>> the battle for bonnie continues. islamic state militants have raised their black flag on several buildings on two sides of the strategic syrian town despite us-led airstrikes. a nurse in spain becomes the first person to catch the ebola virus outside of west africa. her husband has been quarantined command at least 20 people she was in contact with are now being monitored for the disease. and an entire local police force is disarmed in mexico after

allegations they were in league with that again -- with a gang in an attack that left over 40 students dead. ♪ also coming up for you at 20 past the hour, taking a look at how papers are reacting to the news that half of all american states can now allow gay marriage for -- gay marriage. and tough questions for france's nominee to the european commission. will pierre muscovy see the strict with his own country finances echo -- finances? but first isis militants have been moving in for the past three weeks into the syrian town ofkabani.

they have already raised their black flag on the outskirts in several's bases -- several places there. mark thompson has more on this latest advanced. it is raising alarm bells in neighboring turkey. >> the apostate organization on the verge of victory as militant home in on an embattled syrian border town with turkey. airstrikes have proven ineffective. after a three-week siege, a single black flag is raised. abe ubiquitous civil of the sunni fighters. it is an assault that has forced thousands of local residents to flee for their lives across the nearby border. on the other side, kurds have clashed with turkish forces. they say ingres should be doing more to protect the kurdish town. -- they say ankara should be

doing more to protect the kurdish town. >> we want them to retaliate against those who are hitting their territory. there are lots of mortars and shells fired into turkish territory. and for the time being, they are not firing back. >> the country's main kurdish party has called for all turkish kurds to take to the streets in protest of what it sees as the government's in action. >> turkey has to make some hard decisions. either has to find a better way of dealing with its own kurds, as well as the current interior and inside iraq -- in syria and inside iraq, or he will find itself with more and more pressure on its borders. >> for its part, turkey is wary any military action could bolster the syrian president bashar assad they also believe it could strengthen the position

of the kurdish militants linked to the outlawed pkk. they signed an agreement last march after 30 years of fighting. >> for more now from turkey, let's bring in jimmy debt mere -- jamie. you are right on the border there between turkey and syria. tell us about what you saw. >> we heard the kurdish defenders have ordered the remaining civilians out of town. as many as 40,000 civilians are still it -- 20,000 civilians are still in there. that is a sign that they are expecting the city to fall. the is fighters have really reached the city center toward the south with smoke now around a central mosque. on monday, they captured the hill overlooking the town, which gave targeting opportunities.

it is only a matter of town before the town falls. >> as -- if it does fall, as you suggested would, what kind of precautions will there need to be in turkey? >> we have seen a really strong reaction from the kurds. i was talking to the pkk fighters, the outlawed separatist kurdish party, which are correspondent mentioned signed a peace agreement in march with ankara but the pkk is now saying that if the town falls, it is pretty loud and clear among the activist i talked to. they said they would reignite the insurgency against the turks, because they blame them for not intervening to save the town. that will add a tremendous new complexity to this whole very complex problem here in the

region. >> thanks for that. the fighting in and around combining -- around have pushed people out to protest. there have been petrol bombs and firecrackers on a border town. about 100 demonstrators in the hague force their way through to the main hall of the building and staged a sit in. that protested prompted hundreds of dutch officers to move in. let's turn our attention to the ebola outbreak that is continuing to spread around the world. a nurse in spain has become the first person to contract that disease outside of west africa. she is now being treated in a hospital in madrid. her husband is now in

quarantines, as well as others. >> and nebulous fairies the stricken nurse back to the hospital where she had contracted the deadly ebola virus. the nurse was transferred monday night. she is the first pace and to contract the ebola out -- the ebola virus outside of a west african country. an emergency meeting was held on monday, followed by a press conference. they thought to reassure the public. >> the ministry of health, the administration of public health and health services of madrid are coordinating their efforts to help in the best way possible , and to ensure the safety of citizens. >> big -- she treated to missionaries that died of ebola in the hospital. the first had been evacuated from liberia in an ambulance by

the spanish army and treated in isolation. he died on august 12. the same procedure was followed for the catholic priest position and erector apostolate in sierra leone. he was repatriated on september try second. -- on september 22. >> the patient went on occasion the day after the death of the priest. she felt unwell and contacted the ebola prevention clinic. her condition is stable. she has a fever. >> 30 medical professionals who have cared for the spanish priests are now being monitored for symptoms of the ebola virus. >> many european doctors are going to africa to try to help the understaffed health services there, and for all of them, the risk of contracting ebola is very real. the disease is highly transmissible through bodily fluids like sweat or vomit.

now doctors without borders is eating its health professionals special training on how to protect themselves from the disease before it is too late. >> in just a few days john sebastian will be in sierra leone treating ebola patience. this is the first time with ebola. >> spending time with a patient in an environment where you know that at any moment you could be contaminated even if we do our best to stay protected, at some point, this becomes exhausting and we can become stressed more quickly. and you need about 10 minutes to take off these suits. it is tricky and stressful. >> for two days, 40 doctors, nurses, and water specialists are drilled on every detail and procedure they will need to minimize their risk of contamination. the most crucial moment in this simulation, taking the suit off.

