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Hong Kong Government, Protesters To Hold New Round Of Talks; Nigeria Declared Ebola Free; Boko Haram Unleashes Two New Attacks; U.S. Airdrops Weapons, Medical Supplies Into Kobani; Peyton Manning Breaks All-Time Touchdown Record; Art Of Movement: The Transparent Factory

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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.

A strategy shift, the U.S. airdrops weapons and medical supplies to Kurdish fighters in Kobani, Syria, but will it be enough to stop ISIS?

Plus, Ebola-free. The World Health Organization says Nigeria is clear of the disease that has killed thousands in West Africa.

And it is the eve of talks between Hong Kong's student protesters and government officials. We'll have a live report from Mong Kok, the site of

recent scuffles.

In the fight against ISIS in the Syrian border town of Kobani, Turkey is now opening the way for Peshmerga fighters heading to the front lines,

while the U.S. is sending weaponry into the embattled city. It is a change of tactic for both countries.

Now the Turkish foreign minister says Iraqi Kurdish fighters can use Turkish territory to cross into Syria. Meanwhile, Washington says it has

airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies provided by Iraqi Kurds.

Let's get the latest from CNN's senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh. He joins us live from the Turkish-Syrian border. Nick,

this is a very significant shift in strategy from both countries, the U.S. and Turkey.

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And the Kurds defending Kobani behind me seemingly very grateful. We actually have just

spoken to one doctor who said that part of those three C130 U.S. aircraft dropped 27 bundles, that delivered, in fact, as well as M-16s, we heard

from one fighter, the doctor telling us they delivered a ton of medical aid finally enabling them to treat the patients inside they needed to look

after.

And this comes after a week of those intense air strikes, the U.S. now saying 135 in total around Kobani, which has clearly had some sort of

psychological impact on ISIS who so far have seen an unimpeded advance.

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WALSH: It is high tech air power brought to bear against a Medieval brutality. Millions of dollars of guided munitions delaying or even

stopping a radical, but ragtag militia's advance on Kobani, a town whose significance has grown in ways its residents must have hoped it never

would.

To the Kurds, key to their bid for a homeland; to ISIS the last hurdle before controlling a huge stretch of border. And, to the coalition, a

chance to very publicly use one overwhelming advantage for a psychological short-term win and then talk like you're not.

REAR ADM. JOHN KIRBY, PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY: Airstrikes are dynamic, they're exciting, you can count them. You can get a great video

of them. I understand the drama around airstrikes, but we've said, a, airstrikes alone are not going to do this. Military power alone is not

going to do this. And it's going to take some time.

WALSH: After the swift advance across Syria and Iraq, this is perhaps the first serious setback ISIS has faced, said a leading observer.

"It has weakened their morale," he says, "especially as they've lost a lot of their foreign fighters, especially their Kurdish fighters who are

considered the fiercest about 400 to 500 in that location. "This weakening could cause them to pull back from Kobani altogether," he says. "And they

do not have the supply line to continue the operation."

ISIS's high tech weapon, social media, has also been more muted on Kobani, he said. Adding the reported claims they could fly warplanes near

Aleppo was aimed at restoring confidence.

"The reason they had that plane take off," he says, "is to raise morale that started to collapse in a very clear way, especially in their

media. Right now they're looking for revenge operations against the coalition countries to restore their big image."

With a full cabinet now in place in Baghdad, Washington may hope the psychological wind of Kobani could bolster Iraq's lackluster forces, too.

Yet the U.S. knows its strategy has limitations.

KIRBY: The idea isn't to just put a warhead on a forehead every single day, the idea is to try to get at their ability to sustain

themselves and disrupt their strategy.

WALSH: ISIS, al Qaeda, the Taliban, they've all adapted in the past. And these bombs may not be enough to prevent ISIS form doing so again.

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WALSH: Now what is key, of course, is that obvious decision by Washington to go whole hog in assisting the Kurds here with those airdrops.

