Campaign in syria troubling. Barack obama apologizes for the American Bombing of the hospital run by medical Charity Doctors without borders. At least 22 were killed in that attack in afghanistan. The coming up this hour, head of volkswagen in america admits he knew about problems monthsissions tests 18 before the carmaker told regulators. We will have the details in business. U. S. President joe biden has yet to officially throw his hat in the ring for the president ial race, but many of his backers are trying to draft him. More on that will he, wont he . On the way, but, first, our top story. The Ethics Committee at fifa has provisionally banned president Joseph Blatter and fifa Vice President Michel Platini. They have received an imminent 90 day suspension from football. Sepp blatter has fallen. For the moment, yes, 90 days. That 90day suspension is immediate. It happens right now. Keith is banned from all footballrelated activities as he is banned from all footballrelated activities as the head of football. The bands could be extended the bans could be extended a further 45day period on top of the 90 days. We are expecting challenges to these suspensions. One man hoping to throw his name into the ring with a fever ring for the fifa candidacy has been banned for six years and fined. All of this comes down to an investigation by the fifa Ethics Committee. Memebers er the them in the after criminal investigation. Sepp blatter is suspected of criminal mismanagement. This comes down to Jeff Warner Jack warner, who sold the tv rights for millions of dollars. He has been banned from all activities for life, a former member of concacaf. The second part of this is payments to Michel Platini, the ua for the uefa president. He was paid for work done in but only got payment for that in 2011. Neither party has been able to explain why that would be the case, although they say they are looking for an opportunity to tell the truth and they have nothing to devin themselves against to defend themselves against. Genie for all intents and purposes, Michel Platini was the frontrunner to replace sepp blatter. What happens to him . He was the front runner. Him through all of these crises over the past year. He submitted his papers for presidency this morning, and just hours later was suspended from all football activities. He got been in just under the redline. Payments,itled to the he says. He says the suspension is an attempt to damage his reputation fifa of thefifa the president ial elections in february. He is demanding an inquiry into the league. He says this is for his competitors to get one over on him ahead of the elections. They are trying to work out who is a credible potential candidate for the next fifa job. Genie briefly, who might that be . Reporter the manager replacing headni right away is the of african football right now, the senior Vice President at fifa. He has also been linked to corruption in the past, not least accepting a bribe from 2022 world cup, though he has maintained his innocence throughout the allegations. Genie i do not know a lot about football, but it sounds like a big mess. Next, the head of nato has come down hard on russias increasing military campaign in syria. Nato defense ministers are currently meeting to discuss russias role in the conflict. The escalation was called troubling. We have seen a troubling escalation of Russian Military activities. We will attest the latest of it under invocations for the security of it under implications for the security of the alliance. This is particularly in view of violations of nato airspace by russian aircraft. Genie on wednesday, moscow launched an unprecedented result Cruise Missile attack in seriesn unprecedented of Cruise Missile attacks. Moscow ishinks hitting other forces opposing russias ally, syrias president. For more, we bring in International Affairs editor douglas herbert. Skies,eing waged in the on land, and from the sea. Tell us how the battlefield has changed. Doug it has completely changed, almost 180 degrees. You had Vladimir Putin calling for a Broad International rally against the Islamic State group. For a lot of people, thats what this was going to be about. The reality on the ground, according to the opposition, the vast majority of the airstrikes we have seen these are now syrian and russian planes. They have been hitting targets other than the Islamic State group. 0hey say that 90 , not 19 , 9 have hit areas where the Islamic State group is not based at all. So, what are they kidding . They are getting the area around what are they hitting . The area kiddihitting around it the province around idlib province. This is cover for a ground assault by the syrian army. They are trying to recover ground that has been lost by bishara sought by bashar forces over the past out a domain,ve assads forcesar to recover those areas. They will talk about whether or not this is a limited campaign or whether or not this is the raonic the thin edge of the has the, whether putin idea of using this as a linchpin for the area. If iraq were to formally request russian intervention but were not there yet. Genie Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning israelis to be on high