State solution the u. N. Security council vote hold an emergency session palestinians have taken to the streets israel has welcomed a move well go live to jerusalem. Also coming up a senior volkswagen executive gets seven years in a u. S. Prison for his role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal. And a political opponent of president heir to one goes on trial in turkey. Leads the pro Kurdish Opposition Party and his supporters say his trial is politically motivated. Me so misconduct that to have you with us widespread condemnation today president Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the United NationsSecurity Council will hold an emergency session on friday u. N. Secretary. General antonio tara saying the move will only jeopardize prospects for peace trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. With the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. I have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the u. S. President throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind he dismissed warnings that his decision could light the fuse of one of the worlds most explosive powder kegs this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting Peace Agreement we want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and a great deal for the palestinians in jerusalem many israelis celebrated trance announcement its long overdue the flacks of the two allies waving side by side on the old city wall. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praising the move as the beginning of a new era this is a historic day. The president s decision is an important step towards peace for there is no peace that doesnt include jerusalem as the capital of the state of those humans who live but far from all israelis share that optimism but it shows a lack of understanding of the sensitivities in this region and i think its a dangerous move right now that sentiment echoed by the palestinians top peace negotiator the seasoned diplomat visibly shaken warning that trumps move could play into the hands of islamists i think president tonight this qualified the United States of america. And if its possible i think tonight he is strengthening the forces of extremists in this region as no one has done before. And there is reason to fear the washingtons u. Turn could provide Fertile Ground for radicalisation many palestinians see them with a in a sense of betrayal. I tell donald trump you are crazy crazy. Youve opened hells gate behind. The white house is set to unveil a peace plan sometime next year but after trumps latest announcement the question is if those needed to secure peace will listen. Lets go right to our correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer standing by for us hi tania we heard in our report the palestinians saying that this move disqualifies the u. S. As a peace broker in the region what happens now. Well i mean the persons have called for a general strike today so in the occupied west bank the ministry is also nice to visit a school zone close to the shops should be made clear also that in gaza now we understand that older leaders will be meeting the political factions of the meeting the also understand president of bust of president will go to jordan to meet with king up delighted to discuss the steps and how that was done to that and to find a common response basically also there are more and more reactions coming in from the region that the Iraqi Government has to call and theyre calling on the u. S. To back to back on the decision and they said it fuels extremism and that echoes old. Reactions that event that we are getting here from other he does and also to turkish president has accused of us to certain the middle east and then being on fire i think we will hear more of these reactions to him today because you know everybody is trying to assess the situation now and what will happen next tanya President Trump is saying that the u. S. Is just acknowledging the reality on the ground and other president s have also proposed a moving the embassy to jerusalem why are palestinians hearing a different message. Well i think what palestinians basically understood from his speech is that he didnt acknowledge their reality of living here and basically saying this is not your city palestinians want to see is to reserve as the capital of the future state and what mr trump did it was basically he just didnt way it was all in the International Consensus that East Jerusalem is an occupied territory and he didnt distinguish and i think this is highly problematic for the palestinians between west and east to listen so he was been talking about peace hes been talking in his speech about a kind of status negotiations but people are asking why does it have to do this now why to recognize the whole of to serve as the capital of israel and then going back to peace talks when Everybody Knows this should be part of it and instead just negotiations tell you just briefly if you can israel bracing for violence in the coming days i think everybody here on all sides is bracing for what is there to come we just dont know at all what will happen i mean all eyes will be probably on the friday prayers when people will be going to the some us to pain is true some people here will also you know there at the moment trying to understand that its really going to happen in the next day is today hes ten year cramer reporting for us from jerusalem thank you tanya for european leaders have joined the outcry against President Trumps decision britains Prime Minister theresa may saying the decision was unhelpful while president macaw france called it regrettable germanys foreign minister warned of a risk of escalation in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Still to see for christmas i believe that this decision really carries the risk that an already difficult situation in the middle east the conflict between israel and the palestinians could escalate even further. For good reasons we havent in the past had any other country in the world say they accept jerusalem as the capital. Fantasist this represents one hundred eighty degree turn in american policy and that worries us. We hope