. >> >> i.s.i.l. makes gains into the syrian border down of kobane. the fighting killed over 500 people. hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead - medical supplies to fight ebola arrive in sierra leone. doctors say a lot more is needed. >> a powerful cyclone heads to india, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes, and saying good buy to a divisive

leaders. hundreds turn out for the funeral of former haitian president jean-claude duvalier syrian activists say more that 500 have been killed since the attack in kobane began a month ago. i.s.i.l. is pushing in from two sides. there are fears for the safety of thousands of trapped civilians. stefanie dekker has the latest. >> reporter: marchers never die. the challenge to a final farewell. the bodies of two groups fighting in kobane are laid to rest across the border in turkey. >> translation: these two people who we buried were taken to hospital in turkey, where they

were injured. now they have lost their lives. on saturday the nonstop sound of that standoff. sources tell us there's a fierce fight under way to the west of town. many air strikes are helping, but this is a battle far from over. turkey's military has a strong presence. you can see a tank formation behind me. it's a source of anger amongst the kurds, the fact that the military has not done anything yet to get involved in the fight against i.s.i.l. the fight for kobane tell us that many tell us that if kobane falls, there could be an uprising. >> if turkey stays silent, it would be worse. in every quarter around turkey, there'll be war. shops will be burnt down, cars on fire, and people die. people will start attacking soldiers and police.

a big massacre could happen. >> reporter: back at the cemetery the mourners have gone. this is not where the fighters will want to be buried. one day they'll be taken back to kobane to be put to rest at home. no one knows when that day might be. the u.s. defense secretary says air strikes are helping to push fighters back, but a long-term offensive is needed to defeat i.s.i.l. >> it is a situation where i.s.i.l. is threat nij the town. we know i.s.i.l. is occupying parts of the outskirts of kobane. it is a dangerous situation and we recognise that. we are doing what we can do through our air strikes to help

drive back i.s.i.l. in fact, there has been some progress made in that area at least 50 have been killed and more than 100 injured in a day of violence across the iraqi capital. 38 died in two carr bombs across northern baghdad. the suicide bomber killed two and injured others. imran khan has the latest. >> there has been no claims, but when i.s.i.l. is sweesed in anbar to other provinces, they send car bombs to baghdad. beyond this, this is a country wrecked by sectarian violence. this is attacks taking place in a neighbourhood, a second in shia, suggesting it may be sectarian in nature. there's a myriad of problems when it comes to the security

situation in iraq. this could be sectarian, and may be to do with the war against i.s.i.l. no one has claimed responsibility, and it's difficult to say who is responsible. it comes down to the fact that this country is facing the worst situation since the height of sectarian violence in 2006-2008. >> all armed groups in libya haven't demanded to withdraw from their positions and stop fighting. ban ki-moon has come in trying to broker a deal. >> the country cannot afford to be politically divided for long, a long time. >> libya needs to represent all libyans. the united nations recognises and supports the legitimacy of the elected house of representatives, and demands all

people to respect it. legitimacy has to come with incugs. this inclusion contains procedures and consensus, and it is important. >> aid agencies in sierra leone say the international community needs to invest more money to contain the ebola outbreak. international help arrived in the form of a jumbo jet full of medical supplies. the first of three consignments. doctors say the country doesn't have enough resources to treat patients a group of chinese medical workers conducted an ebola risk assessment on china's peacekeeping mission in liberia. this came after two men were confirmed of having ebola. the first contained case died last month. 31 staff are under investigation. the chinese group visited a

sewerage treatment works in monrovia and conducted risk assessment tests at the airport and troops campsite. >> the head of the international monetary fund urged people to remember the outbreak was isolated to three african countries. christine lagarde says the country has to be supported, not economically cut off. i think we should be careful not to terrify the planet in respect to the whole of africa. the three countries are severely hit. we are going to try to give as much support as we can. the urgency is stop it, contain it, and it's not the whole of africa. business has to continue, and the economies of all the other countries have to keep on working and creating jobs. >> a spanish nurse infected with ebola has been seen conscious

and sitting up unaided. her condition is serious. she caught the virus after looking after two priests both of whom died. paul brennan reports. >> reporter: from outside the hospital there has been brief glimpses of the ongoing effort to save teressa romero, in isolation on the sixth floor of the building. her life hangs in the balance. a week since the nurse was confirmed with the virus, she is the only positive case of the disease here so far. >> responsibility for tackling the ebola alert has been taken away from the spanish health minister and handed to the deputy prime minister. an ebola commission will meet daily. >> at airports in the united states and britain, tighter monitoring has been introduced, targetting travellers arriving from ebola-infected countries. asking passengers whether they

