her a hug there. this guerrilla is very famous for her ability to sign language. this is al jazeera. hello. you're watching the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. five more deaths across cities in occupied territories. the israeli/palestinian unrest intensifies. syrian forces launch a ground offensive in aleppo as russia says it has more than 380 isil targets in the past two weeks. you don't need americans here to protect us. mixed reactions in afghanistan as u.s. troop withdrawal was

delayed again. and protecting the arctic. how a top-level meeting in iceland is trying to save one of the last pristine eco-systems still left on the planet. in sports, another serious allegation lands at fifa's door. that's true investigating the claims the 2006 world cup in germany was secured thanks to bribes. hello. the u.n. security council has been holding an emergency session to discuss escalating violence between israel and the palestinians across several cities in the occupied territories. since the start of october, 39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died. in the latest violence, gaza medical sources say two palestinians have been killed, several others have been injured by israeli forces. palestinians have been throwing stones from the checkpoint and

the refugee camp. meanwhile, in hebron a palestinian man wearing journalist identification was shot dead after attacking a soldier with a knife. another palestinian has been killed in napolis. they are pictures from beth lem where israeli forces fired tear gas at palestinian protesters. it's been ramped up after friday prayers. from occupied east jerusalem, al jazeera's andrew simmons has more. >> reporter: after friday prayers in the wake of a week of violence and deep-set fear in gaza, more shooting from the israeli army, and more killing of palestinians. the numbers of casualties rising as they try to reach over border fences into israel. these clashes came in bethlehem in the occupied west bank. there were similar scenes in hebron and a palestinian man

disguised z a journalist was shot dead after police say he stabbed a soldier who was moderately wounded. all over the occupied west bank there were standoffs, conflicts and injuries. in occupied east jerusalem there was tension but no major incidents as they faced roadblocks and numerous checkpoints and searches in what was short journeys. they faced long detours. friday prayers at the mosque xand restricted to women and men over 40 was nothing new, but the mood was different. the security is heavy and so are the restrictions. the numbers are far fewer than normal because of new security measures. as the violence continues as the u.n. security council was talking about it, here the

question was hanging in the air filled with tear gas. will the israeli prime minister's new security measures make any difference to the situation? >> let's go to andrew simmons now in west jerusalem for us. with violence spreading to parts of the occupied west bank and the israeli security measures, is there an expectation that this unrest is likely to continue? >> reporter: it does appear so, miriam, unfortunately. there are some political movements in the background related to the impending visit of the u.s. secretary of state. on that it's unclear what will happen there, whether he will come directly to israel or whether he might visit jordan. there is some involvement it's hoped by all that by king abdullah of jordan. but as far as the violence goes,

it does seem to be heading in one direction, and that is downwards. it would seem that the security measures aren't all in place yet. we've seen in east jerusalem what was promised, which was isolated certain villages, certain areas, certain neighborhoods. that's already taken place. it's led to very big disruption for many residents who just wanted to do an honest day's work or go to pray, for example, at al aqsa mosque compound where we didn't see that many visit today. clearly the situation in occupied east jerusalem is incredibly tense. as you say in the occupied west bank and gaza and in gaza itself where the hamas leadership did say that they wanted a day of rage, well, they certainly delivered it it would seem at the cost of some lives. in the occupied west bank, it

was also incredibly difficult for people to move around, and indeed, the violence was evident on the streets in many cities. but as far as the overall picture is concerned, it's one really of still a deep-set fear and indeed a deep-set hatred and also this puzzle of why people can be driven to such desperation. it is -- the more you look at this and the more people you speak to involved in all aspects of life in the palestinian side and indeed on the israeli side, it would appear that there is no real organization to what is going on with these knife attacks. it is uncoordinated, perhaps some coordination is taking place but only with peopyoung pe in desperate states turning to

hatred and also really, really uncontrolled violence it would seem. >> andrew simmons in west jerusalem. thanks very much. abdul joins us live from ramallah in the west bank. we were just speaking there about the lack of organization, the lack of coordination behind the violence that we've seen across parts of the west bank. is that consistent with what you witnessed today and what you've been hearing from some of the people that you've been speaking to who are out in protest? >> well, it's quite different in the sense that this is an unrest that is led by the youth. universities play a huge role. usually when they call for demonstrations, you would see a much bigger turnout than if the political factions do, just like what happened today. today was supposed to be a day of rage. except for bethlehem, there was

unrest as every where else. tomorrow on saturday universities call for demonstrations, and that will be very indicative of about how much stamina does this unrest has and how much appeal it's having among the youth who go there. it is certainly the p.a. will not be able to control this, because the anger of these youth is not only towards israel and the occupation. it's also towards the palestinian leadership. many of them would have liked to see president abbas after his speech at the u.n. general assembly, take that further. he gave the impression he will not abide the oslo accords if israel did not abide by it. many of the youth said, what are these oslo accords? what did they bring us?