alert after a week of violence that has left four israelis and five palestinians dead. Netanyahu canceled a trip to germany yesterday to better deal with the crisis at home. A palestinian attacked israeli seminary attacked an israeli seminary student. Israeli undercover shoulders soldiers are shown dressed as palestinians, appearing to throw stones with the palestinians, before suddenly pulling out their weapons and turning on the palestinians, making arretss. Arrests. Reporter for at least half an hour, the four men had been throwing stones as part of a group of palestinians. Then they throughout their pistols and they drew out their pistols and opened fire on those who had been throwing stones before. Word for people who describe themselves who disguise themselves as arab went through the crowd. Three palestinians were injured, one seriously, during the incident. The program protest had been organized by students calling for a third intifada. Look at all the attacks. They kill our children and our people. Thats why we want another intifada. Reporter israel has refused to say exactly who wednesdays infiltrators were who wednesdays infiltrators were. Following a spate of stabbings and violent protests, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Security Forces would use all necessary means and methods in the fight against terrorism. Genie barack obama has apologized to the head of medical Charity Doctors without borders. Thats after 22 people were killed in its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, by american bombs. The white house has called that attack a mistake and three separate probes are now underway. The charity is demanding an injured independent International Investigation as well. Doctors without borders released before and after images of the site to show how hard it would be to mistake its location due to its relative isolation. Mark thompson has more. Mark an error with fatal consequences. Barack obama has apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the raid thatng mistakenly hit the ngo and killed 22 people. President barack obama spoke with Doctors Without Borders president to apologize for the staff and patients who were killed and injured when a u. S. Airstrike hit an msf hospital in kunduz. After that, he called president ashraf ghani to apologize for the lives lost in the incident. The americants army was to blame. Doctors without borders have accepted the apology, but they say it is not enough, calling for an International Inquiry into the incident and evoking the possibility of war crimes. Ofit is a great violation international law. We consider this was not just an attack on our hospital. It was an attack on the geneva convention. Mark an independent and impartial inquiry can be trickled triggered by any country subject to the convention. Genie the president of brazil could soon be facing impeachment. Dilma rousseff just lost a court battle that is good news her opponent. Rousseffsaid that government manipulated the b ooks. Brazil is in the midst of a rousseffcession and has been facing not only street protests, but calls of impeachment. Ruling on the bookkeeping. Ount, theying acc determined the books were manipulated while Dilma Rousseff was running for reelection. We recommend they reject them. Although it is not legally the callit could boost for impeachment. Unduly affected the countrys poor. The president has been facing mounting pressure from the streets and from congress. The scandal surrounding petrobras has sparked outrage. Courts ruling comes a day after the president suffered another legal blow. Brazils top Legal Authority says there are grounds investigate the Reelection Campaign grounds to investigate the Reelection Campaign genie . The nobel campaign. Genie the nobel prize for literature has been edward it to Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded to Svetlana Alexievich. She used the skills of a journalist to create literature chronicling the great tragedies of the soviet union and its collapse. We will tell you more about that winner in the next halfhour on france 24. In the meantime, we are going to look at Business News with stephen carroll. The head of volkswagen in your in the u. S. Is testifying today. Stephen he will tell them that he knew of the problem of come ryans with emissions standards of compliance with emissions standards for up to 18 months. He is the first to admit scandal sof the far. He again apologized for the practice, which he described as deeply troubling. Volkswagens u. S. Boss knew. Months before regulators. The admissions were made before a congressional hearing on thursday. Horn said he was alerted early last year. He was told there was a possible emissions noncompliance that could be remedied. In a statement, volkswagen said he wasnt aware that the device was causing the issue until recent weeks. The software allowed cars to detect when they were being tested, effectively reducing emissions. At vw headquarters in germany, executives are struggling to contain public anger. On wednesday, the Company Elected a chairman, who said it was his duty to help with the investigation. Is my personal wish to do everything to throw light it is my