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Kim Jong un Reemerges; UN Medic Dies From Ebola In Germany; Is The Catholic Church Rethinking Homosexuals?; Leading Women: Jo Malone; The Fight Against ISIS in Kobani; Is Fatigue Hurting The World's Best Footballers?

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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 back in the spotlight, but is he back on the job? Now new photos finally emerge of North Korean leader Kim Jong un.

Plus, the Ebola virus claims another victim, the latest death a UN medic who worked to help patients in West Africa.

And change is ahead for the Catholic Church. The Vatican signals a big shift towards gays and divorce.

After a month of speculation about his whereabouts, state media in North Korea have released new photos of leader Kim Jong un.

Now the pictures reportedly show Kim visiting a new residential district and a government institute, but these photos are not dated.

Now Kim, you can see he's also there using a walking cane, that's just feeding swirling speculation about his health.

Now in the five weeks since Kim disappeared from public view, theories ranging from gout to weight gain have been put forward to explain his

absence. And for more, let's go live to Paula Hancocks in Seoul. And Paula, what does North Korean state media actually reveal about Kim Jong

un?

PAULA HANCOCKCS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPNODENT: Well, Kristie, but showing these photos and showing them many times throughout the day,

clearly the regime is trying to show that Kim Jong un is back, he is back at work, and North Korea is stable and it is business as usual there.

Of course, as you say, these photos are undated. So we don't know when they were taken. It is assumed, though, or at least North Korean

media would like us to assume that these were very recent. But of course just looking at those photos, we can get some kind of clue as to where Kim

Jong un has been the past five weeks.

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HANCOCKS: He's back with a smile and a walking stick. North Korean leader Kim Jong un is on the front page of the country's newspaper Tuesday

doing what he does best, giving field guidance.

No date given for the visit or the photos, but this should quell some rumors about where he's been for the past five weeks.

JOHN DELURY, YONSEI UNIVERSITY: North Korea is very good at spin. And so now I expect we'll watch them spin the new phase of the leader where

he's already injured by overwork for the people and the nation. He's maturing a bit.

HANCOCKS: Kim Jong un had a profound limp before disappearing. State media admitted he was feeling discomfort.

But it may be more than that, according to Dr. Kim So-yeon, personal doctor to his grandfather Kim il-Song and family with the medical history

of his father Kim Jong-il. She says both suffered diabetes, heart problems and stress.

"There are a lot of psychological problems that he inherited," she tells me. "And there's a history of obesity. But what's more serious is

that Kim Jong un was artificially made to look that way, to look more like Kim il-Song."

Dr. Kim suspects hormone shots to make him look more like his grandfather, the founder of North Korea, a man many North Koreans still

have a found memory of.

She also believes Kim Jong un's face is swollen due to pain killers. And his reappearance may be temporary, forced by the intense worldwide

scrutiny on his disappearance.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HANCOCKS: Now there were more news bulletins throughout the day than we normally see in North Korea, or have done recently, each one of them

showing Kim Jong un seemingly back at work. This wasn't just for an international audience, it was also for a domestic audience, domestic

consumption. They wanted -- the regime certainly wanted North Korean to see their leader, so even if he's not in complete health, he is seemingly

in complete control, they wanted to show that there is stability in North Korea -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: But I'm still wondering if these new photos do put to rest all the speculation out there, because just how significant was it that Kim

Jong un missed two recent very high profile events on the political calendar there inside North Korea?

HANCOCKS: Well, these were events that he hasn't missed in the past, since he took power. So it was significant that he did miss them. It's

also significant that the North Korean regime is willing to show photos of their leader with a cane, with a walking stick. Usually in the past we

haven't seen any kind of fallibility of a North Korean leader, they haven't allowed any weakness to be shown, and yet we are seeing that there is a

cane in these photos. So certainly that's interesting. Whether or not there was pressure, a feeling that they needed to bring Kim Jong un back

into the forefront even if he wasn't quite ready and still needed the cane medically.

But certainly I think this does obviously lay waste to many of the speculation and the rumors that we heard of a coup, of him being deposed,

and it does show that many analysts and the South Korean government was right in their assumption that it was health issues that kept him at bay.

LU STOUT: Wow, a new willingness to show the vulnerability of its supreme leader. Paula Hancocks, thank you very much indeed for that.