they brought us separation on settlement, lots of hatred. many would say israel put the settlers in a difficult position because being face-to-face all day long, this violence was inevitable. so as far as they're concerned, they've always heard about this but never tasted it. they would tell you we've never tasted what this peace they promise us means. they say, this is our generation and we're the future and decide what happens next. >> in ra malala in the west bank. thank you very much. moving now to the united nations where the security council is holding an emergency discussion. the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. called for international help. >> translator: we come to you today asking you to urgently intervene to end this aggression against our defenseless palestinian people.

and against our shrines subjected to violations by the israeli military occupation and by the israeli settlers and by extremists. >> while the deputy israeli ambassador accused the palestinian leadership of inciting recent violence. >> we face an enemy willing to die in order to kill. these people who kill innocent civilians in cold blood abide by no rules and have abandoned even the most basic morality. israel is taking every necessary means to defend their citizens and is responding proportionately 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. >> live now to kristen at the united nations headquarters in new york. we heard today at the u.n. the israelis and palestinians blaming each other for the recent escalation saying neither

side is doing enough to protect each other's communities. what are others there at the u.n. saying? >> reporter: well, the security council sieved a briefly from assistant secretary-general hoon and he blamed both sides as well for making statements that were reckless and encited either side to hatred and more acts of violence. he commended president netanyahu of israel for committing to upholding task practices at the al asqa mosque to allow worshippers there as they have been in the past. he also criticized israeli security forces for being heavy-handed in some responses to demonstrators and even to violence. we heard echoes of those statements from many of the delegations who spoke during the meeting. he went even farther and placed

the violence happening now in the context of the israeli situation leading up to this. the dire economic situation, the lack of jobs for youth, the ongoing settlement construction, settler violence and so on. he said all of this is contributing to an increasingly remote chance for a two-state solution that we just heard our correspondents in the region echo that sentiment as well. >> kristen saloomey at the united nations in new york. thank you very much. let's bring in al jazeera's senior political analyst in our washington studio. we heard from ramallah now, and she was speaking to some of the palestinian protesters in the west bank. people that she was speaking to, you know, saying that this was very much a generation that was supposed to benefit from peace after the oslo accords. they were supposed to benefit from regenerated economy in the west bank.

that clearly hasn't happened. how far could they now be willing to go? >> this is actually the $64,000 question, i guess. it is not clear simply because is what we have seen is the engine of the thing happened in jerusalem. in east jerusalem, it's under israeli military control. it's an occupied city annexed illegally. they ask the palestinian authority to police them, but in reality these people live under israeli rule. the east jerusalemites. they were supposed to benefit from the peace process. that's why we call them the oslo generation. most of the people on the streets of palestine today, including within israel, were born after oslo was signed in 1993, which begs the question, how did that piece really bode

for them? it seems it didn't bode too well. >> it would appear what we're seeing right now is not being coordinated or organized by any central body, though it is be g being -- though there's some level of coordination online and by the universities. what is the difference now with the violence that we're seeing now and the conditions and the circumstances around it compared to those that we saw then during the first and the second? >> it was also a mass uprising against the israeli occupation in 1987. it was to a large degree improvised and it was to a large degree include all the population of palestine, including palestinians in israel. 2000 was a bit more organized with the palestinian authority

at the end of the day becoming part and parcel of israel cracking down on both the authority and on the people in general. this time around it is different, and as we said it is the oslo generation. this is the peace process generation, and hence, it is quite different. they are, as you said, miriam, far better connected than previous generations. at the end of the day, these are people living under occupation or under oppression. that's why when the israeli deputy ambassador asked the united nations what would you do if people attacked you by knives, he should also ask the question, what if israel was militarily occupied for five decades? i tell you, one of the reasons why israel has developed nuclear weapons is so that it wouldn't be occupied by a foreign power. israel is ready to use nuclear power against a potentially occupier. imagine why would any sain israelis expect the palestinians not to do something, anything, everything possible to free

