hello, and welcome to "gmt" on "bbc world news." our top stories, the pakistani teenager malala yousafzai who took on the taliban to fight for girls education becomes the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize. the nobel committee hails her struggle against the suppression of children. she shares the prize with indian campaigner kailash satyarthi. as the ebola crisis intensifies in west africa the boss of one of the world's biggest medical

aid organizations condemned the international response. and still, no sign of north korea's supreme leader. kim jong un's no-show at another hoe-profile event sets off more speculation about his health. alice is here with all the business, including a look at that roller coaster ride of a week we've had on the markets. >> indeed. first they were up, and then they were down. after the biggest rally in a year on wednesday, global markets have slumped around the world today. investors are worried that the global economy is grinding to a halt after a series of weak data releases. but is this a sign of things to come, or just a knee jerk reaction? a very warm welcome to "gmt." it's 7:00 a.m. in washington, 12 noon in london, and 4:00 p.m. in

islamabad, where pakistanis are following the latest dramatic twist in the remarkable story of the 17-year-old pakistani schoolgirl malala yousafzai. just two hours ago, she became the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize for her campaigning efforts on behalf of girls education. malala's name became familiar across the world when she was shot and critically wounded by taliban gunmen two years ago. now, she'll receive the peace prize in december jointly with the indian children's rights activist kailash satyarthi. the nobel committee hailed both for their struggle against the suppression of children. now, we're going to go live to our correspondents. i'm going to start with shaima averages she is a daughter of pakistan. tell me what kind of reaction there has been to this news.

>> reporter: excitement, and pride. we heard from the minister. as you said, two years ago, she was shot by the taliban for advocating girls' education. today she's a nobel peace laureate. i went to an islamabad school to speak to some girls and also get their reaction about this news. >> i'm very proud of malala. i love her sacrifice. she's a very great person. it is very difficult for a woman. and she's done great for us. i'm very proud of her and i love her. i want to be like her. >> you want to be like malala. what about yourself. >> when i watch malala on television, i am proud of her and i always want to be like her. and she was shot by the taliban, but she has won the peace prize.

that is still huge. we are so proud of her. >> reporter: they are proud of her. they want to be like her. and because they feel that she's one of them, she's a young pakistani woman that they feel and these students tell me they think if she can do it, maybe they one day can also achieve something great. but i must say, it's really interesting to speak about malala here in pakistan, because even though she's been embraced by the world here, she's still a divisive figure, and her critics say she's been aligned too much with the west, she's been embraced by the west and also she's left the country. but her mission, her message of girls' education is still a struggle here, with many girls in the rural areas and the remote areas finding it very difficult to get to school, let alone get a decent education. >> well, shaimaa, that's fascinating stuff. as you say, obviously malala for the moment at least has a life in the west after hospital treatment. she's still in the uk. she's well-known in the west. much less well-known in the west

is kailash satyarthi, so we're going to cross now to delhi. i think many people around the world won't know kailash satyarthi. i want you to tell me more about him. >> reporter: he's been a campaigner a long time. in the 1980s, he quit his job as an engineer to campaign against child labor. he's been active in the field, rescuing children who were trafficked either in sweat shops making garments. and even lobbying at the government level, he lobbied the indian government for so long that in 2012 they finally decided that employment of children below 14 is now illegal in india. now he's working on a paper to include child labor in the post-2015 u.n. mdgs. so he's been a campaigner for a long time, but it did come as a surprise even in india to many. >> i'll tell you what fascinates me about him. he has talked openly about the

inspiration he takes from gandhi. i just wonder how that manifests itself in the way he runs his campaigns and protests. >> absolutely. his campaign has all been about the grass root workers. many of his workers are grass root workers. we went on a child labor rescue earlier this year with him where we went to rescue some domestic child labor. this is one in every eight children go missing in india. most of them are trafficked into urban cities as domestic child labor. so it's not really the industry we're talking about, but even within indian homes. so he campaigns a lot for both child labor being used in employment, and industries as well as within homes. so we went with a couple of his workers and all of them are grass root workers. they're very involved in the campaign. they're very inspired by gandhi. they're inspired by him. he wears -- like gandhi actually advised. he goes around campaigning not just in rural areas, but in

urban levels and government levels and international platforms as well. >> shilpa, thank you very much for that. as i say, kailash satyarthi probably less well-known than malala yousafzai. she has been in the media spotlight a great deal over the last two years. not least for concern over her health after she was so seriously wounded. now, of course, because she is a globetrotting campaigner who has access to the corridors of power all over the world. her very first interview after the shooting was with the bbc. here's what she told my colleague last october. >> reporter: a day out in birmingham for malala yousafzai. this 16-year-old's life was transformed by the attack that nearly killed her. one year on, i've been spending time with her and her family. >> hello, malala, how are you? what has been the hardest thing about coming to birmingham? >> nothing.

