David Shadrach

Jerusalem: New warnings over US shift on city status French President Emmanuel Macron has told Donald Trump he is "concerned" the US leader could unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Any decision on the contested city's status must be "within the framework of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians", Mr Macron said. Earlier, similar warnings came from a number of Arab and Muslim nations. Reports say the US president will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital this week. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim the city as their capital. The White House said Mr Trump would miss Monday's deadline to sign a waiver delaying the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But White House spokesman Hogan Gidley stressed that "the president has been clear on this issue from the get-go: It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when". Every president, including Mr Trump, has signed the waiver every six mont...

FA Cup third-round draw: Liverpool v Everton, Man Utd v Derby, Forest v Arsenal 4 Dec Liverpool meet Everton in the Premier League on Sunday, meaning Toffees manager Sam Allardyce will experience two Merseyside derbies in his first six weeks in the job Liverpool will face Everton in the FA Cup third round, while holders Arsenal will travel to Nottingham Forest. Premier League leaders Manchester City have a home tie against Burnley, Manchester United host Derby and Chelsea are away at Norwich. Slough Town, the lowest-ranked side in the draw, will travel to Doncaster if they beat Rochdale on Monday. Fellow seventh-tier side Hereford will face Leicester if they overcome Fleetwood in a replay. Four non-league sides were involved in the draw, though none are guaranteed a place in the third round. National League side AFC Fylde will head to Premier League Bournemouth if they see off Wigan in a replay. Woking, who also play in the fifth tier, know victory over Peterborough in their replay wil...

Trump shrinks Utah monuments angering environmentalists President Donald Trump has dramatically scaled back two public outdoor parks, or national monuments, in Utah. He declared an 85% cut to the state's 1.3m acre Bears Ears National Monument and a 50% cut to its 1.9m acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The policy is likely to provoke lawsuits from Native American tribes and environmental groups. But it will be welcomed by ranchers and business interests who view such monuments as federal land grabs. The fight for Utah's national monuments Speaking in the capitol building in Salt Lake City, Mr Trump said: "Some people think the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington. "And guess what, they're wrong." He said former presidents had "severely abused" the law by declaring swathes of territory off limits to drilling, mining, grazing, road traffic and other activitie...

Gulf ministers hold key talks before GCC summit NEWS / KUWAIT GCC Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE The Qatar crisis is expected to feature at the forefront of discussions [File: Reuters] Foreign ministers of six Gulf countries have met in Kuwait in one of the highest official encounters since a Saudi Arabia-led quartet of Arab countries severed relations with Qatar. Monday's gathering came a day before a key summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a regional Arab alliance currently facing its worst diplomatic crisis because of the row over Qatar. Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled al-Hamad Al Sabah, Kuwait's foreign minister, while opening the preliminary meeting, said the GCC's unity and solidarity remain intact despite "various challenges and trials", the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said. KUNA said Abdullatif bin Rashid al- Zayani, the GCC secretary- general, called for the maintenance of strategic ties between the member states while describing the ministerial meeting as...

UK and EU fail to strike Brexit talks deal The UK and EU have failed to reach an agreement to move to the next stage of Brexit talks, Theresa May has said. The prime minister said talks would reconvene "before the end of the week" and she was "confident we will conclude this positively". The talks are understood to have broken down after the DUP refused to accept concessions on the Irish border issue. Downing Street said that was not the only outstanding problem. But Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the UK appeared to have changed its mind about an agreement over the status of the Irish border after Brexit. "I am surprised and disappointed that the British government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today," he told a press conference in Dublin. Ireland 'disappointed' at no deal on Brexit Kuenssberg: What on earth happened? What will happen to EU citizens in the UK? Sturgeon calls for 'special' Br...

Yemen: Ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed NEWS / HOUTHIS READ MORE Yemen: Who was Ali Abdullah Saleh? READ MORE How did Yemen's Houthi-Saleh alliance collapse? WATCH: How the Yemen conflict began (2:44) OPINION Yemen's fate was sealed six years ago by Noha Aboueldahab Yemen Houthis Middle East SIGN UP Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed by Houthi rebels near the capital, Sanaa, a development expected to have major implications for the war in the Arab world's poorest country. The death was first announced on Monday by the Sanaa-based interior ministry, controlled by Saleh's allies- turned-foes , the Houthi rebel movement. His killing was later confirmed to Al Jazeera by Saleh's political party, the General People's Congress (GPC). Footage circulating on social media appeared to display a body resembling Saleh, with one video showing how armed militiamen used a blanket to move the corpse into the back of a pick-up truck. There were ear...