themselves from occupancy? that's a question on the mind of americans, israelis and palestinians today as this thing escalates. >> what are the implications now for the palestinian leadership? they were already in crisis, but then much of the frustration and anger we see on the streets today is as much directed at them as the israeli government. >> that's very accurate. i don't mean the leadership in ramallah, which is the secular leadership that is supported by many around the world. also, the established leadership in gaza and elsewhere. clearly both have shown a certain degree of failure in the way they have both dealt with israel or dealt with their own population. at least i'll name two levels. level number one. president abbas said at the united nations and elsewhere that he will stop security

cooperation with israel if israel does not fulfill it's part of the bargain. it never did, and he's back to cooperate with israel, which tell us that he cannot be trusted by the palestinians or others. also, the idea of reconciliations between palestinians -- between the fatah and hamas factions have been promised several times, and they have let down their people sefrm several times. the palestinians don't trust the leadership. clearly, the two-state solution is not probable. it opened the pandora's box for the future of palestine and israel. >> thank you very much. there is much more still ahead for you on the al jazeera news hour. hungary is only a few hours away from closing its border with croatia. what impact it will have on the flow of refugees. also looking at how freak mudslides have left travelers stranded in california. in sport, why sepp blatter

believes he has nothing to fear despite being the subtle of a criminal investigation. now russia says it's hit more than 380 isil targets since launching air strikes in syria more than two weeks ago. other rebel groups fighting the assad government say they have been hit as well, and now they've been targeted in the south of aleppo. the syrian forces launch a ground offensive there. we have the report from beirut in neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: russia's aerial campaign is in the second phase. air strikes are no longer targeting weapon storage areas and commands and control infrastructure. air power is used to assist the syrian government and 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 position

himself as a key global leader and to get the west to speak to him on the terms he wants to dictate. >> operations against the opposition are proving to be difficult. rebels are fighting back. russian air strikes may have been effective in hitting violation targets, but so far the syrian government and allies have made no significant gains on the ground government forces are in idlib. the syrian government announced a major ground operation in the northern countryside of homs on thursday. on friday their forces moved into rebel territory south of the divided 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 the third week. for now they succeeded and no longer threaten the goth and

stronghold. vladimir putin has said a political solution is his goal. >> rebel groups are refusing to be engaged in any peace process. instead they counter russian aggression. >> there's a peaceful process to start, but so far there is refusal from the syrian rebels who decided to take part in any peace talks. russia, i think, will accelerate the fire support. >> the counteroffensive that has now expanded is about eliminating threats to the government and defeating what is called the moderate opposition. russia then hopes to persuade the west of the need to work with bashar al assad not just to fight isil but to bring about a political settlement. al jazeera, beirut. a turkish military said it

shot down a drone in their air space with syria. they report that the aircraft is a non-military model plane. the u.s., russia and syria's government are known to be operating drones against the so-called islamic state of iraq and levanlevant. we have this update. >> reporter: there are reports this drone was 3 kilometers was inside the turkish air space close to the border with syria. they gave three verbal warnings for the drone to move from its position. it didn't, so they shot it down. it's not a particularly large aircraft. pictures posted online suggest it's about two meter or so wingspan and doesn't have any identification. there are reports out of washington, d.c. that the americans believe the drone is russian. earlier on russian jets violated

air space as they fly combat missions over syria. the russians apologized for those two vitals and set up a working group to make sure it doesn't happen again. it highlights the danger faced by all parties over northern syria. this is the first time since world war ii that nato and russian aircraft have flue combat missions in the same air space. all parties keen to make sure that the others know what they're doing so there isn't a risk of any escalation of confrontation between nato and russian aircraft. a gunman has been shot dead at a religious site in saudi arabia. saudi-owned tv reports a man opened fire in a meeting hall in the eastern city. a resident has told reuters the attacker arrived in a taxi bit was stopped at a checkpoint. several people were injured during a gun battle with police before the gunman was killed. there's been mixed reaction

