i'm geeta guru-murthy with bbc world news. our top story. republicans sweep the board in the u.s. midterm elections. president obama must serve out his second term with no power to legislate. clashes are out between protestors and police at the most holy site in gentlemjerusa we look at the british built treatment center for ebola in sierra leone. >> it's hard to believe eight weeks ago this seven acre sight

was scrub land. now it's a lully functions treatment center. and we report from lebanon where the groups say they're protects their families from sunni militants. hello. welcome. in the united states, the republican party is celebrating after making sweeping gains in the midterm elections. they now control both houses of congress. let's look at the story of the night in numbers. in the senate, republicans have gained seven seats so far taking their total to 52 with alaska still to declare but looking set to go red. the democratic party retains 45 seats of 100 seats with two independents. in the house of representatives, the republicans took more seats

and retained control of the house. they currently have 243 seats. the democratic party at 175. that is a gain of 10 seats so far for republicans. our washington correspondent has the latest. >> the high stakes were in the battle for america's a upper house of congress, the u.s. senate. the results came in and it was clear this wasn't a good night for president obama's democratic party as they lost key seat across the country. >> west virginia is one of the first tonight. west virginia has done it right. >> the state elected the first republican senator in more than half a century. >> it's time to turn this country around. in the contested race in

kentucky, mitch mcconnel held onto his seat. as the top republican in the senate, he'll remain a thorn in obama's side. >> tonight kentucky said we can do better as a nation. tonight they said we can have real change in washington. real change. i'm not barack obama. >> with a price tag of $4 billion, this was the most expensive midterm election ever. it was seen as a verdict on president obama. with approval ratings at a record low, many of his own party distanced themselves from him. even that didn't help democrats. >> 12 years ago people of arkansas gave me the greatest privilege of my life to represent the senate. those years were filled with hardships and difficult decisions. two wars, most severe economic

downturn in my lifetime, and exploding national debt. >> as far as ziegd which politicians will turn up to work here, these elections determine what a policies are passed in the next two years. it's already been tough for president obama to get congress to back some of his key reforms. looks like his final years in office and chance to shape his legacy will be even tougher. bbc news at capitol hill in washington. >> here are the big winners individually on the night itself. the this man a, senator mitch mcconnel of kentucky is senate to become majority leader. also heading to the senate is iowa's candidate. this state played a key role in president obama's two victories. taking a big hit is president obama himself.

working with majority on legislation will be harder than ever. >> here in the results studio, we've been keeping across all races. it's clear it was i a good night for republicans. not only did they extend the majority in the house of representatives, but they won control of the senate. that battle started very strongly in the state of kentucky when mitch mcconnel, most senior republican in the senate, was easily re-elected. republicans took key seats from democrats in several states including arkansas, colorado, iowa, north carolina. that was actually the seat that clinched it for them and helped them deprive democrats of their senate majority. the exact break do you think of the senate won't be known for several weeks because of what happened here in the state of louisiana. they have special rules here. neither these candidates won

more than 50% of the vote. that means they will go to a run off election. that won't take place until december 6th. now midterm elections are often a referendum on president's popularity. with obama's ratings low, many democrat have suffered being close to him politically. now he may suffer too. republicans are in control of both houses in congress. they'll set the agenda in washington next two years. >> we are in washington d.c. with laura. we were having coffee in the states a few days ago. since then, political landscape has changed. it was predicted wasn't it. what was the explanation for the apparent huge unpopularity of president obama? is that what explains the results? >> if you look at exit polling last night in key senate states geeta, it shows voters are

extremely anxious about the state of the u.s. economy even though unemployment is dropping. even though the economy is grabbing after the financial crisis of 2008. people don't feel it. middle class is hollowing out. that's one thing. second was tremendous disapproval in key states of the way barack obama is doing his job. a lot of that seems to go back to the botched rollout of the health care reform. there's a since voters have it again reflected in polling. there's a belief government isn't working. they blame the man at the front and democrat across the country. that's the explanation as we judge from the exit polling. the key question now of course are what are republicans going to do now that they're in control of the senate and house of representatives. a few clues last night, the? senate leader mitch mcconnel said there's no reason for the two parties to be in conflict.

