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Biden makes his way over to the presidential compound. you can see dignitaries waiting to greet him. under president trump, the palestinian authorities broke off ties with the us, saying its middle east peace plan was biased towards israel. the biden administration had been trying to build relations and reverse the aid cuts. he has restated his backing for the creation of a palestinian state to end the long running conflict with israel. but he has said that this is not feasible, certainly, in the near future. so, we can expect that his meeting with the palestinian president, mahmoud avast, in bethlehem, any minute now, it is likely to be strained. we will give you more on that as it happens. sri lanka has sworn in its new acting president, ranil wickremesinghe. it comes after gotabaya rajapaksa fled sri lanka earlier this week and is now in singapore. demonstrators poured onto the streets of the capital colombo in defiance of a curfew to celebrate the ....
Let s take you to bethlehem in israel, wherejoe biden is meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud bass. this is the motorcade on the way to the presidential palace. we know that president biden wants to improve relations with the palestinians, which were frozen by the palestinians in protest at the policies of his predecessor, donald trump. resident biden is expected to announce economic support. but there are no plans to resume peace talks between the palestinians and israel. we do know that yesterday president biden said it is imperative that a two state solution is found. after his meeting in bethlehem, president biden will become the first us president israel to saudi arabia. he is scheduled to meet the de ruler, crown prince mohammed bill mohammed bin salman. let s keep an eye on these pictures as president ....
Wants to underscore his support for a two-state solution. will he meet jointly with israeli and palestinian leaders? no, i don t think there s time on the schedule for a joint meeting. he will meet with israeli leaders in jerusalem and of course he will have a chance to go to bethlehem and meet with palestinian leaders as well. so meet with mahmoud abbas, the palestinian authority president in bethlehem? that s correct. john kirby over at the white house, thanks for joining us for joining us. coming up, the january 6th committee just teased video evidence from its next hearing. we ll have details on that and on a split within the panel over potential criminal pruosecution. stand by for information.. it s your purpose, and we will work with youu every step of the way to achieve it. (children giggggling) hey, i was, uh, thinking about going back to school to get my masters. i just saw something that said ....
Has not been the case so there is big disappointment and of course at this time of year, people maintaining some hope. this time of year, people maintainin: some hoe. ., ., maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, we maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, we will maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, we will be maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, we will be back- maintaining some hope. tom bateman, in bethlehem, we will be back with - in bethlehem, we will be back with you throughout the day. thank you. the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message tomorrow her first since the death of her husband, prince philip. she will speak beside a framed photograph of the couple taken during their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007 and will wear the same sapphire brooch that she wore on her honeymoon. the queen will spend christmas day at windsor castle with members of her ....
Waiting for the last few days. now, we have been able to process it. a request by the lawyers for kimberly potter for her to be granted bail over was denied by the judge. she is due to be sentenced in february and faces the possibility of up to 15 years behind bars. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the people of bethlehem were hoping this would be the year the tourists came back and their fortunes would change. with omicron and the israeli borders shut it doesn t look like there will be tourists but will there still be a christmas in bethlehem? let s go now to bethlehem and speak to the bbc s tom bateman. reduced, quieter christmas, presumably? reduced, quieter christmas, resumabl ? ~ . ., ., presumably? much quieter, although havin: said presumably? much quieter, although having said that, presumably? much quieter, although having said that, we presumably? much quieter, although having said that, we are presumably? much quieter, although having said that, we are g ....