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welcome. we are going to start with the spike in violence in israel and the west bank. israeli security forces shooting dead a palestinian in east jerusalem this thursday, saying they were on the way to the home of a man accused in an earlier stabbing attack. i came after an attack where -- that came after an attack where four were shot dead. meanwhile, the controversy continues over video footage apparently showing israeli soldiers amid a group of palestinian stone throwers. the palestinians have regularly accused israel of infiltrating demonstrations in order to make arrests. "france 24" has more. least half anat

hour, the men has been throwing stones at israeli soldiers as part of a group of palestinians. then they took out their pistols and opened fire on a group of protesters they had been standing alongside moments before. according to the afp journalist who filmed what happened at the checkpoint outside ramallah, the cries soon spread through the 100-strong crowd. it is a word that describes people who describe -- disguise themselves as arabs. they were joined by israeli soldiers in uniform. three palestinians were injured, one seriously. the protest had been organized by students calling for a third intifada. >> this land belongs to us and we need to defend it. look at how the settlers behave toward us.

they kill our children and our people. that's why we want another intifada. reporter: israel has refused to say exactly who wednesday's infiltrators were. a spokesman has confirmed the army includes such units. following a spate of stabbings and violent protests, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his security forces would use what he called all necessary means and methods in the fight against terrorism. reporter: how life been holding talks in brussels today -- allies have been holding talks in brussels today. russia continued its military intervention against opponents of president assad. moscow's warplanes have been backing syrian troops to retake country in the east. reporter: widening the offensive. thursday, syrian state media

reported troops and allies backed by russian airstrikes and cruise missiles continued their assault in, province -- in hama province. winning back the plane would help secure -- the plain would help secure coastland. it is the first major coordinated attack by the syrian government and its allies. it led to the deaths of 13 military troops and 11 rebel fighters on thursday. nato's secretary-general reprimanded moscow for targeting the wrong group. >> my concern is that the russians are not meeting -- mainly targeting isis, but they are targeting other opposition groups and they are supporting the regime. and i call on russia to play a constructive and cooperative role in the fight against isis. reporter: nato officials meeting

in brussels will decide whether to use the alliance's new 5000-strong rapid reaction horse -- force. turkey is nato member calling for reinforcements after russian warplanes entered its airspace price in the last few days -- airspace twice in the last two days. reporter: i'm joined by a national security expert, author persuasion -- "persuasion and power." your reaction to what russia has been up to? >> it is nice to be with you. i think that putin is acting on what he perceived as russia's self-interest. syria is a long-term client. it has been for decades. they've sold arms the day -- sold arms to syria. it is a political ally.

things have not been going well for the regime. i think that putin, number one, saw a need to step in in order to protect russian interests, supportingfines as the regime. second, violence has been plaguing russia. he has no reason to want to see isis expanded told -- expand its hold into russia or the caucasus. isis is an enemy not just to the west, but to russia and other regional partners. third, he saw both an opportunity as well as a necessity to intervene if russia was to preserve any influence in the middle east. i think that confluence of things is what strikes me as most likely motivating his intervention. reporter: we have been hearing more criticism from the united states and other western powers,

repeating what we have heard in recent days. the west thinks that putin is not spending enough time targeting isis. is that far as -- is that they are as far as you're concerned? -- is that fair as far as you are concerned? >> i cannot speak to what the intelligence says because i don't know. he has been criticized for targeting anti-regime, rebels, i suppose. the russians deny that. i do know this -- two things. from the russian point of view, they don't see a difference between anti-regime rebels and the violent extremists. if you are opposed to the regime, then you are opposed to the regime. second, the reality is that russia's real security interest .ere lies in the defeat of isis one of the things i would hope to see is that it would join the international coalition that

includes regional nations in the middle east, nato countries, the united states and others, and to have a coordinated effort that zeros in on defeating isis. that is the smart thing for putin to do. we will see if he does it. reporter: russia is forcing the issue by intervening. you talked earlier about common interests between moscow and the united states. that isht a solution acceptable to both sides look like? >> it would be forging a coalition that includes regional partners, nato, russia, the united states, other interested parties, into a coalition that focuses on defeating isis and al-nusra. it is not easy to do, but it can be done. 1991,o add one example, president george h w bush --

