BBC news with Chris Barrel.
President Trump has presented his Middle East peace plan, warning it may be the last chance Palestinians have to gain true independence. Under his proposals, Jerusalem would remain the undivided capital of Israel. The plan would also offer the Palestinians contiguous territory for their state if they met certain demands. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had to have sovereignty over the Jordan Valley. The Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has rejected President Trump’s proposal, calling it a conspiracy which will not pass. In a televised address from Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank, Mr. Abbas said the rights of Palestinians are not for sale.
Syrian government forces are assaulting the rebel-held stronghold of Maaret al-Numan. It is the second biggest town in mainly rebel-held province of Idlib.
United States says it’s disappointed at Britain’s decision to give the Chinese telecoms company Huawei a limited role in the development of its 5G mobile network.
The US military in Afghanistan has recovered two sets of human remains from the site where an air force plane crashed. Taliban militants said all those on board had been killed.
And Greece’s governing New Democracy Party has said it’s expelling one of the nation’s sporting heroes from its group at the European Parliament. Theodoros Zagorakis led the Greek side to victory in the Euro 2004 football championships. His expulsion followed a threat to become an independent.
And that's the latest BBC news.
