hello. welcome to bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. the bodies of ebola victims are left in the streets in sierra leone as burial teams go on strike. it's a sign of desperation in west africa. we'll hear from our team on the ground in sierra leone and we'll talk to health experts later in the program. 14 are killed in pro kurdish protests in turkey. kenya's president becomes

the first ever sitting head of state to face court. we'll be live in the hague. we're keeping an eye on this. the blood moon. it's visible from parts of the americas and east asia. looking gorgeous. also on the program, aaron is here looking at the balance of safety and surveillance on the internet. >> absolutely lucy. that's what ministers and leader there is the big tech giants like twitter, google and facebook will try to hammer out. how to prevent terror exploiting the internet. it's the fine line between keeping people and safe and infringing on free speech. it's 1:00 p.m. in madrid, midday here in london, 11:00 a.m. in free town, capital of sierra leone where bodies have

been left on the streets because of a strike. they say they haven't been paid. we have the latest from the workers. just to tell you, ebola remains active in the corpses of victims. only specialized teams in protective e ivive clothing are dispose of bodies. u.n. is investigating reports some are starving to death because of farming and food production being badly hit. over 3,000 people have died so far from ebola. in a moment we'll bring you the latest from madrid on the spanish nurse who's contracted the virus. first we are in free town. >> i'm here at sierra leone headquarters. they have been leading the fight against ebola since it started six months ago.

joining me now, christina who heads the mission here. explain to me how bad things are at the moment and how bad they could get. >> the ebola outbreak is not under control. we are far behind the control of the spreading of the virus. we are extremely concerned of the consequence in the next month because everything is very slow. it's not enough in terms of response to provide and stop this outbreak. >> and we've heard this week you've had one of your international staff become infected with ebola. i've seen first hand the precautions you take. we've got this nurse being treated in spain. how does that happen? >> unfortunately in ebola there's no zero risk. we are minimize as much as possible our protocol inside the treatment center and outside in the mission life. it's very strict.

there's no touch policy. we are always washing the hands. inside the treatment center, the medical staff on the front lines really, really careful on what they are doing. we have a full protection. the risk is still there, but we minimize as much as possible this risk. unfortunately this can happen. >> the british prime minister david cameron is hosting an emergency meeting on ebola today. what is your message to him? what needs to happen now to bring this under control? >> we need options. we are late. we need human resource medical staff. not only facility, not only building treatment center. we need people. more people on the ground. more means of transport. more facility, more beds. good management of these

facilities. it's enough what has been done and promised. we need action now. we cannot delay and not deliver responsibility to international. they have to act and provide everything needed to respond to this outbreak. >> thank you very much. as you can see there, a very difficult, very dire picture being painted here and across west africa. as this thing rages on here with the international help not coming fast enough, the whole world remains at risk. >> our global health correspondent. with me now, bbc african health correspondent. thanks for being with us. you just got a picture of how desperate they are in sierra leone and how much help they need. we've been hearing today and seeing pictures of the worker who is dispoes of bodies. why are they on strike?

>> they haven't been paid in two weeks. they are supposed to be paid $100 a risk. they're saying they need risk allian alliance. their friends and family, no one wants to go near them. they say it's fair to get a risk allowance. >> you can understand their concerns. what about daily life in the capital and free town? are people going about normal life? >> shops have been closed. it's not business as usual. people try to avoid contact. it's having a huge toll on ordinary life. it's having a huge toll on business as well and the economy of this country is suffering. >> exactly. i want to bring our viewers in line. we just heard from the world bank. they have just released a figure. $52.6 billion. that is the blow they say will be given to all of west africa in term of the economy in the

next year if it's not under control. a passive economic impact. >> that's right. they're already revising the economic growth by as much as 3%. it could get worse. this is just for three countries that hardest hit by ebola. the farming communities are not able to carry on with activities. women have been affected because the primary caregivers and yet still normally go to farms. yes, we're expecting the situation could get worse. >> heard a u.n. official speaking earlier talking about concern people might be starving in rural communities because farming production has slowed. >> exactly. business has been infected. no one wants to carry on trade. families are concentrating on taking care of those who have been affected. women are dieing in large numbers. this is having a huge toll on family life. so yes it's going to be very difficult for them to carry on.