>> the weather, of course. >> yeah, the weather. >> the weather. and seeing malala. her whole face was like big, big. and here it's good. >> she's much better now than she was. but your life changed in that one moment. >> in seconds. >> in seconds, everyone's life changed in that moment. malala was only 11 when she first spoke out for girls' rights to go to school. >> i will get my education if it is in home, school, or any place. >> reporter: the world she knew was about to disappear. her home valley in northern pakistan came under the brutal rule of the taliban. >> i was afraid of my future. i didn't want to see any girl to be ignorant and i don't want to see any girl to be illiterate in the future. and i wouldn't want my future to

be just sitting in a room and to be in prison in four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. i didn't want to see my life in that way. >> reporter: the taliban's control of the area was short-lived, but still malala's determination would come at a cost. on the 9th of october last year, she and her friends were traveling home on their school bus when it was stopped. >> reporter: malala was shot in the head, deliberately targeted by the extremists. today malala has become the face of the world's 57 million out of school children. she has an influence few other 16-year-olds can imagine. and yet she told me she still sees herself as an ordinary teenager. do you believe in a dialogue with the taliban, whether in your own country or in afghanistan?

is that the way forward, do you think? >> i don't want to go deep in those issues of terrorism because it's the job of the government to do it. it's the job of the afghanistan government as well-to-do this. and i also request the taliban that they must stop it and they must do what they want through dialogue. they must tell us what they want. and killing people and slaughtering people and flogging people and blasting schools, it's totally against islam. they are misusing the name of islam. islam tells us to be peaceful. islam tells us about brotherhood. this is not the true islam which the terrorists are showing us. >> well, with me is a uk-based pakistani writer who also has met malala, interviewed her for a newspaper last year, i believe. it's interesting, isn't it? when we watch clips there of malala. it's easy to forget that she is a teenage girl. when you meet her, what kind of

aura, what kind of presence does she have? >> it's quite an extraordinary presence, unlike any other, because on the one hand, she is the teenage girl. she laughs a lot. i think that's one of the things about her that i was surprised by, which doesn't come through in the public persona. there's a definite giggly side. but she's also remarkably self-assured. and before i went, people said oh, she's her father's creation, he's the puppet master. it's totally untrue. he wasn't there for most of the interview. and she just has a great sense of self, i think. >> is she aware of just how significant a symbolic role her presence now plays on the international scene? >> i think she's very much aware of it. we have to remember that she was already a significant figure before the taliban shot her in the head. >> she was a campaigner. >> and that is why they shot her. i think she's very aware of the significance and i think there's

a certain burden that places on her. >> it's interesting you say that. because thinking of her age, and she's still got a lot of growing up to do and a lot of studying to do. do you get a sense from her that she really has a clear idea of where she's going and what she wants to do with this remarkable life of hers? >> she was unequivocal that she wants to go back to pakistan and to politics. >> really? >> absolutely. she wouldn't say which political party. she said oh, well i'm still very young, like a true politician. which, of course, would be fantastic if we could believe that there's a pakistan she could -- a kind of pab which would allow her to safely go back. >> and of course, more than anybody else, she knows exactly how dangerous it can be in pakistan. do you think that weighs heavy on her? >> one of the extraordinary things about meeting her is, being shot in the head by the taliban wasn't the big shock of her life was. going to school in birmingham was.