in afghanistan to the news that american soldiers will be staying on until at least 2017. the initial plan had been for almost all the u.s. troops to be out of the country by the end of next year, but the white house believes american forces are needed on the ground to fight a growing tal pan threat. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> reporter: funeral prayers in kunduz for a man wounded in the taliban fighting but killed in the air strike on the hospital. is the announcement to keep troops in afghanistan is unwelcome. >> translator: we don't need america to send their forces here to protect us. we demand that the united states and other foreign countries stop supporting the tal pan and the fighters. >> reporter: at the fun ram meal the sentiment is the same. these residents of kunduz know afghanistan security problems well. taliban held their city for three days. they needed u.s. air and ground

support to battle them. >> translator: instead of leaving thousands of forces here, they should support and equip our own forces and be equipped with modern weapons. >> reporter: the united states is helping build an afghan air force, but it takes years to train pilots and technicians. on the battlefield the afghans still rely on u.s. air support. the afghan president welcomed the american decision to keep troops here after months of consultation. the taliban says it will be an expensive war in terms of finances and casualties and called on fighters to step up attacks on american targets. in this mosque in kabul, there's not much hope that a continued american presence, the deteriorating economy and the security situation. >> translator: people are fleeing the country, and in the past 13 years that america was here, what have they done to help us? now they keep more troops in afghanistan. i don't think it will help.

it's for their own interest, not ours. >> reporter: the mula of the mask said the u.s. decision is in part because the taliban choose not to come to the peace table and chose to fight instead. >> we should have worked for the peace process, and then there would be no reason for the foreigners to stay in this country. >> u.s. forces will stay at least until 2017 in four bases around the country. many afghans are not sure it will make a real difference in ending the violence here. jennifer glasse. >> they focused on the countries that border afghanistan. at the summit the former soviet leaders agreed to create a task

force to protect the bloc borders. we have the report. >> reporter: two relevant documents are signed on friday in kazakhstan. one has to do with greater military cooperation between the cis member states. the second one is more specific, and if i can read from announcement, it is this allows for the grouping of border forces and other institutions from cis member states designed to resolve crisis situations on the external borders. what this would allow the country to do is react faster to any threats that come from outside. plenty of questions remain about this. would it be a standing body of arms and troops ready and waiting to repel any attack, or would it be more a framework and agreement by which the countries contribute to some kind of collective pool that is grouped together when the need arises.

we don't know the answers to these yet, but we know that russia is considering at the moment sending its troops back into the country to patrol the afghan border. it was doing this up until 2005, and then the agreement run out and they went home. they're now considering sending troops back there. what is going on south of the border is very worrying to russia and it's neighbor countries in the cis. the taliban push into kunduz worries them greatly. putin says they should expect at some point fighters try to push through the border, and also what's going on in syria and iraq is very worrying for them, too. putin says some 7,000 people from russia and the cis state are currently fighting for isil. they fear they might try to instigate instability in their home countries. still ahead for you on the

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>> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. welcome back. let's go through our top stories now. there have been five more deaths across cities in occupied territories as israelly/palestinian unrest intensifies. since the start of october 39 palestinians and seven israelis have died. meanwhile, the u.s. secretary-general ban ki-moon has strongly condemned what he calls the reprehensible attack on a jewish holy site in the west bank and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. and russia says it has hit more than 380 targets belonging to the so-called islamic state

of iraq and levant since it started air strikes in syria last month. for more on what's going on there, we have a fellow in international diplomacy apt the royal united services institute. thanks for coming in. what do we know about the impact of russian air strikes in syria so far? >> the impact has been that the rebels have been pushed back in many areas and the regime ground forces are moving forward to exploit the impact of the air strikes. but i think the one area that people aren't thinking about is the impact on the civilian population, which is already suffered greatly from the coalition air strikes. even though they're not targeting civilians, the impact is huge on civilians. we know from other scenarios that the long-term impact of aerial bombing can be quite devastating for urban populations because of the

infrastructure and so on and so forth. the impact on civilians from a future refugee point of view is huge. >> at what point could we see russian air strikes go beyond assad's western stronghold to gaining more ground against the opposition elsewhere? >> well, i think that as far as i can tell, they want to push the rebels back to a point that the regime isn't threatened to the extent it's likely to fall, and that was certainly the condition that assad was in a couple of weeks ago when the russians started to take the initiati initiative. they've really not done anything until they felt they had to act. otherwise, they would lose the basis that they have in syria. >> to what extent will president assad's army be able to capitalize on the russian air strikes? even with russian air support, this army has lost many conscripts and been depleted and

