, less so in sierra leone. and while i truly applaud the move to reach out for support, the building of treatment centers is something that i do not want us to put faith in stopping this epidemic, because we could build treatment centers for the next 12 months. at this point, we are over for treatment centers. scenes.horrific , there was ah ago situation being described where we had 10 persons that had passed. gs had no body boaa because flights had been stopped . as the director mentioned him as a patient you can imagine that you are trying to survive this disease and your mentality in trying to survive the disease is very important. however, you are looking to your side of people who were lying to you, alive just the day before, and you can only imagine you are going to be next. you can see why there is the tendency, which we have read about, of people fleeing, running, not coming into the treatment centers, and that is partially because treatment centers are considered a house of death. we are turning the co

three countries on the condo directly involved, liberia, sierra leone and guinea. the latest figures of the w.h.o. report 2600 dead and thousands more reported cases. these figures may unfortunately be lower than the real ones because many cases go unreported. liberia is by far the heaviest affected countries because of the many cases in its national territory. however, a ball is not simply a public health crisis. it has humanitarian, social, and economic consequences which are long lasting of which may affect the economies of the countries affected. on the economic and social levels, measures taken by some international transportation companies or some countries to limit air and sea traffic with countries affected by ebola have dire effects on those countries because they lead -- the living conditions of the population as well. according to the conclusion of world bank, a drop around 2.5% in the economic activity of those countries is to be feared. the fire trial, state institutions lead to closure to hospitals and some countries are just some of the many conseque

, less so in sierra leone. and while i truly applaud the move i am sf to reach out to the united states military for , the building of treatment centers is something that i do not want us to put complete fed -- complete faith in stopping this epidemic. this point in time we are over capacity for our treatment centers. you see horrific scenes. almost a month ago, there was a situation being described where we had 10 persons that had passed. we had no body bags because flights had been stopped. as the director mentioned, as a patient you can imagine that you are trying to survive this disease and your mentality in trying to survive the disease is very important. however, you are looking to your side people who were lying next to you, alive just the day before, and you can only imagine you are going to be next. you can see why there is the tendency, which we have read about, of people fleeing, running, not coming into the treatment centers, and that is partially because treatment centers are considered a house of

although each of them certainly liberia and sierra leone, sierra leone actually grew on a gdp basis, something like 14% last year. action had a pretty impressive growth rate. liberia also, nine or 10%. consistently averaging five, 6% over the last decade. but from such an incredibly low base, right? we are broadly familiar with the outlines of these conflicts, but these are devastated local economies. so the remark about growth rates near those for example, mozambique after its conflict. mozambique was often held as one of the fastest growing countries in the world, not from such an incredibly low base that it's taken a generation to begin to rebuild that country. and it is similar here. so we are still looking at among the lowest gdp per capita on the continent and in the world, among the lowest in the human development index, and all these other socioeconomic and political indicators, socioeconomic indicators at least, these countries all fall very, very low our international metrics. so these are areas of great concern that suggest the challenges of rebuilding. and we were just ta

. >> and sierra leone locking down more districts to combat ebola. the country's president says it is worse than terrorism. ♪ the u.s. military has launched airstrikes against oil refineries controlled by islamic state militants in eastern syria in a bid to shut down its funding. >> the raid started 12 refineries -- targeted 12 refineries. >> sales of smuggled crude oil have helped finance is operations in both iraq and syria. >> the pentagon released this video of a strike on a refinery. military analysts say the u.s. is targeting oil facilities because it's the most efficient way to hit the finances of is, also known as is -- isis. >> when they are looking for isis targets to hit, it's difficult to pin down and get an exact target and the solo refineries -- these oil refineries have become the best one. i think a large part of their income does come from oil. >> the pentagon estimates [no audio] >> what we are conducting in syria is that strategic level. we are trying to remove the means for which they sustain themselves. that is the goal. >> washi

the relief foundation in sierra leone. he monitors all relief foundation projects include the the ebola awareness project in their rural western district. and again i apologize for the long period but people are interested in what is happening with ebola and you do bring a very unique perspective. you contract did ebola and alive and well today. so please proceed as you so desire. >> mr. chairman, chairman harkin and a steam to senators i am grateful for the opportunity to testify before you today about the unprecedented ebola outbreak booker in west africa that has already claimed thousands of lives that threatens to kill tens of thousands more are lost take the opportunity to thank each and every one of the ride no they people who help to play of will to break and be home when i was so sick. thank you. on october 16 i moved to liberia with my family to serve as of medical missionary at the hess -- hospital and worked as a physician in to support the of adequate health care system and a country that is still struggling fr

in sierra leone, two physicians for 100,000 people. and in liberia one physician for 100,000 people. that's an indication, at least a few years ago, a snapshot of the scarcity of medical professionals at the highest level of doctors and such. i have been working and we included in the immigration bill, which passed the united states senate, a provision which provided in one respect if you are medically trained in africa and promised to serve in africa for a certain period of time before going anywhere else that we would honor that, respect that and not allow people to be recruited into the united states when they still have an obligation to their country. secondly, that doctors in the united states would be able to serve in these crisis situations overseas without jeopardizing their immigration status. that passed the senate. that was in the immigration bill. it was never called for consideration in the house of representatives. speak to not just the terrible infrastructure when it comes to hospitals, but the medical professionals and

specialists will be stationed in sierra leone for six months.president obama is expected to unveil the u.s. response on tuesday during a visit to the cdc in atlanta. the national institutes of health are warning that the epidemic will continue for between 12 and 18 months. a quick correction, alan henning, the british hostage, is a taxi driver who agreed to join a humanitarian message -- message to the areas of syria. an international summit on combating militants from the islamic state has opened in france with high ranking officials from 26 nations plus representatives of the united nations, and arab league. week after comes one president obama outlined his plan to launch airstrikes against the militants in syria and to expand airstrikes in iraq. french president francois hollande called for international action to tackle the islamic state. this terrorist movement has spread in a whole territory in iraq and syria. this ignores borders and has the ambition to build the state. that is a threat, global, so there must be a global answer. >> secret

but sierra leone's lockdown against ebola is in its final day. thousands of health workers and volunteers are going door to door to identify patients and educate residents. the fire us killed more than 560 people in sierra leone, and more than 2600 across that part of africa. doctors say they are struggling to treat patients because of a lack of medical supplies. volunteers involved insist it has been a success. >> people are cooperating and from this morning we have been working with people in houses. it will come. they listen. they promise that they'll help. >> we are still - desensitisation has to continue, that ebola is real, it kills, and they must take all protective measures, you know, from the minister of health. we have to accept that, and make sure we believe. because the reason why the ebola is spreading in sierra leone, is because of denial. >> those that test positive for ebola are being taken to an isolation center, an hour outside the capital of sierra leone, free down. a larger 120 bed treatment center close to the city admitted p

sierra leone chief superintendent amara sesay, says so far, the lockdown has been successful. >> from the feedback we have been refugee is that there has been compliance. >> reporter: but at the border between sierra leone and guinea, health officials report the complete opposite. a medical officer at the border says many have fled from sierra leone through guinea through the dense bushes on the border. "there are so many people now that cross the border without going through a checkpoint, they are coming in waves," he said. and the government's call to bring the sick to clinics in both sierra leone and liberia could backfire. as there is not enough space for infected patients in many treatment centers. debora patta, cbs news, johannesburg, south africa. >> axelrod: two u.s. auto makers announced new recalls today. chrysler is recalling 189,000 dodge durangos and jeep grand cherokees, model years 2011. a fuel pump circuit that is part of the main power module could fail. as correspondent jeff pegues reported last month, problems with that module could cause gaugegauges to malfunction

the majority of sierra leone survives literally from hand to mouth. there is concern that this is a serious threat to their very survival. but the authorities say that a desperate situation requires desperate measures. >>> we have lots more still on "bbc world news." don't go away. including a synagogue, but without people. we report from cairo where the jewish community is on the verge of disappearing. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7 it's just i'm a little reluctant to try new things. what's wrong with trying new things? feel that in your muscles? yeah... i do... try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. >>> our main headlines this hour. voters in scotland are choosing whether to remain within the united kingdom or establish their own independent nation. >>> australian police arrest members of an islamist militant group who were reportedly carrying plans to carry out public executions. >>> india and china are expected to sign key economic deals on the second day of a landmark visit by the chinese pres

guinea, sierra leone and liberia. the latest figures of the w.h.o.d, and thousands more reported cases. these figures may unfortunately be lower than the real ones because many cases go unreported. liberia is, by far, the heaviest affected country because of the many cases. in its national territory. however, ebola is not simply a public health crisis. it has humanitarian, social and economic consequences which are long-lasting and which may affect the economies of the countries affected. on the economic and social levels, measures taken by some international transportation companies, or some countries to limit air and sea traffic with countries affected by ebola have dire effects on those countries because they lead to adopt in many sectors of those countries and affect conditions of the populations as well. according to the conclusions of world bank, a drop of around 2.5% in the economic activity of those countries is feared. the fragile basic health and social services and state institutions, as well as the closures of hospitals in some countries,

this is a sign from sierra leone find everywhere, signs and symptoms of ebola virus. early clinical parts of illness are tied to symptoms that are nonspecific fever diary of and that means they are very much parts of the illness. the signs and symptoms are nonspecific. that means that they are very much imitative of common diseases, much more common diseases in west africa like malaria or typhoid or gastroenteritis so it's hard to know if someone has ebola or they have a much more common diseases such as malaria. you can see the signs and perhaps you can't see that some of the symptoms are fever or and muscle pains. the bleeding comes very late. the red eyes and extreme weakness. it comes very late in the disease. early on its problem to differentiate ebola from other more common infectious and sometimes noninfectious diseases. this is also a sign you see everywhere not only in sierra leone but other parts of west africa where the viruses. the statement is ebola is real, it's not political. let's fight against ebola. this is the jewelers organization. you see them hos

first, in sierra leone. >> people are dying left and right here. >> narrator: the desperate fight against the ebola virus as it spreads out of control. >> and i was thinking, "oh, my god, we are too late." >> at this clinic right now, we have a 60% mortality rate. >> narrator: on the ground with those risking their lives to track and halt this deadly ebola outbreak. >> we've never seen such a large outbreak ever. >> narrator: and later tonight... in nigeria, boko haram horrified the world last april when they kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls. now frontline investigates nigeria's response, their hunt for these islamist militants. >> on the one hand, you have the atrocities committed by boko haram. on the other hand, you have the atrocities committed by the security services. people are scared to death. >> narrator: tonight, two new reports, one exclusive hour of frontline. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. maca

as of last week we are entering the dry season in sierra leone.the areas which have been most effective especially in panama and ki lesson they areas of library that have been affected affected those happened if they are hyperendemic areas for fever. shortly and we are and we a party soon as we are going to have multiple hemorrhagic fevers presenting at the same time and right now there's not even a place to put the ebola patients. now we are going to have to be thinking about how to please separate the loss of patience from the ebola patients because that's not something we want to mix. the chances of survival with -- are greater than those with ebola enters an approved treatment that. so my comments are done. >> thank you. >> well, thank you tom and upmc center for health security and the u.s. senate for organizing this meeting today. clearly there is a lot of interest in this very important and urgent crisis. .. and tom and i regularly for the last five years, we have a very strong partnership between the department of defense and the hhs eleme

get the sierra leone community -- let's leave it there. i'm not sure what the rest says. sorry. >> and i turn that question i've had a little bit and when i would like to do is how can we leverage local response in way that helps to address the ebola epidemic in its most robust way. one of the stories that has been missed i think in the cultural narratives coming out of the ebola epidemic is how educated these populations all our en masse international short-term responses. in the very recent historical memory of all of these populations there has been masted mobilizations, mass political registration drives, mass vaccination campaigns all within the context of weak systems. a lot of this has been done in the context of powerful conflict reconstruction messaging that plays upon things like african solutions for african problems that valorize his local leadership in taking accountability for local populations. i think this is a real missed opportunity right now in terms of the public health messaging response to ebola. most of the current m

in sierra leone for more than 12 years.'s mission is to invest and support families affected by disaster, war, adverse social economic conditions. through the delivery of health care, food, and training and other kinds of programs. hence the money to power committees and build the capacity to become self sustained. the foundation partners with the free town. of which i am placed with. and they run all the foundation projects in sierra leone. the mission is to eradicate poverty, corruption, injustice, improve equality, advance good governing and empower women and the disabled. as a spokesperson for the healing and national relief foundation in sierra leone, i feel privileged to share with you our experience on the ground in the war fronts. as it is today sierra leone is considereded to be a war front, and so is guinea and other west african countries. since the outbreak, we have the ebola outbreak projects in the districts. we work closely with the administration of health and sanitation. this shows that smaller organization