the culture shock seemed far greater, because she'd been campaigning for several years and the threats had been there for several years. you half felt that she had played that out in her head. a couple of years before the attack on pakistan tv, she was asked by an interviewer what would you do if the taliban tried to kill you? and she said, if it happens, it happens. but before he did it, i would like to hit him on the face with my shoe and what gives you the right? >> i do thank you so much for sharing those insights with us. thanks for coming to "gmt." >> thank you. now, we're going to bring you some breaking news. this has been coming over news agency wires in the last few moments. we have learned that islamic state fighters have advanced deeper into the syrian town of kobane. that, of course, the town on the turkish border in the kurdish area of syria. now, reports suggest that the islamic state gunmen have taken almost complete control of an

area where the local kurdish administration was based inside the town itself. now, this is news that is coming from the around observatory for human rights. there are many people -- and here you can see live pictures which are coming from cameras based on the turkish side of the border there. are many journalists and observers on that turkish side of the border, watching every development in kobane. of course, it's terribly differently to know exactly what's going on street by street. but the latest news we have from human rights activists who have people contact inside kobane, the latest is that islamic state fighters have taken significant new territory in the town, including an area which used to house the offices of the kurdish government in kobane. so we'll keep following that for you, of course, and bring you the very latest as we get it. in other news, north and south korea have exchanged fire

across their land border after the south launched balloons containing propaganda messages. the incident happened near the south korean border town of yeoncheon. the borders are reported to have contained leaflets condemning kim jong un. officials in mexico say four more mass graves have been found near the southern town of iguala. the discovery came during a huge operation to find the students who disappeared after clashing with police. last week, 28 burnt bodies were found in six shallow graves. none have yet been identified. pro-democracy campaigners in hong kong have asked their supporters to bring tents and prepare for the long haul, after the government cancelled talks. demonstrations have brought parts of the territory to a standstill for almost two weeks. the protesters are opposed to the chinese government's plans to vet candidates for hong kong's next election in 2017. now do stay with us on "bbc world news," because still to

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now, tongues are wagging over the continued disappearance from public view of the north korean leader kim jong un. the supreme leader was a no-show at a ceremony in pyongyang, marking the communist state's 69th anniversary. state media has been playing down speculation about his absence, saying he has "an uncomfortable physical condition." but it has sparked rumors of a serious illness or even a political coup. the bbc's seoul correspondent steve evans has been watching. >> reporter: he's not been well, walking with a bad limp before vanishing altogether from public view. his weight had been going up.

then a series of big events in september 3rd, where the supreme leader has been absent. an empty chair at the meeting of the people's assembly. and today, on north korean television, documentaries featuring old pictures of his father and grandfather. kim jong un was out of the picture, prompting speculation that he's been having medical treatment. >> well, there has not been any official confirmation or denial of the rumor that western insurgents have been invited to north korea. but in the past when kim jong un's father, the past leader kim jong il collapsed with a heart attack, the french doctor was rushed to be brought to pyongyang. and the intelligence was intercepted. >> reporter: who's in charge matters, because north korea remains heavily armed, and has

developed nuclear weapons. though not small enough yet to be carried by rockets. here in seoul, the capital in south korea, the government says that it thinks the regime in pyongyang is stable. that implies that it believes there hasn't been a coup and that kim jong un remains in power. but probably from his sick bed, these former days of adulation by a fearful public and obedient military are not for the present. but will he ever get them back? the big question, unanswerable from the outside, is how sick he is and is he getting better or worse. steven evans, bbc news, seoul. the huge task of rebuilding parts of gaza after the recent conflict with israel will be the focus of an international conference in cairo this weekend. for 50 days earlier this year, both sides launched rockets and

assaults against each other. but the majority of casualties were, of course, palestinian and many of them were civilians. some of those who survived suffered life-changing injuries. recently, a team of british doctors has been helping out at gaza's main hospital. and this is their story. >> so i'm a plastic and reconstructive surgeon that works at a major trauma center here looking after the injuries that are brought in. this weekend, i'm going to gaza for the very first time to go and assess the situation there and really see -- well, see what there is. no idea what to expect. actually, i'm petrified, leaving behind my family and wife and

three children. it's something i've felt i should do. you know, the one thing i'm trained for is looking after major injuries, and the one thing that they really have a lot of in gaza are major injuries, especially at this stage now that things have quietened down, there are a lot of people out there that will need ongoing care, and i think myself as part of a charity like ideals can actually now start setting up something to try and sort these people out. the most serious case we saw and operated on was the young man abdullah who had a large blast wound to his left thigh and pelvic area. and he was the one that needs the most urgent attention out of everyone that we saw. >> translator: i'm very happy at the moment. because now i can be treated. there is hope that my leg won't have to be cut off. there is hope my life will be fine.