feel unwell would be of limited effectiveness. >> she bought a ticket and says "i have a fever", and they won't let you on the plane. will they say that you have. >> the u.n. is urging against outright travel bands. >> recent cases of the virus outside the region showed that this is a global crisis. the answer is not to close borders or impose travel bans. such measures will isolate the countries, not the disease, preventing aid from reaching those in need. we need international solidarity in the face of an international threat. >> spain knew about the dangers, and it was good fortune that prevented the disease to spread. other countries know that luck alone will not be sufficient protection. fighting along india and

pakistan's border resumed after a lull. cross-border fighting was reported on saturday. all indian army officers say pakistan targeted 10 border posts in the area. pakistan has not responded to the accusation india is racing towards a cyclone that is expected to hit the coast. it has been sweeping through the bay of bengal. 50,000 have left their homes. officials are stockpiling supplies, and rescue workers are on standby. our correspondent is following the story from the capital new delhi. it is expected to make landfall in a couple of hours now. >> yes. in fact, the indian navy is reporting that they expect the cyclone to make land fall between 10:30am, and we are expected to see the tail end of

that at 3:30 p.m. it's 10:30 now. this is when we are expecting to see most of the activity taking place. we are seeing many of the roads are blocked in that area. a lot of trees being uprooted, telecommunication lines are also very unpredictable and local authorities have taken the move to cut off electricity themselves in efforts to avoid accidents. this is not as large a cyclone as we saw last year. we expect to see wind speeds of 190 k/hr. that is still a very severe psych lonic storm. and evacuations are very - have been very much under way over the last few days. >> the east coast is often hit by cyclones. >> how prepared are authorities

for cyclone hudhud. >> they have had practice as i mentioned. a year ago, cyclone pylin hit the same area. at that time there was a lot of preparedness, the loss of life minimal. there was dank to crops and people's lily hoods. that's the fear now. i spoke to the national disaster response force a few minutes ago, and they have evacuated 80,000 people. the local costs in the south have been expected to evacuate another 300,000, so they seem to be very prepared, in fact, and the spokesman from the disaster response team said that they, themselves, deployed 42 teams of rescuers, 1800 all with training in medical first aid, and that they are confident that they can

minimise the loss of life. perhaps not so much the expected damage to people's livelihoods. >> thank you for that. that's our correspondent joining us from the indian capital new delhi a powerful typhoon is heading orders okinawa. the satellite footage from n.a.s.a. shows the eye of the storm. typhoon strong phong is packing winds -- strong phong is packing winds of 180 k/hr. thousands have been evacuated there has been violent scenes between police and protesters in hong kong. two people have been detained during scuffled outside police stations, and demonstrators have been on the streets. they are angry at a decision to screen candidates. choosing hong kong's next leader. coming up on al jazeera, we take

you to santa cruz where we ask if the rise in prosperity affected the presidential collection. we look at a scheme to help south african students get to school on time.

it's good to have you with us, these are the top stories on al jazeera - syrian activists say more than 500 people have been killed since the islamic state began an attack on kobane nearly a month ago. kurdish forces are struggling to

defend the besieged town from i.s.i.l., which is pushing in from two sides. the u.s. defense secretary has given assurance that iraqi security forces are in full control of bag dad. 50 killed, 100 have been injured in a wave of attacks across the capital. >> the u.n. secretary-general called for armed groups in libya to withdraw from their positions and stop fighting. ban ki-moon is in tripoli to broker a deal between the two rive at parties amid fear the two countries are sliding into still war. >> protesters marched against police brutality in st louis, following the shooting of a black teenager in the city of st louis in august. [ chanting ] >> reporter: it's called the weekend of resistance in and around st louis, and may seem like an outpouring of rage for a

local police force accused of brutality. it's highly organised and carefully conceived looking for justice in st louis, and the country. yes, there are the demonstrations. but there are seminars examining race, class, gender, the economy and the law. the union has moved to look at what is at the root of killing by young black men by police. a domestic workers organizers says the killing of unarmed teen michael brown in ferguson kat lied new alliances and strategies building on the old. >> part of what we see on television is moment. we have to understand that this is a movement that started with rodney king before. we are seeing an advance on decades of organising and movement buildings centring the roll of police in state violence in black communities. >> the killing of michael brown

unleashed new energy, not just on a local community tired of a police force, but in a national movement, setting its sights on the roots of disharmany as a whole. hundreds in haiti defended the funeral of former ruler jean-claude duvalier. the man known as baby doc was attended by family. in death he divided a nation. >> reporter: this is the church that jean-claude duvalier attended as a child. now it's the place where his family, friends and supporters came to pay respects. it may not have had the pomp and circumstance of a state funeral, but it was well attended. the 63-year-old died of a heart attack. friends say he wanted to spend his last days in haiti, following 25 years of living in

