree, denying our eternal rights in jerusalem? israel has long pursued a policy of building jewish settlements on arab land captured during the 1967 war. it insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the un resolution will make ....
security council resolution demanding a halt to the building of israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territory. the vote passed after the united states israel s traditional ally, abstained rather than using its veto. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. translation: 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. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially ....
from the sports centre, here is richard. i, richard. salmonella di says he is ready for the challenge he will face as the new crystal palace manager. sam allen dyce. he has signed a two and half year deal and replaces the manager who was sacked on thursday. they say they are fortunate he was available. he was sacked by england after one game in charge after a newspaper sting. speaking to an in house television station, users the cup is a lot going for it. the club itself seems to be very ambitious. certainly the chairman. they seem to be taking the club the right direction. i like the look of the squad. and that is probably the reason that i m here, because i feel like the club can go forward from here and hopefully can help go forward. the former manchester united manager says he believes some of the club s great britain traditions have gone. he is currently in charge at sunderland after being sacked by united in 2014 after less than one season united in 2014 after ....
the sacking of alan pardew. and in half an hour i will be looking back at a momentous year in science, one that saw tim mcpeak returned to earth after a six month visit to space. that is review 2016, the year in the science. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be different when he takes over. here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. theseis these is really homes on land that the palestinians want for the promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis live the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on the jewish settlements. translation: 14 votes jewish settlements. translation: 1a votes in favour. describing them as a fla ....
of the nativity in bethlehem where thousands have gathered to celebrate midnight mass. good evening and welcome to bbc news. security forces in tunisia say they ve arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri s nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of yesterday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who is suspected of being behind the attack ona suspected of being behind the attack on a burly and christmas market. in the name of so called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connections. the 24 year old tunisian made this video shortly before driving a lorry along the crowded street, killing 12 people. now, a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials ....