Yousafzai says she is happy to become the youngestever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. In the last hour members of the u. N. General Assembly Says the Ebola Outbreak cannot be controlled without a Massive International response. The u. N. s secretary general says more money is urgently needed. Over 20 million has been raised for the trust fund in the last week, but we need more, we need much more. Of the 1 billion sought, only one quarter has been funded. We also need a surge in trained healthcare personnel who can deploy the staff to enable our treatment units and community centers. Lets go straight to pattive culhane who is live from us on the u. N. Sounds pretty bleak there . Thats right. The message is the world is late to the fight against ebola, but it doesnt have to be whole late. This whole week has been an attempted wakeup call to countries across the globe. We saw secretary of state john kerriment come out unusually with slides saying that every country in the world can p
Mru through. And Malala Yousafzai says she is happy and honored to become the youngest recipient ever of the noble peace prize. The u. N. General assembly is being told the Ebola Outbreak cannot be controlled without massive global response. The u. N. s ebola envoy says that if the virus is not brought under control, the world will have to live with it forever. Lets go to Patty Culhane live for us from washington, d. C. The message from the u. N. Basically that the disease is moving faster than the international community. Reporter and the message all week has been from the world bank, the imf, now the u. N. , that time is running out. That they need more than words. The countries are now taking their terns expressing their support. And the message from the u. N. Is that is great but we need it right now. They say they need a billion dollars. 700 million has been pledged, but very little has been delivered. So the message from the man leading the mission from the United Nations is, we
Kentucky, a state thats hurting economically. When the mines shut down it affects other businesses too you know, it hurts everything. Some say its time for a change. Mitch has been in there so long. While others want to stay the course. All the way mitch you know exactly what these people needs in kentucky. Communities trying to cope. What does the future hold . The economy, the struggling coal industry and healthcare are all impacting their vote. America votes 2014 fed up in kentucky. All this week. Only on al jazeera america. Welcome to the aljazeera news hour. Lets recap the headlines, the Islamic State in iraq and lavant has captured more territory. They have been under siege by the group for more than three weeks. And airstrikes are targeted there. Seven people have taken themselves to a hospital in spain to be monitored for ebola. They have been in contact with a with the virus. And more opt out break in west africa. North and south korea across the heavily militarized border. It
Violence in nigeria. So Kurdish Forces engage in a desperate battle to defend kobane and isil sending in reenforcements and tanks and heavy weapons in the town on turkeys border and Security Forces has changed hands more than once but currently controlled by isil and kurdish representatives told al jazeera they are being pushed back in the south and in the east of the town. And Stephanie Decker is here on the turkish syrian border. Reporter a couple hundred meters oi way from the border from the town held by isil and hearing military activity and those sounds throughout the last couple of days since monday night when isil managed to get inside kobane on the eastern and southern sides and what we hear from kurdish fighters in the town is the front line has not really moved because this is such gorilla warfare and street to street they push forward and they are pushed back and we dont have a clear indication of how the front line is moving inside but we know they are inside of course and
Receive the Nobel Peace Prize. [ protesting ] protesters clash with police, more demonstrations are planned for today and for the coming weekend. We begin the hour with a new death toll. 4,000 people have died in west africa from the current outbreak. Thats more than half the reported number of cases. World leaders say that the spread has outpaced the worlds response with only a quarter of the 1 billion requested by the United Nations actually funded. We have reports of how World Leaders are trying to respond. Reporter its a tragedy unforeseen in modern times. Liberia, sierra leone and guinea want international assistance, money, medicine, equipment and training. The world bank and the imf have pledged more than 500 million but the u. N. Said it could cost 1 billion to stop the outbreak. The first u. S. Mission to liberia has arrived. More are undergoing final training in their base in kentucky. These soldiers will construct additional Treatment Centers and not have direct contact with