infected some people. there are 30 other personal assistancts like nurses. those that attended the missionary, if they are -- i'm sorry. >> they are being monitored right now, for sure. do spanish officials have any ideas? >> they are told this nurse is twice in the room, one treating him.

>> the press conference, thank you very much. >> on the border with turkey might fall to islamic state fighters soon according to local officials. they are unable to flee, fearing a massacre. >> this has been a familiar sight for three weeks now. explosions as i asked militants -- i.s. militants battle for control of the town. for the first time as can be seen here through the haze, the militants have raised their

black flag at two sites. one of building and the other a hill. both on the eastern outskirts of co bonnie -- kobani. the kurds say they are defending the center of the town and will battle until their last fighter has been killed. but militants have better, heavier weapons. us-led airstrikes are failing to halt their advance. the violence has set more than 180,000 people streaming into turkey. their plight is desperate. >> where should we go? what should we do? we have been waiting at the gate for 20 days. we left everything behind including our home and valuables. >> the tear gas, wanting to cross over into syria.

they are in defensive positions. they have vowed to retaliate if there forces are attacked. >> let's join her now. >> the reports, either the rules are making gunbattles, the bombardments are still going on. isis is coming from three sides from the east, west, and the south.

they have a beefed-up military presence exactly in that area. a lot of turkish kurds are extremely angry. have a huge stretch of territory beyond kobani area. >> do we know how many people are left right now? >> most of the people have left.

it is 100 people in there and is very hard to tell. it is weighing very heavily. regular beheadings, these kind of things. not far, thank you very much. >> attention -- tensions seem to be easing to hammer out the rules. >> authorities seems to have

been averted. they lift their barricade. still making their presence felt in the shopping district. >> a televised address in which she called on the crowds. >> to prevent violent crimes, please will take actions to leave the highly dangerous area as soon as possible.

the protesters and government representatives have been meeting for talks. >> discovery of a mass grave. >> it coincides with the disappearance of dozens of students. >> fellow students are demanding justice. >> who want them back alive. they keep pressure on the authorities.

a family member says he doesn't think the mass graves are related to the student's disappearance. >> the 43 young people are still alive. the bodies that they found are not theirs. they are the bodies of other people but they want to make it look like it am. -- it's them. >> they claim more than a dozen of the missing students were taken to the area where the graves were later found. state prosecutors say it could take weeks to identify the remains that were set on fire. >> resisting high temperatures, covered with a flammable substance. >> they went missing over a week

ago. they reportedly surfaced, they have been killed in a decade of drugs related violence in mexico. >> the supreme court has cleared the way for same-sex couples to get married in five more states with immediate effect. >> indiana, oklahoma, utah, virginia, and wisconsin. effectively legal in 30 out of 50 u.s. states. they have announced the winners of this year's prize for medicine, the award going to the american neuroscientist john o'keefe and the norwegian couple

mosser. >> for discovering the brains positioning system. this could help daughters better and -- doctors understand how the brain works. >> and accolade after hard work. >> it is fantastic. >> she received the nobel prize for medicine. the jury selected the three neuroscientist for their discovery. the nobel committee said the discovery of the system is of huge importance. they were triggered and more than three decades later, they

picked up on the research. they generate a map of an environment. they can call up the store of information. it was a major breakthrough. >> a formula one driver is in serious but stable condition. >> a flurry of criticism should have allowed the event to go ahead in such poor conditions. >> the parents flew in from france to be at their son's bedside at the medical center.

details remain scarce. >> it remains critical. they will see the doctors tomorrow. they have been well assisted since the beginning. >> he skated out of control on the rainsoaked circuit and crashed into a recovery crane suffering severe head injuries. the accidents have put formula one safety back in the spotlight.

>> welcome back.

a potentially explosive tell-all book of former chancellor helmut kohl is making waves in germany ahead of its release on wednesday. >> the german statesman is trying to block the soon to be published memoir which provides a blunt and unfiltered look behind-the-scenes. including scathing criticisms of angela merkel. painting in a less than flattering light. >> considered the architect of german reunification, but during his 16 years in office, he continued to be a polarizing figure. >> for giving her failure to stand by his side when he was later mired in a political donations scandal. misses merkel couldn't hold a knife and fork properly.

the way she used to hang about a state dinners meant that i had to frequently tell her off. the chancellor has not reacted publicly to the insult. >> but i have no comment to make. >> a former soviet leader was not only a contemporary of coal but a man he once hailed as a friend. now in cole's view, gorbachev does not deserve the historical legacy he has been credited with. he saved some particularly sharp words with former german president, a colleague that walked away from coal. he is a monumental traitor and a

loser to boot. he has nothing but bad luck. the candid interviews being published is adding depth for the for medical postwar politician. already causing a real storm. already some on statement like congress. >> these comments come from a book of excerpts of interviews that he gave back in 2001 and 2002 to a journalist. it was 600 hours of interviews and he talked about all the events that he witnessed and all of the politicians that he'd had to do with them.

he didn't mince his words. criticized most notably, angela merkel that effectively slept him aside. they were given in confidence to a trustee journalist. he is engaged in a legal dispute about control of these remarks. andy has a book out this week. >> it contains some very blunt statements but will it affect the chancellor's legacy? >> i don't think in the end it will. as he dominated german politics for many years, the contribution

for german reunification, those things remain. >> thank you very much, simon. >> a new debate raging right now as to whether germany's armed forces are in a position to handle international crises. at a time when berlin is seeking the stage. and in the navy, only one of the countries for sobs can but to see. >> and emergency aid to parts of west africa. >> a new report is expected to get to the bottom of the promise.

>> it is damning reading. asked to conduct an extensive review following multiple planning and budget problems at the defense ministry. >> a lot of questions that no one here at the defense ministry was able to answer. that is why i commissioned the investigation by independent experts. >> these are 100 40 problem cases highlighted in the report. the plan is urgently needed. it is years behind schedule.

and there is the euro fighter. only 42 are said to be functional. >> businesses after six years in recession, the greek economy looks to be on track for almost 3% growth next year. the financial and political situation. it predicts a decline in unemployment. european union and european central bank. the german companies are reporting a sharp decline it is the biggest drop since the peak of the global financial crisis

back in january 2009. >> the german economics ministry blames the downturn on a weak economy in the eurozone. >> a check on how financial markets traded on monday. after friday's strong jobs report in the u.s.. in frankfurt, the blue-chip dax give up most of its early gains but ended the session slightly higher. the euro stoxx 50 closed at 3138. and across the atlantic, the dow got off to a good start initially but then went down ending the day it 16,995 and the euro currently trading at $1.26. before we let you go, we want to head to west africa where two years ago, islamic extremist took control over northern namai

and instituted strict sharia law. rice was historic sites and destroyed it euro placeable artifacts. >> as the islamists wreak havoc, one man risked his life to save age old manuscripts from the world-famous library there. germany is honoring him with a special africa prize. >> a guard makes his rounds at the commemorative library in timbuktu. but there is anything -- there is barely anything left to protect here. ancient african and arabic works of poetry, history, and law. today, there is virtually nothing left after the documents were taken to an undisclosed location. they were smuggled out of timbuktu in the cover of night.

he is the man behind the dangerous rescue mission. he spent two years and travel thousands of kilometers to save the scripts. >> we brought the documents here on boats. we picked the building with two upper floors and restore the manuscripts on the middle floor. that way we can better shield them from the high humidity. >> the fragile manuscripts may be safer now but the conditions here are far from ideal. the climate threatens to ruin the centuries-old documents. to save the scripts for posterity, they are being transferred to this building where a special team was carefully restoring, cataloging, and digitalizing the collection. some of the scripts are thousands of years old.

the documents will be stored in handmade boxes to keep them safe from outside influences like humidity. the german africa prize is proof that the cultural heritage matters beyond its borders. though it might cost him his life, he said he had no choice but to save the document. >> the many scripts are part of who we are. they are our heritage. it is a testament to africa's and.

>> amazing how one man can make a difference. >> a much deserved prize. thank you for joining us at the journal. it's always a time for right now. >> goodbye for now.

>> garrison keillor: when marilyn chin came to the united states from hong kong, her father changed her name from mei ling to marilyn because, she says, he was obsessed with marilyn monroe.

she's a poet, a translator, a novelist, and codirects the mfa program at sand diego state university. >> the woman wore a floral apron around her neck, that woman from my mother's village with a sharp cleaver in her hand. she said, "what shall we cook tonight? perhaps these six tiny squid lined up so perfectly on the block?" she wiped her hand on the apron, pierced the blade into the first. there was no resistance, no blood, only cartilage soft as child's nose. a last iota of ink made us wince. suddenly, the aroma of ginger and scallion fogged our senses, and we absolved her for that moment's barbarism.

then she, an elder of the tribe, without formal headdress, without elegance, deigned to teach the younger about the asian plight. and although we have traveled far we must never forget that primal lesson-- on patience, courage, forbearance; on how to love squid despite squid... ( laughter ) ...how to honor the village, the tribe, that floral apron. thank you so much. ( applause ) >> a very warm welco

european journal. let's take a look at what is coming up in the program today. why scott's may say yes to independence. czech republic, how to lions ended up in a bohemian village. and sweden, where right-wing extremism is on the rise. there are a few more days to go before voters go to the polls in scotland to decide if they want to be an independent country and leave the united kingdom. mi