Now, a UN medical worker from Sudan has died from Ebola in Germany. He was being treated at Leipzig St. Georg Clinic. He contracted the virus

while working in Liberia. He was 56-years-old.

Now doctors meanwhile in the U.S. state of Texas are anxious to see if a blood transfusion can help save this woman's life.

Now nurse Nina Pham received blood from an Ebola survivor, Dr. Kent Brantly on Monday. Now she is the first person to contract Ebola on U.S.

soil. And doctors describe her condition as clinically stable.

And in Spain, nurse's assistant Teresa Romero is said to be doing better, though she remains in critical condition. Romero was the first

person to contract Ebola outside Africa. And her husband says that she was not properly trained on how to put on protective gear before she started

treating the Ebola patient at her hospital.

Now returning to the fatality in Germany, hospital staff say that the UN worker who died of Ebola there was in a secure isolation ward, and that

doctors were, quote, perfectly prepared for the task.

Now CNN's Fred Pleitgen joins us now live from Berlin. And Fred, is Germany confident that its health care officials are, indeed, equipped to

deal and manage these cases of Ebola?

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I would say most people here in this country are very much confident that the

government here, the hospitals, are very much equipped to deal with all this. Of course, there is no saying that there wouldn't be lapses as there

appear to have been in the cases in the U.S. as well as in Spain.

However, the hospital itself also says its facility is state of the art, its workers know exactly what to do. They do have these airlocks to

get in and out of that isolation unit, and also the patient that was in Leipzig in that hospital was the only one that was in that particular unit.

So certainly I would say the public here is concerned. I would say the health workers here who are having to deal with these cases are of

course very concerned as well seeing how contagious and how easily this disease spreads, but at the same time they also say they are very confident

that they're able to deal with this and that there wouldn't be any sort of large-scale outbreak here in this country. It's certainly something that

the government says again and again. There is no big Ebola threat for Germany at this point, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, CNN's Fred Pleitgen joining us live from Berlin, thank you. You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, will Oscar

Pistorius go to jail for killing his girlfriend. It is the second day of his sentencing hearing in Pretoria. We'll have the latest on witness

testimony.

And the Vatican dramatically changes its tone on gays and civil unions. Could a rewrite of Catholic doctrine lie ahead?

Also, ISIS advances in Iraq and Syria, a chilling account of fighting in Kobani is straight ahead. Stay with us.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now Oscar Pistorius was back in a Pretoria courtroom today for the second day of his sentencing hearing. Now last month, the athlete was

found guilty of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. And now, he is waiting to find out whether he's going to have

to serve time in prison.

Now these hearings give both the defense and the prosecution one final chance to put evidence before the court. Let's take a look at the voices

we have heard from so far.

Now today, the athlete's manager helped make the case that Pistorius has already suffered enough emotionally and financially. Now sponsors

abruptly dropped him when the murder trial began.

Now we've also heard from his psychologist who says that Pistorius is a broken man after the death of his girlfriend.

Now the athlete's social worker offered an alternative to prison, recommending correctional supervision instead for Pistorius. And his

probation officer suggested house arrest.

Now for the latest on today's proceedings, let's go now to reporters standing by outside the Pretoria courthouse. CNN's legal analyst Kelly

Phelps is standing by, but first our Robyn Curnow joins us.

Robyn, what -- tell us more about the testimony that was put before the court and for the judge earlier today?

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think this -- we've been seeing the defense consistently trying to paint the picture of

Oscar Pistorius as a broken man and the fragility of his emotional state and how vulnerable he is, and a number of witnesses have come forward,

particularly today that probation officer saying that Oscar Pistorius would be even more vulnerable in a South African jail, she was describing the

conditions -- overcrowding, gang violence, drugs, the possibility of rape. All of that, she said, would be amplified before Oscar Pistorius because he

is so vulnerable without his legs on.

All of that moving towards trying to convince the judge that Oscar Pistorius shouldn't go to jail, but should serve a custodial sentence,

should undergo house arrest and community service rather.

But there are degrees of negligence and the judge has to decide where she feels Oscar Pistorius fits in based not on just his own issues, his own

vulnerability, but also of course in the public interest.

LU STOUT: And Robyn, how has the prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, cast doubt on the testimony put forward today?

CURNOW: Well, as usual -- and as we all know because this trial has been going on since March, Gerrie Nel is a very tenacious cross-examiner.