People inside saying they expect -- they hope more because they do need to continue their resupply if they're going to hold the city, saying that the

Kurds have about 70 percent at this stage, and over 200 mortars have been landing in just the past three days.

What is most complex, though, is Turkey's decision to allow those Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in from Iraqi Kurdistan through their

territory to assist the fight in Kobani. They're not there yet, according to those in Kobani, but it's a change in public policy from Turkey, which

certainly suggests -- in their public statement, too, they don't want the city to fall.

They're, I think, trying to tread a delicate line here. Perhaps by allow the Kurds some semblance of holding their ground, appeasing

Washington but also perhaps to that nationalistic audience inside Turkey not going too far in supporting Kurds who they consider terrorists in some

ways -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: A key change in tactics for the fate of Kobani. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reporting live from the Syrian-Turkish border, thank you.

Now the first person to be infected with Ebola outside Africa has now tested free of the virus. Now, the Spanish nurse's assistant has been in

Madrid hospital for weeks.

And two previous tests showed Ebola levels in her blood were nearly nil. And now a family friend says a third test has come back negative.

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TERESA MESA, ROMERO FAMILY FRIEND (through translator): She got a negative result. She has zero virus. She's waiting for the second test

within 48 hours to ratify it.

I spoke to her. She's spectacular. We started crying and laughing and she's ready to leave the hospital.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And the World Health Organization has declared Nigeria free of Ebola. An airline passenger brought the virus to Lagos back in July.

There were eight deaths there, but as you can see the vast majority of cases in this outbreak have been in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Now Senegal had just one case, no deaths, and it was cleared last week.

One country has emerged as a significant contributor in the fight against Ebola: Cuba. It has already sent more than 100 health workers to

West Africa's hot zone. And the government has plans to send more.

Now CNN's Patrick Oppmann joins us now live from Havana. And Patrick, Ebola has created this very unusual partnership between Cuba and the United

States. So can you first tell us about that strategic alliance?

PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's correction. In just about an hour, we're going to be seeing more of this -- you can

call it Ebola diplomacy when Cuba begins its first Ebola summit where we're going to see about a dozen countries from around the region have come to

Cuba, the delegations principally health delegations. They've come here to have a one day summit to discuss, one, what more they can do for a country

as hard-hit by Ebola in West Africa, and as well what these countries to do to keep Ebola from coming into their own countries, have a regional

response and a regional plan. They've seen how, frankly, scattered the response has been in the United States, in Spain, countries that have much

more resources than many of the countries in the region.

So, they're getting ahead of time to really plan on how they can prevent Ebola from coming into the region. And if it comes in, how they

can work together.

Of course, Cuba, as you said, has sent over 100 health workers to the affected regions. They're going to send just shy of 500 in the coming

days. We expect there will be a total of 500. And that's lead to praise from the United States, rare praise from the United States. And over the

weekend, we saw very interesting editorial from former president -- former Cuban President Fidel Castro where he said that Cuba would be willing to

work with the United States to help end Ebola, the Ebola outbreak.

So very rare gesture of cooperation there. We have yet to hear back if the United States is going to take this very seriously, but it seems to

be that when it comes to Ebola, this is a disease that transcends many things, Kristie, including politics.

LU STOUT: Yeah, the editorial from Fidel Castro, a very significant gesture of politically and towards -- in terms of these two countries

getting together to combat the outbreak. And your thoughts on the greater political impact here. Do you think this alliance between Cuba and the

U.S. could somehow overcome decades of that political standoff currently underway between the U.S. and Cuba?

OPPMANN: Well, Fidel Castro certainly doesn't think so. He says that Cuba is not doing this to win any points with the United States. Cuba, of

course, if famous for not only producing many doctors, but having medical missions around the world, whether it's after the earthquake in Haiti or

after other natural disasters.

So Fidel Castro immediately said that he's not trying to win points with the United States, that they don't think this is going to solve the

very deep political divide between the U.S. and Cuba. But this is an area where they can both cooperate, Cuba has the doctors, the United States has

other resources that it's bringing to bear in Africa, and this is just an area where the world have to get together despite political differences,

despite decades of acrimony, that Ebola is just too important and this is at least one area where countries as different as Cuba and the United

States can cooperate and have some success, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, CNN's Patrick Oppmann reporting live from Havana. Thank you, Patrick.

Now on our website we're reporting another aspect of the Ebola crisis, the children who have been made orphans by the disease.

Now UNICEF says that nearly 4,000 children in West Africa have lost either one or both parents to the deadly virus.

And as our CNN's Nima Elbagir reports in this report, some relatives refuse to take the children in for fear of catching the disease. You can

find that and more, CNN.com/impact.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come on the program, Hong Kong's student protesters, they are headed back to the negotiating table

with the government. We'll go live to the pro-democracy protest site for a preview of what we can expect from those talks.

Plus, Indonesia swears in its new president. Already, he is facing some fierce opposition. Right after the break, a look at what Joko Widodo

is up against.

And later this hour, hundreds of stranded hikers have now been rescued in the Himalayas after a deadly blizzard. More on the search effort in

Nepal next.

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

Now, Indonesia turns a new chapter in history. Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, as he is called, has been sworn in as president. He is the first

that has had no ties to the military or to the political establishment there.

The one-time furniture salesman, he grew up in a slum before making it big as an export businessman and eventually the governor of Jakarta. And

he won the presidential election against the former son-in-law of the Indonesian President Suharto.

Now, Jokowi's election platform drew heavily on his business experience and how that could help Indonesia's economy. But as Andrew

Stevens reports, it may take more than just financial acumen to take on the nation's political tensions.

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ANDREW STEVENS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Joko Widodo, former businessman, mayor of governor now president of Indonesia, the world's

third biggest democracy. Jokowi, as he's popularly known, beat the former military general Prabowo Subianto in a tightly contested and bitter race.

Now he faces high expectations from those who chose him and stiff opposition.

Indonesia's parliament, of course a symbol of this country's young democracy, but it's also the place where the new president is going to find

the most hurdles as he launches an ambitious new reform program.

Subianto's coalition controls the legislature only weeks before Jokowi is sworn in, lawmakers jostled for house leadership in a display of

political brinkmanship. That's caused jitters in the market and among investors.

The incoming president says he's unperturbed and is working to ease political tensions.

JOKO WIDODO, INDONESIAN PRESIDNET (through translator): Everything will be done for the good of the nation.

STEVENS: He'll need to work with parliament to address tough economic choices early in his presidency. Top of the agenda, cutting fuel subsidies

currently costing the government $21 billion a year.

He'll need legislative support also to get funding for another key promise, boosting infrastructure and social welfare programs.

For decades, Indonesia grew on the back of commodities, but analysts say the country needs to shift to higher value industries to fuel growth.

That means improving education to produce skilled workers.

All eyes will be on Jokowi's first cabinet. He has promised to appoint capable ministers to crucial posts, but he's also been forced to

chose from candidates nominated by parties in his own coalition.

As a mayor and governor, Jokowi was seen as unconventional and uncompromising. But many question if he can stay that way throughout this

presidency.

Andrew Stevens, CNN, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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LU STOUT: The Nigerian government says Boko Haram will release more than 200 abducted schoolgirls as early as today. Now the government says

the deal is part of a ceasefire, yet just this weekend, CNN learned of new attacks there. In one attack, militants ambushed travelers in the Borno

State village of Shafa (ph).

Now in another attack, Boko Haram gunmen attacked the village of Waga (ph) in Attamawa (ph) state.

Now insurgents also occupied the town of Abadam near Niger. You'll remember the schoolgirls were kidnapped from the village of Chibok back in

April.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, dozens of lives lost after a deadly blizzard in Nepal, but a sign of hope as

hundreds of others are airlifted to safety. After the break, we have the details on the search for survivors.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now more than 400 people have now been airlifted to safety from Nepal's Himalayas. A local trekking agency group says it is not aware of

any more missing tourists, but some local guides are still unaccounted for. At least 40 bodies have been found since Tuesday, that was when a snowstorm

hit the mountains there.

Now the prime minister has vowed to set up a weather warning system. And CNN's Mari Ramos, she joins us now live from the World Weather Center.

And Mari, if the prime minister has vowed to set up a warning system, that begs the question what kind of warning did the hikers actually have?

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, I'm kind of surprised to hear that, because this was a storm, this particular storm Hudhud, this

tropical cyclone, was a storm that was moving in to India, a neighboring country, and it was forecast to move north across India and eventually

bring weather -- or bad weather I should say -- into Nepal. And those are local effects that people there are very familiar with. I'm sure the

locals were familiar with it.

And also, you know, they have a warning system in place. They have a meteorology service. They have this website right here I want to show you

and kind of share with you some of the information that's on here.

Let me go ahead and move out of the way here.

So when you look on their website, they do have, you know, hydrologies, talk about floods, they have a weather outlook to give people,

you know, what the weather is going to be just like, you know, you see in many different countries around the world. And I was actually surprised to

see how much information actually is on here, so when you click on their weather feature it tells you what the weather is going to be today, what's

it's going to be tonight, you can click a little bit more and find more details.

And even on this side over here, you can see that they have a featured segment. And they were talking about how the bad weather was affecting the

air service on those days when that storm actually hit. So they were aware that the storm was coming. Was this warning ever communicated to the

hikers or to the trekking agencies in those areas there's really no way of knowing.

One more thing, they do have a mountaineering section as well here to inform people what the weather is expected to be at high altitudes. And

this particular forecast was issued on yesterday on the 19th. And you can see at the altitude of 3,000, 5,500, 7,000 or even 9,000 meters what the

wind direction is supposed to be, what the temperature is supposed to be. So they do have some -- in some aspects information as to what the weather

is and a way to communicate it to people.

So what happened in this particular case? I'm sure there's going to be lots of investigations.

What does happen is when you get all this moisture coming in here from areas in -- in the tropics, for example, you get that moisture coming in.

It kind of bumps up against the mountains and the air is forced to rise. That rising air cools, condenses very quickly and it brings some heavy

precipitation. And we did see that. In some cases, 100 to 200 percent of what they normally get this time of year.

The heavy snowfall, it happens because you have that very cold air, of course, right there in the mountains. And we see this with tropical

cyclones all the time. It happened with Phailin a year ago when that storm hit India and eventually the moisture reached Nepal. So we've seen it

happen before.

We saw it in Australia that very same week, remember, when we had a storm that moved near Sydney but in the mountains it caused some very heavy

snowfall. And Superstorm Sandy, when it hit the U.S. in New York it cost very heavy rainfall along the coast, but in the mountains of Virginia you

got record setting snowfall. So this is not an unusual thing to happen when it comes to tropical cyclones.

Right now the weather clear, and you know one of the things that happens, Kristie, October is one of the most popular months for trekkers to

go into Nepal because the weather is absolutely -- well, almost all the time perfect. Last year, 6,000 trekkers were recorded to have gone into

the mountains of the Himalayas into central Nepal alone. Back to you.

LU STOUT: And this new disaster there in Nepal, it's a wakeup call for the government there and all the agencies involved. Mari Ramos there,

we thank you.

Now you're watching News Stream. Still to come on the program, here in Hong Kong protesters prepare to talk with the government after fresh

clashes with police over the weekend.

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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 Turkey says it will now grant safe passage to Iraqi Kurdish fighters who want to join the battle for Kobani. Now the Turkish foreign

minister says Peshmerga fighters from Iraq will be allowed to use Turkish territory to cross into Syria. Now Kurdish fighters already on the ground

there are battling ISIS militants for control of the town.

The World Health Organization has just declared Nigeria Ebola free, that means it has been 42 without any new confirmed cases. An airline

passenger brought the virus to Lagos in July. Eight people died.

Now officials in Dallas, Texas are ending monitoring the group of people who came into contact with Thomas Duncan. Now he was the Liberian

who died of Ebola at a hospital in Texas.

