berlin, this is your world news on the "journal." >> great to have you with us. our headlines -- >> a green light to fight. turkey's parliament passes a motion allowing its military to enter iraq and syria to join the campaign against islamic state. >> not leaving, but willing to talk. hong kong's chief executive refuses to resign, but says his government will meet with student protesters. >> and, a clean sweep in india. the country's prime minister joins a new campaign to collect the garbage across the nation. ♪

>> the support was overwhelming. >> turkey's parliament has opened the way for its military to join the campaign against islamic state in iraq and syria. >> three quarters of lawmakers backed the motion, which also permits foreign troops to use turkish territory in the operation. >> it marks a significant policy change since the u.s. and arab countries began their offensive against i.s. but the turkish defense minister says don't expect any immediate news. >> these pictures are said to show i.s. militants advancing on a town in syria less than one kilometer from turkey. now the turkish government has approved troops to go across the border to fight i.s. in syria and iraq. militants have been making major military gains. if they capture the town, they will control important parts of

the border with turkey. in the past, ankara has said it is worried military action against the islamic state could strengthen the syrian regime. but prime minister erdogan said he is committed to fighting i.s. >> we will fight effectively against both islamic state and all other terrorist organizations in the region. this will always be our priority. >> the mandate could help u.s.-led efforts to halt islamic state's advance with airstrikes. the turkish government can now give allies permission to use turkish airspace to launch attacks. as the fighting causes more and more syrians to flee to turkey, ankara has called for the creation of a buffer zone in syria to stem the flow of refugees. >> our correspondent is standing by in a symbol.

-- istanbul. what does this mean? are we about to see turkish boots on the ground, maybe even in syria? >> the message from the government is nothing imminent. that's the message coming from the defense minister. also the turkish prime minister, saying turkey will be following an agenda of its interest and no other country's. they have been stressing that efforts should be aimed at the syrian regime as well as a islamic state. that was a key message from many people speaking today. they say that if they get rid of the syrian regime, the problems of the islamic state will the mage. having said that, turkey getting involved could well be dictated by events on the ground and the situation rapidly deteriorating in the syrian kurdish region. >> a weak euro -- i go -- a week ago we talked about turkey as a reluctant partner in the fight, and it seems to have done an about-face.

things. one, they have been under massive pressure, particularly from washington. the secretary of state and secretary of defense here, and the u.s. president rang his turkish counterpart from air force one last week. washington sees turkey as key to defeating islamic state. adding to that, turkey has been inundated by over 150,000 syrian kurds come into turkey, bringing the number two over 1.5 million. there was a feeling ankara really had to get involved. >> dorian jones on the story for us in istanbul. thank you very much. >> we spoke earlier to the cochair of the german green party, a vocal backer of the u.s.-led military action against islamic state. he supports germany armin kurdish forces in the region. he told us what steps he would like to see from annkara -- ankara now. >> just a few kilometers away

from the turkish-syrian border, a massacre might take place even in the following hours. it is obvious turkey should not watch that happening. that is very crucial for the kurds, but also very crucial for the future of isis. so turkey has to do something. let me repeat, turkey should act together with theth the allies,h those countries already fighting against isis. i would not suggest turkey to act on its own. i would suggest turkey to act together with the international coalition, and i would advise turkey to act together with the carrots. --kurds. this would be strong for the whole region. you cannot select your neighbors. turkey has to live together with the kurds, and the kurds have to live together with turkey. >> that was the cochair of the german green party, speaking to dw earlier. the deadline has come and gone, and he says he is not going.

