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Why isn't Turkey doing more?

Reality Check: Kurds demand help in fight against ISIS; Ebola case in Spain; The Greens; Egypt-Turkey; Iran Supreme Leader succession.

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Kurdish demand for support

Kurds have staged protests in Vienna and other cities across Austria and Europe, as well as in Turkey to draw attention to the situation in the Syrian town of Kobani. We asked Cengiz Günay from the Austrian Institute for International Politics why Turkey isn’t doing more to help:

Egypt, Turkey & ISIS

Egyptian journalist Abdel-Rahman Hussein provides some insight into the relationship between Egypt and Turkey, who are currently embroiled in a diplomatic war of words but agree in their stance on ISIS:

Ebola in Europe

A nurse in Spain has come down with the disease - the first time the virus has been transmitted from one person to another outside West Africa during the current outbreak. Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid reports:

Governing Greens

The signing of a deal between the ÖVP and the Greens to form a government in Vorarlberg marks the sixth state with Green participation in government. Political commentator Anneliese Rohrer on the wider national implications:

Iran after Khamenei

Images of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appearing frail and in bed have raised questions about the seriousness of his condition, and who might eventually succeed him. But just how is the Supreme Leader chosen and how easy or difficult would the transition be? Ali Ansari from the University of St. Andrews: