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battle for kobani, the kurdish town in northern syria. it is engulfed in a life or death struggle with life -- islamic state militants. >> and it looks like they are losing. the jihadist forces ardently unstoppable. kurdish fighters are no match for the heavily armed and well-equipped i has little sense. -- is militants. >> it could be a strategic game -- gain for the jihadist. now turkey's president is calling for troops to help the beleaguered kurds. >> the battle for kobani has reached the town streets. islamic state militants using heavy weaponry are you pushing -- are pushing toward the center. it said that they already control three eastern district and are starting to make progress from the south. the area is strategically important. a propaganda video shows their fighters at the top.

one says u.s. air attacks will not stop them killing unbelievers. the kurds are struggling to defend the account center. they are so badly quitting harrison to is they -- in comparison -- they are so badly equipped the compared to is that there is little they can do. the tight -- despite pressure tracks, the government is reluctant to use its tank, the border. >> we wanted three things, a no-fly zone, a secure zone parallel to that, and the training and arming of moderate rebels in iraq and syria. >> defending kobani does not appear to be his greatest concern. his focus is to prevent a kurdish staying in the turkish border. this could add to fueling demand

for independence from kurdish turks. >> our correspondent joins us live from near the syrian-turkish border. chris, what is the latest you're hearing about the battle for kobani? >> i was at the hospital today near the border, just a field of grazing sheep separating us from kobani. the doctors there were overwhelmed. there are ambulances coming in every 10 minutes or so, bringing wounded fighters, and in some cases just civilians, women. the doctors are very upset and saying turkey is not doing enough to help them. they say that the world community is failing them doing nothing to help them. one doctor said to me, the time to talk is over. now is the time for action. what will actually happen, we don't know. >> you've been seeing airstrikes, of course. what kind of effect have they been having on the islam of state forces? -- islamic state forces?

>> there were some saying the wrong lot of airstrikes this morning and her lee afternoon, but they were not hearing a lot of fighting. that could be that they are streetfighting in the city of kobani. we don't know for sure. if that was the case, you probably would not have isis shelling parts of the city where there are people fighting in the streets. i might explain why people -- that might explain why people are saying there is less fighting today. we will see tomorrow. this is something that has been going on for something like three weeks and there are hundreds already dead. we saw many casualties coming into the hospital today. >> what about those left behind in kobani? have they been managing to get out somehow? >> this is the problem, that the kurdish fighters are telling them to get out. this is the fight to the death. the problem is, they cannot easily get into turkey. turkey has troops and tanks at the border, but they don't want more kurds to minion. they've already take -- more

kurds coming in. they've already taken in 1.6 million refugees from syria. 186,000 in just the last few weeks. from the turkish president standpoint, he does not want more kurdish people. this is a government that put down a revolution and year ago in istanbul and other cities. they're worried about the bigger affect within turkey of whatever they do here on the border. >> chris johnson following events for us in syria near the turkish border. for some analysis of this very fluid situation, we must bring in our middle east expert. welcome to the set. turkey has the assets in place to move into kobani. would it do so rather than to see it lost to our -- two is militants? >> they do know very well that

kobani will fall. this is exactly what the turkish government wants to see achieved. they want the kurds to suffer a major defeat. so all striving for a town he of kurdish citizens in turkey will come to an end. that is their philosophy. on the second hope of the turkish government is that this conflict will evolve into a larger one. the turks do hope that the international community will then way -- then wage war against bashar assad, the syrian president, and then the turks can open up a second front. at this time, it's not a realistic option. >> what about the role that the assad regime plays in all of this? they are a major adversaries. what would happen if turkey gets drawn into syria? with that boost us on -- boost assad in any way? >> if you look at things realistically, as a sunni more or less, assad is the only one

capable of fighting the militias of the islamic state in theory a proper. it would not make sense to fight the syrian government now. the american approach is to fight the islamic state first and then see what is happening with the syrian regime. for the time being, no appetite by western governments to fight bashar assad and the -- and the islamic state at the same time. the turkish government wants to go-ahead because they hope that once the sharp assad gets toppled, they can get a strong -- once bashar assad gets toppled, they can have a strong influence in syria. it's very dangerous, because those -- both russia and iran continue to support the syrian regime. this could mean that the crisis is getting more dangerous. >> what does this mean for the+ call for troops on the ground to move? is that disingenuous? is it not wanted? or do they need to give the kurds better weapons?

what needs to happen now? >> no one is really willing to put boots on the ground. the americans have had this experience in iraq and do not want to a peak -- repeated. for the time being, most regional actors, especially turkey, are not really interested in fighting the islamic state. it is a sad issue and we will pay a high price for this department. >> think you for the look at the geopolitics happening in kobani right now. >> kurds living in europe are also calling on the international community to take greater action against islamic state militants. >> some 3000 people took part in rallies in germany, drawing attention to the plight of the kurds trapped in kobani. protesters were outside the turkish comp bullet -- consulate to demand that ankara do more.

>> and we switch to the ebola scare here in europe. anger is growing in spain over how a nurse became infected with ebola. and now it appears that protective suits given to health officials are not good enough. >> for suspected ebola patients are now in hospital in madrid after the nurse was concerned -- confirmed as the first person to catch the ebola virus outside of africa. >> the ebola outbreak comes as officials revealed 50 people are being monitored for symptoms, including the woman's husband. >> meanwhile, the world health organization has warned it is unavoidable that more cases will be back here in europe. staff at the hospital where the woman is being treated staged a spontaneous demonstration outside their workplace. they want the government to do more to protect their health. >> we were kind of expecting this. at least i was expecting it. because this is not a game to be played in the way they've done it.

it is a very worrisome matter and they have not handled it correctly. >> it seems, the nurse contracted the disease while treating the spanish priest man well garcia of the -- man well garcia of the ao. he was flown to spain after contracting the virus. >> there was no mistake. she applied careful care. we don't know what the reason is for this patient. >> but that is not enough for the spanish government. it wants back. >> we are investigating exactly how the nurse could have become infected. we know that she entered the room of the ebola patients on two occasions. first, to change a diaper, and second, after the patient died to collect material. this is in-line with the

information we have from the local health authority. >> authorities are monitoring a number of people who came into contact with the nurse before she was hospitalized. the patient is believed to have been the first to have caught the virus outside africa. her case is now forcing hospitals in the developed world to rethink their readiness to deal with ebola. >> shifting gears now, it takes a bright spark to come up with a good idea, but in this case there were three. >> a trio of researchers from japan and the u.s. have won the nobel prize for physics. >> their discovery led to the invention of the modern led light. >> one red, one green, and one blue. if you combine these colors, you get white light. >> the two japanese scientist and the japanese born american scientists received the nobel prize for their work on producing blue led lights.

this was the last piece in the puzzle needed to create white light from led off -- from led lights. it is a noted -- and energy efficient alternative to traditional lighting. >> when i first started, we did not believe we would've jobless what we did within the 20th century. -- we would accomplish what we did within the 20th century. in fact, many people were leaving the field. >> much of the light we use today comes from led lights. in lamps, traffic lights, and televisions. >> this led technology is now replacing older technologies. in fact, many of you carry this technology in your pocket. >> like in smartphones, for example. the nobel jury said leds technology benefits all of humanity and has particular promise in helping the developing world that may have poor electricity grids.

>> and time for business news. new official figures released in germany show europe's largest economy is no longer in upswing. august was, to put it mildly, not a good month for industrial production. connor front for give us his analysis from the trading floor. >> as if to outline the weaker outlook by the international monetary fund, the statistics office here in germany reported a steep decline in industrial reduction in august. it was -4%, a very negative surprise. on average, analysts forecast a much smaller decline in industrial production. many take this as a bad omen for the upcoming earnings reports season. it is more likely that also many companies will also have negative surprises to report about the summer quarter. hopes are that this might be temporary and that the economy in germany picks up toward the end of the year. these hopes are shrinking here at the exchange. >> that was connor reporting

from frankfurt. let's take a look at tuesday's member. contracting industrial reduction dragged down germany's blue-chip index, which finished the session lower. the stocks finished almost 2% lower. across the pond, the dow also slipped, falling 1.24% and eight euros will get you now one u.s. dollar and $.26. -- $1.26. >> reacting to a disappointing season by firing the coach. >> he took charge of the club in december, 2012, but struggled to secure his position after a string of inconsistent performances. he suffered another defeat at the weekend losing 2-1 to oppenheimer. >> back in one minute with a look at how some polish farmers are getting around russian

sanctions. >> see you in just a moment.

>> welcome back to the show. in eastern ukraine, the cease-fire has been put under severe strain yet again with reports of new fighting and casualties in the city of donetsk. >> governments that government officials say they have resisted control of the airport. there are also reports of fighting in the donetsk recent -- region. and a third round of sanctions over ukraine, moscow had its own punitive measures. they target a range of products from european countries. >> germany is out about 100 billion euros annually and exporters have been hard hit. that goes for other european nations as well. countries like -- >> countries like pearland -- like poland

have been doing growing trade with russia and have been finding ways around the sanctions, like belarus. >> and so far, neither moscow nor europe have taken notice. >> everyday, they arrive at this very cooperative to transport some 100,000 liters of milk act to belarus. this european milk costs 36 euros cents a liter. until recently, the derry's oldest cheese directly to russia. and there was plenty of business. -- the dairy sold its cheese ridley to russia and there was plenty of business. but ever since the reaction to sanctions over russia, saying that sales have tumbled 30%. they have been selling to belarus, a close ally of russia, to get around the blockade.

>> the deliveries started right after the sanctions took effect. our milk is processed into cheese in belarus and sold from their to russia and cosmic stan -- and kazakhstan. >> along with dairy products, fruits and vegetables have also been hit by the russian boycott. but polish sellers have continued their trade with russia on a smaller scale, despite the embargo. we need a polish businessman at this -- we meet a polish businessman at the struck stuff. he claims to have close connections with the belarusian government and wants to remain anonymous. in august, he says some 4000 tracks delivered fruits and vegetables to the bruce, which found their final destination in russia. >> belarus is the transport place for russia. it builds up coffers in kazakhstan and the officials are keeping quiet.

>> traffic is still backed up at the polish and belarusian border. and belarus is buying more than ever before. norway, for example, is now selling four times as much damage to belarus than it did before the embargo. the police erase our pictures of the fish being packaged and sold here in the factory. there is no official record of these additional agricultural imports. the belarusian economy is planned by the state, which does not provide relevant statistics. >> we don't have official figures that show what is entering the country to bring confections. -- break the sanctions. we don't know how much the belarusian government is earning. >> it is no secret that producers are sidestepping the sanctions. store shelves in belarus are life -- are lined with milk from poland along with other eu products. they have been repackaged, but i

have been easily identified. no one wants to get how long russia will play along. >> it was a tragedy that force people in europe to sit up and take notice. just over a year ago, more than 306 he people drowned off the italian -- more than 360 people drowned off the italian line of -- island of leopard is off of the >> many were seeking to get away from a brutal dictatorship. >> 12 months later, we caught up with one of the survivors. >> a wake-up call for europe. more than 360 people lost their lives. could their deaths have been prevented? david survived the tragedy, but many of his friends did not. every night in his dreams, he still hears their screens. most, like david, were from an oppressive dictatorship.

prisons, like the one here on the left, are overflowing with political prisoners. david, too, was incarcerated here. like many of the inmates, he was tortured. his only wish was to be free. >> when you flee, when you decide to leave your country, you are choosing the freedom that you will find in democratic countries. >> david flight began at the bus station in the capital. it was the start of a 3000 kilometer journey. david decided not to think about the dangers ahead. from the border town he was forced to continue on foot. when night fell, he slipped asked -- past the border guards into sudan. >> after just a short while in sudan, we were kidnapped. we were sold to different clans

three times. they were armed. it was hard. and we were beaten every day. >> the refugees were physically abused, like the ones in this unidentified footage. david was held captive for a year. he eventually managed to escape and traveled through the desert to libya. again, he had to go underground. refugees here face many dangers. they are outlaws. david and the other refugees hid in a building close to the coast until the traffickers told them it was time to set sail across the mediterranean. david paid 1500 euros for a place in a boat like this one. also on board, another 550 refugees. spirits were high. many felt they had almost made it. but then just off the coast of lampedusa, the vote to the left engine trouble. it caught attention by --

attends to catch attention by setting fire to a blanket cause them to sink. >> everywhere, they were dead corpses, and the bodies of dead children, too. there was a woman called lidia. she was eight months pregnant. she was about to give birth. she had the baby and then drowned. >> back home, david family is happy at the news that he has managed to get to europe. they have no idea what he has been through. david was lucky to survive. so many were not. >> now back to germany. germans are remembering their peaceful revolution of 25 years ago that led to the fall of the berlin wall. >> on this day in 1989, the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev was in celebrations marking his

40th birthday. >> nodded his while the streams, or anyone else for that matter, could have known -- not in his wildest dreams or anyone else for that matter, could they have known that the country would not exist a year later. >> here is this on his final birthday bash. ♪ >> 25 years ago, bandleader andre face one of the biggest decisions of his life, he battles over whether he and his orchestra should perform at the east german event. >> if i declined, what would i have achieved? i would have achieved nothing. i would simply have refused and not have been there. instead, i was tempted by the chance to say a few words. critical words. >> communist east germany's 40th birthday included a parade

posted by -- hosted by a leader with mikael gorbachev at his side. the country was drifting ever closer to financial ruin, but leaders put up a façade of business as usual. dissidents had begun holding regular demonstrations in east berlin's central square, alexanderplatz. in 1989, andre joined their ranks for the first time. >> i felt myself torn between two sides, to be honest. i wasn't sure what all of this is going to lead to. it was a combination of tense excitement, the time is now, but also uneasy about what was going to happen. >> despite his reservations, he went along as demonstrators marched to the house palace of the republic. that is where celebrations were taking place. for the first time, east

germany's communist leaders were directly confronted with angry masses. >> it was bizarre, completely bizarre. two worlds were colliding head on. on one side, people who were tired of it all. and on the other side, those in charge who were celebrity like there was nothing wrong, as if it was a completely normal holiday for east germany. >> this façade of normality continued at the evening gala. but andre had his own slant to leave a mark on the night. -- his own plan to leave a mark on the night. >> we went on stage and i said, surely you've all looked outside the window and see what happens on the streets of berlin right here in front of us. it must be good to everyone there is no mood for celebrating. >> some people applauded. others left the room in protest. security agents had more pressing concerns than worrying about a critical musician. >> it was no heroic deed. it was the least i could do. i could never have forgiven

myself if i kept silent that evening. >> it was andre's own small contribution to event on october 7, 1989, a day he will never forget. >> it seems like so long ago and it was just 25 years ago. >> unbelievable how detached that could have been. that is all we have time for. thanks for joining us. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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