>> hong kong's chief executive, leung chun-ying, has declared he will not resign, defying a midnight deadline set by student demonstrators demanding democratic reform. >> but he says his government will hold talks with protesters. we will go live to hong kong in just a moment. first, this report. >> hong kong's pro-democracy protests have shown no sign of letting up. activist have called for chief executive c.y. leung to resign, something he says he will not do. he said he would appoint a senior official to talk to the students about their demands, but he did not give any signs of being compared to make major concessions. >> i feel i have been appealing to protesters that we should all follow the basic law promulgated 27 years ago. we should work in the framework of the people's congress and so forth.

only do we follow the provisions and the decisions, can we have universal suffrage in 2017. >> earlier, police warned they could take action if protesters follow through on their threat to occupy government buildings if leung did not step down. >> we stress that police will not tolerate any people surrounding government buildings. this action obstructs officers carrying out their duties, which could lead to serious consequences. >> with beijing giving leung full backing, protesters are appealing to people for support. but they are not also pathetic. >> those boys and girls are ignorant. they are being agitators to go out in the streets. the parliament has been aff ected. people cannot go to their working place. >> it is not clear when the

meeting between the government and the students will take place, and whether it will lead to an end to protest. >> we want to get to our correspondent andrew wood, standing by for us in hong kong. the deadline has come and gone. has there been any response to the speech? >> well, some of the protesters were disappointed that c.y. l eung did not resign, but to be honest i don't think many expected he would. he has played this well, managing to give something to the students, the chance of talks about what they called the constitutional future in hong kong. many protesters have gone home, but there are still plenty in the street. the movement seems split a bit. some protesters have been trying to block a major road, as they

said they would do earlier if c.y. leung did not resign, but more students seem to be stopping them from doing that. there is disarray at the moment among the protesters. >> it makes the question, what is going to happen as a next step? you have the national holiday about to be over. people will go back to work. has the momentum for the protest movement, is it destined to peter our, -- out, if you will? >> it is difficult to say. a few days ago, the organizers of the demonstrations were surprised by how many people action he took to the streets. it is difficult to predict. friday, 3:00 in the morning in hong kong, and in a few hours people will go back to

work, the day after the national holidays. a lot of people, though, we're probably taking the entire week off anyway or taking an extra day for a longer weekend. so the disruption they could cause is not that big. really it depends on how many people want to take time off from work or time off from their studies for another day in order to protest. >> we will have to wait and see what happens as the sun comes up on friday morning in hong kong. andrew wood, thank you very much. authorities in texas have quarantines family members of the man who brought ebola into the u.s. from liberia. >> liberian authorities say they will prosecute the man for lying on an airport questionnaire that asked if he had contact with ebola victims. >> they believe he contracted the virus while trying to bring an infected neighbor to the hospital. >> in west africa, the number of infected is doubling every few weeks as ebola continues to spread like wildfire.

>> it is an all too common sight in sierra leone, another ebola patient who has broken out of the isolation ward in a state of confusion. the nurses will not carry her back. they are too afraid of getting infected. finally, workers in hazmat suits come and carry her back into quarantine. in sierra leone, it is estimated five people are infected with ebola every hour. the country, along with the u.k., hosted a conference in london thursday to raise awareness and generate funds. delegates from 20 countries heard a british nurse tell how he tried in vain to save a little voice life, -- boy's life, than his sister's. >> i came in the following morning, and she was covered in blood. she still had a very puzzled expression on her face. and she was not breathing.

so, i put her in a bag, and left her, next her brother. she was -- she was a beautiful little girl. >> he himself contracted the virus, but survived after he was flown back to the u.k. for treatment. now there is worry the virus code spread beyond -- could spread beyond the african continent. >> this disease is a major threat that knows no borders. indeed, the recent case in the united states just goes to underline that fact. >> some parents in texas have pulled their children after -- out of school after it was revealed a man infected with the virus had contact with five children there. texas authorities remain on alert, saying the man hospitalized sunday may have come into contact with as many as 100 people. >> ebola is also a concern at the annual muslim pilgrimage of hajj, which is getting underway.

>> saudi arabia has banned pilgrims from the worst-affected countries from taking part. >> saudi arabia is one of the countries taking part in u.s.-led airstrikes against islamic state, and militans have vowed revenge. >> every year, millions of muslims make the pilgrimage to mecca, but today there is an air of caution. many fear the possibility of a terrorist attack. >> they are basically just using islam for their own benefit, to push their own agenda. we will be fine. >> saudi arabia has put thousands of troops on high alert, but no number of soldiers can completely eliminate the possibility of a terror attack. and there is another potentially bigger concern. many programs are wearing face masks, a precaution against ebola. >> of course, we heard ebola

from african countries, that's why i am also afraid. >> saudi officials have taken special measures to prevent a possible ebola outbreak. many hospitals have set up additional quarantines facilities, and saudi authorities placed strict conditions on pilgrims entering the country. >> the ministry of health is working hard, trying to put all the precautions to prevent the spread of ebola, especially during the hajj period. >> the pilgrimage to mecca is the trip of a lifetime for mny muslims, and many here will be hoping everything runs as smoothly as planned. >> we will take a break. we will be back on the other side of one minute. >> don't go away. ♪

>> welcome back. we turn to brazil now, with president dilma rousseff is campaigning ahead of presidential elections this sunday. >> and it could be a close race. many brazilians are criticizing her handling of the economy. she faces strict -- stiff competition from marina silva, a former environmental activist who was in the cabinet of a former president. >> we had to rio de janeiro to gauge the mood ahead of sunday. >> election campaign cars blair at messages in the suburbs of rio de janeiro. laura da silva already decided. she will vote for president dilma rousseff. as a child, she picked through rubbish dumps. now she works as a maid and shops in supermarkets, a change

she credits to the workers party. >> dilma and the president before her, before them people could not afford things. now we can. >> a decade of economic boom has lifted millions of brazilians like her from extreme poverty to a better standard of living. the social programs of the workers party have hugely reduced levels of hunger. many of laura's neighbors agree with her and also support dilma rousseff. >> who will you vote for? >> >dilma. >> dilma. >> yet at home, things are more consultative. laura da silva's son is worried about the stuttering economy, problems in schools, and corruption. he and his aunt say problems cannot be ignored. >> this week i fell over and went to the hospital, but there were some we know hospira -- no

doctors to help me. i waited for hours, and then i was sent home. >> the workers party has done nothing to change terrible conditions. if you are dependent on the public health system, you might as well pray. >> he is the first in his family to go to university. he is now an english teacher. he lived for a year in the u.s., and has traveled widely. he teaches in the wealthy suburb of copacabana. like many in the middle class, he wants things to change. he will not be voting for doma recep this time around -- dilma rousseff this time around. >> the workers party has done what it could, but now we need a completely new start. >> environmental activist marina silva is presenting the toughest challenge to president rousseff. he thinks she is the leader for

a new era. >> authorities in mexico have arrested one of the country's most wanted men, drug cartel boss hector beltran leyva. also known as "the engineer." >> mexican prosecutors called the arrest a major coup in the war on drugs. leyva and his family made a fortune's ugly narcotics into the u.s. -- smuggling narcotics into the u.s. hundreds of protesters gathered in the italian city of naples to demonstrate against job losses and spending cuts they say are imposed by the european union. >> police barred the demonstrators from the grounds of the 18th-century palace where the european central bank held its monthly meeting. the ecb president mario draghi called on governments to boost confidence by implementing structural reforms. >> the ecb launched a series of measures it hopes will boost the

economy, including a controversial plan to start buying up asset-backed securities. here is more. >> european central bank president mario draghi is convinced that buying bundled debt from banks is the right move. the idea is to provide an injection of cash to stimulate the flagging eurozone economy. >> the new measures will support specific market segments that play a key role in the financing of the economy. they will thereby further enhance the functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism, facilitate credit provision to the broad economy, and generate positive spillovers to other markets. >> the central bank plans to purchase so-called "asset-backed securities," also known as "abs." banks buy up outstanding loans, re-bundle them, and sell the debt. usually investors by them in hopes of getting high returns.

now the ecb is set to buy large amounts of the securities. that will allow banks to get rid of risky assets. they will acquire fresh liquidity and be more inclined to issue loans. draghi says the european economy urgently needs such stimulus, but critics contend such asset-backed securities are not transparent and are full of hidden risks. they were in large part responsible for the financial crisis. in the long-term, the bundles of debt could lose mumumumumumumume may have to pick up the tab. >> uncertainty about the ecb's debt buying plans and a disappointing launch for a german internet startup dampened the spirit of traders at the frankfurt stock is change. >> it was not the expected kickstart for rocket internet. the company could not convince investors. however, they had other concerns.

the european central bank decision to start a new stem this program similar to that one of the federal reserve in the united states raised one question -- how much money with it pump into eurozone economies? it remained unanswered, and added onto concerns in hong kong, causing the dax to plunge. many are happy that tomorrow is a holiday in germany. >> let's stay in frankfurt for a moment and get a look at the numbers. germany's dax ended the day down nearly 2%. the stoxx 50 lower by nearly 2.5%. the dow is currently in positive territory. the euro at $1.26. >> train drivers from germany's national railway floated to walk out over a pay dispute. the work stoppage could come as early as monday. >> the union representing the train drivers says that 91% voted in favor of the strike.

the union is seeking a 5% pay increase and shorter working week. the company says the union turned down a 2% pay hike. >> the paris motor show is starting, but despite all the glitz and glamour the industry is feeling the tension. >> germany's fake brands are not being there. -- kid brands are not being spared. >> paris and the auto salon car show. although votes are you are -- are as busy as ever, sales stalled. volkswagen launched its new passat. the vehicle has long been a steady earner for vw. industry eyes are looking east. russia is a major worry. sales are so slow, production

has been reduced. >> we are looking carefully at what is happening in russia. we have two factories there, so sales are important. we're keeping a close eye on russia. >> bmw was also feeling the effects. for years, the german carmaker counted on high sales of luxury models in cities like moscow, st. petersburg, and kieve. that market has now almost completely disappeared. >> the political conflict is definitely posing a challenge to business in russia. the market has dropped by 27% over the last few months, and that applies to us as well. for now, -- until now we have been able to compensate with other markets. >> g.m.'s opel division has been hardest hit. the carmaker had planned to significantly expand operations in russia. >> india is known for being a growing tech giant, but millions

of indians still live in squalor. india's new prime minister, mr. narendra modi, hopes to change that. >> today he launched the ambitious "clean india" campaign which aims to make the country spotless in just five years. >> prime minister narendra modi, showing people how it is done. modi wants to enlist the whole country to give india a makeover. the start of the clean india campaign comes on a public holiday to celebrate what would be the 145th birthday of independence leader mahatma gandhi. de inlhi, -- in delhi, a crowd of workers and schoolchildren pledged to spend 100 hours a year cleaning. he said it is what gandhi had dreamed of. >> if we can make this a people's movement, we can have our name among the cleanest cities and countries of the world.

>> in a country where waste disposal is often casual, the campaign is largely about reeducating the public. >> when each of us becomes aware, we will know where to dispose of our trash. people are not yet aware. they throw away piles of trash, even burn it. but it will take more than a few suites of a broom to get india clean. building toilets is also on the agenda. the government estimates nearly half of the country's 1.2 5 billion people don't have access to sanitation. even the ganges, considered by hindus a holy cleansing river, is heavily polluted with human waste. clean india may just be the beginning, but for india's 3 million state employees modi made the effort mandatory. on the holiday, they spent the

day cleaning streets, offices, and toilets. >> around 35,000 walruses pulled onto land on alaska's northwest coast because there are no ice floes left. >> normally they use chunks of ice as floating platforms to have babies, but warmer water means there is no ice and they have been forced onto land. >> thanks for watching, everyone. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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