exile. mourners showed loyalty to a man that ruled with an iron fist. he was a man that brought jobs and security. >> he sub contracted work, but at least people had a place to go. they had hope to find a job. >> across town, protesters wanted their voices to be heard. the hatians gathering to remember those that had been killed. >> it was a regime of blood, terror, and one that repressed citizens and forms of expression and citizenship. >> for many in haiti, the death of jean-claude duvalier represents the end of an era. mourners tell you that he brought the country prosperity. but for the victims, there's a

sense they were cheated - like his father, he died a freeman bolivians will vote in a presidential election in a few hours. the incumbent evo morales is expected to win for a third time. evo morales has ridden a wave of prosperity since first taking office in 2006, and a boom in commodity prices helped the economy grow faster than neighbours. we look at how bolivia's strong economy is affecting the election. >> reporter: this is santa cruz, the proud capital of opposition to evo morales. a place where mass protests have been replaced by mass construction. this is bolivia's first major mall next to the hardrock cafe, the last thing one mite expect

in what has long been south america's country. thanks to the crisis, and business-friendly policies, they are enjoying the highest growth history. it's a prosperity spreading across the divide, explains the general manager of this ceramics factory. >> translation: i feel a different atmosphere. you notice more integration between the capital and santa cruz. it's not just the economy, but relations in general. there's less tension. >> reporter: at a small rally, we ran into a former candidate, a former president. he concedes the santa cruz business community is more friday in making -- interested in making money than overthrowing the government. the constitution allows two consecutive terms.

the fact that evo morales is a candidate is a travesty of justice. >> a kid nose that this is a blatant lie. >> in the eight years he's been in power, evo morales managed to gain control of the media, and intimidate many opponents. during the campaign, the government has blurred the line between state and party funds. to finance rallies like this one. >> attributing the parents victory to the fact that the cards are clearly stacked in his favour is an over-simplification. the fact that the economy is growing is a big advantage. so, too, the fact that the opponents are so busy competing against each other, that they can't join forces against a common foe. as long as they are weak and disorganised. many questioned whether it would be able to offer the stability

that it has drawn for the first time history opposition parties in bahrain announced they'd boycott parliamentary elections. the main party say that the government has not engaged in general reconciliation. the monarchy crushed a result. protests are taking place. many of the demonstrators are shia muslim. >> al jazeera demonstrates the release of three journalists imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 288 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and are appealing against their convictions the government of cameroon says 27 hostages captured by boko haram earlier in the year have been free. it includes 10 chinese nationals

taken close to the nigerian boarder. the wife of the deputy prime minister was released, she was abducted by the armed group in july. >> al jazeera obtained rare access inside north korea as the country marks the 69th anniversary of the ruling workers party. leader kim jong un did not attend and has not been seen. this report sent from the capital pyongyang celebrations on the streets to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the workers party of korea. >> the founding day of the working party of korea, it's like a mother. i am happy. >> reporter: there have not been big celebrations, thousands of people came on to the streets to pay the respects to the country's leader and the workers

party, created by the king in 1845. it continues to run the country's political life. it's been three years since kim jong un became the leader after his father passed away in 2011. >> it was written on the desk, korea's independence. we were taken to his birth place, where people come after all these years. >> this man is 80 and remembers the struggle against the japanese occupation. >> all of us have to uphold the leadership. >> the anniversary is happening amid rumours. people refer to kim jong un. he has not been seen in public. in september he was shown

walking with a limp. in pyongyang, they said that nothing unusual is going on. >> she doesn't appear in the city but is working behind the scenes. if semi is not on the news or tv. people miss him, they wait for him. >> kim jong un might be out of site, but it seems life continues as usual here. he belongs to a dynasty that ruled the nation for almost 7 decades, and on this anniversary the family's presence looms large. >> now, many children in south africa walk long distances to school. some arrive late or drop out because it takes too long to walk. we have this report from orange farm outside johannesburg, on a

plan to improve attendance and punctuality. >> reporter: it's the third time this week this girl is late for school. his mother cannot afford to use public transport, so he walks more than 5km every day. >> i am staying far, far away. i'm coming late in the school. and when i'm staying far like that, sometimes i'm not catching up the time. >> reporter: the 19-year-old south african is writing exams and worries coming late and missing lessons could make him fail. >> most of them been irritable. they don't concentrate for the better part of the lesson, and, therefore, it affects the results. so it's important that when they come in, that they get education on time. >> reporter: today there's good news. brand new bicycles were

delivered to the school and could help to improve attendance and punctuality. a 2-hour walk could be cut to a 30 minute ride on one of these. >> there's 12 million children walking to school. and 500,000 work longer than four hours too and from school. over a period of two years, from the receipt of bicycle we'll monitor the academic performance to see if we can get a shift, in a practical way, a shift as to the situation on the grounds. >> reporter: many more bicycles are needed. >> there are not enough bicycles. priority is given to students that live the furthest away and take longer to walk to school. this boy now his his own wheels and hopes his final year will be

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