He has been trying to pick apart this probation officer suggesting that, you know, she's using the wrong numbers, that the overcrowding isn't as bad

as she's suggesting.

Also very importantly he tried to pick apart under cross-examination Oscar Pistorius's agent who gave a long list of various charitable deeds,

there is charities, the kind of good deeds Oscar had done before the shooting. His agent trying to paint a picture of Oscar as a generous man.

Gerrie Nel saying, you know, anyone who is a very high profile sportsman with endorsements is expected to give of their time and give to charities.

Oscar Pistorius wasn't different compared to other major sports stars.

So all of this very much the sort of toing and froing of just how Oscar Pistorius should be punished, in what manner. And of course through

all of it, Judge Masipa listening asking a few questions, not very many, and she will come down with a verdict within the next few days in terms of

sentencing it's suggested.

So, you know, I think there will be a sense of Oscar Pistorius understanding, or at least knowing his fate in the next few days or weeks.

LU STOUT: Yeah, a lot for the judge to take in during this process. CNN's Robyn Curnow joining us live on the line from Pretoria. Thank you,

Robyn.

Now, let's turn to signs of change from the Catholic Church. Now, according to a new Vatican report the church could make major policy shifts

on several controversial topics. One example, the paper says Catholics should welcome and appreciate gays and lesbians.

Now the report comes from a group of bishops in the middle of two weeks of meetings all convened by the pope.

And for more, let's bring in CNN's Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher. She joins us live from Rome.

And Delia, a lot to get to in this new report, but first what does the Vatican say about gays and lesbians?

DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what has caused a lot of raised eyebrows and a lot of surprise is precisely that, that the

language on gays and lesbians has changed significantly. In particular, for example, that gays should be valued, that there are positive aspects to

gay relationships.

And we have to see this in in the context of gay relationships previously being described as irregular and indeed disordered.

So, a big change, a big shift in tone, which is causing some people to applaud and say, good, it's about time and other people, in particular

inside the Vatican right now, to say wait a minute.

In fact, I can tell you, Kristie, that there is a briefing going on at the moment with two cardinals who are participating in this sit-in, and

they are already backtracking and saying that this document has been misrepresented, because for them it is still a work in progress. They say

there's nothing final about it and they want to emphasize that. It is a work in progress -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Got it. Delia Gallagher, thank you very much indeed for that.

Now, we have to take you straight to Spain. And Spain special Ebola committee right now is holding a news conference. Let's listen in.

(SPAIN SPECIAL EBOLA COMMITTEE NEWS CONFERENCE)

LU STOUT: Quote, "we need to make sure to provide the best care necessary. Now that was Spain's special Ebola committee addressing Ebola

and how it's being managed there. Of course, the Spanish nurse's assistant who became the first person to contract Ebola outside Spain, she is in

stable, but serious condition, her case raising concerns about whether Spain can deal with the outbreak.

Now meanwhile, the Ebola outbreak continues to expand in West Africa, that according to the World Health Organization. You're watching News

Stream. We'll be back after the break.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

And time now for your global weather forecast. And the latest on what's happening in Sydney; severe weather conditions, it's happening right

now. Let's get the latest with Mari Ramos, she joins us from the World Weather Center -- Mari.

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORREPSONDENT: Hey, Kristie, just looking at the satellite image -- or the radar, I should say right now, you can

clearly see what's happening. Very heavy rainfall with this area of low pressure spinning right over Sydney, particularly those southern and

western suburbs are the ones that are getting the most rain, pretty significant stuff as you can see right there.

Some of the latest reports that we've gotten at the airport they've had 60 millimeters of rain and a wind gust of over 100 kilometers per hour.

The airport, according to the last report from the New South Wales emergency services, they're saying that the airport actually had to be

closed down because the wind and the rain was so strong, so they're telling people to check with their airlines and until this is over and done with,

the situation will remain at an emergency across this region.

They're telling people to avoid all travel, only all essential travel should be avoided. If they do go out, watch out for emergency vehicles.

They're responding to emergency calls in the Sydney area in and around those suburbs at about 1 to 2 phone calls per minute, so it's pretty

significant stuff as you can see right there from this radar image.

Farther to the south they've had rainfall in excess of 130 millimeters of rain, so what they're saying is flooded roads don't try to cross them.

They're responding to emergency calls from people that are trapped in their vehicles. So pretty serious. Night has fallen, of course, in this area.

It's going to be very, very trying times for people in that region.

And we're looking for pictures. So if you're there and it's safe to do so, go ahead and send us your pictures to iReport here at CNN so we can

see what you're dealing with, but only, of course, if it's safe for you.

Another thing that we're monitoring is, of course, the situation in Asia. We had one storm that moved away, the remnants of Hudhud here in

India. I want to show you some pictures from right here where the storm made landfall. Pretty serious stuff there also, because remember that they

had to evacuate so many people, right, the death toll relatively low even in spite of such a large tropical cyclone in excess of 200 kilometers per

hour.

But now people need food, they need water, they need shelter. And in some cases, mobs like this are the ones that are forming where people are

trying to get food.

As far as rain, if you come back over to the weather map, Kristie, very quickly. The rain is continuing to move on. These areas will see

some scattered rain showers, nothing too significant. The bulk of the rainfall with the remnants of Hudhud moving along.

Back to you.

LU STOUT: All right, Mari Ramos there. Thank you.

You're watching News Stream and coming up next, ISIS fighters are advancing in Iraq and Syria. After the break, a live report from the front

line of battle in the Syrian border town of Kobani.

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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 the World Health Organization now says there are more than 8,900 Ebola cases around the world and more than 4,400 people have died of the

disease. Now a UN medical worker is among the latest is among the latest fatalities. The 56-year-old from Sudan was being treated in Germany. He

contracted the virus while working in Liberia.

North Korea has released new pictures of its leader Kim Jong un. It's an apparent bid to end international speculation about his whereabouts and

his health condition. Now the photos were set to show Kim visiting a newly built residential district. Now he has not been seen in public since early

September.

Oscar Pistorius's manager and his probation officer were called to testify today on the second day of his sentencing hearing. Now last month,

the athlete was found guilty of the negligent killing of his girlfriend, but was cleared of the more serious charge of murder.

ISIS militants are overrunning Iraqi forces as they make their way to the capital. Now the extremist group now controls 80 percent of Anbar

Province, it's a key area just west of Baghdad. And meanwhile in Syria, a CNN crew is watching the battle for the besieged town of Kobani from just

across the border. And our Arwa Damon got rare insight into what's been happening from a Kurdish fighter who has been on the front line.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNTIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So that's -- he's saying is one of the types of rockets that ISIS has been firing against the YPG

fighting positions.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Fourat (ph), not this YPG fighter's real name, left Kobani a few hours before we met Monday.

"You see the Turkish flag there?" About 250 meters behind it is an area called the Khaal (ph) market. ISIS controlled that and everything

behind it, he tells us.

Most of the explosions we see in the two hours we spent overlooking Kobani, he says, are ISIS pounding the YPG positions defending the border

crossing.

"The clashes right now are focused on taking the border crossing," he explains. "If they take the crossing, they will break us. Our wounded

won't be able to get to Turkey and all routes will be blocked off for us."

It's impossible, he says, for the YPG, the Kurdish fighting force, to keep holding ISIS off. The YPG has no resupply. ISIS has plenty.

He says they're bringing rockets from that hilltop and then they're bringing in their tanks from three different directions.

"Form the east, they have about 20 tanks, from the south they have 13 or 14, and from the west they have seven," he says.

Airstrikes so far, he tells us, have not helped. What they need is heavy weapons to stop the ISIS tanks.

"They don't know fear," he says of the ISIS fighters. "Once I was firing an RPG at a tank and as I was getting ready 10 ISIS fighters came

and stood in front of the tank so that the RPG would hit them. They died and the tank fired."

Fourat (ph) is from a village to the west of here. When ISIS launched its surprise attack around three weeks ago they shot and killed his father

in front of their home. His brother, a YPG fighter as well, died in battle shortly afterwards. And that is why Fourat (ph) is going back to defend

his land.

"My brother, the last thing he said as he was dying he said to his friends don't abandon Kobani."

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And senior international correspondent Arwa Damon joins us now live from the Turkish-Syrian border. And Arwa, the battle for Kobani

it is very fluid as it rages on, what's the latest?

DAMON: It is very fluid, although the front lines are not really significantly shifting. What we have seen throughout the day is what

appear to be even more airstrikes in that key location very close to the border crossing you heard that young fighter speaking about in that report.

We also, though, did see the ISIS flag flying on a building where we hadn't seen it in the past in the south of the city, but to the west it

seems as if the YPG has been able to take advantage of those airstrikes. According to a YPG Kurdish fighter, the U.S. and the coalition launched

airstrikes against an ISIS position on a hilltop -- this is the hilltop where we had seen ISIS moving around, their fighters moving around with

seeming impunity over the last few days there according to this fighter, an airstrike that then allowed the YPG fighter to move into position. That

happening just to the west of where we are.

So it still continues to be a fluid and very active battlefield, but again Kristie, as you heard in that report airstrikes are not going to

allow the YPG and the others who are fighting against ISIS inside Kobani to gain a significant upper hand. They still need those weapons, they still

need that kind of heavy weaponry that's going to allow them to defeat ISIS, Kristie.

LU STOUT: CNN's Arwa Damon reporting live on the battle for Kobani, thank you Arwa.

You're watching News Stream. We'll be back after this.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, imagine building a business from your kitchen and turning it into a worldwide luxury brand and then starting all over again from the bottom.

Well, famed perfumer Jo Malone spoke to our Nina Dos Santos about returning to her roots to find the sweet smell of success.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JO MALONE, FOUNDER, JO LOVES: There's so many times in life that the door is shut in our face and we are humiliated. Go around the back door,

build a tunnel, climb the brick wall.

I'd like us to start experimenting and seeing what else that we can do to bring it to life.

I'm Jo Malone. I'm an entrepreneur, a shopkeeper and a retailer and I have a passion to create and conduct fragrance.

NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN INTERANTIONAL CORRESPONDENT: She's also the woman behind one of the most famous fragrance brands in the UK: Jo Malone;

a company she built, took global, then sold to the cosmetics giant Estee Lauder in 2006.

MALONE: That was the doorstep I sat on with my mug of coffee--

DOS SANTOS: Now she's starting all over again with a new brand: Jo Loves. And a shop she once worked in as a teenager when it was a

delicatessen.

So, in a sense your whole career has come full circle, would you say?

MALONE: Doesn't life do that, though, sometimes?

It isn't just about creating a brand and building a business -- actually the word business doesn't come into my head, it's a way of life

for me and it's a passion.

Jo Love is all about undiluted creativity. Jo Malone was the woman I was maybe 30 years ago.

DOS SANTOS: What was so different about going back into business and starting it all up again.

MALONE: No one know I'd left in the first place, so there I was I had a legal commitment to make sure that it was a very different brand.

DOS SANTOS: When Malone sold her business, the agreement with Estee Lauder required she not reenter the industry for five years.

MALONE: I had just fought cancer. And my whole priorities were very different. I didn't know that I was going to come out the other end.

What I didn't anticipate was the passion that still lay within me. I wasn't good at anything else, you know, it was the one thing I could do

brilliantly.

So did the world need another fragrance or another candle? Not really. But how could I bring it to you in a different way?

DOS SANTOS: So in 2011, Jo Malone started over in the fragrance world, launching Jo Loves.

MALONE: I'm going to transport you into the complete fragrant world. And we lift and just breathe in.

DOS SANTOS: Three years into her new brand, this beauty pioneer is reinventing herself and the fragrance experience.

MALONE: The feel of it is so wonderful and the artistry, I love a paintbrush.

DOS SANTOS: If I had to ask what your biggest mistake was, what do you think it would be?

MALONE: Mistakes? I think -- I don't really regret things in life, especially I think after fighting cancer. Sometimes in life and in

business, it's far more beneficial to learn how not to do something by learning a mistake and figuring out the way you learn a lot more than just

solving the problem.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And we have much more online, just head on over to CNN.com/leadingwomen. All this month, we have special coverage of women in

STEM, that's science, technology, engineering and math. And test out your knowledge of famous female scientists with this quiz. For example, what is

the name of the world's first computer program born nearly 200 years ago? Well, the answer Ada Lovelace.

We told you about her last week right here on News stream. And today is Ada Lovelace day. And we'll leave you with a meme that has popped up in

her honor: computer programming before it was cool.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport is up next with a closer look at whether some

shocking upsets in Euro 2016 qualifying could be due to player fatigue. Stick around for that.

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ALEX THOMAS, WORLD SPORT: Hello, you're watching CNN. I'm Alex Thomas in London and this is World Sport.

Now another shock defeat in a Euro 2016 qualifying match has reignited the debate about the workload facing top footballers. Don't panic was the

message from Guus Hiddink after his Dutch side were beaten 2-0 by Iceland on Monday night. Gylfi Sigurdsson scoring both the goals following up that

10th minute penalty kick with a strike from open play before halftime.

So, third in the recent World Cup meant nothing for The Netherlands who lost to a team ranked 30 places lower.

In addition, Italy only beat Malta, ranked 155th in the world by a single goal last week; Spain who have won the last two European

Championships were beaten 2-1 by Slovakia, a team ranked 32 places lower than them.

England have won their two most recent qualifying matches, but Liverpool striker Raheem Sterling controversially said he was too tired to

start the Estonia game. And the world champions, Germany, suffered the first loss to Poland in their history. Coach Joachim Loew later blaming

the Champion's League for adding to top player's work loads.

Well, earlier, Dr. Ralph Rogers, a consultant of the London Sport Injury Clinic and regular CNN.com sports writer Ravi Ubha joined me to talk

about why it's more than just physical fatigue that the players are going through.

RAVI UBHA, CNN.COM CONTRIBUTOR: They are not robots. They're just like us. They need a break, you know, after big tournaments. Joachim Low

was talking about that, in fact, yesterday. So that's one thing to consider.

I also think that if we talk about the mental fatigue, it's not only playing after the World Cup, let's say in Germany's case, but also listen,

this qualifying campaign the top two in each group advance to the Euros. 24 teams are going to be at the tournament. So you know what, do the teams

have the foot on the gas at this point in time early in the qualifying campaign? I'm not so sure. But as we go to the end of qualifying, you

would expect, you know, the top teams to kind of coast to make it through.

THOMAS: Yes, interesting.

Dr. Ralph, you fix them when they're broke. How tough is it for these players to play, you know, we're not talking once a week, but when they

suddenly get a big fixture jam?

DR. RALPH ROGERS, LONDON SPORT INJURY CLINIC: I think in football there are different physicalities that we have to look at. And a lot of

these players are tired.

I mean, it's--

THOMAS: How does that affect the body? What--

ROGERS: What about the mental issue? And I think that's a really important thing. You know, like Raheem Sterling? What is he, 19, 20 years

old? He's kind of young. You know, week in and week out. So not only can he be physically tired, I mean, because he's still growing into his body,

he can be also mentally tired.

THOMAS: and if he's mentally tired, is that going to affect his body? Is he going to start feeling those twinges or not get his body in the right

position? Are the biomechanics going to break down?

ROGERS: When you're mentally tired, you tend to make mental mistakes, mental mistakes can lead to physical mistakes and that's what causes

injury.

THOMAS: Yeah. And do you think there's much sympathy amongst football fans, Ravi, because they're going to look at players and how much

they're paid and saying you're playing a game?

UBHA: Not much. Yeah, if we talk about Sterling, I think that could be more to do with club versus country, because now Brendan Rodgers is in

an interesting position, is he going to play Sterling this weekend? You'd think that he'd want to play Sterling this weekend, because he said he's

such a key part of the team, that's number one. But going back to the fatigue factor, as much as I said that, you know, these players need a

break, Iker Casillas in the game against Slovakia, his goal -- or the goal that he allowed was basically a big blunder. He didn't play much last

season at all for Real Madrid, didn't have a good World Cup. They didn't play that many games, so was it for him a case of fatigue? I don't think

so.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

THOMAS: And interesting, this has been linked to the performance of Brazilian star Neymar who has just scored four goals for his country

Brazil. Remember, he played in the World Cup and broke his back there. And some people putting on social media, hey, he's not tired.

Anyway, in our new shows we've been reporting on the Ebola crisis. And the World Health Organization has told CNN that the Africa Cup of

Nations does pose an increased risk of infection in the same way any international sports event of that size would.

The WHO say they can't order the event to be cancelled or postponed, but in Morocco had written to the Confederation of African Football asking

to push back the dates. It's due to take place there in January and February next year. CAF say they'll discuss it at a meeting next month.

The father of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has reportedly said that his son won't give up fighting for his life even though the situation

is desperate.

