. >> this is the news hour live from london. coming up two palestinians are shot dead after separate attacks in jerusalem in one incident an israeli woman is stabbed at a bus stop. well, there is a security crackdown. russian jets position in syria as reports on the ground bolstering assad forces.

>> in south africa protesters call for an end to corruption. >> i'm jonah hull in sweden, the epic end of a long journey from the war in syria. >> robin adams live with sport. we have the drama surrounding the tokyo 2020 games is back in the spotlight. and also more on the crisis on the world football governing body. more coming up. >> hello there, a warm welcome to the program. washington is stepping in as violence between israel and palestine continues to escalate. earlier in bethlehem, palestinianforces through tear

gas as palestinians threw stones. they would create roadblocks to close off entrances to palestinian neighborhoods as well as deployment of israeli soldiers. secretary of state john kerry plans to travel to the middle east to call for qualm while the state department has played down the possibility of a revived peace process. we have more now on the continuing violence. [ gunfire ] >> chaos in the streets of bet la ha bethlehem. army troops have been deployed in what government calls heightened security measures.

>> you can see it's almost empty here. >> and occupied east jerusalem is sentencely calm. palestinian residents perhaps bracing themselves for israeli action that could include the blockade of neighborhoods or the demolition of homes belonging to those who have taken part of attacks in recent days. >> the only way to achieve the goals between israelis and the palestinians is to establish a two-state solution. >> and angry words from palestinian leader mahmood abbas. >> we are people who are asking for riots. we're not aggressive against anyone. we don't want aggression against our people. we're asking for our world, we

will not tolerate this occupation, and we will not giving up fighting against the policies. we will not stand for the killing of our children in cold blood. >> three palestinians who were shot and killed in the past 24 hours come from this neighborhood. announced was a decision not to return their bodies to their families and they're considering burying in a remote military area. the decision to withhold the bodies of those with israeli i.d.s is a red line no previous israeli government has crossed. the netanyahu government may be sowing the seeds for greater violence to come. towards the end of the day, the end of the temporary lull

another random stabbing, the attacker shot and killed. mike hanna, al jazeera. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry will travel to the middle east shortly to try to calm the violence. al jazeera's andrew simmons is in west jerusalem. when we look at those pictures it looks like chaos. >> well. >> the hope anyone might have had that this crisis was going to calm in the light of security measures has been well and truly shattered right now. this is the scene at the west jerusalem bus station when security police went into the mall at the bus station. they were searching right across the various stores and people from screaming. no one was sure what was going

on, but they were hunting down a man they accused of stabbing an elderly woman. and this is the scene now next where outside the bus station you can just about make out in that darkness of a doorway there is a suspect lying there and one of the officers runs up and you see this dark figure and he's open fired. at close range killing the man. now, what is the dern in a number of cases is the exact procedures of the security forces are taking what procedures are. it is described by many security experts as a difficult situation with these random attacks taking place all over the place. but the problem is that there are--there have been a number of

changes in the procedures for the security forces. earlier there was another incident involving a man again a palestinian, a young man in the old east jerusalem city occupied east jerusalem, and he was being checked over, and the police say that he pulled a knife. he was shocked in the next few minutes. and there is evidence of a man being shot in the back. can't be desirely clear. it does appear that there may well be some inquiries, intense inquiries as to the conduct of the security forces in these kinds of situations. >> an do you simmons joining me live. thank you for that update. let's go to ramallah where we have been asking young

palestinians for their reaction to the speech of the palestinian president. i have been saying all along that they did not really care what the leadership, they blame them for the state of affairs, if you may, in this part of the occupied west bank. shortly after the speech i spoke to some of these demonstrators, i spoke mainly to a young girl. she's 22 years old. she's a student. she was hit by live ammunition during one of the protests here in ramallah. i asked what she thought about it. she said, well, he's trying to tell us that he's going through legal means to get the palestinians, and noted the fact that there was a picture that was overlaid, and that was a

picture of a 13-year-old boy who was wounded and left gasping on the sidewalk in east jerusalem for quite awhile before the pair metics took them to hospital. that picture was very symbolic among the youth and he's trying to tell us that he feels for us. but at the end of the day there is no set here. that's how she felt. other students did not even listen to the speech. earlier i was at the university, and i told them that president back mood abbas was going to speak tonight. they shrugged it off and i don't think they got what they wanted from him. >> finalizing an agreement that basic air safety procedures for flying over syria. russian foreign minister

condemning western interference in syrian policy. >> attempts by the west, particularly the u.s. to put a break on this process are lead to go chaos and anarchy in these countries. it will try to make sure that security is observed throughout the world and in russia as well. >> well, lavrov made his comments with reports that the troops are arriving in syria to support a government offensive in aleppo and the syrian army is backed by lebanese hezbollah fighters and the russian air campaign. we're following the story from beirut. >> iran is a key ally of the syrian government and provided much-needed support over the years, political, military and financial. they don't hide the fact that they play an advisory role in syria, that they have military

advisers on the ground along with forces. but the official line was that no, we do not have ground forces in syria, but we have been hearing reports from pro iranian sources saying that troops have arrived in syria to take part in ground operations along the syrian government as well as their lebanese ally the shia a armed group hezbollah. these groups coincide with a visit from a top-ranking official. he's talking about a positive outcome as a result of the ongoing coordination between russia, iraq, syria. on the ground the assault led by the government as well as russian airstrikes really pushed rebels back from a number of front lines, placing the rebels on the offensive. they're no longer on the

offensive. these reports about the presence of iranian troops undoubtedly significant ever since russia joined the military efforts in syria, more information has been coming out saying that iranian troops are on the ground, and they're helping the syrian government, and many believe this is a message from iran. we're still here. we're still a player, and we still have a say in syria. we don't want to be left out of any political talks to find a settlement. there is no doubt that russia's intervention has put russia in the spotlight of efforts to try to find a political solution. >> while brigadier general served as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs in the u.s. from 2008 to 2009, and served as secretary of defense for middle east. joining me villa skype from virginia.

it's a confusing picture narrative wise in terms of who is bombing who and where. >> it seems straightforward to me. the russians and their iranian proxies and the government syrian forces are now attacking the rebel forces that are most threatening to damascus, and most threatening in the western part of the country. the united states and it's coalition allies are focusing their efforts on the eastern part of the country against isis forces. and again, a great concern right now is if there is a convergence and a convergence of those efforts there could be problems between the coalition of the russians and the irans. >> how are they going to have that conversation, how to avoid hitting each other in midair. the u.s. will have to give up their positions and part of its strategy. how are those conversations going to work? >> well, first of all, i don't agree. that some how that will cause

the coalition to have to give up part of their strategy. what the united states are doing right now are very low level technical aircraft safety discussions to make sure that there are protocols in place that when the russians are flying and when the united states and the coalition allies are flying there is not an accident on this calculation or bump in the air. one could only hope that it will become more wholesome in the future. >> do you believe the strategy at the moment is the right strategy? >> i believe the united states going against the most significant threat in the region against isil right now is the proper strategy. however, i think there is an opportunity to work with the russians because if we're going to solve the situation in syria we have to get beyond the military forces and the military force issue and get to the

diplomatic efforts. one would hope that the combination of russians supporting the current regime could be helpful in bringing that side to the bargaining table while the united states and coalition allies would bring rebel forces to the stable. once there someone an is an agreement in combination we would rid syria and iraq. >> i'm sure that many would agree with you, that it seems sensible, but we hear rhetoric. with hear that the strategy is a failing strategy, but in reality it's not as if the u.s. or western nations have come up with a viable strategy. so working together seems like one obvious route, if you like. is there any likelihood that it might happen? >> it comes down to the geopolitics between the russians and the americans right now. obviously the americans and the

europeans were disappointed--more than disappointed in for russia's actions. are they now continuing that aggressive expansion by putting themselves back in the middle east. where they haven't been an influence since egypt i how do we bring the sides together to take the current assad regime and bring it to a regime that is more acceptable with all parties in syria, possibly putting military forces together to enforce that agreement and then get down to business to go after isil. i hope that's the way forward. but the relationship between the two nations is not so afraid that we can't have that diplomacy and that discussion.