president obama invited leaders to the white house on friday. what are they going to achieve? >> exactly. given this, is it difficult to bridge that especially going into an election scenario in 2016? some say republicans want to be seen to be able to deliver to the public. >> they do. of course at last the incentive for both parties to work together so that republicans can say to elector rat in 2016 last two years we have been responsible in government. people are talking about how perhaps there could be reform of tax code. it's boring but important to a lot of voters. there's talk of immigration reform. republicans want a small amount of immigration reform. they'd like to see skilled visas for people highly skilled so they could come in the united states. not the whole scale immigration reform president obama is talking about. president obama is talking about

b executive action for immigration reform. there's incentive for both sides to compromise. what does this tell us about the presidential race? hillary clinton backed by the candidates. will she now have to put a name forward declaring she's going for it? what about the vacancy on the republican side? >> the whole thing is fascinating. the democrats coalition they put together in 2008 and 2012 of young voters, women, minorities. women seemed to have turned out but not so much young and minority voters. the key question would be if it was a hillary clinton candidacy, would she reenergize that vote get that vote out? for republican, one of the lessons from this election is that in previous elections, 2012, 2010 they didn't have a good set of of candidates.

they ran smart candidates, womens, veterans from wars in iraq and afghanistan. the public responded to that. in tight races, if republicans could find an outstanding candidate for 2016, it could make all the difference for them. >> thanks very much indeed. we have breaking news coming out of jerusalem in the last few minutes after clashes around the contested mosque. there's another incident in east jerusalem involving a car that was apparently driven at a group of pedestrians. a number of people are injured. there are reports the driver was then shot dead. let's get the latest from elan in jerusalem. what do we know? >> reporter: details are still coming in but they say this was

an intentional attack. they shot and killed the man responsible. he drove the car toward the platform of the railroad line that runs along the dividing line between east and west jerusalem. a number of people who were standing on the platform were injured, some of them seriously. this comes over a week after a similar attack killed a baby girl among the people standingen -- standing on a platform then. >> do we know where the driver was from? >> we know he comes from the refugee camp in east jerusalem. this is all coming after tensions in east jerusalem have been extremely high in recent days. we've seen almost daily clashes between palestinian protestors and israeli police in the old city of jerusalem around the

compound t area the jews refer to as temple mount. >> talk us through what happened there. we have pictures of the temple mosque area. we saw some amateur video footage from that area today. >> reporter: that's right. this was from early this morning. israeli police have moved into the sight to clear in a sit-in by protestors. they heard jewish right wing activists were planning to visit the site and they were sitting there to protect the area as they saw it. as police tried to clear the area using stun grenades and other methods we're told, rocks were thrown and other items. a number of palestinians were hurt. one young man was hit in the face by a rubber bullets we're told. israeli police say a number of their officers were also hurt.

the scene there is now calm. it's a reminder of how high tensions are running i think. this is a site that's both sacred to muslims, third most joh sacred and most holy for jews. a week ago, a militant shot a jewish right wing activists who's been calling extremely controversial for construction of a new jewish temple on the site for more access for jews to go pray there. >> just looking at pictures. many thanks indeed from jerusalem. do stay with us here on bbc world news. much more to come. bloody sectarian conflict is

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this is bbc world news. i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. republicans have fang control of the senate in america's midterm elections. they control both houses of congress creating problems for president obama. clashes have erupted between dozens of palestinian protestors. police at a holy site in jerusalem are there where there's been an attack in the streets. aaron is here looking at what's going on in india and the have verdict of the new prime minister. >> hello. thanks. the world economic forum kicks

off in delhi today. no less important in switzerland. hundreds of foreign investors and business leaders will be attending. it comes at a time of renewed interest. it's been six months suns the landslide of the bjp party led by narenda moe who made big promises to reunite the economy. since he won, he removed state control on fuel and modernized labor rules. he's made attempts to woo investment with the likes of china and japan. more on the rest of the day. we're going live to delhi to talk about b how foreign investors view the prospects. toyota profits rose $4.7 billion. it made that in a three month period ending in september.

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news. today the united nations says significant progress is made in the fight against ebola in parts of west africa. the head of admission for response says more help is still needed. in sierra leone the first of six british treatment centers has opened 40 meters outside the capital. >> welcome to sierra leone. this ebola treatment center paid for by british taxpayers and built by british army engineers. it's hard to believe eight weeks ago this seven acre site was scrub land. now it's a fully functioning treatment center. let me show you around. ic haves will be taken through here to the triage area on the left. this is where it will be established by health care workers whether they're suffering potentially effects of the disease. as you see, there's a screen there to divide the health

workers from potential victims. it is vital to separate out those people suspected of having the virus and those that actually have it. symptoms clue diarrhea, nausea, high fever and those kinds of problems similar to malaria. you can have malaria and be a suspected ebola victim. they have to be acceseparated f those that have the virus. being mixed together would cause huge problems. further down here, on the right-hand side where the confirmed cases are kept. for them it's important they're rehydrated and given proper nutrition. if those things are kept in balance, their chances of recovery are improved dramatically. with me, the country director for save the children. he is part of the team that is helping to run and manage the treatment center here.

