>> this is "the journal" from berlin. >> good to have you with us. our headlines at this hour. a battle is brewing after the e.u. hans britain a new bill. prime minister david cameron says he will not pay. >> the world health organization is accelerating tests for an ebola vaccine. hundreds of thousands could be ready by next year. >> we look at last-minute campaigning in eastern ukraine ahead of this weekend's parliament three elections. -- parliamentarian elections. >> we start with a major row brewing over the european union budget. >> britain is up in arms after being slapped with a 2.1 billion euro bill. >> according to the european

commission, the economies of some countries like written and the netherlands have grown more than expected since the start of the year and they are being asked to top up the budget. >> germany and france will be receiving a rebate. britain has been asked to pay its bill by december 1. an angry david cameron said on friday that will not happen. >> burnished by minister david cameron was all smiles as he met his -- the british prime minister david cameron was all smiles as he met his counterpart. he is furious after he was presented with an additional bill. cameron says he will not pay. >> it is an unacceptable way to treat one of the biggest contributors to the european union. we are not suddenly going to get out our check the can write a check for 2 billion euros. it is not happening. >> britain's latest row over shattered a day devoted to finding solutions to the e.u.'s

economic problems. the central bank has been trying to stimulate recovery. but some countries say on a cherry policy is not enough. >> you are aware i have always injected myself into this debate and argued we need closer economic coronation -- coordination. >> the european commission has proposed a 300 billion euro investment plan designed to fix europe's economic woes. with the current executive departing, the new boss will be in charge of implementing it. >> jobs are and remain our number one priority. we have asked for lance -- plans at the next european council in december. >> france with the spending deficit is another concern. the e.u. has written to francois hollande urging him to make more budget cuts. >> france will provide a response by the end of the week. we are hoping we will not

receive any more letters after that. >> hollande is not alone on that front. five other members have deficits above the limit the countries agreed to, including italy. that has put them on a collision course with the e.u. along with cameron. >> for more, we are joined by our correspondent in brussels covering the summit for us. you saw the u.k. prime minister's response to the notice of this extra bill. it comes at a time when there is a lot of heated debate about whether britain should even stay in the european union. >> absolutely. that explains why david cameron reacted so emotionally. he is under intense pressure because he is facing elections next year in britain. in recent european elections, the u.k. independence party, the skeptic party, came out first. >> david cameron acting angrily

when he got the news about this bill. it shouldn't be that big of a surprise to him, should it? >> no. it follows the normal bureaucratic procedures in brussels. how the e.u. budget is established. in fact, chancellor angela merkel pointed out the only thing that came a bit sudden is the timing, how much time a member state is given to repay the amount in three weeks. that is a bit of a surprise. otherwise, britain has performed extreme and well economically and henw a bi that should be paid extra to the european budget. >> what about italy? italy is also furious. what is the story there? >> italy has its own row over its national budget because the

european commission for the first time can reject national budgets of member states that have the euro. in the case of italy, the debt is not so much a -- that is not so much the problem, but italy has leaked the information they have been resized for their commitment on structural reform. the italian prime minister explained if his budget were to fail, he would shed light on brussels on spending. >> interesting week in brussels at the summit. thank you very much. >> in egypt, a car bomb has killed at least 25 soldiers on the sinai peninsula. it is one of the deadliest attack against egyptian security forces since the toppled mohamed morsi forces last year. >> the attack took place at a checkpoint near the main town in north sinai. they suspect it may have been carried out by jihadist who want

revenge for the overthrow of mohamed morsi. an unidentified yellow powder has put western consulates on alert istanbul. turkish authorities say the german, canadian, and belgium representations were evacuated after suspicious powders containing the powder were delivered friday. >> staff at the german consulate left the building. turkish decontamination teams moved and swiftly. wearing protective clothing, they cleaned the sites thoroughly. samples of the potter have been sent to labs for identification. there are reports the suspicious suspect -- substance was also sent to the u.s. and french consulates. the free syrian army says it is sending troops to support kurdish fighters defending kobani from islamic state. >> 1300 soldiers from the free syrian army are on their way to the town. the turkish president has pledged safe passage across the

turkish-syrian border. that is currently the only safe way to get to the area. kurdish forces have been defending the town for weeks with the help of u.s.-led airstrikes. the world health organization says millions of doses of two experimental ebola vaccines could be ready by next year. others are also in the testing phase. >> the w.h.o. warns it is still not clear whether any of these treatments will work. the vaccines cannot come fast enough. ebola is still spreading rapidly in west africa. >> mali has confirmed its first case of the virus, a two-year-old girl. >> in new york, a doctor who returned from treating ebola patients in guinea is also -- has also tested positive for the virus. >> the w.h.o. announcement brought hope for health workers on the front line in the fight against ebola. >> all is put in place by all

partners to start efficacy trial in affected countries in december, as early as december. >> for many, the vaccine comes too late. american doctor craig spencer was infected while working with doctors without borders in guinea. he was already back in the united states before he started suffering from symptoms of the virus. he is now being treated in a new york isolation unit. the new york mayor called on people in the city to stay calm. >> there is no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled well. there is no cause for everyday new yorkers to be alarmed. whether spencer could have infected others. those fears were heightened when it was revealed he used the subway and taxis before being

diagnosed, while a bowling alley you visited has been closed as a precaution. >> so far, the number of ebola cases is nearing 10,000. aid workers and doctors are not immune to the virus. that is why they need to be specially trained. >> that is a job for germany and the red cross. together, they prepare volunteers for the planet to liberia. >> training to tackle ebola. step-by-step, they practice putting on protective gear. every tiny detail is carefully checked. double facemasks, double gloves. all these people are volunteers from the buddhist or -- german organization. they will work in teams of two for safety. >> checking each other, working as a team, we practice all that. you cannot train completely realistically.

