molly: welcome to the "france 24 " newsroom. i'm molly hall. a tunisian democracy group wins this year plus nobel peace prize. the committee says it hopes to encourage the people of tunisia to carry on with their push for inclusive democracy following the jasmine revolution. french bombs islamic state targets in syria for a second time, while damascus presses on with ground defenses. under russian air cover.

benjamin netanyahu tries to call -- the prime minister says after a series of stabbings in israel, there is no quick fix following a wave of terror. molly: we start with fresh violence in israel. there are reports of multiple stabbings and shootings over this past hour. a jewish suspect stabbed and wounded four arabs in southern israel while a palestinian suspect has been shot dead after stabbing an israeli officer. all of this after tensions that have been boiling over into deadly violence. we go to irris makler, who joins us from jerusalem. bring us up to speed with what we have seen take place today. irris: stabbing attacks have

been carried out by palestinians in two is really cities, one in jerusalem and one in the west bank. we have also seen something we have not seen up until now, which is an attack by a jewish suspect, and palestinians are the victims. we see that in the south of there has been -- it is interesting, it was almost like a copycat attack of what we have seen on the other side. a young 17-year-old israeli man who took a knife and started stabbing council workers and construction workers. that has been criticized by the mayor of that town, where both people live together. that is a worry for security that we could now be seeing a wave of israel he attacks against palestinians.

molly: all of this comes after the prime minister spoke yesterday, saying the country is in a wave of terror, and then there is no quick fix. how is benjamin netanyahu saying he will confront the issue? issue, the is the criticisms that are made of benjamin netanyahu. he is nottion says doing anything that is not technical. there is no long-range plan. they say there is not even a plan for a week ahead. it is a plan from our to our. -- from hour to hour. they say what is missing here is a political view, an israeli plan over the next two years of dealing with the palestinians, of something that would give hope to both sides, but certainly to the palestinians who are now looking -- what we are seeing here is from the

ground up, this is not organize from the palestinian authority. that is the criticism of benjamin netanyahu, that it is a military solution, a stopgap solution, not a long-term solution he is offering israelis and palestinians. molly: irris makler reporting from jerusalem friday. the nobel prize wrapped up to day, the peace prize given to a democracy group. >> the nobel prize -- the nobel peace 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national dialogue for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in tunisia in the wake of the jasmine revolution of 2011. in quartet was formed september of 2013 when the

process was in danger of collapsing. as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest. one --"france 24" with spoke with munn member of the quartet, who told us that the victory was a win for the entire country. inwe expected this award 2014, but everything comes in time. we did not win in 2014. we were next in line. this year we got it, and i feel proud, lucky, and happy for tunisia, for those who were represented during the political crisis in 2013 and for those who led the national dialogue. is a big winize for tunisia, whose young democracy is certainly still , in the wake of two

extremist attacks that left people dead and devastated the tourism industry. we can speak with a professor at the school of oriental and african studies. thank you for joining us on the program. i would like to ask you, the nobel peace prize is very much a symbolic prize, but what does it mean for tunisia? what impact could it have? >> it is probably related to what you just mentioned, the fact that the country has been a victim of two extremely tragic setbacks recently, which also tunisia very much economy. tunisia's economy depends very highly on tourism, and that was very much effect it -- that was very much affected. and the goal is to repair a little bit this image, and refocus, saying that the peaceful character of the

transition as it is called in tunisia. molly: talk about the quartet that was named for the prize. the group's actions that we've seen, the nobel chairman said in 2013 they came together and stepped in in helping tunisia continue on its democratic path. tell us a bit more about the group at how instrumental it has been. the two main institutions in this group are the workers union, which is by far the most important social organization in bossesntry, and the union. have, indeed, in 2013, you known asations left-wing figures, and the

situation was very tense. this quartet has set up a compromise for peaceful transition from the preceding called, as it was which was dominated by the islamic movement. the fact is i think that the transition was as much due to the work of this quartet, if not more, as to the events in the dreadfulhe very in the eventsted of egypt, the very bloody suppression of the opposition in august of that same year, and i think that was a major consideration for another

