1. A stepped up of Ebola program that checks temperature of travellers arriving from West Africa, is starting in New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. Over the next week, screenings will expand to Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles, Chicago O’Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.

 

2. With fierce fighting ongoing between Kurdish militiamen and Islamic State militants in the Syrian town of Kobani. Turkish armed forces continued to take up positions on their side of the border. The battle for Kobani is still raging despite more than 2 weeks airstrikes by the US led coalition. 

 

3. Japan was bracing for destructive winds and huge waves as a powerful typhoon moved towards its southern island of Okinawa. Flights have been cancelled and ground transportation has also been halted in the area.

 

4. More than 1,000 people gathered for a 2nd day of organized rallies to protest Michael Brown’s death and other fatal police shootings in the St, Louise area. The 4-day event called Ferguson October began Friday afternoon with a march outside the St, Louise County prosecutor’s office.