>> brigadier, thank you very much for joining us. >> now the russian government said that it's assisting in the fight against isil and iraq with the consent of the baghdad government. meanwhile, iraqi forces are about to try and take back the city of ramadi from the armed group. so far they say it made significant gains around the city, but the reports of sectarian infighting delays the offensive. >> in a message to isil, these sunni tribal fighters chant we're not afraid. people belong to tribes in the pre-dominantly sunni who are opposed to the armed group. and the graduation ceremony was attended by sunni tribal leaders and army commanders. it was a deliberate show of unity and the government

prepares for what it is describing as a major offensive to retake the capital ramadi from isil. >> our message to the central government is that these are your sons and we want them to be integrated in the military establishment and recognized officially. the recruits have been called the national guard. the force for each of iraq's provinces made up solely of fighters. that powerful shia militias known as the popular mobilization forces are trying to gain control. a bill seeking approval for the controversial plan has stalled in parliament with iraq's deep sectarian division for those who are to blame for the political deadline. as a result president hyder al abadi has not been able to launch a new operation against

isil. >> there is no trust. that's why there is a delay in the upcoming defenses. >> this is not the first time that they tried to liberate ramadi from isil. they first launched the offensive to take back the city in july. but the offensive was halted after they complained that shia militias became too involved in the fighting. >> president hyder al abadi's strategy has been described by some political analysts as a complete mess. still it would appear he's determined to retake the capital of ramadi from the armed group. until he takes the political deadlock and addressed sectarian concerns, he'll have a hard time doing so.

>> still to come. bolstering the battle against boko haram the u.s. is to send troops into cameroon. and it might not be such a merry christmas in china. and the support in sports, the chicago cubs have among the world series in 1908. they made history in this year's playoffs. details coming up a little later with robin. >> the ongoing war in yemen has almost depleted the state's finances. due to stop of oil exports and cash flow. this is aden, recently recaptured by government troops. the government and the central

bank have relocated here. employees have been waiting for months to get their salaries. >> i haven't received my salary for the last two months. bank officials say that they're still running out of cash. >> a come decide while queue--a woman died while she was queuing to get her cash. >> withdrawing $2 billion from the central bank to pay their fighters. now officials are left grappling with how to solve yemen's deepening financial crisis. >> we urgently need $100 million to pay employees in aden. >> the area is under government control, which means other cities will have to wait until the political crisis is over. yemen is divided. the north and the capital of

sanaa are under houthi control. the south is under the control of the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. yemen is the poorest country in the worl arab world and many are afraid it will go bankrupt as the war goes on. >> president obama will send 300 troops to cameroon to fight boko haram. let's go live now to al jazeera's we're joined from the u.s. capital. what are the troops doing when they get there? >> he wants to see the country's around nigeria who are affected by this group take the lead.

now he's going to send 90 troops. they left. they'll be there for the next few hours. that contingent will be increased around 300. they will be involved in gathering intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance. the idea is to build up as much information as they possibly can to help the other forces, the regional forces get involved with boko haram on the ground. the american troops, they will be armed. that's a forced protection. and the white house press secretary was asked what this all meant. >> what the united states has done is try to offer some of the unique capabilities that we have in the united states military to assist that regional effort. so this deployment will be part of an effort to di conduct

airborne intelligence and reconnaissance operations in the region. this is the capability that the united states has to bring to bear on this effort, and it will be used in support of the ongoing regional counter extremist efforts that are ongoing there. >> the ask for the american troops came from the government of caprone. that's where they're going to be placed. now barack obama has put under the war post. he said note just earlier on wednesday to former them what is going on. in the north this operation will last as long as it takes. he said they'll be there as long as they're required. they would like to see some sort of impact in boko haram, but it has to be up to the countries in the region to lead the group. >> alan, thank you. now provisional results from

guinea's presidential election. receiving 83% of the vote. and the opposition has polled over 5%. they withdrew candidacy for president. some say the poll was rigged. nor rallies have been held in south africa calling on the government to stop corruption. >> workers are standing up to corruption. the national union of south africa was barred from taking part in the march last month. they said that it was sabotaged by allies.

