were traveling in a car south of the capital mogadishu. a missile struck the vehicle. a military source was quoted as saying an unmanned aircraft launched the strike. members of al shabaab carried out attacks throughout east africa. they claim responsibility for one last month at a shopping mall in the kenyan capital, nairobi. 67 people were killed. u.s. forces have intervened since the attack targeting the group's senior leaders. authorities in israel have made a gesture of goodwill as part of an agreement to restart peace talks. they've released another group of palestinian prisoners. government officials ordered 26 inmates freed. almost all of them had been behind bars for more than 20 years. they're among 100 prisoners the israelis have agreed to release as part of efforts to restart peace negotiations. crowds of palestinians welcomed

them home in a ceremony in the west bank city of ramala. president mahmoud abbas said there will be no final peace agreement as long as palestinians are dained in israeli prisons. negotiators had not met for three years until they restarted talks in july. but, again, they're running into road blocks. hardliners in israeli government are opposed to the talks and israelis have refused to stop building settlements in occupied territories. united nations authorities say the settlements are a violation of international law. iranian envoys have offered up a new approach to end a deadlock over their nuclear program. they met in vienna. officials from the international atomic energy agency. they discussed a long blocked investigation into iranian nuclear activities. >> iran presented a new proposal on practical measures as a constructive contribution to strengthen cooperation and

dialogue with a view to future resolution of all outstanding issues. >> the negotiators discussed a possible visit to a facility near the iranian capital tehran. inspectors expect engineers are developing nuclear weapons at the parchin military complex. >> i believe with the submission of this new proposal by iran, we have been able to open a new chapter of cooperation. the ultimate goal would be resolution of all remaining issues. >> the negotiators refused to provide details of the proposal. they'll meet again in two weeks in tehran. members of a u.n. team studying human rights in north korea say they've heard testimony outlining gross violations. told a u.n. committee about evidence of systemic and serious abuse. more than 200 witnesses have testified in hearings since march. including people from south korea, japan, and britain.

they described experiences of being tortured or imprisoned for their religious beliefs or just for having contact with foreign cultures. the panel's chairman quoted the mother of a japanese girl abducted by north korean agents. >> tell us where our daughter is. is she alive? is she happy? is she dead? >> a north korean representative said it is a political plot launch by the country's enemies. they plan to submit their final report in march. japan's industrial output rose in september marking the first increase in two months. that was due to higher production of transport equipment and electronic parts. industry ministry officials said output rose 1.5% from the previous month. order production increased as many new cars were sold in japan, demand for electronic parts was also strong.

these ar smartphones and tablets. officials improved their assessment saying that industrial production continues to show an upward movement. they're forecasting a 4.7% jump in october. officials are expecting a production rise for factory machinery and computers. tokyo electric power company is expected to post about $1.1 billion in profits for the april to september period. it will be the company's first midterm profit since the fukushima nuclear crisis began in 2011. tepco officials hiked household rates last september. profits rose as electricity surged during this summer's record heatwave. the officials also made spending cuts that including putting off repair work at the other power plants and transmission facilities. tepco aims to post a profit for the full business year that ends in march of 2014. but the officials will continue to face massive compensation costs related to the nuclear accident. they'll also need to

decommission the damaged reactors and process contaminated waste water at the fukushima plant. they now want to restart two reactors in niigata prefecture to boost earnings, but regulators have yet to start safety screening procedures. japanese car maker honda is said to build a wind farm in brazil. it will supply the electricity needed to run the firm's production plant. a ground breaking ceremony was held in the southernmost state in brazil. the site is about 1,000 kilometers from the honda plant in the state of sao palo. company officials invested about $46 million in the project. they expect a stable wind supply in the region. wind farm will feature nine turbine unites that than generate about 95,000 megawatts of power a year. the officials say the electricity will be rooted through the local power company. they say the output is enough to produce 140,000 vehicles within brazil. the facility could help reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions

by about 2,200 tons. the wind farm is to be completed next september. now, top leaders of the chinese communist party will hold a key policy meeting next month. they are to discuss the financial system and economic reform. party officials announced the third session of the central committee will take place in beijing from november 9th to the 12th. premier chun emphasized the need for structure reform since president xi jinping took office last year. u.s. and european officials fined rabobank of the netherlands more than $1 billion on charges of manipulating a key global interest rate. it's the fifth bank to be penalized over the libor scandal. financial regulators of the united states, britain and the netherlands say the rabobank reported false interest rates to manipulate libor between may 2005 and january 2011. libor stands for the london interbank offered rate.