Now the group of 43 was monitored for symptoms twice a day for three weeks all remained without symptoms.

And, we know now when Britain's royal family is set to welcome a new addition. A message posted on Prince Charles' website says the Duke and

Duchess of Cambridge will welcome their second child in April next year.

Now Oscar Pistorius will soon learn his fate. It will happen tomorrow when court reconvenes in South Africa. A judge will sentence him for

culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Now CNN's Robyn Curnow sat down with the athlete's brother and sister a short time ago and she joins us live from Midrand in South Africa.

And Robyn, you spoke to the siblings of Oscar Pistorius a day before this critical decision will start to be read by the judge. What did they

tell you?

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we're actually in -- still on the property of one of Oscar Pistorius's family members.

And this is the first interview his sister Aimee has given since the shooting.

And they were quite emotional. They held each other's hands at some point in the interview. And it's very clear from their perspective

particularly that this is a journey that's not over enough though Oscar Pistorius will know what his sentence is on Tuesday. Take a listen to what

they told me just a little bit ago.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CURNOW: How does it play into his life and yours that this might not end with a sentencing, that there might be an appeal?

AIMEE PISTORIUS, SISTER OF OSCAR PISTORIUS: It's never going to be over. Something like this changes my brother's life, our lives and the

Steenkamps, their family, their friends. No one who has been close to the situation can just overcome this. And you know it's something my brother

will carry with him forever. And it's not regardless of what's happening now, it's just a certain faith in the journey, which will never end.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CURNOW: So, I also asked his sister Aimee, you know, how did she hear about the shooting? What went through her mind on Valentine's Day last

year? And she said to me the first thing that came into my mind was that it was a mistake, because I know my brother and I know his fears.

It was also important, I think, for Carl Pistorius and his sister essentially speaking on behalf of Oscar Pistorius, because it's not going

to be giving interviews to the media, saying that they really felt for the Steenkamps. It had been one of the most difficult things for them as a

family to be so close to the Steenkamps during this trial, because they said they lost their mother very young. So they understood the

heartwrenching anguish.

So, it's an interview, we'll give you more snippets of that interview throughout the day here on CNN. But just the sense of what the Pistorius

family is thinking ahead of this sentencing. And of course they say uppermost in their minds is also that this never ending journey that the

Steenkamps are also on.

LU STOUT: Robyn, this sentence, of course, is so difficult to predict, but what is the family bracing for? According to South African

law, what is -- if there is -- a typical sentence for culpable homicide?

CURNOW: No. And I think that's the key. And I think that's why there is this sense of not quite knowing where in the journey anyone is.

So, legally this is one phase that's over. But there is no mandatory or minimum sentence for culpable homicide. The judge has a lot of options

from community service to a number of years in prison. And it's really unclear. We all know that this judge has been very judicial about what

she's thinking throughout this trial. And she certainly hasn't given any hints as to whether she's going to give a harsh or a lenient sentence.

Now of course we chatted about it last week. Oscar Pistorius's defense team said based on his vulnerabilities, the fact that, you know,

he's a first-time offender he should get house arrest, that jail might be too dangerous for a man like him, you know, who is a double amputee.

On the other hand, a state says this is negligence bordering on intent. It's a very high level of negligence and he should pay with a

minimum of 10 years in prison.

So it's really unclear which way the judge is going to go. But as I suggested to these siblings, you know, even if she comes down with a

sentence either way I think there is an expectation by at least some legal analysts that the state might appeal not just the verdict, but there's also

the possibility of the sentence being appealed by either side, if either side feels it's either too harsh or too lenient.

So, I mean, I think there really is a sense that this is sort of over, but certainly not yet, at least in the term -- in terms of the legal

framework.

LU STOUT: So even after tomorrow, this could still be a long, drawn out legal process. Robyn Curnow reporting live from the Pistorius family

home in South Africa, thank you.

Now, tense standoffs and more promises of talks: Hong Kong's pro- democracy protests are entering their fourth week without any end in sight.

Clashes erupted between protesters and police in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district over the weekend. At least 200 people were injured.

And less than 24 hours later, Hong Kong's chief executive, he was on TV denouncing the pro-democracy movement. In an interview, CY Leung said

that the protests are being influenced by, quote, "external forces." But he stop short of naming any.

Now reacting to Leung's apparent accusation of foreign interference, the student protest leader Joshua Wong tweeted this, in translation, quote,

"my personal connection with foreign countries would be South Korean cell phone, U.S. computer, Japanese Gundam action figures, all of which were of

course made in China."

You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, well despite the standoff, the student protest leaders, they are set to hold talks with the

government on Tuesday. Let's get the latest from the streets here in Hong Kong. Paula Newton is standing by. She joins us live from Mong Kok. And

Paula, let's first talk about these talks. What is expected to come out of these negotiations due to take place on Tuesday?

PAULA NEWTON, CNN INTERNAITONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, one thing is clear on both sides, they're actually agreeing to something. They're

agreeing that neither has a huge set of expectations for what's going to happen tomorrow.

But Kristie, as you know from having been down here, this is one of the first times that the spotlight moves from the street and actually to a

negotiating table.

You know, even every detail of how these couple of hours are going to proceed has been negotiated to the finest minute point and what you hear

from many people is that they want their questions answered. Why can't we have universal suffrage? Why is this going on in Hong Kong today? And how

are the basic laws of Hong Kong being interpreted by Hong Kong's government?

You know, a person who has a huge role to play and really one of the toughest jobs is the chief mediator. I asked him directly, Kristie, what

are his expectations. Take a listen.

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LEONARD CHENG, PRESIDENT, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY: I'm not going to speculate at all about whether there will be a resolution. But I hope,

because part of the -- as part of the agreement, this is not the only dialogue that will take place. So that would be tomorrow would be the

first dialogue to be followed -- and I hope to be followed by future dialogue as we bring the two sides together.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

NEWTON: You know, what's so interesting here is that he said, look, this is the beginning of a dialogue. No one is expecting a huge

breakthrough.

And one of the reason, Kristie, as you well know is because protesters are feeling now that if they cede one inch of the pavement here, this kind

of area in Mong Kok where we are that has been blocked to traffic now, on Friday they thought it was all over with. It's not. They are here in

greater numbers, especially in the evenings. They cede even one inch of this pavement, protesters tell us that they feel as if it's some kind of a

defeat.

So it will be critical to come to some kind of understanding about how both sides can claim that they listen to each other and that they have come

to some kind of resolution. No one has given a very straight answer as to any possibility of what that resolution could be coming out of tomorrow's

talks -- Kristie.

LU STOUT; Yeah, reaching that mutual understanding, as you say, to critical. And yet both sides refuse to budge. We're going to keep a close

eye on these talks. Paula, thank you very much indeed for that update.

You're watching News Stream. We'll be back after the break. Stick around.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the Germany city of Dresden houses an architectural marvel, it's a factory made of glass. Some say it looks more like a museum or a concert

hall. But the venue actually plays host to an automobile assembly line for the German carmaker Volkswagen. Here's a look inside the transparent

factory.

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LU STOUT: It's a complex designed with aesthetics fully in mind. The open contoured space is surrounded by nearly 30,000 square meters of glass,

make this architectural marvel worthy of showcasing performers such as the New York Philharmonic.

But this dynamic facility in eastern Germany was created for a different performance, or more of a waltz between man and machine.

This is the Volkswagen transparent factory where high tech systems are combined with skilled craftsmanship to produce their luxury vehicle the

Phaeton.

It's a different approach to car making. And it's open for all to see.

OLIVER WINKES, HEAD OF SALES & MARKETING: The idea is behind the transparent factory to make really visible the production process of the

Phaeton.

It's really an orchestrated movement we've got here on the factory of people and machines, which is really fascinating, because due to the fact

that we have to produce a car on a very small ground, so we are producing it on two levels, everything is moving, the transporting systems are moving

and the workforce is moving together with the cars.

