>> five more deaths across cities in occupied certificate tores. violence continues as politicians look for solutions. hello is there. i'm julie mcdonald. also coming up, the battle for aleppo russian bombs from the air while syrian troops move in to recapture the city. hungary stops refugees from going into its territory from neighboring croatia.

and nations discuss the new cold war over the arctics oil and gas reserve. hello there, good to have you with us. secretary of state john kerry will go to berlin to discuss the occupied territories. since the start of october 39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died. in the latestify lens, three palestinians were killed and several others injure: in bethlehem israeli forces fired tear gas at protesters. well, the emergency council heard an emergency session to discussion the situation.

secretary general ban ki-moon spoke out. >> after fry prayers in a week of violence and deep set fears. more killing of palestinians. the number of casualties rising as they reach to fences and the board points going into israel. these clashes came to bethlehem. these were similar scenes in hebron and a palestinian man disguised as a journalist was shot dead after police say he stabbed a soldier. he was moderately wounded. all over the west bank there were stand offs, conflict and injuries. in occupied east jerusalem there had been tension but no major incidents as palestinians face

roadblocks and numerous check points and they faced long detours. friday bears at the al aqsa mosque compound 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. that's because of a new security measures. as the violence continues unabated at the same time that the u.s. security council in new york was talking about the situation here the question was still hanging in the air filled with tear gas. will the israeli employment's new security measures make any difference to the situation? andrew simmons. al jazeera. in occupied east jerusalem. >> well, let's get more from the west bank now. we're in ramallah. >> protests and the violence

that follows happen on a daily basis now. on friday the worst fighting was in bethlehem. tensions have risen considerably over the past week simply because two protesters died on two different occasions. one of them was a 13-year-old boy. now there was similar fighting and unrest in other areas here in ramallah. in the north, and in hebron. violence that could indicate an escalation for the occupied west bank. a man dressed as a journalist with a t-shirt eyeing himself at press has walked towards a soldier, and tried to stab him. the soldier was slightly wounded, but the man was shot dead on the spot. now this is the first time it happened in the occupied west bank, and certainly it is rising

fears among many on whether this is something that signals the beginning of a way of stabbings that so far has not happened in the west bank. >> now to the u.n. where the security council has been holding an emergency session on the escalating violence. the ambassador to the u.n. we have the call for international help. while they accused the palestinian leadership of inciting recent violence. >> we have urged the end of this aggression against the palestine people and against shrines, violations by the israeli occupation, by settlers and extremists. >> we face an enemy who is

willing to die in order to kill. these people who kill innocent civilians abide by no rules and it is abundan israel is taking every need to defend its citizens and are 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 o your security force was have reacted in the same way. >> speaking in washington, d.c. barack obama had this warning. >> over time the only way that israel is going to be truly secure, and the only way that the palestinians are going to meet the aspirations of the people is if this are two states living side by side in peace and security.

we stand ready to assist, but in the meantime right now everybody needs to focus on making sure that innocent people are not being killed. >> now to syria where russia says it has hit 380 positions held by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. that's since it's air campaign started two weeks ago. syrian forces launch a ground offense there. we have reports from beirut and neighboring lebanon. >> russia's aerial campaign in syria is now in its second phase. airstrikes are no longer just targeting weapons, storage, areas in command and control infrastructure. air power is being used to assist the syrian army and it's allies recapture territory.

>> in the short term it's clear that putin wants to protect assad. it's clear that he wants to stick his finger at the west and position himself as a key global leader and 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 airstrikes may have been effective in hitting vital targets but so far the syrian government and it's allies appear to have made no significant gains on the ground. government forces are on the offensive in the countryside of the northern province of hama. the government announced a operation on homs on thursday. on friday their forces moved 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 it's third week. they no longer threaten the stronghold, but vladimir putin has said that a political solution is his goal. rebel groups as well as the main political opposition in exile, are refusing to be engaged in any peace process. instead they're calling on their supporters to help them counter what they call russian aggression. >> putin wants to be the peaceful process to start. but so far there is a refusal from the syrian side to take part in any peace talks. russia, i think, will accelerate the support. >> the counter offensive that is now expanded is about eliminating threats to the government and defeating what is called the moderate operation. russia 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, bay root. >> shooting down a drone for straying in its air space neared border with syria. the aircraft is a non-military model plane. the u.s. russia and syrian government are all known to be operating drones in their various anti-isil campaigns. bernard smith is in instan bowl. >> there are reports that this drone was three kilometers inside the air space. they shot it down. it's not a particularly large aircraft. it's about two meter or so wing span, and it doesn't have identification. there are reports out of washington, d.c. that the americans believe that the drone