rabobank executives say about 30 employees were involved in the wrongdoing. the bank agreed to pay the fine, second largest fund for a penalty in the libor scandal. ubs of switzerland paid $1.5 billion. on tuesday, japan's financial watchdog, financial services agenc agency, ordered rabobank's tokyo branch to improve its business practice. several employees had suggested to their london colleagues that they should report false rates in the four years through august 2010. businesspersons around the world are seeing opportunities and making money. with information that's available to just about anyone. governments provide all kinds of things on the internet from the locations of public toilets, to data on individual financial assets. some innovators are using this open data to make their businesses more efficient and to offer new services. >> reporter: open data is

already being used by u.s. real estate agents. mark is an agent in seattle. >> hi. this is $330,000 house. >> reporter: this database containing detailed information about existing homes has become an essential part of his business. >> number one, here's a neighborhood and this shows you what type of houses are in the neighborhood and who lives there. >> that sounds good. >> okay? >> reporter: the database provides details about the average household incomes of neighborhoods. the residents' educational backgrounds. even tir marital status. he can tap into the open data provided by the national census and the local tax office. it's possible to find information about a specific area. >> our type of service we can

provide to the client makes a difference and now with this in there we have more tools to provide a better service to the client. >> reporter: a japanese company has started a new service making use of public and private sector data. the venture company calil has six employees. it provides a service that allows users to check the availability of books in thousands of public libraries around japan. by entering the title of a book and key words, a user can find out which library has the book and whether it is currently available. the service began only three years ago but already some 400,000 people use it each month. this man is the president of calil.

he uses data provided by public libraries around japan. his site displays the content of books and cover images by combining the open data with information obtained from major online retailer, amazon. the site carries an ad saying the book can also be purchased from amazon. >> translator: i thought that i could create a new business by making use of official data. >> reporter: yoshimoto is now trying to use data from public libraries for another new business. he visited a publishing company specializing in academic books. he proposed providing a service that would allow the publisher to see at a glance how often its books are read and in what libraries.

>> i think public libraries have books published by us. >> translator: i have just checked that. there are 413 of your books in public libraries. >> translator: i didn't know the number. >> reporter: analyzed lending data would allow publishers to decide whether books should be reprinted. >> translator: there are still not many types of this kind of data analysis service. we will gain experience and provide a valuable service. >> reporter: businesspeople stand to benefit from open data, but ultimately, it's consumers who will get the most out of it by being offered better services and greater efficiency.

engineers at japan's damaged nuclear plant spend hours every day trying to get a complex network of pipes, cylinders and filters to work. the advanced liquid processing system, al. is used to remove contaminated substances from water at fukushima daiichi. spending $15 150 million to upgrade the systems. we examine how a.l.p.s. would be used to tackle one of the biggest problems at the facility. >> reporter: officials with plant operator tokyo electric power company say about 400 tons of groundwater seeps into the reactor buildings every day and gets contaminated. tepco workers have built nearly 1,000 tanks to store the tainted water, but they filled 90% of

them. about 440,000 tons of wastewater is being stored in the tanks, and in the basements of some buildings. another 15,000 tons has accumulated in underground tunnels. last march, tepco engineers started running a.l.p.s. on a trial basis. it can remove 62 radioactive substances from water, but it can filter out tritium. the system hashree operational lines. it can treat 500 tons of water a day at full capacity. but a.l.p.s. has been dogged by a series of malfunctions that forced engineers to shut it down. in june, some pretreated radioactive water leaked from the system's stainless steel tanks. salt and chemicals had eroded the containers leaving small holes. and in september, engineers halted a test run because of

human error. a worker had left a rubber mat inside a tank following an inspection and the mat clogged the drain. >> tepco managers and government leaders are pinning their hopes on a.l.p.s. nhk world outlines the challenges they face. >> some of the programs with a.l.p.s. result from malfunctions. others happen because of human error. out of 3,000 people, workers every day, subcontractors. they don't have good enough communication with tepco staff. this poor communication results in mistakes. managers need to fix it urgently. right now, workers are testing the system and they say they hope to put it into full

operation next year. they originally plan to start full operation last month, so they are already behind schedules. the government is helping tepco install a more sophisticated system to run in parallel. once complete, the systems together will be able to treat 1,500 tons of water every day. tritium is hydrogen in terms of its properties. it moves easily with water. so if we get tritium inside our bodies, we generally experien experience -- but there's no technology for taking tritium out of water. still, the government allows higher releases of tritium than stro

strontium which also emits bitter waste. some experts say water containing tritium can be released without harming the environment. as long as the substance is diluted. water treated by a.l.p.s. will still be stored in tanks for the time being. no one has come up withtion. radioactive substances removed by a.l.p.s. will also be stored on site. managers have not decided where they would dispose of those substances, either. once a.l.p.s. is in full operation, the next big challenge will be dealing with the tritium it can nnot remove d managers will need to choose the final disposal sites for the treated water. thousands of residents are still waiting to go home.

vast tracts of land are still awaiting to be restored. and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." all right. time now for the weather. let's check the latest on that storm that's affecting people in the philippines. here's mai shoji. >> hello there. we're tracking a storm system. this is the 29th storm of the season which is heading toward luzon if tin the philippines an likely to intensify into a severe tropical storm before it makes landfall over northern luzon. looks like even over land it won't decrease its intensity. it will increase its intensity into a typhoon status over the

second water it passes. it's crane in cambodia. moving at the speed of 20 miles per hour in a northwesterly direction and gusts are packing up to 108 kilometers per hour already. stormy conditions already impacting eastern half of the philippines and high waves, rough sea conditions, in fact, over isabell. these are the islands, provinces that will be affected with the very heavy rain and very rough sea conditions. the heavy rain we're talking about 130 millimeters. it's a very fast-moving system. comparably fast-moving system. so it's not going to be accumulating so much rainfall, but it will be bringing torrents of rainfall across the northern tip of luzon so watch out for flooding, landslides and mudslides especially in low-lying areas in coastal regions with high waves combined. we'll keep a very close eye on this system. considering northern japan where we have numerous reports of thunderstorms across this area. niigata actually has a red alert, red warning for heavy

rain right now. and that's likely to move away and this upper-level low will be moving into water. high-pressure system will be covering much of the country bringing calmer, dry, clear skies. and the korean peninsula as well as northern china. where we really want the precipitation to move into is this area where, in and around beijing. the air pollution is in the hazardous level, again, today. into tomorrow, looks like this will be moving toward the east coughing much of western japan and central regions as well. already in the hazardous level across much of eastern china. now, to europe where the windstorm has been creating gusty conditions. in fact, deadly gusts. it's moving toward northwestern russia. another incoming system from the atlantic will be dominating much of the british isles. so over 100 kilometers per hour winds could still be likely into

tomorrow. we have a low-pressure system, and due to the humid moisture combined, very unstable conditions. across northwestern africa, all the way up toward the alpines. in between the two aforementioned systems, we have high-pressure system covering and dominating. do enjoy that weather while you can in london, 14 degrees with plenty of sunshine on wednesday before that system moves in. paris at 15 degrees. lisbon looks a at 19 degrees with clear skies. bucharest with foggy condition at 22 degrees. americas. take a look at the winter storm will be impacting the four corners region. this is due to a jet stream meandering all the way down toward the south pulling all the cold air. the precipitation up in the higher elevations especially will turn white. up to about 25 centimeters of snowfall will be likely. severe thunderstorms could be popping up from this halloween storm. and even tornadic activity cannot be ruled out. 2.2 million people will be affected under flash flood watches. here are your temperatures. los angeles looking nice and

fine at 21 degrees. plenty of sunshine. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast.

sight seers north of tokyo are walking through a landscape of red, yellow and orange. early risers at the lake woke on tuesday to temperatures just above freezing. the weather caused a transformation in trees such as the japanese maple. one local official says the leaves this year matured a week later than usual. the lake is one of countless areas around japan visitors head to every fall to see the autumn colors. beautiful. that's all for now on this edition of "newsline."

i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us. tavis: good evening.

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with william friedkin. includinge movies "the french connection" and "the quote a new e dish and will be released in connection with the 40th anniversary. edition will be released in connection with the 40th anniversary. we are glad you joined us for an interview with william friedkin,

coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. -- tavis: director, producer, and screenwriter william friedkin is the iconic force behind so many iconic films, including "the french connection" and the movie it many consider to be the scariest film ever made, "the

exorcist." that was released in 1973, which means it is 40 years old. with is a new edition commentary from friedkin. here is a scene from "the exorcist." >> is it coming out? >> yes, i think so. mother, mother! mother! stop!t tavis: as soon as that clip again to lay, i heard you whisper, i remember that scene. what do you remember from that scene? everything.r

i worked on that film from beginning to end for four years. foreign versions as well. i supervised the dubbing and worked on subtitles in places like japan. there was a lot of give-and-take on translations. in japan the worst and you can , so aomebody is a fool lot of the four letter words had to go. the film was laced with them, i don't have to hesitate to say. we worked on the script even -- thehe model had been novel had been out for a year. we worked on the screenplay for another year. tavis: mr. friedkin -- >> call me bill. tavis: i will do my best, mr.

friedkin. you said you did not set out to make a scary film. more spiritual journey, and i wonder if you might unpack . everybody sees it as the scariest film ever made, but that wasn't your intent. >> i understand that. i don't tell people they are crazy if they think that. they see it as a horror film, but it was based on an actual case. it was i inspired by a case that took lace in maryland. there were only three such cases in the 20th century and the catholic church that they authenticated as demonic possession, and they let an exorcism be performed. everything i have read, including