Australia who became the story after he was carjacked at gunpoint by an armed fugitive. Hello. There are reports that president obama has secretly written to irans Supreme Leader to discuss possible cooperation against Islamic State militants. The wall street journal says mr. Obama sent the letter last month in which he referred to a shared interest in fighting Islamic State in iraq and syria. The white house has refused to comment on the report, insisting that its stance towards iran has not changed. President obama authorized a u. S. Led air campaign against i. S. Fighters in iraq in august, and expanded the mission the following month to neighboring syria. Iranian forces have also been fighting the Islamic State group on the ground, under the leadership of the iranian general who has been seen at the siege of the iraqi city. Well, the u. S. And iran broke off diplomatic relations back in 1979 after the storming of the u. S. Embassy in teheran where 52 americans were held hostage for more than a year. But u. S. And eu officials have held a series of secret meetings that ultimately paved the way for the reception of International Nuclear talks. Earlier i asked bbc Persian Television if the letter could be softening the u. S. Position towards iran . No, its not going to be softening of u. S. Position towards iran, but what we know is this the fourth letter that president obama soent to him and his cabinet during the past six years. The president is interested to get iran onboard smourk bomehow this letter says that president obama wants iran it means conditions of fighting iraq and i. S. In syria, and want irans to be cooperating on the nuclear side first before getting iran involved on the i. S. Front. From the iranian side, the situation is the other way around, if you like. Want a new, clear deal to be made first and then iran will cooperate on their front. What specifically does iran still want now on this nuclear deal . We know that there are dates later this month that are crucial. Yeah. The 24th of november is fastly approaching. There is not a great deal of hope that they can meet and create a deal that is satisfactory to both sides. The situation that iran has some conditions. And the way the sanctions going to be lifted. The americans want iran to cooperate first and its going to be kind of a long deal of inspections and observation of iran nuclear industry, but the thing is iran and the u. S. Has not been able to reach a point that they can make a lot of progress toward the 24th of november. So at the moment, there is not a great deal of hope. A new row is growing in europe as britains Prime MinisterDavid Cameron attempts to renegotiate the terms of the countrys eu membership. Hes in finland where his Northern European allies have warned him about his plans to curb immigration from the eu. The swedish Prime Minister said a change of rules could ruin the group, but mr. Cameron is facing pressure at home, where theres growing anger over a number of demands by brussels, not least of which is a hefty budget deal. The director of open europe, a think tank, says the disagreement is no surprise. Its been clear for quite some time, actually, that other european leaders would only go so far to accommodate britain when it comes to its relationship with the European Union. When it comes to immigration and this idea of free workers and people, then the European Union, which is a very important concept in the eu and a key part of the eu membership, its important to remember that there are two aspects to this. On the one hand, its the right for anyone in the European Union to go work anywhere else in any country, but on the other hand, its also the rules that governing the access to the benefit system for eu migrants, eu workers, and so forth. I think where cameron has potential support is around changing the rules and access to benefits for eu migrants, as opposed to putting outright curbs on the number of migrants that come to britain. Do you know how many people, though, how many migrants try to claim benefits . Because isnt it a fact that most people who come to the uk and who move across the world in general go to get work . Theyre not after benefits in general. They want jobs. Thats quite right. Normally we would argue that Free Movement has been on net, on the whole beneficial to the United Kingdom and to europe. Having said that, though, of course it does come with some challenges and this is not only a discussion about access to benefits and socalled benefits tourism, which i agree is very much a red herring. Its also about the very specific type of welfare system that britain has, where it offers tax credits and universal access. Health care, for example, which in some instance acts as a type of subsidy, as income support that allows eu migrants to perform low wage jobs, which in turn puts downward pressures on wages. Thats what this debate is also about, not only about tourism. But however, having said that, this is not a debate that is unique to britain only. There are similar debates in places like germany, netherlands, austria, denmark, for example. And there is a basis for conversation. At least we can have a discussion in a calm, rational way about what rules there should be around Free Movement. Now, there have been some reports of several explosions in the gaza strip. An official from president Mahmoud Abbass fattah party said the blast targeted the homes of Party Leaders. No one was hurt in the attacks. His car was destroyed and the homes of two other fattah officials in gaza city were also damaged, but no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. They come with rising tensions of the rival hamas movement. Kevin connolly is live in jerusalem for us. What more do we know about whats happened here . We know really very little more than the actual factual circumstances that youve outlined here. What we can say is this is about a struggle for privacy between the Islamist Hamas group, which is very powerful in the gaza strip, which controls and governs the gaza strip, and the fattah faction, which is, of course, an important player in the Palestinian Authority that controls the west bank. Fattah, the Palestinian Authority, lost a power struggle with hamas in the gaza strip years ago. Hamas has dominated political life there ever since. This i think is about reasserting that dominance, and i think the Palestinian Authority watches with anxiety. In times of up rest and uncertainty in the middle east. The appeal of the more militant hamas to young palestinians is very powerful, and i think theres a sense on the Political Authority side that they perhaps are losing ground to their more radical rivals, hamas. And hamas, i think, is determined to assert its control in gaza and to make sure that the Palestinian Authority does not do anything to rebuild its authority there. I think you have to assume from the fact that no one was killed in this wave of explosions, that its intended more as a warning than an attempted assassination, but it does show you that at a time when two factions have been talking about building a unity government for all palestinians, that the fact of the matter is that behind the headlines, if you like, relations between them remain very bad. Kevin connolly, many thanks. Well, the Israeli Government is trying to reduce growing tensions around one of the most sensitive issues in its relations with palestinians at the moment. The Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu insists there are no plans to change the rules at Jerusalems Alaqsa mosque or temple mount that banned jews from praying there. On wednesday, a palestinian driver rammed his car into pedestrians killing two people and injuring 14 others. The bbc sent this report from jerusalem. Reporter at this train station in jerusalem, these new concrete blocks are being put in place to give extra protection. This is after two deadly attacks by palestinian motorists in this area in just the past two weeks. Now, theres lots of extra security in this area. The whole city remains on edge. But actually, tensions have been rising now for several months. And heres one of main reasons why. Weve come to the old city of jerusalem. And if you go through that big door just behind me, you reach the alaqsa mosque compound. Its the third holiest site in islam. You can see palestinian muslims are going through there to pray. But this site is also sacred to jews who call it temple mount. And after a number of recent visits by right wing jewish extremists who are calling for change to restrictions here, which prevents jews from praying at the site, there have been a lot of protests, a lot of anger. Jordan has even recalled its ambassador to israel over this issue. The israeli Prime Minister has said there will be no change to religious practices here, but not everyone is listening. These right wing jews are gathering at the start of a march. Theyre going to be heading towards the old city. And theyve chosen this as their starting point, because last week, a prominent rabbi, whos been pressing for greater jewish access to temple mount, was shot and injured by a palestinian militant here. The fate of slem has always been at the heart of the israelpalestinian conflict. But right now, the concern over what happens to one of this citys fights are threatening to escalate even further. Aaron is right here with all the business. Going again on the eu row that we are looking at, too. Quite a row about a specific amount of money that the uk doesnt want to pay back. Yeah, there is that. But theres also lots of other stuff, if you will, on the agenda. Growth, or lack of growth. Let me explain. While europes finance ministers are gathering in brussels to discuss this growing row over eu budgets, there are more problems looming in that region. The eurozone. Because new figures indicate that german industrial production, it rose less than expected in september. Really, look, its just another sign that europe powerhouse is continuing to struggle. On thursday, we had the European Central bank saying it was poised to help eurozone bolster growth. They cut its growth forecast to just 0. 8 this year, that is down from the previous estimate of 1. 