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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Now NATO voices more support for Ukraine, but that is not stopping pro-Russian forces from continuing their fight in the east with what many

say is direct Russian involvement.

A volcanic eruption is threatening flights, but I'm not talking about Iceland. This time, it's in Papua New Guinea.

And we are live in Pyongyang as North Korea welcomes foreign journalists to cover a wrestling tournament.

World leaders are lining up behind Ukraine calling on Russia to stop its military involvement in the fight between pro-Russian separatists and

the Ukrainian government.

Now European Union foreign ministers, they are meeting in Milan. Just a short time ago after an emergency meeting in Brussels, the NATO

Secretary-General Ander Fogh Rasmussen condemned Russia's support of armed separatists in Eastern Ukraine.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN, NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL: Despite Moscow's hollow denials, it is now clear that Russian troops and equipment have illegally

crossed the border into eastern and southeastern Ukraine. This is not an isolated action, but part of a dangerous pattern over many months to

destabilize Ukraine as a sovereign nation.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Ukraine has asked to move ahead with membership to NATO. At the same time, the country is reinstating compulsory military service.

New recruits won't initially be deployed to the conflict zones, but the news no doubt be welcomed by volunteer Ukrainian battalions who say they're

now facing a much stronger foe.

Now CNN's Diana Magnay reports from eastern Ukraine.

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DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Pro-Russian forces gaining more ground as the fighting rages on. In rebel held Donetsk, heavy

shelling killed 15 civilians as Ukrainian troops tried to push back pro- Russian forces.

The town of Novoazovsk seize after rebel forces backed, according to Ukraine, by Russian tanks and artillery, battled Ukrainian troops for

control.

This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a so-called humanitarian corridor. The order have pro-Russian separatists release

Ukrainian troops trapped in the battle zone and provide medical assistance to the injured.

On Thursday, as many as 1,000 Russian troops with heavy weapons crossed the southern border to fight alongside pro-Russian rebels,

according to NATO.

The fear in Ukraine that Russian troops might march as far as the coastal city of Mariupol. But already this has opened a third front in the

fighting beyond the other separatists strongholds already in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Ukraine accusing Russia of a full-scale invasion. The evidence is mounting as NATO provides satellite imagery that they say captures Russian

forces on the move inside Ukrainian territory over the last several days.

These images show a convoy of self-propelled Russian artillery units in the eastern area of Krazmodan (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They are only the tip of the Iceberg in terms of the overall scope of Russian troops and weapons who have--

MAGNAY: But 1,000 troops spread across this border region and the Russian border is just a few kilometers behind me is not a very substantial

troop presence. If this is an invasion, then it is a very small one.

Diana Mangay, CNN, near the Russian border, Ukraine.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT; Now you heard western nations express their support, but what can they actually do?

Now let's get more from our White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I directed Secretary Hagel and our Joint Chiefs of Staff to prepare a range of options.

MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Another address by the president. There have been many lately, but it was these

words regarding Syria that many were not expecting.

OBAMA: I don't want to put the cart before the horse. We don't have a strategy yet.

KOSINSKI: His critics, quick to pounce. The Republican Party tweeting, "what's the Obama strategy? To have no strategy. Ukraine, ISIS, Russia."

But the White House was eagerly quick to explain. The press secretary coming to CNN's "Situation Room."

WOLF BLITZER, ANCHOR, CNN'S "THE SITUATION ROOM": The commotion that those words generated was enormous. So go ahead and tell us what the

president precisely was referring to.

JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: He was referring to military options for striking ISIL in Syria. Those options are still being

developed by the Pentagon. The president has been very clear for months about what our comprehensive strategy is for confronting the ISIL threat in

Iraq.

KOSINSKI: That is true, very clear and very careful, some say to the point of being too slow. U.S. air strikes are still presented as being for

the primary purpose of protecting American personnel, then supporting Iraqis and adding a humanitarian component. The president still repeatedly

emphasizes the need for a unified Iraqi government so that country can solve its own problems.

