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>> these are live pictures coming to us now from bethlehem.

security has been ramped up in recent days with israeli forces on high alert after friday prayers. let's now speak to andrew simmons who joins us live from west jerusalem. andrew as we were saying, outbreaks of violence have continued across the west bank, in jerusalem, and of course at the border with gaza as well. >> yes, after a week of intense violence, these stabbings and shootings of attackers and also mutual fear across the divide, we have what is described by hamas as a day of rage. and it would appear that some of the worst violence has indeed been in gaza, where these two -- possibly three people ve been killed from what we're hearing, and at least 60 injuries, some ofhe seriously. they appear -- the demonstrators

to have tried in several areas near the main crossing point, to try and get across the border into israel. they went into the buffer zone, israeli soldiers opened fire as soon as they got close to the border area, and as a result we have all of those casualties. in the occupied west bank in hebron, a man described as a journalist, a palestinian approached a soldier and stabbed him according to the police. he has a t-shirt emblazoned with the word press, and the soldier was moderately injured. the palestinian was shot dead by the army. we're now hearing in other demonstrations there is another palestinian protester shot dead. so we have casualties all over

the occupied west bank. it is by no means over yet as night falls, and this all going on as the undersecurity council is meeting to discuss the situation. >> thanks very much. let's head to hoda abdel hamid. she joins us live from ramallah. and we have been speaking about violence in parts of the occupied west bank. tell us more about what you have seen today and clashes where you are. >> reporter: well, i'm now in ramallah city, but earlier i was in the north where there have been daily confrontation. today was supposed to be a day of rage called upon by all of the palestinian factions. the largest turn out was in bethlehem, and that's because tensions have risen there over the past two days, because first

a 13-year-old boy died and then a 27-year-old young man died also. so tenses therefore were the highest. we also know about some clashes in other areas, but probably an escalation is when a man dressed as a journalist, broke away from journalists in hebron and went to stab an israeli soldier. the soldier was lightly wounded but that man was killed. >> and what more can you tell us about how israeli security forces have been responding. you were telling us that there was kind of a separation between the protesters, and israeli security forces, tell us what you have seen in terms of their response.

>> reporter: well, israeli forces, from the beginning, they sort of defiantly march towards the soldiers and then there is a sort of cat and mouse game that goes on. but israeli soldiers are making sure that the stones that they throw and sometimes petrol bombs that they throw, stay as far away as possible. and the situation becomes volatile because these young boys, some of them 15, some of them 20, they try to provoke the solders in all directions, so you do have an intense firing of tear gas canisters. you do also have rubber bullets. there is use of live ammunition. health authorities do tell you each time there are confrontations of a number of

protesters, not only here, but across the occupied west bank who have been hit by live ammunition, but it is quite clear that the soldiers are trying or are definitely -- are definitely making sure that the protests -- the protesters are further away as possible. and today we have witnessed them going in the side streets between the buildings, between the areas where people are living in this sort of cat and mouse game that went on for hours. >> and you telling us there about the young boys that are out on the streets, 19, 20 years old, it's obvious that there is a great deal of anger, frustration, and it only seems to be rising. have you managed to speak to many of them about why they are out on the streets, and what they want to achieve from this? >> yes, i have been speaking to these young boys, i would say,

and young men ever since i have been here, and all of them, sort of across the board say the same thing. they are frustrated at the occupation, they are frustrated at the tack -- lack of achievement by their own leadership and they want to take things into their own hands. they say especially here in the occupied west bank that they have been looked upon as the generation that hasn't been really seeing any big confrontation, any big struggle. the last intifada was in the year 2000 so most of them were maybe toddlers if they were born. so they want to show that they are still here, that they haven't given up on the struggle. they are enraged at the settlement expansion, the separation, war, and because they say that jewish settlers carry out attacks on them and

they go unpunished. they point to the incident that happened back in july when a family was burned alive, i would say, in their house in a village called duma. well, until now no one has been held for that, so they are all pointing to these facts, and i think it all came to a boiling point, and now you look at them and wonder when are they going to stop actually. >> okay. hoda thank you very much. hoda abdel hamid bringing us up to speed from raw maw la. the u.n. security council has been meeting to discussion the situation. the deputy israeli ambassador accused the palestinian leadership of inciting the correct violence. >> we face an enemy who is willing to die in order to kill. these people who kill innocent 1i68ians in gold blood abide by no rule.

