hello. i'm tim wilcox with bbc top news. our top stories. activists take their protests to top parts of the city in the fourth day of demonstrations. closing statement at the war crime funeral at the hague. ebola reaches united states for the first time. a man just back there from west africa is in isolation at a hospital in dallas.

hello and welcome to the ram. pro democracy protests in hong kong have spread to new part of the city as the leadership celebrates china's national day. 65th anniversary of the communist revolution. now in the fourth day, britain and u.s. have expressed concern. protestors call on beijing to allow full democracy in the specially administered region. they're occupying four parts of hong kong including the road in the central business district. let's take you to the scene there live of this two day public holiday. it's been a day of celebration and demonstration as we now report. >> reporter: it's the most important day in china's calendar.

here in the heart of the capital beijing, national day was marked like any other year. attention firmly on a flag raising ceremony to commemorate the birth of a come nmunist sta. news of the protest is high wilwill ly censored. china's president made his first comments on the situation. >> translator: the central government will unwaiveringly implement the guidelines of one country's system ises and law. >> reporter: across the board in hong kong, a very different picture. protestors made their feelings clear. real elections they chanted. type security kept the demonstrators out and let supporters of the city leaders in for a similar flag raising

ceremony. he promised to uphold beijing's decision to grant voters right to elect their future leader but said candidates must be selected by the nominating committee. >> translator: it is better to have universal suffrage than not. it's better to have the chief exec at this elected by 5 million eligible voters than by 1200 people. >> the answer is clear, they're here to stay. they want beijing to withdraw the plan and him to step down. this woman says, even though it's national day, many bepeopl are standing up telling this government we are not satisfied with you. it's unclear how much overall support these students have in the city of 7 million people. they're hoping with two days of public holiday, people from all walks of life will join them.

laura west brook,bbc news. >> let's get the developments. julie anna, let's start with you. are the numbers bigger today given the fact it is a that shall -- is a national holiday? >> it did appear to be so in part of the central business district. i think there were just as many if not more people today. interestingly, previously this was a civil disobedience movement and the atmosphere was tense sunday night when police fired several rounds of tear gas. today the atmosphere was much more relaxed. there were many families and many children. people brought their babies, toddlers, primary school students. they came with their familyies.

the atmosphere has changed and it felt like hong kong was there to support the protestors. >> embarrassing for leadership in beijing. how much news and coverage is many in shanghai of what's been happening in hong kong? >> reporter: well, in terms of what's appearing on mainland tv screens, very little. hardly a mention at all. the main

those out there are heavily weighted towards the beijing government position. those that have posted in favor of protests, in a small number of cases, being visited by the police and detained for doing so. so the real picture here is one of very careful management by the chinese authorities in terms of what people are getting to see and hear about the events in hong kong. >> how anxious are people on the streets. what is the mood begin what happened on sunday? >> reporter: the mood is incredibly defiant. i spoke to a number of protestors. many are young in teens and 20s. they told me they have no time limit for how long they're willing to stay in the four areas renamed democracy square.

they say they plan to stay as long as it take for the government to withdraw the policies outlined for the next election. they want the current chief executive who they see as beijing's man to step down. >> john, when it comes to long term future, it was interesting to hear what the president had to say today. >> reporter: well that's right. i think while you're right to mention this is probably embarrassing for the chinese government that it is a political challenge. it's worth bearing in mind hong kong isn't beijing. there's no way the hong kong chief executive will be allowed to step down and no way hong kong will be given universal suffrage. at the same time as long as

protests stay peaceful and primary motivation of heavy media management to make sure protests don't spread to other chinese mainland cities, as long as there's no sign of that happening, and there isn't as of yet, i think beijing can afford -- although always holding out the threat of having to act if it needs to, but can afford to be patient and play the waiting game here. >> thank you both very much in deed. in other news. finals statements in the hague. he's face ago crimes 58gdly committed in the 1990s. one relates to the massacre in which thousands of muslim men and boys were killed. anna was in court to hear the start of the statement.

>> this is his final opportunity to convince the judges he's innocent. we've been in the public gallery five feet from the former leader of the bosnians. he seems as you can see like a politician talking about the ethnic cleansing of bosnians from this territory taking muslims away killing and expelling them from an area they wanted to turn into serve republic. he doesn't look like a war crime suspect on trial. that's unique about this case. he's presenting his own defense. he presents himself as this heroic protector of freedom. the first case of the ebola virus diagnosed in united states is in dallas, texas. the unidentified victim traveled from liberia to texas. the man is kept in isolation.

>> reporter: this is the hospital where the unidentified man is critically ill in isolation ward. the authorities are trying to establish if anyone else has been affected as a priority. >> we identify all people who may have had contact with the patient while he could have been infectious. remember, ebola does not spread from someone who's not infectious. it does not spread from someone who doesn't have fever and other symptoms. it's only someone who's sick with ebola who can spread the disease. >> reporter: the man flew from liberia to visit family in the u.s. more than 6500 are affected in africa, half have died. the virus spreads by direct contact when the patient is

showing symptoms. the man was not contagious while on the plane but was six days before going to the hospital. >> if a person has no symptoms, they can continue to work and do all their regular activities. they're monitored by taking their temperature. if they develop symptoms or temperature, that's why they're put into isolation. >> an experimental treatment s developed in a lab in california and used to treat two aid workers from america. they survived, but there's no more of that treatment. there's still i no cure for ebola. doctors are doing everything they can to help the first man to develop ebola on american soil and assure other infections can be controlled. >> so from los angeles to the situation in france. aaron is here. the french budget, what's it saying? >> it's not good.

an uphill battle indeed. thanks very much tim. i know you wanted a chat, don't have time. french government unveiled the 2015 budget to put out how france hopes to bring the public deficit deferred three times to within eu limits by 2017. two years later than previously planned. under the budget presented by the finance minister, the public deficit is set to fall, take a look, from 4.4% of gdp this year to 3.8% in 2016 and then down hopefully to 2.8% in 2017. i should say the eu threshold is 3%. excuse me. previously france promised eu partners to bring below the target by next year. the weak economic backdrop makes hitting this target unfeasible i should say. public debt in france hit $2.5

trillion. a bit of a mountain there. how about this? i bet you didn't know this. irish will wihave to pay for war that comes out of their taps. this is part of the country's bailout program. ireland has been until now the only country not to charge directly for water, a source of revenue eu and imf says must be tapped. water -- i didn't write it. water infrastructure needs $2.5 billion of investment over the next two years. charging the public for water is not proving very popular indeed. welcome to reality is what i tell ireland. we're going to have more coming up on gmt. let's move on. let's talk about also -- what are we talking about? that's right. looking more seriously at how

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this is bbc world news. i'm tim wilcox. activists have taken their protests to new part of the city as territory marks china's national day. let's stay with that story. those protests are spreading to other parts of hong kong. stephen is one of the thousands of people taking part in the demonstrations. he says events appear to be gathering pace. >> i think in fact numbers are much larger today. i think the anticipation for this evening is going to be a lot greater. i think the news has spread around the city and i think it's general anger felt around the city. i think there's a lot of momentum growing as the days go on. >> let's speak to nick lamb, a hong kong resident not protesting. he joins us on the line. why aren't you?

>> well, hi. i mean -- first of all let's start. i don't have strong political views on how hong kong should resolve. this case, protestors -- i think we're actually trying to -- we're pretty much driving toward. secondly, the protestors -- i mean, they tried to raid the government buildings which is obvious is illegal. police come to work, and then local media come out saying like the police are oppressing what they are protesting. i think personally this is a

disgrace. the protests themselves, they're shouting, rallying for democracy so called. that i'm against. i think it's great to have some back of the government in china, but -- >> wouldn't you like are there to be total transparency here? you don't mind the fact that these candidates for the chief executive in 2017 can be screened and effectively vetoed by beijing? put it this way. whatever formal shape in terms of democracy or not -- i don't think those are issues. a good government should at least know how to act on citizens viewpoints and prompt

appropriate in terms of achieving and maximizing variance middle term. i mean like, it's supposed to be like democracy area. i mean, most the time it's not all absolute majority. say maybe like uk. it's very diplomatic structure. that sounds like average shape or form it's not most important question. it's like how effective government can respond to a situation. >> nick in hong kong, thank you very much for speaking to us. from scotland and beyond, many regions of europe see vocal

campaigns for greater autonomy. in the united kingdom some find it difficult to see more powers handed to english regions. parliament is looking to germany at the federal system. jenny hill reports from the southern state in munich. >> reporter: in this part of the world, your bar vary yan first, german second. this family wouldn't live anywhere else. >> we are very rich. >> it is one of 16 german states. they don't all have a beer festival, but they have power. each has the own police force and prime minister. >> the theme that continues in the classroom unlike defense or foreign affairs, education is for each state.

standards vary as does the curriculum. for three hours a week, these children learn all about bava a bavaria. here's why. >> in europe it's necessary you have political active regions. >> when regions can speak up, you know, it is. of course regions cannot come through. usually there's always a compromise which set a side people in the regions. >> reporter: no wonder perhaps uk politicians watch germany with interests. every state here has its own parliament. these regional parliaments really carry some clout. say for example when the national government here wanted state to fund increase in student grants, they simply got together and vetoed the policy. >> quite right says pacer who's never missed an october fest.

>> translator: we bavarians like to have bavarian rules. we don't like rules from berlin. >> reporter: for so many this is a celebration of culture and custom but still for some a show of independence. bbc news munich. a global index found thoracic way is the best place in the world to live if you'fou the best place to live if you're over 60. the west bank were found to be the worst places to grow old. the study found by 2030, 1.4 billion people would be aged over 60. by 2015 that demographic would make up more than 20% of the global population. well the survey of 96 countries

is based on facts such as income, health, surrounding environments. we have the executive of the study published. he joined me earlier to explain. >> our experience show uses occupations of older people around the world. we look at health, income data, people's ability to carry on and work and look at how other people feel about their environment. we only use official u.n. world bank data along with data about the well being, how older people feel about their environment. we compare all of that data across and rank the countries based on that. >> does it take into account of cultural things as well? if society has a culture of looking after elderly and live with offspring, how much does that play a part? >> you're raising an important part. you can't measure culture in that sense. we're looking at hard data. i completely understand the point. there's been a lot of discussion

should the uk learn what's the situation in asia, what act africa and older people are respected there. we see older people all over the world the in poverty facing discrimination, abuse. older women victims of violence and so forth. let's look at hard facts. >> but presumably, financial security must be very close to the top of what actually guarantees or secures -- >> absolutely at the top. this is why we focused on pensions this year. only one in four people in lower and middle income countries has any i kind of pension to look forward to in older age. unacceptable. >> norway has high taxation and also this huge well fund as well don't they? are you surprised norway has come to that top position? >> not at all.

and norway's policies are excellent for older people. it deserves her place at the top of this index. norway and sweden weren't rich countries 100 years ago. >> speaking to me a little earlier there. you've been watching bbc world news. stay with us. much more to come over the next few hours. you're next. play the 5 gum truth or dare challenge and you could win a sensory adventure.

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. our top stories. prodemocracy protest leaders in hong kong say they'll step up their campaign and occupy government builders if the territory leader doesn't resign by thursday. former bosnian serb leader karadzic is in the hague. ebola reaches the united states for the first time. a man back are from west africa is in isolation at a hospital in dallas. 12 more are found by searchers in japan following the

volcano eruption over the weekend. let's bring you breaking news because the student leaders of a pro democracy protest in hong kong say if the leader doesn't resign by thursday, they'll step up actions including occupying several important government buildings. this is an ultimatum from them. they say they would welcome the opportunity to speak to an official from the chinese government. not the chief executive who they want to step down. well the protestors are calling on beijing to allow full democracy in the region. they're occupying four parts of hong kong including the road in the central business district. let's take you to the scene there live. you can still make out some of the umbrellas which has been a feature of this protest movement. it's a two day public holiday