>> with all this infection there, that could just go. there's too much infection. >> never. >> the wound is enormous. he has lost the whole of the left side of his pelvis. most of that has just gone. our difficulty coming from overseas is that these people think of us as miracle workers, but of course, we're not. we ought to be able to save his life, but not his leg. >> there is chaos. and i think it comes down to lack of the things that we emphasize in a place like london, communication, team work, organization. and the guys here are desperate to bring that sort of thing in, so that were this to happen again, they will hopefully cope a bit better, and by coming back again and again, each step, keeping in touch, trying to bring in some of the models that we've got in london, will

hopefully continue to improve things in a hospital, in a place like gaza. >> would you like to come back to gaza? >> yes, actually. i'd like to come back. i wasn't sure if i wanted to come here in the first place, but i felt i should come. but actually this time now, not only do i feel i should come, but i would like to come back. >> very poignant images from gaza there. now, space research is expensive. few nations can afford to be involved in it. but china is determined to be at the forefront, it seems. as part of our designed in china season, our china editor carrie gracie was given rare access to the world's largest telescope. well, largest telescope of its kind. >> reporter: the air is fresh and the sky is clear, and up here in the mountains to the north of beijing, i feel like i'm on the roof of china. above me and on both sides is a building chock full of chinese

innovation. we've been given special access to this cutting edge national research project. they want us to see what china's capable of when it sets its mind to it. so now we just have to wait for it to get dark. i'm standing under the dome of china's biggest telescope. and looking out into the sky, up there somewhere, 100 billion stars of the milky way. i can't see too many of them clearly tonight because we've got a big full moon, but this telescope can surely see them with these mirrors under the covers here. it can pick out at any one time 4,000 stars. and that's what makes this telescope special. it's the biggest one of its kind in the world. more than three times as big as its nearest rival. and that means it can catch a bigger patch of the night sky, and therefore get closer to the innermost secrets of how the milky way was formed.

>> there's carrie gracie, a little bit star struck. we're going to close this half-hour by bringing you the very latest live pictures from hong kong. pro-democracy students and others, activists out on the streets again after talks with the government broke down on thursday. that's the latest from hong kong. ♪

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hello, and welcome to "gmt" on "bbc world news." in this half-hour, as the ebola crisis intensifies in west africa, the leader of one of the world's biggest medical aid organizations condemns the international response. fears of a global spread of the virus have prompted new precautionary screening of travelers at a number of international airports. will that do any good? from political to earth shakers. the anti-eu uk independence party has its first mp, and

promises to change british politics forever. and alice is here with all the business, including the beautiful game trying to make inroads in india. >> absolutely right. bollywood and billionaires are hoping that football fever will kick off in the south continent this weekend, as a string of local investors have invested heavily into a new football league in india. but can a nation of cricket lovers really become football fans as well? hello, and a very warm welcome to "gmt." the ebola epidemic continues to pose a massive challenge for three west african countries at the center of the crisis. sierra leone, liberia, and guinea, where reports from the capital point to another alarming rise in reported cases. now the leader of up with of the

world's biggest medical organizations, joanne lui, president of msf, has told the bbc she can't understand why seven months after the start of the outbreak there hasn't yet been a massive deployment of relief teams to west africa. much international attention is focused on beefing up screening at international airports to prevent global spread of the disease. our world affairs correspondent nick childs has the latest. >> reporter: the focus of this most deadly outbreak still centers on these desperate west african states. in liberia, american troops and equipment have been flying in. their mission, to build urgently needed treatment centers. the pentagon has accelerated its deployment of up to 3,900 personnel to support the fight against ebola, as a leading aid agency has issued a new appeal for the world to act now. >> i still think that we're not winning the battle. i think that we're still behind.

