Had on their im dealing with all of this is the news hour live from london coming up that it may put the highlights russias growing influence in the middle east visiting syria egypt and turkey all in one day. This is the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital continues to draw anger sending thousands into the streets in lebanon. A near miss in new york as a bangladeshi man targets the subway with a homemade bomb that injures him and three other spots thats what our country is doing again were dreaming big. President trump launches a new us with a mission to lead the way through an eventual mission to mars. In spore the most lucrative competition in Club Football underlines its blockbuster status grandmother the defending champions right i will play currie son jim in the last sixteen of the champions. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president Bashar Al Assad it was part of a whistle stop tour of russias middle east allies which some are calling a quote victory tour well the first stop was the unshared job visit to the came in air base in Syrias Latakia province events led to cairo for planned talks with egyptian president fattah elsisi before doubling back and heading north to uncorrupt for a meeting with char case richard. Well well have more from there in just a sec but first entails tieup has this report. At a military base in western syria a visit by blood near putin its the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by Senior Officers and warmly embraced by president Bashar Al Assad putins forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the Syrian Government was on the brink of collapse. In his speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced the partial pullout of his soldiers from syria my general you dont know much about but he goes there to the general command i give the sort of russias military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this. Also pledged to continue to support syrias military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president of the fatah elsisi the leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of Russian Military hardware and has approved a Draft Agreement to allow russian jets to use Egyptian Military bases putin and c. C. Also signed a deal under clear power. Bickering ties between russia and egypt the second largest recipient of u. S. Military aid after israel could potentially strain relations between cairo and washington but is yet another sign of putins attempts to grow russias influence across the middle east putins last stop before heading back to russia with turkey for you but with the president s budget ten out of one in ankara to discuss the situation in syria it is also part of his. His way actually to express himself and to exhibit maps of project power in the middle east by by by by visiting all u. S. Allies were talking here about egypt were talking also about about turkey and to actually has been closing has been has been drawing closer to russia over the past couple of years so hes trying to make he was. That difficult relationship the u. S. Allies are having with their International Pattern in order to present a project his influence in the region whatever the case its clear of putins interest and influence in the region appears to be expanding into aljazeera well the russian and turkish president spoke to the media after their meeting together though has more from what they said. Well the two leaders spoke about the Great Corporation and increasing corporation between the two countries they talked about agriculture and how they. See trade as well as Mutual Energy projects but they also talk about the situation in the middle east particularly. Decision by the us president global to recognize jerusalem as backup ecology is right present on hold with the responsible and say it was and how to think and also talk about the number of People Killed in the demonstrations in the occupied territories. Say that wasnt how approved it was an affront to the Peace Process and said any progress will have to come through peace talks which he said must be restarted not on syria they talk about coalition and military only and more about talks with president putin announcing talks to be held in russia next. Thousands of protesters have rallied in lebanon against u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel mass demonstrations were called by has. A was violent confrontation said they would on sunday between protesters and Security Forces near big u. S. Embassy at the levee they. Had we are all in this war we have all experienced our brothers in gaza any demonstrations no matter how big or small only give more resistance or make us feel that we are not alone the american israeli resolution which is supported by some arab countries the aim of it to clear the palestinian cause thats the dangers that the Palestinian People face we should confront the nation as a whole should confront this dangerous american project and try to impose a solution for the Palestinian People. Said honda has more now from beirut. Trucks decision to recognize tourism is the capital of israel in one way or the other is serving hezbollahs interests why because hezbollah really has long championed the palestinian cause as its own ever since its inception three thats a huge three decades ago and as of late in the past few years it has come under a lot of criticism of the sauce a lot of support in the arab world and here in lebanon for militarily intervening in syria many people no longer regarded it as a Resistance Movement or that it that it became a sectarian militias and that it was serving irans interests but now hezbollah saying that the fight against isis is driving down and outs of the socalled resistance axis will now focus on jerusalem its main cause so in one way or another it the hezbollah is trying to regain a legitimacy in the eyes of many in the arab world in the struggle saying that you know arab states should support the palestinian intifada uprising he said that the socalled resistance axis what they call it is resistance axis that they should come together and come up with a strategy to confront israel but he stopped short of saying what action should be taken against israel because at the end of the day it will have a domestic backlash because it has opponents eleven on that it cannot take any decision to wage war or peace on its own so very carefully worded speech by but clearly hezbollah trying. Again in one way or the other some sort of Political Capital from trumps decision israels Prime Minister has are sure to follow washingtons lead and recognize to receive them as his countrys capital but human netanyahu is meeting e. U. Foreign ministers in brussels where he faced was it synced to that suggestion and came under pressure to restart middle east peace efforts to make a report staff in the belgian capital. A wintry monday morning greeted Benjamin Netanyahu in brussels but the chill in the air outside was seemingly absent inside as he met federica. Her role as e. U. Foreign policy chief is to seek compromise where possible but his message regarding the status of jerusalem was an ambiguous i believe everyone though we dont have an agreement that this is what will happen in the future i believe that all or most of the European Countries will move their embassies to jerusalem recognize crucial in israels work up little but many e. U. Leaders disagree criticizing president Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital as fanning the flames of protest for her part morgan any reiterated the e. U. s official position we believe. That the only realistic solution to the conflict between israel and palestine is based on two states which are those eleven as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line. Another element of netanyahu is visit was meeting the e. U. s many Foreign Ministers around the table with him where the representatives of at least two governments have said they will recognize jerusalem as israels capital which means although the e. U. Tries to speak with one voice on this issue there are some dissenters and raising the question of how successful europe can be as an intermediary in the middle east the e. U. Is