starting today and the authorities in beijing have for the first time commented about these protests. president ping speaking about develop presidents. >> it's the most important day in china's calendar. here in the heart of capital a beijing, the day was marked like every other year, a flag rais g raisingraisine i ceremony. at a reception marking the anniversary, china's president made comments on the situation. >> translator: the central government will unwaiveringly implement the systems and basic law and safeguard long term

stability of hong kong. >> across the board in hong kong, a very different picture as protestors made their feelings clear. real elections, they chanted. type security kept the demonstrators out and let supporters of the city's leader in for a similar flag raising ceremony. he promised to uphold beijing's decision granting voter the right to elect their future lead per but said they must be selected by the nominating committee. >> translator: it's definitely better to have universal suffrage than not. it's definitely better to have the chief executive elected by 5 million el vibl -- eligible

voters. >> the answer is clear, they're here to stay. they want beijing to withdraw the plan and him to step down. this woman says even though it's national day, many people are standing up and telling the this government we are not satisfied with you. it's unclear how much overall support these students has in a city of 7 million people. but they're hoping with two days of public holiday, people from all walks of life will join them. laura west brook, bbc news. >> not everyone in hong kong is taking part. hong kong president nik lam who works in the city can't see where the protestors are going. >> i don't have a strong political view on how hong kong should develop or evolve. in this case, the protestors -- i think like we're trying to -- well we're pretty much driving towards the current -- secondly

hopefully we can -- protestors, i mean, they tried to raid the government buildings which is obviously is illegal. police come to work, and then local media coming out saying like, the police are oppressing what they're protesting. i think personally the accusation is a disgrace. in terms of the protest itself, they're shouting for, rallying for democracy so called. that i don't get. i think it's great to have some sort of backed system with china -- >> but wouldn't you like there to be total transparency here? you don't mind the fact that these candidates for the chief executive in 2017 can be screened and effectively vetoed

by beijing? >> well, i think like -- put it this way -- government in whatever form or shape like in terms of like say democracy or not, i don't think that's the issue. a government should at least like know how to add on, that could be like from citizens viewpoints, add prompts the appropriate -- achieving and maximizing economic barriers across other barriers in the terms of horizon. so like -- say for example like something like i mean posted here like democracy area. i mean, most the time it's not all dominated by absolute majority the.

like uk, it's complex structure. it's very diplomatic democratic structure. so, in that sense i think like in this shape or form, it's though the most important question. it's like how effective the government can respond to a situation. >> nick the in hong kong that i spoke to earlier. the former bosnian serb leader karadzic faces war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the early 1990s. once relates to the massacre in which thousands of muslim men and boys were killed. our correspondent was in court to hear his opening statement. >> we spent the morning in the courtroom. this is the ticket that everyone will who attends the historic trial is given in order to access the court. we are really watching a

performance here. radovan karadzic is seen like a politician delivering policies rather than a war crime suspect facing life in prison. this -- been talking about ethnic cleansing. he's part of a plan to expel military territory they wanted to turn into a greater serb repup lick. now he's talking about the thousands of muslim men and boys slaughtered. he said he didn't order the killings, didn't know it was take place and that 8,000 people were not executed. bodies were taken from elsewhere and some were fighters. this is his arguments. somebody inside the court just said to me, he's fighting for his life. prosecutors have called for a life sentence. if he is found guilty and we're

expecting a verdict here at the iccy in october next year. >> anna reporting. the first case of ebola virus diagnosed in the united states is being confirmed in dallas, texas. the unidentified victim recently travelled from liberia to dallas. officials at texas presbyterian hospitals say the man is kept in isolation. >> this is the hospital where the unidentified man is critically ill in an isolation ward. the authorities are trying to establish if anyone else has been infected as a priority. >> we identify all people who may have had contact with the patient while he could have been infectious. remember, other bowl does not spread from someone who's not infectious. it does not spread from someone who doesn't have fever and other symptoms. it's only someone who's sick with ebola who can spread the

disease. >> the man flew from liberia to visit family in the u.s. this is one of the countries worst affected by the ebola outbreak. 6500 are affected in west africa, around half have died. a poor health system is blamed. the virus spreads by direct contact when the patient is showing symptoms. the man was not contagious while on the plane but was six days before going into the hospital. >> if the person has no symptoms, they can continue to work and do regular activities. they're monitored by taking their temperature. if they develop symptoms or temperature, that's when they're put in isolation. >> an experimental treatment was developed in a lab in california and used to treat two american aid workers who infected and survived. there's no more of that drug left. while there are vaccines and treatments being trialed, there's no cure for ebola.