george h.w. bush proved very adep at putting together -- adept at putting together a massive international coalition. it is possible to do it where there are common interests. geniereporter: do you think the solution will involve boots on the ground? >> somebody is going to have to take on isis on the ground. who that would be and under what circumstances is something that would be a negotiation between these partners. reporter: thanks for talking to us. msf is to review its operations in afghanistan following last week's deadly u.s. airstrike on a hospital in kunduz. it came during fighting between afghan government troops and taliban sources. -- military says it needs they say that they need to re-examine carefully the safety

needs. president barack obama has issued a formal apology. fifa -- violation according to international humanitarian law. [indiscernible] a clear reaffirmation of humanitarian law. it is for this reason we have launched the [indiscernible] and it is for calling on the u.s. for consent to the [indiscernible] reporter: fifa -- it looks like the end of the road for sepp blatter and the man once set to succeed him, michel platini. they were both handed 90-day bans. they have been under pressure in

an investigation into financial misconduct. reporter: all might have been calm outside of fifa headquarters, but inside the winds of change are blowing. first, 79-year-old president of the federation sepp blatter has been provisionally suspended for 90 days, accused of criminal mismanagement and making a disloyal payment. his lawyers are disappointed with the ruling and their client denies all wrongdoing. also relieved of his duties for 90 days is the former french midfielder and head of uefa, michel platini. general was also -- fifa's secretary-general was also suspected of violating ticketing rules. hopeful has been barred

from all football activities for six years. all of those banned can now appeal but would remain suspended during the process. cameroonian issa hayatou is now in line to take over as fifa's interim head. a spaniard is expected to replace platini at uefa. european leaders have vowed to step up the deportation of illegal immigrants and are considering forming a border guard force as they look at migration issues and ways of coping with the flow of refugees, mostly from syria pass civil war -- syria's civil war. for more, we talked to a western europe researcher at human talk to ach -- we western europe researcher at human rights watch, joining me from new york. talks in recent weeks have been

about accommodating refugees. the emphasis in these talks is about how to keep refugees out. >> indeed, the focus is on enforcing borders and shifting responsibility from eu member states to their neighbors, who, in fact -- talking about countries like jordan, lebanon, turkey, are taking in a considerable number of syrian refugees. the eu should be facing up to its own responsibilities here. reporter: nevertheless, the position of some european countries, britain, and also to an extent france, is this is best managed by giving large sums of financial aid to countries which border syria. >> it is an important step and it is good for these countries to be supported. just remember that jordan -- countries like jordan and lebanon --

jordan's population is syrian refugees right now. this is a lot for those countries to cope with. they you should be facing its responsibilities and recognizing that a lot of these people are fleeing from violence. i was recently on the border between croatia and serbia. you see families with babies, very small children, forced to take the incredibly dangerous journey across the mediterranean , which many of them referred to to as "therefer journey of death." europe is much better than this and should be. reporter: what concretely can be done to encourage countries who are not pulling their weight to take in more people? >> countries should see this as their shared responsibility and remember that we are talking about a lot of people, but if

every country did its best, this would be shared -- its bit, this would be shared in a way that is manageable for every country, instead of having most of the people heading to - - the same countries. we need to see more equitable sharing between the countries, which isn't happening at the moment, so we end up with thousands of people at certain border crossings. we have some number -- member states closing their borders. we are talking about people fleeing from violence. this is not sustainable situation. reporter: thanks for talking to us. journalist,iter and svetlana alexievich, has been awarded this year's nobel prize in literature. her work focuses on the human stories behind the great a people's in the soviet union -- the great upheavals in the

soviet union. she has been a staunch critic of the russian and belarusian governments. >> she is not interested in historical events. she is interested in the history of emotion. the swedish academy likens her work to a composition, a carefully composed collage of human voices. alexievich is also a journalist, playwright, and documentary script writer. work offers an unusual account of world war ii, focusing on soviet women who , but stille roles viewed the world around them from a distinctly feminine perspective. it took years for publishers to accept the books. there was a conflict concealed from the soviet public for a decade.

