coming to you live on dw. >> our top story that this hour -- on alert. a nurse who treated any bola victim tests positive for the disease as u.s. officials try to track passengers who bordered the same plane as the patient. >> a violent crackdown by hong kong police on demonstrators calling for genuine democracy. >> and match abandoned in belgrade. a controversial flag provokes a brawl between serbian and albanian soccer players on the pitch. but we begin our broadcast withf

texas testing positive for ebola. >> this infected health care worker helped take care of thomas eric duncan, the liberian man who became the first person to die from the disease in the u.s. >> before being diagnosed, the nurse traveled on a commercial flight, prompting america's centers for disease control and prevention to issue a health alert for the 132 passengers on that same flight. >> earlier, u.s. president barack obama and european leaders discussed ways to ramp up the international response to the ebola crisis. >> decontamination crews arrived at the dallas apartment before don, the home of the second u.s. hospital worker diagnosed with ebola. neighbors were shocked. >> it takes my breath away. like i said, it is such a deadly disease. people are starting to get more now. i don't know how.

>> the 29-year-old nurse was one of the staff caring for thomas eric duncan, the first person to die from ebola in the u.s. this is now the second infection at the texas health presbyterian hospital. nurses criticized the lack of protocols to deal with ebola patients, but health officials say they are doing everything to contain the virus. >> we are looking at every element of our personal protective equipment and infection control inside the hospitals. we don't have an answer for this right now, but we are looking at every possible angle. >> u.s. airline officials say the infected nurse travel by plane a day before she reported symptoms. it's not knowhn whether other travelers were exposed to the virus. >> let's get you the latest on the developing story. richard walker joins us from washington. great to see you. have any more details been released about the condition of this second health care worker?

>> we don't know a huge amount yet about her condition. we know simply that she reported a fever yesterday. that was immediately isolated. it does appear her condition is serious enough for her to be flown this afternoon from dallas to emory hospital atlanta. it is right next to the centers for disease control, which is coordinating the u.s. response to ebola. it has experience, having dealt with to patients who came over, american missionaries flown from iberia who survived -- liberia who survived ebola. it is not exactly a display of confidence in the texas hospital, not only in its ability to treat them, but its ability to protect its own workers. >> people are on edge. after a couple weeks of health officials trying to reassure the public, it seems there's no way

of reassuring them this will not happen again? >> it would be wrong to say there is any kind of widespread sense of panic. but it's equally true that the litany of mistakes is building up. first, the failure to diagnose thomas duncan when he first showed up at hospital. now, the transmission to these two hospital workers, possibly to more in the coming days, we will have to see. then the fact that this health care worker boarded a flight just a day before she announced she had symptoms, and less than two weeks after caring for thomas duncan, who died of ebola. the cdc says that should not have happened, but it did. there are concerns, if it cannot control its own health care workers, can it prevent a wider outbreak? the white house is clearly concerned. barack obama canceling engagements to have talks about this. one idea in the air is people

are calling for him to appoint a so-called "ebola czar" who would coordinate the entire effort and try to overcome the sense there are many different government agencies jostling in trying to prevent this turning into an outbreak. >> richard walker, reporting from washington. thank you very much for that update. j >> turning our focus to asia, where police in hong kong have been accused of brutality after some officers were filmed beating and kicking a handcuffed protester. >> the footage went viral, and now an official investigation has been ordered into the incident that further inflamed tensions. activists faced up with right police, who use pepper spray. >> the confrontation came as protests entered their third week. >> hundreds of hong kong social workers joined the protests on wednesday to voice outrage at

what they say is injustice and police brutality. >> we hope to tell the people and police thatw we should respect justice and the peace. >> demonstrators also marched to police headquarters, where the hell that pictures of a pro-democracy protester allegedly beaten by plainclothes officers. this footage was said to show a group of men kicking him as he lay handcuffed on the ground. he was later treated for injuries in hospital. the video went viral on the internet, sparking anger and condemnation from activists and some lawmakers. after being released from hospital, he joined the protest s and displayed his injuries to the crowd. >> you should have seen the tv footage of a number of police

officers brutally assaulting me. while i was retained and entering, defenseless. prior to that i had already been assaulted, and was later a ssaulted yet again in the police station. >> hong kong authorities say the officers in the assault have been removed from their posts. they also hinted they might resume talks with protest leaders about political reform. >> now to the ongoing battle for the key syrian town of kobani. airstrikes by a us-led coalition have been ramped up to help kurdish fighters pushed back militants. >> kobani is still in danger of falling to i.s. despite intensifying western airpower. further competition matters, turkey has launched attacks on kurdish militants in a southeast, which ankara says is

in response to shelling by the pkk separatist group. >> it is putting further strain on ankara's relationship with its kurdish minority, which is already angry that turkey is not helping kurds in kobani. >> warplanes have been targeting i.s. positions. for days, the u.s.-led coalition has been stepping up its campaign. now, american officials say strikes have slowed the i.s. advance. kurdish fighters defending kobani say they have been able to recapture a strategically important hill outside the syrian town. however, the idea that i.s. can really be defeated by airstrikes gets little credence, not even in washington. u.s. president barack obama met with high-level military leaders from more than 20 countries to hammer out a strategy. he has ruled out sending u.s. ground forces into the area. >> this is going to be a long-term campaign. there are not quick fixes involved. we are in the early stages.

as with any military effort, there will be days of progress, and they will be periods of setbacks. but our coalition is united behind the long-term effort. >> turkey is under considerable pressure to support that effort, but so far it has been unwilling to intervene in syria. instead of helping the kurds in kobani, ankara carried out strikes against the militant kurdish pkk in southeastern turkey for the first time since the 2013 cease-fire. the government defended the attacks. >> there was firing in the province. they attacked our patrols in the village there. we cannot tolerate that, and therefore are o --ur armed forces took the necessary measures. >> kurdish forces asked turkey to open a supply cord or to get arms and humanitarian aid into kobani. many kurds see that as the only way of turning the tide against the i.s.

>> switching gears to announcements from tech giants apple and facebook that are generating major discussions about women in the workplace. >> in a bid to diversify their male-dominated workforce, the firms are going to extreme lengths to attract and keep women in the job, and leveling the playing field by covering egg freezing for female employees. >> this new perk in silicon valley is causing a bit of a stir, with some asking whether it is really a benefit, or just a way of getting women to put off having children. >> there is already a kindergarten at facebook, and paid parental leave, but even that is not enough to hang onto top female talent. now the company says it will give women on its payroll up to $20,000 to freeze their eggs. facebook's chief operating officer sheryl sandberg has long taken the position that family planning is the hurdle for professional women. she says that the key phase of

the career is often between the age of 30 to 35, a period when female fertility normally starts to decline. but by freezing her eggs, a woman breaks the constraints of her biological clock. the procedure has been dubbed "social freezing," and it is not uncontroversial. critics say it represents women's complete submission to corporate expectations, but putting eggs on ice is growing in popularity, especially in the u.s. other companies could soon be following facebook's and apple's lead. >> back in germany, travelers had to cope with two major transport strikes this week. train conductors walked off the job on wednesday, and on thursday it was the drivers' turn. >> it will and 4:00 a.m. local time. they want a 5% pay raise and two hours shaved off their work week.

german wings could cancel a fifth of all flights. those pilots have long been fighting against cuts to their retirement benefits. let's take a look at the markets now, wear dark clouds have been gathering around the world. our correspondent is that the frank rootstock is change -- frankfurt stock exchange -- >> it was a black wednesday. traders spoke of a massacre, regarding heavy losses. surprisingly weak u.s. economic data triggered a selloff all over the world. the last safe haven is getting lost. fears of a worldwide slowdown are rising because of the weakness in the eurozone and emerging markets, troubling signals in china, and now from the u.s. there have been only two winners, the euro and german bonds. the yield of the 10-year bond is at an all-time low. >> that look at those disastrous

market numbers now. in frankfurt, germany' as blue-chip dax took a big hit, close to 3% down on the day. the euro5 fared even worse, down more than 3.5%. in new york city, the story is not quite as bad, but still looking very red rather than green, down nearly 1.5%. at the moment the euro is trading slightly up against the dollar. >> germany's decision to phase out nuclear energy could be an expensive one. government sources say a swedish energy group is now demanding 4.7 billion euros in damages. >> they say they should get compensation for having to shut down nuclear power plants. the firm reportedly filed a claim in an international arbitration court in washington.