OBAMA: And the options that I'm asking for from the Joint Chiefs focuses primarily on making sure that ISIL is not overrunning Iraq.

KOSINSKI: But the terrorist spread has been fast and furious. The White House's view of the Syria component is even more deliberate.

OBAMA: It is not simply a military issue, it's also a political issue. It's also an issue that involves all the Sunni states in the region and

Sunni leadership, recognizing that this cancer that has developed is one that they have to be just as invested in defeating as we are.

KOSINSKI: But he did say a long-term strategy will involve a military aspect. What will not? The situation in Ukraine. And the U.S. will not call

Russia's latest moves an invasion, even though some in Ukraine are.

OBAMA: I think it is very important to recognize that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming.

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LU STOUT: And that was Michelle Kosinski reporting.

Let's keep the focus on the crisis in Ukraine. And lets get the view from Russia now. CNN's international correspondent Matthew Chance joins us

live from Moscow. He's following developments there. And Matthew, NATO says it has proof that Russian troops are in Ukraine and the response

there, does Moscow continue to deny having any role in this crisis?

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. I mean, despite the fact that repeatedly there have been images released by the

NATO military alliance of purported movements by Russian forces across the border from western Russia into eastern Ukraine, the most recent ones

coming yesterday with up to 1,000 troops being documented from those satellites, Russia's position has been unchanged. They categorically deny

there are any troops that are stationed inside, or fighting inside of Ukraine from the Russian armed forces.

This in the face of evidence not just from NATO, but from the government in Kiev itself, which has actually detained, you may remember a

few days ago, at least 10 Russian paratroopers and actually broadcast interviews that they did with those paratroopers on Ukrainian television in

which, you know, it was said by the Kremlin that, OK, they are our paratroopers, but they came across the border accidentally. They were on

patrol along that very long porous border between Russia and Ukraine and they accidentally went 20 kilometers across.

And so these are the kind of denials that we've seen coming from the Kremlin all along. And the latest satellite imagery and the latest

military advances that have been taken supposedly by the rebels alone without the assistance of the military in Russia. They are being denied,

too.

LU STOUT: And Matthew, Russia appears to be escalating its involvement in Ukraine. Why? I mean, why is Moscow raising the stakes

here?

CHANCE: Well, that's a good question. And we don't really know what the answer to that is. We don't know what the Kremlin's end game is. It

seems at the moment that some kind of, you know, de facto invasion maybe underway. It seems from analysts who are watching this carefully that some

kind of military strategy is being put in place.

Perhaps it's the linking up of Crimea, which was annexed earlier this year, with the mainland of Russia itself through a land corridor, which

runs along southeastern Ukraine. We saw lots of fierce fighting over the past couple of days around the city of Mariupol, which is along that would

be land corridor between the Russian border and Crimea.

What we know for certain, though, Kristie is that the sanctions that have been imposed so far by the international community, by the United

States and the European Union in particular, but also others, don't seem to be having the desired effect.

Yes, they're damaging the Russian economy. President Obama said this yesterday, Russia is more isolated now, he said, than at any point during

the Cold War, since the Cold War, also promising there could be more measures against Russia if this support for the pro-Russian rebels in

eastern Ukraine continues.

But we're not seeing any impact on actual policy as a result of these sanctions, except perhaps that the Russian determination to provide as much

support as possible for the rebels is actually increasing.

LU STOUT: So, past sanctions had not had the desired effect. And as the west weighs its response to this escalation with Russian forces on the

ground in Ukraine. and considering more sanctions, or even Russian asset freeze, would that have any effect at all on Vladimir Putin?

CHANCE: Well, it might do. I mean, it might be that the sanctions that have been imposed so far just haven't had sufficient teeth, haven't

had sufficient bite to make Vladimir Putin chance course.

But, I mean, from the evidence that we've seen so far -- and remember we've had sanctions against individuals surrounding Vladimir Putin, his

inner circle, as it's been called, sanctions against various economic sectors in the Russian economy that are having a devastating impact on the

economy to, you know, by all accounts. I mean, for instance, the ruble plunged to an all-time low against the dollar earlier today, going to more

than 37 rubles to the dollar, it's never been there before since the currency in post-independent Russia was actually created.

