oss the turkish border as they prepared to join the battle against the islamic state group in the besieged syrian town of kobani. unity to fight the ebola epidemic, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations of bows to help west african -- vows to help west african countries with the outbreak and trace the care workers in the countries. and an unmanned rocket explodes just after takeoff, it was loaded with supplies to the international space station. those of the headlines on france

44. thank you for joining us. first to the fighting with some 800 people killed and some 2000 others forced to flee, the fight for kobani rages on. iraqi peshmerga fighters arrived at the border. the admission by the 150 fighters came as ankara allowed them to pass into syria from turkey. it underscores the serious political tensions in the region. alex trumbull is near the border and reports. >> for the moment, none of the peshmerga units have actually crossed the border into syria. those who landed yesterday evening about half a mile or -- half an hour north of the border are in the buffer zone, which is in a check zone. they're waiting for the other half of the convoy. there are 40 lawyers -- lorries

or so that are packed with machine guns and other supplies. when they are reunited, then they will proceed to go through the checkpoint and jordan with the syrian kurds who are fighting there. -- and joined with the theory kurds were fighting there. and we've also heard that the free syrian army as enter the city. about 200 soldiers from kobani are fighting with the kurds. this comes as good news as they are hoping to reconcile all the different factions that are fighting the islamic state organization. >> alex, tell us what impact exactly these fighters who have yet to cross in, what impact are they expected to have? >> the syrian kurds to are fighting in kobani right behind me are not really counting on more soldiers. they are really hoping they will get their hands on this

hardware. they feel these heavy machine guns could really make a difference and tip the balance in their favor. they are facing a very strong group of armed soldiers and the islamic state organization has been shelling the border crossing to try to help her vent these extra ammunition and machine guns from entering. there is a feeling it could, indeed make a difference. and on top of that, they've received regular reinforcement from volunteers here on the side of the border, turkish kurds who have crossed the border illegally and joined who they call their brothers -- their syrian brothers to fight the islamic state on the ground. >> alex trumbull reporting. now to egypt's border with the gaza strip, it is being evacuated. people are being uprooted from their homes. buildings in the area will be demolished in order to set up a buffer zone to stop weapons and militant trafficking between

egypt and the palestinian territory. here's a report from cairo. >> reporting has been difficult for many months now where there is a low-level insurgency campaign by the armed forces -- and campaign by the armed forces that has been waging for some time. the reports coming out are that the armed forces are starting to evacuate the area in order to set up this buffer zone. the reports that we have are that it will be about a kilometer wide and will stretch along the 13 kilometer border. reportedly, also a canal about 30 meters deep will also be dug and make it difficult for tunnels between gaza and egypt to be built. the proposed area for evacuation includes about 800 properties and housing over 1000 families. the area is over 900 acres.

it will reportedly cost something like 250 million egyptian pounds to put into place, which is close to 30 million euros. as you said -- as you reported, the associated press has said they have 48 hours to evacuate their homes, but this has been put on hold by protests by the affected residents. and there are photographs showing egyptian military vehicles in the area and one bulldozer in the area. there have been reports of explosions heard, which would corroborate accounts of homes already been demolished. we will have to see how reports coming from this area and when we will get an official confirmation from the government. >> that was a report from cairo earlier in the day. now, we will be ebola together -- that was the message from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations for west african states as she wrapped up her three-day tour of the region in liberia. she added that there was much work to do and those countries

that had not yet contribute it to the global fight against the disease, that they should step up to the plate. thomas waterhouse has more. >> on the ground in the worst hit of nations, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. on the third leg of her west african tour touched down in liberia with the message of hope. that the hard work and global fight against evil is finally showing results. but there is still more to be done. >> we have a long way to go. we are on the right track. the rest of the international community needs to dig deep and step up and make contributions where needs and gaps still exist. but together, we will stand together and we will defeat this epidemic. >> touring newly installed clinics and laboratories, powers said that rates had gone down much faster in the region and the number of burials had increased. this came on the data state aid

worker said that they had seen a dramatic drop in the number of bodies being collected in liberia. just last week, the world health organization said the transition is -- transmission of the virus remains intense across west africa. liberia's president was keen to ensure the international community was fully behind her. >> exclusion restriction this is not the appropriate response to this. i would like for them to recognize the progress being made by all the affected countries and be able to join in the partnership to make sure that there is full containment of this. >> to date, the ebola outbreak has claimed almost 5000 lives globally, and maybe 3000 of those on liberian soil. >> to burkina faso, a mass demonstration shook the capital on tuesday. hundreds of thousands voiced their anger over the president's

plan to amend the constitution. he's looking to change term limits to stay in office for a fifth term. he came to power in a 1987 military coup. now a space launch and it in flames on tuesday. the latest mission by nasa exploded into a massive fireball, this just seconds after liftoff. fortunately, it was an unmanned rocket that was carrying supplies to the international space station. >> and we have liftoff. it's on its third crs mr. and to the iss -- mission to the iss. >> six seconds after liftoff the entire rocket explodes and a massive fireball crashes to the ground. >> be advised, stagger consoles. everyone else, maintain your positions in your consoles. >> the unmanned mission known as crs three launched from the pad in virginia state. it is owned by the sciences

corporation and was carrying supplies to crewmembers at the international space station. >> a mishap has occurred at pad 08. we have lost the vehicle. at this point, it appears the damages -- damage is limited to the facility. there is no indication that there are personnel in danger. although we do have significant property damage and significant vehicle damage. >> it was due to liftoff on monday evening, but the launch was delayed because a boat entered the hazard area. the u.s. space shuttle program ended in 2011, taking away government funds to send humans into space. this is the first major accidents and private companies like orbital stepped into fill the gap. orbital has a $1.9 billion contract with nasa for a total of eight sub i -- supply missions.

americans on the east coast staring at the site at 6:22 p.m. eastern time may well have been able to spot the streak of light. >> arts in general, and literature in particular have always inspired perfume is. fragrances can tell a story tell someone story. we are in a village in normandy. this château is home to a famous french court is then -- cortisan who grew up in the region. she inspired thunder juma -- alexander demos -- dumas and one of the most famous stories of the region. >> i wanted to create an evening perfume, a floral fragrance using flowers that were popular at the time, like rose and

violet, and orange blossom of course. >> and as part of the creative -- creative process, she started to find out more about marie duplicity -- marie de plessy. >> i've always wanted to find out more about great works inspired by literature. >> she began teaching herself along the way. >> i was visiting victor hugo's former house when it hit me for my wanted to make some inspired by her writers, and their surroundings. >> some of her fragrances are dedicated to others like oscar wilde. others like william burroughs, and some for fictional characters. >> gg is quite a naïve young woman, somewhat and dignified --

somewhat undignified, which adds to her charm. colette has white flowers but with a twist to convey her youth. the notes are like words and we put them together, they tell a story. >> and anias begins the next tale. the relationship of literature began to hundred years ago. the founder was very involved with the writers of the time. >> he kept up regular correspondence with alexander dumas. i have one of the letters here. this led -- this love for poetry led to the creation of a little-known poem called fleur-de-lis. >> and it led to the antwaun'tis

saint-exupery novel. >> we have the planes propeller and these ridges affect the wings on the air pine of the time. -- of the airplane of the time. >> family legend has it that he asked him to create a perfume to help inspire him while he was writing. >> they just launched their first ever writing competition. the best entries on the t-mobile factory memory will be published in june, 2015. -- the best entries on old factory --olfactory memory will be published in june, 2015. and they also organize unusual museum visits to explore the olfactory dimension in works of

art. this is a number of works use for art appreciation and part of an exhibition devoted to the topic, which will run until january, 2015. >> this painting and its rhythmic scattered green -- scattering of other disk conveys the artist joy of life and living. >> taking on another dimension sharing a perfume with the group , a fragrance she feels complements the painting. >> if there's one thing that characterizes this, it is joy to view. -- jo de vivre.

>> they have focused on 12 different art works. >> the idea is to add an olfactory dimension to the pieces. i often have my head buried in a book, looking for anecdotes and stories, and a lead from which i will build the link between the two, using a date or particular story. >> and sometimes the painting and perfume are well and truly interlinked. >> the u.s. stock market crash of 1929 saw one artist slowly lose all of his clients because they had lost all of their money. so he asked his perfumer to convert -- to create a perfume that created joy and optimism. and he gave that perfume to his top 200 clients in america. we add this olfactory dimension to art appreciation and in doing so we enhance the pleasure.

>> they spend around 1.5 hours with the contemporary works at the center and then move on to other places to appreciate all of the pieces. >> hello and welcome to encore. meals on wheels, courtesy of one very charismatic chef. john ambrose with scarlett johansson and robert downey junior. and we delve into the hollywood music -- moviemaking machine with the go-go boys. and it is hiding behind the supernatural and scary remote controls. we have spooky movie suggestions for halloween. all of that -- for all of that i'm joined by a film critic. hello, lisa.

starting with the film "chef," it is an american film that has been named #chef in france. >> it is a comedy starring jon favreau. he gets into big trouble because he wants to be true to his food news and the boss of the restaurant who is played by dustin hoffman wants him not to innovate so much. he gets into trouble when he doesn't really understand social media, hence the #chef, because he replies to a tweet from a restaurant critic thinking it is private like e-mail and inadvertently start a flame war, when the only flame he should be involved with is the little ones, like use to make crème brûlée. let's take a look. >> the most important critic of the city announced you're going

to be an artist. be an artist on your own time. >> the kitchen is my domain. >> are you threatening to fire me now you are >> no, i'm telling you what i've repaired to do if you don't cook menu. >> we are talking about a white on white 88 food truck. i'll pull it around. but thank you. >> don't thank me until you see it. >> did the film satisfy your film appetite? >> not really. it's harmless, moderately enjoyable, but i did not find it particularly interesting. if that's sort of conveys a mixed message about whether you should follow your heart and beyond literal or stick with what your boss tells you to do if you're not a character in an idealized movie, i learned yesterday that slander or libel on twitter is called twibel.

>> a story about a man in a food truck, something that is surprisingly popular here in paris. >> i never expected that. i met the woman knew -- whose father brought the self-service cafeteria to work. and people said, people will never carry their own tray of food and plunk it down in front of their table. i thought the same. but food truck have been very successful here. >> another film about the 70's and 80's in hollywood. tell us more. >> the film go-go boy, which stands for: a globalist, -- four golan and gobus we go to them the careers of jean-claude van

damme, and especially chuck norris. they have a sort of devil may care adventurous spirit and would not take no for an answer. here is a look at their style. >> meet the israeli dual. they have a dream of taking over hollywood with their company cannon films. but what kind of movies do they make echo -- do they make? some critics call them schlock films. >> we knew there were going to be guns, chicks, nude see violence -- nudity violence. >> they just made it action movies. >> they craved respect the the and ended up making movies with the likes of john cass and jenna rowlands, and to very good -- two very good movies with a russian director. and one of their most favored, a

version of king lear. >> is also a bit of a cautionary tale. >> very much so. the first time i got to go to cannes was in 1987 and you would have thought they owned the city, because to out of every three -- two out of every three posters was for one of their films. there will be full-page glossy ads of the movies they had made or trying to make. but they overextended themselves. they invested in theaters and bought movie theaters all over england. they were in some shady business in france. and the money went away almost as quickly as they made it. they had a very acrimonious falling out. but work reunited at cannes for this film just about two months before the older gentleman died. but the go-go boys out in france now.

we will move onto halloween films. are you a fan of the scary movie? >> a well told scary movie absolutely. i think it harkens back to before we could watch television or movies. we had to stare into the cave and it was cold and boring and people told each other stories. >> do you have a favorite horror movie of all-time? >> cannot remember the name of it and maybe i'm making it up come about a woman was sequestered with frizzy hair and forced to trip -- forced to straighten it. >> is it called france 24? ouija is a young movie about -- is a movie about young people. despite terrible reviews, it is produced by the people behind paranormal activity and insidious. it goes to the appetite for modest budget horror films. take a look.

>> when you are working with horror, it's a lot of imagination. you are working with suspense, with things that are not there. but you have to make there. you have to make it appear in your mind. you have to make it appear for the camera. for me, the best part was actually being scared. because occasionally, not all the time, but occasionally they would actually really scare us. and those real scares bring you back into it. >> it's not even real, ok? >> we will stay with the supernatural, the. a downright creepy. psychological thriller video drone is getting released this week. it is 31 years since david cronenberg first had a film out. it isn't showing his ajax -- is

it showing his age? >> it shows his age in that evil -- in the way that people are dressed and the tvs are boxy. we will be completely absorbed by the technology around us. quite literally. it's about a guy played by james would, who is -- james woods who is played by -- who is a bizarre k bill guy who gets bizarre transmissions on his television. >> a television screen is the retina of the mind. therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emergence as your own experience for those who are watching. therefore, television is reality. and reality is less than television. max, you'll have to learn to live in a very strange new

world. >> television is reality, you heard it here. that might seem creepy but technology is way more creepy now. it has taken over everything. >> i think it is fair to say that for most people, their phone is now an extension practically of their flesh. they get very upset and twitchy if you take it away from them. and cronenberg, this has been one of his themes for a long time his intersection of technology and that sort of thing. phones have been an extension of our brains. i flew in from chicago yesterday and they tell you to turn off your electronic devices and stow them. and i could not help noticing that the people around me were paying no attention whatsoever. the guy across the aisle just kept watching his tablet and turn on his phone before the landing area the runway. they are really part of us now. if you are not tempted to tell him off? >> [laughs] >> texas chainsaw massacre is being released again in france.

it has been 40 years since its first release. >> and i can still remember literally cringing and jumping out of my chair when i saw it in a dark room with two friends at film school when the -- and when a projector of them put away, i kept telling myself, it was only a movie. there are no musical keys telling you to be afraid. it's just some college kids in a creepy place in the backwoods texas. it's all in the title, you know. >> and you think that is what is so creepy, that there is no music setting up the murders. >> back then, we were not inundated with horror movies. it was not, i'm going to use my camcorder and, oak am a my goodness, scary monsters. it was based on the idea -- o my goodness, scary monsters. it was based on the idea of

orth carolina, climbs a transmission tower for routine maintenance. this is just a day job, but his thoughts are an ocean away. he first went to africa with oxfam during the horrific nigerian civil war. >> we left under a hail of gunfire, basically, and by the time we were gone, a million people were dead and there was nothing to show for it. and it kind of scared me away from doing something with that big a possibility of major failure. >> haunted by those memories jock did not return to africa until july 2000. this time, he went to fix a solar-powered