thanks for joining us on bbc news. first of all, how much of a difference is this place going to make? >> it will make a significant difference. this is a 100 bed unit, first of its kind in sierra leone. it's been done using an amazing amount of cooperation between the british government, ministry of defense, ministry of health in sierra leone, public health and a number of other partners without whom this facility would not be able to open. it will treat 100 people. we hope people recover. if people don't recover and die from the disease, there will be respect to their body and to families who have to look after them. >> reporter: many thanks. with the right care and treatment, you can survive ebola. survival rates are as high as 60 to 70%. if you're one of the lucky ones, your a happy shower will be in

there. you should be because you survived the disease. if you're one that succumbed to the virus, this is where you end up. >> there's much more information on our website. we have a special page on ebola with latest numbers, figures and how countries deal with the outbreak. head online for all that. lots of interviews. bbc news/news. information there on how you can help too. now the north korean leader has been shown walking around without the aid of a walking stick for the first time in several weeks. pyongyang's official news agency released these of kim jong-un meeting with officials. he didn't appear in public several weeks earlier this year and was filmed using a cane leading to speculation about his

health. lebanon is expected to find a way to a bills arm with saudi arabia and france. an agreement is supposed to help the army in the fight against sunni militants. there's a growing fear the conflict in syria will spill over in lebron on this. that's left communities taking up arms themselves. our correspondent went today border town. you might find her reports disturbing. >> reporter: these are not soldiers in the lebanese army. they're members of the group who have taken up arms to defend their community. calls for the set up of local security groups have increased lately over fears of renewed attacks by islamic state across the border with syria. these men have regular jobs during the day. in the evening they go with

others in a surveillance mission. they say they're helping to protect their village. memories of the militia still revokes strong passions in the countries that witnessed 15 years of civil war. but for these men, they are on a mission to help the army secure the area. >> if we see any suspicious movement in the mountains, we alert the army. we're here to protect our village. >> this village is just across the long mountain range separating lebanon from syria. this man from the village tells me behind these hills is where they expect to be attacked from. militants have been driven across the border and now stage

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our top stories. republicans are set to get the a agenda in washington the next two years after sweeping gains in the elections. israeli police have protests in rejuice lgentlemejerusalem.

we visit where ebola has claimed lives of many leaving children without parents. we visit the sidney opera house. hello. welcome. the united states, the republican party is celebrating after making sweeping gains in the midterm elections. they now control both houses of congress. let's have a look at the story of the night in numbers. in the senate, republicans have gained seven seats so far to take their tote toll 52. alaska still looking to go to republicans. democratic party retains 45 seats of the 100 senate seats with two independents. in the house of representatives, the republicans took more seats to retain control of the house.

they currently have 243 seats. at the time democratic party started with 175 seats. that's a gain of 10 so far for the republicans with some of the results yet to come. well, our washington correspondent has all the latest. the high stayikes for the upper house of congress in the u.s. as results came in, it was clear this wasn't a good night for president obama's democratic party as they lost key seat across the country. >> west virginia is one of the first tonight and west virginia has done it right. >> the state elected the first republican senator in more than half a century. >> it's time to turn this country around. >> in a hotly contested race in kentucky, mitch mcconnel held

onto his seat. as a top republican in the senate, he'll remain a thorn in president obama's side. >> tonight kentucky said we can do better as a nation. tonight they said we can have real change in washington. real change. i'm not president obama. i disagree with him. >> with a price tag of $4 billion, this was the most expensive midterm election ever. it was also seen as a verdict on president obama with his approval rating at a record low. many of his own party distanced themselves from him. even that didn't help democrats on the night. >> 12 years ago the people of arkansas gave me the greatest privilege of my life to represent them in the united states senate. those years were filled with hardships and some difficult decisions. two wars, the most severe economic downturn in my

lifetime, and an exploding national debt. >> as well as deciding which politicians will turn up to work here, these elections will determine what policies are passed in the next two years. it's already been tough for president obama to get congress to back some of his key reforms. it looks like his final years in office and the chance for him to shape his legacy will be even tougher. bbc news at capitol hill in washington. >> who were the big winners of the night? on the republican side, you have seen them. this man senator mitch mcconnel of kentucky. you're going to see more of him. he's set to become the majority leader. also ernst won in iowa. this was the state that play aid key role in two of president obama's wins. the big hit was for president

obama himself. passing legislation will be harder than ever. we have more on the night's results. >> here in the results studios, we've been keep ago cross the races. what's clear is was a good night for republicans. they extend mad jorty in the house of representatives and won control of the senate. that start add strongly in kentucky when mitch mcconnel, most senior republican in the senate was easily re-elected. republicans also took key seats from democrats including arkansas, colorado, iowa, and in north carolina. that was actually the seat that clinched it for them and helped them deprive the democrats of their senate majority. the exact break down of the senate won't be known several weeks because of what happened here in the state of louisiana. they have special rules here. neither of these candidates won

more than 50% of the vote. that means they'll go to a run off election. that won't take place until december the 6th. midterm elections are often a referendum on president's popularity. with president obama's rates low, democrats have suffered from being too close to him politically. now he may suffer too. the republicans are in control of both houses of congress which means they will set the agenda in washington for the next two years. >> in d.c. itself, our correspond en corresponde correspondent. laura, what does this mean in terms of policies that may go through or not. are the president's hands tied on what he does on ebola response or response to islamic state as a result of this vote, or is that separate? >> remember the president is in charge of foreign policy. i think what you can expect to see are a lot of high profile

congressional hearings. now the republicans are in control of both houses of senate, senate and house of representatives. now, on foreign policy, on iran, there's the prospect of a deal with iran perhaps over the nuclear program before the deadline before end of november. new senators don't take their seats until the new year. that would fall under the lame duck session of congress. nonetheless, expect to see opposition from the new senate when they take their seats. on policy, you can see the republicans are signaling they would like to see a deal with the president over trade bills with europe and asia. big trade agreements. that's something the president could work on. over the signature health care law which republican s oppose, you'll likely see republican trying to chip away at a that. big one is immigration reform

and what to do about a undocumented migrants here in america. could be more than 10 million. republicans don't want an amnesty. they are open to see more visas for skilled workers. these are thorny questions. the president signalled he wanted executive action on immigration reform before christmas. is he going to do that now that he's faced with the prospect of new congress? >> this paves the way for the 2016 election in a way. for republicans it will be a uphill task because of demographics, hispanic, youth, women vote is not all there yet is it? >> no. what happened in this election was the coalition which propelled democrats to victory into the white house in 2008 and 2012, women, young voters, minorities all turned out in huge numbers. they didn't turn out. also a lot of these seats didn't

have a big minority component. when you see the entire country voting in 2016, it will be a very different picture. key republicans strategists have acknowledged this going into elections. they said we shouldn't be complacent if we take control of the senate because we'll face a more hostile race in 2016. they know it's on them to be seen as governing responsibly over two years so it puts them in a good light whoever their candidate may be which is unclear in 2016 when they come to choosing that candidate. if hillary clinton was to run and secure the democratic nomination, the lesson she'll no doubt take is she misenergized the democratic base if she is the nominee. >> we'll wait and see. thanks very much indeed. we have breaking news from jerusalem. earlier clashes around the contested mosque compound and

now another incident in east jerusalem involving a car which was apparently driven at pedestrians. there are reports the driver was shot dead. >> reporter: they have now shot and killed the man who was responsible. we understand that he drove a car towards the platform of the light railway line that runs the dividing line between east and west jerusalem. a number of people who were standing on the platform were injured. some of them seriously. of course this comes just over a week after a similar attack killed a baby girl among people standing on a platform then. >> do we know where the driver was from at all? >> reporter: at the moment we get reports from israeli media there's concern he comes from

the refugee camp in east jerusalem. this comes after tensions in east jerusalem have been high in recent days. we've seen daily clashes between palestinian protestors and israeli police in the old city of jerusalem around the mosque compound, the area the jews referred to as temple mounts. >> talk us through what happened there. we've got pictures of what happened at the temple mound and mosque area. we saw some amateur video footage from that area today. >> that's right. this was from earlier this morning. israeli police moved to the site to try to clear a sit-in by protestors. they have heard there's jewish right wing activists planning to visit the site. they were sitting there by the mosque trying to protect the

area as they saw it. israeli police tried to clear the area using grenades or other methods. rocks were thrown and other items. a number of palestinians were hurt. one young palestinian man was hit in the face by a rubber bullet we're told. a number of officers were also hurt. the scene there is now calm. it's just a reminder of how high tensions are running i think. this is a site as i say. it's both sacred to muslims. it's the third most sacred holy site in islam. it's also the holiest for many years. just one week ago there was the palestinian militant who shot jewish right wing activist who's been calling extremely controversial for construction of a new jewish temple on the

site for more access for jews to be allowed to go and pray there. >> there in jerusalem. now democracy activists in hong kong have been demonstrating outside the office of the government demanding release of more than 100 supporters of the pro democracy movement who say they've been detained. sorry about that. we obviously have got some problems with that report from hong kong. that is a picture of the sydney opera house and the man taking care of it. we'll have more on that coming up very soon.

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the republicans take control of the senate in america's midterm elections and now control both houses of congress creating gridlock in washington. clashes between dozens of protestors and israeli police at a key holy site in jerusalem. there's also a car attack on the streets of jerusalem. now as the ebola outbreak continues to spread across west africa, so does the damage it does to family life. some 4,000 children have lost both their parents to the disease and now have nobody to look after them. our correspondent and his camera man traveled to the remote sierra leone village where it claimed more than 1500 lives.

you may find the report upsetting. >> an empty road, empty houses. we're driving through the new strong hold of the virus. one village at the heart where a cluster of children on one side of the road. we soon discover why. on the other side everyone is either dead or dying. >> her head is turning. she's got a fever presumably. >> do you think it's ebola? >> it is. >> reporter: we're being careful where we walk. dead bodies were cleared up just recently. in the middle of the village, there are ebola victims. these women and their baby daughters and another man down the road are believed to have the virus.

they're left here presumably to die. next door, he is struggling with no protective gear to care for his sick wife. the lady said she's going to die. >> i'm sorry there's nothing we can do to help you. i'm sure help will come. he pleads again for help as she drifts away. across the road the children wait. they think this side is safer. some of them look feverish. where are their parents? could you ask the children to

raise their hands if they're orphane orphaned? >> i've been calling, attending meetings. i haven't got help yet. nothing at all. i feel very angry about that. my people are dying. >> she is 14. when my father became ill, they took him away. i don't know if he's dead now. so many have gone. we came here to avoid catching the virus. >> there is no proper quarantine system here. local officials have taken a handful of more feverish children a mile up the road. he is six.

are you feeling okay? his head is aching. i'm sorry. so he returns to the others. if some don't have ebola yet, they're now living beside people that definitely do. we push deeper into the country side to the place that may hold the key to containing the virus. not a grave but part of a makeshift clinic. locals here are building it to isolate and treat suspected cases. >> sick people are waiting for opening of the center. >> do you think this could be the solution? >> it could be one of the solution, yes.

>> sierra leone doesn't have enough hospital beds for every patient. this initiative is crucial. watching the builders, there's a boy who knows ebola better than anyone. >> the 10-year-old speaks from personal experience. he just recovered unlike his family. >> you saw a lot of people die in your family? >> uh-huh. >> your mother? your father? brothers and sisters? >> uh-huh. >> they all died? >> uh-huh. >> so just you left? >> reporter: then more bad news. the men in white suits are on the street. another neighbor has died, a father of nine. they take his body and bury it

with others behind the family home. you can see they're angry because somebody got too close to the burial. they tell him to come back a safe distance. it's taken them a minute perhaps two before they zip had the body bag. the body is already in the ground. the emphasis is on speed here trying to make sure the contamination doesn't spread. the boy heads home. as a survivor, he may now be immune to ebola. on the one side, his neighbor's with widow. across the street, a new suspected case. at some point the virus will surely be contained but much too

slowly and at an overwhelming price. bbc news sierra leone. there's much more information on this. there's a special page at our website with the latest numbers, figures, how different countries deal with the outbreak. head online bbc.com/news. many charities around the world are trying to do their best. if you want to donate, there's information out there too. in other news today, the president of ghana, nigeria and sen gal will press the country to return the country to rule. the current leader will happen within the two week deadline. the body of the freelance journalist will be exhumed later as part of the investigation into his death. he was killed over a month ago near the border of thailand. his family says he was simply a

free lance journalist. they believe he was tortured. the report said the group called for prosperity too soon after the crisis. government took appropriate measures at first but reversed policies too early, they say. now, one of the city's most admired and photographed landmarks. one that keeps it in top shape is this man, steve. he arrived in 1964 and decided on the spot he wanted to work on the building. five decades on, he's still will there. he's reflecting on how the opera house shaped his life. >> i'm special advisor for the sidney opera house. i started to work in opera house

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