to do that, you would have to heat the hall to more than 40 degrees celsius. >> that is how hot it gets in the suits in liberia when carrying patients embodies. it is only possible to work for 20 or 30 minutes at a time. >> it is like being in a sauna with a winter coat or a that is the only way to describe it. you sweat like crazy. you could collapse if you have not drunk enough before hand. >> 160 volunteers have signed up to help. the training courses in germany run for another four weeks. volunteers are doctors, nurses, and technicians. their families are worried. even the shortest lapse in concentration could be enough to get infected. some volunteers are worried, too. >> fear is not the right word. it is a feeling of not knowing what is going to happen. fear does not properly describe

it. >> despite preparations and training, it is a very risky mission. what made these people volunteer to go? >> i think at some point the disease will arrive here. we have a chance now to possibly get it under control over their. >> not all those who train will be deployed. they are being observed to see if they can handle the stress. the first group will go to liberia in november to work in a clinic being run by the german organization in cooperation with the red cross. >> italy's constitutional court has ruled private individuals can sue germany for not seeing -- nazi era war crimes. >> that would pave the way for victims to file lawsuits in the italian court system. germany and italy have faced off on this issue before. today's decision in rome has brought tensions and history to the forefront once again.

>> june 29, 1944, the day that changed things forever. german soldiers killed more than 200 people and left the village in ruins. it was later found out that soldiers from one division were responsible, but no one was ever punished for the war crime. italian courts have heard a series of claims to make germany pay compensation. but so far, none have succeeded. now the italian constitutional court has issued a ruling saying claims should be allowed. the german foreign ministry says it still thinks the claims are invalid. >> we have the verdict of the italian constitutional court, but we stick by the reasoning of the icj. >> the international court of justice in the hague ruled on the matter in february of 2012. it said compensation claims from

individuals against states were inadmissible. they could not trump state immunity. experts say it will almost be impossible to reverse this. but the international court of justice will now have to look once again at this case. >> on to sweden where authorities have called off the search for a suspected foreign submarine sighted near stockholm a week ago. >> military official said the presumed intruder had most likely escaped out to the baltic sea. nortel or -- military helicopters, ships, and over 200 soldiers were involved in the largest mobilization since the end of the cold war. authorities say most military vessels would return to base but some lighter forces would remain to patrol the sea. >> sports and soccer's governing body has find a baby and serbia 100,000 euros after a match between the countries had to be abandoned. >> it ended after a drilling

telling -- drone towing a fan sparked a row involving fans. they docked points and band fans from serbia next two home games. in tennis, caroline wozniacki produced another dominant performance in singapore. she beat petra kvitova in straight sets. maria sharapova is out. >> that will hurt her because she beat radwanksa. that was in her final match. but the result was not convincing enough to put the russian through. radwanksa will actually be movig into the next round. >> we are going to take a break and be right back. >> stay with us.

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>> welcome back. the shooter in wednesday's attack in on what first attracted authorities' attention when he applied for a canadian passport to travel to syria. it is not clear exactly what his motive was to go there. >> but it is a phenomenon that has become too familiar in europe. a growing number of young converts to islam have left to go to syria to fight alongside islamic state, including around 400 germans. >> islamist propaganda in the form of a videogame. >> the videos are slick. they have a kind of coolness to them. that has such an extreme effect on some young people, like the effect shoot them up teams had on some school killers. >> he knows what he is talking about.

he grew up in west germany and converted to islam as a teenager. he says he came close to getting involved in islamist extremism. that was before islamists started distribute professionally made up again to via -- propaganda via facebook and youtube. today they are the tip of the iceberg. today what is important is social media allows discussion to take place. he says once you get involved, it is a must impossible to get away. -- it is almost impossible to get away. >> you stay in contact with these people and are surrounded by them every day. even if you're not physically close to them, you have them around them and can follow their ideology whether it is in a small comment or a longer piece, it functions in a very clever way. >> extremist propaganda used to come to the mountains of pakistan.