movement to agree on some kind of peaceful transition. the example of egypt was so appalling that they drew the conclusions from it. if a prize should be awarded here, it is not only the quartet. you have a series of conditions that created this possibility, and the attitude of the partners . tunis are now in a coalition government, and it has been much more decisive in this regard, i would say. molly: thank you very much for joining us with your perspective on this. we appreciate that. state has hit the islamic with fresh airstrikes in syria. the overnight raids targeted and i.s. training camp, in the

islamic group's stronghold. the defense minister says more air raids will follow. france struck syria on thursday night. forces struck the islamic state group. it was not the first such airstrike, nor will it be the last. we did it because we know that in syria, in areas around that region, there is a training center for foreign fighters. the mission was to come to france, to europe, to carry out attacks here. molly: france's strikes come amid russia's stepped up situation in syria. russian ships from the caspian sea fired cruise missiles into the country, but four of them are said by the u.s. to have crashed into iran instead.

russia claims all shots were on target. a graphic has been posted on its website showing 26 missiles flying over iran and iraq before striking syria. when smoke seen rising on the horizon, this camera man rushes in a syrian province and is met with pandemonium. as some search for survivors of what rebels say was a russian airstrike, ambulances arrived to take away the injured. shares the west aim of hitting islamic state group targets, but the u.k.-based observatory for human rights says the latest on is focusing on a plane that straddles the provinces of italy and -- forces have been

for months.ose it lies next to a mountain ridge -- a mountain range. the united states is leading its own anti-i.s. coalition and has would russian behavior isolated on the world stage. >> it remains that our hope -- a remains our hope that russia's attaching itself to a sinking ship is a losing battle. russia has the opportunity to change course and do the right thing. >> it is the first major assault coordinated between moscow and -- scus since russia began alyssa maims has been put forward cap -- a list of names has been put forward, but had has been put forward -- it comes after months of difficult talks

between rival camps. libya has been in deep political chaos since the overthrow of former dictator moammar could off the four years ago -- muammar gaddafi four years ago. >> the best chance yet that order will be restored to libya. since the fall of moammar .adhafi, rival groups libya hasnvoy for announced a list of names who it is hoped will represent unity government. the deal must be backed by both parliament as well as the libyan people. >> it will not necessarily a he agreed that it will not only be agreed on by everybody. we assure that many people will think that some of the names, or maybe all of the names, are maybe not good and they could have proposed that a better list

, and encouraged the libyan people that the options were not infinite, that perfection maybe possibility. >> the proposed prime minister is a member of the tripoli-based parliament. three deputy prime minister positions must be filled by representatives from the country's east, west, and south. two more ministers complete the six-member presidential council. they have spent months talking with rival governments to arrive at a compromise that both can accept. >> i think there is no better chance and no alternative to this approach as this government tries to balance a lot of different interests. i appeal again to the libyan people to get behind it and give it the best possible chance. >> the new council will be tasked with putting in end two months of violence. as well as rescuing the oil-rich country from economic collapse.

are coming up on 15 minutes past the hour in the newsroom. let's get a check of the headlines. the tunisian democracy group are the winners of this year's nobel peace prize. the nobel committee hopes to encourage the people of tunisia to carry on with their push for inclusive democracy. france bounds in islamic state targets in syria for a second time while damascus presses on with its ground defenses under russian air cover. benjamin netanyahu tries to call him fears after -- tries to calm fears, saying there's no quick to -- no quick fix to what he calls a wave of terror. timeor business updates. i'm joined by the votto desousa. you are going to -- by delon of desousa. scenesmes after chaotic on monday that we saw take place. it was quite scary in terms of

the meeting. meeting&p union are this friday. the scuffle which broke out at air france's records monday was to lay off staff members. the announcement on job cuts has pitted unions within the company against each other, and in and in view on local television, a spokesperson for the pilots union call the company's previous proposal unreasonable. proposals on the table were completely unreasonable, so the negotiations were one-sided. we ended up with proposals that were unreasonable at the senior management level and which did not progress over the course of our meetings. the negotiations were a farce. negotiating means finding a cover lies, a balance of a shared goal, and that was --

finding a compromise, a balance of a shared goal. the company remains a leading international player. >> the denmark-based toy giant lego wants to stop using fossil fuels and only use renewable energy by 2020. to achieve that goal, the world's largest toymaker inaugurated an offshore wind farm outside hamburg, germany, this friday. to the company's executive officer and asked him if there really was feasible, given that lego remains heavily resign -- heavily reliant on plastics. >> what we are looking for is a way of making plastic bricks that have the same unique and safety as the original lego bricks, but is based more on -- there is researching companies and research institutions that are pointing in this direction. we have set money aside for this