it spread across ginny, liberia, sierra leone, and senegal.he death toll has risen to 2,097, and 491 of those are in sierra leone. s have the emergency response he says that they are doing everything they can to counter the outbreak. we have mobilized a massive red ross response, and it is getting bigger all the time. we are setting up a full field red cross hospital ebola clinic with local volunteers from all over sierra leone to treat patients. but on the other side, where we have to prevent this disease, we have teams doing dead body management, which means we are going out, actually to the communities, and working with the people that have died, and their families to sanitize the body, get them in the ground, and upon that we are doing other activities as in tracing the contacts. so people know what is ebola is and what it is not, and how to deal with it. so we have a giant program, and we are expanding hourly. he has since become egypt's president, morrissey was jailed shortly after he was deposed and facing several other charges. and pre

after being exposed to the virus after working in sierra leone. liberia's medical exam mer put herself oexaminer putherself one after her assistant died of the virus, the numbers could be higher. sierra leone is one of the worst-hit and is expanding its quarantine efforts. after the officials indicated the lock down was a success. "america tonight's" lori jane gliha reports. >> house to house efforts to kick out ebola and educate the people of sierra leone. >> it is be. >> it seems to bein to to be helping. but ebola has already killed more than 600 people here and may have infected more than 2,000. >> what we need by now is more treatment centers but it's not putting treatment centers we need health care workers people trained experts. >> experts have put more than 1,000 under quarantine. it's the second round of lock downs in less than two weeks. this is a glimpse of the normally bustling streets of free, town, mostly quiet. except for the sound of ambulances taking patients to clinics across the city. >> we aren't going to be keep being open as

he joins us in sierra leone. do you think this four-day lockdown is going to work. it's going to be impossible to police, isn't it? >> well, we think this is a good measure and amongst a lot of other measures that need to be done this is an unprecedented challenge and will take unprecedented action to face. we have to follow through with discipline and a lot of integrity and just courage to face this done. yes, we think this is going to be part of the solution. >> let me ask you, stephen, what are your red cross teams doing on the ground and how are you helping medal officials there where you are? >> we have mobilized a mass of red cross response and it's getting bigger all the time. we're currently getting set up with delegates from all over sierra leone to treat patients. but on the other side where we have to prevent this disease we'ring going out and working with people who have died and sanitize the body, get them in the ground and upon that we're doing other activities as in tracing the contacts of the people who have been infected. and when working on a massi

sierra leone widens its efforts in the fight against ebola. one point 2 million people are quarantined as the death toll from the epidemic nears 3000 according to the world health organization -- 1.2 million people are quarantined as the death toll from the epidemic nears 3000 according to the world health organization. french flags are to fly at half mast on friday, saturday, and sunday, according to a french government spokesman, france morning the hostage who was beheaded in algeria by the group that had been holding him since sunday. herve gourdel was the 55-year-old father of two, from nice killed in a manner that was cruel and cowardly, according to the french president, who spoke to the united nations yesterday just after the group holding him released video on the internet making clear that he had been decapitated. even now, the french president this -- is chairing a special security meeting at the palace to discuss france's response to the assassination of mr. gourdel . for more, we can speak to our reporter covering the meeting for u

that's just in liberia and sierra leone. i'm joined by our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen who is in liberia, in the capital monrovia. dr. daniel lucy, back from sierra leone, adjunct professor from georgetown university medical center. elizabeth, you're in monrovia where efforts have been made very recently over the last few days from the united states to fight ebola. what are you seeing on the ground in this battle? >> reporter: john, what i'm seeing on the ground is not much has changed in the past week since the president said he would be sending these troops and sending this money. there's a lot of hope that things will change soon. the liberians i've talked to are so excited, so grateful for what the player cans are doing, they want to see results. mostly what they want to see, more beds. this -- liberia alone needs 1500 more beds. these treatment center should have been built a long time ago. they're saying let's build the isolation centers so we can get people with ebola off the commune streets and into