But despite that, there's been no sense that we've had from the Russian leadership that they're prepared to change course. And in fact,

within the past hour Vladimir Putin has been speaking to some Kremlin youth groups about 200 miles, 370 kilometers or so, outside of Moscow at a youth

camp, a summer camp that's being held out there. He's talking, again, about how Russia does the right -- he's doing the right thing by, you know,

kind of -- by being opposed to the government in Ukraine saying that the people in Ukraine who did not support what he calls an American and

European intervention in Ukraine are being suppressed by military means.

And so it doesn't seem that Vladimir Putin at the moment is showing any signs of changing course.

LU STOUT: Matthew Chance reporting with the latest from Moscow. Thank you, Matthew.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come, the United Nations is trying to free dozens of peacekeepers in the Middle East. And just after

the break, we go live to the Golan Heights for more on how they were taken hostage.

And after nearly two weeks, scientists say Bardarbunga volcano is finally erupting. We'll have details in our check of the world weather.

Plus, CNN has been allowed into the hermit kingdom for a very unusual event, in arguably the world's most reclusive country. We'll have more on

that ahead.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the show today.

Now we've already told you about the conflict in Ukraine. And later in the program, we'll tell you about the woman known as Lady al Qaeda.

But now to the refugee crisis in Syria. Now consider this sobering reality for just a moment. The United Nations says roughly half of all

Syrians have now been forced to abandon their homes. One out of eight have fled the country entirely because of the civil war that's been tearing it

apart for three years.

Now according to new figures, 3 million Syrians are now refugees, more than 6.5 million are displaced inside their country. The UN says before

things can improve the world must take action.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In the face of total impunity, grave human rights violations have become the norm in Syria. Parties to the conflict

are oblivious of their obligations to protect civilians and abide by international humanitarian law. As they continue to commit terrible crimes

against civilians, young and old, women and men. The perpetrators must be held accountable. The impunity must end.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: The influx of refugees is putting a huge strain on countries that have taken them in. Lebanon, is hosting more than a million

Syrians right now. And the UN says Turkey has taken in more than 800,000. More than 600,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Jordan. And another

215,000 are in Iraq. Now nearly 140,000 Syrian refugees in Egypt.

The U.S. is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of 43 UN peacekeepers taken hostage by Syrian rebels near the Golan Heights on

Thursday. An Israeli military official says that they're being held by the al Nusra Front, an extremist group with links to al Qaeda.

Now CNN's Ben Wedeman is live for us in the Golan Heights. He joins us now. And Ben, tell us about what led to the seizure of the peacekeeprs.

And what is being done about it?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, their seizure, or detention by the Syrian rebels occurred on yesterday morning while there

was fighting on the other side, just -- we're about 200 meters from the fence that divides the Syria -- the Israeli occupied Golan heights from

Syria proper.

And it was inside there, there was fighting going on, the Syrian rebels, led by the Nusra Front were able to take the other side of this

crossing, the checkpoint on the other side normally occupied by Syrian forces.

And we were actually able to see some of them from a distance today. They are only about 40 meters from where I'm standing.

Anyway, there was fighting going on, on the other side of that fence. And that is where you have two separate placements of UN forces. One of

them, a group of 43 Fijian peacekeeprs who were detained yesterday morning by -- we are told by Israeli officials -- by the Nusra Front. There's a

separate group of Filipino peacekeepers who apparently are pinned down in their positions several kilometers inside Syria.

There's been a lot of shelling between the Syrian army and the Syrian rebels over the last three days.

Now according to the Filipino press -- and we haven't been able to confirm this with the UN -- what happened was the Syrian rebels took one of

the Fijians over to the Filipino position and basically told them you must surrender your arms and your position. The Filipinos apparently refused

and insist, according to reports from Manila, that they are going to hold their position and defend it with arms if that comes to it.

