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Fighting Global Ebola Outbreak; British Naval Ship Deployed to Africa to Provide Training and Treatment for Health Workers; Doctors without Borders's Ready To Depart to West Africa; Oscar Pistorius Waiting to be Sentenced; Police Clearing Protests' Sites in Hong Kong; Hurricane Gonzalo about to Strike Bermuda; ISIS Learning to Fly Warplanes; Airstrikes Push ISIS Back in Kobani; China's Lifeline to North Korea; Sixteen Die in South Korean Concert Accident; Footballer Freed Following Rape Conviction; FIFA: Garcia Report Won't Be Published; Astana Stars Fail Doping Tests; Countdown to Ascot

Aired October 17, 2014 - 08:00   ET

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KRISTIE LOU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lou Stout in Hong Kong, and welcome to "NEWSTREAM," where news and technology meet.

More suspected cases of Ebola in Europe. Amid new concerns about how patients are being handled in the United States.

Plus, it's in the judge's hands now. Lawyers conclude their arguments in the sentencing phase of the Oscar Pistorius case. And police in Hong Kong

clear one protest aside (ph). They threaten to take more action saying that enough is enough.

A new and possible Ebola cases are sprouting up around the world. In Spain, 18 people are currently under observation in a Madrid hospital.

Three have symptoms. Of those, two tested negative, and the third is awaiting results. Now, three people are also being monitored for Ebola on

Spain's Canary Islands. Meanwhile, a British medical ship is sailing to West Africa. It's equipped with 100 hospital beds and state of the art

emergency facilities.

And the World Food Program is starting construction on four Ebola treatment centers in Liberia's capital. And U.S. health officials, they are

monitoring two nurses infected with Ebola and all those they may have come in contact with.

Now, both have now been moved to two hospitals that are specially equipped to handle highly infectious disease. There are only four in the entire

country. And authorities say the second Texas nurse with Ebola, her name is Amber Vinson, may have had symptoms sooner than realized. Susan

Candiotti reports.

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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Overnight, the first critical care nurse to contract Ebola arriving at the National Institutes of Health

clinical center in Maryland. 26-year old Nina Pham transferred from Texas Health Presbyterian in part because of concerns about the limited number of

qualified people to care for her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are very (INAUDIBLE)

CANDIOTTI: And for the first time, we are hearing from Pham while in isolation. Then Texas hospital releasing this video of a doctor thanking

her for taking care of the now diseased Liberian Thomas Duncan.

This on the heels of a shocking revelation: that the second nurse to contract the virus may have been feeling ill since the left Dallas. Flying

to Cleveland last Friday.

DR. CHRIS BRADEN, U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL: We can't rule out the fact that she might have had the start of her illness on Friday.

CANDIOTTI: A federal official tell CNN 29-year old Amber Vinson said she felt fatigue, muscle aches and malaise while she was in Ohio and on the

flight home. But Amber's uncle says, it's not true.

LAWRENCE VINSON, AMBER VINSON'S UNCLE: She felt fine, that she felt well until Tuesday morning.

CANDIOTTI: The CDC now expanding their outreach to all passengers on board both Frontier Airlines flights, to and from Cleveland and anyone with

potential risk will be actively monitored. Vinson's family says she felt she put no one in danger, and that she called at Texas health official who

told her the CDC said it was OK to fly.

LAWRENCE VINSON: If in hindsight someone decides that there should have been flight restrictions, that's fine, but to misrepresent and to say

restrictions were in place when they actually weren't is inappropriate.

CANDIOTTI: It was while in Ohio for a bridesmaid's fitting according to Vinson's uncle where she first learned that fellow nurse Nina Pham tested

positive for the deadly disease. A bridal shop owner says Vinson didn't look sick at all.

ANNA YOUNKER, OHIO BRIDAL SHOP OWNER: She was probably here, probably about three hours, maybe. I had no idea that anything was wrong with her.

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LOU STOUT: That report by CNN Susan Candiotti that one month ago, the United Nations made an appeal for funds to help fight Ebola. It said

nearly $1 billion are needed. But so far, only about $20 million have been pledged to that U.N. trust fund, and of that, only $100,000 have actually

been delivered. The U.S. Secretary General is calling on the international community to step up its efforts saying this, quote, "We need to turn

pledges into action." But we should know that several countries and institutions have contributed to other U.N. programs. Those donations

total $365 million.

A British medical ship has just left Falmouth, England. It's on route to Sierra Leone. The RFA Argus will join British army medics already in

Sierra Leone as part of the U.K.'s efforts to fight Ebola. Now the Royal Navy says that the ship is equipped with state of the art emergency

facilities. Its captain David Eagles says its crew has a number of priorities.

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CAPTAIN DAVID EAGLES, COMMANDING OFFICER, RFA ARGUS: Among the major priorities is the training academy whereby the U.K. is looking to train

maybe up to 3,000 Sierra Leonean health workers, so they are more aware of the issues and problems, and the transmission of Ebola. And additionally,

you know, we are building an additional 700 treatment units or 700 beds to support the government of Sierra Leone. So, that is a priority to

establish facilities in country in partnership with the government of Sierra Leone. And training academy, I say, is being crucial for that,

particularly in terms of changing some of the cultural issues in West Africa, which are leading to so much the spread of the disease.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LOU STOUT: The ship will not be used to treat Ebola patients in West Africa. It will play a support role for personnel on the ground who could

be treated on board if they become ill or injured.

And when this outbreak started back in March, most of the information reaching the outside world, it came from one organization that was on the

ground treating the patients. I'm talking about Doctors without Borders. The group is still active in West Africa's hardest of areas and despite the

additional global resources recently directed to their cause, the group says its work is not getting any ease here.

Jonathan Mann reports.

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JONATHAN MANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Getting ready to battle Ebola.

ESTIFANOS DEBASU, MSF TRAINER: So, now when we are getting dressed, we have to think how we are going to undress it.

MANN: Training is for Doctors without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontiers, as it's known in much of the world, are getting the potentially life-saving

lesson at their headquarters in Brussels. Learning how to properly put on and remove the gowns, masks and gloves that will protect them against the

deadly virus before they head to West Africa.

PAUL BROCKMAN, MSF PROJECT COORDINATOR: We limit the number of times that we seat up and going into the actual high risks and where the patients

themselves are to just a couple of times a day, so it's not too -as you said, not to risk overheating and dehydration. Or just a little bit too

much for one day.

MANN: Humanitarian group has been at the forefront in the fight against Ebola, with about 3,000 volunteers already working in Guinea, Sierra Leone

and Liberia. But now officials with the charity say they are reaching their limit and urgently need other groups to step up efforts against the

deadly disease.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are still a bit astonished, is the very slow and weak capacity of all actors, including state actors, including multilateral

organization actors like WHO, like United Nations and so on. I mean they are deploying as we speak, but we still don't see the result in the field.

MANN: According to reports, 18 MSF workers have contracted the virus in West Africa. Ten have reportedly died. Psychologist Carla Uriarte is

preparing to leave for Sierra Leone next month.

CARLA URIARTE, MSF PSYCHOLOGIST: I'm a bit scared of what I will be seeing, because I know that there's a lot of human suffering that I will be

witnessing, and I'm also scared for our staff, because my colleagues will be going back to home (INAUDIBLE) where their family members might be dying

and I know that some of our colleagues, national staff colleagues died.

MANN: And despite the risk, many MSF volunteers who have been to West Africa before say they want to go back to save more lives. Jonathan Mann,

CNN.

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LOU STOUT: Officials say that this is the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. If you want to help battle this deadly and spreading virus you

could start by going here. We have more information about all the groups working on the ground in West Africa. You can find out more at

cnn.com/impact. You are watching NEWS STREAM.

Up next, lawyers have finished making their arguments over what sentence Oscar Pistorius should serve for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend

Reeva Steenkamp. We'll tell you what comes next.

Plus, here in Hong Kong, things are heating up near one pro-democracy protest site that police cleared only hours ago. And just as ISIS is

pushing back in the key border town of Kobane, it looks like the extremists may have access to the very onset of war planes. More on that development

later on the hour.

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LOU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, the Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing wrapped up a short time ago. The state prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued today

that the athlete should serve at least ten years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day of last year. Now, court, it

will reconvene next Tuesday, and that is when the judge is expected to issue her sentence. And for a closer look on today's closing arguments

let's go live to the Pretoria Courthouse. Our Robyn Curnow is there. She's been following the sentencing hearing for us all week. She joins us

now.

And Robyn, the judge heard the final arguments wrapped up today. What was learned in court?

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think what was very key about today in court, and particularly it was evident to an Oscar Pistorius left

the Pretoria High Court behind me, at lunch time. There was a real sense that next week this is the last time he is leaving this court of free will.

There's a chance next week that he will be let straight down to the cell after sentencing, if he does get imprisonment. So, it was quite telling

that, and I think it came after a very emotional day for him. He was clearly crying a lot more than we've seen. He seemed very tired, exhausted

throughout today's arguments.

And today's arguments are very important. Are very different. I'm going to bring in Kelly Phelps, our legal analyst. She is from the University of

Cape Town as well. And I want Kelly just to break it for us.

(INAUDIBLE)

Very evocative, very progressive in a way you've described, arguments about how Oscar Pistorius should be punished.

KELLY PHELPS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Yeah, for two key things to know, it's just about the approach the defense took. With doctors (ph), they are

trying to inject a distinctly indigenous fill to the argument by relying on these African concept of Ubuntu, and that draws up into the realm of

Pistorius and justice and the focus that the interest of society is in healing the harm caused by the offense. And that prison isn't the best way

to do this. And they were also very much focused on the fact that this disability (INAUDIBLE), that it's inappropriate to send him to prison and

he could be a contributing member of society outside of prison, with the punitive element attitude. And that this wouldn't be special treatment

because it is perfectly in keeping with other similarly situated cases.

CURNOW: And they gave a long list of other case known. On the other hand, we had the state (INAUDIBLE) coming out. (INAUDIBLE) as usual. He painted

a whole different picture. Far more personal, and it's really was about punishing Oscar Pistorius for as much as the state would - that the state

would allow.

PHELPS: Think about the different principles that anyone can try and argue the sentence should encompass. He clearly was focusing on the principle of

retribution. And thereby drawing the court's attention to the severity of the offense in terms of what he called a very high level of negligence

involved. And also, on the painful impact of the harm court, in the wake of that offense, and because of those two focal points his argument is,

that it would be completely inappropriate not to have - not just a prison term, but a very severe prison term, leaving the two teams, the two

suggestions completely at different ends of the spectrum.

CURNOW: So, a lot for this Judge to weigh on over the next three days. Also, I think what was very critical about both of these arguments, was

that on the one hand, Oscar Pistorius' disability defined him at least according to his defense team, the way he acted that night and the way he

should be punished. On the other hand, the state team very, very dismissive, quite mocking of his disability. At one point Gerrie Nel

saying, Oscar Pistorius is calling on a handicap, on poll basically, dismissing it, taking it - he is relying on his disability, that he is

being disingenuous. So, a lot playing on just how his disability will impact the judge's sentencing and it will be, of course, very important in

terms any uphill, that might come to me decide on how she weighs that in to her judgment.

LOU STOUT: Indeed. A number of factors for the judge to weigh and she will hand down her decision next week. Robyn Curnow reporting live from

Pretoria. Thank you, Robin. You are watching NEWS STREAM. Still to come to the program, Hong Kong police, they made good on their promise to clear

the roads. And we have more on their latest operation that caught pro- democracy protesters off guard. We have the latest on the situation there after the break.

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LOU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're about watching NEWS STREAM. And we are monitoring new clashes that has been taking place

between prodemocracy protesters and police in the Mong kok district of Hong Kong. Now, police, they moved in early this morning, in that pre-dawn raid

to clear that protest side. But in the last few moments, you've been seeing crowds moving back into the area of Mong kok and trying to

strengthen their barricades. Police, they've been holding banners saying stop charging, or we will use force. And here's some fresh video of what's

been going on tonight. Welcome (ph) media reports, they say that pepper spray have been used as well as the batons, by the police and that several

protesters have been in police vans. New video of the scene there in the Mong kok district of Hong Kong. You see police in riot gear, taking away

the barricades.

Now, almost three weeks have passed since Hong Kong's so called umbrella movement took the city by storm. And here's a reminder of where we stand,

where the protests are. Now, on the island side, protesters, they continue to block major arteries through the city center. That includes a highway

and the central district and the admiralty district and half of the main road at Causeway Bay. Police cleared one main on Tuesday.

Now, across the harbor, that's where you have the busy district of Mong kok and police - they moved in before dawn to clear the way for traffic, but

that is the area where it appears, you saw the video of just then, another showdown has flurried up. It's ongoing at this hour. In video just in, we

saw police, they were in riot gear, taking down these bamboo barricades that were set up by the protesters. Now, our Anna Koren has more from the

scene. She filed this earlier today.

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ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You are looking at the first car, the first traffic to be allowed through onto Nathan Road here in Mong kok. These has

been the protests' side. At this particular area, for almost three weeks. Well, hundreds of police moved in here just before dawn to clear the site,

to clear the barricades, to clear what has effectively been a camp.

Now, the protesters have been here and two other protest sites on Hong Kong island, Causeway Bay and Admiralty. Voicing the opposition demanding its

control of Hong Kong after the Chinese central government announced back in August that it will be handpicking candidates for the Hong Kong election in

2017. That has been a city, (INAUDIBLE) universal suffrage. Now, Hong Kong chief executive C. Y. Leung says police will be clearing all the

protests sites, that this is being going on long enough, so protesters have made their point, and that this is now causing a negative impact on Hong

Kong society, as, of course, being - causing massive traffic disruptions throughout much of the city.

Here in Mong kok police removed barricades, tents, (INAUDIBLE) structures. We can (INAUDIBLE). City machinery.

BARRY SMITH,SR. SUPERINTENDENT, HONG KONG POLICE: I'm (INAUDIBLE) this morning. There was no resistance. There was no complaints. We negotiate

with the crowd first.

And we make sure they still have a protest area of the day. We haven't (INAUDIBLE) the whole area, just - just allow the traffic and (INAUDIBLE)

we'll get soon with that protesters who are on the street over there.

ADRIAN LUI, STUDENT PROTESTER (through translator): If we leave now, then we are really going to lose the site. What we are hoping for is more

people for back up. So I have to stay here.

COREN: It did appear that one protester was injured during a scuffle and he was taken away in an ambulance. Now, C.Y. Leung now - said that he is

now prepared to reopen talks with the protesters. Now that he's made it clear that Beijing will not refill its decision.

Now, we have the witness (INAUDIBLE). Clashes with police having you pepper spray and made dozens of arrests. Now, while this clearing

operation may have been relatively peaceful, it's going to be much more difficult to move the main group of protesters stationed outside Hong

Kong's government headquarters. Anna Koren, CNN, Mong kok, Hong Kong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LOU STOUT: Let's take a closer look at what the district of Mong kok is like. It is a densely populated area. It's bustling this bargain stores,

cheap eats. Open their markets selling toys and clothes, so like this one right here, but it also has a reputation of being a gritty corner of the

city where the crowds are more of a mixed batch.

And more student protesters are seeing here like other protest sites, all the members of pro-government groups have also had a very active presence

there. CNN has been on the streets of Hong Kong. We've been reporting amid the protests from the very beginning.

And in a special report, it's called "Witness to the Umbrella Movement" we traced the key events of the demonstrations that have the whole world

watching. On the special program we'll air Saturday 9 p.m. in Hong Kong, 10 p.m. in Tokyo only on CNN.

On time now for your global with the forecast. And Hurricane Gonzalo is expected to strike Bermuda on Friday. Let's go straight to Mari Ramos for

more. She joins us from the World Weather Center. Mari.

MARI RAMOS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hey, Kristie, right here behind me it's the webcam looking out into one of the areas at Bermuda, the royal dockyard

area. And you can see already some white caps beginning to form on the water. The sun clearly out. It doesn't appear to be raining yet, but look

at the palm trees here, kind of a bent over because the fronts of the palm trees bent over because of the wind. Winds right now here only about 40

kilometers per hour. So, you know, this would be a windy day. But the weather expected to go downhill very quickly, from here as we had - the

next few hours, really, in the next few hours. Now, one of the problems will be the wind, of course. As the storm gets closer, the winds are going

to increase rather quickly. You can see that right here. Starting already we are getting close to that. 40 kilometers per hour winds, then gusting

nearly to 60 kilometers per hour wind. Maybe 2 to 3 p.m. local time. And then as we head into the evening and overnight hours local time here, we

are going to see those winds increase significantly. Even though the storm is weakening, it is getting closer so that's going to change things, and

the wind gusts could still be I heard category four hurricane strength. You can see here close to maybe 140, 150 kilometers per hour in some cases.

So, one of the other problem that we might be dealing with is the storm surge. And that is a huge concern because, of course, we are talking about

an island. Any of the low lying areas would be quickly inundated. The storm surge basically think of it this way. You have your average

syllable, right? Your tide goes up, tide goes down. But you have your average level, sometimes, of course, during high tide, especially we get

higher waves, you'll get a little bit of a higher surf, getting closer to some other structures on land. But when you have a strong tropical cyclone

such as this one, you get a very large storm surge. In this case, it could be up to 2 meters in some cases. The storm surge will be on top of normal

tide levels, and then after that, large battering waves.

So, that's a huge concern, so they are asking people to move away from the coast lines. This is what Gonzalo looks like right now, Kristie, and you

can see it's still quite a storm gusting to about 260 kilometers per hour. That little dot right there is island of Bermuda. Once it moves through

here, it's going to bring wind, storm surge, and, of course, very heavy rain.

But the thing about the wind, the higher you go in elevation so when you get into the mountains, for example, expect the wind to be a lot higher in

those higher elevations. That's a huge concern as well.

Then, after that, longer term, we see the storm pulling through here as we head through the day on Saturday. Passing off the coast of Canada in about

two days, on long term, definitely something to watch as we head into Monday. This is five days away, but definitely something to monitor as we

head into the new week for northern portions of the U.K. and Ireland. Back to you.

LOU STOUT: Yes, Mari, definitely something to watch, and the visualization of that two meter tall storm surge, very, very scary to behold. Mari

Ramos. Thank you so much and take care.

You are watching NEWS STREAM, still to come: airstrikes are pummeling ISIS targets on the Syrian border town of Kobane, and it looks like they may

finally be giving Kurdish defenders a leg up in the fight. We got the details next.

Plus, yet another siting of Kim Jong-un. North Korean media, they released these photos earlier today, but without a way to verify when these pictures

were taken and some are still left wondering, what has been happening really inside the hermit kingdom?

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching NEWS STREAM and these are your world headlines.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

STOUT (voice-over): The Red Cross worker admitted to a hospital in Spain's Canary Islands does not have the Ebola virus. That's according to

preliminary tests. He has malaria and will be treated. Two others remain under observation.

Meanwhile 18 people are under observation in a hospital in Madrid and we have just learned that three people admitted there on Thursday with

symptoms have all tested negative for Ebola.

A South Korean emergency official says at least 16 people have been killed after part of a ventilation window collapsed at an outdoor concert.

The official says 2 dozen people fell about 10 meters. Nine people are reportedly seriously injured.

In the Syrian border town of Kobani, at least 14 new airstrikes on ISIS targets have successfully pushed back militants. U.S. fighter jets

have been launching these raids since Wednesday. And after months under siege, sources on the ground, they say that the city's Kurdish defenders

have been given an opening to take back the town.

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STOUT: Syrian opposition group now says that ISIS has three warplanes in Northern Syria just east of Aleppo. And former Iraqi military officers

are training the militants to fly them. For more on the ISIS-threatened Syria, let's go straight to our senior international correspondent Nick

Paton Walsh. He's live for us from the Turkish-Syrian border.

Nick, is ISIS learning how to fly warplanes?

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SR. INTL. CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think we have to take a deep breath before we think that ISIS are getting together an air

force. I mean, we're hearing reports from the Syrians (INAUDIBLE) human rights that around an air base to the east of Aleppo known as al-Jarrah,

they have quoted residents as saying they've seen in the past few days jet planes flying at a low level around that base. Reportedly three planes in

action, pilots taught by, as you said, former Iraqi air force military.

Now that tells you two things. It tells you there's a great amount of ambition amongst ISIS to try and expand the kind of tools they're advanced

and obviously three airplanes is not going to change the balance on the battlefield much, bearing in mind how little a threat that would cause the

United States Air Force. But it also tells you, too, that they are increasingly able to get their hands on intact weaponry left behind by

(INAUDIBLE) the Syrian air force here as well. That part of Aleppo off to the far east is almost as close as ISIS is getting at the moment. Of

course, the regime are slightly closer towards the center and then of course to the rebel-held areas before you hit the regime-held areas, all

part of the complex mixed around Aleppo. But definitely intense ambition there. And it shows you, too, how many former Iraq and military officials

are now part of ISIS. They can actually get that kind of expertise, harness it and use it to train people -- Kristie.

STOUT: Well, a very alarming development there. And meanwhile the latest in Kobani, what appears to be an incredible turnaround, U.S.-led

airstrikes, Kurdish fighters, are they making progress against ISIS there?

WALSH: Undoubtedly from when we were here about a week ago, there's been a substantial change on the ground there certainly. And that comes

because in 72 hours, the coalition views at least over 50 airstrikes to change the balance on the ground quite clearly.

What we are hearing now is over 80 percent, the Kurds claim, of the city is currently in their hands. We just seen down on one of the border

crossings over there a tense situation. It seemed like people were trying to cross, weren't being allowed to do so by the Turkish military.

We've seen also, too, a key hill just off the west down here that had been taken by the Kurds a number of days ago, a mortar it seemed landed.

There were some clashes there briefly as well. It is still volatile around here, but no doubt the coalition airstrikes have made, I think, pretty hard

for ISIS to maintain a presence.

Remember, there are reasonably clear front lines, quite clear targets it seems for coalition airstrikes to hit. They've been pounding the access

roads, too, we know as well and areas that used to be held by ISIS, too.

We now hear the Kurds are advancing into those eastern areas and to the south as well. So yes, things certainly changing on the ground. But,

Kristie, I just got off the phone with a political head of the Syrian Kurds inside there, fellow Muslim. He was quite clear that, yes, while these

airstrikes have been enormously helpful, he was very thankful for them in maintaining Kurdish control over Kobani, the key issue is that without

better weaponry, without ammunition, antitank weapons, those Kurdish fighters inside simply won't be able to hold the town, he said. They need

those weapons now -- Kristie.

STOUT: So despite advances, Kurdish fighters making appeal for more equipment.

Nick Paton Walsh joining us live from the Syrian-Turkish border, thank you.

And to our audience, just a little apology there for the audio issue there. There was a lot of wind that was picked up on Nick's microphone

just then.

Now let's go straight to North Korea, where another set of pictures of leader Kim Jong-un has resurfaced. Now see media, they say that they show

him looking at new apartments at a university in Pyongyang. But we should note these photos ,they just came out today; they are undated and CNN

cannot confirm when they were actually taken.

Theories surrounding Kim's absence have raised questions about how he manages to hold onto power. And some say it's all thanks to neighboring

China. Now Beijing has been a crucial lifeline for North Korea and one Chinese border town plays a huge part. David McKenzie explains from

Dandong, China.

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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the North Korea you're not supposed to see, an elderly woman scavenging in the fields

for food, a man saving what little he can. It's just across the barbed wire border fence with China. If anyone is caught trying to escape,

they'll be shot.

A far cry from the propaganda image of North Korea, total devotion to Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and a dedicated and elite fighting force.

But what's the reality?

To find out, we set up a meeting with a Chinese smuggler in a hotel overlooking the border.

"Chen" asked us not to show his face, because this place, he says, is crawling with North Korean spies.

"In China, we don't lack food. We don't lack things," he says. "People can eat and have clothes on their backs. But not over there. Even

the North Korean soldiers have nothing."

To trade with the soldiers, "Chen" takes great risks.

MCKENZIE: The smugglers get the call in the middle of the night from across the border. And they come here with their boats and they go across

the border to North Korea, which is just over there, and they do their illegal trade.

MCKENZIE (voice-over): More than anything else, says "Chen," the soldiers are desperate for food, bread and rice. They have no money to

trade, so they give back scrap metals, old pots, even ginseng.

"Chen" says if the soldiers aren't happy, they show it.

"The North Koreans open fire with a deal goes sour," he says. "Every year, smugglers like me are fired upon."

"Chen" says he must work in the shadows but often preyed-in border cities like Dandong is out in the open. Whole neighborhoods are used by

senior North Korean officials to move merchandise. Critics say it helps prop up the regime.

All "Chen" knows, he can never do business with the desperate civilians across the river. The soldiers won't allow it.

"I hope that North Korea will reform and open up like China," he says, "so we can buy and sell things and come and go as we please." -- David

McKenzie, CNN, Dandong, China.

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STOUT: Welcome back.

Now each week, we're shining a spotlight on the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2014. As you vote for the one who inspires you the most at cnnheroes.com.

This week's honoree has made it his mission to turn the fervor of soccer fans into philanthropy for kids in need in tournament host countries like

Brazil.

This is Jon Burns.

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JON BURNS, TOP 10 HERO (voice-over): The atmosphere at World Cup is like nothing else. It's electric.

You get that rainbow, kaleidoscope quality from nations that come together.

Football is the only worldwide sport, really. It's 2004, I was in the full steady (ph). I suddenly saw all the fans around me. It was like it

was a little tucked (ph) army.

Some of the children that love football the most, they're in very poor areas. And I started asking myself, what could I do if we could mobilize

some of these people to do some good?

So at Lionsraw, we bring people to the World Cup. They get to watch games but, for a huge chunk of that time, we find local charities that are

working with children and ask, how can we help you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over there is going to be three classrooms. To come and to do this for us, for the children, this is a World Cup spirit.

BURNS (voice-over): In Brazil, we've got about 300 volunteers here, from about 12 countries. Within a couple of days of being part of the

team, we're full of fun and working really hard.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, hey!

BURNS: When we invest in the players, it's for the long term. Lots of guys come in and get it in their blood. That's what we're about.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is my second go. This time my son has come with me. A bit of bonding and just building things together.

BURNS: I know you're not good every morning. You're tired out, but look how far we have come in a week. Fantastic.

Football has always had the ability to break down barriers. We're taking it a step further. We're trying to harness the passion of football

fans to make a difference.

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STOUT: He has leadership, he has vision. And Jon is just one of our Top 10 finalists. And we need your help choosing who should be the CNN

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for the most inspirational hero.

And that is NEWS STREAM. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. "WORLD SPORT" is up next.

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STOUT: All right. We'll bring you "WORLD SPORT" in just a moment. But first, to a developing story out of South Korea, the death toll is

rising after an accident at a concert. Now emergency officials there, they now say at least 16 people have been killed after a fall, after something

collapsed at this concert venue this evening. Nearly a dozen more people are reportedly critically injured. And for the details now, CNN's Paula

Hancocks joins us now live from Seoul.

And, Paula, what more have you learned about this accident and the victims?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, what we know from the emergency management agency, this happened about four hours ago. And

it was at an outdoor concert just out of Seoul. Some people were standing on a grille which was over one of these ventilation areas. We understand

that that grille gave way and about 26 people, we understand, from one official, fell down about 10 meters or more. Now we understand at this

point 16 people have been killed; 11 others are injured from local media reports it appears as though many of those injuries are critical. They

fear that that death toll could rise.

Now it was, as I say, an outdoor venue. At this point the assumptions among many in the South Korea media is that people were trying to get a

better view of the stage. This may be why they got up onto this grille in the first place. But of course it is shocking, South Korea such a high

death toll at something that was supposed to be such a joyful event.

And of course it brings back many memories of a number of accident that have happened this year in South Korea. Of course, that ferry sinking

back in April killed more than 300 people, many of them schoolchildren. There's also been a bus terminal fire, killing more than half a dozen; a

nursery home fire which killed more than 20. The bus terminal fire as well. So there have been a number of very bad accidents in South Korea,

all of those before have raised questions of safety precautions and whether or not safety checks are followed up in this country. This will certainly

have exactly the same effect -- Kristie.

STOUT: A horrific and very deadly concert accident there in South Korea and a new tragedy for the people there. CNN's Paula Hancocks

reporting live from Seoul -- thank you.

You're watching CNN. We have "WORLD SPORT" after this short break.

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AMANDA DAVIES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Welcome along to WORLD SPORT with me, Amanda Davies.

Should a convicted rapist be allowed to play professional football again?

Well, that's the question on Friday since 25-year-old Wales international footballer Ched Evans has been released from prison after

serving 2.5 years of a five-year jail sentence for rape. Evans admitted to having sex with a 19-year-old girl in her hotel room, but he denied the

charge of rape. He was ultimately found guilty by a jury in April 2012. And the question now is whether or not he'll return to playing football

with his former club, Sheffield United, or any other club or whether his professional career will be or should be over.

British deputy prime minister and a member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam Nick Clegg (ph) says clubs should think long and hard before signing

Evans.

I think the owners need to think really long and hard about the fact that when you take a footballer on, you're not taking just a footballer

these days. You're taking on a role model. You're taking on a role model, for particularly a lot of young boys who look up to their heroes on the

football pitch in a team like that.

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NICK CLEGG, BRITISH MP: And he's committed a very, very serious crime. Now, look, it's not for me or any politician to start saying that

when someone served their time, it's not for us to chop or change the rule. It is the rule. It is for the football club to decide.

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DAVIES: Well, that was Nick Clegg speaking to radio station LBC and while he meets the chief executive of charity Women's Aid which battles

violence against women and children, have given us a statement saying, "Sheffield United has to take responsibility for their response to the Ched

Evans case, as a football club which is both an employer and a high-profile brand. They have a significant leadership role in their community and

there is no excuse for ignorance where violence against women and girls is concerned."

Well, football's governing body, FIFA, have confirmed that they won't be publishing the Garcia report into alleged corruption in the bidding

process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups because it isn't legally possible. Michael Garcia has delivered his report to the investigatory chamber of the

FIFA Ethics Committee, where the expectation of an initial summary at the end of November.

There have been calls from within the FIFA executive committee to publish it for the sake of transparency and to help restore faith in their

organization.

But the chairman of the ethics committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, has said in an interview released by FIFA on Friday, "Publishing the report in

full would actually put the FIFA Ethics Committee and FIFA itself in a very difficult situation legally.

"What is more, we have to respect the personal rights of the people mentioned in the report, which in the case of full publication of the

report, would in all likelihood not be possible."

So much for cycling putting the dark days of doping in the past. Team Astana is set to have its World Tour Elite status reviewed after a third

rider failed a doping test this year. This is winner of the Tour de France Vincenzo Nibali rides for the Kazakhstan based team. Brothers Maxim and

Valentin Iglinskiy tested positive for EPO while Ilya Davidenok was notified this week of an adverse finding for anabolic steroids.

The International Cycling Union's license commission will now review Astana's anti-doping policies last week. They said the team could have,

quote, "conditions attached to their license."

The team boss, Alexander Vinokourov completed a two-year drug ban in 2009, but then returned to win the road race at the 2012 London Olympics.

Organizers of the QIPCO British Champions Day have said they don't feel they need a contingency plan for Saturday despite ongoing rain at

Ascot. Champions Day is the richest card in British horse racing and this year looks set to be a real challenge for one man in particular, the clerk

at the court who's been speaking to winning post Francesca Cumani.

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FRANCESCA CUMANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Do you really want to know what goes on behind the scenes on race day, the stuff you don't get

to see on TV? Meet the clerk, the clerk of the course. And here at Ascot, that's Chris Stickels, who's here with me now.

Tell, what happens on race day?

CHRIS STICKELS, CLERK OF THE COURSE, ROYAL ASCOT: First of all, a lot of activity. I mean, we're standing here in the parade ring, which

obviously is a focal point. And you would see very often on television, this is where the jockeys come out, meet the trainers, where they mount and

go out onto the track. And obviously also the winners' enclosure's in here, too.

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CUMANI (voice-over): So this is where it all happens. So jockeys get here on race day. And then what?

STICKELS (voice-over): Well, they'll come into here, where they will keep all their kit, store all their kit. They also have a valet that helps

them make sure they've got all the right kit, make sure their breeches are clean, all their kit's clean and that -- and they also help them weigh out

for the correct weight.

(INAUDIBLE) will come out and he'll present himself, represent himself to the (INAUDIBLE) scales with all their kit and then get on the scales and

the clerk of the scales will check that they're -- have the correct weight in order to --

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CUMANI (voice-over): To the very pound, isn't it, very accurate?

STICKELS (voice-over): Absolutely, to the pound, yes.

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CUMANI (voice-over): And what happens here?

STICKELS (voice-over): Well, the trainer will come to the (INAUDIBLE), meet his horse and then tack up his runner in one of these

having boxes so the stable hand and the groom will lead the horse into here and then the trainer will come in, put the saddle on, make sure the weight

comes on and so forth.

CUMANI (voice-over): So the horses then make their way into the parade ring. The jockey's met the owner and the trainer has his

instructions, got on the horse and then what?

STICKELS (voice-over): Then they'll come out, by this horse walk, fastest here, through onto the grandstand and out onto the track for the

race.

CUMANI (voice-over): Let's go and have a look.

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CUMANI (voice-over): And you seem to be carrying what looks like a walking stick.

What's that for?

STICKELS (voice-over): This is the old fashioned tool that we use to check the condition of the state of the ground. So yes, it's basically we

use it. We push it into the ground to feel how much resistance, the soil the ground has against this to determine the going. There are other tools

as well that we use now. There is an actually going stick that gives a digital readout, too. But this is the old traditional method. And this is

what I would use on a day-to-day basis and back it up with the other electronic tool.

So yes. He pushes into the ground and feel how kind of firm it is and then give the going.

CUMANI (voice-over): So what, how, what do you make of the going today?

STICKELS (voice-over): This is between good and good to firm. So yes, it's a nice, decent, very decent race today. In fact, the track is in

lovely condition right now.

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DAVIES: There's been a fair amount of rain since then. I think the going's a bit more soft as things stand. But that's it for this edition of

WORLD SPORT. I'm Amanda Davies in London. Thanks for watching. See you for another update in just under two hours' time. "WORLD BUSINESS TODAY"

with Maggie Lake in New York is next.

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