www.vitac.com hello. i'm with bbc world news. our top story. a second health worker involved in caring if for the ebola victim that died has tested positive for the disease. police brutality in hong kong after violent clashes of at least 40 pro democracy demonstrators. i'm live outside court in pretoria where arguments continue of whether jail is a suitable place for pistorius. the support they've been

given isn't enough. hello. welcome to the program. a second health care worker in the u.s. state of texas has tested positive for ebola. one nurse is already receiving treatments after becoming infected by a liberian man who died from the virus last week. health authorities said the second worker reported a fever on tuesday and was immediately isolated at texas health presbyterian hospital. the world health organization estimates under 9,000 people have contracted ebola worldwide. a total of almost 4.5 thousand people have died.

it began in december 2013 and confirmed in march. there's a warning from the world health organization unless there's a radical change and approach there could be between 5,000 and 10,000 new cases every week by the end of the year. there's now a renewed focus on how health care workers can insure they're protected. we have been to the national bio containment centerer in texas to see how hard it is to guarantee the safety of medical staff. >> with the discussion over how medical workers become infected when looking after a patient, we come here where they train people how to put on suits properly. i'm going through a training course here to explain exactly how i put the suits on, how i would protect myself from being infected with other bowl working with a patient. where do we start? >> we're going to put your legs

in cover alls. these have shoe covers at bottom. >> how does this work? >> a air pure identifying reci e respirat respirator. it's going to draw in contaminated air from the room providing you with clean filtered air. now we're going to slip this on. grab there and slip your head in. the zipper. tuck everything in. now we're going to secure your gloves to your cover alls. now we're going to put on your gown. >> so another layer? >> another layer.

>> this is how a doctor or nurse would look going into a ward treating someone with ebola. then they have to come out. they could have potential bodily fluids and blood on them. the key is taking it off without anything coming into contact with skin. >> first thing we'll do is disinfect. we'll start with your gloves. turning inside out. from the outside, inside out. then ball it up. we'll pull from the back. do inside out one arm at a time. inside out. roll it up, dirty in, clean out. there's also a place my skin is seeping through. >> this is where the size is very important.

go ahead and unzip. yep. it's quite hard to do. now keep the clean out, dirty in. all the way down. grab inner cuff and outside and go ahead and remove. >> without coming in contact with the skin. >> now your glove. no flicking. >> what happens if i flick? >> you'll make air sols. if you have fluid on there and make air sols, you could make droplets. straight to the hand washing sink. >> that's how people prevent themselves from being infected dealing with someone with ebola. that was an indication of how difficult it is for health workers. let's speak to the health reporter. it looks impossible to not get your skin exposed to this.

of course we've now heard this second health care worker who was looking after that person from liberia is now infected. devastating news. >> authorities, the center for disease control in america says they're acting as fast as they can. they're contact tracing, anyone that's come in contact with this second health care worker knows the risk and is monitored closely. this is the second case. health care workers across the united states said perhaps they haven't been provided enough training or perhaps the training hasn't been robust enough. the center for disease control has announced more training. another team is going to dallas to help health care workers. they're going to get a rapid response team to any hocspital n the u.s. that presents a case of

ebola. >> health care workers complain they were not using the extreme measures beforehand when the man came from ebola. >> when you initially present to the hospital, you may have symptoms of flu or stomach bug. it may be difficult for health care workers to know what they're dealing with. we believe that's what happened in the first case. i think now they're saying health care workers must be incredibly vigilant. if anyone comes in the hospital with symptoms like this, they must be asked where have they been? have they been in contact with anyone seriously unwell. >> we need to remember the nearly 4500 who have died predominantly in west africa. you have an update on the first health care worker in texas. >> she says she's doing quite well and tweeting well wishes to thank them for support.