weakened by several years of warfare now. >> that's a good question, and i think that so far they haven't really worked with any air force apart from their own. so with russian air support, they're obviously in a better position than the past. the other thing is they're supported quite considerably by militias, hezbollah is in the region, iranians support them. it's not easy to know what extent they support them. i guess the russians provide special forces support for their ground troops, so they will probably be external support for them. >> thanks very much. good to get your thoughts. bringing us more on what's happening in syria. let's move on to hungary, because that country is getting ready to close the border with croatia. thousands of refugees have crossed the frontier in recent weeks to get to germany. >> reporter: a violent end to a brutal journey.

an afghan man traveling with 50 others shut by bulgarian border police. some 30 kilometers from turkey. officials said the men had been resisting arrest when the shoot shooting occurred, and that the victim was kault caught by the ricochet of a bullet fired only 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 to cross through the balkan country two years ago. the constant flow of refugees has strained europe's asylum system, and many who find themselves here have found little in the way of a welcome. the immigrant politicians such as hungary's prime minister have not helped either, and it hasn't played well with germany which has received most of the asylum seekers. >> we are refugees. it's it's because winter is

coming. we all are together to arrive here from our journey, i think. god bless us. >> reporter: now rung hee says it will close down the border with croatia by midnight on friday. it has already clamped down on the frontier with serbia. as for those fleeing war and persecution, there was an urgency to get to europe before the winters sets in. rough seas prevent many from taking a boat here, but as this happened before, there will be those prepared to make that journey no matter the risk. al jazeera. tickets to visit the famed acropolis in athens set to skyrocket as the greek government looks to ancient sites and museums to pay off the enormous debt. we have the story from the greek capital of athens. >> reporter: when the parthenon was built, the great expense caused a scandal and court case

mainlyinging the front page 25 is notaries later is the cost of visiting it. tickets are to rise just under $14 to just under $23. it's part of a price hikes in museum and archaeological sites across greece next year. some visitors dismiss the rise saying it's negligible once then spend thousands of dollars getting here. >> it's just real. i'm coming from another part of the world. i won't have a chance probably to see this again in my lifetime, so it's worth it. >> reporter: others say they wouldn't pay. >> you want tourists to come, you have to keep it affordable. you don't make money that way. >> reporter: still, the higher prices would not be a far cry from other word mon nments. the coliseum in rome is $14 and the eiffel tower is $28. last year 15 million people visited greek sites and museums generating $62 million for the state.

both of those figures will rise by more than 10% this year, and with these new ticket prices he hope to bring revenue closer to the $100 million in 2016. what about the greeks? minimum wage is $665 a month. many could be priced out of their own heritage. the culture minister thought of that. >> reporter: in the winter months prices are cut by half, so greeks have the opportunity to visit. museums are free on the first sunday of every month. prices are subsidized for those below the poverty line and entry is free for school trips and pensioners. >> he also wants to market greece more effectively so culture playing its role in keeping greece out of debt, but tickets aren't the only thing going up. greece has 23% consumer tax on eating out and transport. there's a danger that the entire cost of coming here would deter tourists, but greece has little choice. it's tacking companies and individuals heavily.

the goth is simply exhausting its options. it's meant to symbolize the power and wealth of the he can pier. it could be a symbol of greek indebtedness now. large areas of the u.s. state of california are at a standstill after severe weather forced the closure of major highways. it caused flash flooding and mudslides, and 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. quinton and his wife kim were stuck for more than four hours on a mountain pass. the grapevine, known to millions as a gate way between central and southern california had come to a standstill. >> all we saw was just a mountain of boulders and dirt and stuff coming right for us.