>> thanks very much for just sharing a little of what life is like for people in west africa at moment. the focus of many in the past 24 hours has been on developments in spain where a fifth person has been admitted to the hospital. here's the colleague of the spanish nurse, the first person to have contracted ebola outside west africa. we've been hearing in the past few hours from the spanish prime minister. he faced tough questions in parliament but said there was no reason to panic. >> let's allow health professionals to do their job. let's trust them. spain's health system is one of the best in the world. what they're telling a at the time moment is that the disease is not highly contagious. it's only transmitted by direct contact with the patient in the advanced stage of the illness. what we have to do at the moment is be vigilant but maintain calm. >> well the first case of ebola being contracted in europe has led to more questions about how

possible it is to protect yourself from the outbreak. i have to say we've had absolutely hundreds of questions sent to us here via social media. stay with us here on "gmt." very soon our health expert will be here to answer your questions that you have sent to us on twitter about ebola. we hope to get through quite a few of them. our other main story today on "gmt." at least 12 people have been killed in turkey following demonstrations by kurdish protestors. they're demanding government interventions against the syrian town of kobane from islamic state extremists. police used tear gas and water canyons as unrest spread to six cities including istanbul. it was worse in southern cities from turkey. curfews were imposed in cities including batman.

this is just across the boarder in syria. it's been under siege for weeks. one air strike by the u.s. coalition has reported to have hit the town on wednesday. that's the latest we're hearing from them. with me now is the editor of bbc turkish service and our expert on kurdish issues. thank you both for being here. why is the turkish government not doing anything about kobane? >> turkish government has a position which hasn't changed in the last weeks. it says to be involved in syria on the ground, they want a buffer zone along the syrian border on the syrian side. they want a no fly zone over syria. they say the coalition objectives has to include the downfall of bashar assad.

>> they have huge calls all the time. many say their plan is sit there and do nothing. >> turkey will say once isis is out of the way, then all problems will be piled on turkey. there may be another flood of refugees coming in and then turkey is already dealing with over a million refugees, syrian and syrian kurds. turkey needs all assurances and guarantees before moving in. >> you've got contacts inside kobane. what have they been telling you? >> they're not asking for coalition or turkey or any regional powers. they've been telling me since two days ago, the air strikes by coalition have been most effective. one of the top commanders in kobane was telling me there's some sort of concern to bbc for the first time. will there's some sort of coordination between coalition

and ground troops there. they've been pushing back on several fronts now. it's maybe too early to say a massacre has been averted. >> are there still civilians inside kobane? >> 15 to 20,000 at moment. 3,000 are said to be civilians. couple hundred people were evacuated from kobane in the last two days. as we know, over 100,000 have fled kobane to turkey in the last few weeks. >> we've been trying to speak to turkish authorities. there's been no comments from anyone particularly over the past 24 hours. now we see protests on the streets in areas there are many kurdish people. we've seen growing international anger from the kurdish community around the world. mr. erdogan was part of the

peace protest. >> they will hope that anger will subside over the coming days of istanbul. they're going to wait for it. there's a big operation. curfew in six cities in the region. the other cities like university closed down. the army has gone on the streets in the area. that's one side of it. secondly, as we speak, they're holding a security summit. we'll have to wait and see what comes out of it. >> yesterday we broke the news on "gmt" of president erdogan saying he thinks kobane will fall. would that mean the end of the peace process with the kurds? >> according to the leaders of the pkk and senior commanders, yes, turkey's peace process is linked to kobane. if kobane falls, that will mean the end of peace process. they argue. it's not the demand by

protestors in turkey that they should intervene. the claim strongly denied by turkish government. kurdish side believes turkey is happy to see kobane fall despite the discourse on turkish government. commander yesterday replied to what president erdogan said. he said he's dreaming. kobane will never fall. thank you for being with us. >> let's bring you up to date with other news. hundreds have fled their homes. indian and pakistani troops continue to exchange fire in the region. four civilians are reported to have been killed in the latest. three pakistani and one indian. the captain of the south korea ferry that capsized in april has apologized in court for his failure to rescue passengers. he told the trial he didn't know