Now we understand the UN is trying very hard to win the release of those Fijian peacekeepers as well as secure the safety of the Filipinos.

But they say the problem is that there's really nobody on the other side they can talk to. If it was the Syrian regime, they could call Damascus.

But as it is, there are several rebel groups operating on the other side of that fence and they don't know who to speak with -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Now, Ben, in addition to keeping an eye, or keeping across the attempts to secure the release of the UN peacekeepers, you're also

monitoring the battle for control of the border crossing. What is the latest word on that?

WEDEMAN: Well, what we've been seeing all day long are the incoming artillery and mortar rounds towards what appear to be the rebel positions.

There were earlier reports that the UN had been alerted by the Syrian government. They would be launching an offensive to try to retake their

side of this crucial crossing. However, other than occasional small arms fire and these artillery and mortar rounds. We haven't seen any actual

movement by ground forces from the Syrian army -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Ben Wedeman live from the scene for the Golan Heights for us. Thank you very much indeed, Ben.

You are watching News Stream. Still ahead on the program, Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano is erupting, but air travelers can breathe easy. I've

got the latest from the world weather center next.

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LU STOUT: Live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now it has been rumbling for days, now Iceland says the Bardarbunga volcano is finally erupting. So far there is no huge ash plume, that's

because this is what's called a fissure eruption and not an eruption from the volcano's main chamber.

Now the no-fly zone has been reduced to 5.5 kilometers around the volcano and to 5,000 feet above ground. All of Iceland's airports are

open.

Now Mari Ramos has been tracking that one, not just one, but in fact two volcanoes. She joins us now live from the World Weather Center. And,

Mari, you said it yourself these two volcanoes couldn't be any more different.

MARI RAMOS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Exactly. Completely different. We were chatting about that were chatting about that earlier.

And I tweeted these pictures side by side, pretty incredible how different these two volcanoes are -- one in Iceland, one in Papua New

Guinea, one in of course in the highest of -- near the Arctic Circle and then the other one in the tropics. So completely different volcanoes.

This is a live picture of Barbardbunga right now. It's -- there's the webcam that we're taking that from. And you can see right over here a

little bit of smoke kind of coming out on one of those areas. And this looks almost completely flat, right. It's been kind of an optical illusion

here, because Bardarbunga, you may remember, it's a huge volcanic complex and it's actually covered in ice, it's underneath Iceland's largest ice

cap, actually.

And I think we have some video -- if we have that. You can see there that eruption a little bit more.

Like you said, Kristie, this is a fissure eruption, a fissure eruption. So it's not coming from the main magma chamber of the volcano.

They have been monitoring this for several days and looking at what the volcano had -- how the volcano had been behaving. If -- this could still

trigger a larger eruption so that's why they still have the orange alert over this area, or for the volcano, because it could happen. And that's

definitely something they monitor very, very closely.

I want to show you something else. If you come back over here to the weather map. So this is the -- where the volcano is located right there.

There you see the huge glacier. So we have the fissure eruption underway, alert level orange, and the airspace closed now to only about 6 kilometers,

right above the volcano alone.

And I want to show you this picture, its a little bit different. Here we go. This is Bardarbunga right over here. And what you can see right in

here, these are the earthquakes that have happened. And this is precisely where that fissure eruption is. It has been over 1,100 earthquakes since

midnight that they were able to plot on this graph.

And if you go back to August 16, you can see this line of earthquakes right a in line making its path across this area with the strongest ones

right in this region. This is precisely where that fissure actually erupted and came through the ground and then through the ice. And that's

what we're seeing right now in that eruption. And this is why they monitor those tremors, those volcanic tremors very, very closely. It's one of the

best tools that they have to be able to see what a volcano is doing.

Let's switch gears and head to the other side of the world. I'm want to show you what we're talking about here. So here's Australia and this is

where that volcano is located right on the edge of this island right over here. It's a taller volcano, a different looking volcano than what we're

looking at across Iceland. And this is what that volcanic eruption looked like. We have some other pictures to show you.

Let's go ahead and roll the video of the volcanic eruption there. Absolutely amazing. And you know, beautiful but scary at the same tie.

This eruption did happen on the main chamber of the volcano. You can see a much larger ash plume. And in fact, there is a aviation red for this

part of the world because the ash plume itself actually -- it was so intense that -- the eruption -- that the ash plume is expected to move

maybe up to about 50,000 feet up into the atmosphere. So that's even higher than where airplanes fly.

So airplanes would not be able to fly around this area. And these pictures are absolutely beautiful, absolutely amazing. Fortunately, no

reports of injuries with this volcano even though the eruption was quite large. There is ash fall happening, but it is happening mainly in

uninhabited areas or out to sea. So that's very, very important.

Another really important thing to remember is that when you talk about volcanoes, Kristie, eruptions like the ones that we see -- like even in

Jaffajakul (ph), that other Iceland volcano that had an enormous amount of ash that come up into the atmosphere would not affect our climate as much

longer term as an eruption in the tropics, because these eruptions, because of the type of lift that we have in the tropics tend to go higher up into

the atmosphere. And while not a big deal for travelers, it is a big deal - - or could be a potential big deal for our climate.

That's more longer-term. We'll have to see.

LU STOUT: Yeah, thank you for explaining that the impact on our climate and also sharing those stunning images of the pyrotechnics there in

Papua New Guinea. Mari Ramos, thank you. Take care.

You're CNN News Stream. Coming up next, a rare glance inside a secretive state as North Korea hosts a rather offbeat sporting event.

We'll be live in Pyongyang next.

And as ISIS militants appeal for the release of the Pakistani prisoner known as lady al Qaeda. Her family speaks to CNN, rejecting the extremist

group.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

Now NATO's Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has condemned Russia's support of armed separatists in Eastern Ukraine calling it a

serious escalation of Russian aggression. Now Ukraine has asked to move ahead with membership to the organization. Earlier this Friday, Russian

President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine's actions in the east reminded him of the Nazi siege of Russian cities during the Second World War.

Now a grim milestone for Syria: the United Nations says more than 3 million people are now refugees from that nation's civil war. UN says that

is a million more than a year ago. Roughly half of all Syrians have fled their homes.

Iceland has lowered its aviation warning from code red to orange, that's because there has been no significant ash produced by the

Bardarbunga volcano. It started erupting overnight.

Malaysia airlines has unveiled an ambitious restructuring plan. Now the carrier has been reeling from disasters involving flight 370 and flight

17. Officials hope to return the airline to profitability by the end of 2017. The recovery plan will involve cutting some 6,000 jobs and finding a

new CEO.

Water parks, breweries and a pro-wrestling festival -- they're not really things you'd associate with the secretive state of North Korea, but

that's the new modern image Pyongyang is trying to present to the world. And it's invited CNN to see it all firsthand, albeit in a strictly

controlled way.

Now it is a rare insight into the famously reclusive nation. And Will Ripley is live for us in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Will, good to

see you. You are there in Pyongyang for the International Pro Wrestling festival. What is the significance of this event?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's significant because you have Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who also is a retired pro wrestler,

famous for his fight in 1976 with Mohammed Ali in Tokyo. And he is here organizing the first pro wrestling festival in about 20 years in Pyongyang.

And he's brought together athletes from all over the world who are competing here, putting this city in an international spotlight as it

rarely is, or at least not for reasons such as this, a sporting event like this.

And it comes at a time when there's a special committee here, a North Korean government committee, that is due to release a report in a matter of

weeks about missing Japanese citizens who may be here in North Korea, Japanese citizens that Japan believes may have been abducted.

There are a lot of people in Japan and Tokyo -- I've covered this issue extensively -- who want answers about 17 confirmed abductions and

possibly dozens more. And they could get those answers in the form of this report.

And as a reward for North Korea agreeing to open up this investigation there have been some sanctions that Prime Minister in Japan Shinzo Abe

agreed to lift, including a sanction that allows more Japanese tourists to freely come here.