"voices from chernobyl" also touches on a sensitive topic, depicting life after the disaster. each of her six books focuses on issues that don't always please the authorities in belarus. >> the of these have -- the authorities have so far created the impression like i'm not here. it's a form of denial. if a publisher thinks about publishing my work, they start to have economic problems. reporter: set on alexievich says she will use -- svetlana alexievich says she would use her prize money to buy the most important commodities of all, time and financial freedom to continue her work. reporter: a translator who translated to of her works into french -- translated two of her works into french, tell us what you enjoyed about the task. >> it was very challenging. it is not easy stuff. it is tragic. although svetlana's -- all of

svetlana's books are tragic, except the last one, which is more general. it is meetings with people and their stories. it is a kind of documentary. timetime i can't -- it's it is concentrated around a theedy, once chernobyl, second world war, afghanistan, the end of the soviet union with a wave of suicides. you know, when you work on it, it penetrates you, so you live with these people or you hear their voices. -- someame time, it is .f the stories are so strong it is gratifying to translate such work. reporter: you have the

opportunity to have several conversations with her. what do you think motivated her to write? >> what motivates svetlana in her work? i think her idea from the very beginning -- she does not try to reconstitute history. it is not about second world war , it is not really about chernobyl, and so on. the facts are not her matter. what she seeks is to find how people live it, small people, ordinary people live these tragedies, pass through these tragedies. one can say that she has a personhood, a soviet man. there was another important russian writer who was the first to do this concept and tried to describe this as a philosopher. svetlana is a writer, so she

tries to meet small people and to extract from them their pain, but also their love, their hopes, their career, their tragedies. altogether, it gives you a glimpse of the soviet empire. reporter: that's all we have time for. thanks for coming in. time now for business. hello to markus karlsson. starting off with another twist in the scandal at volkswagen. kus: german prosecutors have rated vw offices as part of the scandal -- have raided vw offices as part of the investigation into the scandal. prosecutors were targeting documents and electronic files. the government's -- the company

says it handed over a comprehensive range of documents. volkswagen's top manager in the u.s. says the decision to cheat on commission tests was -- on emission tests was taken by a small number of individuals. he was testifying before lawmakers in congress in washington, d.c. reporter: speaking under oath, volkswagen america ceo michael horn appeared before congress thursday, hoping to restore the brand's image. as expected, he faced some tough questions. >> to the best of your knowledge, did vw install the software for the express purpose of defeating emissions controls? >> to our understanding, and this is also part of the investigation, it was installed to this purpose, yes. reporter: the hearing came after revelations that management at bw had known about the fraud for 18 months prior to the scandal.

horn apologized, but said the scheme was that of lone wolves. >> i did not have any reason to suspect or to believe that our vehicles included such a device. reporter: the emissions scandal first broke in the u.s. after it emerged last month of the carmaker had used fraudulent software to bypass emissions tests. the company was hit hard by the revelation. it could be forced to pay up to $8 billion in fines in the u.s. alone. in addition, the german carmaker may have to contend with disgruntled customers who say they have lost trust in the brand. many volkswagen owners are demanding the carmaker buys back the impacted vehicles. >> i would just like to leave the car here. reporter: some are threatening to sue the company. markus: the fallout of the vw scandal is likely to impact the

entire car sector. "france 24" spoke to the european commissioner in charge of transport. he is calling for tougher tests for all european carmakers. scandal,he volkswagen i have seen that we have to learn to do better. we have to introduce real drive tests. we have to test cars in real conditions. we also have to introduce more random checks after the cars are actually introduced into the markets. markus: moving on now, latin america should prepare it for slower growth in coming years, so says the president of the world bank. he was speaking ahead of a gathering of finance ministers and central bankers. they are coming together for the annual meetings of the world bank and the imf this weekend.

it coincides with a warning from the imf that the main risk for the global economy stems from emerging markets, which, of course, includes latin america. the warning from the world bank comes as well as latin america's biggest economy has fallen on hard times. imf predicts the brazilian economy will shrink by 3% this year. the country is struggling with the falling price of oil, one of its biggest exports. our team in brazil reports. reporter: five years ago, brazil was a magnet for foreign investors, but times have changed. for one french firm doing business here, it is about to get much harder. >> it's going to be another difficult year, like this year, because costs are going up. energy prices have gone up more than 40%. the government is creating new taxes, which are our ability to read -- which hurt our ability to reach our target. finding a way to boost productivity is key. reporter: brazil officially went

into recession in august when the gdp fell for a second consecutive quarter. at the brazilian institute of economics in rio, the scale of the downturn has come as a surprise. growth has economic certainly been slowed by budget deficits. the high interest rates we have 's the moment, the government lack of a coherent economic policy and its inability to face -- form effective alliances -- reporter: some people are seeing the crisis as an opportunity. these french businessmen are selling frozen products to restaurants and supermarkets, giving them the chance to cut costs in lean economic times. >> brazil is changing. agoor two years restaurateurs and hotel years -- nothing about

vacuum freezing technology. we are offering them solutions, and they are starting to show interest. they can save time, money, and energy. reporter:ñqo

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