germany decided to speed up the phase out of nuclear power plants after the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan in 2011. >> investigators in mexico are still hunting for close to the whereabouts -- clues to the whereabouts of dozens of university students abducted two weeks ago. local police officers arrested in the case have admitted to turning the students over to members of a drug cartel, who authorities blame for the disappearance. dna evidence for a mass grave located near the town failed to link it to the abducted students. it was the 10th mass grave authorities discovered in their search. still ahead for us, polls close in mozambique's hotly contested general election. >> and struggling world champions germany, and a soccer game that turned political.

stay tuned. we are back in one minute. >> see you in a moment.

>> welcome back. it is being billed as the most hotly contested election in mozambique's history. they voted to pick a new presidential and national seat. >> voting was largely peaceful in this resource rich african nation, with the two minain parties buying for power representing guerrilla movements that were locked in civil war and still fighting sporadically until two months ago. >> since then they signed peace accords, and leaders are confident the polls will be free and fair. >> the reality, just a decade ago in mozambique. many of today's more than 10 million voters were just children back then. as young adult, they could be lining up for a very different future. they are optimistic, and keen to

have their say. this woman says she got up at 3:00 in the morning to get to a polling station early. she says she has high hopes. but high hopes for what? this man, filipe nyusi, plans to keep the frelimo party in power, which has been ruling one of the world's poorest nations since 1975. he says he is confident about winning based on years of tireless and thorough work. nyusi has a fight on his hands in the form of alfonso dhlakama, a former rebel chief and leader of former rebel party renamo. he has attacked what he calls the ruling party's strength hold on power, promising a more inclusive government. mozambicans want to see whoever wins use the country's newly discovered resources of coal and natural gas to end poverty and inequality. >> a fresh round of talks

between iran and western powers kicks off in vienna today over iran's atomic energy program. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry renewed his call for a deal by the end of november. his iranian counterpart, mohammad zarif, says iran needs more time for negotiations. the eu's top diplomat catherine -- and is also taking part. the iranian government hopes to arrange for an end to sanctions, which crippled its economy. >> and avalanche and blizzard in nepal killed at least 12 people, including foreigners. a number of trekkers are buried in snow, and digging them at could take days. >> at least 14 foreign trekkers have been rescued so far. several more are believed to be stranded. nepal's military is continuing rescue operations, which have been made difficult by snow and rough terrain. officials say the death toll is likely to rise.

war, poverty, and conflict are pushing ever more people to seek refuge here in europe. more than 110,000 people have applied for asylum in germany this year. >> officials say the flood of applications is putting a huge strain on local resources. the heads of germany's 16 federal states are meeting to discuss how europe's richest country should deal with the situation. >> in the first part of our three-part series on refugees in germany, we meet new arrivals in brandenburg. >> a new group of refugeesparrie barracks at eisenhuttenstadt in eastern germany, the first port of call for refugees coming to the german state of brandenburg. they move -- they live here for several weeks before being moved to more permanent quarters. one of them is mohammed, from syria. he spent months getting here, traveling from his war-torn homeland to libya, where he then made his way to europe.

mohammed shows us where he spent the last 12 days, an old gymnasium without proper ventilation. he shares this spartan living space with other male refugees. it is not really what he expected, but he is not complaining. >> compared to what we experienced getting here -- we had to sleep in the forest, on the ground -- as is paradise. >> it is a paradise that is filling up by the minute. the facilities here are not big enough to cope with the flood of refugees. tents have already been set for the next arrivals. this family lives in more permanent quarters. they put damascus two years ago, traveling by fishing boats and going away in trucks to get to germany. their biggest problem now is the language. >> have to wait a long time for somebody who can understand us.