it pretty much lifted my car up and spun us around like it was nothing. >> reporter: dozens of rescuers were sent out. california is now preferring for what one nasa climatologist is called a godzilla el nino. it's expected to the stronger since scientists began to keep records in 1950s. >> the waters are already 4 degrees warmer than they should be. all the moisture has evaporated. whatever you just had, think of it last longer and falling more heavily. >> reporter: the last significant el nino weather phenomenon to pound california with relentless rain happened 18 years ago. two dozen people were killed, more than 2,000 houses were destroyed. thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes. the 1997 to 1998 el nino 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's different about this particular el nino year is we start out with a position of extreme drought. this is the most extreme drought this california's recorded history. that means that soils are really dry. it means we've seen a lot of tree death and are have beening wildfires burning a lot of forest. all of those conditions on the surface make for a great potential of flooding and greater potential of problems with excess water. >> reporter: los angeles county wants people to be ready for more flooding, mudslides, downed trees and blackouts. there is an expected benefit. they think it will alleviate the severe water shortage, but they need several consecutive years of heavy rain before the golden

state's aquifers are replenished. two more people have fallen ill with the ebola virus in guinea raising more fears that survivors can pass it on long after the initial diagnosis. they found that ebola can remain in the body fluids of survivors for as long as nine months. it's just two weeks since the world health organization confirmed there was no new cases in guinea, one of the three west african nations worst affected. about 23,000 kr contracted ebola in 2014 mainly in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. more than 7,000 have died as a result of ebola at that time. more than 16,000 survivors are out there, and scientists worry they are still contagious. we have more. >> reporter: hundreds of ebola survivors may be at risk for carrying the virus much longer

than previously thought. two new studies suggest it exists in the semen of male survivors for at least nine months after the initial infection. further outbreaks of ebola by sexual transmission cannot be ruled out. they found that a liberian woman was likely to be infected by an ebola survivor six months after he was affected. a study found traces of ebola virus in semen samples from a group of 93 vur vooifrs. >> this doesn't happen flektly, considering how many ebola cases there have been overall in the epidemic. we want to headache sure it's addressed as much as it could, because any new case can spark another epidemic. >> the study is ongoing and more conclusive results are expected

later. they can't say how long signs will exist or if the traces were live or infectious. they cannot answer if women survivors can carry the virus. >> we look at things look sweat, oral fluids, vaginal fluids and breast milk. we want to look at the different fluids to understand if virus might be present in them after a person has recovered from ebola virus disease. >> there's been growing concern about relapse after a british nurse that survived an ebola virus fell critically ill again. >> i was definitely frightened. >> it's treated as an exceptional case. they have not recorded any other survivor with a relapse. the ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people mostly in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. for people that lived through the outbreak, the fear that the virus may return still remains. let's speak now to

dr. celene gowdner in new york city. she's a world rt authority on infectious diseases who spent time with guinea earlier this year. thank you very much for speaking to us. how worrying is it that what we thought we knew about the long-term effects of ebola may now be wrong? >> what's concerning is the world's attention as shifted away from ebola, and this is precisely the kind of situation moment where if there's re-emergence of disease we're not prepared to deal with it. the fact pauline has relapsed with the disease is concerning because she could be infectious to others. this happened in the u.k. which has tremendous resources in terms of treating patients and infectious control. if this happened in west africa it could lead to another

outbreak. the first outbake was one case in guinea and one case will set it off again. >> you're referring to the british nurse who appears to have traces of the disease. she's now being treated npt u.k. which 45z an advanced medical system, as you say. does this mean that people may have died from ebola and it's gone undetected in parts of africa? >> we know in guinea, for example, we have another two cases after two weeks of no cases detekctedetected. we're going to ask are these two cases still mopping up want original epidemic, or are there new cases resulting from perhaps relapsed patients like pauline calfty or possible sexual transmission, which is of concern. we're also learning that it's not uncommon for ebola dna virus to remain in men's semen,

seminal fluid long after even seven to nine months of recovery. we have a couple potential ways in which we could see new transmission and outbreak over the coming months. >> it raises a lot of fascinates questions. it's good to get your thoughts on that in new york. thank you. you're watching al jazeera. coming up after the break, a high-brow discussion taking place about how to protect the arctic. we have latest sports news. see why raphael nadal hasn't produced a win like this in over a year.

