laura west brook, bbc news. >> not everyone in hong kong is taking part.ng president nik lam who works in the city can't see where the protestors are going. >> i don't have a strong political view on how hong kong should develop or evolve. in this case, the protestors -- i think like we're trying to -- well we're pretty much driving towards the current -- secondly hopefully we can -- protestors, i mean, they tried to raid the government buildings which is obviously is illegal. police come to work, and then local media coming out saying like, the police are oppressing what they're protesting. i think personally the accusation is a disgrace. in terms of the protest itself, they're shouting for, rallying for democracy so called. that i don't get. i think it's great to have some sort of backed system with china -- >> but wouldn't you like there to be total transparency here? you don't mind the fact that these candidates for the chief executive in 2017 can be screened and effectively vetoed by beijing? >> well, i think like -- put it this way -- government in w

let's get the details from laura west brook. >> anger and frustration on the streets of turkey.ds of kurds marched across the country including the capital and istanbul. some protestors launched fireworks at police. the response rubber bullets and tear gas. they are furious that turkey seems to be standing by as islamic state advances on the syrian town of kobane. they say turkey's failure to help kurdish fighters there will lead to its fall. several were killed in the clashes. earlier, hundreds of kurds cut and jumped the fence along the border saying they want to fight along side their syrian cousins. turkey's president has admitted kobane is in peril but says only a coordinated ground operation can save the city. he's not prepared to act alone. >> i'm telling the world dropping bombs will not provide a solution. the terror will not be over unless we cooperate on a ground operation. >> here in kobane, coalition warplanes launched another round of air strikes. again and again hitting jihadi targets. it didn't stop the fighting, but the strikes seemed to have halted the advance