in order to get ahead of the game, we're going to need to deploy much more massively than we've done so far. >> meanwhile, in mali, not yet affected despite its border with guinea, an environmental vaccine is being rushed through. it's gn it's estimated more than 3,800 have died. the unease is spreading. events in spain have raised new international alarms. an infected nurse is still fighting for her life and more than a dozen other people who have had contact with her are being monitored or are in quarantine. the spanish experience has raised doubts about whether developed countries are as prepared as they should be if cases reach them. in britain, the gvt's decision and a change of heart to introduce enhanced screening for ebola at the main airports and the train terminal has prompted and the train terminal has prompted confusion and questions.

the effectiveness of such checks is limited. >> screening is a risk reduction strategy. it's never 100% effective because of the fact that people can cross international borders in the incubation period, the infected, yet not show the disease. >> in the united states, more u.s. troops in training for their new mission. washington has taken the lead in terms of an international response and impressing others to take a hand. but still, the questions about why the world didn't do more sooner in the face of the warnings about this spiraling emergency. nick childs, bbc news. >> all right, well let's take our reporting of the ebola crisis right back to sierra leone, the country perhaps worst hit by the crisis so far. >> we can speak to a senior mediator of the red cross. he has worked on the front line in sierra leone. he's in geneva now. benoit, i want you to tell me

what you saw in sierra leone and what you make of the idea that still resources are not being placed where they need to be. what's your view? >> i've been there the beginning of august, so obviously things have changed since then. we've seen an increasing donation, that's for sure, but we're still really far from what we should be having. a number of small appeals for preparedness in the neighboring countries and even further than that. we are only 40% funded at the moment, which is very, very low. so there's definitely a need. we have opened a treatment center in sierra leone, so that does drive a bit more money than

the normal activities which we are doing. >> you mentioned dead body management. there's been much discussion of the difficulties of changing systems in a country like sierra leone. both in terms of hospitals, medical car, and the way in which bodies are dealt with. do you see signs that real change is coming? >> yeah, there's been improvement since the beginning. but we're still not perfect. we've increased the number of teams that we have. we had six teams a couple of weeks ago and we're going to have 50 teams. each team is made of six people. and that's only for liberia. and we have the same thing in guinea and in sierra leone. so we're definitely increasing in that sense. communities are accepting, you know, the teams more and more. >> this is testing obviously both for the international agencies that want to help, but very testing for the sierra

leone government. there have been some critics who have accused the government of failing to get resources to where they're needed, of stockpiling supplies and resources in warehouses that are not getting to where the people desperately need them. what is your view of the competition of the sierra leonean government? >> we're not here to comment on their competency. i think we work well with them, we've been working with the sierra leone government and with all the other actors, like msf in the field from the beginning. it's a huge logistical pipeline. if we only take the logistic part of it, you can imagine, it's thousands of items to have the personal protection equipment. i mean, in our hospital, we're using 150 personal protective equipment today. so imagine every single equipment is made of 11 pieces, and all these 11 pieces have to all be there.

you can't just have one missing. it's a huge logistical pipeline that needs to be secured and secured for the length of the operation, which is going to be a long one. >> thank you very much for joining us on "gmt." now, let's get more on the decision by uk authorities to increase screening of passengers arriving from west africa and into britain. we can go now live to heathrow, join our correspondent rebecca williams, who is standing by at the airport. just explain to me what the new procedures are. >> well, we expect to get more information about those in due course, but i have spoken to heathrow in the last few hours. they've confirmed that they will start these screening procedures in the next new days or so. that they're liaising with public health england. they say their staff are trained for dealing with the control of the diseases and they are getting specialist training on how to spot signs of symptoms of

ebola. gatwick says it hasn't had any extra information yet and they are waiting for direction from public health england. we understand that these screening procedures will be carried out on people traveling in from west africa. we understand that there will be a questionnaire asking people where they've come from, the countries they've been to, and the people that they have been in contact with. if they've had contact with people who have had the virus, they may then have to have a specialist screening carried out by a professional who has been trained. and obviously temperatures will be taken. if the temperature is over 38 degrees, this could be a signal that they have symptoms of the virus. now, the government has said it has liaised with health experts. that's why it's taken this decision to carry out the screening process, but there has been some criticism of it as well. >> all right, rebecca, thank you very much for joining us from a rather windy heathrow there. we're going to join alice now. she's here with all the business. i think you're going to start by looking at these very

topsy-turvy markets we've seen this week. >> absolutely right. it's been something of a roller coaster. because first they were up, and then they came tumbling down. markets around the world have seen one of their biggest falls in six months. a move that was triggered by falls over 2% on wall street. now, remember, these falls come after the biggest rally in a year on wednesday, which itself followed a major selloff on tuesday. and let me just show you something else. the s&p's vix index, that's a measure of volatility even, known as the fear index. it surged some 24% on thursday. and markets have not been this volatile actually since the summer of 2011 when the u.s. had its credit rating cut. having a major impact on other assets. oil has fallen into a bear market with crude costing $88 a barrel. that's the lowest level that we've seen since 2010.

by contrast, gold, the safe haven asset of choice, has seen a four-day khali and is on calls for its best week in four months. an ounce of gold will now set you back $1,222 u.s. dollars, so are we seeing a turning point in the markets? sarah hughen, good to talk to you. let's talk first of all about what we're seeing in europe, and the dax particularly. down over 2%. its biggest slump in exports in five years. some are warning it's headed for recession. what do you >> certainly the data have deteriorated the last few months. in addition to the poor export numbers we had earlier in the week, signals that orders were down, industrial production is down, and so we're seeing really the specter of a german economy which seemed to be doing so well

at the start of the year. really struggling to gain traction at the moment. i don't know that we're necessarily going to see the economy moving to recession. some of the numbers are distorted by holidays and other unusual factors. but certainly the pace of activity in germany has slowed. >> and of course, events in germany and elsewhere in the eurozone has got everyone speculating as to what the european central bank, the ecb is going to do next. >> yes. i think one. the reasons why we're seeing so much volatility in markets is because every time we get some bad news on economic activity, markets anticipate that the european central bank might inject a further stimulus into the economy, which could ultimately be positive for equities. now they've already done quite a lot. they have announced two sets of rate cuts. they're injecting liquidity. they have embarked on a quantitative easing program,

although we would regard it as qe light there. are some expectations that they could embark on a more substantial asset-buying program. along the lines of what the u.s. federal reserve has done and what the bank of england did in the past. >> speaking of the federal reserve, it's winding up its stimulus measures. the past week seen a real roller coaster on the u.s. markets. they're due to open again on. what are you expecting? >> i think we're going to see a lot more volatility. the news from the u.s. is a lot more positive than it is from europe. we're seeing stronger activity. but this is also raising expectations that the fed will start to increase interest rates at some point next year. having said that, the fed has raised some warnings about dollar strength, which hurts competitiveness of u.s. exports. so there are a lot of different factors here for policymakers and indeed for markets to consider. >> a bit of a deadly coat tail

for markets to join us. sarah hewin, many thanks. let's have a quick look to see where european markets are. the dax making some recovery. it was down over 2.2%. it's just ticked up, still down below two, and the cac in san francisco also down over 1.5%. now, think of football crazy nations. and india's not really the first country that springs to mind, sit? a group of high-profile investors from the world of business, cricket, and bollywood are hoping to change that with the launch of a new indian football super league. so will indian sports fans play ball? here's a report from calcutta. >> reporter: there's lots of noise around football in india right now, and for these players, part of the atletico calcutta club, lots of pressure,

too. part-owned by atletico madrid, they are one of the favorites to win the new indian super league. a tournament modelled on cricket's successful ipl, featuring franchises competing against each other. calcutta is the football capital of india, but beyond this region, the popularity of the sport hasn't expanded much. this is primarily due to cricket, which is the nation's favorite sport. so as the stadium gets ready to host the inaugural match of the indian super league, the lingering question is whether this new tournament can expand or spread the popularity of this game. the clubs are confident that will happen. and to help its appeal, they've signed some big names from the years gone by. like frenchman robert perez, italian alejandro depiero, and spain's garcia to play alongside local players.

>> i think people are looking forward to seeing indian players around the world. maybe it could be the beginning of something bigger. >> but even a host of bollywood celebratees turning it into the new model is a challenge. >> at some point, the glitz and glamour is going to go. a traditional business ventture which starts yielding the terms in five years, seven years. it could take listener than that. >> reporter: for the appliers and most owners, the focus is the tournament's kickoff, not the longer impact. a successful start to the league will go a long way in giving indian football a leg up. >> that's all the business for this hour. not sure if you're a cricket or

a football man, but food for thought there. >> both, actually. if it's sport, i like it. thank you very much indeed. do stay with us on "bbc world news," because still to come, india's prime minister launches his own version of the ice bucket challenge, but has the clean my india campaign gone viral or gone to waste? hey, razor. check this out. it's time to get a hotel. we can save big with priceline express deals. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool. we're cool. my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen.

