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IS hostage "reports" from Kobane

Reality Check: Syria / ISIS latest; Mare Nostrum; Ebola & quarantine; Hungary Internet tax; Daniel Sloss

Syria

The attention of the world has been focused recently on the actions of IS and the city of Kobane on the Syrian/Turkish border. But what’s been happening in the rest of Syria - which has been in a state of civil war for over three years now?

APA/EPA/FURQAN MEDIA / HANDOUT

John Cantlie - IS hostage

Mare Nostrum

Mare Nostrum, the search and rescue operation being carried out by Italy to find migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, is to end this month and be replaced by operation Triton which many fear will concentrate much more on defending Europe’s borders and lead to more refugees perishing at sea.

Ebola: Quarantine for health workers

An overreaction, a necessary evil or political maneuvering ahead of important mid-term elections: Some States in the USA are imposing a mandatory 21 day quarantine on asymptomatic health workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is concerned about the development.

Hungary internet tax

Hungary looks set to be the first country in the world to impose a tax on internet data transfers; a move which had brought the country’s youth onto the streets in protest.

EPA/JANOS MARJAI HUNGARY OUT

Thousands of demonstrators light up their mobile phones as they protest against an internet tax planned to be introduced by the Hungarian government

Daniel Sloss

He’s just 24 years old, insults pretty much everybody and is a star in what he calls "the world’s greatest job" - stand-up comedy. Daniel Sloss was in Vienna and spoke to Reality Check.

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