So you have tourists in the city. You have a pro wrestling event happening this weekend in the city. And the hope here in North Korea is

that this event, the report, could subsequently thaw relationships, the relations between these two countries that have been frozen for quite some

time and open the door for more events like this, possibly more trade, more diplomacy between the two countries. And they believe it will be a win-win

for both countries, Kristie.

LU STOUT: So this is a moment for sports diplomacy there.

Now while there, Will, you've been visiting a number of facilities in North Korea. What level of development have you seen there?

RIPLEY: Well, I mean, you can probably hear the noise behind me. Just to the river here to my left they're dredging the river, pulling out

gravel that they're using as building materials for a number of construction projects that we have been shown around town.

And I need to point out, we are under, as you mentioned, intense government supervision. We only go where our government minders allow us

to go. I wear an armband like this everywhere I go in Pyongyang to identify me as a journalist. And --- but what we're being shown are a

number of new constructions sites.

We saw them laying a new runway at the airport. They've been renovating the airport terminal. We saw a new children's hospital.

So a number of projects are going up right now, projects that have been championed by the leader of this country, Kim Jong un as a way to show

that Pyongyang is trying to catch up after decades of isolation trying to modernize itself and put this face forward to the rest of the world.

LU STOUT: All right, Will Ripley reporting live from Pyongyang, giving us rare insight inside the hermit kingdom there in North Korea.

Will, thank you very much indeed for that.

Now, U.S. airstrikes are already hitting ISIS targets in Iraq, but President Barack Obama says battling the Sunni militants in Syria, that

must be a regional effort. Now he's sending the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the region to try and build a coalition to root out the

group.

Now one thing Mr. Obama has made very clear this time around Washington is not going it alone.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: As I've said, rooting out a cancer like ISIL will not be quick or easy, but I'm confident that we

can and we will working closely with our allies and our partners. And I do think that it'll be important for congress to weigh in and -- or that our

consultations with congress continue to develop so that the American people are part of the debate.

But I don't want to put the cart before the horse. We don't have a strategy yet.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now before ISIS beheaded the American journalist James Foley the militant group had claimed it was open to a prisoner exchange.

Now it's demanding the release of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui. Some call her lady al Qaeda. The mother of three was on the FBI's most

wanted list for years. And now she is in a federal prison in Texas.

CNN spoke to her sister in this exclusive interview.

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FOWZIA SIDDIQUI, SISTER OF AAFIA SIDDIQUI: I condemn any kind of violence. I don't care who does it, I condemn it.

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Aafia Siddiqui's sister, Fowzia, made the decision to speak to CNN from her home

in Karachi, Pakistan, because the family doesn't want terrorists carrying out attacks in Aafia's name.

After the brutal beheading of James Foley, a letter sent to his family reveals how ISIS claimed to have requested Aafia Siddiqui's release. It

read, "We offered prisoner exchanges to free the Muslims currently in your detention, like our sister, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui."

Not in our name, says her family.

SIDDIQUI: Any kind of kidnappers, is, whoever wants to claim Aafia, I am Aafia's sister. We are Aafia's family. And we speak on her behalf as

well. We want no violence in Aafia's name. Our whole struggle has been one that is dignified, that is peaceful, and that is legal.

MOHSIN: A Pakistani neuroscientist based in the U.S., Aafia went missing in 2003. A year later, she was named on the FBI alert list as an al

Qaeda member. In 2008, she reappeared, stopped by Afghan national police, for acting suspiciously outside a government building. She was accused of

shooting at two FBI agents and several military personnel, while being held at an Afghan facility and sentenced by a U.S. federal judge to 86 years in

prison for attempted murder and other charges.

DEBORAH SCROGGINS, AUTHOR: She is an icon. She is the poster girl for jihad, and in that way she serves as a sort of rallying point. She's the

premier symbol of the Muslim woman in distress.

SIDDIQUI: Aafia should be released, but not for ransom, not in exchange, not for other people that are kidnapped by extremists. No. And if

I were to make an appeal to the kidnappers of hostages, I would say the same thing to them. You don't get anything, achieve anything by kidnapping

innocent people. Unjust incarceration is wrong.

