>> welcome to the news hour live from doha. two israelis have been stabbed at tensions rise across israel and the occupied palestinian territories. >> syria's army said its launched a major offensive against the opposition with the help of russian airstrikes. >> meanwhile, nato denounces russia's actions as a troubling escalation and said it's

prepared to defend its allies. >> president seth blatter banned along with two our top officials. >> two israelis have been stabbed in jerusalem and tel-aviv. the first attack happened in jerusalem. there's been a series of stabbings in the city in recent days, escalating tensions in the region. the attack her was arrested at the scene. let's get the latest from mike hanna who joins us live. another attack, give us the details on this latest one. >> we've had reports of this occurring deep in the occupied west bank. police say a settler was attacked and stabbed at the entrance to the settlement by a palestinian. he is said to be in a series condition.

the palestinian, the police say managed to escape, so this is a third stabbing i want in the course of a day. the one here in jerusalem, one in shortly a while ago in tel-aviv and now this attack in the occupied west bank at a settlement, so clearly a series of attacks happening. what is difficult for police and army is they are clearly in a random and uncoordinated way. >> three stopping incidents in just one day. the tensions have been rising in recent weeks. what is the israeli government doing to try and ease the tensions and bring back calm. >> police are making clear that it is a very, very difficult situation to deal with, pointing out the attacks are random, unplanned, clearly uncoordinated

and these are precisely the type of attacks that are difficult to prevent. these are happening within a wider context of a rising frustration both in the occupied west bank and of course, in and around jerusalem and in gaza. one is seeing in all levels the tensions continuing to simmer. now the israel government clearly intent on lessening the degree of tension, lifting the very strict restrictions for access to the old city. there are no restrictions at this particular stage, so there ever moves to try and reduce tension to a degree, meetings, as well between israeli security and palestinian security, says the israeli military. once again, those meetings aimed at finding ways in which to reduce tension on the ground, but still clashes are still taking place, demonstrations still taking place and as we've

seen very clearly in the course of the day, isolated random attacks taking place. >> thank you for that update, mike hanna in west jerusalem for us. despite appeals for calm, tension is rising across the occupied west bank. al jazeera has this report from ramallah on what's driving the unrest. >> frustration i go boiling over. many palestinians some in their teens throw rocks, sometimes petrol bombs. israeli row tallation goes from tear gas to bullets. the crowd has israeli infiltrators, such as these four masked men protesting on wednesday. one of them was carrying a flag of hamas. all of a sudden, they drew pistols and opened fire, with the backing of israeli soldiers. one of the protestors was critically wounded, others seized. it's a risk that this young man

is willing to take. he won't tell us his name for his own security, but said he's an engineering student. >> both studies and struggles are important, but these days, it's more important to take part in clashes, even if it leads to a third intifada. >> clashes are up nearly on a daily base, creating anxiety among many here who wonder for how long will these tensions last and if they could evolve into something bigger. >> he works in a shop a few blocks from the checkpoint. he took part in the second i understand fad da 15 years ago.

>> we learned from the first and second intifada it leads to nothing. >> for those on the front line, agitations and protests are essential. an organizer of student protests says it's not yet time for a full scale uprising. >> our generation has more energy than the older one. they are tired or disillusioned, but we have to believe that what was taken by force can only be returned by force, but i don't support a third intifada. if we don't have a plan, we will get nothing out of it, just another catastrophe and this will benefit our enemy. >> many of the protestors were born after the oslo accords were signed in 1994. recently president abbas wants to withdraw from the agreement. many palestinians feel it's long gone.

al jazeera in the occupied west bank. >> to syria where the oh chief of staff from the armed forces said the military started a major offensive to take back towns and villages. the army is getting support from russian jets and missiles. >> after the russian airstrikes which reduced the fighting ability for daish and other terrorist groups, the syrian armed forces kept the military initiative and informed armed groups. the attack aims to eliminate the terrorist groups and liberating the towns that have suffered from the scourge of crimes. >> what more are you hearing about this so-called big attack? where is it happening? >> in the northern country side of the western province of hamas, on syrian state

television, they are showing footage of soldiers arriving to the front lines, preparing to head to the front lines, reinforcements on the ground and like you mentioned, the syrian army commander calling this a big attack, a major offensive to in his words liberate areas which have been suffering from terrorism, but the opposition is fighting back. this is not going to be an easy fight. the opposition has been uploading videos. you see them using american made anti tank missiles. they managed to target the syrian army tank and also managed to capture syrian army tank. this area, the countryside is strategic for both sides. it lies between three provinces, the provinces of idlib, and others. it is the entry point to the main government stronghold. this is really part of what is known as the core region of the government. as of late, the opposition was

threatening this area. it was advancing to this area, but this is really the first coordinated ground and air attack involving the russian and the syrian earls. we heard the syrian army commander say that the russian airstrikes have helped the army and weakened exhibits. we are too early in this campaign to know the outcome, but definitely what we have heard from the opposition is that they intend to fight back. >> zeina hodor in beirut, thank you very much. >> nato has described russia's military involvement in syria as a troubling escalation. its secretary general has been speaking in brussels where defense ministers have been meeting. >> i call on russia to play a constructive role in the fight against isil, but russian actions and the support to the regime are not helpful. the recent violations of turkish air space are unacceptable.

nato will continue to follow the developments closely, and we stand in strong solidarity with turkey. a political solution to the crisis in syria is more needed than ever. nato supports the efforts by the u.n. and others to try to find a political solution to the crisis. >> he says a troubling escalation there, but beyond the condemnation, what action is nato likely to take? >> the first action that nato feels is absolutely necessary is coordinated efforts from all 28 member states to remain committed to defending the security of the alliance. he also talks about the necessary need for combat readiness, as well. he talked at length about a plan

to unveil a new task force that would be established across nato member states, new bases in the baltic states in places like latvia and estonia and also bases in the likes of hungary and slovakia, too. he said that this new combat ready force would also be able to be deployed to nato's southern borders. the only way we can interpret this is through a scene that he means in this situation, turkey. one of the main reasons this meeting was called came off the back of two incursions by russian fighter jets into turkish air space. the russians say the first was an accident in bad weather. sergey lavrov said the second was an unfortunate incident. nato are wary and suspicious about exactly what russia is doing in syria at the moment. the concern is that russia is targeting anti assad groups that are currently backed by the c.i.a., creating a huge schism

between what russia is up to and what nato and the west hope to achieve there. the only way of bringing about peace is to back assad according to russia. very different decisions here at nato. >> thank you very much for reporting there live from brases. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, indonesia seeks help to put out toxic fires which have choked parts of southeast asia. >> i will be here with the details in sport. >> europe's refugee crisis will be discussed in luxembourg.

more than 6 million refugees have arrived in europe this year as people flee conflict in syria and other countries. that journey may become even harder. hungary opposes the e.u. plan, so far investing on razor wire fencing to keep people out. >> arriving in the croatian town, heading north, no one takes this route for granted anymore, having sealed its border to serbia and with a fence across its border with croatia almost complete, only the smallest window into hungry remains. >> this is it, a gap in this newly built fence, just three meters wide, croatia on one side, hungary up ahead. through this gap, past most of the refugees heading into europe now, 4,000 people a day, and into the pitch darkness of night. the european union's entire

refugee policy currently depends on what hungary may or may not decide to do with this gap in the fence. >> the government has made it abundantly clear the gap could be closed at any moment. the refugees are seen as a threat to the countries christian values. this is a vital route to the secure future these people crave. >> before you came here, you heard there were problems with the border. >> yeah. >> what have you found here now? >> completely different. i fear that i never come here to hungary. >> does it matter to you which country you get to in europe? >> no, i'm looking for a safe country for me and for my children. >> good luck. good luck to you. >> for now, the way through hungary remains open, albeit sanitized and highly controlled.

the refugees crammed on to trains and whisked away to the austrian border. they will barely see hungary and it will barely see them. >> what would happen if they told you that you had to go to another country in europe, not germany but another country. >> i don't have any idea. i just hope. >> you hope for the best. >> yeah, sure, just safe, peace situation. i don't want war. >> hungry and some other central european countries oppose the european's plan to share the refugee burden among the member states. there's talk of poland, slovakia and the czech republic sending troops to help hungary keep the refugees out. that would cause enormous damage pitting european nations against one another and leaving thousands with nowhere to go. al jazeera, on the croatia-hungary border. >> the saudi-led coalition in

yemen is accused of bombing another wedding. witnesses say at least 13 were killed and 38 injured in the attack on a rebel held town. this is the second such attack in recent weeks. riyadh denied bombing a wedding near the city in september. >> >> the houthi rebels verbally agreed to a plan last man. the government insist the houthis must withdraw before die lag can take place. war in yemen pushed the country to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the health sector has been one of the hardest-hit, with the number of injured going up, hospitals are barely coping. we have this report.

>> she was told that it was too late and that her daughter didn't survive her injuries. we hear her say may god avenge those who killed my daughter. the woman blames the hospital for poor medical care. health facilities across yemen are overwhelmed with a growing number of victims from the conflict. may not have been killed or injured in the military campaign that has entered its seventh month. >> my father was injured in airstrikes targeting our people. my father was coming down the stairways when the house was targeted. he suffers a head injury. >> thousands of people are stranded or have fled from their homes. in the capital sanna, where coalition forces led by saudi arabia have intensified airstrikes, people are struggling.

international aid agencies say yemen is critically short of food, fuel and medicine. >> there is no authority that controls the prices of fuel, cooking oil and flour. each bakery imposes its own prices and we pay the price. bread has become very expensive. >> many hope the conflict will end soon, but the countries warring factions reject dialogue. as the conflict drags on, millions of impoverished yemenis face a difficult future. al jazeera. >> fifa's ethics committee is investigating three officers over corruption. it has band a president for six

years. we'll speak with a columnist from london. seth blatter had resigned, so does this suspension mean now that it's the end for him, basically? >> i think that's what a lot of people are thinking, although this is seth blatter we are talking about. i wouldn't rule out some twist in future of somehow he rises from the dead, but yeah, i mean, for all intents and purposes, the natural response to this is that seth blatter, who would have stepped down at the end of february cannot now continue within fifa. >> right, but he could be back before february. i mean, it's 90 days. is there still a chance you think that he could hand over power in his own terms? >> i certainly think that's his aim. fifa is completely discredited if it is seen to move within the status quo. the hole reason why it has such a tarnished reputation is

because of the leadership of seth blatter. if we see a continuity candidate, it is something to be addressed. >> i think it's very interesting sort of confluence of factors here. the swiss attorney generals office has been putting some pressure on the fifa ethics committee to suspend platini over allegations he received a bribe as it's described by some

people not to stand against seth blatter in the 2011 elections. it's not been proven that that's the case. he strenuously denies it, but there is a believe that there is a case to answer here. the burden of proof for the ethics committee is rather different than the criminal standard. if on the balance of probability, it believes that this is a case to answer here, it is right to suspend platini. >> there is a new acting president. what more can you tell us about him? >> he's a man whose run african football in a very similar way to the way seth blatter that run fifa at large. he's somebody who proveably received bungs under the scandal, reprimanded for his role. it continues to go on. in comes a man from french africa taking on fifa, let's see

what changes. i'm afraid under him, i have very little faith that anything will change. >> thank you. >> the prosecutor for the national criminal court plans to investigate alleged abuses committed during the 2008 conflicts between russia and georgia. fighting began between georgian forces and russian backed separatists in the province. russia moved troops into georgia as air force struck targets. hundred was people were killed in five days of fighting. >> let's get an update on the world weather now. there's been heavy rain in and around the caspian sea. >> that's right. just around georgia pushing into turkey. lively downpours here. we have seen a little localized flooding, big area of clouds spilling out from the black sea into the caspian sea.

you can see how it's been just trailing its way across a similar area for the past couple of days. in fact, we have had 140 millimeters of rain here in around 24 hours, so nearly half the monthly average rainfall coming down in only one day, so lots of heavy rain here. 92 millimeters of rain again in just 24 hours. there's big downpours in place. that wet weather staying in place over the next day or two, turkey seeing a fair amount of heavy rain again. you can see how it extends over towards the caspian sea, more heavy showers going on towards friday. still heading a little further eastward. on the other side of the mediterranean, we'll see lively rain making its way in here, as well, pushing across the northwest of africa, big, thick area of cloud there just around algiers, and just to the south and west of algiers, 27 millimeters of rain in just