LU STOUT: The Phaeton is mostly handcrafted, but precision instruments and synchronous maneuvering help assure every meticulous detail

is done just right on these custom made vehicles.

A suspension lift system allows vehicles to float through the air and move into position so workers can access the areas that need attention.

Driverless transport sleds, controlled by a magnetic guidance system, deliver parts and equipment so technicians always have the right tool at

the right time.

The maple hardwood floors even rotate so everything and everyone remain in motion at all times.

But the climax of the performance is when the body, the engine and the chassis are joined. Precision is key during this process they call the

wedding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the wedding, 40 screws are in the process. And all come together, the chassis from below and the body from above, and in

one moment with 40 screw you must connect it.

LU STOUT: Volkswagen says about 21 vehicles are completed each day at the transparent factory. At night, it transforms to a venue for performing

arts. So whether it's precision craftsmanship or entertaining musical performances, the art of movement is always on display.

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LU STOUT: And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport is up next. And Amanda Davies, she speaks to the

head of the Russia 2018 World Cup about what it will take to win over the critics.

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AMANDA DAVIES, WORLD SPORT HOST: Hello, welcome along to World Sport live from London with me Amanda Davies.

With Brazil done and dusted, it's now time to turn attention to preparations for the next World Cup in Russia. FIFA inspectors have

expressed their satisfaction with what they've seen on the first tour of Russia's stadiums for the 2018 World Cup.

Inspection committee head Christian Unger told reporters that they are, quote, "happy with the results for the moment." The news comes as the

head of the tournament, Alexei Sorokin told me exclusively that Russia will go the extra mile to make sure their tournament is successful and that they

won't make the same mistakes as the Sochi Winter Olympics.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAVIES: Russia 2018 is the next World Cup following on from the tournament that's just been described as the best World Cup ever. How do

you approach the next few years?

ALEXEI SOROKIN, RUSSIA 2018 HEAD: We approach it by organizing the next best World Cup ever, which is exactly what we intend to do.

DAVIES: Can you exceed Brazil?

SOROKIN: It's not a question of exceeding someone, it's a question of organizing something unique, something with its own identity, something

which will remain in the memories of people for a very long time.

DAVIES: What do you think will make Russia stand out? What will be its selling point?

SOROKIN: The spirit of new changed Russia, possibly disseminating some -- or disbanding certain stereotypes, which might float around in

other societies. We would like to show a true open nation, a very hospitable nation.

DAVIES: The build-up, though, to Sochi and the negative headlines, the controversy, threatened to overshadow the events in reality. What do

you think they got wrong for that to be the case?

SOROKIN: I think they got many things wrong. There were many fears, which in the end did not turn into reality. And that's one of the good

things about Sochi, they've proven many statements, which preceded them wrong. Many of them we don't know where they came from, why -- what is the

reason why they appeared.

DAVIES: Can Russia ever really lose that? Can it ever beat that mistrust and the international view?

SOROKIN: We're prepared to walk that extra mile to make it successful, to make it comfortable for everyone. If we can persuade media

to take a closer look at that, there will be more trust to us.

DAVIES: There were a lot of question marks around Sochi around the treatment of workers and human rights issues. What are you doing to ensure

that those issues do not happen around the World Cup?

SOROKIN: We have appropriate laws and appropriate regulations in our country.

Secondly, we--

DAVIES: But they didn't work for Sochi.

SOROKIN: I cannot comment on that. What I can tell you about us is that the position of FIFA, with the position of our leaders are very firm.

Human rights are going to be respected. The World Cup is not a place for any discrimination and that involves human rights as well.

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DAVIES: Well, as the head of the Russian Tennis Federation begins his suspension for racist remarks towards the Williams Sisters, Serena is on

course in Singapore taking the opening set from Anna Ivanovic in their first match at the WTA finals.

Shamil Tarpischev was suspended for a year from his role as president of the RTF and fined $25,000 after referring to Serena and Venus on a

Russian talk show last week as the Williams brothers.

