hello. a fierce battle is taking place around a syrian town near the border with turkey. kurdish fighters backed by u.s.-led air strikes are trying to hold back an advance by islamic state militants near kobane. the town has been besieged for weeks, forcing tens of thousands of kurds to flee the area. while these are the pictures live from the turkish-syrian border, there is some movement of turkish tanks lined up. let s speak to the bbc persian service. just tell us what is the latest picture first of all with control of kobane and where the i.s. militants are. we can see kobane, looking to kobane right now. in my left, there is pounding. they are pushing back. just a few minutes ago, i talked to one of the soldiers in tanks, ask whether there is any reas reason to kobane for attacks. he said that right now [ inaudible ] some houses there. no action right now. okay, thanks very much indeed. sorry about the quality on that line, it is quite difficult to make out that,
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hear, listen, feel, discover the best memories of your life. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i m katty kay. the black flag of islamic state is raised near the city of kobane, along the syrian and turkish border, they are running battles for control. in west africa s fight over ebola there is too much to do and too little time to do it. we are in sierra leone. they are utterly overwhelmed but there are warnings things are going to get much, much worse. and gabrielle was a pioneer of mexican cinema. now his work is being celebrated by a whole new audience. welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and those around the globe. there are fears that the syrian town of kobane across the border of turkey could fall to islamic state fighters. a flag has been seen on the outskirts of kobane today, that is days after intense fighting. following this latest i.s. advance, turkish tanks are being
hear, listen, feel, discover the best memories of your life. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i m katty kay. the black flag of islamic state is raised near the city of kobane, along the syrian and turkish border, they are running battles for control. in west africa s fight over ebola there is too much to do and too little time to do it. we are in sierra leone. they are utterly overwhelmed but there are warnings things are going to get much, much worse. and gabrielle was a pioneer of mexican cinema. now his work is being celebrated by a whole new audience. welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and those around the globe. there are fears that the syrian town of kobane across the border of turkey could fall to islamic state fighters. a flag has been seen on the outskirts of kobane today, that is days after intense fighting. following this latest i.s. advance, turkish tanks are being
hear, listen, feel, discover the best memories of your life. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i m katty kay. the black flag of islamic state is raised near the city of kobane, along the syrian and turkish border, they are running battles for control. in west africa s fight over ebola there is too much to do and too little time to do it. we are in sierra leone. they are utterly overwhelmed but there are warnings things are going to get much, much worse. and gabrielle was a pioneer of mexican cinema. now his work is being celebrated by a whole new audience. welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and those around the globe. there are fears that the syrian town of kobane across the border of turkey could fall to islamic state fighters. a flag has been seen on the outskirts of kobane today, that is days after intense fighting. following this latest i.s. advance, turkish tanks are being