Saudi arabia, has condemned president trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. A statement from the Saudi Royal Court described the move as unjustified and irresponsible, and urged the Us Administration to reverse the decision. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned of dangerous consequences for the entire region. An emergency meeting of the Un Security Council is expected to take place on friday to discuss president trumps announcement. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Camera shutters click thank you. The president signing this or that proclamation has become a commonplace, but nothing hes put his name to is as consequential or historic as this, a decision that upends us policy to the middle east, the most troubled region in the world. Past decisions had failed. It was time for a new approach. Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious, thatjerusalem is israels capital. This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. Its something that has to be done. Its a decision that the arab world and close allies cautioned against, but the president has gone ahead, and so he stressed his commitment to peace, whether via a two state solution or any other solution. We want an agreement that is a great dealfor the israelis, and a great deal for the palestinians. We are not taking a position of any final status issues, including the specific boundaries of the israeli sovereignty in jerusalem, or the resolution of contested borders. Demonstrations so far have been relatively low key, but us citizens have been warned not to go to the west bank or the old city injerusalem, the president well aware of the reaction this speech might provoke. So, today, we call for calm, for moderation, and for the voices of tolerance to prevail over the purveyors of hate. Our children should inherit our love, not our conflicts. There has been a fierce International Backlash to what the president is proposing, even though donald trump insists its just accepting what is present day reality. So far, the arab world, nato, the pope, the un, russia and turkey have spoken out against the move. The white house is on a charm offensive, but so far, the only country that has been charmed is israel. And onjerusalems ancient walls, a very modern projection of israeli sentiment tonight. This is a historic day. We are profoundly grateful for the president for his courageous and just decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel, and to prepare for the opening of the us embassy here. This decision reflects the president s commitment to an ancient but enduring truth, to fulfilling his promises and to advancing peace. Six months ago, the Palestinian Leader hosted donald trump on his middle east tour. That early optimism replaced by disappointment today. Translation jerusalem is a palestinian city christian, muslim, jewish and it is the capital of the state of palestine for ever. Jerusalem, a city 6000 miles and two continents away from the us, was the subject of an Unusual Campaign pledge from donald trump to a very narrow constituency, to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognise the ancient city as israels capital, but in keeping that promise, he seems to have made his other goal of advancing middle east peace a whole lot more complicated. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. The city ofjerusalem is at the heart of the conflict between israel and the palestinians because both sides claim it as their own. Back in 1948, israeli independence followed a war and 750,000 palestinians were expelled by israel or fled. When the shooting stopped, jerusalem was divided between israel and jordan. The israelis declared their side the capital. The rest of the world said thatjerusalems final status was undecided. In 1967 after another war, the jordanians were forced out of the east side ofjerusalem which includes the walled old city and jerusalems most important holy sites. In 1993, israelis and palestinians embarked on a Peace Process and one of the key issues was the future of this ancient city. Palestinians want the capital of a future state in the east ofjerusalem. The Israeli Government says jerusalem will not be divided, ultimately, the Peace Process broke down. 0ur correspondent yolande knell considers the political and symbolic significance ofjerusalem. For many israelis, mr trumps formal recognition of israeli sovereignty overjerusalem corrects an historic injustice. This is a city with 3000 years ofjewish history their seat of government. And there has long been frustration that the us, israels closest ally, just has consulate offices here, not its embassy. Now that is set to change and there are hopes that other countries will follow washingtons lead. I expect the leaders of the free world to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel. We recognise paris as the capital of france and berlin as the capital of germany. We expect our friends to recognise our own capital as what it is. About a third ofjerusalemites are palestinians. The old city here has some of the holiest sites for muslims and christians as well as jews. And palestinians want occupied eastjerusalem as the capital of their future state. They object to the us announcement. Translation as a palestinian, this is a mistake. Jerusalem is the capital for the palestinian state. That is not negotiable. Translation there will be troubles over this. It will not pass smoothly. There will be opposition and there will be chaos. Jerusalem is probably the most sensitive issue in the israel palestinian conflict. This ancient city has great religious and political significance and we have seen many times howjust small changes made here can quickly flare up into unrest. During the summer there was deadly violence when israel put in new security measures at al aqsa mosque compound, after two israeli policemen were killed there. These were later removed to keep the status quo. Now palestinian Officials Say mr trump is raising tensions again. This is a declaration of war on palestine and the palestinians and a manifestation of the lack of fairness in handling the palestine file. A total bias towards israel. Tonight, there were large protests in gaza, following the us president s speech. And there are calls for more in the coming days. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. In the uk a man has appeared in court accused of plotting to assassinate the prime minister. The 20 year old is alleged to have planned to bomb the security gates before attacking. Counterterrorism detectives moved in on two men last week. Yesterday, they were charged, and this morning, amid high security, came their first court appearance. One is accused of planning to strike at the heart of the British Government and assassinate theresa may. Hes naaimur Zakariyah Rahman, on the left. In the dock with him was Mohammed Aqib imran. In court came the outline of the prosecution case. Naaimur Zakariyah Rahman is 20 years old and told the court he was bangladeshi british. He is accused of planning to detonate an improvised explosive device in other words, a bomb here at the downing street gates. In the chaos that would follow, its alleged that, equipped with a suicide vest, a pepper spray and a knife, he wanted to get down the street, into number 10 and kill the prime minister. He was arrested last tuesday in this road in west london. It is claimed that he had two inert improvised explosive devices in his possession. Hes also accused of helping his co defendant, Mohammed Aqib imran, to prepare terrorist acts. Its claimed he was planning to travel abroad to join is fighters. Yesterday, the head of mi5 briefed the cabinet about the security situation. Nine islamist inspired plots are said to have been thwarted this year. The next hearing in this latest case will be in two weeks time. June kelly, bbc news. A volkswagen executive who pleaded guilty in the us. For his role in the companys 30 billion emissions cheating scandal has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. Oliver schmidt is the second of the companys former employees to be jailed, after millions of diesel vehicles were fitted with devices that allowed them to deceive customers and the rest of the industry into believing their cars were cleaner than they were. Andrew plant reports. Oliver schmidt, once a top american employee of bob tway can, now sentenced to seven years in prison. The car manufacturer in a competitive market, vw admitted fitting around 11 million diesel ca is fitting around 11 million diesel cars with what is called a defeat device. It meant the cast can sense when they were running in the uniform conditions of the testing lab and automatically reduced the remission. Cheating to test the vehicle should never have passed. It meant Matthias Mueller was able to certify vw diesel complied with strict american standards and that meant boosting sales targeting environmentally conscious customers with supposedly cleaner cars. The scandal came to light in 2015. Group two is the second amply sent to prison. Another given a0 months in august. He was arrested in miami. Five more the Company Simply as a wa nted five more the Company Simply as a wanted to remain in germany. It has cost 30 billion to the company, this scandal. The company has announced a big investment into electric vehicles and a driverless car, saying it plans to become a world leader in the field by 2025 will stop stay with us on bbc news, still to come more than 3 million years old, one of humanitys oldest ancestors is finally unveiled in south africa. John lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. Theres been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. And the flowers have been piling up. The 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. This morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. People are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. Elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. Imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. Shes facing seven charges of tax evasion, she pleaded not guilty. The prince and princess of wales are to separate, a statement from Buckingham Palace said the decision had been reached amicably. Is. To the latest headlines. President trump overturns decades of us policy and formally recognises jerusalem as the capital of israel. The story now because we can go to the correspondent for the washington post, currently talking to us seoul. You agree with many that the us has 110w you agree with many that the us has now lost its credibility as an International Broker peace . Well, my opinion aside, i think that obviously there are several players in the middle east who are worried. You have even the president s closest allies, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, those which he was relying on to relaunch peace talks, sharply criticising this move and effectively saying that this is detrimental to the prospect of peace, so detrimental to the prospect of peace, so it is unclear what the path forward is. Here is the only person in this team is saying that this is in furtherance of peace, there is really no other party that is buying that argument. Yeah, and this could be seen as donald trump undermining his son in law, who he has put in place as his brokerfor peace in the middle east. Many saying this is a just israel before these peace efforts have got under way and putting in those conditions which no Palestinian Leader could really accept. Indeed, and Jared Kushner on sunday was speaking at a think tank in washington and he said that over ten months of listening to the two sides, the