It was a comment that has been condemned as sexist and racist by the Women's Tennis Federation. Serena and her rival for the year and number

one ranking, Russia's Maria Sharapova.

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SERENA WILLIAMS, TENNIS PLAYER: I think the WTA did a really great job of taking initiative and immediately taking action to his comments. I

thought his comments were very insensitive. I thought they were extremely sexist as well as racist at the same time. And I thought they were in a

way bullying.

You know, I've done the best that I could do. And, you know, and that's all I can say. So I just wasn't very happy with his comments. And

I think a lot of people weren't happy as well. So -- but the WTA and the RTA, they did a wonderful job of, you know, making sure that you -- at this

day of age in 2014, it's someone with his power, it's really unacceptable to make such insensitive bullying remarks.

MARIA SHARAPOVA, TENNIS PLAYER: I think they were very disrespectful and uncalled for. And I'm glad that many people have stood up, including

the WTA. It was very inappropriate, especially in his position and all the responsibilities that he has not just in sport, but being part of the

Olympic Committee it was just really irresponsible on his side.

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DAVIES: Well, this isn't the first instance where the Williams sisters have been the target of controversial comments. In 2001, Martina

Hingis told TIME magazine that she thought there was positive discrimination towards them, stating that being black only helps them.

Neither Venus or Serena now play at the Indian Wells tournament because of what they felt was racist treatment they received after pulling

out of a doubles match back in 2001.

In March 2007, Serena was the victim of racist taunts from a spectator at the Sony Open while she played in the third round against Lucy Safarova.

The heckler was ejected from the grounds.

And in December 2012, Caroline Wozniacki came under fire for stuffing towels down her skirt during a Serena impersonation, but Serena did speak

out in defense of her friend, saying that that was a bit of fun.

Now, the recordbreaking run now for Peyton Manning in the NFL, that come next.

And baseball's World Series will be an extra special one for one fan of the Kansas City Royals. Stay with us.

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DAVIES: Move over Brett Favre, Peyton Manning has broken his NFL record for touchdown passes to help the Denver Broncos thrash the San

Francisco 49ers. Manning needed three touchdown passes to break the record. He got two of them out of the way after just a quarter. Peyton

gets number 509 with this strike to Demerius Thomas early in the second half.

It took Favre 302 games to reach 508 touchdown passes. Manning has set his new mark in just 246.

And after the score, Peyton's teammates play a little keep away with the ball.

After the Broncos' blowout win, Manning was as humble as always.

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PEYTON MANNING, NFL QUARTERBACK: I certainly think about how grateful I am for all the teammates and coaches that I've played with or played for

throughout my career not only here in Denver, in Indianapolis and all the people that have helped me along the way, but I've always been a fan of

quarterbacks, you know, whether it's Brett Favre, or Dan Marino, or John Elway. And so I'm very honored and humbled to join, you know, a pretty

unique club.

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DAVIES: Well, as you'd expect there's been plenty of congratulations heading Manning's way after the milestone. Brett Favre tweeted, "well

deserved Peyton. Congratulations on breaking my record."

LeBron James followed suit, "Congratz to the great Peyton Manning on breaking the all-time record."

And golfer Lee Westwood said, "Peyton Manning, very classy, very humble top pro."

Now it'll be a very special World Series for fans of the Kansas City Royals, one that many have been waiting for, for 29 years. But for one

young fan, it will have an extra special meaning. 6-year-old Noah Wilson will be undergoing chemotherapy for a rare form of cancer during game 1 on

Tuesday, but after a campaign by a neighbor to send him to the World Series, Noah and his family will now be attending Game 2 thanks to

donations from Stubhub and the MLB.

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SCOTT WILSON, NOAH'S FATHER: We don't know what to say. I mean, thank you just doesn't seem like it's enough. You know, so many people

have been supporting us not only, you know, the last 48 hours, but all along this journey.

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DAVIES: Well, wishing Noah all the best for his fight there.

Now that's it from this edition of World Sport. I'm Amanda Davies in London. See you for another update in just under two hour's time. World

Business Today with Maggie Lake in New York is next.

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