2 . Looking further at this and going live to germany coming up on gmt in just over an hours time. Now, the Global Financial markets, they are also awaiting the latest important u. S. Jobs numbers. They are due out in just under three hours time or a couple hours time. October is expected to have been another strong month for job creation by u. S. Employers, but heres the question. Is falling unemployment really is it real evidence that the economy is making a recovery . Well, one expert has been telling us that he is concerned about middle class employment in the united states. The expected number for that, by the way, for the job creation, 231,000 new jobs for october. As soon as that number is out, well bring it to you. Okay, from divisions in todays europe, as i was mentioning my top story to a rather bigger one in the past, this is the remaining sections of the berlin wall. As you can see, its now used as an art gallery. This sunday marks 25 years since the wall came down. Now, the former faced challenges since reunification. Wages are still lower and unemployment is high. But there are also business opportunities. This right here, it literally mean iron works city. It is close to the polish border, and weve got a special report from there. Follow me on twitter. You can get me bbcaaron. Really, the temptation to continue in a german accent is there, but im not. I love germany. Its friday give us a treat. Thanks, aaron. Now, a local authority in japan has approved plans to restart a Nuclear Power plant in a boost for the governments hopes of reviving the nuclear industry. The assembly and the governor in the southern prefecture agreed to a proposal to switch on two reactors at the sendai facility. Theyre currently offline because of strict safety measure s caused by that earthquake and tsunami. Do stay with us, much more to come. One of australias best known rock stars, the ac dc drummer phil rudd has murder plot charges against him dropped only 24 hours after appearing in court. Give you 37thousand to replace it. Depreciation they claim. 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President obama is reported to have written a secret letter to irans Supreme Leader describing a shared interest in fighting Islamic State militants. And a series of explosions have hit houses and cars in gaza. Now, charges against phil rudd, the drummer with the band ac dc for attempting to arrange a murder have been dropped. New zealand prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the charge. Mr. Rudd, an australian, still faces charges of possessing drugs and making threats to kill. The bbcs jon donnison has this report. Reporter its only a day since one of australias most successful rock stars was in the dock, charged with trying to have two men killed. 24 hours later, those charges against phil rudd were dropped due to a lack of evidence. The 60yearolds lawyers said it raised serious questions about how new Zealand Police had handled the case. Well, hes obviously very pleased about it, but he is certainly very unhappy about the publicity that its caused him worldwide. And the potential damage. Reporter ac dc are arguably the biggest band ever to come out of australia. Over a career spanning more than 40 years, theyve sold more than 200 million records. Security guards were outside phil rudds house on new zealands north island today, keen to keep the press away. Phil rudd will still face charges of drug possession and threatening to kill. But the fact the most serious allegations were dropped so soon after they were made is embarrassing for new Zealand Police. Phil rudd is due back in court in three weeks time. Jon donnison, bbc news, sydney. Now, a year since one of the worlds most powerful storms devastated parts of the philippines, millions of survivors are still in tents and temporary shelters and struggling to make ends meet. Typhoon haiyan made landfall with wind speeds of 310 kilometers an hour. That produced a storm surge of more than five meters. At least 6,000 people died, as huge swaths of the central philippines were completely destroyed. Around 11. 5 Million People in all have felt the effects of that storm. Our correspondent rupert winfieldhayes has been to a Training Center there set up as part of the reconstruction efforts. Reporter this is a welding set, and it is in this workshop which is being paid for and run by the British Charity save the Children Fund here in tacloban, and the students here are learning to weld. And the objective of this project, which has been paid for by donations from britain, is to teach these young people a new skill. So here its welding. Other places its carpentry. Essentially theyre trying to get people out of the fields, away from agriculture, where they dont make any money, learning new skills so they can make money for their families. So the person whos in charge of this program and many of the others here for save the children is gustavo. For me, coming back here after a year, superficially, it looks like things are much better, that life is getting back to normal. Beneath the surface, what is the reality . Indeed, the city is becoming alive again. But if you go to the rural areas where most of the people, most of the families live, you will find that they are struggling to get back on their feet related to livelihoods. So they are finding a very hard time to resume their activities mainly because theyve lost all their productive assets. Reporter what youre saying is in a society like this where people have no savings, it is a tremendous blow. Yeah, it is actually. And its going to take a longer time for them, because its been one of the greatest storms in human history. So there are families that are relying only on the production of coconut, for example. Most of the coconut trees have been completely wiped out. So they dont have any source of income currently. Reporter and lets have a quick talk about whats going on behind us here. This is one of your workshops. I know you have many different programs going on. Whats the objective of what youre trying to do here . Were trying to help families by working with young people. So they can help their family members by acquiring new skills and engaging in the labor market, or starting up a new small bu