24 hours, should be around 33 millimeters for the entire month of october. it will stay wet here with the possibility of flash flooding this weekend. >> thank you very much. indonesia is seeking international help to put out fires that have sent a choking haze across southeast asia. after spending weeks insisting they could deem with it alone, the president said they are expecting assistance from japan, russia and singapore. the pollution is on track to be the worst on record. haze from fires in sumatra and borneo have drifted into singapore for weeks. this shows fumes of smoke billowing from indonesia. red marks are hot spots where nasa sensors detected fires. >> borneo's forest, considered a major supplier of the planet's

oxygen are on fire, emitting dangerous greenhouse grasses instead. burning in peat, they are almost impossible to stop. it is causing tens of thousands of indonesians to fall ill. the government has sent in the military, but experts say it's all too little, too late. this was known that indonesia would be hit by drought due to the el niño weather pattern. >> a story about enforcement. i think the government has all the regulations and the intention to stop this from happening, but it's about enforcement. again, most of the work that will be meaningful should have been done before the fires happened, before the el niño year happened. >> to protect one of the last remaining rain forests, his conservation company has hired villagers who traditionally

practice slash and burn techniques instead of setting them on fire. the former loggers and farmers now guard 2,000 hectares of carbon rich trees. >> every time we plant trees, they never get the chance to grow and be productive, because they are always destroyed by fire. that's why i have decided to help stop the fire. >> it's not only borneo's farmers who burn to clear land. plantation owners do, too. nearly 200 companies are suspected of causing fires. so far, only one has lost its license. a palm oil connect to the rain forest, the villagers are trying to protect is under investigation. >> on the border of one of borneos remaining rain forest, destruction is closing in. haze is coming from fires nearby and this one seems to be under control, deep down, the fire can reasonable for many months and

flare up any minute. >> the president instructed canals should be dug to keep the area wet. experts warn that drains water and increases fire risk. the government admits more should have been done to prevent this disaster. >> from the start of the year, the president has already warned to prevent the fires. his orders were very clear. the force did happen, meaning our preventative measures have to be improved. >> indonesia government leaders have yet to involve the communities considered crucial to solve the crisis. it hopes to stop the fires by the end of the month, many say is far too optimistic. al jazeera. >> the 2015 literature prize has

been awarded. her writings were a monument to suffering and courage in our time. her books written in russian are not published in her home country. she described that as a creeping censorship. >> still ahead on the news hour, a father's struggle to find his stolen daughter. we report on international parental abductions. >> bucking a national trend, the u.s. city of san francisco is closing its last weapons shop. >> turning heads, we meet the first fee nail duo to compete in the annual moto race

>> tension is high across israel and the occupied palestinian territories after a series of stabbings in tel-aviv. police shot an attacker after he stabbed four people with a screwdriver. >> syria's armed forces chief of staff said the military launched a big attack to take back towns and villages. the offensive is backed by russian airstrikes. nato's defense ministers have been meeting and its chief says russia's action is syria is a troubling escalation. >> world football's governing body suspended seth blatter and

two others for 90 days. fifa's ethics committee is investigating the three over corruption allegations. >> more than half refugees entering europe are fleeing the war in syria, but thousands coming from eritrea. why are they leaving? eritrea is a country with no constitution, court system or free press. they must submit to a form of forced labor and have choice about where they live or work. dissenters are sent to prison without judicial recourse. the u.k. is now sending refugees back to their country. the home office relied on a report which has, discredited saying it was safe for them to return. one of the researchers has now distanced himself from the report which was prepared for the danish immigration service. he joins us on the line. thanks for speaking to us. i understand that you've resigned from the danish

immigration service and gone into hiding. tell us why first. >> first, i would likes to that i have not gone into hiding, but it's true, i have resigned from the immigration service after some turmoil during the end of 2014, and early 2015. this was all to a complete disagreement os to how to produce the report, which according to the guise lines that we have been using for the last 20 years or so. >> so what exactly do you reject in the report that was published by the danish immigration service, because they based the report on your research that you cob dugouted inner cry i can't. what is it that you reject in the report? >> yes, that's true, it is based

on the notes we took in air tray i can't, but the problem is that the report has taken a lot of facts taken out of context. we conduct the resources, but we also saw only the surface of the reality in eritrea. >> what did your fact finding mission find about the situation in the country? >> well, first of all, we found that the so-called service is an unending story and no one knows where they are recruited into

