we need more. we need much more. >> the u.n. warning the ebola outbreak won't be controlled without massive international response. ♪ hello, i'm live from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, also ahead, the battle for kobani, isil fighters try to recapture the syrian town and are pounded from above. thousands of people are back on the streets of hong kong as planned talks fall through. and the malala malala

yousafzai says she is happy to become the youngest-ever recipient of the nobel peace prize. in the last hour members of the u.n. general assembly says the ebola outbreak cannot be controlled without a massive international response. the u.n.'s secretary general says more money is urgently needed. >> over $20 million has been raised for the trust fund in the last week, but we need more, we need much more. of the $1 billion sought, only one quarter has been funded. we also need a surge in trained healthcare personnel who can deploy the staff to enable our treatment units and community

centers. >> let's go straight to pattive culhane who is live from us on the u.n. sounds pretty bleak there? >> that's right. the message is the world is late to the fight against ebola, but it doesn't have to be whole late. this whole week has been an attempted wake-up call to countries across the globe. we saw secretary of state john kerriment come out unusually with slides saying that every country in the world can provide something. if you don't have the money, provide a helicopter, a plane, send doctors, or equipment, so they are trying to rally the globe to the fight. so far they say almost $700 million has been pledged, but not all of that money has actually shown up. even if the that money does come through, that still leaves a

$300 million shortfall to buy the equipment, to build the hospitals, and evacuate the health-care workers if they getting sick. this week is an attempt to try to get countries across the globe to step up and believe that what happens in west africa matters to them. >> patty are we getting a sense of a time line of what needs to happen before this disease will be officially out of control or uncontrollable? >> reporter: they are basically saying it is a matter of weeks, and it could spread more rapidly than anybody has faced up to this point. it has been weeks since the u.s. president said we're going to have a military response. he said up to 4,000 troops would be setting up hospitals, building the infrastructures so planes can fly in all of this aid from the world, so far there are less than 500 troops on the ground. and the health-care workers are

saying basically you are running out of time. >> all right. patty culhane from washington, d.c. the u.n. envoy for syria has called on turkey to allow free movement for kurdish fighters to assist in the fight for kobani. and there have been fresh u.s. air strikes on key isil positions in the town. >> reporter: the coalition has been active in the skies above kobani on friday are various air strikes to the east and also the center of the town, but it is still a very active battle with isil and kurdish fighters standing off street to street, building to building, building a guerrilla war far that is difficult to predict.

isil did make some advancements, so that is a concern for the kurds. it's quite surreal for some sitting up on the hill watching their town being attacked. we have heard from the u.n. s l sebl -- special envoy to syria, saying turkey could regret not doing enough, and if the town fell, isil would control almost 400 kilometers of the border. inside turkey 31 people have been killed this week in violent protests linked to kobani. kurds are unhappy with turkey's inaction.

demonstrators have also been protesting in paris. thousands of people have gathered again in hong kong to demand democratic reform. protest leaders asked people to return to the streets after planned negotiations fell through. hong kong's government canceled talks scheduled for friday saying they would not be constructive. >> reporter: thousands of people are gather here in what is now being called umbrella square. the crowds while large are not large as we saw at the height of the protests. the energy is far more relaxed with people sitting down listening to volunteer speakers, talking about continuing these protests. there isn't a sense that this crowd will be broken up by the police or the government.

the age range is interesting in that they are a lot more old people than we have seen in recent days. it seems like talks won't be happening any time soon as we are hearing that the chief secretary who is supposed to be talking to the students, and the chief executive are both heading to southern china for trade and development talks. more than 100,000 libyans have feld violence from the capitol of tripoli in the past few weeks. some of the displaced are now living with other families, but others are also sleeping in parks, schools, and other buildings. pakistan's malala yousafzai, and kailash satyarthi have been awarded the nobel peace prize.

>> you all may know that there was taliban organization, and because of that nobody was allowed to go to school, at that time i stood up for my rights. i did not wait for someone else. i had really two options, one was not to speak and wait to be killed, and the second was to speak up and then be killed. and i chose the second one. i wanted to learn who i can be in my future, and i also had dreams -- i also had dreams like a normal child has, i wanted to become a doctor at that time, now i want to become a politician, a good politician, and when i heard that i cannot go to school, i just for a second that i would never ever be able to become a doctor or never ever be able to be who i want to be in the future, and my life would be getting married at the age of 13 or 14, not going

to school or becoming who i really can be, so i decided i would speak up. so through my story i want to tell children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights, and their voices are more powerful. their voices -- it would seem that they are week, but at the time when no one speak your voice gets so loud that everyone has to listen it to, everyone has to hear it. it's my message to turn all the around the world. it has been a long road from malala yousafzai, nicole johnston explains. >> reporter: malala has become a symbol for the fight for girl's education. she started building our profile as a campaigner in her hometown in pakistan when she was only 12. at the time the taliban controlled the area. it was opposed to girl's education, and destroyed over 400 schools.