it's not just liberia or guinea or sierra leone. it's the region. in onenot stop the virus country and have it out of control in an adjacent country. you need a coalition of public health professionals coming together against a common enemy, and that is, the ebola virus. it is somewhat akin to the effort to control and stop and eradicate the smallpox virus in the 1960's. that was led by the u.s. and many other countries. we need to do that now with the united states, with china, with cuba working with sierra leone, with the u.k., france, russia, also working in the region. we need that kind of regional collaboration across nationalities. cuba, u.s., china, russia, , u.k., france, and many other countries. >> i want to thank you very much for sharing all of this with us. ey, an expert from georgetown university in washington. coming up, politics and space travel collide. how about relying on russian jet engines to get you around the space station? not likely, not unless you are going to depend on boeing and elon musk's spacex. shopping is a crowded f

. >>> sierra leone orders people confined to their homes to stop the spread of beach volleyball. >>> plus - music, yoga and ping-pong - a library redefining what it means to be bookish. >>> a ceasefire is holding in eastern ukraine after pro-russian separatists and ukranians agreed on a peace agreement. it ends 5 months of fighting. they agree to pull back units from the east, a prisoner swap has been agreed, and it could happen soon. russia is allowed to enter the east with humanitarian aid. the organization for security cooperation in europe monitors the truce. while the fighting seems to have ended for the time being, separatist leaders will seek full autonomy from ukraine. >>> paul brennon joining us from donetsk. it appears to be quiet. let's concentrate on the details. the prisoner swap, what do you know? >> well, we have been speaking this morning to the leadership, or the officials in the leadership building of the donetsk people's republic here. what they are tells us is that the self-proclaimed prime minister of the separatist region is not returning from minsk until monday

. >>> a three-day shut down in sierra leone to stop the spread of the ebola virus. already food shortages, and more on the effects of the outbreak in eastern sierra leone. >> normally, he employees up to 40 people to tend his rice crop. but this year, the arrival of ebola prevented many from traveling to his farm, and too fearful to join the team. he has grown one quarter of his crop, and many farmers he knows have been forced to eat the seeds or harvest before they're ready. >> we don't have enough to finish. that's exactly what. >> the united nations world food program has a warehouse. over 50,000 families in the region need food aid, but this number is expected to grow as the outbreak continues, and prices rise, and people increasingly feel trapped. >> during the war, you could run and hide somewhere, you could go outside of the boundaries of sierra leone, and have safe haven, and you become a refugee, for example. with ebola, there's nowhere to run to, because the countries where you could run to are refusing to you go here. so what happens, you stay and die. >>

. >>> in sierra leone, a 3-day nationwide lock down to help the spread of the ebola virus is over. >>> thanks for being with us. we start tonight with a climate change rally led by thousands around the world. more than 400,000 protesters, according to organizers, took part in what has been billed the people's march, touting it the biggest event of its kind. >> reporter: this is more than a march for climate action. organizers say it's a movement, led by those on the front lines of climate change. coastal communities who are losing their neighbourhoods to rising sea levels and weather, to indigenous groups who travelled from the south-west of the united states. >> the delegation is impacted by fossil fuelled development. there's a big boom going on, history of uranium mining, and the area i work. we felt the negative impact of all these, and we are here to join with brothers and sisters to push forward. >> plenty of dignitaries on hand, including former vice president and climate activist al gore. united nations secretary ban ki-moon as well. ban has convened a summit here in new york

the problem is not as great in sierra leone as it is in liberia, but it hasn't gone away.the othernd has groups like doctors without borders have been calling for a more militarized response. this four day curfew is somewhere in the middle, it should help a little bit and it represents everything that the red cross can currently do. >> you have study the spread of such viruses, sit prove that a lock down for four days can make a difference. >> is. >> essentially, if the lock down can continue for a month, the virus would burn itself out, there would be no out left in contact with the virus to infect. they can't do that because people would run out of food, and so it remains to be seen whether this will work, and whether they are able to impose a curfew, it is a difficult thing [and what can be achieved in four days? >> in four days you have potentially four days where people don't travel, and don't spread the virus. so a lot of people are traveling in to attend the funerals of people who have died, but who have not died in the hospital whose have been essentially kept in p

the relief foundation in sierra leone. he monitors all relief foundation projects include the the ebola awareness project in their rural western district. and again i apologize for the long period but people are interested in what is happening with ebola and you do bring a very unique perspective. you contract did ebola and alive and well today. so please proceed as you so desire. >> mr. chairman, chairman harkin and a steam to senators i am grateful for the opportunity to testify before you today about the unprecedented ebola outbreak booker in west africa that has already claimed thousands of lives that threatens to kill tens of thousands more are lost take the opportunity to thank each and every one of the ride no they people who help to play of will to break and be home when i was so sick. thank you. on october 16 i moved to liberia with my family to serve as of medical missionary at the hess -- hospital and worked as a physician in to support the of adequate health care system and a country that is still struggling fr

, less so in sierra leone.and while i truly applaud the move by msf to reach out to united states military for support, the building of treatment centers is something that i don't want us to put complete faith in something's epidemic because, frankly, we could build treatment centers for the next 12 months. at this point in time we are over capacity for treatment centers as director frieden described aqc horrific scenes. i can tell you just in one place alone almost one month ago we were at a situation much like doctor friedan described where we had 10 persons that have passed. we had no body bags because nearly all commercial flights have stopped coming into the country so that delayed our delivery of body bags. and so approximate 10 bodies stacked outside of the treatment center. as director frieden mentioned, education you can imagine that you're trying to divide this disease and your mentality is trying to divide the disease but it's important, however, you're looking to side at people that were lying next

the situation is such as severe in sierra leone where a doctor contracted the virus. senegal has not recorded deaths, but three patients are being upon tored. in nigeria, eight have died. >> reporter: there's no escaping the ebola warnings across west africa. people travelling through freetown international airport in sierra leone are subject to medical checks. over the border in guinea, where the outbreaks were struck, security barriers are being set up around schools, with the president issuing an urgent call. >> this is a war. there won't be a civil war in guinea, that i can guarantee you. today it is a war against ebola. everyone must participate in this battle. >> it's liberia that has been hardest hit. it, alone, accounts for more than half of all cases and fatalities. >> the ebola virus caused a disruption of the normal functioning of our states. the disease was identified in the remote villages of our countries, and reached urban centers including the capital of mon rovia, it's spreading like widefire. >> the who warns liberia will likely face many thousands o

. >>> sierra leone's 72 hour nationwide shutdown has entered the final day. criticism of confining the 6 million residents is mounting. five countries in all have been infected with the outbreak since december. the sierra leone is the only one what that am tried to lockdown the survivors. the world health organization says there are around 5300 ebola cases throughout west africa. nearly half of those you wouldn't have in death. as sierra leone's lockdown draws to a close, questions remain the drastic measure has been called a public blitzty stunt by at least one rights group. >> of all of the people who have caught e bogey bowl a so far during this outbreak, more than half have died. medical staff take no chances. even in hot and humid conditions, if you will protection suits are worn, chlorine is sprayed to disinfect their masks. >> these isolation units are really important because at the moment, there are a lot of cases or suspected cases in the community who if they aren't isolated could potentially infeblth those around them, their family. >> the medics

>> in sierra leone, we did not see that many people dying in the street.ut we were receiving information from the community that there were unexplained dead in the community. but there is a huge issue with treatment particularly because there are not adequate treatment facilities in the country. there are maybe two or three treatment centers with -- for the whole country with limited resources. resources are limited and you want the health care providers -- they are very few there. it is a challenging issue. the humantion to toll, there is an economic toll. did you and your team have enough resources to help ebola victims. what do you think the international community should be doing in terms of allocating funds and additional resources to combat the spread of the virus? we were there to help them with preventive aspect, mostly with their something system. we were not involved in patient care. we implemented the database and train people to use the data bess and train -- the data base. help on expertise and local resources because they don't have all those

we have teamed this region in many districts to both sierra leone and liberia. especially the tri-country area and there is a border area where the three countries come together and it has very poor infrastructure and relationships with the countries, but it is the crucible epidemic and now the capital city in monrovia, which is experiencing the world's first extensive urban spread of ebola in the context of the world's first ebola epidemic. so an immediate response is critically important. and that is why president obama's announcement made last week is so particularly important that the department of defense is already on the ground and usaid is there as well and the needs are extraordinarily large. that is what is hard to get our minds around it. because not only are the needs lunch today but it will be twice as large in less than a month and if we are going to be successful, we have to build where they are going to be in a month and we are going to have to sustain this. because once we camp it down, controlling ebola is something that the cdc has done for de

. >>> there are reports of ebola cases in sierra leone as a three-day halt-down comes to an end. >>> and thousands of students in hong kong start a week-long protest against beijing's rules for the election of the territory's chief executive. >>> hello. turkey has closed most of its border crossings with syria after an influx of refugees escaping islamic state militants. turkey's deputy prime minister says more than 130,000 people, many from the predominantly kurdish town have kobane have crossed into turkey in the last few days. meanwhile, the banned kurdish group pkk has called for kurds in turkey and beyond to take on islamic state. the moves threaten a fragile peace plan between the pkk and turkey after decades of conflict over kurdish autonomy in turkey. our correspondent reports from the border. >> reporter: the turkish authorities are beginning to close sections of the border, which had been opened last friday and saturday, and which saw tens of thousands syrian kurds crossing here into turkey, fleeing the city of kobane, a syrian border city and fleeing the advance of islamic

sierra leone's controversial nationwide lockdown goes into effect. let's take a look at how the world's press is reacting to this scottish referendum. i'm joined by florence. walk us through what we are seeing. >> there was a lot of excitement in the press today across the world, specifically in scotland. at stake and look at some front pages. a lot of papers came out before the results came out. this is the scotsman. the nation speaks. you can see all sorts of photos of people going to vote. the daily record. today is the day. today is the greatest display of democracy scotland has ever witnessed. scottish voters as a whole are winners in this referendum. you can see "the daily record," is focusing on one aspect and that is the fact that there was an incredible turnout, 1.6 million voters. scotland is set to make history with this incredible, massive turnout. there were some areas where there was a turnout as high as 80 16%. the highest ever turnout for u.k. election was 83.9% in 1950. it seems like scotland is really headed for a record here. on th

. >>> for a third straight day, the streets of sierra leone are empty.ng with orders to stay home. and officials hope the lockdown will turn the tide against an outbreak of yes bola. health care workers are going door to door and handing out information on how to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. ebola is killing about half of the people it infects. sierra leone is expected to liftity lockdown sometime tomorrow. >>> well, finding ways to help fight the ebola outbreak can be daunting, but a group of fifth graders decided they needed to do something. so they held a yard sale today, they are donating all the proceeds to doctors without borders which has doctors on the ground right now treating patients in sierra leone. a student donated some of his own things and convinced his friends to do the same thing. >> i'm in fifth grade. i i'm 10. and i just hope that we can cure the disease. >> leonardo helped spread the news to other students, and they raised just over $360 today. in years, that's the kid that's going to be raising millions of dollars for a

more to come on al jazeera, including ebola lockdown in sierra leone. people are asked to stay in their homes for three days. also, the silver-tongued star of brazilian politics. the woman rising to the top of opinion polls. and which mercedes driver prevailed in the battle for poll position at the formula 1 italian grand prix. sweater, extra sweater oh and this is the xfinity tv go app. he can watch live tv from over 50 channels and xfinity on demand movies and shows wherever he wants. have fun, make some friends. alright? did i mention his neck pillow? (blowing) ♪ sweater, extra sweater oh and this is the xfinity tv go app. he can watch live tv from over 50 channels and xfinity on demand movies and shows wherever he wants. have fun, make some friends. alright? did i mention his neck pillow? (blowing) ♪ >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera - a cae fire appears to be -- ceasefire appears to be holding in ooen ukraine. both sides are accused of violating the truth. president petro porashenko and vladimir putin agree that the deal

sierra leone has taken a rather drastic measure. they are issuing a three-day nationwide block down. what they are hoping is that they can find and seek out some of the patients who have not come forward. some people are worried that it will push the ill patients underground. with nearly 500 people dead in sierra leone alone, drastic measures might be what is needed. >> thanks very much for that update. in the u.k., an opinion poll on scottish independence sent shockwaves through the political establishment. for the first time, the scottish pro-independence yes campaign has been shown in the lead with an estimated 51% of the vote. the british government said it would unveil plans for greater autonomy for scotland if it stays in the union. >> in the streets of glasgow, yes voters are in high spirits. a poll published by the "sunday times" put independent supporters in the lead at 51% for the first time since the referendum campaign began. that prompted a british finance minister to promise scotland greater autonomy is voters choose t

