>> welcome to the news hour. i'm sammy, live from doha. the president to the world bank, issues a dire warning on ebola. nothing less than the future of africa could be at stake. the u.s. carries out more airstrikes against isil in kobane while kurdish fight house by house for the town. more people are killed in brutal attacks. and winning words, the

nobel prize in literature warded to patrick moriano. the condition of a spanish nurse infected with ebola has worsened. romero is the first person known to have contracted the virus outside of west africa. she's currently being treated in a hospital in madrid. paul brennan reports. >> reporter: west africa is the source of the current ebola health alert. but the impact is truly global. and now reaching australia too. in the town of cannes, a red cross volunteer returning from sierra leone on tuesday is the latest suspected ebola case. woman has confined herself to her apartment. and health authorities have said there's no cause for alarm. >> she has a flat mate. but she hasn't been unwell at all until this morning, and she

has a low-grade fever. now, the ebola virus is very difficult to transmit. it's not the flu, it's not transmitted through the air. and you need to be exposed to secretions. that is vomit. diarrhea, blood. you have to have actual secretions. she doesn't have any simms producing those secretions, and therefore her risk of infecting someone else is very very low. >> the ebola outbreak, the worst on record, began in march, the world health organization said that it has now killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases reported by october 5th. >> it has the capacity to go anywhere in the world. and it has the capacity to cause illness anywhere in the world. that's why it's really important that the whole world comes behind the infected countries and helps them as quickly as possible. >> tackling the disease at the source is a top priority.

this group of american medics is among a small army of volunteers who are deployed into west africa. president obama has deployed 3,000 troops to help build ebola treatment centers, but its nurses like these who will deal with ebola face-to-face. >> i think that with the proper care, we can get the mortality rate down 30%. i'm not going over this to carry body bags. i'm over there to help and give them the best shot possible. >> in spain, where the first case of an ebola infection outside of west africa has now been confirmed, the question remains in a stable condition in an isolation room. only recently opened after closer, and the staff are angry with the politicians. >> we're demonstrating because from the beginning of this

crisis, the situation happened because everything was poorly planned. you can't dismantle a hospital and want it to be cutting edge. in a top situation, most of us work in hospitals. i work in emergency, i want to treat patients, but i want guarantees, causes and information. >> the ebola in spain appears to have been contained. tests on four suspected cases have so far come back negative, and there of been no new cases in the past couple of days, but it's the fear of this incurable disease that has authorities and governments on edge around the world. aljazeera, madrid. >> world bank president, jim yom kim, said that ebola is threatening the future of africa. talking about the international monitor one. >> ladies and gentlemen t.

unless unless we quickly contain and stop the ebola epidemic, nothing less than the future of west africa and perhaps africa is at stake. >> an urge at call for international action at the world bank. one official reported to those present in the meeting that he just returned from the meeting and the situation is worse than 12 days ago, and the spread of ebola was accelerating. and there was action from the united nations, the inf, and the center for disease control. and the world bank, this we want on, but underlying all of the discussions here is a fundamental understanding that there's no real public health infrastructure in the affected areas. and that's the irony. many say that it's the policies of the imf and the world bank over several decades that has caused no health instructor in

the areas, and that's why ebola is spreading so quickly. >> they have been doing a lot more lately to help the countries expand the health systems, but they need to be putting more emphasis on public systems. so the private sector lending arm has been financing systems in africa that serve primarily the wealthy. but we want to see more of that and more investment in public healthcare. >> they have a global fund to deal with sudden emergencies like the ebola outbreak, and activists say that there wouldn't be a need if they would spend that money on building up the public health instructor in the world. >> intensified airstrikes against the islamic state of lav at anlavant in iraq and syr. they have captured districts

inside of a town next to the turkish border you but the kurdish forces said that they pushed isil back and regained territory. they are in street battles with isil fighters. there have been calls for an internationally enforced buffer zone for the area. it is not being discussed. during talks in ankora, the turkish fight against isil. >> we have the system in turkey to enhance the air defense over turkey. but turkey being a strong nation in itself, having a strong army itself, of course also with great capability to defend itself, they're almost

ready to support turkey in defending itself, because it's part of the alliance, and it's part of the collective security which the alliance is built on. >> kobane is right next to the turkish border. in isil captures the town, the group will gain a stretch of land on the syrian frontier. fighting in kobane began months ago. islamic state began their siege in january, and they attacked the town from the south, east and the west. on september 27th, the u.s. and its allies began targeting isil positions near kobane, but they failed to stop the group from advancing into the town. and on october 9th, fighters from isil managed to seize control of the districts within the town. stephanie, i know that you've been watching things across the border today.