not because we want to do the research all ourselves, but we want to encourage industry and research centers around the world to collaborate more, to really bring forward these sustainable solutions in the future. >> let's get a quick check of the markets. main indices in europe are poised to end the week on a positive note. the fed september meeting indicated it was keeping an eye out on the impact of the slowdown in the global economy. tse trading at this hour. industrial production in france jumped in august from 2013. next,ed to latin america where its biggest economy has fallen on tough times. the imf produced the brazilian economy will shrink by 3% this year. the country is struggling with the falling price of oil and a political crisis that is undermining confidence.

ground filedhe this report. >> five years ago brazil was a magnet for foreign investors, but times have changed. for one french firm, doing business here, it is about it get much harder. >> it is 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 hurt our ability to reach targets. the only answer is to improve productivity, and finding a way to boost productivity is key. >> brazil officially went into recession in august when the gdp fell for a second consecutive quarter. the brazilian institute of economics in rio, the scale of the downturn has come as a surprise. brazil's economic growth has certainly been slowed by budget deficits and high interest rates at the moment. the government's lack of economic policy, and its

inability to face the problem affecting the global economy as a whole. 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. one or two years ago, knew nothing about vacuum and freezing technology. we are offering them solutions, and they are starting to show interest. with our products, they can save time, money, and energy. lifeth the government on support, blame for the economic slump continues to fall on , and sot dilma rousseff far she is struggling to find a way out of this crisis. >> mali, i will hand it back to

you. molly: thank you very much for that update. time now for our press review. studio by in the nicholas rushworth. hi, neck. -- hi, nick. this is an opinion piece by the former u.s. secretary of state, condoleezza rice. what does she have to say? nick: she was the secretary of state under george w. bush, and she is writing alongside a former defense secretary, robert gates. explaining -- the argument here is that if diplomacy follows the facts on the ground, then the united states must create its own facts by working for no-fly zones, safe harbors, and it must provide robust support for

kurdish forces, sunni forces, and iraq special forces. condoleezza rice is stressing d conflict.ital to they had to be no incidents between russia and the united states. she concludes, let's stop pretending we are trying to figure out what vladimir putin is up to. we all know what he is doing. he is trying to secure his own interests in the middle east. molly: there is a piece saying that the west has to pay -- has to play it cool on all of this. >> and nyu professor of global affairs says that vladimir putin one minute is on the ropes, then he is the master of geopolitics. the answer for the west is simply to stop fearing from this perception of him, of even being on the ropes or being the grand master. the argument from this piece that we get is that russia's

offensive is embarrassing, but in the long term there will be no reversal of what we are seeing, a slow defeat of the aside regime. bashar al-assad regime. molly: top football officials were suspended for 90 days. that is grabbing headlines in the papers. is sayingdependent" that if you thought sepp blatter was bad, just wait until you meet the new man in charge. he was accused of taking a $1.5 million bribe over the qatar world cup. through the rising dust of fifa's crumbling facade is the next layer of an edifice rotten to its foundation. "the independent" wiping away. molly: harshly which there.

>> the herald is reporting on the twitter reaction, twitter delighting in sepp blatter's suspension. i can see you laugh your head re. thei he is one of the ugly characters on the fifa ethics committee. let's go to the french press about this story. the front page of one paper is slamming down a red card. thatadlines there, it says he is a legend for the french. he is part of the european championship team in 1984, which won for france. he has won 3 -- he is a superhero. of manuel support valls, the prime minister, and the vast majority of people in france. but what people are forgetting is that he has not given a

convincing explanation into why he took 1.8 million euros in 2011 from his enemy, sepp blatter. no explanation for that. the french press generally is suggesting that platini has been dealt a blow below the belt. let's look at a front page. fifa gates -- you can see a picture of sepp blatter blessing the back of platini. the french press saying that events thursday -- one of the that this whole media coverage is only just beginning. can you believe that? we have been saying it for weeks now. let me send in a cartoon. is life better elsewhere perhaps on mars? this is a cartoon in "usa today," the international condition -- the international it is in. matteally scott film with

damon, "the martian." are astronauts on mars saying, i am good, but no need to get me back because maybeñqoç

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