good news there. >> it's certainly very much needed. thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the latest. of course as a you can expect, we have more on our website. pro democracy demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with police in the worst violence since rallies began more than two weeks ago. a protestor seen on film punched and kicked by police have accused officers of a criminal act. hong kong police are investigating and have redeployed officers. this report comes from hong kong. >> hong kong's pro democracy protests have once again turned ugly. overnight there was a toughening of the police response using pepper spray and physical force in the face of growing protestors tearing up concrete

slabs to form new barricades. this video that portrays a sinister edge. in the minutele of the chaos, a pro democracy protestor is taken by police and given a prolonged beating. he's now in the hospital. by daylight calm had been restored. the camp pitch add cross the eight lane highway was still intact. >> there's little doubt the hong kong police face huge pressures dealing with the protests. the umbrella movement is paralyzing key areas of this city. images of brutality from last night won't huelp the cause. they galvanize for protesting. >> these scenes will raise concern in beijing, focus of protestor's anger. a short distance away, chinese

soldiers watch on. bbc news, hong kong. now other news for you. mexico's attorney general says dna tests have shown bodies found in a mass grave are not those of missing students. there's still no sign of students that disappeared three weeks ago following violent protests. he said the tests were still carried out on bodies found in four other mass graves. a day of mourning is held in the city of mariupol after seven were killed. another 16 were injured when a shell hit a funeral procession. it's warned they need to do more before sanctions. elections are held with the party facing a tough challenge

from long standing opponents. the party dominated the country's politics since independence from portugal in 1975. the last entry makes the race too tight to call. the south african runner oscar pistorius is back in court for a third day of arguments over whether he should go to jail for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he was found guilty of culpable homicide last month but cleared from murder. following this is my colleague at the court in pretoria. talk us through what we heard today. the details of the prison bathrooms in particular. >> reporter: yes. the state of south african prisons have been under discussion in last few hours.

gerrie nel asked for a lunch break of an hour and a half to present his witnesses. he said he'll be bringing four or possibly three witnesses once they presume. he's gone to consult with them. his strategy has to adapt to what has been happening in court today. earlier we were hearing a discussion about the suitability for prison for oscar pistorius. prosecution trying to disclaim the defense saying that prison was a suitable place for someone like oscar pistorius because it does not cater to his disabilities. he's tried to prove that not to be true. tell me your perspective on what we've been hearing this morning. >> i think gerrie nel succeeded in discrediting most of the testimony. then he has tendency to continue

and continue exhaustively on the same points. some of the things that he raised were obviously gathered from the internet. she didn't go to the judicial prison to get the true facts n. essence a lot of what she said was true, because she couldn't substantiate that and information was based on incorrect information, that came out. and the request by the steenkamps for settlement, it's going pear shaped. i wish they could finish aggravation so the judge could decide. >> the witness was recommending a non custodial sentence for pistorius. she was trying to back up why

jail is so unsuitable. the lump sum each month the steenkamps are requesting is also being decided. >> thank you very much. of course follow that on our website too. lots more coming up on the program. do stay with us. including high ranking military officials from north and south korea meet for talks for the first time in seven years. 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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chinese in europe on a offensive spending spree. >> a bit of a spending spree. hello there. chinese premiere is in italy fresh from his trip to russia where in russia he signed no fewer than 50 trade deals. italians are not going to be outdone. deals worth $10 billion are signed. we know chinese firms have been investing heavily in the economy of the european economies. they've been buying stake as in an array of businesses and that will probably continue. we'll keep our eyes on that chinese tour in italy. let's stay with china. its annual consumer inflation slowed more than expected 1.6% in september . that is a level we haven't seen since january 2010. it's below the official target.

all this is further evidence the world's second largest economy is cooling. on the flip side, it's giving more room to policy makers in beijing to stimulate growth if needed. they're not doing anything at the moment but keeping eyes on that as we are here as well. now we've all seen these converse trainers especially the ankle boot, chuck 's, all star as. now the owner of those shoe, nike is suing dozens of competitors claiming they unfairly copied the design. the toe stripe around the bottom. last night they filed into new york international trade commission, 31 companies, sketchers, wal-mart, ralph lauren. we'll keep across that story as well. here's an interesting one for you. a new perk for working women. tech giants facebook and apple has confirmed they'll pick up the tabs for female employees

who want to freeze their eggs. becoming two of the first of the large companies to cover the cost of this expensive fertility treatment. other benefits are longer parental leave. all taken by employees. tweet me and i'll tweet you back. all the business on "gmt" in over an hour's time. >> as always aaron, thank you very much. rebel fighters in syria backed by the west told bbc the u.s. led coalition faces backlash against islamic state. a number of armed groups to help fight the militants say the support they've been given isn't enough. our international correspondent panel reports from the turkey syrian border. >> reporter: these are the men who have been hand picked to fight islamic state in syria. here aacking government

forces. they're syrian rebels with some training and a few american weapons. now they're to be president obama's boots on the ground as he vows to degrade and destroy islamic state. >> together with our partners, america is training and equipping the syrian opposition to be a counter weight to terrorists of isil and brutality of assad regime. >> when u.s. planes took off, the president's allies in syria a had no clue the bombing had already begun. the air campaign against islam aa -- islamic state is underway. the ground strategy is shaky. the 13th division is one of the local groups. it's supposed to get the training and weapons president

obama has promised. >> all words. nothing is material xized yet. we haven't got the things we asked for. we have nothing. not even weapons. >> reporter: but islamic state has. after their success, militants are better armed and funded than ever. they've been advancing westward across syria. >> the americans have been meeting rebel commanders here in turkey to hold the march of islamic state. fighters have been clear about what they want. not training for supplies and support and immediately. they've been angry and vocal about what they say is the failure of coalition air strikes to hold government attacks against the people. >> i wish they wouldn't say some of the things they've been saying publicly. i understand their frustration. sure isis is their enemy and they want to crush them, but the biggest enemy they see is assad.

another area of concern is at least as of yet there hasn't been a lot of communication between air strikes and where they are on the ground. it's not a situation they're acting as toward air controllers. they're almost as surprised as anybody, as isis is. >> reporter: protests in rebel areas against the coalition strikes, people are angry because they want government forces to be targeted too. and because of reports of civilian deaths. >> america denies this. what matters is how things look on the ground. he is part of a secretive operations room run by the west and rebel groups. >> translator: our support will be seriously damaged if the west doesn't support the revolution as well. people are against these air strikes. today we have protests, tomorrow they might attack because they think we're working with the

west. >> reporter: while the word focuses on islamic state, syria's civil war goes on. this was aleppo a few days ago and the government barrel bomb attack. many hoped the coalition would ease suffering. it hasn't yet and may not. it could alienate the very people it should be winning over. bbc news on the turkey, syria border. now u.s. midterm elections are approaching fast. this week, our correspondent is traveling to a different state everyday along the so called blue's highway looking at the big issues and how they're being reflected in music of today. he's now in arkansas and asking why so many americans feel washington isn't working. >> trip down the blue's highway. we made it to the city of little rock in arkansas and this

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the second ebola virus contracted has tested positive for the disease. oscar pistorius is in court in south africa for the third day of arguments over whether he should go to jail for killing his girlfriend. we go to iraq where the fight of islamic state is

worsening. hello. a warm welcome to the program. a second health worker in the u.s. state of texas has tested positive for ebola. one nurse is already receiving treatment after becoming infected by the liberian man that died last week. health authorities said the second worker reported the fever on tuesday and was immediately isolated at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. so far the the world health organization estimates under 9,000 have contracted ebola worldwi worldwide. 70% of those have died, a total of almost 4500. countries hardest hit by the outbreak, are sierra leone,

guinea and liberia. there's a warning from the world health organization that unless there's a radical change in approach, there could be between 5,000 and 10,000 new cases every week by the end of the year. there's a renewed focus on how health workers insure they're fully protected. we've been to the national bio containment training center in texas. he went to see how hard it is to guarantee the safety of medical staff. >> with the discussion over how medical workers can become infected looking after a patient, we've come here to a lab where they train people how to put on suits properly. i'm going through a training course here to explain exactly how i put the suit on, how i would protect myself. >> we're going to slip your legs into cover alls.