these days, jihad has become multilingual and interactive. this worries security services in europe. >> the propaganda spreads like wildfire. it is immediately distributed to many user groups. it can be discussed. in our view, this adds a new dimension. it is very different to what used to come out of waziristan in terms of threats and propaganda messages. young people used to just passively consumed. they could not ask us and play a part in the jihad actually taking place. >> this has made it almost impossible to track down a lone perpetrator planning an attack. germany's intelligence agencies are working closely with internet firms to detect propaganda. but they cannot stop it appearing. he sees another danger. >> i am more afraid of jihadist networks in our cities than of one or two bombs going off here or there because they are recruiting more members. >> he says he is active on

facebook trying to provide an alternative voice. not an easy task given the power of the islamic state propaganda. >> this weekend, ukrainians will cast their ballots in key national elections with the separatist insurgency in the east of the country looming over the vote. >> the government of the president is hoping to consolidate power to push ahead with reforms and solidify ties with the west. >> the country is still deeply divided, especially in the east. our correspondent traveled to the front lines of the battle over ukraine's future.he brings. >> volunteers working for the election campaign are giving it one final push. their candidate manages the biggest steel factory here. 12,000 people work there.

he's standing for parliament as an independent without any party machine behind him. his aim is to contribute to solving the conflict in the region. he wants to mediate between kiev, moscow, and the people in this area. but his campaigners are having trouble persuading people to vote at all. here are the frontline between the sides is right on people's doorsteps. uncertainty about who will come out on top means many are reluctant to say what they think. >> from what i hear, people are frightened to go and vote because if you show yourself in front of the cameras like i am now, someone could come and take revenge. one of the people who were here before. >> everyone is scared the war welcome back and they will be -- welcome back and they will be persecuted for their political opinions. >> this was one of the first

cities in the region to come under the control of progression fighters in april. since july, it is back in the hands of the ukrainian military. that is why here, unlike in nearby donetsk, these elections can go ahead. but many here do not accept the government in kiev. they feel ruled by outsiders. thousands of civilians in the area have been killed in the war, strengthening feelings of resentment and alienation. >> the real ukraine is in the west. that is where the real ukrainians are. we don't feel like ukrainians here. we live in ukrainian territory, but we speak russian here. >> we are at one of his campaign events. the people in the room behind me are all local residents. their skepticism is almost tangible.

he hears people's dissatisfaction over and over again at meetings like this. he says it is not just the war, but also the key of government which feels distant from the people here. >> our business relations with russia are collapsing. the key of -- but kiev accuses us of being separatists. we must stop tearing our country apart and work as partners. the east is a partner of the west and kiev just as it is of russia. >> he is hoping this message will carry him into the ukrainian parliament. he is hoping the message will be heard, not just in kiev, but also in europe and moscow to help in the search for a sustainable solution. >> turning to business, the stress test results for eurozone banks will not officially go public until sunday.

but there has been a steady leak of information since thursday. many outlets are reporting as many as 25 banks failed to pass the ecb's check. >> 15 of those apparently did not have enough capital reserves to withstand an economic shock. the european central bank commissioned the audit to uncover any nasty surprises before it takes over as the eurozone's final sector watchdog next month. > bad news for people with shars in amazon. >> that stock has been trading lower by about 8% this friday after the world's biggest online retailer posted a massive loss for the third quarter. more than $400 million. it also gave a disappointing forecast for the crucial holiday quarter coming up. amazon's revenue was still higher, but by less than last year. analysts say investors want to see profits and not just growing revenue. onto the markets. after three days of gains,

european shares gave up ground on friday and ended the week on a negative note. our correspondent sent us this note from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> thinking stress tests, economic growth prospects, topics at the summit in brussels and topics of the week at the frankfurt stock market. some growth figures that came out of the purchasing manager's index presented for the eurozone and germany sounded surprisingly positive, so the dax ticky vaporizing over 9000 points again for the first time in a long time - rising for the week 1.5%. for the last day of this week, friday it is down a little bit. not least because of the nervousness ahead of the stress test results this coming sunday. >> in frankfurt, we can stay for a quick run through the numbers. the dax shed points finishing below the 9000 level.

euro stoxx so lower but not as much. across the atlantic on wall street at this hour, the tao is trading higher -- the dow is trading higher. the euro trading higher against the greenback. >> the world bank and the asian development bank provide loans to developing countries. soon they will be joined by the asian infrastructure investment bank, a chinese initiative for finance and transportation, communication, and energy systems in asia. >> the project is seen as a counterweight to western backed international banks and a way for china to extend influence in the region. >> 21 countries signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing the bank. they include bangladesh, pakistan, and india. headquarters of the asian infrastructure investment banker to be in beijing. the chinese government is providing 39 billion euros and

is set to be a major stakeholder. >> the asian infrastructure investment bank aims at promoting the infrastructure development of the asian region, supporting regional connectivity, and promoting the economy of the region. >> reports suggest australia, south korea, and indonesia have not joined so far at the request of the u.s. washington has expressed concerns about the proposal. but analysts say the region needs new loan providers. >> the current system is not fulfilling its needs. whether you talk of it as a challenge or alternative, these countries need to manage their finances. they need access to money. if they are not going to get it from the current banking infrastructure, they're going to start developing their own. >> energy products and telecommunications networks are the kind of ventures the bank plans to fund. building infrastructure is essential to further economic development in asia.

the chinese president launched the idea a year ago. by the end of 2015, it is likely to be up and running. >> that is going to wrap up this edition of "the journal." it is almost time for the weekend. >> more news at the top of the hour. the weekend has not started yet. hang in there and keep it on dw.

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