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welcome back to "gmt." the top stories this hour. the nobel peace prize has been won jointly by the pakistani activist malala yousafzai and india's kailash satyarthi for their work promoting children's rights. the world health organization says it expects to see another 10,000 cases of ebola despite a much improved

international response. here in britain, the euro skeptic uk independence party has won its first seat in parliament. its candidate douglas carswell, who defected from the conservative party, comfortably won a bi-election in the seaside town of clackton. let's get more from rob watson. the cliche after a dramatic result like the one we've just seen is that it's a political earthquake. does this feel like a bit of an earthquake to you? >> it does. i certainly think that we can say safely that we have felt the odd tremor. there's no doubt that this performance in clacton can help them say look, we are a credible party, we can gain votes. and the fact that they also did very well, that they nearly won

another seat in the north of england, normally safe territory for the opposition labour party. but the reason why you would want to be very careful about saying this is a breakthrough is that that entirely depends on can they continue this momentum through to the general election in may of next year, and that is under britain's first pass the post system, makes it very hard for insurgent parties. >> ukip is a populous party, very skeptical about european union and immigration. who do they threaten more, the ruling conservatives or the main opposition labour party? >> reporter: you're absolutely right about the way you characterize ukip. clearly, what's really winning about ukip is its tough message on immigration, on the eu, and on anti-politics as usual. now, it threatens mainly the conservatives, up until now.

but what's clear is that ukip is taking votes from all the mainstream parties and that is really the danger that they have to deal with. i think so far, what's really interesting is that these parties, they're struggling to come up with a message to counter ukip's insurgency, i think in part because they don't know whether to tell ukip voters, look, you're wrong about your concern about the european union, or to say maybe you're partly right and we're prepared the adjust our policy to that end. so hugely interesting times in british politician. >> indeed, rob. apologies there for the little bit of rude heckling that rob had to suffer in clacton. now, there was huge fanfare last week when the indian prime minister that ren -- narendra modi launched his version of the ice bucket challenge. he wants citizens to clean up their country.

video was widely shared, but has the challenge really been taken up across the country? a week on, bbc trending asks whether mr. modi's campaign has really taken off. >> reporter: indians, go clean up your country. a week ago, prime minister narendra modi swept up a street and nominated might be the famous indians to do the same. but a week on, are indians actually doing the challenge at all? there's no doubt that "my clean india" trended big. two mlt facebook likes, 131,000 tweets on day one. but it began to drop off rapidly the next day. a 94% drop by a week later. the pm nominated nine of india's great and good. so far, four have actually cleaned something. though the actors of this soap opera cleaned their own set, not

a street. this cricket legend did a massive street cleanup, but like a prominent guru, he seemed to forget to nominate anyone else. one top bollywood actress hasn't done it yet, but has already nominated 49 others. on the great indian public, so far we've only counted around 50 videos posted on youtube using the my clean india labels. >> in terms of the mechanics of the campaign, i have to struggle to find nine people among my facebook friends to say okay, who is the right candidate for this? people are likely to make something go wider if it is an unexpected twist or if it is exciting, fun. nobody can help the fact that cleaning is really not much fun. >> reporter: there are waste crises in india cities. over half of indians are forced to defecate in the open.

human scavengers often clean up by hand. so the prime minister's intervention is a big deal. but some are asking, does a social media photo opportunity make any real difference? >> suddenly people want to be involved, want change. but at the same time, how that change will happen? >> reporter: there is still time, though. prime minister modi has allowed five years for his campaign to really make a difference. >> well, i wish that campaign frankly would come to my street, too. i might get some video uploaded myself. it is almost time fortous go on "gmt." before we do, we're going to take you back live to the pictures from the border. this is the turkish side of the border where the cameras are based. but they are looking at the syrian town of co been knee where news has come in the last few moments that islamic state fighters have overrun a headquarters building used by

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