that those concerns will prove unwarranted but this about face is a big problem. And goes for the right to some other stories making news around the world Australias Parliament has passed a bill to legalize same sex marriage paving the way for gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot as early as next month supporters of the bill rallied in favor of the change which defines marriage as being a union of two people. Time magazine has named its person of the year as the silence breakers of the me too movement against Sexual Assault and harassment their stories and thousands more flooded social media under the me to hash tag the global outcries highlighted Sexual Misconduct by dozens of high profile men in media businesses courts and intertainment hot dry winds have been fanning massive wildfires in Southern California the blazes have destroyed hundreds of homes so far no threatening thousands more firefighters are battling to get the blazes under control and reach the hardest hit areas so they can assess the damage. And Hong Kongs High Court is set to sentence student protest leader joshua long and fifteen other prodemocracy activists they are facing possible prison sentences for their role in mass democracy protests three years ago during the socalled Umbrella Movement thousands of students and activists occupied main shopping areas demanding full democracy in the semi autonomous chinese city. Its a decisive day for germanys efforts to end the political deadlock and form a new government the social democrats are holding a Party Conference away where they are expected to decide whether to hold talks on forming a government with chancellor Angela Merkels conservative theyll also be doing some soul searching on why they did so badly in septembers election the party has been in a coalition with merkels conservatives for the past four years and for many social democrats that is part of the problem the social democrats banner may flutter proudly but it Party Headquarters certainty why did the s. P. D. Do sue poorly at the polls for party chief its a question that has yet to be answered. Why are we not able to make it clear that these old traditional values of respect solidarity dignity and justice are actually the most modern political offer that can be made at this time. And we must ask this question today and certainly tomorrow at a Party Conference. Originally ruled out entering a rerun of the grand coalition but some in the party have since had to rethink. Anything which needs to and stable government and without this doesnt seem to be possible and so we have to in one way or the other to cooperate with the christian democrats. International guests also want the s. P. D. To become part of the government in the interests of europe. We dont have this in government. Then we cannot influence the european debate and the signals this is the problem. Former longtime party chief sic Mount Gambier feels that the grand coalition was not to blame for the poor Election Results even some but i firmly believe that the crisis within german social democracy has less to do with the governing alliance with the conservatives here in germany than with the completely altered conditions for social democratic policies everywhere and thats why we think there have been such difficult Election Results in those countries where there is no grand coalition. But the s. P. D. Youth organisation and use those fully rejects a new edition of the grand coalition. I dont think you can speak of a clear mandate to govern or a clear carry on as before after such a drastic loss at a federal election. Many s. P. D. Members no longer want their party to be part of a grand coalition they fear that their party permanently aligned to the conservatives will soon be consigned to the scrap heap of history. All christophers here with business and those there have to be present prison sentence for a one a volkswagen executives over this a Diesel Scandal and its so mean were talking about seven years behind bars thats the price to pay for lying to consumers a us court has sentenced in Senior Executive all of us mid to the maximum possible time in jail is the second the w. Higher level figure to be handed a prison sentence in the United States over the companys emissions cheating scandal. This wednesday was perhaps the worst day of all of a smiths life the engineer sentenced to seven years in prison the toughest possible sentence for puppets writing fraud against consumers he was emotional he apologized he regrets his decisions he said he takes responsibility its his fault. Schmidt was responsible for us and. Vajra mental matters at v. W. From twenty twelve until twenty fifteen the time that fox wagon admits to manipulating emissions tests using software loaded into its cars. He knew about the test manipulation and testified in court that he simply followed orders the judge ruled that without doubt the v. W. Board shared responsibility for the scandal prosecutors said schmidt was in the same room as the c. E. O. They all worked on their stories that they would tell the authorities. It remains to be seen if former fox foreign c. E. O. Martin venter corn could face charges in germany he has repeatedly denied knowing about emissions cheating schmidts sentencing comes months after that of another former manager james liang having cooperated with authorities and handed in a guilty plea from the outset he received a forty month jail sentence. Daniel winter my colleague from business desk here with us daniel why such a hefty prison sentence well its clear they want to make an example out of him and that they did in court all of a smith broke down crying explaining how heavy this is been for his family the judge said that all of the schmitt used the the diesel cheating as a way to work his way up the corporate ladder now in the end the sentence is actually just five years because part of the sentence is run concurrently and two men in jail is a lot fewer than there should be for a fraud of this size still city managers will be looking at this case and think twice before ripping off u. S. Consumers again now what about the german investigations here why are they so far behind what authorities in the u. S. Are doing well just to make it clear there is independence between politicians in the judiciary in germany and politicians so far have openly meddled in any. Paces but it is a vital industry in germany bringing in about four hundred billion euros in revenue a year and politics and the carmakers are very close cozy and they dont want to be seen as chipping away at the foundations of the German Economy still trades have been made but public pressure has not been put on the car makers by politicians and that would really help to move things forward in these of the investigations the big question hanging over all of this though is whether what folks are going did is actually even illegal in europe now it is definitely in the u. S. But of course the consequences are different in the u. S. Folks arent cant just fix the cars thats why they have to pay out shoot sams but in europe they say we can just make Software Updates because the requirements in europe the emissions requirements are a lot less so essentially they are getting away without massive investigations of massive prosecutions like there is in the u. S. Now you mentioned the Software Updates in europe has cost a billions to settle the case in the u. S. Could the sentencing of all of it be the end of the diesel gate scandal for fox why i highly doubt it now make no mistake this thirty billion dollars in fines and rebates and so on that theyre having to do is just a drop in the ocean for them if you look at last year after paying all of these fines their shareholders still made five billion dollars in earnings it wont be the end of things but things are calming down and you look at folks logon and you see that their sales are hitting record levels last year looks like its going to be that way this year as well and some would say with two prostrate prosecutions the bulk of finds out the way that folks like ms actually got away with this scot free Daniel Wynter thank you so much. The International Monetary fund says china needs to do more to protect its banks against possible Financial Risks the i. M. F. Says chinas largest four banks passed its stress test but the rest have a problem the i. M. F. Says three quarters of them were undercapitalized to one extent or another china has relied on debt fueled investment and exports to drive its tremendous Economic Growth but the i. M. F. Says that model is no longer feasible. Now as cannabis becomes a legalized drug in many countries some people are hoping to make big bucks out of it and expectations are high the niche market is now worth an estimated eight billion euros and market analysts expected to grow to some twenty two billion euros by twenty twenty one coffee and marijuana those are the ingredients in this snack its a picker upper with a different kind of punch. In the past intoxicating space cakes were something enjoyed in secret today you can buy them openly like from this chocolate maker. But some customers are still getting used to the new normal. Cannabis is still one of those taboos. And you know having that conversation my mom who is not only asian but also very catholic and grew up in a generation where cannabis was considered just as bad as you know any other drug she actually was really open to the idea and she actually eat the product on a regular basis. An elderly Catholic Lady may learn to accept the idea of hash chocolates but perhaps not some of the other goods on offer here the store owner proudly displays his wares and just a few months hes managed to raise ten Million Dollars in Venture Capital a windfall he says that will help as the marijuana market expands worldwide. This fall likely be the only time in my life that i see such a large scale market move from the black market into the legal market consumers are already consuming canvas has this incredible moment where all around the world the cannabis revolution will happen within the next ten years. Many in the u. S. Want to see marijuana legalized fifty four percent of americans said they supported legalization and the smoking of it in public spaces and theyre doing their part to pave the way for the popular recreational drug to become big business. The trial of turkeys pro Kurdish Opposition Party leader begins in on crack today. Has been accused of links to kurdish militants and a case his supporters say is politically motivated the leader of the Peoples Democratic party was first detained under the state of emergency that followed last years failed coup in turkey. Seen as a Major Political rival of president reza tiber to one now he could spend the rest of his life in prison. For more on the story we have air con air to one with us here in studio heres the executive Committee Member of the pro kurdish peoples american Democratic Party b a h d p here in berlin mr atwan thank you for joining us at the turkish government says that the h. E. P. A. Has ties to the outlawed p k k what are the ties between these two is to peace a Democratic Party in turkey its the Biggest Group in the talks bottom and it is no one size fits this sort of claims because asians and the same as in a recession also other m. P. s of are only being. Accused of because of their speeches they made because they were supporting the democratic opposition interview so we reject all kind of tying ties between h. T. T. P. And terror so you are Pro Kurdish Party has never supported or aided the k. K. Or has the nuts i mean is deep he was defending the Peace Process we were all this saying from the very beginning that two parts of to question turkish part and be to occasionally come to think of station table and vishal told about the issue in order to bring democratic and Peaceful Solutions to peak is deemed a terrorist group by the government and by other governments as well you have some the past of what were seeing in turkey right now its a lack of democracy that people who are depending on peace and democracy they are being persecuted in turkey including us allowed to touch will talk about them in a moment but more than a year ago there was a coup attempt in turkey there have been various attacks on at the hands of the p. K. K. Isnt it is right to try to reestablish the rule of law. Obviously