the protective clothing has been in contact with contaminated patients. the slightest spill could transmit the deadly disease. extreme vigilance is required. >> it is scary, really. we have procedures in place and protocols exist. you have to follow them to the letter. you cannot make the slightest mistake. that's what i'm telling myself that everything will be ok. >> the health workers will now be sent to guinea, sierra leone, or liberia. the hotspots of an outbreak that has infected about 7000 people and killed about half of them. the volunteers also have to decide if they are psychologically ready for such a dangerous mission. the world health organization estimates that by mid-september, 380 health professionals have been infected while helping to treat ebola patience in west africa. 151 of those have died. >> the first ebola patient diagnosed on u.s. soil is still seriously ill. thomas eric duncan got sick

after flying home to texas from liberia. he is now receiving an experimental treatment at a hospital in dallas. health officials are scrambling to contain the help epidemic there in the state. -- the health epidemic there in the state. authorities said they would discuss screening passengers -- screening passengers traveling from west africa, but flights would not themselves bbm. >> abel is a very serious disease, and the ability of people who are infected to carry that cross borders is something that we have to take extremely seriously. at the same time, it's important for americans to know the facts and that is because of the measures we put in place as well is our world-class health system and the nature of the ebola virus it self, which is difficult to transmit, the

chances of an ample outbreak in the united states is extremely low. >> the entire police force of a city in southern mexico has been disarmed. that is after several police officers were accused of colluding with the gang in violence that left 43 students missing. many among them may possibly be buried in a newly discovered mass grave. here it's more. >> a manhunt underway after mexico's army deployed convoys of federal forces disarming the local police. >> as of today, the federal police controlled by the military forces will be responsible for public security in this district. if required, they can also count on the support of the army. >> the security measures were imposed after the discoveries --

discovery of a mass grave by investigators. it was along a road in southern mexico. dozens of decapitated bodies were found on saturday. officials are working to determine whether the corpses belonged to some 40 missing students in clashes with police last month. the president has vowed to hunt town the culprits. >> we must find the tree and ensure that those responsible for these police crimes, which are indeed outrageous, painful and unacceptable, are punished. >> meanwhile, the families of the missing students are not giving up hope. >> we are going to keep looking because they are our children. we will do whatever it takes to find them and we won't rest until we do. >> authority save will take at least two weeks to get the result of dna test to identify the badly burned bodies. >> a nobel peace prize continues

this week with a physics rise. the winners are from japan and the u.s. they won for the year -- for their blue emitting light. scientists have struggled for decades to produce the components for white light. >> the battle for kabbani continues. islamic state militants have raised the black flag on several buildings on two sides of the town, despite us-led airstrikes. a nurse in spain he comes the first person to catch the ebola virus outside of west africa. her husband has now been quarantined and at least 20 people she was in contact with are being monitored for the disease. an entire local police force is

disarmed in mexico after allegations they were in league with a gain in an attack that left over 40 students dead or missing. it is time now for the day's news. let's start with the latest rumblings over the budget. >> we heard from the finance minister there will be no spending cuts or new taxes added to the budget for 2015. this after reports that european officials were ready to reject france's spending plans for next year. the draft shows paris will not meet the eu target of less than 3% of gdp until 2017. that is two years later than planned. paris may have to make further cuts next year but france says it has already gone far enough. >> no more belt-tightening and especially no tax hikes. the government is unwilling to budge. >> do you think we're going to

tax more money? saving 21 billion euros was already difficult enough. do you think we are now going to turn around and say taxes will increase? no. >> last week, paris unveiled its new budget for next year. the plan includes billions of euros and wide-ranging spending cuts. to public health care, local and ministrations, and the central government. of the budget deficit is still estimated at 4.3% of gdp. it is falling far short of the eu target of 3%. under the eu's tighter laws for debt that came into effect last year, they must be below the 3% mark by 2015. friend says it will meet the target but in 2017. tough negotiations lie ahead in brussels. the european commission is set to be prepared to reject france's budget later this month. the same rule stipulates members must get the eu to greenlight

their own budgets before their own parliament. a decision to send the budget back to paris could be made by the current commission. >> the former finance minister will also have to answer questions on this issue today. earlier, we spoke to our correspondent in brussels. >> he has to fill out a 22 questionnaire -- 22 question questionnaire. that will determine whether he will be given the job or not. in the questionnaire, he is asked how he will get the budget in order when he did not manage to get his country back on track. and what action should apply to

member states? the authority been given an extension on the deadline. and also asks, what circumstances would lead you to ask for more time or next and you get from -- or an extension. he won't have as much control as he may like. >> let's stay with them european matters. the eu is set to investigate amazons tactics to ration in luxembourg. tax situation in luxembourg. >> the european commission has looked at how the online retailer has arranged it tax

arrangement with authorities to see if they admitted it -- edmund a bit -- amended it for illegal state aid. >> talk us through the markets. >> a pretty rough day of trading so far here in europe. falls across all of the european markets. germany saying industrial production fell sharply in august, creating more worries about eurozone's largest economy. and a rejected offer from glencore. samsung has warned that its profits have sunk by 60% because of falling smartphone sales. there are birding profit will be more than a billion dollars less than expected in the three months after september. it has been hurt by competition from cheaper models.