these have shoe covers at bottom. pull your feet all the way through. >> what's this? >> this is a power air pure identifying respirator. this is run by the battery around your waist. it's going to draw in contaminated air through the filter providing you with clean, filtered air. we're going to slip this on. grab there and slip your head in. >> okay. >> the zipper. there you go. tuck everything in. now we're going to secure your gloves to your cover alls. >> all right. >> now we're going to put on your gown. >> another layer? >> another layer.

>> so this is how a doctor or nurse would look going into a ward to treat someone who has other bowl. then they have to come out. they could have potentially body fluid and blood. the key part is taking the suit off without fluids coming in contact with skin at all. that's where the infection is passed on. where do we go from here? >> first thing we disinfect. we'll start with your gloves. turn it inside out. from the outside. inside out. then ball it up. we'll pull from the back. yep. we're going to do inside out. one arm at a time. inside t. roll it up. dirty in, clean out. >> there's an area here i don't want to touch it. there's a place where my i skin is peeping through here. >> this is where the size of your pp is very imrtant.

unzip. >> that's hard to do. >> okay. now keep clean out dirty in. all the way down. grab inner cuff and outside trout and go ahead and remove. >> without coming into any contact with the skin at all. >> then your gloves. without flicking. no flicking. >> what happens if i flick? >> you have potentially contaminated fluid on there and can make drop sink. >> there's pedals as well. that's how you prevent spreading. >> let's talk now to greg who's the director of the world food program london office. greg, it's of course people getting sick from this. there's a concern over how this

is spreading. also everything else. people who aren't affected are are struggling to get food. the general break down of society as you expect it. >> yes, this is a massive humanitarian crisis. in any crisis, food needs are very high. what a we're seeing in the field immediately in these three countries, guinea, liberia and sierra leone is normal systems where people get food they need to eat on a daily basis, markets people close down or congress grate in large numbers. taken together this has massive impact. this is where we come in to help people. looking at 1.3 million as a target. we've reached half a million so far. we're ramping up all the time.

>> it's not just food. explain what else you're doing. >> this is an operation which requires a massive logistical effort as well. the world food program is the agency when it comes to logistics. we've been helping to build treatment centers, logistic hubs where the entire humanitarian community can restore equipment required, food i mentioned. also to fly aid workers where they're needed. we run a humanitarian aid service. we're flying workers over this region. 800 already. >> in terms of aid workers, people you're send issing out, how do they protect themselves against this? >> fortunately for the food program, we're not on the front lines like health care workers are. it's the health workers at the front lines and people themselves, the infectiousness of this disease means we've had to completely change the way we go about work in many cases.

we're doing house to house distributions. one family at a time rather than a big distribution where people line up. we're also using mobile phone networks to take surveys of people in remote areas to find out if this is having impact on their food needs. we're finding three quarters of those that responded to our surveys are reducing the number of meals they eat everyday or the amount proportion size they eat. it's having an impact on food security. >> and in terms of the governments there in those affected countries, what kind of support and infrastructure is there? >> it's a region infrastructure is weak. we have a budget until the end of february $180 million. we have one-third of that. like the rest of the entire humanitarian community responding to this, we need money to stop this in its

tracks. >> indeed. greg from the world food program, thank you for coming in sharing your information with us. best of luck. pro democracy demonstrators have clashed with police in hong kong, worst violence since this began two weeks ago. officers wear riot gear and use batons and pepper spray to clear the the underpass. at least 45 people were arrested. let's get more about the reaction in hong kong to the actions of police. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: i attended a briefing given by senior chinese government officials. the officials say they are aware of what happened. they're aware of video footage from a local broadcast to tv showing a demonstrator who had been handcuffed, the video showed him being thrown to the ground by six police officers

and then beaten and kicked several minutes. officials are aware of this and have full faith in the hong kong government and police to investigate thoroughly. the the hong kong secretary of security promised to do just that. he also said the police officer seen many the video had been assigned or reassigned temporarily at the moment. there's a protest outside police headquarters in the neighborhood by social workers because the person identified in that video, the demonstrator, was a social worker. he was a long standing pro-democracy activist and demonstrator. they're protesting outside police headquarters demanding a thorough investigation. it will be interesting to see whether the demonstrators rally around this cause, whether the fact that this video has gone viral will be enough to bring many more supporters on the streets tonight. now is south african runner

oscar pistorius is back in court for a third day of arguments over whether he should go to jail for killing his girlfriend ree e-- reeva steenkamp. he was accused of culpable homicide and cleared of murder last month. an awful lot of analysis and details about bathrooms in prison. >> reporter: yes. we need to step back and hear why we were hearing the details of prison cells in south africa. what this all is built into is the picture painted by one witness, a probation officer who's been on the witness stand past two days. over the course of her evidence she talked about how jail say totally unsuitable place for someone like oscar pistorius. firstly because of psychological

needs and also physical disability. she says jails in south africa cannot cater for disabled. she went as far as to say he wouldn't have the ability to even wear his prosthetic legs. he would find the concrete floors slippery. he would be at risk of sexual abu abuse, gang violence. she went into details about why south african jails wouldn't be a place for him. he suggested an order of house arrest. that's also suggested by another witness in the defense's case in the arguments for sentencing. once again we heard gerrie nel saying that would be shockingly inappropriate considering the crime. gerrie nel this morning is so far has been cross-examining him intensely and come up with a load of facts he says completely discount what she says about south african jails. there are over 100 disabled

prisoners in south african jails. there can be private cell with bathrooms to cater to disabilities and oscar pistorius would be protected under laws. he would not have to go without his prosthetic legs. what it plays into is prosecution trying to discount the defense's argument as that oscar pistorius cannot or should not go to jail. >> karin, you've monitored this from the beginning, every twist and turn. when can we actually expect a sentence? >> reporter: well, good question. this witness who has just finished is the fourth defense witness. what that means is we haven't heard from any of the state witnesses. a few minutes ago gerrie nel said he would be calling three or four witnesses from the state that he will use to try and persuade the judge that oscar pistorius should go to prison and get a sentence of up to 15 years. we're on day three of defense

witnesses so far. we're only just beginning on the state witnesses in this aggravation of sentencing. we're thinking this would be wrapped up by the end of the week. we heard earlier in this case. we're not sure what will happen in the next few hours. >> i'm sure you'll bring it to us. thank you thank you very much. of course karin there have from bbc. stay with us. america's power play in the pacific. an exclusive report from on board the uss george washington. [ man ] thank you for the food we are about to receive

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hello. you're watching bbc world news with me. our main headlines this hour. health authorities in the american state of texas say a second health worker who treated an ebola victim who died has also tested positive for the

disease. police in hong kong have been accused of brutality after officers were seen beating a pro democracy protector. iraq's army is engaged in the punishing fight with islamic state militants, the fight it's been losing in many areas. we report the rise of the shia militia caused its own problems between sunni and shia militias. >> on the front line near the front lines, these soldiers battle against the so called islamic state. they are not the iraqi army but a volunteer militia. they are fighting really hard to stop the advance of the so call add islamic state militants just

behind this hill. there's a force on the ground. the role in this conflict is controversial given the fears of sectarian tensions in iraq. >> for nearly four months now, the brigade has been stationed here. there are many other shia volunteer groups too. their reputations vary. some have been accused of human rights abusers. they are backed by and relied upon by the new shia led government following the retreat of the regular army from large areas of the country. other religious groups particularly sunnis fear persecution and worry these shia weapons might be turned against them when the fight against islamic state is over. a brigade commander asked us not to reveal his identity told us such fears were unfounded.