the national service, for how long they will stale there. i would think that this is the main reason they are leaving the country, because they do not want to be enroll would in the national service. secondly, it is due to this country being a poor country with very few opportunities for young people if they want to be employed by companies and so on. on the other hand, eritrea is also one of the most you could say utilitarian societies that i have been to in africa and i have been to lots of countries in africa. >> so do you think then that the british foreign service were wrong, the immigration department rather were wrong to send these eritreans back to

their home country, claims the country was safe to return to. >> i have no opinion about that. that is because this is very much depending on the individual stories of the asylum seeker, whether politically or to leaf service, i would find it hard to be a valid asylum claim. the problem is that it is very, very difficult to find out what can happen to a person who has returned to eritrea, if this person has anything outstanding with the government or has not

completed his or her national service, this was information that we were not able to get when we were in air tray i can't. >> thank you for telling us about your experience in eritrea. >> the head of the u.s. forces in afghanistan is due to testify before a congressional committee on the american strategy there. the u.s. has been assessing the afghan government in its offensive. the fighting has been raging for a second week now. we have this update. >> this is the main jail of kunduz city, where 10 days ago, over 600 prisoners escaped from after the big taliban attack on kunduz city. now, this is an outskirt of kunduz city. this road leads you to the center of kunduz city. we just came back from there. heavy fighting is still going

on, both sides are struggling to get control of the city. afghan security forces say that the reason that they are failed to get full control of the city because taliban are hiding in aa residential area and they are afraid if they go into the residential area and fight, taliban there, it might cause them heavy casualties. residents of kunduz city are telling us that it's more than 10 days that they are living in this heavy fighting situation. they are running out of food, running out of water, no electricity, and any movement is almost impossible inside this city for them. >> people have been destroyed. the government has to provide us with security. we can't survive anymore like this. >> we used to work daily and make enough to survive. now there is no work. we don't have anything to eat and nobody cares about us. >> they are asking both sides for a ceasefire so they can get

out of their areas, and go to some safe areas. >> meanwhile, barack obama has apologized for the u.s. air strike on hospital in kunduz run by the aid group doctors without borders. 22 people, including 12 medical personnel died in saturday's attack. doctors without borders is calling for an independent investigation into the incident. >> myanmar's opposition leader said if her party wins upcoming elections, she will lead from hundred behind the scenes. that could circumvent a clause in the constitution that bars her from the presidency. >> i am going to be the leader whether or not i am the president. >> how would you be liter of the government if you weren't president? >> why not? you have to be a president in order to lead a country? >> now to australia, where a group of parents is calling on the government to criminalize international parental abductions. every year, more than 300 children are stolen by a parent and taken overseas. we have the story of one father

trying to find his dear in indonesia. >> >> in jakarta, indonesia, an australian father is dreaming of the moment he gets his daughter back. >> it's been five years since i last saw her face, and i felt every single day. i've counted every single day. >> 6-year-old de la was taken by his ex-wife to indonesia five years ago. since then, he has had no contact. >> you will leave the vehicle and then start the recovery. >> he has hired a child recovery expert to help on his mission. >> you can see, we only need a short head start here, six seconds for you guys to flock them and we're way at the end here. >> australia has the highest rate of international parental

abduction in the world. every year, more than 300 chirp are stolen by a parent and taken overseas. >> a jumbo jet disappeared with 300 children every year, there would be a public outcry, demands for things to be done. they must disappear beneath the radar. >> there are calls for the australian government to make such abductions illegal. >> in their statement to us, government officials say they are doing more to help families, but as to whether to make international parental child abduction a crime, they remain mum in the matter. >> many countries assigned the hague question, which provides some help to find and return a child to their rightful home, but indonesia isn't one of the countries. it costs tens have thousands of dollars for recovery. it's controversial, at times causing trauma for a child.