israel is taking ever means to protect its citizens and is responding to these attacks. i have no doubt that if on a daily basis your citizens were being stabbed in the streets with butcher knives or shot on buses, your security forces would have reacted in the same way. >> let's go live to kristen sal loommy who is at the united nations headquarters. both sides are accusing each other of inciting the violence. tell us what you have been hearing. >> reporter: we heard from both sides in the u.n. security council as well as the u.n.'s take on the violence that is happening there. and as you say, both sides, of course, blaming the other for what is happening, for inciting the violence, and what we heard from the united nations is a

call for calm. the palestinians are calling for the international community to protect palestinians. they want to see settlers disarmed. they want to see a monitoring force on the temple mount, something that could, they say, help protect their people. they feel under attack and no hope for a two-state solution. we heard the ambassador calling for this in his remarks. this is something that has been discussed here at the united nations for the past several weeks if not months call for more intervention on the part of the international community. but the israelis want to go back to the status quo at the temple mount, they say they are committed to that. and any talk of them infringing on this area is simply false.

and the united nations has welcomed those comments. but the palestinians say they don't just the israelis and their words anymore. so he is calling for this international intervention in the form of a monitoring force. there is a history of this in the u.n. and over the past several decades of sending monitors in to a tense situation to help calm things down, but israel does not seem like it is open to the suggestion. >> kristen thank you very much. we do have much more to come for you here on al jazeera, hungary is only a few hours away of closing its border with croatia. also we'll tell you how mud slides have left travelers stranded in california. ♪

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♪ welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. the top stories now. five more deaths across cities in occupied territories as the palestinian israeli unrest incensefies. since the start of october '39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died. and ban ki-moon has condensed the attack of a jewish holy site. the other top story, russia saying it has hit more than 380 isil targets since launching air

strikes in syria more than two weeks ago. rebel groups say they have been repeatedly hit as well. and now they have been targeted in the south of aleppo as syrian forces launch a ground offensive there. >> reporter: russia's aerial campaign is now in its second phase. air power is being used to assist the syrian army and its allies recapture territory. >> in the short-term it's clear that putin wants to protect assad, and stick his finger in the eye of the west to really position himself as a key global leader, and to get the west to speak to him on the terms he wants to dictate. >> reporter: operations against the opposition are proving to be difficult. rebels are fighting back. russian air strikes may have been effective in hitting vital targets, but so far the syrian government and its allies appear

to have made no significant gains on the ground. government forces are on the offensive on the countryside of the northern province of hama and in idlib. the syrian government announced a major operation on thursday. on friday, their forces moved into rebel territory south of the kwieded city of aleppo. the area being targeted is close to a main road that would link aleppo to government-controlled areas further south. the latest offensive comes as russia's campaign enters its third week. they no longer threaten the government in its strong hold, but vladimir putin has said a political solution is his goal. rebel groups as well as the main political opposition in exile, the syrian national coalition are refusing to be engaged in any peace process, instead they are calling on their supporters to help them counter what they call russian aggression. >> putin wants to -- the

peaceful process to start, but so far there is refusal from the -- the syrian rebel side to take part in any peace talks. russia, i think will accelerate the fire support. >> reporter: the counter offensive is about eliminating threats to the government and defeating what is called the moderate opposition. russian then hopes it can persuade the west of the need to work with president bashar al-assad to bring about a political settlement. the turkish military says it shot down a drone for straying into its air space. turkish media is reporting that the aircraft is a non-military model plane. the u.s., russia, and syria's government are all known to be operating drones in the fight against the so-called islamic

state of iraq and the levant. there are reports that this drone was three kilometers inside turkish air space when it was engaged by the turkish air force along -- close to the border with syria, and the turkish air force as they gave three verbal warnings to move. it didn't, so they shot it down. it is not largely particular, about a 2-meter or so wingspan, and it doesn't have any identification. there are reports that the americans believe the drone is russian. earlier on this month, russian jets twice violated turkish air space as they fly combat missions over syria, and the russians have apologized for those two violations and set up a working group to try to make sure it doesn't .happen again. but it highlights the dangers faced by all parties. this is the first time since world war ii that nato and

russian aircraft have been flying combat missions in the same air space. all parties keen to make sure that the others know what they are doing, so there isn't a risk of any escalation or confrontation between nato and russian aircraft. >> dozens of people have been killed in two separate.com attacks in northeastern nigeria. two female suicide bombers blew themselves up. earlier two suicide bombers targeted a mosque in the city. 30 were killed there. now hungary is getting ready to close its border with croatia. thousands of refugees have crossed the frontier in recent weeks attempting to get to austria and germany. >> reporter: a violent toengd a brutal journey. an afghan man traveling with 50 others shot by border police. some 30 kilometers from turkey.

