Civil Disobedience Campaign on chinas national day. Hello, thanks for being with us. United states has carried out a third night of air strikes against i. S. Militant positions in syria. 12 small Scale Oil Refineries in three parts of Eastern Syria were attacked in a bid to damage the groups financial assets. Here we are, one, two, three areas there. The u. S. Department of defense estimates that those refineries have been making the militants Something Like 2 million a day. It also confirmed that war planes from saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates were involved in the attacks, and reports suggest 14 jihadists along with five civilians have been killed. Those u. S. Air strikes have gained further International Support at the u. N. General assembly in new york. And we will be bringing you all the latest in the course of the next 15 minutes here on bbc world news. As clive murray joins us on the turkeysyria border. Reporter yes, hello to you. And welcome to the turkeysyria border.
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More than a million more people are put under quarantine in sierra leone as the number of dead in the Ebola Outbreak nears 3,000. Well be speaking to an aid worker just back from the region. New figures reveal an alarming rise in mass shoot ngs the United States. Were in colorado asking why new strict gun laws arent being enforced. Were in colorado askiw strict gun laws arent being enforced. Aaron is taking a look at some unwelcome curves in business. Apple may have celebrated selling ten million new iphones last weekend, but now a problem. Bendgate. Complaints from around the world that this is happening to the new iphone 6 plus. On top of that, apples got some new software programs. So were going to take a look at all of this with one of our tech gurus. Hello. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. 2 00 p. M. In syria, where overnight air strikes have struck at the heart of Islamic States financial empire. U. S. , saudi, and emirates jets targeted Oil Refineries that
And thousands of students in hong kong start a weeklong protest against beijings rules for the election of the territorys chief executive. Hello. Turkey has closed most of its border crossings with syria after an influx of refugees escaping Islamic State militants. Turkeys 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 State milita
To let the u. S. Use its military bases for air strikes against i. S. And scuffles on the front line in hong kong where prodemocracy protesters were attacked by groups trying to pull down the barricades. Reporter hello. Welcome back to pretoria. Oscar pistorius is back in court. Day 44 of these court proceedings. Today, the start of the arguments around his sentencing. What punishment he should receive for unlawfully killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The defense are bringing witnesses to try to show the court that Oscar Pistorius has suffered enough already, that he should not receive a custodial sentence. But weve heard from a psychologist. His personal counselor. And now were hearing from the department of correctional services. Lets just listen in. Okay, we seem to be having some problems with our pictures from inside the court. But lets just turn to events a little bit earlier when we heard from dr. Lloris hartsenburg. She has been with Oscar Pistorius counselling him regular