in the most affected countries -- givenny, sierra leone and -- >> [inaudible] >> and liberia, and it's also now jumped most recently to senegal. the international spread of this disease goes back more than five months. that is, between the time that the who put out its epidemic road map which just came out a few days ago was five months late, five months after the first international spread. the international mobilization has been highly humanitarian but highly incommensurate with the vast needs. we're on a panel at csis yesterday, and the panelists -- tim evans from the world bank and tony fauci and, of course, steve morrison was there -- talked about this epidemic now being out of control. while there was a rise in cases, now it's exponential, going straight up. it will take us many, many months, probably six months to get it under control, and and if we're lucky, we won't then have an endemic situation in west africa. so we're talking about a really horrible crisis. now, why do i say that it should be averted? there's, i have an article in the lancet coming out tomorrow morning, it'

. >> partners, and ladies and gentlemen, as we gather here today, people of liberia, sierra leone, and guinea, are in crisis. as secretary general bonn and chad have indicate, the ebola virus is spreading at alarming speed. thousands of men, women and children have died. thousands more are infected, without check, this epidemic could kill hundreds [ audio difficulties ] disappeared. our courts dealt with that. i do think we have some precedence that enable us to say that this fight needs to be carried out in the legal framework and with respect to human rights that would guarantee that we don't keep feeding this monster. thank you very much, mr. president. >> thank you your excellency nestor kirchner. i will say that we be respectful of time constraints here. i now turn it over to the excellency kagame president of rwanda. >> dished ladies and gentlemen. terrorism has been a reality in africa and across the world for decades. and it continues to be . in some regions it has gotten worse. we must defeat these terrorists through concrete action and cooperation. one year ago this week as w

sierra leone's nation-wide lockdown against ebola is in its final day. thousands of health workers and volunteers have been going goor to door. the virus killed more than 560 people in sierra leone, and 2600 across the region. doctors are struggling to treat patients because of a lack of medical supplies. volunteers involved in the lockdown say it's been a success. >> we have been working with people, visiting houses. people come and listen about ebola. >> we are still - the desensitisation has to continue, that ebola is real, it kls, and therefore we must take all protection procedures. you know, from the minister of health. we have to accept that, and make sure we belief, because the reason why the ebola spread in sierra leone is because of denial. >>> well, those testing positive for ebola are taken to a new isolation center an hour from freetown. 120 beds were available in a treatment center close to the city. doctors say it's essential to identify and treat patients early on. >> the isolation units are important. at the moment there are a lot of occ

this man works with a sierra leone disease surveillance team. it's their job to find victims and get them to the doctors without borders' hospital. he and his seven colleagues can't keep up with the number of cases. >>> joining us from london is "frontline" producer, who filmed this for a documentary entitled "ebola outbreak", debuting as an african special and addresses boko haram, on pbs and online at pbs.org/frontline. good to have you with us. i realise this is an important story to tell. i am sure your friends and family must have thought you were crazy going into the middle of some of this ebola outbreak. how frightened were you? >> absolutely. you don't embark on an assignment like this without thinking twice. i made finals in syria and afghanistan, dangerous place, but this was one of the most frightening prospects. after weighing up the importance of the story, versus the risk, and speaking to tropical diseases experts, and realising that there would be a way to enter the epicentre of an outbreak without capturing ebola, that's when i d

hundreds of people died in sierra leone. musicians are trying to spread the message of caution. [ ♪ music ] . >> a new tune is hitting the airwaves from liberia to the ivory coast. as the government tries to contain the disease, the world health organisation says the first vaccine could be available in november. >> we agree whole-blood therapies and convalescent serum could be used to treat the ebola disease, and all efforts must be invested to help effective countries to use them safely. >> reporter: it's an effort that can't come soon enough. until then, ebola is forcing some countries to go to extreme lengths to stop its spread. >> the armed group al-shabab named a new leader after former leader ahmed abdi godane was killed in a u.s. air strike in somalia on monday. ahmed omar will replace ahmed abdi godane. >>> palestinians in gaza are in need of desperate needs of humanitarian relief. months of infrastructure were destroyed. what remains can't be repaired due to limited supplies. andrew simmonds reports from rafah. >> r