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"Airstrikes cannot solve this problem"

Reality Check: battling ISIS in Kobane; EU Commission hearings; North Korea; What did Hong Kong protests achieve?

EPA/Sertac Kayar

Protestors clashing with riot police during demonstrations against Islamic State in Diyarbakir, southeast of Turkey, on Tuesday. According to reports, at least 14 people have died in violent clashes across Turkey.

The Battle for Kobani

Syrian rights groups have called on the world to save Kobane, the Kurdish town in Syria close to the border with Turkey, from falling in to the hands of the Islamic State group. International Security analyst Paul Rogers discusses the challenges:

European Commission

The European Parliament has interviewed the candidates for the new EU executive, but is not happy with some of them, and it looks like Jean-Claude Juncker will have to come up with a Team B. Vanessa Mock reports from Brussels:

North Korea

Leader Kim Jong Un hasn’t been seen in public for over a month, and North Korean diplomats at the United Nations have been talking about the country’s labour camps. What does this bode for the future? We ask Rüdiger Frank, author of "Nordkorea: Innenansichten eines Totalen Staates:"

Kenya & ICC

Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta is appearing before the International Criminal Court, the first sitting head of state to do so. He faces crimes against humanity charges but is arguing for them to be dropped. Natalie Powell in The Hague has more:

Hong Kong

Pro-democracy protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week have dwindled to a few hundred. What happened? We ask China expert Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Vice-Rector of the University of Vienna: