anchor: 10:00 p.m. in the french capital. here are the stories making world headlines. developing out of russells, two people have been killed in a shooting. the suspect is on the run and wielding an automatic weapon. no word on a weapon but a terrorist investigation has been opened. 10 days after hamas's surprise attack on israel, the attack -- the humanitarian crisis in gaza reaches an emergency level. international pressure growing

for a corridor to open in egypt to allow food, water and aid into gaza. the un says one million palestinians have already been internally displaced. ♪ thank you for joining us on france 24. we begin with the developing news out of brussels, two people have been killed in a shooting. the suspect still on the run and wielding an automatic weapon. terrorism prosecutors looking into the case but so far no word on motive. we get an update now from our correspondent in brussels. reporter: we've got various reports of what happened. we know the shooting took place at 7:15 p.m. in the city center

of brussels a few streets away from where i am right now. we have two confirmed deaths, reportedly swedish nationals although that is not confirmed yet. we just had a statement released by the belgian prime minister saying his deepest condolences to the relatives of those killed. he is monitoring developments with the minister of justice and minister of home affairs and he asks residents to be vigilant. the reason for that is the shooter is still on the loose. we have had unconfirmed reports he was wearing an orange vest and white helmet and fled the scene on a scooter. there is a video going around social media purporting to show the shooter speaking to what appears to be his camera phone before he carried out the attacks but we don't know if that is actually him.

he is still on the loose in brussels. the prime minister telling citizens to be careful and vigilance, and of course this is reminding a lot of people very much of the attacks in 2016 and i think the first thing people hear -- people here will think of is that was multiple attacks and even if this is a loan actor, because he's on the loose, this could be larger. we don't have a confirmation about the motive, a lot of details unclear but what we do know is the suspect is still at large. anchor: our correspondent in russell's. we expect an update from him in the next half an hour. the latest developments in the israel/hamas war. the group that controls gaza continues to launch rockets into israel 10 days after a surprise attack that has killed to date some 1400 israelis. israel has retaliated with

airstrikes and is preparing a ground invasion of the territory. palestinians say 2800 people in gaza have been killed and the united nations says one million people have been displaced inside the territory. officials on the grounds of the humanitarian situation has reached critical levels. we get the latest from charli james. reporter: from north to south, heavy bombing and unbelievable destruction. airstrikes turning entire city blocks of the gaza strip into burnt out shells. gaza city ordered to evacuate by the israelis, and still bombing victims continue to stream into the enclave largest hospital. but there is little relief for the injured. no pain killers remain for those with broken bones, burns and lost limbs. it is not safe in the south either, where many of the displaced have headed.

khan younis was bombed overnight, and residents pulled the bodies from the rubble, including children. across the city, children find comfort in numbers, playing together and well aware of the chaos and danger. this 13-year-old has dual palestinian-british citizenship. >> homes have been destroyed, people sleeping on the streets, rubble everywhere you go. it is horrible. there are fires, smoke anywhere you look. reporter: desperation is mounting among the millions of palestinians trapped with little food or water. the who warning time is running out. >> after 24 hours it will be a real catastrophe. no fuel, no electricity for all of the inhabitants of the gaza strip in general and for the medical establishments in particular. reporter: in rafah city a stone

throw away from edge of, people pray for those killed in airstrikes before burying them. safety is just over the border but inaccessible to them. anchor: the eu chief representative says the bloc will send humanitarian aid to gaza through egypt with the first flights expected this week. ursula vander line the announcement earlier today during an appearance in albania. hospitals in gaza are set to run out of fuel in the coming hours according to humanitarian groups on the ground. for more, let's bring in the director of the program on palestine and palestinian/israeli affairs. -- affairs from the middle east institute. as you look at the attacks by hamas, they continue and this humanitarian crisis in gaza, how do you see the situation unfolding in the coming days and

what is your greatest concern? khaled: right now the greatest concern is the humanitarian situation on the ground. one million people out of the 2 million population have been internally displaced. we've seen massive destruction on a scale we've never seen before in gaza. anchor: we seem to be having some signal problems with our guest, we apologize. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken back in israel after a whirlwind tour of arab countries good he has been unequivocal in u.s. support for israel. he met with prime minister

netanyahu earlier tonight, and reportedly the two men had to take cover when air raid silence went off. president biden ward in israeli occupation of gaza would be a big mistake, which is the closest the u.s. has come to urging israel's exercise -- israel exercise some form of restraint. philip, president biden also weighing a visit to israel. what can be done on the diplomatic front? philip: it's not easy for any country to work at what will happen and i think the united states hope this will be easier than it appears to be working out for them. when antony blinken came to israel a few days ago for the start of this whistle stop tour which has taken him across the middle east in the hopes of trying to secure some kind of cease-fire, some kind of possibility that humanitarian

aid can be taken into gaza from egypt, the other big point the united states want to secure is also this is not going to spiral out of control and become a huge regional conflict, notably by bringing in hezbollah in the north of israel over the border from neighboring lebanon. it's a tall order on the diplomatic front. we've seen antony blinken going to israel, jordan, qatar, uae, saudi arabia, egypt. it's only in the uae he has received the kind of support he was hoping for from all of those arab countries, to can them what hamas has done in the west bank. everywhere else people are saying we agree this is a terrible attack but what americans need to do is put pressure on israel, put the pressure on israel to stop the bombing raids in gaza and the raids that are penalizing

millions of gaza citizens moving further south. there has been another bombing raid near the rafah crossing. until that bombing stops and there's a cease-fire with israel, that will not stop any sort of, find any solution to this conflict. least of all, egypt will not let in humanitarian aid into gaza while there is no cease-fire. today we saw a message from hamas and israel saying there was no cease-fire so for the time being, no aid is being brought in by road. the only good news today is what you were telling us about a few minutes ago from the eu that there will be an air bridge bringing in humanitarian aid through the sky and not over the road. anchor: when you step back and look at the players involved, what is your opinion on whether this could spiral into some kind of larger regional conflict?

philip: nobody wants this in the region for this to spiral into a regional conflict. the last thing lebanon needs is to get involved in another war with israel. i don't think i ran i -- iran either wants to get involved in a conflict in the middle east. there were debates about whether iran was involved in the attacks. iran has denied that, although it's possible. we don't know what that situation will be. i think whatever he wants to achieve is some kind of cease-fire, some kind of way forward. what will be happening next? there will probably be a ground invasion, we've had a statement in the last hour or so from hamas saying we are not scared of a ground invasion, bring it on, we are ready to take on the international community and

israel if they want to launch a ground invasion of gaza, we are not scared. the second thing hamas has been saying is they have about 200 people captured but 50 others have been captured by what they call other resistance factors around the gaza strip. we are by no means closer to finding oil out of this solution but the only way forward at the end of the day is negotiations and some kind of way forward for the palestinian cause, for a two state solution. that's really only going to be the way forward in the future. we are still a long way from that now. anchor: philip, thank you so much. i believe we have reestablished contact with our guest, the director of the program on palestine and palestinian/israel affairs for the middle east institute. you are telling us about your

biggest concern is the humanitarian situation on the ground, please continue. khaled: the humanitarian situation is the most urgent need right now and part of the problem has been the west, the united states, france, u.k., european powers have helped enable this humanitarian crisis by not objecting to israel's cutting off of water, food and medical supplies into gaza at the same time the israeli military launched a massive bombing campaign that has targeted civilian targets repeatedly. this is a man-made humanitarian disaster. it was facilitated -- of course the responsibility of israel -- but facilitated by the west. there is one million displaced, unheard-of. there is talk of pushing the

palestinians into egypt. the history of palestinians is once they are forced to leave their homeland, they are unlikely ever to be allowed to return. this is beyond i think the normal kind of humanitarian crisis. it really is catastrophic and the fact that the united states and european powers are not actively working for a cease-fire is a bit astonishing, frankly, for seemingly responsible actors. anchor: you have to acknowledge the horror of the humanitarian situation happening in gaza. at the same time hamas has continued to strike israel with missiles. does israel have the right to respond to these attacks that took place 10 days ago and continue? if so, what is that look like in your mind? khaled: of course israel has a right to respond, but within the bounds of international law. it is pretty clear that bombing civilians and hospitals and

cutting off food and water especially to a besieged population of too many people, this is clearly a war crime -- of 2 million people, this is clearly a war crime. when russia did this in ukraine there was international condemnation. the tragedy of what is playing out is the international community is prepared to allow one atrocity to justify more atrocities and that shouldn't be how the international order operates. obviously i think people were horrified by the attacks on israel and the brutality of the violence against 1300, 1400 israelis killed. but the international rules based order doesn't mean anything if we simply trade one set of atrocities for another. the scale of this war is i think

wholly unjustified. and the fact there are not responsible international actors trying to intervene is quite alarming. anchor: we have to leave it there. khaled, thank you for joining us. in france, schools across the country held a minute of silence today for a teacher killed in what the government says was an islamist tara mccann tax. dominique bernard was stabbed to death in a northern city. pre-others were interviewed prosecutors say the suspect is a russian national that was radical as an had been on a watchlist. france raised the terrorism threat alert to its highest level. friday's deadly assault came almost three years to the day after another teacher was killed

in a terror attack outside his school in a paris suburb. schools also paused to remember him today as say they are becoming more and more fearful on the job. we have a report from the site of that attack just outside the capital. reporter: it has been three years since samuel pati was brutally murdered in the streets and threes -- three days since dominique bernard, another teacher, was stabbed to death outside the school where he worked. and minute of silence was held here and at schools across france. the french prime minister and french education minister were here alongside teachers and pupils for that minute of silence. the french prime minister singh the french republic will never kneel down in the face of terrorism and barbarism would

never win in the face of french core values. the defense of freedom of speech, liberty. we were speaking to the mayor of the town who said this new attack has brought back painful memories but there is a strong desire for people here to be together, to reassure each other. there is a spirit of collective grieving here. teachers, parents and pupils are trying to stick together and grieve together. anchor: that was our report just outside the french capital. time for business with yuka. with the highest turnout in more than three decades, poland has voted to elect a new government and it appears to remove the ruling nationalist from power. the economy was high on voter

minds, wasn't it? yuka: they had this as the last chance to save democracy in poland but in many regards it was a verdict on the track record of the economy of the ruling nationalist government. poland's economy has grown rapidly over the past year, especially since joining the european union in 2004. it has overtaken spain in the household wealth index, but is also the largest beneficiary of eu funds. we take a closer look. reporter: a political victory that could be an economic one too. two years ago, a row started with the polish government accused of meddling in the economic system and this became a wider clash including women's

rights and resulted in certain eu funds being blocked. >> poland should return to his place as being one of the big five members of the eu, and i hope we will soon be able to take advantage of the eu recovery funds. reporter: the post-covid recovery funds will likely boost investment in the country has also been hit by rising inflation. the nation has been affected in the cost -- by the cost of fertilizer, resulting on an export ban on cereals to keep prices lower. but when covid struck, poland -- but until covid struck, poland had 20 years of growth. foreign direct investments reaching a record high of 25 billion u.s. dollars in 2021. it also has one of the lowest rates of unemployment in europe, less than 3%.

this despite over 1.5 million refugees as of this spring crossing the border from ukraine. yuka: the polish currency strengthened against the euro and the u.s. dollar, hitting a multi week hi after it emerged that the pro-eu opposition was set to oust the ruling party from power. the main index ended the day up 5.3% on monday. u.s. shares rose across the board on monday as some investor fears in the past week over geopolitical risks eased somewhat even though the threat of the israeli/hamas war remains high. global oil futures, down on expectations that the u.s. and venezuela could reach an

agreement on easing sanctions. brent has dropped below $90 a barrel. west texas crude down 1%. a new growth plan to the western balkans by the eu. senior eu officials met with leaders of albania, bosnia, kosovo and serbia in the albanian capital as part of annual integration talks called the berlin process. having been promised e.u. membership years ago, the process has been slow may be due to a lack of reform on their part. the eu promised an investment plan of up to 30 billion euros for the region and has so far triggered around half of that amount. >> we want to give access to the european single market, access

to companies in the european single market, but for that, we need reforms in the western balkans and those willing to reform, those willing to compete get funding for investment from the european union. our doors are open and let's work on this growth plan. yuka: we end business in the united states where the united autoworkers strike continues with no end in sight. more than 34,000 workers are out on strike which began on the 15th of september. last week, workers at ford's largest and most profitable plant joined the walkout. in a rare speech during contract talks, the carmakers chairman, the great-grandson of its founder, warned of the growing impact of the strike on the wider economy, saying strong manufacturing is essential for national security. >> toyota, honda, tesla and the

others are loving this strike because they know the longer it goes on, the better it is for them. we can stop this now. i call on my great uaw colleagues, some of whom i've known for decades, many close personal friends, we need to come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks. yuka: ford's executive chairman speaking earlier. anchor: thank you. it is time for truth or fake. catalina, in today's edition, israel accused of sharing fake images showing hamas atrocities on social media. catalina: that's right. the israeli prime minister showed visiting u.s. secretary of state antony blinken the horrific photos of infant victims killed by hamas militants. these pictures were later posted on x on october 12 by the prime

minister's office where we see the horrifying photos of babies murdered and burned by "hamas monsters." this has been viewed over 7 million times on x. anti-israel accusers say they used fake voters and artificial intelligence. we have some examples of blame on israel avenue showing fake photos. we have edited out the images of the burned rabies, they are extremely graphic. users shared different photos, together with the claims of the first photo, this one of been schapiro, a american conservative journalist, showing the photo of the burned baby. it was later inserted into artificial intelligence software

that detects whether images were created using artificial intelligence. in this case the software detected the image as being created by artificial intelligence. the soto -- second photo shared, we see this puppy, where users claim this is the original photo as israel used a puppy rescue photo as the backdrop for the baby photo shared on the prime minister's account on x. anchor: what alleged evidence supports these claims? catalina: here is the software we saw the fake claims, it is called ai or not and you can search any image and he will detect if it was created using artificial intelligence or not. the problem is how accurate is this program? generally accurate when images have a higher resolution. according to this site, they

tested the software and out of 20 photos, six real photos were mistakenly identified as having been generated using artificial intelligence and ai or not went to twitter following the controversial debate, where they confirmed the result on this photo is actually inconclusive because of the fact that the photograph was compressed and altered to blur out the name tag. they are talking about this name tag on the photo shared by israel, where they blur out the name of the burned baby. this wasn't done on purpose, which is what gave the false positive used in fake claims. we tested the photos are self on ai or not, where it seems the software has corrected this error, and the software concludes the photo is likely human generated, not ai

generated and they specify ai or not may produce inaccurate results. anchor: what about the photo of the puppy? catalina: indeed, just as a reminder, users shared this photo of this puppy where they claim the puppy rescue was the original photo used to create the baby photo. where does this photo come from? we believe the original photo comes from this post on x october 12, posted by this anti-israel user who says he created this photo and five minutes so why wouldn't the government of israel be able to create a fake photo as well? this post was later deleted but not before it made its way to 4chan, where the fake claim was originated on the same day, october 12, where they accuse the government of israel of sharing and ai generated image

using this puppy image. we decided to verify the puppy image was digitally manipulated by uploading this photo to an ai forensics tool. it yielded these results, we can see a darker area around the puppy, a clear indication that the puppy was digitally added into the original image. we can clearly confirm at least this photo of the puppy was not used to cre

10/16/23 10/16/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> we are seeing an unprecedented dissent into darkness. no electricity, no internet, no water, no food, no aid. bombs raining down on gaza. israeli government signaling that they plan to commit atrocities. they must be stopped. amy: the death toll from the israeli bombardment of gaza has