protesters. remember, always wash your hands before you eat. texas sounds the alarm over the spread of ebola, as a victim of the virus receives treatment in dallas. aaron s here with all the business, including a look at the impact of that ebola virus on african tourism. yeah, absolutely. needless to say, it s been hit extremely hard. but here is the problem for the continent. because even thousands of miles away from that outbreak in west africa, countries like south africa are now reporting a drop in foreign visitors. so we ve got a special report from freetown in sierra leone. a very warm welcome to gmt. it s midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 7:00 p.m. in hong kong, where the pro-democracy street protests seem to be at a crossroads. do they take seriously the authority s offer of talks, or do they continue to put bodies on the streets and demand the resignation of the chief minister? well, right now, as you can see from these live pictures, th
list, and one of them traveled to yemen to train with islamist militants. in the last few minutes, president francois hollande has revealed that france has been the target of terrorist plots for several months. translator: anything can happen at any time. at the present time, we should do everything to guarantee protection of our citizens. reporter: very good morning, and welcome to paris. it has been a dramatic morning here in france. police searches were ongoing throughout the night about 40 or 50 miles north-northeast of paris, but this morning the two men they were searching, said and cherif kouachi broke cover, stealing a peugeot 206 car, a dramatic car chase in inclement weather. police vans racing down the motorway in pursuit of this car. there was an exchange of gunfire. they were desperately trying to stop them arriving here in paris, heading towards the northeast corner. they holed up in dammartin-en-goele. it s a little village, a hill top village of some 8,000
suspects have said they are ready for martyrdom. president francois hollande has been speaking in the last couple of hours. he revealed that france has been a target of terrorist plots for several months. translator: we knew that anything could happen at any time. as we stand here at the present time we should do everything to guarantee the protection of our citizens. a very warm welcome to our special coverage of dramatic events in dammartin. a small town north of paris, where hundreds of french police and special forces have converged on an industrial estate, where the two suspects in wednesday s attack on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo appear to be preparing to make their last stand. cherif kouachi and said kouachi are believed to be holding one hostage inside the offices of a printing business. we re getting many reports from the scene that suggest police have been in contact with the two gunmen and they have expressed their readiness for martyrdom. now,
the table. they re saying we re rejecting our own number because that shuts down government and only then will we go to the table. congressmen and women have been playing political ping-pong here, sending the bill back and forth between the house of representatives and the senate with no agreement. but the deadline to get that bill through has now passed and the government is in shutdown. what happens next is a question everyone here is asking. katie watson, bbc news, in washington. well, let s get straight to washington and i guess americans on the east coast just beginning to wake up to this partial shutdown. what sort of reaction has there been already? well, some workers that we ve spoken to have been told to come in for about four hours this morning, that s government workers, to effectively clean their desk, tell some their contacts they won t be in, and they don t know how long they ll be in for. so that s the impact obviously as people come to work here in was
and it s believed to be the biggest ever international crackdown on fraud. over 100 people arrested for selling bogus shares. hello, everyone. we begin with a new dimension to the growing crisis in ukraine where the interior minister has described this as an armed invasion. groups of armed men have taken over two airports in crimea. a largely russian speaking part of ukraine, which is home to a massive russian naval base. this is simferopol, the capital. they are saying nothing to reporters. but flights are still operating in and out of this civilian airport as normal. the situation is less clear at nearby sebaterpol. you can see some of the warplanes lined up by fighter jets belonging to ukraine s armed forces. this has been taken over by unidentified armed men. here s our nick childs with the latest. reporter: unsettling images for the new authorities in the ukrainian capital kiev and also for many more looking anxiously in the world. armed men on guard in crimea with