personal wish to do everything, to throw like on what happened to throw light on what happened. Reporter the company withdrew its application for environmental certification for its new 2016 diesel vehicles. Stephen wednesday, volkswagen presented the government in germany with plans for how it will fix the vehicles. Some models wont be repaired until september of next year. He also spoke about the overall scale of the recall. We are still presuming that 11 million cars are affected by this total. Tokswagen has already agreed an onboard detail check in the coming days. Even if the figure is lower, it doesnt alter the fact that a significant number of vehicles must be converted. Genie next, to germanys biggest bank, warning of losses. Stephen Deutsche Bank will record report a record loss. Thats after it registered 7. 6 billion in exceptional costs. A fall in the value of its retail arm, more than one billion euros set aside to cover legal costs the bank may not issue any dividend as a result of losses. Genie how did shares react . Stephen it opened down about 3 , but it has come back into positive territory as the day has gone on. Investors are glad the bank is doing something about these problems. Overall, a mixed picture in the european markets. The london ftse 100 just rising ever so slightly. The bank of england announced it was keeping its Interest Rate unchanged at 0. 5 . Genie toyota is facing questions about just who buys it struck its trucks. Stephen american counterterrorism officials are asking how fighters in the Islamic State are able to obtain so many Toyota Pickup trucks. The company says it maintains a strict policy not to sell vehicles to potential purchasers who could use them for paramilitary operations. They are cooperating in angry but did not have any cooperating in the inquiry but did not have any information. Genie proof that losing your luggage can happen to anyone. Stephen even if you are the boss of the airline. The chief executive of Alaska Airlines admitted his back had gotten lost on the way to a summit in washington. He was visibly embarrassed as he admitted it on stage. That could be because Alaska Airlines promises to deliver passengers bags within 20 minutes of arriving for the gate arriving at the gate. There is no word on what compensation he chose. Genie thank you so much for that look at the Business News. Whattime to take a look at weekly magazines have been saying around the world. We have Nicholas Rushworth with us. You have been looking at some of the french weeklies. One of them is Career International p courier internationale. Nicolas they have a frontpage leading on syria. Accompli . It it says that Vladimir Putin, the russian president , as we know, has been presenting himself as the head of another alliance. The magazine, in its editorial, says, well, you cannot delight deny the political skill of the man in the kremlin. Here he is leading the dance. Another quote from the editorial in that magazine, obama, with putins actions in syria, has lost the Little International credibility he had. Genie the same theme is reflected in a french magazine, has says on its cover, the third world war begun . showing a smiling obama, a glaring putin, and a stonefaced assad. A political expert argues that the war will not be global in a sense we saw with world war i and world war ii. But what we are seeing our local conflicts becoming globalized. World powers are acting in certain arenas, but not others. Russia is not taking any role in the chinajapan dispute. China is not intervening in the middle east, and so on. He basically says what we are seeing is alliances of circumstance, a spillover more globally from these local conflicts. It is understandable people we be worried people would be worried about whats going on. Genie youre going to talk about another world leader making news this week, the pope. Is sayingle point he is the most influential person in the world. Perhaps he needs to get a phone call to pugin and to obama to sort things out to putin and to obama to sort things out. The french magazine is saying what we have now is a giant in terms of public image. The dalai lama is quoted as saying he admires france is very much. There are quotes from francis. The magazine is mulling whether he will during his time at the holy see be able to introduce reforms. It says that, possibly not, one french intellectual possibly not, and quotes one french intellectual. The gap between the vaticans theological positions and the lives people are leaving is still huge. The sinnott is still underway in the vatican the synod is still underway in the vatican. That is ongoing for the pope. Genie you were talking about intellectuals. Magazine is looking at how there is fierce debate. Nicholas there is fierce debate about the debaters. An intellectual associate with the right wing in france, known to adopt rhetoric used by the far right, there in thinker mode, as in the statue that we know of, the thinker. He is basically saying, we have to fight against the politically correct. The things left have lost the fence left have lost their medicalnqo [bell ringing] the nations last sardi
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