>> we are filling in the gaps in the battlefield. the iraqi army was weakened by the invasion and needs our help. we have been defending areas where sunni shiishias, christia live. we protect them all. >> it's visible on the streets of baghdad. their message is on billboards. non shia iraq is a concern. >> translator: it should be kept in happens of regular army and police. these volunteers have a short term role in defeating isis but should be dispanded after the war. >> the iraqi government says to merge shia militias in the regular army but yet have not put those plans in effect.

bbc news. a snowstorm has hit a popular mountain area in central nepal killing 16 trekkers. they were trapped by the poor conditions after returning from the popular summit on the annapuma circuit. three from poland, three from israel and three from vietnam were among those killed. a drone with a political message attached to it was flown over the stadium. trouble flaired with when a message was caught by a serbian player. the qualifier was suspended many the 41st minute. clashes involving players and fans broke out on the stadium pitch. there's a history of these

relations since the declaration of independence in 2008. elections are taking place for a new president in parliament. in the capital, voters have formed in lines outside polling stations. it's the most contested election since it gained independence in 1975. 11 million people have registered to vote. bbc's emmanuel is at a polling station at the capital where those elections are underway. >> reporter: this is a polling station in the capital. it is a long line. people have been coming here since early morning to participate in the presidential and parliament elections. i talked to one person who's been here since early morning. how do you feel participating in these elections? >> yes. i'm so happy because this is a time for us and all people to

come and vote and then give a confidence for this process. it is important. >> reporter: what are the issues that you want that you're voting for today? >> yes. i'm voting for opportunity, increase our economic system, our educations and health system. >> reporter: we are now inside the polling station where the actual votes take place. everyone proceeds to this table. they will then get the ballot papers. from there they proceed to this section here. no one knows the candidate you're choosing. that's this lady's secret. they'll proceed over and cast their votes for member of parliament and then the

president. from there they'll proceed to next take where they will get this ink on their fingers. they cannot vote in any other part of the country or polling station. this is the first step. the process is long. the vote counting is expected to take a few days because some areas are in rural parts. the final election votes not expected until later this week. now china is growing confident as a regional power comes at the same time united states shifted strategic focus towards asia. both sides are suspicion. u.s. held the biggest exercise in years off the coast of guam. uss george washington was one of the ships that took part. our correspondent went a board. >> reporter: the uss george washington is a huge ship. from up here, it hardly looks

big enough to land on. we're now on final approach heading down to land on board the uss george washington, a nuclear power aircraft carrier. when we land, it will be a resting landing. we'll go from 150 miles per hour to 0 in about two seconds. it's a pretty brutal landing. it may bay big shift, but with 60 planes on board, it's extremely crowded and very dangerous. on deck it is a delicate valley of men and machine. the quickest the crew can fire a plane off the deck every 30 seconds. >> we've just seen 11 air crafts

launch from the deck of the george washington. now 11 more are brought back on board. you can see the last one about to land behind me here. this really is an extraordinary site. only the u.s. navy can do this. we're out here in the pacific for one reason. this is about practicing for conflict with china. >> in august this chinese fighter jet intercepted a plane in space over the south china sea. repeatedly buzzing the u.s. plane and closing to within 30 feet. last year in the same area, two chinese and u.s. navy ships came close to colliding. china says this sea is its territory and wants other navies and air forces to keep out. that's not something the u.s. navy is about to accept. >> when we talk about our

capabilities to operate in the generally unrestricted way in the waters of our choice. some countries have increasingly complex antiaccess or areas of weapons, we have to fill up our techniques and procedures to continue to operate in an unfeathered manner. >> in other words, china's ambitions to dominate this region will not go unchallenged. the u.s. navy will continue to sail will through the east and china seas. bbc news on board the uss george washington. let's take you from ships to planes f. you're afraid of flying you may want to look away now. passengers on this united airlines flight got a shock when part of the cabin wall appeared to crack. as you can see there one of the cabin crew is taking a closer look at the damage that apparently followed loud banging

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