and the first person in the u.k. to lead guilty to conspiracy to do fraud over the libre. -- the libor. several banks have settled cases in the u.s. and the u.k. over the libor rate after a global investigation was launched. >> a very famous french brand is heading to one of the most famous french streets. >> that is right. the department store gallery lafayette is to open on the shop still is a -- is to open. it will be the first time in the country's 87 year history that they will have a presence on the champs-elysees. the new store will be a flagship along with its location in other districts.

>> thank you for that. it is time now for our press review. we start with the advance of the islamic state group in theory of. >> there is one photo we are seeing a lot in the international press today, and that is, the black islamist state flag flying just across the border from turkey. it's on the front page of the independent today. you can see it is the international islamic state group flag flying just two miles from the turkish border. of course, the islamic state group has entered a key border town sending civilians fleeing. as you can imagine, the turkish press is also following the situation very closely. another photo of one of these turkish tanks that have taken position along the border. that is a photo we are seeing a lot today. and you can see this headline. it is talking about nato

reassuring turkey, that the nato alliance will take action to protect turkey if needed. that was a promise that the nato secretary-general made yesterday. >> all the papers are focusing on the effectiveness or the lack of effective business -- effectiveness of these us-led airstrikes. but exactly. -- >> exactly. the extreme is are proving to be really into these us-led airstrikes. so far, the islamic state group has largely withstood the airstrikes which a lot of media have likened to the effect of a pinprick. militants have had to change their methods of communication how they move around, but according to this article they have given up little of the territory they captured before the airstrike campaign began. this article says these airstrikes are actually delivering a very sobering message to washington, and that is, that breaking the militant

groups clip -- group's grip will be very difficult to do. but here in france, focusing on his comeback of former president nicholas sarkozy, talking about the legal problems he's had and whether or not they might ruin his bid. >> absolutely. he could be threatened directly by the big scandal. that is the major legal and political scandal that is rocking the opposition unp party. it centers around allegedly fake invoices in his failed reelection campaign. several people in the race including some who are very close to sarkozy has been detained in connection with it. investigators are trying to figure out how much sarkozy knew about the campaign financing, or anything at all. -- or if you knew anything at

all about it. and another legal probe, you can read about this one in the parisian today. an investigation has been launched into another aspect of the financing of his failed 2012 reelection bid. this latest probe is looking into whether sarkozy should have footed the bill for the financial plan is these -- financial penalties that the unp party had to pay. after the election francis finance or -- france's financial watchdog had to validate the account. why is that? because it ruled that the sarkozy campaign had breached a 22 .5 million ceiling on campaign spending. it's a little complicated. the watchdog ordered the unp to repay a very heavy fine, worth more than 500 10,000 euros. with the party's finances in shambles sarkozy -- 510,000

euros. with the party's finances in shambles, sarkozy arranged a fundraiser. they were able to clear the debt, but investigators are trying to find out if this was a breach of trust. should these financial penalties have really come out of his own pocket? >> a lot of focus on the supreme court's decision in the u.s. to reject appeals against gay marriage in five u.s. states. >> that is right. it was a move, or maybe lack of move. the papers are focusing on that. it took a lot of people off guard. it came without explanation and against expectations. a lot of gay couples rushed to get married. this right extends to residents in six other states as well because the appeals there depended on this appeal. it is confusing. there is a great map that is the guide for it gay marriage in the u.s. it explains where gay marriage is legal. the blue states where it's illegal -- the blue states.

where it's illegal, those are the yellow states. and the light blue states are where it is pending. many are applauding this supreme court decision. we are one step closer to marriage equality. same-sex marriage is one of the most important civil rights issues in our time, the new york times says. you can sense a little disappointment in slate as well. it is critical in a roundabout way that the supreme court is dealing with the gay marriage debate. it writes to mother right outcome for th

' rgely responsible for the survival of the planet? yes, because it's their forests that are still managing to offset some of the greenhouse gases from the major polluters like us. but although native peoples have the smallest ecological footprints, they unfortunately manage to suffer the worst impacts of climate change. it is their islands that are sinking, and their glaciers that are melting, and they are not happy about it. soon, we will be hearing directly from some of them as almost 3000 indigenous delegates from around the world struggle to have their voices heard at the united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues. so, settle back