>> there is mass poverty, mass unemployment, mass inequality. we're saying to government they must wake up. >> government corruption is estimated to cost south africans $1 billion a year. but still people vote for the anc. >> many of the forces joining these marchs are critical both of the government, the public sector and increasingly the private sector. >> it was a $5 billion arms deal in the 1990, who set the stage.

>> it linked to the nc and described as proper payments from the japanese contractor hitachi. pressure is being felt by the anc since this movement started, anc has made promises. >> the anc accepts corruption is hurting its image and these people. party leaders have promised action, but few believe that the party of nelson mandela is capable of beatings corruption within its own ranks. al jazeera, johannesburg. >> still ahead on the program. the controversial pr campaign sparking anger in mexico, the government tells people to stop

their complaining. churches are burned down in indonesia, killing one person in religious violence. still ahead in sports after five years in the cricket wilderness, the return to the magical milestone.

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that's why i'm risking my life. >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. there has been more bloodshed across israel and israeli forces shooting down two palestinians after reported stabbings. president mahmood abbas has called for international intervention. john kerry will travel to the middle east shortly to try to calm the violence. russian and u.s. militaries are finalizing an agreement that sets up the basic procedures flying over syria. more in our top stories, the

ongoing unrest between israel and palestinian. the stabbing attacks and subsequent deaths of two palestinians is the latest of a series of casualties. 32 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. israelis shot dead two palestinians in separate incidents, and much of this violence was triggered by restrictions of the al aqsa mosque. a very warm welcome to the program. it would appear that they're

controin control and don't believe in their leaders any more. what can be done? >> there are things that could be done in the security double in the general assembly and the council of human rights. and with political groups here at the united nations, the groups, we have been very active in meeting with office of secretary general ban ki-moon, the president of the general assembly, the president of the security council and p 5 members of the security council and other members of the security council. tomorrow afternoon we'll have a continuation of the emergency meeting of the council of ambassadors to assess on the situation and decide the next

steps. we believe that the supreme coursecurity council is supposed to be involved. spanning all corners of the palestinian territory. this aggression by the mass military force of the occupied authorities and armed settlers against our civilians has to be stopped. we condemn it and it has to be stopped immediately. all these forces need to be removed from points of confrontation with our civilian population. >> one of the suggestions is a protection force-- >> i'm coming to that. i said in addition to that we believe that sense israel is the

people instead of providing the civilian population with protection, therefore it is the duty of the international community to provide our people with protection. we requested president abbas requested the secretary general to deal with those issues. we asked for a study about international protection and provided. a study has been compared composed of 44 pages spanning examples of providing protection in similar situations from the time of the league of nations and going through some experiences that the palestinian people went through, including the adoption of security double

resolution 904, after the massacre that has taken place against our worshipers in mosques. we believe in this study we're asking that this study be transferred to the security council so that the security council to take into account into discussion for providing protection for the palestinian people, including east jerusalem against this onslaught of massive military machine along with the armed settlers to protect the population against this attack. the numbers are staggering. since the beginning of this month, 32 palestinians have been killed. more than seven children all of them civilians. more than 7,500 have been injured. the great majority by live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets. the great majority of them are

children and youngsters, boys and girls. we think this type of aggression has to be stopped. it's so bizarre that the authority causing all this hardship is accusing the palestinian people who are the victims as being responsible for what is really happening. the party that is responsible for everything is the israeli occupation. if the occupation to end immediately there would be peace and security for us and for them and our state would be independent. and the two-state solution will be implemented, but to push the security agenda of this government of the occupying authority is not going to break the will of our people our people are fighting and defending themselves by at best throwing stones or other incidents that are isolated.