welcome back. ice land is hoeing a meeting on how to protect the arctic. the energy giant shell has abandoned controversial plans to drill for oil and gas, but that doesn't mean other companies may not try their luck as phil torres reports. >> reporter: the arctic, remote, breath-taking, and one of the world's harshest frontiers. for years it's been a front line in a battle over the future of energy and climate change. temperatures here are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world. 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's going to be a

difficult event to deal with. my concern is that there's a fairly short operational window. something long-playing out like deepwater horizon occurred up here, it would be a catastrophe. >> in the sea winter and its ice come early. ice typically begins to form towards the end of ookt. in early july tech know reached out to shell about the exploration plans in the arctic. shell did not agree to an on-camera interview, but in an e-mailed response to questions it seemed confident of its ability in arctic conditions. on the issue of oil spilled in ice, shell wrote through large-scale research trials we found that with the suite of tools available to us and in insitu burning, we can recover it in conditions including broken ice and slush. 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 warrant further exploration in the berger prospect. shell will now cease further exploration activity in offshore alaska for the foreseeable future. as shell was abandoning the project, an italian oil firm announced the plans to drill for oil in norwegian waters in 2015. the german football association is at the center of the latest fifa-related investigation, both feet fa and the german fa look into claims that the 2006 world cup might have been secured thanks to bribes. the focus is a $7.5 million payment made from the country's world cup organizing committee to fifa. fifa says the allegations will

be reviewed as part of the ongoing investigation into football corruption. the german fa say they're concerns that cash wasn't used for its intended purpose, which was to pay for an opening ceremony gala that was later canceled. here's that statement where they found no indication of irregularities while there was equally no indication whatsoever that votes of delegates were bought. during the broad investigations it came across an april 2015 payment from the german organizing committee to fifa. this may not have been used for the intended purpose. suspended fifa president sepp blatter has admitted there's no written contract to explain the $2 million payment made to the boss michel pattini and said they had a gentleman's agreement. they have been banned for 90

days. pattini received the money in 2 2011 claiming it was for work a decade earlier. >> translator: it was a gentleman's agreement. >> reporter: because the case is currently investigated by various committees, i can't go into more details. chelsea manager is another man railing against an injustice. he said that he'll be appealing the $80,000 fine he received after criticized match officials following the 3-1 loss to southampton. >> i have to be honest with myself. that's the most important thing. >> i think in the moments we got the reasons, and i decided to apeople. i think we need to stop with our opinions and not to add anything

more than i did already, which i think i was very, very objective faces the situation? >> the rugby world cup is in the knockout phase with the first two quarterfinals kicking off on saturday. they play south africa and while france taking on new zealand. the french captain is forced to deny reports against their own coach. mark graham reports. >> reporter: in the south of france, to many rugby is a religion. fans there are looking for devine intervention. whether those prayers have already been answered with the team reportedly trying to oust their own coach might be revealed until after saturday's match. whatever it is, it's teement that knocked them out of the 2007 world cup in the same round and at the same venue in qatar to be well-prepared. >> when it's a big occasion, they always turn up.

we have to turn up with them. really looking forward to their guys that love a challenge and there's not many bigger challenges. >> in saturday's other quarterfinals, they play south africa in london. wales added two men to return to the venue for the semifinals. >> we feel in the motion we're in a good place. we feel like we're playing some pretty good rugby. a couple of decisions to go your way, and you have a chance of winning. >> the spring boxers are wary of a team that played them last time. >> a team that we have come to know they gave everything on the field against us for 45 minutes and a team that we don't have the full intensity on the day, we come out second hand. >> coming second now is every coach facing the prospect of

being fired. mark graham, al jazeera. raphael nadal has reached the shanghai masters semifinals. he beat the world's number four in straight sets. this is the first time in more than a year he's beaten a top five player. he's looking four his fourth title. you have tsonga coming up. england cricket count has been leading by example in the first test match against pakistan. he's hitting at 263 spanning three days and more than 800 minutes of play making it the longest ever by an english ba batsm batsman. he guided his team to a narrow in their league. they finished on 569 of 8 for the draw looking most likely like this. >> they showed a huge amount of skill, concentration and

fitness. we spoke a lot at the time out here and how important it's going to be if we get ourselves a chances to win in games of contradict. our captain is at front now and shows us the example for the rest of the series and gives us a glimmer of hope now. >> after forcing the tourists to bat against, they're resuming thir first innings on 66 from 2 to help in spectacular fielding. heading them out for 251. after falling on the winds, he lost two more wickets 67-2. they need 166 just to make sure. that's sports for now. back to miriam in london. remember, you can get more on everything we're covering sports and news right here. aljazeera.com is where you need to go. for more of today's news, stay with us.

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