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it's a historic day at the international criminal court in the hague. within the last few hours the president of kenya has become

the first sitting head of state to appear before the court. president kenyatta is facing charges of crimes against humanity in his role following the 2007 elections in kenya. let's take you to the hague. anna is monitoring events there. and in in anna, take us through what happened in the hague this morning. >> it felt more like a carnival than a court appearance today. hundreds of kenya supporters turned out to welcome him. they had flags and banners shouting support. they filled all the rooms here. this the last half hour, this hearing has just ended. the politicians have left the courtroom. i asked them how they thought the hearing had gone. they were optimistic. he is of course facing the most serious charges. the defense have called for the

trials to be thrown out of court due to what the prosecution even admits is absence of evidence. >> thanks for that. let's go to dennis now. as we look at legal arguments and roprocedure in the hague at the heart of this, many affected by the violence. i know you've been speaking to some of them. what have they been telling you? >> you can recall 1200 were killed in the 2007 post election violence. half a million have been displaced. many we talked to feel the trial is far away. thousands of miles from the affected communities. they feel perpetrators of those crimes are still walking around free. from the president who's facing trial bearing the greatest responsibility for the violence, we spoke to each one of the women greatly affected in the

violence when she was pushed by attackers into fire. her children have rejected her. when i spoke to her, she was in tears saying she can't face her friends anymore. neighbors are talking to other children and telling them to stay away from her because she looks scary. she told me she doesn't have a face anymore. the frustration is she feels disengaged from the process. it's taken seven years to come to this day. >> we're seeing pictures of her thousand. heart breaking to see her face and see how she was left being pushed into the fire. what is it people affected be by the violence other kenyans want to see now? what would be the ideal thing for them? >> they want justice. they feel the way the case is going it's been highly public

sized. this is playing out clearly. you can see from the pictures when the president arrived, politicians have taken over. everyone seems to have forgotten the victims after the violence in 2007. >> thanks for joining us. anna, thank you for your update as well. let's take you to hong kong now. student leaders are preparing to meet the government for formal talks on friday. there appears to be no obviously way out of the political crisis. many of hong kong 's 7 million residents have been deeply divided over the process is. the largest since the former british colony returned to rule in 1997. they were sparked by china's insistence on right to influence which stands for city leader. we have been speaking to two on opposite sides of the debate. >> reporter: protests have a

deep political line between two divisions of china's political future. it's by no means as simple as hong kong versus beijing. it's a divide represented here with our two guests. let's start with you. you think the protests have gone far enough. what's wrong with fighting for more democracy for hong kong? >> they're using unlawful ways. really very violent and disruptive measures to achieve their goals. it's unacceptable to hong kong pe people. >> reporter: you're a student that's been on the barricade as more than a week. is it true you're unlikely to be given concessions by beijing? this is a huge disruption and inconvenience for local businesses? >> this is matter of life and death.

what we're doing here is not only for democracy. we seek democracy of hong kong. >> i think their version of democracy is too idealized. do we believe the people in hong kong? yes, to some extent we should. hong kong people are not ready for this. look at many countries around the world. they have power to choose their leaders. they don't have the prosperity we are enjoying here, law and order. >> isn't daniel's point, without a safeguard, hong kong would lose privilege and could become one day total providence of china? >> no. totally wrong. we have seen how much effort they have made to improve the chinese people's livelihood. >> reporter: the danger of what

you're doing is you may provoke the sleeping dragon. the results may be more repressive actions from beijing. >> i think democracy is late. we teenagers see not. they are not representing our own interests. they're representing their interests, beijing interests. future of hong kong belongs to us, right? >> reporter: we're going to leave it there guys. thank you very much for talking to us. the government and student entered formal talks on friday. i hope they can find a negotiated settlement to this crisis. not much con census here. >> notice we have darkened the

studio to give trauma to our next story. it is about the moon of course. we can take you now live to los angeles and the observatory where sky watcher across the americas and asia are witnessing this a total lunar eclipse. the result is the spectacle of i a blood red moon. the phenomenon of the moon being covered by the earth's shadow is second to occur this year. the red color is result of sunlight scattering off the earth's atmosphere. it's going to last several hours. the early phase began at 0800 "gmt" or 4:00 a.m. on the coast of the u.s. it will continue to sunrise. looking on the bbc website there. they've got other places you can watch it. if you're in hong kong at the moment, the space museum has a free viewing location. in australia, in sidney, observatory there has arranged a

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i'm lucy hockings. in this half hour, we'll be answer ago your questions on ebola. concern grows over the virus. we'll tackle everything from tran mission to treatment. we'll find out why one american 13-year-old is hoping to be the first person to land on mars. on the program, aaron joining us asking why a night at the movies becomes a thing of the past. >> the film industry is worth billions of around the world. how consumers watch those is changing fast with the rise of online streaming theaters.

we'll take a look to see if a trip to the cinema could turn into a night in with netflix. welcome back to "gmt." let's return to our top story. the growing concern about the spread of ebola as the number of dead continues to rise in west africa. we now have the first case reported outside the continent with this nurse in spain. that concern is really being reflected on social media. we've been uninundated with questions about the virus. we wanted to tackle some of them for you. with me here to answer your queries is our health correspondent. thanks for being with us. we've literally had hundreds of questions and comments being sent to us. it reflects the amount of concern out there and lack of information that people feel

they have. let's get to triumphs of these. the first i notice is coming from people wanting to know how the nurse in spain if wearing protective clothing managed to get ebola. >> there's a huge investigation in spain. we don't have answers. there's some speculation. spanish media suggest she didn't have the right gear, perhaps wasn't tough enough. others suggest she wasn't train in how to use the protective gear or there were slipups when using its. i spoke to charities working in this area. they say this is complex. there's three lairs of gloves, scrubs, gowns, goggles. when you take them off, you're at particular risk. you have to take them off in a particular way, a particular order. as you do so, there's a risk if you don't do it in the right

order. a tiny bit of the virus could end up on exposed skin. you have to prevent that from happening. >> it could have been something as simple as she touched her nose or up wooed her eye. >> while taking her stuff off if she had virus on the glove and it touched her nose. if the mask was off and wasn't done in the correct order or she wasn't trained in the right way. there's always the chance unfortunately. >> the second question is about the virus itself. the people are concerned. they seem to know it's not air born. they wonder if if it's mutated? >> all viruss mutate. it changes to adapt to the host to become more comfortable within us. they say the mutations haven't made it easier to catch. they haven't made it a worse virus to have. they certainly have not made it air born. if you look historically, what they tried to do is cause us

less harm. if they kill you they can't spread. in many ways historically viruss become less harmful to humans. >> people are worried about those that are most vulnerable. concerns about the elderly, people that are already unwell. children as well. are they more susceptible to ebola? >> we don't have enough information to know for sure. we know children's behavior makes them vulnerable when they're touching each other, spreading it more easily. in the affected areas schools are closed. you could argue they're less vulnerable. but then they're at home with perhaps sick relatives. it's yet to be seen if they are. >> tell us about the incubation period. >> the time between you being exposed to the time you actually get symptoms. it's between two and 21 days.

someone might get symptoms within that time. what we know is it's usually around day phfive. the longer you have the virus, the more infectious you are. as soon as you have symptoms you should go get into an isolated facility. if you're treat eed earlier, you're less likely to have symptoms. things like fever, headaches, sore throat. as it's malaria season in the area, it can be confused with that. health officials are saying if you're feeling generally unwell, be be sure you're checked out. >> i'm surprised about the number of people tweeting about cures. her balance remedies and things like that. could you tell us where we are on terms a cure. >> sadly there's no real cure

that's proven to work. what we know worked, rehydrating people, watching all nutrients, giving lots of fluids. that's what we need to do to help people get over the virus. there are some experimental drugs in the pipeline. zmapp was given to american doctors and they did recover. you can't say if that was down to chance or amazing health facilities they have there. people are working on drugs to try and cure this. it's unlikely they're going to help in the next couple of months. there's a vaccine in the pipelines, but we probably won't see results until january. >> we've been reporti ing month in west africa. we were told it had a fatality rate of 90%. that seems to have dropped to 70%. people are recovering from ebola. how are they once they recover? do they return to normal? what's life like if you're a recovered victim? >> we don't have huge amounts.

only 30% is recovered. the british volunteer who recovered well seems to be absolutely fine. in fact he's flown over to america to try to help someone else who has ebola by giving a blood product of his which contains antibodies to fight the disease. there is that role. we have heard from liberia and seierra leone that are feeling much better. there's stigma that they are feeling better. there's no data to suggest it causes long term complications. >> thanks so much. thanks for tweeting us question us on our twitter and facebook page. we'll try to address all your concerns. we've got a section for you on bbc.com/news about ebola. do log on. now alyssa is a young girl with big dreams.

she's only 13. she's determined to be the first person to land on mars. this is more than wishful thinking. she's already in training. she's the first person to attend all three of nasa's world space camps. the pop up team in baton rouge, louisiana has been to meet her. >> i want to go to mars because it's a place no one has been. it's completely desserted right now. i want to take that first step. >> i get the chance to deploy a parachute and land on the proper

landing site on mars. i think that i have a high chance of going to mars basically because i've been training for nine year s so fa. as i get older and do more things the resume will get longer, help me stand out. it are will help me look unique compared to other people. >> i absolutely think alyssa will be on mars. there's not a doubt in my mind because of how hard she works at trying to get there. there's just not a doubt in my mind that her dream and her passion will drive her to that planet. >> nasa takes people like alyssa very seriously. she is of the perfect age to one day become an astronaut to one day travel to mars. she's doing the right things, taking the right training and right steps to actually become

an astronaut. >> we have french, spanish, chinese, english, language, art, social study, math, science. i have a pretty balanced life. my saturdays are usually packed, but not always by nasa stuff. sometimes it could be due to soccer games or a piano recital. these things help me just be a kid sometimes. >> we have the next 20 years planned out. we know what she's doing. she's looking at going on a mission to mars in 2033. >> in years there's options i might not see her again. there's options they go to mars and never come back. we've discuss had the. she says she still wants to go.

>> i have thought about possibly being other things, but being an astronaut was first on my list. i don't want one obstacle in the way to stop me from going to mars. >> with her confidence, i'm sure she will. do stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. there have been 13,000 tweets in the past hour. it's the spectacular blood red moon. if you're lucky enough to be in the americas, you may be looking at this right now. we'll bring you more on this.

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i'm lucy hockings. the top story this is hour. five people are now in a

hospital in spain being treated for suspected ebola. 12 are killed in turkey during protests by kurds. they want the government to intervene in the battle over the town of kobane. aaron joining us with the business. a big meeting taking place at the moment. those ministers have a lot on their plate. >> absolutely. how to prevent terror from exploiting the internet. great to see you. hello lucy. a major terrorist attack in europe is inevitable according to the eu. counter terrorism ministers are meeting later today joined from the executives from big social media providers. the eu ministers and internet companies will discuss how to stop organizations such as isis exploiting the internet to recruit and spread their

message. can they succeed without infringing on people's rights to free speech? that's exactly the question i put to our technology reporter. listen to this. >> it's a huge battle. it's one the social net works try to weigh pros and cons of having this material on their sources. forcing it underground could be possibly worse. i spoke to a former counter terrorist here in the uk. he said having the low level intelligence is extremely useful when it comes to gathering small businesses that lead to a bigger picture. the dilemma is making sure intelligence and keeping normal people safe from viewing. there's something on a site that machine finds. they can report it and then the site can take action.

that is reactive. what would be ideal is to stop this from appearing on the site at all. there's various technologies put into play. there's a censorship. one of the things is certain material is being censored for being on social net work. who decides what that material is, who decides when that is removed? that's tricky material. indeed some of the backlash we've seen to government requests from the u.s. use data on normal networks suggested this is normal for people not just jihadis. let's talk about this. the london film festival kicks off today. from star wars to james bond, gravity, et cetera, et cetera. the british film industry has

produced some of the most profitable block busters ever. in recent years, spending on film production has soared as tax incentives onto british soil. is the film making industry and the money spending scheme it used to be. these days many don't both per going to the cinema? popularity of online services like apple itunes has fuelled a 40% increase on spending on digital downloads in the past year alone. this shift has been most obviously in europe and the united states. the consequence, there's been a slow down in cinema ticket sales. in the u.s., sales are on a downward trend falling marginally in the last couple of years. will there's still some good news for cinemas. ticket sales are on the rise in the biggest market in the world. it's china. it reportedly sold 180 million

more cinema tickets in 2013 than it did in 2012. that's a rise of 40%. in the long term, has the big night out at the movies had its day? let's find out. director of rain distance film festival joining us. i want to know if this is a sign of the times. for a long time we hadn't gone to a cinema. it cost me $38 for two tickets. i thought this is why i prefer to stay home, quiet, comfortable living room and watch a film from itunes or something like weather. >> that's an option. perhaps you and your highly stressed job -- i love watching your job -- maybe when you get home you don't want to go back and meet people. like china, admissions many the cinema went up a staggering 41%. we find people love the experience. the digital era is here.

