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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 ....
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 ....
which it calls a flagrant violation of international law. the vote passed after the united states, israel s traditional ally, abstained. the us ambassador to the un, samantha power, said the resolution was consistent with washington s support for a two state solution. our correspondent barbara plett usher reports. 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. 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 states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. but it is becau ....
review edition of dateline london. what a year it has been. brexit, donald trump s victory, the rise of populist movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibility of a new cold war in europe. our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, mina al oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. and thomas kielinger of die welt. well, in britain, across europe and in the united states it has been a tumultuous year. the brexit vote, donald trump s victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post industrial areas of northern england and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 been in terms of thes ....