not a victim of a lack of involvement the enrollment is still there it was never front line and what wont but was there it is a victim of the one sided position or president despite all the spin that were hearing now but for the moment at least many here believe President Trumps actions have put the prospect of progress in the middle east in the deep freeze dont it came out zero brussels palestinian anger at the u. S. Decision on jerusalem hasnt been directed at washington palestinian leaders are also facing growing criticism from their own people frustrated after decades of living under Israeli Occupation what abdelhamid reports from the occupied west bank. He has witnessed every clash for the past three years as so many have erupted near the petrol station where he works he doesnt join in but understands the motivation especially after trumps declaration over jerusalem. It was a real bad feeling for everyone its like an insult but i want to be able to do anything at all either has only been to drus a limb twice thats how often israel has granted him permission still like every palestinian he considers it the only capital for a future palestinian state this is the closest point to jerusalem many palestinians can reach even though the city is less than a half hours drive from this checkpoint but to go through it they need special permission from the israelis and thats very difficult to come by. Well cohen is from jerusalem he lived abroad for several years but decided to return home so his wife and children could get their residency twenty years later his daughter who is still waiting for hers. I dont have an id i dont have any proof that im a living human being i might not get my papers but im holding on to my rights best cant refute trumps decision he wont meet the american Vice President but what else can he do the Palestinian Authority has come under criticism for being too lenient it was established after the oslo accords and many say it should be dissolved since they agree mint has gone nowhere its easy to say throw it away its not something that you threw away this is an achievement the issue is you have to capitalise on it their issue is that you should not accept what is. This or thought it to be when i say a Service Provider i dont want this or thought to be a Service Provider only for the people that believe they can do that mahomets abound there has travelled far and wide but never set foot in the holy city despite repeatedly applying for a permit he thinks that palestinians now need new blood and then you vision we have Resistance Movement in gaza the did nothing we have who believe in peace and they. Did nothing for us thats mean we want to find a number of choices what is the tone and whos claim that he is leader for palestinians should find this choices perhaps for him as late as cartoons express better than words how palestinians feel these days the Peace Process was a radius shipwreck trump killed it with the help of arab leaders who are a dimmer see of the United States and jerusalem was the ultimate Christmas Present what up to him meet al jazeera in the occupied west bank. Coming up on this news hour from london. The Opposition LeaderMcconnell Saakashvili and his supporters celebrate in ukraine after a judge freeh sent from detention. Where now for venezuelas opposition up to Nicolas Maduro bans them from running in next years president ial election and in sport winter olympic organizers getting a helping hand in their effort to boost ticket sales. Piece in new york have a rest of the bangladeshi man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square the man has been identified as twenty seven year old. Was injured in the blast which happened at the height of the morning rush hour three other people suffered minor injuries new yorks mayor says the suspect is believed to have acted alone lets be clear as new yorkers are large revolve around the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway is incredibly unsettling. And lets be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is ultimate goals. Thank god our First Responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe well kristen salumi has more now from manhattan. Investigators say the suspect himself twenty seven year old i had suffered the worst injuries in this explosion with burns to his abdomen and hands three other people took themselves to the hospital with minor injuries the explosion of the device they described as primitive it was held to him with velcro in plastic ties and the location that he said it often appears to be a carefully chosen was in a subway tunnel that connects the subway system to the Port Authority bus terminal the major bus terminal for new york city right in the times square area where there are thousands of commuters and tourists during rush hour it could have been a lot worse the mayor says and while they did not go into detail they did say that the suspect is speaking to investigators and reports are now coming out that he claimed to have done this in the name of ice so. As for the impact on the city traffic was shut down in times square for some time the Transit System got back to normal in a matter of hours it was relatively minor impacts but has a huge impact on the psyche of the city coming so close to the Holiday Season when so many tourists are in town and coming just weeks after that another deadly attack on the west side of a city where someone drove a vehicle into the dust rians and bikers on a bike path so the mayor is advising new yorkers to go about their business as usual but also to remain vigilant a Massive Wildfire threatening coastal towns in california and shows no sign of slowing down the fires already torched nearly eight hundred buildings and ninety three thousand hectares its currently burning in ventura and Santa Barbara county about one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of los angeles five faces have been hindered by the my interest mountainous terrain and a five thousand eight hundred of them are working to try to contain the blaze reynolds has more now from long to cito in sense of barbara county california. Were at a firefighter staging area outside of monta seato thats in Santa Barbara county in that you can see behind me the firefighters who have come from all over california and joining states are waiting for their orders being told where to go to fight this massive fire which is consumed hundreds of square kilometers so far the fires at the moment seem to be burning mostly in the hills deep in the back country although several coastal towns are still considered under threat firefighters have managed to beat back the most immediate threat to those communities we can hear overhead helicopters going into the back country carrying giant buckets of water which they drop on the fire its really one of the only ways of fighting this because the terrain is so tough its very very difficult for firefighters to get in on foot theres another factor here which i want to show you and that is the smoke which is pretty unbelievable at this moment it is as you can see on the hill tops over here theyre just cloaked in this blue thick acrid smoke its its very irritating to the lungs and to the throat and of course for the people who live here they really have no choice but to simply endure it there have been. A number of evacuations but a lot of people are still in place waiting to see what happens with this fire which is now burning into its second week well planned Health Reporting there now then is when us president Nicolas Maduro says all position parties that boycotted sundays local elections will be barred from taking part in next years president ial vote is youre looking socialist ponting said that one against ninety percent of the three hundred thirty five mayoral seats in the municipal pool the has more now from caucus. Voting in venezuela is not obligatory but many still put their faith in the electoral process however several Opposition Leaders boycotted the vote accusing the governments of manipulating the process to maintain its. Power as you know he has been a plague Nicolas Maduro and his regime said he should go he should resign democratically so we can have elections and choose candidat