MOHSIN: The only solution, says the family, is to remove the extremist cause celeb and release Aafia Siddiqui.

Saima Mohsin, CNN.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And after the break, health officials and aid workers are struggling to contain the Ebola virus in West

Africa. Will a new experimental vaccine be the key to ending this deadly epidemic?

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LU STOUT: An open-ended Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is holding after seven weeks of heavy fighting. At least for now the truce sets the

stage for reconstruction in Gaza and scenes like this showed just how big a task that is.

Ian Lee reports from Gaza City.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For 51 days, they've eaten, slept and even welcome a newborn at this central Gaza school turned refugee camp. It

was once full, but now with the cease-fire the Kishkos (ph) are one of the only families left.

But officials want classes to resume so they say it's time to pack up and get out.

"The patriarch aid tells me -- I'm a human being. I can't have my children sleep in a damaged home. I need help, but I'm sick and old."

"Our home, which was built in 50 years was destroyed in seconds," Ives (ph) son Nabile (ph) explains.

The peace brings with it the question: for the Kishkos (ph) and some 30,000 people like them, where to go now?

In some neighborhoods few buildings are left standing, even fewer unscathed. Nabile (ph) and his wife Rada (ph) journey back to their

neighborhood to assess the damage. They're relatively lucky. Most of their building is still standing. But the front face of the building now a

pile of rubble.

Nabile (ph) and Rada's (ph) house wasn't the target of the strike, but when you look at the crater this bomb has left you can understand why their

home sustained so much damage.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is the living room is very damaged, you know.

LEE: Nearly every room bears the scar of the attack.

Does the water work here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No water work here.

LEE: One bedroom left untouched, holds their valuables.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are afraid (inaudible) you know to take some our things, you know.

LEE: Some neighbors live in a makeshift tent outside, but Rada (ph) hopes they won't have to.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE; I know that after five days the school is open, I know. I want to transfer from this school, but I can't.

LEE: Where do you go, though?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know. Really, I don't know. I can't live in my flat.

LEE: 51 days of war giving way to a ceasefire and uncertainty.

Ian Lee, CNN, Gaza.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As health officials in West Africa rush to try to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, a mobile lab has been set up

in Freetown Sierra Leone to help speed up Ebola test results. Patients can now find out if they're positive for the virus within three to five hours.

The World Health Organization says there are more than 1,500 confirmed or suspected deaths from Ebola. Now the UN agency has warned that the

total number of cases should exceed 20,000.

Now this is the deadliest outbreak ever. And our researchers are fasttracking an experimental Ebola vaccine. Jim Boulden reports.

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JIM BOULDEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: An unprecedented response to an unprecedented outbreak. With more than 1,500 dead and no end in sight to

the Ebola outbreak, experts are now looking for healthy volunteers in the UK, Gambia and Mali to test a potential vaccine.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Previously, in studies of vaccines for the developing world, people have been incredibly generous with their time to

come forward and volunteer. Obviously, we don't know when we've tried.

BOULDEN: Researchers are targeting the Zaire strain of Ebola now wrecking havoc in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The University of

Oxford is launching simultaneous human trials in the UK and Africa.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can't make the actual trial quicker, you still have to follow somebody for the month to see if there's a immune response

in a month. What we're doing much faster is all the layers of regulatory and ethical review and approvals and people are really pulling out all the

stops.

BOULDEN: Which could mean a vaccine in Africa by the end of the year, though it's likely to be early next year.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nobody has ever taken a vaccine from first time in a human being to thinking of actually using it to save lives three months

later.

BOULDEN: The British government and the Welcome Trust, a charitable foundation, are funding Oxford with $4.6 million to conduct the study.

Some of that money will also go to immediately manufacture and stockpile up to 10,000 doses of the experimental vaccine by pharmaceutical giant GSK

before it's even approved.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We would normally not do that at this early stage of development, but working with our partners and the funding that they

bring enabled us to do this much earlier in the process than we would normally do.