Felipe Bianchi told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport that it's already a miracle the 25-year-old survived this long after suffering

extreme head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.

As he continues to be treated in a hospital there, a new F1 safety concern has been raised by Felipe Massa ahead of his home Grand Prix in

Brazil, the Williams driver says Pirelli's choice of the two harder compound of tire could prove dangerous at the Interlagos circuit, which

lacks grip because it's traditionally cold and wet.

We've got some NFL action for you in a moment. And we'll tell you why this Bengals player was reduced to grateful tears by the Patriots.

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THOMAS: Hello, you're watching World Sport on CNN. I'm Alex Thomas. We're back with Monday football action in the NFL. It started with

protests outside and inside Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis where some fans showed support for Michael Brown, the unarmed teen who was shot and killed

by a police officer in Missouri earlier this year, that's amateur video posted on Vine.

On the field, the Rams jumped out to a 14 point lead against the 49ers, but that's when Colin Kaepernick took over. He threw for more than

300 yards and three touchdowns. San Francisco ended up cruising to a 31-17 win. And they're now 4-2 on the season.

Elsewhere the Patriots have another big win a week after thumping the Bengals in a return to form display by Tom Brady. But it was interesting

to note how Cincinnati's Devon Still was moved to tears in that game by New England's cheerleaders. They performed a tribute to his 4-year-old

daughter who is fighting cancer.

Later, he told CNN's Rachel Nichols what he thought.

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DEVON STILL, CINCINNATI BENGAL: It was amazing to see, just to be come running off the field being able to look up at the big screen and

seeing my daughter perform in a video with all the other brave kids that are fighting cancer, and then being able to look over and see the

cheerleaders wearing my jerseys to support the cause it was definitely an amazing moment for me.

RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: And Leah's tumor was in her abdomen and you posted this great video of you giving her a little pep talk

on the way to the hospital. Then you posted her picture after his six hour surgery that removed the tumor. Give us the update now. How is she doing

right now?

STILL: Well, she's doing pretty well. She starts her last round of chemo this Friday. They gave her an extra week just to get rehydrated and

be able to gain her weight back so that the chemo doesn't have a big effect on her this time around. So hopefully the chemo goes good and it's able to

take away some of the cancer cells that spread throughout her body.

NICHOLS: And I know things are looking up, but I can't imagine when you first heard the news from doctors about her cancer. They only gave her

a 50/50 chance to survive. What was the hardest moment for you as you had to explain all of this to her, just go through it as a parent.

STILL: I think the hardest moment for me was listening to the doctor tell me that I only had a half a chance of having my daughter in my life.

I think that was hard on me and it was hard on her mother as well and the rest of our family, because as a parent you never want to hear that your

child only has a 50 percent chance of living. You want to always hear that they have 100 percent chance.

NICHOLS: Yeah, just heart wrenching.

And we've heard so much that's been wrong with the NFL in the past few months, but with the Cincinnati Bengals did after you got that news, it

really is pretty amazing. They ended up cutting you this summer for football reasons, but then they resigned you to the practice squad just so

you could keep your health insurance, then they decided to donate all the profits from your jersey sales to pediatric cancer research.

STILL: They've been amazing in this process. From day one when I first called them and told them that my daughter had cancer they allowed me

to take off from OTAs to spend time with my family and take care of things that weren't necessarily football. And when I came back, they definitely

helped me with dealing with being away from my daughter while she's dealing with cancer and like you said they started selling my jersey and donating

100 percent of the proceeds to pediatric cancer research here in Cincinnati. So they've definitely stepped up as an organization to help

out the cancer community.

NICHOLS: And you've also watched your daughter just be incredibly brave and generous. We saw her take part in a PSA to be brave to raise

money to help other kids. I mean, what have you learned about your 4-year- old through all this?

STILL: That she's strong. She's stronger than anybody that I've ever known. To be able to fight for your life and still walk around with a

smile on your face and still have that energetic personality is amazing to me. And it's definitely inspiring people all over the world.

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THOMAS: A real tearjerker of a story and not just or all the parents out there. We're wishing little Leah the best of luck in her fight against

cancer.

That's all for this edition of World Sport. I'm Alex Thomas in London. I'll see you for another update in just under two hour's time.

Stay with CNN for World Business Today. That's with Maggie Lake in New York next.

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