doctors are doing everything they can to help the first man to develop ebola on american soil and insure further infections can be controlled. bbc news los angeles. a new global index found that norway is the best place in the world to live if you're over 60, according to research. the u.n. national day of older persons. norway, sweden and switzerland first, second, third. afghanistan was thought to be one of the worst places to grow old. the study found by 2030, 1.4 billion will be age add over 60. by 2050, that demographic will make up more than 20% of the global population. the survey is based on income, health, surrounding environment. the chief executive which published the study joined me

earlier to explain. >> our experience of 30 years has told us preoccupations of older people around the world. we look at health data, income da data, people's ability to carry on and work and how older people feel about their environment. we use official u.n. world bank data about the well being, how older people are feeling about their environment. we compare all that data across and rank the countries on that. >> does it take into account cultural things as well? if society has a culture of looking after elderly and live with offspring -- how much does that play a part? >> you're raising an important point. we're looking at hard data. i completely haunderstand the point. there's been discussion what's the situation in asia, what

about africa? older people all over the world are in poverty, facing discrimination, facing abuse, older women victims of violence and so forth. let's look at hard facts. >> okay. but presumably financial security must be close to the top of what actually guarantees or secures a life -- >> absolutely at the top. this is why we focused on pensions this year. only one in four people in lower and middle income countries has any kind of pensions to look forward to in older age. it's unacceptable. >> norway has high taxation. they also have this huge welfare as well. are you surprised norway has come to that top position? >> not at all. norway policies are excellent for older people. norway and sweden weren't rich

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this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. protest leaders in hong kong will occupy government builders if if the leader doesn't resign by thursday. the former bosnian serb leader karadzic is making former statement as in the court where he's accused of crimes against humanity. here in britain, police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl alice grass has

launched a murder inquiry after a body was found. significant efforts were made to conceal the body discovered tuesday night. the 14-year-old teen was seen more than a month ago near her parent's home. let's cross to rebecca williams in west london. no official identification of this body. when do we think that will happen rebecca? >> reporter: police hope it will will happen today. this is one of the first places that was searched in the initial stages of this investigation a month ago. all morning we've seen a lot of police activity. they've been taking photographic evidence down the banks of the canal where the body was found. we've seen two police tents, one blue, one white. a lot of activity going many and out of tents. police now treat this as a murder investigation.

a body was found in the river late last night. as yet, we have no confirmation of the identity. we understand alice grass' family have been informed. police say significant efforts were take ton dry and disguise and conceal this body. they've thanked everyone in the local community for their support as they continue to find evidence in this case. we understand post mortem and official formal identification should take place in due court. >> the prime suspect hasn't been seen several weeks as well. what's the latest on the hunt for him? >> reporter: absolutely. this main suspect who's 41 was spotted cycling on tv along the pass a 15 minutes after alice grass was seen walking on the 28th of august, day before he disappeared. he was jailed 16 years ago for killing his wife. police are concerned he may have

returned there. he has been missing since september. he's the latest suspect in this case. detectives are out there. there's been a huge police search here in the last month. thing biggest metro police search since bombings in london the in 2005. we've seen a significant number of officers, dive teams, dog units. police say anyone with information now should come forward. >> thank you very much indeed. air strikes by u.s. led forces have targeted islamic state fighters around the syrian town of kobane near the border of turkey. bbc correspondent witnessing explosions in the east of the town say militants are firing shells into kobane whichi turkih forces are battling to protect. jihadists have been trying to take the town the past two weeks. a number of people are killed and injured in two separate incidents in the city of donetsk.

media reports speak of at least eight being killed when a shell hit a mini bus at a bus top. two shells landed near a school many another part of the city. witnesses told the news agency, four people including a teacher and parent died in that attack. one in five female students are suggested to be sexually assaulted during time in college. that's a serious problem the white house has begun to investigate as colleges handle victim complaints. one of the colleges is the university of colorado at bolder. this is where the bbc pop up team spent the past a month. benjamin has been hearing student experiences. >> we went in his room and kissing. then he was trying to do more than kiss. i repeatedly said no. >> i was approached by a

sorority girl who was raped at a party. >> we kept kissing more. i was in my underpants. he just did it. >> the school is on notice of sexual harassment, sexual violence or anywhere in between. they have an obligation to independently investigate those allegations. we're doing everything aggressively as possible to deal with the situation. that's how important this issue is. we want to do everything we can to keep people safe. >> there's no profile of what a sexual protestor looks like. the alcohol field house parties are in the spot light. >> frat mentality of being with a girl every weekend makes them take advantage of girls. >> i've been invited maybe four

or five. each time i've prevented at least a handful of inappropriate situations. >> almost 400,000 college men belong to fraternities around the u.s. members say the organizations provide brother hood, philanthropy and leadership. they feel they're too easily blamed when it comes to problems at the university like bing drinking or sexual assault. they say that off campus. getting anyone to talk to me. >> the values of the fraternity are misinterpreted fr eed frequ >> he's from a fraternity and did want to talk. >> you need absolute affirmative. you legally would need affirmative from the girl to unbutton every single button of

her shirt. girls dressing in extremely provocative outfits and drinking ridiculous amounts of alcohol going to any party on campus, they're setting themselves up for a hook up of sorts. they're starting the situation poorly. >> it's up to us to stop sexual assault. >> to get in the way before it happens. >> the white house releases this campaign designed to encourage friends to intervene and stop abusive behavior. >> take the pledge. >> in response, some fraternities and other colleges are speaking out pledging to work with their university to educate students. here in bolder, where the fraternity is off campus and not under control of the college, so far the leaders stay. >> benjamin reporting. find out more about this story on the website. much more from the bbc pop up

team in colorado. they've been there a month. find out where else they're heading in their journey across the united states. bbc.com/pop up. 12 more bodies are found by rescuers in japan searching the peak of a volcano that erupted over the weekend. the number of dead at the mount stands at 48. authorities believe there are more missing. we report on the latest rescue efforts. >> reporter: a mountain has become the moon scape. rescuers pick through the sea of ash searching for bodies. earlier fears of another eruption have subsided. after being grounded for a day, this grim mission can resume. they find more victims, hikers who without warning were caught in the terrifying cloud of falling rocks and toxic gases. as each body is found, officials warn are there are more.

they don't know how many. the dead are brought to a small school in a nearby town. this rescuer says we're searching for the rest of the people just as we would do for our own family. friends and relatives have flocked here desperately waiting for news. this man says we know rescuers are trying hard. all we can do is wait on them to find our missing family members. just days ago the shrine was filled with hundreds of climbers. now the rescuer rs are finding it's a graveyard. the death toll keeps rising. saturday's eruption has become the deadliest of any japanese volcano in 90 years.

bbc news. news of our very own. we won two awards at news documentary in new york tuesday. our correspondents jeremy bow en, paul word won for efforts in syria. also our correspondent andrew harding work in the republic won outstanding feature story. well done to them. a reminder of our main international news though this hour. the student leaders of pro democracy leaders in hong kong say if the lead area doesn't resign by thursday, they'll step up actions including occupying important government buildings. they say they would welcome speaking to the chinese government but not the executive

cy leung who they want to step down. protests have been peaceful following clashes between riot police using tear gas and water cannons. more on that throughout the day. from me and the team, bye bye for now. [ male announcer ] tomcat bait kills up to 12 mice,

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. hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories on china's national day, hong kong protestors protest. thousands including families with children join the protests today. now they say they'll occupy government buildings if the territory leader doesn't resign. >> live in hong kong as protests continue on this national day. ebola is diagnosed for the first time in the united states. we're going to be looking at how the authorities there plan