but they're peacefully resisting the occupation. they're saying we're fed up. we cannot live under the occupation any longer. it has to be terminated and terminated immediately with east jerusalem as it's capital. >> mr. mansour we have to leave it there. sir, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. >> now the u.n. general assembly will seat and raise issues regarding the war in syria. >> the war in syria after four and a half years a human catastrophe with 250,000 dead. it's also a major failure of global diplomacy. now the u.s. and it's allies

oppose assad, and russia one of its strongest supporters find itself directly involved carrying out airstrikes in syria. this is not the only russian accusations. it's accused of backing separatist in eastern ukraine. with russia using it's seven times in the last five years the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security it's about to get even more complicated. after an election, it's running unopposed in its next regional block ukraine will next year join the council. acting u.s. ambassador she was

president of the council in jail of 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. i think it is a bumpy relationship that we have with russia now between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly i do think that the issues are issues that could not be resolved with russia up to this point. ukraine, syria, we've had this disagreement over u.s. and nato intervention in libya, as you know. i think unfortunately these disagreements are spilling over to other issues, and that's most unfortunate. >> ukraine and russia will be sitting around this top available of international diplomacy. the other factor is the arab seat.

president sis has been making overtures too. >> 86,000 people have applied to stay there so far this year. jonah hull has more. >> we catch up with avera and her father in cramped temporary acome nation accommodations. it isn'ted sweden that they had imagined. >> she shows me what appears to be bullying threats from an immigration official.

>> if you hate it go somewhere else. >> he argues with the guy from damascus. he tells me, give me the card and i can do everything--i will throw you out of sweden. >> he said give me your identity card and i will throw you out. >> yes. >> i put all this to the immigration minister in stockholm. >> this is really a problem because so many people are coming right now, and it's really a challenge for the authorities to be able to set up proper housing for people, and to have a proper control over what is happening with them. this is--we're not dealing with this so good as we should do right now. >> you've got to travel a long way into the middle of nowhere

to find these camps. people waiting months and months for their asylum placings to be processed, living conditions that they didn't expect to find here in sweden. one day life for them in sweden will be much better. but even if country with its long history of welcoming refugees from hungary, from the prague springs, from the wars of yugoslavia, it is finding it hard to cope. >> do you think that the compassion of sweden and of swedish people has limits? >> no. i think the opposite. because when i could see we started to collecting here for clothes, and it was streaming to us so much. so people care.

>> poem care, they do. >> as we talk about the past, about syria, her father breaks down. >> he said of his life. he didn't want to go out. >> a reminder that this is not the life they chose. al jazeera, sweden. >> in indonesia a church has been burned down. one person has been killed in religious violence. it's believed hundreds have been attacked in a church, setting it on fire. the demonstration last week by an islamic youth group called for a number of churches to be destroyed. they believe the churche churches were built illegally. >> more pressure on beijing to stimulate the economy.

>> it's the world's christmas show room. the vast one-symptom emporium for traders around the world. 60% of all christmas decorations are made here. an more manufacturing center, and today an indicator of china's economy. >> this year is very bad. much worse compared to last year. my business has dropped by almost half. >> ye chengwu's factory makes artificial christmas trees. this shipment is destined for chile. the currency, the euro, is weaker than the yuen, that hurts mr. ye. the. >> the problem is that the orders from overseas decrease a lot, and the orders have dropped

as well. >> there are other problems labor costs are rising 30% higher than they were five years ago. >> the profit is less and less, and the workers' pay is getting higher and higher. also, the overseas market is not doing so well, that's why i closed my factory. >> in other words, factories in the world's workshop are struggling to remain competitive. all of the time when the economy has already slowed to its lowest level in 25 years. well, this is very much the fate of made in china, but it's the fate that this chinese government wants to end, end this blow in manufacturing and focus instead on green energy and robot i cans. it could mean a faithful transition in this city. >> the government has called for

us to use more advanced technology. but certain things still have to be made by hand the traditional way. >> the writing is on the wall in other ways here. this cluster of crudely made adverts of apartments for sale or for rent. prices almost always negotiable. >> i don't know. there are so many empty apartments. many of them in this area. too many. >> it is not all bad news. in eight years china, christmas is becoming popular. this city needs it to become even more so. adrian brown, al jazeera, southeast china. >> it's average in mexico after the release of a government video that suggests that people should stop complaining about the state of the country. from mexico we have the story. >> this is the promo video the mexican government put online an then took down hours later after an outcry.