>> do you feel it's right to take her back. >> i don't know any parent that wouldn't want to give their child opportunities of the best type in life. >> hiring recovery expert is no guarantee of success. security is tight at the school kennedy's daughter attends. >> we're going to be surrounded by them. security's going to be right on top of us. i can't guarantee you the recovery's going to go ahead. we can have a go. i can't guarantee the result. >> until governments tighten laws, parents and children will continue to be torn apart. al jazeera, jakarta. >> you can watch the full program, bring them home thursday on 2230gmt right here

on al jazeera. >> the u.n. high commissioner on human rights has expressed concerns about mexico's human rights records, saying joel injuries should be questioned over the disappearance of 43 students last year. >> many of the issues raised by my predecessor four years ago remain of concern and many of the people i have spoken to painted a very bleak and consistent picture of a society that is racked by high levels of insecurity, disappearances and killings, continuing harassment of human rights defenders and journalists, violence against women and terrible abuses of migrants and refugees transiting the country on their way to the united states. >> for many people across the united states, buying a gun isn't difficult. shops selling firearms are

common on main street, but not in san francisco. one gun shop is slated to close down. >> these are the last days of the last gun shop in san francisco. people have shopped here since 1952, but inventory is clearing quickly, as high bridge arms counts down to its permanent closure at the end of the month. for the manager, the city's latest gun control proposal was the last straw. >> next year, it will be something else. we understand why they're doing it. we understand that there is a homicide problem in san francisco. we just disagree that that's going to help curb it, because i don't think it will. >> the bill would require a video record of every gun sale in the city, also require the store to submit a weekly report of ammunition sales to police. because this is the only gun shop in the city, the bill pretty much targets high bridge arms. >> looking in 2015, san francisco lost not only its last

gun range, but now its last gun shop. from my perspective, it's the result of many, many years of anti gun pressure from city-elected officials. >> city supervisor mark ferrell just wants to do what he can to keep people safe, he says. >> from my perspective, congress has failed us in terms of protecting us in our cities and urban cores, so it's left to the cities to our own devices to do what we can locally to protect our residents. >> he says there's nothing revolutionary about what he proposed. san francisco is actually following other places such as chicago, which already videotapes gun purchases. >> the ammunition sales data transmission to our police department is already in other multiple jurisdictions in california. >> this is after all, liberal san francisco, and many people here don't like guns. workers say in many ways, all these regulations are very much against the spirit of this usually tolerant city. >> the attitude i have in san francisco is that if you don't

impose it on me and you are not bringing it to my doorstep, i really don't care. if i don't like it, i simply ignore it. >> the bill still needs to be discussed in committee before the board of supervisors votes. if the mayor signs it into law, the new rules are likely to be in place before the end of the year, weeks after high bridge arms closes. al jazeera, san francisco. >> german police raided auto giant volkswagen's headquarters as part of an investigation into a massive pollution cheating scandal. it will take a year before the affected vehicles can be fixed. volkswagen admitted it fitted 11 million vehicles word wide with devices capable of ms. leading emissions tests. >> still ahead, i'm daniel lack on the atlantic coast of canada. hole communities and the government here are trying to rescue some of once essential light houses in an age of modern

telecommunications and global positions systems. >> with seth blatter suspended from duties, we'll tell you more about the man in the fifa hot seat. that's coming up in sport. do stay with us. we're back after the break.

>> canada has well over 1,000 light houses along its ocean and inland scores. the government wants local communities to take over maintenance of the light houses while it cuts back funding for

coastal navigation. we report from nova scotia. >> sentinels of the shore, canada's light houses have stood for centuries, but modern technology and a cost conscious government mean many could disappear if local communities don't maintain them. that's what's happening today at the boors head light house. >> they are not going to touch it, if it fell down, it fell down, that's just the way it is. >> in 2008, ottawa declared nearly 500 light houses as unnecessary to navigation. local communities have taken over some. 75 now have heritage status and cannot be dismantled, but preservationists worry the country is losing touch with its past. >> we don't have the castles

europe has but we have our light houses. they are emblematic of who we are. my dad moved us out to the island when i was nine months old. >> once light housekeepers lived with their families in places like sam borough island. the lights was automated in 1988. >> i considered being a light keeper a privilege. it suited me. if they hadn't closed it down, i would have pursued that as a career. i would have been very content to raise my family out there. >> even today in the age of electronic communications and global positions systems, not all light houses are heritage buildings. this is a working canadian light house station and presides over one of the most treacherous stretches of water on the east coast. they call this the graveyard of the bay because of the ship

wrecks. >> with computerized coastal navigation more like air traffic control, cats photographic wrecks are rare these days. even on the most advanced vessels, there's nothing quite like the blinking of a light house. >> we have container ships, cruise ships, they all still widely depend to a point on the electronic navigation. a lot of captains will tell you that they still want to see that light flashing. >> along canada's coast, they'll continue to see them so long as local communities keep doing what used to be the federal government's job. al jazeera, nova scotia. >> time for all the sport now. >> seth blatter's 17 year career as the head of world football appears to be over. it comes after the ethics committee suspended him and two others for 90 days in the wake of a criminal investigation. andy richardson reports.