is russian. now earlier on this month russian jets have twice violated turkish air space if they fly combat missions. the russians have apologized for those two violations instead of a working group trying to make sure that it doesn't happen again. but it highlights the dangers faced by all parties flying over northern syria. 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're doing, so there isn't a risk of any escalation or confrontation between those different--between nato and russian aircraft. >> bernard smith reporting there. well, the islamic state in iraq and the levant have claimed responsibility for a gun attack at a religious site in saudi arabia leaving five people dead. several others were injured when

a gunman open fired. the attacker is believed to be in his 20s, was killed by saudi security forces. two people have fallen ill with the ebola virus raising fears that survivers can pass it on. there have been no new cases in guinea, one of the three african nations that were worst effected. research has found that the deadly virus can remain in the body fluids of survivors up to nine months. it just takes one case to start another epidemic. >> what is concerning is that first of all the world's attention has shifted awa away from ebola, and this is the moment where if there is any reemergence of disease we're not

going to be prepared to deal with it. the fact that she has relapsed with the disease means that she could be infectious to others. she has had this happened in the u.k. where they have resources and infection control, but if this happens in africa this can could lead to another outbreak. the first outbreak began with one case, and it could just take one case to set it off again. >> football's governing body fifa will launch investigation into germany's successful bid to host the 2006 world cup. cash was paid in exchange for the votes of four asian confederations. they admit to making two payments of $7.4 million to fifa but said it was for a cull do you recall program.

>> could how could we let these countries that operate in a different manner host the athletic event. now we're seeing these allegations, if they're proven to be true, we're seeing germany, the very establish of the game apparently operating in very much the same manner. so what we're seeing here is something that a lot of strong knowledgeable critics of the game have been saying all along, which is it's not an east-west cultural clash. the game itself is rotten from within, and is in need of an entire cultural change. >> coming up we're live at the border of croatia and hungary as hungary closes it's border access to refugees.

>> 39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died.

russia has hit 380 isil targets it's since it's started it's airstrikes last month. now there has been a mix in information in the news. u.s. soldiers will be staying on until 2017. they were supposed to be out by the end of next year, but the pentagon is keeping them there in the fight of resurgent taliban. >> funeral prayers in kunduz for a man wounded in taliban fighting but killed in an airstrike by americans on the doctors without borders hospital.

>> taliban fighters held their city for three days. afghan forces needed u.s. air and ground support to battle them. >> instead of leading thousands of forces here the americans should support and equip our own forces and they should be equipped with modern weapons. >> the united states is helping build an afghan air force. but it takes years to train pilots and technicians. and on the battlefield the afghans still rely on u.s. air support. afghan president ashraf ghani welcomed the decision to keep u.s. troops and said it came after months of negotiations. in this mosque in kabul there is not much hope that the continued american presence, the deteriorating economy and

security situation. >> people are fleeing the country and in the past 13 years that america has been here what have they done to help us? now they keep nor troops in afghanistan. i don't think it will help. it is for their own interest, not ours. >> the mullah of the among said that it was in part because taliban chose 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 foreigners to stay in this country. >> u.s. forces will be staying in four bases around the country. many afghans say that this ear not convinced that such a small number of u.s. soldiers can make a real difference in ending the violence here. >> just turned midnight in hungary, and authorities have affected the border crossing to croatia by refugees. these are the last of the