it was a vignette, as a worker complains about the country's reforms. enough already of your complaining, he said. that line has angered many mexicans. >> how are we not going to complain when there is so much wrong with the country. >> it's like they're mocking us because they know that a lot of people will be annoyed. a lot of people may say that maybe the reforms are helping. >> if they're tired of the complaints then they should do their jobs. if they solved their problems we wouldn't be complaining. >> twitter has jumped on the theme with a long list of complains where corruption and impunity.

>> the online world has proven difficult to tame, and it proves the launching pad for protests against government corruption, nowhere more so than the abduction of 43 students a year ago. vast marchs were quickly organized online while the government was slow to react. subsequent attempts to turn social media in the president's favor like this light-hearted post to disprove a rumor that he ran a marathon in mix matched socks bombed. >> plenty more in this hour of news from london, including till ahead raphael nadal is given quiet a scare in th

>> now for the latest sports news. it's over to robin. >> thank you very much. fifa ethics committee investigating those who were involved in selling television rights to fifa world cup.

a swiss criminal investigation has resulted in the suspensions of the current president sepp blatter. it's led for some to call for the election to be postponed but others believe it would damage incredible ability. there is satisfied with the latest guarantees on tokyo's preparations in the 2011 games that's despite the number of embarrassing delays scrapping its logo and plans due to rising costs. >> the organizing committee of the 2020 summer games have hosted. >> we're very pleased on legacy and engagement, and they're

certainly receiving good attention. >> while tokyo was trying to reassure the ioc, the governor was hosting the mayor of london whose city hosted the 2012 olympics. japanese politicians are putting a brave face on what has becomed national e emembarrassment. >> we need to achieve the goal of the city in the world. >> organizers in tokyo have scrapped the original plan for a new olympic stadium fo stadium when criticized for its high cost. delays in construction means that it won't be ready by 2020.

compounding tokyo's problems are accusations that the logo has been plagiarized and copied. the logo has been dropped following legal action. >> they brought up a whole list of reasons including the copyright. i would copyright. >> pakistan would declare its first innings on 523 for eight.

england without loss. on day two. world number one the third round of the change high masters. it's not such an easy day for a man that were beat, a gentleman by the name of ralph nadal would win over kralovic. the winning in three hours and 43 minutes. baseball news, the texas rangers are leading the toronto blue jays 2-1 at game five deciding the american league seatings. and would reach the national championship series for the first time in five years.

the cardinals started better. giving them a 2-0 lead in the first evening. the cardinals came back again leveling the game this is from kyle schwarber with six more wins, they would boast a win at wrigley field. >> this is what celebration looks like in a town that has been waiting a long time to celebrate. they're one step away, a place they haven't been since 1945. they haven't even come this close since 2008. if they win the division, then they go to the series. and if you don't think that's a big deal they have not won in

the world series since 1908, before world war i. before world war ii. before you could show a television show. they believe that the curse has been broken. and that chicago will end up going to the world series. [ cheering ] who is going to the world series? >> the chicago cubs are going to the world series. >> you heard it here. [ cheering ] >> the cubs will play the winners between the los angeles dodgers and the the new york mets. that is your sport. we go back to julie in london. >> thank you. you can find out much more on our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. of course, you can follow our top story there. the situation that is happening currently in israel, in the occupied territories. that's it for this news hour. we'll be back with more of the

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>> two palestinians are shot dead after separate attacks in jerusalem. and an israeli woman is stabbed at a bus station. >> hello there, i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, russian jets reports emerge of iranian troops on the ground supporting assad forces. preparing to battle.