israelis and palestinians, that he had come to learn what the red lines are both. This certainly is a red line for the palestinians, at the his team is saying that they were on board with this. But. It is not necessarily a part of their strategy to get peace talks happening again, it seems that this was driven by the president himself, not by Jared Kushner and was driven by the president himself, not byJared Kushner and his team but it is something that they are rolling with the punches essentially, and they seem to think that if tempers flare in the short term, they will ultimately subdue, in the long term allowing them to revisit all of the work that they have in working on for the past year, and try to relaunch those peace talks. They seem to think that the anger that has been caused will pass. Michael, for the moment, thank you very much for your comments. That is the Washington Bureau chief and correspondent for the Jerusalem Post joining and correspondent for the Jerusalem Postjoining us there. In california, more than a thousand firefighters are battling huge wildfires. Hundreds of buildings have already been destroyed and thousands of homes are under threat. The worst of the fires have been in Ventura County about 80 kilometres north of los angeles. From there, the bbcs north america correspondent, james cook reports. No one can escape from nature, not even in bel air, one of the wealthiest suburbs on earth. All day theres been a battle to save homes here and the owners have been rushing to grab what they can as they flee from their mansions. We built this house 13 years ago, never seen anything like it. Do you think the firefighters are going to save it . Theyre my heroes. Im hoping. Its in gods and the firefighters hands. And those heroes are being helped by much lighter winds for now. With the potential winds and the fires developing, those embers can fly a distance away, spot firing canyons below us. And youre worried that might be what happens because the winds are forecast to get up . Thats correct. The media mogul Rupert Murdochs vineyard property is one of those which is smouldering, but helicopters have been making good use of the lull in the weather. How we lookin . Good well, these firefighters are now battling a blaze in one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in los angeles. Were surrounded by expensive homes and this fire is likely to get worse this afternoon when the winds pick up. It was in the beach side city of ventura where the first wildfire exploded with terrifying speed. Driven by ferocious desert winds whipping down the dusty canyons. And last night itjumped the main coastal motorway, causing terror for drivers. This is literally, like, 15 feet away from us right now. This is the cross. We need to get out as soon as possible, that fire is right there. Only one thing could stop the blaze, the pacific ocean. This was how the fires looked from space, thick smoke streaming out to sea. It has barely rained here in la for six months and you can tell. Many Scientists SayClimate Change is driving more frequent and more destructive wildfires. For california, this is yet another grim wake up call. James cook, bbc news, los angeles. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. President putin says that he will allow russian athletes to compete at next years Winter Olympics under a neutral flag, after the ioc banned russia over allegations of a state sponsored doping programme. The International Olympic committee accused russia of an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti doping system. The us senator al franken has denied reports that he is about to resign amid Sexual Misconduct claims. He said he hasnt made a decision after some 30 democratic colleagues, including almost all of the Democratic Women in the chamber, have called on him to go. Al franken, a former saturday night live comedian, has been accused of groping and sexually harassing seven women, including a military veteran. And time news magazine has awarded its annual person of the year to the people around the world who have broken their silence on Sexual Assault and harassment. Calling them silence breakers, the magazine said their collective anger had spurred swift results. Could this be the end of pollution caused by plastic . Thats the hope of more than 100 environment ministers from around the world whove been meeting in nairobi this week. Theyve issued a political declaration outlining the path to a pollution free planet, involving changes in how we produce and consume manufactured goods. Our environment correspondent Roger Harrabin sent this report. A ticking time bomb, that is what environmentalists call the ocean, the set with pollution of all kinds, including the plastics that surround oui including the plastics that surround our lives. The un environment meeting is spelling it out in big letters, plastic pollution must end. The resolution lacks dates and timetables, but governments say it sends a message to the plastics industry. I think that business has a Critical Role to play, they are the producers of plastics and the conveyors of plastics, such as plastic bags and those businesses that want to see change are very important partners here. And what about the businesses that dont want to see change, they have been resisting for decades . We need to put policies and measures in place that will make those businesses go out of business. Environmental campaigners have been urging action against Plastic Waste for decades, for them, this meeting could be a watershed. We are happy to see governments coming together, agreeing to take action on microplastics. We would just like to see this become a more, take the urgency of the issue, and we would like to see more urgent, quicker put into action. Industry that makes the plastic that makes our lives conv