officials said the man had been resisting arrest, and that the victim was caught by the ricochet of a bullet that was fired as a warning shot. he later died on the way to hospital. the rest of the men have since been detained by police. it's the first incident of its kind since refugees began crossing two years ago. the flow of refugees have strained europe's asylum system. anti-immigrant politicians such as hungary's prime minister have not helped. and germany has received most of the asylum seekers. >> we are the last refugees, i think because winter is coming. we all together to arrive to europe, i think. god be with us. >> reporter: now hungary says it

will close down its border by midnight on friday. it has already clamped down on its frontier with serbia. as for those fleeing war and persecution there was an urgency to get to europe before the winter sets in. rough seas will prevent many from taking a boat here, but as has happened before, there will be those who are prepared to make the journey no matter the risk. two more people have fallen ill with the ebola virus in guinea. new research has found that ebola can remain in the body fluids of survivors for as long as nine months. >> reporter: hundreds of ebola survivors may be at risk of carrying the virus longer than previously thought.

further or outbreaks of ebola by a sexual transmission cannot be ruled out. researchers found that a liberian woman was infected about six months after he was initially infected. the sierra leone government sound traces of ebola virus in samples from survivors. >> clearly this does not happen extremely frequently especially considering how many cases there have been overall. however, we do want to make sure that this is something that is -- is a really -- addressed as much as we possibly can, because any new case of ebola could spark another epidemic. >> reporter: the study is ongoing. researchers cannot say how long signs of ebola might exist, or if traces of the virus

discovered in bodily fluids are infection. >> we're looking at sweat, oral fluids, vaginal fluid, breast milk. we would like to look at all of these different fluids to understand if virus might be present in them. >> reporter: there has been growing concern about relapse after a british nurse who survived the ebola virus fell critically ill again. >> i was definitely frightened. >> reporter: but her condition is being treated as an exceptional case. doctors say they have not recorded any other survivor who has had a relapse. the epidemic killed more than 11,000 people. and for people who lived through the outbreak, the fear that the virus may return still remains. large areas of the u.s. state of california are at a stand still.

heavy rain caused flash flooding and mud slides, as paul reports, the worst of the weather could be yet to come. >> reporter: stranded motorists in california had to trudge through a sea of mud to get help. clinton and his life were stuck for more than four hours on a mountain pass. the grapevine had come to a stand still. >> all we saw was just a mountain of boulders and -- and dearth and stuff coming right for us, and it pretty much lifted my car up, and spun us around like it was nothing. >> reporter: dozens of rescuers were sent out to help. california is now preparing for what was called a godzilla el

niño. >> the waters off of the coast of southern california are already 4 degrees warmer than they should be. all of the moisture has vip waited from this warmer water, so whatever you just had think of it lasting longer and falling more heavily. >> reporter: the last significant el niño weather phenomenon to pound california happened 18 years ago. two dozen people were killed. more than 2,000 houses were destroyed. thousands of people were forced to evaluate their homes. the 1997 to 1998 el niño caused half a billion dollars of damage. back then, state officials said only a quarter of the population took weather warnings seriously, and few bought disaster supplies in preparation. >> what is different about this year is we're starting out from a position of extreme drought. this is the most extreme drought in california's recorded history

that that means that soils are really dry, and we have seen a lot of tree death. we are having wildfires burning a lot of forests, and all of those conditions on the surface make for greater potential of flooding and problems with excess water. >> reporter: los angeles county wants people to be ready for more flooding, mud slides, downed trees and blackouts. scientists do think el nooiño c he help california's drought situation. iceland is hosting a hop-level meeting to discuss how to protect the arctic. the energy giant shell has abandoned controversial plans to drill or oil and gas, but other companies could still try their

luck as phil torres reports. >> reporter: the arctic, remote, breathtaking, and one of the world's harshest frontiers. for years it has been a front line in the battle over the future of energy and climate change. temperatures here are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world, but the arctic may hold 13% of the world's undiscovered oil. >> what about an oil spill in the arctic. >> i do believe if and when that event occurs, it will be difficult to deal with. it's a fairly short operational window. something like adeep water horizon occurred up here, it would be a catastrophe. >> reporter: in the sea winter and its ice come early. ice typically begins forming towards the end of october.

technoreached out to shell about its exploration plans in the arctic. in an email response it seemed confident of its positions on september 28th shell made a stunning announcement. it was ceasing all arctic operations. they released this statement. shell has found indications of oil and gas, but these are not sufficient to war rent further exploration. shell will now cease further exploration activity in off-shore alaska for the foreseeable future, but as it was abandoning its project, an

italian oil firm announced its plan to drill by the end of 2015. remember you can find more on everything we're covering right here. the address, aljazeera.com. ♪ tensions sore in israel, and the palestinian territories where protesters have filled the streets of bethlehem as anger and the death toll rises. a new offense if against aleppo, syrian forces backed by russia moved to retake the country's largest city. security concerns over north korea, that's high on the agenda when president obama meets with his south korean counterpart. ♪