and how do things stand in kobane now? >> well, can you probably make out that the sun has just set here, and its getting dark. the smoke is rising behind us, and that is kobane. we heard about an hour ago the intense street battles, and of course we know this is how it is playing out now. it's street to street. and the kurds have the advantage, and they know the city very well. but they're of course coming up to a potent enemy. especially when it comes to the heavy weapons that they have. we saw planes circling up ahead. and we didn't see any airstrikes being carried out. there were coalition airstrikes being carried out today, but less than we have seen in the last three days. less intensity, and what we heard from the sources inside of kobane, the isil fighters have made a little bit of headway on the eastern front. and when i talk about headway, it's a couple of streets in, but this is an ongoing battle.

and we're hearing booms in the background. it's far from over. >> stephanie, a lot of diplomacy over what the turkish role should or shouldn't be, and while there can be no peace while the regime is there, what do they want in terms of the regime? >> well, this has been the message from the president, from the time he was prime minister during this conflict. that assad has to go, the regime has to go, and the way he has seen it, what he has always told the international coalition, isil is the consequence, i guess you could put it that way, of the regime and the war. and to attack isil, you're only getting part of the problem. you need to cut it at its feet. there has been reluctance on part of the coalition to address that. the coalition is focusing on is ill. this is the discrepancy that you have. turkey said that it's willing

to put its troops into kobane, but it won't do it laterally. and you heard on the dip 3459ic front,s this not being considered by the coalition, they if do know the troops on the ground is something that needs to be done, but it's complicated, sammy. as we know, this is a conflict that has regional involvement and actors with interest and kobane and a long bloody history with turkey. there's no love lost. and they don't want to see arming any group inside to fight isil that may have the weapons pointed back here at turkey. it's difficult. and for the moment, for all of the diplomacy, we have not heard anything coming out of the talks today from the americans, to give an indication of what turkey may be doing for the fight. >> thank you so much, stefanie dekker. in the fir ac regime, more

from the iraqi capital. >> reporter: it may not look like of, but this makeshift bridge is a key point in the battle to defend the town. if this bridge goes, it will be exposed to an isil take over. they have already blown up the bridge. within the last week, the isil fighters have moved to isolate them from the rest of iraq. >> we want to fight, and we managed to foil the attack and by the good of god, we are resisting. we have not slept for two days. >> i there have been kurdish airstrikes in the air, and it's

not just ball ad. there's another town, and the local residents are worried. inside of that up to, they know what it's like. they have repelled isil fighters for weeks now, but they si in the last 72 hours, eyeing ill have advanced quickly, and they're getting closer. if they take these two towns, the iraq supply lines between iraq and the north will be cut. no supply lines, aljazeera, baghdad. >> yemen has seen its bloodiest day in two years. at least 56 people have been killed in a series of attacks across the country. in the capital, 47 people died in a suicide bombing, apparently targeting houthi rebels and the army. in the eastern province. >> reporter: this is the attack caught on advanced cctv

camera. protesters work their way to join in an anti-government rally when the bomb exploded near a security checkpoint. it happened in the capital of the square. dozens of people were killed and injured. therinjured they were gathering in the a rally to protest the appointment of the enough prime minister. >> we have legitimate demands, and we hold him responsible for the bombing >> reporter: this is the man at the center of the transfer. mubarak was chosen by the president to form a government of national unity. hours after the announcement was made, houthi leaders said the appointment was dictated by the u.s. >> interpreter: moments after the president met with the u.s. ambassador, he appointed mubarak.

this is dangerous. who gave the western embassy the right to impose their will on us? >> reporter: the suicide bombing in the capital was followed by two more attacks. there have been no claim of responsibility. but it has become an al qaeda stronghold. the political crisis in yemen raises fears of more chaos and instability. but the minority houthis control the capital. and they insist that they will only put out to a government that is formed. but the sunnis remain sceptical. they say that the houthis want to overthrow the president and sees power. >> with us now in the studio, hashim, good to have you with us, and let's talk about the bigger picture. what's happening to the political process? is that falling apart? >> it is, because yemen was

basically trying to get to the place of voting for a new constitution to pave the way for a democracy in yemen, and that was cut by the houthis. >> the prime minister. >> reporter: the houthis have said that, and the most organized political faction, we have to have a bigger say in yemen. >> if this political process collapses though, doesn't that mean the collapse of yemen is what we're looking at? >> because with the houthis taking over, the sunnis are now concerned about their future. they say, if we lose it, we could go south and the south could breakaway from the north. and al qaeda could easily also tell the sunnis, you know what? we're the only ones who are going to defend you. and that's why you see al qaeda trying to expand. now they move in.