thousands of refugees to pass this point on friday, making the last part of their journey by foot after a train brought them to crow way that's southern border. as many as 8,000 refugees have crossed from croatia into hungary every day. now we go to the croatian side of the border. what does this mean for people? >> well, for the last couple of weeks there has been much talk about closing the border on the hungarian side with the croatia and this has finally happened at midnight local time. the hungary sealed off its border with its european union neighbor by barbed wire fence. hungary said that it will implement the shown began rules,

which will not allow refugees into hungary. it means that the travel through to germany is not available any more. >> talk about what croatia mans to do now. >> in croatia from 5,000 to 8,000 refugees across the border with serbia, this is more than 186,000 people, they're not able to bring them to the hungarian border, but minister of interior

affairs will direct all these refugees to the border with slovenia. slovenia said it will keep its borders open as long as germany keeps accepting refugees, but once germany says no, stop, then slovenia will have to slow borders, and very way shah will have to see what the next step will be. >> . >> thank you. >> now there has been a delay in announcing the results of elections in guinea. they'll now be declared on saturday, a day later than planned. results show the president is well ahead of his challengers. opposition parties have withdrawn from the electoral process after allegations of fraud. one of mexico's most active volcanos has been sending columns of ash and gas two kilometers in the sky. it is 700 kilometers west of mexico city. people living here have been

told that they're not at risk for now, but they've been warned to stay alert. now tickets to visit the famed decrop hithe famed acropolis will skyrocket. >> when it was built, it was a scandal. now 25 centuries later, it has come under a price hike. some visitors say it's negligible once they've spent thousands of dollars getting here. >> it's history, i'll never see it again. so it's worth it. >> others say that they wouldn't

pay. >> you keep it affordable. you won't make money that way. >> still the higher prices would not be a far cry. the coliseum in rome costs $14. the eiffel tower in paris is $20. the tower of london is $38. >> last year 15 million people visited greek sites and museum generating $32 million for the state. though figures are set to rise by more than 10%, and with new ticket rises they hope to bring the revenue close to the $100 million in 2016. but what about the greeks. many people could be prized out of their own heritage. the culture minister said he thought about that. >> the greeks will have the opportunity to visit. museums are free on the first sunday of every month. prices are subsidized by those

below the poverty line. >> but he also says he wants to market greece more effectively so culture plays its role in keeping greece out of debt. but tickets are not the only thing going up. greece has 23% consumer tax on eating out and transport. there is a danger that the entire cost of coming here would deter tourists, but greece has little choice. it is taxing companies and individuals heavily. the government is simply looking at its options. it could now become a symbol of greek indebtedness. >> iceland is hosting it's top level meeting to discuss how to protect the arctic, one of the last pristine he co-systems left on the earth.

>> the arctic. remote, breathtaking, and for years it has been a front line in a battle over the future of energy and crim climate change. 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 a difficult wasn't to deal with. it's a fairly short operational window. it's something playing out like deep water horizon would be a catastrophe. >> ice typically forming towards the end of october.

techno reached out to shell about its exploration plans in the arctic. shell did not agree to an on camera interview but in an e-mail response to questions shell seemed confident of its ability in arctic continues. on the issue of oil spilled in ice, shell wrote: >> on september 28th shell made a stunning announcement. it was ceasing all arctic operations. it released this statement. shell has foundations of oil and gas, but these are not efficient for further exploration. shell will cease exploration in

ask for the foreseeable future. >> libya has confirmed two suspects identify by scottish prosecutors they want to interview over the locker by bombing. it is believe that they reacted, a total of 270 people died when pan a.m. 103 flight was blown newspaper december of 1988. four 400 homes have been flooded after rain swept through the balkans. around 300 people have been forced to leave their homes while many others remain trapped in upper floors of buildings. refugees have been ric

risking their lives. for more go to www.aljazeera.com. >> spoats ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama had plans for getting afghanistan often its feet and getting the u.s. out of the country. but reality has intruded. the taliban has hung on and even looked up with i.s.i.l. kunduz last briefly fell, and now there's a change in plans. the longest war, it's the "inside story."