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The UN Special Envoy in Ebola David Nabarro has warned that the world might have to live with the disease forever unless almost every country's mobilized to combat it. He made the comment to the UN General Assembly in New York as the World Health Organization confirmed that more than 4,000 people have died of Ebola almost all in West Africa.

I've worked as a public health doctor for 35 years and I've been involved in many disease outbreaks and engaged some pandemics, but I've never encountered the challenge like this one in my professional life. The reason is that this outbreak has moved out of rural areas. It's no longer just affecting a very defined geographical location, it's affecting a whole region, and it's now also impacting on the whole world.

The Liberian parliament has rejected a request to grant President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the power to restrict the movement of people under appropriate property in order to help combat Ebola. Her opponents said they were not prepared to put absolute power in the hands of the president.

At least two huge explosions have been seen in the Syrian town of Kobani where fierce fighting is continuing between the Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters. The US-led coalition has hit IS positions with more airstrikes while there are reports of a suicide bomb attack in the town by the Jihadists. Reports suggest that IS may now control up to 40% of Kobani. Here's Quentin Sommerville.

We're hearing some people and say that overnight, despite the fight that yesterday seeing the Islamic State were on the back foot, overnight they were resupplied with heavy weaponry, perhaps even more men getting in from the other side of the city, and that that has renewed their vigor and allowed them to push back forcefully against Kurdish militia and others.

A Kurdish commander in this town has called for urgent airdrops of weapons for his fighters.

The two children's right activists who've been named the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize have both dedicated their awards to deprived children across the globe. The Pakistani teenage campaigner for girls' education Malala Yousafzai said her award was for the voiceless children of the world.

To my story I want to tell other children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights. They should not wait for someone else and their voices are more powerful. This is my message to children all over the world that they should stand up for their rights.

Malala who's 17 is the youngest person to become a Nobel laureate. She shares the prize with Kailash Satyarthi, the Indian campaigner against child labour.

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France says its forces have destroyed an al-Qaeda convoy in Niger which was transporting weapons from Libya to Mali. The French Presidency said a large quantities of weapons had been seized and some Islamic fighters taken prisoner. French troops have been trying to clear militants from al-Qaeda's North African wing, from Mali and other parts of the Sahel.

Police in Tanzania say seven people accused of witchcraft have been burned alive in the western region of Kigoma. The local police chief said they were attacked by villagers. A local human rights group says about 500 people suspected of witchcraft are killed every year in Tanzania. Here's Tom Barriage.

A police chief in western Tanzania said the seven people were attacked and burned to death by a mob in a village near the border with Burundi. Twenty-three people have been arrested in connection with the crime, including, according to reports, a local witchdoctor. The Victims' relatives said some of dead were killed with machetes and their homes were burned down and their bodies burned beyond recognition. Witchcraft has been practiced for centuries in parts of Tanzania and in other parts of Africa.

Thousands of people have again gathered in Hong Kong's financial district a day after the territory's government called off talks aimed at resolving the standoff with democracy activists. Some protestors arrived with tents and food supplies. The BBC correspondent in Hong Kong says the number of demonstrators has dwindled in recent days, and leaders of the democracy movement hope that a resurgence would be enough to sustain the protest.

Germany and China have pledged to deepen their business links at a meeting in Berlin between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Mrs. Merkel described their relationship as a win-win situation. China needs German technology and machinery. Germany wants access to China's huge market.

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