BOULDEN: If these trials prove successful, the world health organization will be given the doses to start a mass immunization program

in high-risk communities.

The United States is conducting a similar trial with the same vaccine starting next week. The experts say having multiple trials on various

continents will help speed up the time needed to discover which dose and which method of delivery is most effective and insist those who do

volunteer are in no danger of catching Ebola.

Jim Boulden, CNN, London.

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LU STOUT; Now CNN has special coverage of the Ebola crisis in West Africa. That's on CNN News Center with Isha Sesay 7:30 p.m. in London.

This is News Stream. Still to come, the people who shot this video thought they were just catching a glimpse of a million dollar supercar. It

turns out the footage would become evidence in a fraud case. That amazing story next.

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LU STOUT: At the end of the Toronto City Council's term, the mayor decided to treat the counselors to a little singing and dancing. They also

joined in on the fun. You may recognize the song. Of course, it's Bob Marley's One Love. Ford is known to be a big fan of the late reggae star.

He is running for reelection despite spending two months this year receiving treatment for substance abuse.

Now, why would the proud owner of a rare million dollar Bugatti deliberately wreck the car by driving it into a lake? Well, for the

insurance money, perhaps, but the owner could now get a prison term instead.

Now the key piece of evidence against him, video that captured the whole incident.

Jeanne Moos has the story.

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JEANNE MOSS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Did you see that? That is a Bugatti.

Since this ultra expensive supercar is rarely seen, it's no wonder a guy riding near Galveston five years ago pulled out his camera when he saw

one. But he probably doesn't want this one, not after what happens on his video. The Bugatti slammed into a saltwater marsh, driven by a dealer of high-end cars named Andy House.

House first told police he dropped his cellphone, reached down to get it, then when he sat back up he was distracted by a low flying pelican,

which he tried to avoid by jerking the wheel.

But that excuse was for the birds because this week--

CHRIS TORTORICE, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: Andy House plead guilty to one count of wire fraud.

MOOS: The Assistant United States Attorney says house bought the Bugatti for a million dollars, took out a car collectors insurance policy

worth $2.2 million, and intentionally totaled the car. House didn't turn off the engine so saltwater would ruin it. House's excuse for not turning

it off?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, he said the mosquitoes were really bad. But they are not so bad you need to bail out of car like it's on fire.

MOOS: The Bugatti is the type of car rappers rap about, though it's so unusual it's hard to identify.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm pretty sure it's a Lambo, dud.

MOOS: Uh, no, not a Lamborghini. That Lambo line became a catch phrase.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's a Lambo, dude.

MOOS: The assistant U.S. attorney called the 24 second videotape of the crash the cornerstone of his case. It shows there was no pelican to

avoid and no break lights.

What are the chances of having a video of this happening?

TORTORICE: If there were a Mount Rushmore of bad luck I think Andy House's face would be on it.

MOOS: Though there's a 20 year maximum for wire fraud, a more likely sentence is a year or two. There was vindication for one much maligned

character, one poster noted "finally after all these years that poor innocent pelican is off the hook."

Even the tow truck guy bows to the Bugatti, washing his hands in the marsh before daring to touch the wheel of a car. Bugatti? Bugotcha.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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LU STOUT: Gotcha, indeed.

Now, when Barack Obama walked into a news conference on Thursday he talked about the crisis in Ukraine, the Middle East and U.S. immigration.

But all anyone online was talking about was his tan suit. It immediately got its own parody Twitter handle, like this one. Twitter users definitely

spoke out their mind. In fact, Alice Sperry, she tweeted this, quote, "with that suit on, Obama might as well be declaring war on Russia and

nobody would even notice."

Dash Trahorn (ph) posted this, quote, "if Obama is catching hell for tan suit now, then god help him when he wears white after Labor Day."

And finally after tweeting the audacity of tope and caciphany (ph), our own Jake Tapper retreated from his tan suit jokes with this one saying,

quote, "look, I have nothing against tan suits hashtag #1982."

And that is News Stream, but the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is next.

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