you pay $10 for netflix, watch "house of cards" and all the other movies are sitting there. people aren't watching them f. that was one of your mu ovies o the play list, you wouldn't make money. movie theaters in america are petrified of big providers now making movies first released on netflix. cinemas say wouldn't show these in our theaters making the problem worse. it's a real dog fight out. >> elliott, are cinemas part to blame? we keep hearing today, it is cheaper today to make a movie. the film makers' cost are down. for us, the consumer, for us the ticket prices are going up. >> paradise ain't cheap. those nice comfy seats and beautiful boxes of popcorn. >> beautiful boxes of popcorn

which may cost three pennies. they sell them for five pounds. let's talk about china. numbers are astonishing. your film industry must look at china and go hallelujah. >> it's the golden goose. the down side is censorship and what movies they show there. earlier this morning i was told about the red button. anything about china, the red button goes on. that's something we're learning to work with. chinese films are coming to europe and america. when that starts happening, there's a cross like the indian movies that have crossed over. slum dog millionaire and movies that have played around the the world. those are sorts of stories that people like me are trying to figure out how to write and make. we'll make them in britain. sit 38% cheaper to make movies now here than in america. >> good luck with that. i look forward to seeing it.

let me know. elliott, always a pleasure. take care mate. there rain dance film festival. let's talk about this. this event gets underway with the book fair. the industry deals with online delivery to the explosion in self-publishing. does anyone go in a book shop anymore and buy a book? the answer is yes. victoria reports from the united states with a number of small independent bookstores that's been growing the past five years. the powerhouse arena is a cathedral to literature. locals are drawn to the collections in this unique and independently owned bookstore. >> they want an individual store. they don't want this to become a chain store like another bank or nail say loan.

people are aware you need to keep diversity in the richer environment and need to support local businesses. >> sales here are up 22% on last year. boosted by a busy event schedule, independent stores become laboratorielaboratories. across the u.s., store numbers are are gradually rising since 2009. competition is fierce and margins are slim. publishers are coming around to the economics of independent retailing. signed copies of new bundled in >> although smaller stores can't shift as much stock, prices tend to be higher which is good news for writers. >> amazon can sell a lot of books. the publisher and writer makes less money off the book than when it's sold in a physical

bookstore. >> at $7 for the average paper back, book selling needs to be subsidized. canvas bags are a best seller here in downtown manhattan. the family owned store has been here over 75 years and had to adapt over that type. some things stay the same. >> folks crave the experience of being around other folks who buy books. of being around a staff who knows about books. being in an institution where people clearly value books. it's a tactile general real experience. >> community book sellers are defying the perceived industry about the industry rea asserting themselves as socially relevant spaces, not just a marketplace for words. bbc news new york. okay. great stuff there. follow me on twitter get. me at bbc aaron. that is it with business. back to you. wanted to bring you breaking

news we're receiving from our correspondent paul adams. he's only a few hundred yards from the town of kobane now. i'm going to bring in live pictures so you can see what's happen. what paul has been telling us is a battle is raging in the eastern streets. he has rarely heard anything quite like it. at times it seems dozens of weapons are fired at once. there are regular grenade explosions too. as you can see from the pictures, a thick black smoke is rising. he believes that's a building on fire at the moment. we do know there have been multiple air strikes by coalition warplanes in the area today. those have been concentrated on the western side of the city where the islamic state advance seems to be halted in the west. you can hear jets flying over head at the moment. what appears to be the street by street battle taking place in

the east of the town. any updates from kobane, we'll bring them to you. if you're on social media at the moment, you'll have spot had the blood moon as one of the currently biggest trending topics worldwide. this is the view of the moon undergoing an eclipse and what's known as a blood moon. this lasted about four hours. it came about as the moon passed into the moon's shadow happen meant the light from the sun was no longer on the surface. instead it reflected red light from the earth's ora. let's bring you some of your pictures in as well that we've got from viewers posting online. lots of them for you to see on the website. bbc.com/news. we're putting together a gallery of best images. we're going to post on our facebook page as well.

go to bbc world news facebook page and have a look at viewers from parts of america and asia witnessing this blood moon. looking forward to seeing it. thanks for joining us on "gmt." see you again tomorrow. bye bye. (receptionist) gunderman group. gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! awesome! awesome! (all) awesome! i love logistics.

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