malala spoke out against them. in 2009 the military drove the taliban out of the valley. three years later taliban fighters shot malala in the head as she road the bus to school. ten people were arrested for it this year. the attack received international attention and she was flown to the u.k. for treatment. malala now lives there with her family. her old teacher says she has brought pride to the valley. >> translator: for me as a teacher there's no end to hi happiness to see my student get this award. show truly deserves it. >> reporter: pakistan's government and military have congratulated here. activists have spoken out too. >> i feel this is not just an honor that malala brought for herself, but it is also an honor pakistan. >> reporter: it has been

incredible for the young teenager. with the nobel peace prize to her name, it's a lot to live up to, but malala yousafzai seems to take it all in stride. nicole, johnston. the other nobel peace price is kailash satyarthi, a children's activist from india. she has focused on the exploitation of children for forced labor. >> reporter: the announcement of the award to kailash satyarthi by the nobel committee certainly came as a bit of a surprise, he is the lesser known of the two awardees, but his work here in india is very well regarded. he heads an organization that is based here in new delhi that is

credited with freeing over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude. they work closely with the local police and the local go to do this work, and they have been doing it for many years. i had a chance to speak with mr. satyarthi on the phone. he was in his office when the announcement was made. and he first said he was very thankful to the nobel committee, and now it highlights the polite of children who are forced into child labor. he hopes that the government here will certainly take this as an opportunity to do more work focused on this issue, and he says that he himself has received new fresh motivation to end child labor in his lifetime. plenty more still to come on al jazeera, including north korea's missing leader, speculation surrounds the health of kim jung un who hasn't been seen in public for more than a

month. and teaching old cows new tricks, why beef from zimbabwe could end up on dinner plate in russia. ♪ >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live...

♪ welcome back. let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera. the u.n. deputy secretary general has called on the international community to step up its response to the ebola outbreak. he says he has only received a quarter of the $1 billion needed to contain the virus. malala yousafzai says she is

happy and honored to become the youngest-ever recipient of the nobel peace prize. the islamic state of iraq and the levant has captured more territory in kobani. u.s.-lead air strikes are still targeting isil positions there. kurdish forces have made some gains against isil in iraq, but most of the people living there are arab, and some say they are uncomfortable living under kurdish rule. >> reporter: this hospital was the islamic state of iraq and the levant's last strong hold in this town. with the help of u.s.-lead air strikes, kurdish forces fought their way in. isil wanted to use this border region as a main supply line. but this is not just strategic territory.

kurdish forces have taken over villages once inhabited by iraq sunni arabs. they are no longer here. they fled. the majority retreated with isil. this is the only resident left in this town. >> translator: some people are with isil and others welcome the kurdish advance into the town. >> reporter: he says he doesn't support isil but was uneasy when the encountered the new authority. the kurds are now holding their ground. and they deny that their push into this region is about taking over sunni arab land. >> translator: we gave them freedom from isil. once the arab tribes are able to control this area, we will leave and let them take control. >> reporter: in most sunni areas of iraq, the people have shown little sign of turning against isil, but here, the influential

tribe says it plans to do just that. his leaders have promised to bring men to the front line, not just to defend their town. >> translator: we will fight isil from here, and move forward. we thank the kurds for the sacrifices they made. we won't forget this, and we will fight with them. >> reporter: this could be a turning point in the war against isil, but it is just one point in iraq, and for many it is too late. families have been torn apart, he says. and for him, iraq as a nation has been destroyed. iraqi police say 32 fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have been killed in one town. they were apparently killed in air strikes carried out by the iraqi military. in syria government forces there have bombarded a town killing 18 people, activists say

a residential area was the target. here is the story. >> reporter: there are no fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant in this part of southern syria, and no u.s.-lead coalition air strikes on isil targets here, but this is the daily reality for many syrian towns under control. activists say the military hit this rebel-held town with a rocket. the immediate aftermath is clear with bodies of civilians scattered on the streets. those who survived were taken to hospital. while the coalition air strikes intensify against isil targets in iraq and syria, syrian jets continue to hit their own targets in different areas. on thursday heavy bombardment killed more than a dozen people in erbil north of damascus.

fighters from one front and other rebels say their fight has advanced to the outskirts of the capitol. >> translator: we control the factory and other buildings as well. >> reporter: opposition fighters came in north of damascus, followed by fierce battles and heavy bombardment, among the targets was the headquarters of the syrian air force intelligence. rebels seized it briefly but had to pull out because of heavy shelling. they are now shifting their focus on a strategic highway. >> translator: we are at the damascus homs highway. we can cut it off, but we won't for the sake of the civilians. >> reporter: damascus may not e be -- far from here, but gaining control of it appears to be as

challenging as it was three years ago when the conflict began. jordan is one of the three driest countries in the world, but a refugee camp has been built on one of the most important aquifers in the country. >> reporter: over 80,000 syrian refugees in this camp are living on top of jordan's most important source of water. it supplies the country with drinking water. but with no sewage systems in place there are fears the aquifers could be contaminated. >> selecting that place as a camp was disastrous, was very stupid idea. i don't know how they came up with it. they could have selected a better place. the -- the second thing is having selected that place, there is a responsibility of providing the water and

providing sanitary facilities. >> reporter: but the government didn't expect the syrian refugee crisis to last this long. a recent study revealed the underground water hasn't been contaminated yet but it could happen at anytime. many refugees have set up their own toilets and showers inside of their homes. the result, filthy wastewater that doesn't get trucked out of the camp and could seep down through the soil, possibly contaminating the underground water supply in the future. there are communal washrooms everywhere in the camp, they are connected to trucks that are emptied and trucked out every day. but this woman has had her own toilet in our home for eight months. the waste goes straight into the ground. >> translator: the communal washrooms aren't good. these this is better for young women and children who are worried about their safety.

>> reporter: plans are underway to build an underground sewage system, a new wastewater treatment plant will be operational in the coming months, but funding is still not available for an underground sewage system. >> generally as the syria crisis is becoming more and more protracted, funding is gettingless, and there are various crisis around the world that need funds. >> reporter: jordan expects the international community to help with the protection of the refugees, and also protect their underground water. north and south korea have traded small arms fire across the heavily militarized border after activists in north korea released leaflets to giant

balloons. there's growing speculation around the health of kim jong un who missed the celebration of the worker's party. he was seen limping in july. here is more from the north korean capitol. >> well, the celebration started already early this week, and we were able to see people dancing on the streets from hotels, from ministries, from the military. they were in their traditional costumes, honoring their leaders. all this week they were going to the statutes of the founder of the worker's party, and of kim junk under's father. so it was very, very emotional for the people here. there were thousands and thousands of people attending this event. however, unlike previous year there were no massive celebrations or military parades like we are seeing in the past.

we are being told that will happen next year when it will be the 70th an -- anniversary. and it has not been a surprise that the supreme leader was not there at all. critics say this law may cause more problems. john reports from athens. >> reporter: this man prides himself on selling almost exclusively greek fabrics. but like the textile mills he buys from, his second-generation business is hanging by a thread. >> translator: we should abolish the tax dividend. we struggle to pay our own supplies up front. >> reporter: taxpayers foot the bill for political parties to the tune of $70 million last

year. the ruling coalition of socialists and conservatives has now tabled a bill that would cut public funding to parties by half, and force them to post loans and donations online. >> as the new generation of politicians, we want transparency, and we want to regain the confidence of society, and that what we are doing now. >> reporter: many taxpayers will welcome greater transparency, but some say the government only did this under pressure of their creditors. >> the good politicians were reluctant to do it, and if it wasn't the pressure from the european community, and many other non-government organizations like the [ inaudible ] international, they wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: having public funding will also make life difficult for the ruling coalition, because together they

owe greek banks some $100 million borrowed against future elections. they are already failing to pay interest on the vast majority of these loans, and observers don't believe they can raise enough from private donations. so the new law could bankrupt them. so it is again the taxpayer who would foot the bill. >> they have decided that these debts are not going to be serviced. could be that they would change their names in tax register and start all over again with a different name. >> reporter: party debt is only a thousandth of the national debt, debt, but since politicians caused both, taxpayers don't feel they should be able to get out of them

either. when the crisis developed in ukraine, it created new opportunity for zimbabwe. it is hoping to start exporting beef to russia now. >> reporter: zimbabweans love eating beef, and this is one of many farmers supplying the domestic market. if government officials have their way, some of the national herd could end up on plates in russia one day. >> we are an interest that has potential to grow a lot bigger than what we have now, and i think the market pull will stimulate growth, which is positive for the country. it's positive for employment. and positive for the industry. >> reporter: more than a decade ago, come meral farms were seized from many, but not all whites during the land reform program. the economy stagnated.

after land reform things in the agricultural sector stalled for years. economists say investment is needed to train people, build, and repair infrastructure. government officials say they can and will one day export to russia. >> we have premium cattle. that herd is bigger than the combined herd of libya and botswana. [ inaudible ] the water and the grass, which is there, and we have [ inaudible ] including [ inaudible ] the capacity to slaughter, and we have done it before, or [ inaudible ] benefit one or two things does not mean that we don't have the capacity. >> reporter: some believe that exporting beef to russia consistently and in large volumes are unrealistic, but some business people are optimistic, hoping russians one day get to sample zimbabwean

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