>> there's international involvement here, isn't there? loot of confusion around saudi arabia. and what's it's game plan in yemen? >> that's the thing, the saudis want to see yemen stronger. but they saw the sunni party come to power, which is the muslim brotherhood. and in a way, they were caught between a rock and a hard place. to have the sunnis for the saudis, with the operations with iran taking over, and controlling the border with saudi arabia. with the houthis this year, they were said to be a terrorist group, and they said they will use force to prevent them from expanding in yemen. it's an extremely delicate situation for saudi arabia. but for the financial situation

there, they think there might be a way out of the crisis in yemen, waiting to see what the houthis offer later. >> thank you so much. coming up, on aljazeera, symbolic moment for palestine's new unity government. holds it's first cabinet meeting in the gaza strip. >> members of palestine's unity government have held a cabinet meeting inside of gaza. it's the first since they agreed to a consensus government in may. the president and his cabinet ministers arrived in gaza after traveling through israel.

>> we have huge challenges lying ahead, domestic challenges. giving priority to the national interest. this is a government of all palestine and the palestinians. therefore i demand all of the palestinian fictions join the government in the gaza strip and normal way of life. >> he has more from gaza. >> first here in the gaza strip, of course we have this first cabinet meeting of the technocrat unity government. but we also saw for the first time, a palestinian prime minister has visited the gaza strip for the first time since 2007. 2007 of course is when hamas wrestled control, and since then, relations have been extremely tense many but in june of this year, they reformed this unity government. and only a few weeks ago, they decided that the unity government would take control of gaza following israel's

50-day bombardment where so many people were killed and so much destruction was caused. this show of unity is particularly important right now. on sunday, this unity government will travel to cairo and attend a donor conference, being hosted by egypt and norway, and it's there that they hope that the international will raise around $40 billion that they say will be needed to rebuild the gaza strip. so today, the government meets for the first time, and many people are eyeing cairo to see if they can raise the funds. >> india and pakistan say that they will pay a high price if they assist on firing across the border. 21 people have been killed so far in the heaviest shelling in decades between the two

countries. it began just under a week ago. and in india, kashmir, 20,000 people have left their homes. they are taking refuge in government shelters. pakistan minister of kashmir is here, right next to its indian minister. and it's here between pakistan and indian kashmir, on the indian side. >> pakistan's defense minister has released a statement, saying that it doesn't want a confrontation with india. but the prime minister, shorey, the defense and the defense and interior minister, to find out how people living in the border area are doping with the cross-border firing. during the day, it looks

peaceful here, but at dusk, the fighting starts. india and pakistan have been firing at each other since friday. india has fired almost 20,000 mortar rounds across the disputed border. pakistan said that it has fired 2,000 rounds toward indiia >> the number of rounds that they have fired, with the village, they have engaged in the passing. >> both sides are blaming each other for starting the latest escalation. the indian government said that pakistan violated the 2003 ceasefire, and is provoking it. who is behind it, civilians are suffering the most. homes have been hit. and the shelling has gouged holes into brick walls. here, we're showing the pit

left behind in the mortar shell. three people were killed in this home. two children and a grandmother. >> the indians started indiscriminately firing at us, and the mortars were huge. the children were crying. we didn't know where to go, and tried to find somewhere safe in the house. >> the mother of the two dead children is in the hospital. she has another son, six-year-old akil. he's being treated for shrapnel wounds. >> it was early morning, we woke up for prayers, and the mortar hit our house. when i looked at my children, i found my two sons covered in blood. and when i ran toward my mother-in-law, i found her dead as well. >> in pakistan, 40,000 people have fled from villages. staying with relatives until they think it's safe to go back. but as pakistani troops settle

in for another night, few expect it will be a quiet one. earlier this year, there were signs of optimism, bringing improved relationships between india and pakistan. the prime minister had transferred to india for the inauguration of its new prime minister. and since then, things have gone down this will. a meeting between the foreign secretaries was canceled by india. and now we have the cross border firing, and neither side looks to back down for the moment. they're both talking tough, but unfortunately, the civilians on both sides of the border are really suffering from all of this. >> still to come, hong kong is one of the richest cities in the world. and how it's the most divided. plus, 235 years ago, events took place that changed the face of europe and the world. and in sports, the nba champions, the san antonio

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