they had the right to do that but what you saw after the face bitter coup was a complete first of all kind of Democratic Forces in turkey and i have to say its not only in the target was also sort of democratic opposition including democratic suicide or going to say sions including trade unions all sorts of positional joining the so we see a purge of democracy and the restructuring of the state was also including restructure restructuring of the judicature system so hed be an outlaw himself was ordering the court cases against say that an imitation feeling sick and against the. Members in the parliament so we could meet in that cold turkey democratic country in a more is organized or because i guess ok well lets talk about celeb. He is being accused of belonging to a terror group hes facing a hundred and forty two years in prison for terrorist propaganda he was detained a year ago why has it taken so long for his trial to get started over this will be answered by the court and by total thirties but hes having the fourth hearing in the court after three hundred ninety nine days this is always the its this is just showing that he was put into prison to isolate himself from. His party from his voters they must have shes a representative of six Million People so how this can be imagined to put an m. P. A head of a party to prison and wait for more than one year to have the. Feeling of the court and the court itself is being done in a very small room with the people and today said that and then with us from not even be brought to the court. So his basic right to defend himself is being well is so youre saying this is not a fair trial but the partys coleader see again you said doc is also in jail prosecutors want to put him behind bars for eighty three years with the two leaders of the party. Facing these charges where does this leave the h. P. Actually if you look to do opinion polls still has around ten percent so there is a fence in the democracy in turkey but democratic opposition and democratic resistance is also going on and the peace part of it but its not only should he be there also other Democratic Forces and i want to just underline that if you go and can maintain its power only because its International Support on these democratic attitudes so i think europe and germany should support the democratic opposition but not the oppressive governments all right a clear message there from her to one is executive Committee Member of the procrit ish people the mater Democratic Party b. H. P. Here in berlin mr atwan thank you for joining us in our studio thank you. Now for a bit of sports in the Europa League giant. Are in action tonight theyve already left tonights opponents had to berlin in their wake in advancing to the knockout stages the tiny team from central sweden has set itself apart not only with that success on the pitch but also with its work promoting intercultural dialogue distance from the they sing together. Take literature classes and they even dance together as the shins f. K. Are prepared to do plenty of unusual things to promote integration. For when i came to the club this summer and we started practicing this show where we were supposed to dance it was different. This year theyre working on swan lake and also rehearsing a musical performance. This week dishcloth has more than fifty percent foreigners on their books mainly from africa and the middle east one of the secrets of their success is the strong bond within the squad. There from the north as well you get a better understanding for other people in the beginning a lot of things are weird but then you get used to it. As the show and in central sweden is a Winter Sports stronghold but the multicultural side has won over a lot of new fads. You know today you have its wonderful indeed they really fit in the boys are great. Its fun and great for integration. The harmony in the team is also lead to success on the pitch theyve already booked their place in the knockout stage in the Europa League. And they finished fifth in the swedish league. Great group i like you. Like family we do everything together. Now their big goal is to keep the european dream alive and see how far the journey will take them ok. Ok. Well here in berlin the citys subway system played host to some very special guests bongo and the edge from the rock band u two took a ride on the underground line more than a hundred fans joined the musicians for the handshakes and autographs they were treated to a performance on the platform as well you choose record label organize the event to promote the. Song. Got. Stop. Performing right here in berlin yesterday youre watching news from berlin i will have more for you at the top of the hour you can always have to our website dot com for all the latest around the clock stay with us. Entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful for years now australia has faced a backlash of criticism over its treatment of refugees now it has a seat on the Un Human Rights Council and the pressure is intensifying my guest this week is Alexander Downer the countrys high commissioner how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. For next fall d. W. For. A monk who believes in the power of love you will get right in your death. And an orphanage in the himalayas. Tashi in forty five minutes long. They know what like they know what we think. And soon theyll even know how we feel. Im not a real person im still just in pieces so when scientists around the world are working to measure our emotions. So focally i can be a helpful piece assault with a virtual person as a therapist or a robot as a teacher neither would have human empathy. What does the machine need to do. To create empathy and a medical context where i disclose more information to a person or to computer in this case. Algorithms in stead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth t w. For years now australia has faced a barrel of criticism over its treatment of refugees and Asylum Seekers now it has a seat on the Un Human Rights Council and the pressure is intensifying my guest this week is Alexander Downer form Australian Foreign minister and now the countrys high commissioner here in the