they vitamin c good with us for disasters -- they try to speak german with us or use testers -- gestures. the germans do not like it when we don't understand them, for . >> next -- for instance, clothing is permitted. the office is only open to hours a week. >> it gets kind of chaotic. people yell, and there are quite. >> next door, a prison for refugees set to be deported. all part of the daily life for the record you cap in eisenhuttenstadt -- refugee camp in eisenhuttenstadt. >> uefa is launching an investigation into yesterday's qualifying match between albania and serbia, which was abandoned

after a mass brawl on the page. >> the game between the two rival neighbors was already taking place in a very tense atmosphere, when some thing happened to make things worse. >> the game was still scoreless when a mini drone ramped up the tension. the remotely piloted aircraft was telling the flag of greater albania, a provocative symbol used by albanian nationalists who think that parts of serbia belong to albania. a serbian player scooped up the flag and was quickly confronted by albanian players. supporters of the serbian side stormed the field and attacked the albanian team, who took refuge in their locker room. >> we could have kept playing. but the albanian team said they were not up to it mentally. now it is up to uefa. >> uefa decided to abandon the match. serbian state media reported the

brother of albanian prime minister edi rama was responsible for the stunt. he denied the allegation, but many serbian fans are not convinced. >> it was an unnecessary provocation. >> albanian fans place the blame on supporters of the serbian side. they say that the fans caused the escalation by storming the pitch. >> that's what turned the soccer stadium into a battlefield. >> uefa has already warned serbian fans to stay home when their side travels to albania for the second leg of the match. >> other more peaceful football action. ireland stunned germany to snatch a draw from the european qualifier. >> there were no goals until the second half, and then tony gross -- krose broke the deadlock. it looked all over, but irish

defender john o'shea snatched the equalizer in the final seconds. it follows germany's 2-0 defeat in poland. the coach and players tried to spend what happened after the game. >> right now, our game does not have the dynamism and tempo and precision that we need. that is obvious. >> you could see saturday's defeat left is unsure of ourselves. we did not have the ball control usually have, and that let ireland back into the match. >> our job now is to wake up. each of us has to take responsibility and make sure we win every game. >> germany are in fourth place in group d, and have catching up to do. scotland earned a 2-2 draw in poland to top the group on goal difference. >> northern ireland shocked greece 2-0 in athens, and lead group f. cristiano ronaldo scored a

stoppage time winner to give portugal a last-gasp victory over denmark. 600 years of german history are on display in london. the british museum is featuring a special exhibition reflecting the changing faces of germany through a series of objects. >> dw paid the museum a visit and sent this report. >> enter the exhibition, and the first you see is a vw beetle, meant to pique the curiosity of a country were many only have superficial knowledge of germany. >> football, beer, and -- the war. that's about it, really. >> good football team, sauerkraut, and the war. don't mention the war. >> i barely know anything. there is a whole history. >> many british people still have quite a narrow perspective on germany and its history, but

apparently this seems to be a new willingness to learn more. the british museum, one of the country's most important cultural institutions, is part of that process. the exhibition covers 600 years of german history. at the start, unification. the birth of a new germany according to museum director neil macgregor, himself a germanophile and german speaker. >> 25 years ago, a new germany was born. that gave us the chance to talk about this new germany. not just the germany of world war ii and the third reich, but this new german state in europe. >> world war ii and the holocaust are featured, but not central to the exhibition. instead it focuses on works of art, like this goethe portrait by the poet's friend. also a porcelain rhinoceros

based on a print by albrecht durer. german states are portrayed through coins from the different regions, a concept for into britain, which has long had a -- foreign to britain, which has long had a common currency. saying goodbye are an angel of peace and a very german garden hgnome, a challenge to the very british preconception that germans have no sense of humor. >> that's all we have for this edition. >> hope to see what the top of the hour. for now, goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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