>> let's go fifa, let's go fifa! >> but not for now with seth blatter in charge, the hit things committee he set up to rid fifa of corruption has suspended him for 90 days. it's not proof of guilt and blatter could get returned to his desk before the choice for a successor takes place. his lawyers issued this statement: >> in may, seven top fifa officials were arrested on various corruption charges. fifa was also being investigated by united states police. blatter did go on a win a presidential election, but days later, said he'd resign his post and a new vote set for february.

last month, swiss police said the 79-year-old was now the subject of a criminal investigation, accused of making what's described as a disloyal $2 million payment to the head of european football. while both men deny wrongdoing, platini has also been suspended, undermining his ambition to succeed blatter. >> i've acted and expressed myself with honesty, courage and candor, as i feel that is my moral duty the french man said in his own statement. his immediate prospects appear bleak. >> the ethics committee that just suspended him has checked his credentials, so you can't see any way in which he goes forward. >> a potential successor was the former fifa vice president of south korea, but the ethics

committee hit him with a six year ban. blatter may be able to hold over power on something like his own terms, but this is hardly the end game he'd been hoping for. >> taking over as acting fifa president, he is the longest serving vice president on the executive committee. he is from cameroon and has been the president of the confederation of african football since 1988. he was one of the key men behind the rise of african football, increasing the number of places that the continent gets at the world cup finals from two to five and six when south africa were hosteds back in 2010. >> i lost to blatter in the 2002 elections by 139 votes to 56. his career has also been touched by corruption allegation. he was reprimanded by the international olympic committee for accepting kick backs from a sports marketing company in the

1990's. he was named by a british newspaper as one of two top fifa members who took money in the bid for qatar to be host country. >> the cubs of celebrating their first postseason win in 12 years, beating the pittsburgh pirates 4-0. pitcher jake arrieta struck out 11 in a complete game shutout. the cubs have not won the world series since 1908, the longest professional drought in north america sports. >> our whole people, you are talking about three rookies starting tonight, pretty much contributing in a big way whether defensively or offensively, but jake, different cat, man, he's just a different cat. >> bolt says he has one more thing to do before calling hips a legend. he was coming off a successful

world championships in august where he won three cold medals. he heads to the rio olympics having gold in the 200 meters, hundred hundred meters relay in the summer games. he wants to do it again and seal his legendary status. >> figure to the olympics and win, then i'll be confident to say to anybody that i'm a legend. people are saying you're a legend, i say i want to do it one more time and then i'll be comfortable, if people ask are you a legend, i can say yes, because i want to be amongst the greats of the world. >> motor racing fans in australia are getting all revved up for this weekend, the all female team is competing for the first time in 17 years. >> in a sport dominated by men, the novelty of female drivers brings attention.

the super car race is an endures event. two drivers share 161 laps a little over six kilometers long. the first female pair are competing in it for 17 years, but both professional drivers are used to standing out. >> it just starts from the beginning, when we look at go carting, there's hundreds of boys and maybe five girls, so already then, you know, right in the beginning, the race show ish different. gracie says men often suggestion she get more support than them because she can wear a skirt and look pretty. in general, men are supportive, one in particular, raising against them will be gracie's boyfriend. last year, he came fifth.

>> your own hopes for this weekend for your girlfriend or to win the race? >> the racing is still fairly niche internationally. there hasn't been a woman in international grant free since the 1970's. >> i hope someone can get to formula one to prove to everyone that we can do it. >> for now, they are just the start. >> this is part of a big race, but in the driving seat, these women earn respect. they want more women to do the same. >> that's all your sport for now. back to you. >> that's it for this news hour. more world news coming up shortly, including the latest from israel amounted palestinian territories where there's been another stabbing incident. i do hope you stay with us on al

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