TONIGHT ` HAS EBOLA MADE IT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO US? A WOMAN IN AUSTRALIA GETS TESTED FOR THE DEADLY VIRUS. A WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DATING APPS AFTER A NZ WOMAN IS ALLEGEDLY DATE RAPED. AND FORGET FRENCH AND ABANDON MANDARIN ` THE NEW LANGUAGE NZ KIDS SHOULD BE LEARNING. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE THREAT OF EBOLA APPEARS TO BE GETTING FRIGHTENINGLY CLOSE. AN AUSTRALIAN NURSE IS IN A NORTH QUEENSLAND HOSPITAL TONIGHT BEING TESTED FOR THE DEADLY VIRUS. EARLIER THIS WEEK SHE RETURNED FROM SIERRA LEONE, WHERE SHE WAS TREATING PATIENTS WITH EBOLA. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS THE LATEST. SUE ELLEN KOVACK, KITTED UP IN PROTECTIVE GEAR, WORKING IN SIERRA LEONE. TONIGHT SHE'S IN CAIRNS HOSPITAL IN AN ISOLATION ROOM, POSSIBLY AUSTRALIA'S FIRST EBOLA PATIENT. THE 57-YEAR-OLD RED CROSS NURSE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM WEST AFRICA. I AM TREATING IT AS IF IT WAS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKELY IT IS, BUT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THERE BECAUSE SHE HAS IN SIERRA LEONE, LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE SICK WITH EBOLA. SHE RETURNED FROM SIERRA LEONE ON THE WEEKEND AND FLEW HOME TO CAIRNS. ADHERING TO STRICT HEALTH PROTOCOLS, SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO HOME QUARANTINE. ONLY TODAY AT 1PM SHE REPORTED FEELING UNWELL. SHE WAS ADMITTED TO CAIRNS HOSPITAL WITH A LOW-GRADE FEVER. A SAMPLE OF HER BLOOD IS NOW BEING TESTED FOR EBOLA IN BRISBANE. THE RESULTS SHOULD BE KNOWN LATE TONIGHT. QUEENSLAND HEALTH SAYS THERE IS NO RISK TO OTHER PASSENGERS WHO TRAVELLED ON THE PLANE WITH MS KOVACK. SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY IN CAIRNS, AND SHE WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTO A SINGLE ISOLATION ROOM, SO THERE IS NO RISK TO ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN CAIRNS HOSPITAL. SHE POSTED THIS COMMENT ON HER FACEBOOK SITE TWO WEEKS AGO, 'HAVE TAKEN OUR FIRST BLOODS FROM OUR FIRST EBOLA SURVIVOR.' 'SCARY MOMENT, BUT IT WENT SMOOTHLY. 'A PIVOTAL MOMENT, FOR SURE, IN MY CAREER.' THE FIRST EBOLA CASE IN THE US, THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN, LOST HIS BATTLE WITH THE DISEASE, DYING OVERNIGHT. A SHERRIFF'S DEPUTY WHO SERVED A QUARANTINE ORDER AT DUNCAN'S APARTMENT IS NOW SHOWING SYMPTOMS AND HAS BEEN RACED TO HOSPITAL. WITH THE COUNTRY ON EDGE, HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ANNOUNCED NEW SCREENING MEASURES AT FIVE MAJOR AIRPORTS. ALL PASSENGERS FLYING IN FROM WEST AFRICA WILL NOW HAVE THEIR TEMPERATURES TAKEN. MEANWHILE THE SPANISH NURSE INFECTED WITH EBOLA SAYS SHE MAY HAVE REMEMBERED HOW SHE CAUGHT THE DEADLY VIRUS. TERESA ROMERO IS THE FIRST PERSON KNOWN TO HAVE CONTRACTED THE DISEASE OUTSIDE WEST AFRICA. SHE HAD HELPED TREAT TWO SPANISH MISSIONARIES WHO LATER DIED FROM EBOLA. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE ANALYSED WHAT SHE DID IN THE ROOM, AND THE PROCESS OF TAKING OFF THE PROTECTIVE SUIT. AND SHE TOLD ME THAT AT SOME POINT, SHE MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED HER FACE WITH HER GLOVE. THE 40-YEAR-OLD IS IN QUARANTINE IN A MADRID HOSPITAL, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE. AND HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE SAY THE RISK TO NZ REMAINS VERY LOW. HOWEVER, MORE BORDER SCREENINGS ARE IN PLACE, AND HOSPITALS AND CUSTOMS HAVE ALSO REVIEWED PRACTICES TO ENSURE THEY'RE PREPARED. AUSTRALIAN POLICE ARE TONIGHT STILL LOOKING FOR THE MEN ALLEGED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GANG RAPE OF A NZ WOMAN. SHE SAYS THE ATTACK CAME AFTER SHE HOOKED UP WITH A MAN SHE MET THROUGH A MOBILE DATING APP. AND AS DANIEL FAITAUA EXPLAINS, THAT'S GOT THE AUTHORITIES URGING USERS TO THINK SAFE. MIXING BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE IN SYDNEY AND GETTING THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. A NZ WOMAN NEVER IMAGINED THE DATE SHE'D ORGANISED THROUGH THE MOBILE DATING APP TINDER WOULD END IN TERROR. AS WE EXPECT, THE VICTIM IS STRUGGLING, IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR HER, A DIFFICULT INCIDENT, THE WHOLE MATTER. POLICE SAY THE 28-YEAR-OLD MET THE MAN AT THIS KINGS CROSS RESTAURANT BEFORE GOING WITH HIM TO ANOTHER BAR, WHERE SEVERAL OF THE MAN'S FRIENDS WERE ALSO PRESENT. IT'S ALLEGED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT THE WOMAN FELT DISORIENTATED. SHE CLAIMS SHE FOUND HERSELF AT A PROPERTY SHE WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH, AND IT WAS THERE SHE WAS GANG-RAPED. THE VICTIM, AS I INDICATED, WAS FEELING VERY VERY DIZZY AND NUMB AND NOT AWARE OF HER SURROUNDINGS. WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE THERE WAS AT LEAST THREE MEN INVOLVED. HER CASE PROMPTED FRESH WARNINGS FROM POLICE ABOUT THE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING DATING TOOLS, AND NOT JUST WHEN YOU'RE IN AUSTRALIA. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS HERE TOO. AUCKLAND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER TWO WOMEN SAY THEIR TINDER DATES ENDED IN RAPE. UPBEAT POP MUSIC ALL IT TAKES IS JUST A SWIPE, AND THE PHONE APP STRIKES UP MILLIONS OF MATCHES A DAY, LINKING PEOPLE TO OTHERS WITHIN A SET DISTANCE. BOTH USERS HAVE TO 'LIKE' EACH OTHERS PROFILES BEFORE ANY INTERACTION TAKES PLACE. BUT THOSE IN THE KNOW WARN THERE IS A DARK SIDE TO THE QUICK-FIRE DATING APP. PEOPLE CAN PUT UP PROFILES THAT ARE FAKE AND POTENTIALLY TO LURE YOU INTO A MEETING THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH. SOMETHING SAVANNAH HARLEY FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY. MAYBE JUST BE AWARE THAT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T JUST ON THERE FOR FUN. MAYBE THEY HAVE HIDDEN AGENDAS THAT AREN'T SO NICE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN MEETING WITH SOMEONE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN PERSON THAT YOU'VE ONLY EVER COMMUNICATED WITH ONLINE. THE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY RAPED ON SATURDAY NIGHT IS NOW BACK IN NZ BEING SUPPORTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. BACK HERE, ONE OF TWO ARMY CORPORALS FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES HAS GIVEN EVIDENCE IN THE HIGH COURT IN WHANGANUI. MICHAEL ISSAC GALVIN AND KEITH WILLIAMS COOK HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SIX CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AND SEXUAL VIOLATION AFTER AN ALLEGED INCIDENT AT WAIOURU MILITARY BASE TWO YEARS AGO. GALVIN TOLD THE COURT THAT AFTER AN OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATION, THEY ASKED THE ALLEGED VICTIM FOR SEX, AND SHE SAID 'MAYBE' BEFORE GETTING INTO A UNIMOG TRUCK WITH THEM. SHE SAID IN EVIDENCE THAT SHE DIDN'T CONSENT TO THAT. WHAT DO YOU SAY? SHE NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO SAY` SHE NEVER SAID NO. THE CROWN ARGUES CONSENT WAS NEVER GIVEN. THE WOMAN'S PARTNER, WHO SAYS THEY WEREN'T IN A RELATIONSHIP AT THE TIME, TOLD THE COURT SHE CALLED HIM SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, CRYING AND HYPERVENTILATING. IT LOOKS LIKE THE RACE FOR THE LABOUR PARTY LEADERSHIP COULD BE ABOUT TO GET INTERESTING. FORMER UNION BOSS ANDREW LITTLE HAS PUT HIS HAND UP, JOINING DAVID CUNLIFFE AND GRANT ROBERTSON. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE DETAILS. ANDREW LITTLE'S STEPPING UP AND HOPING HE'S GOT ENOUGH FRIENDS IN LABOUR TO WIN THE LEADERSHIP. I THINK I'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUPPORT AMONGST THE PARTY MEMBERSHIP, AMONGST THE AFFILIATES, AMONGST THE CAUCUS. THAT MAKES IT VIABLE FOR ME TO PUT MY NAME FORWARD. HE'S SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO UNITE A DIVIDED LABOUR PARTY. WE OPERATED AS 34 INDIVIDUALS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO OPERATE AS 32 INDIVIDUALS THIS TERM. MR LITTLE'S ALSO LOOKING AT CHANGING POLICIES AND REDUCING THE NUMBER. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES FOR AFRICA. POLICIES THAT COULD BE GONE UNDER HIM? NO RAISING THE AGE FOR SUPERANNUATION. NO CAPITAL GAINS TAX. AND NO STATE-CONTROLLED POWER PRICING. I THINK IT'S A BIT OF A CLEAN BREAK. ANDREW LITTLE COULD BE THE CANDIDATE THAT COMES THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND WINS THIS RACE. HE FACES SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES. HIS UNION BACKGROUND WILL PUT SOME PEOPLE OFF, AND HE'S ONLY A LIST MP. HIS FAILURE TO WIN AN ELECTORATE RAISES SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE'S THE MAN TO TAKE ON JOHN KEY. I THINK A LIST MP, WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELECTORATE WORK AND CONSTITUENCY WORK, IS FREED UP A LITTLE MORE. THE FORMER UNION BOSS' OTHER CHALLENGE IS GETTING THE VOTES NOT JUST FROM THE CAUCUS BUT FROM THE WIDER PARTY. ANDREW'S GOT A BACKGROUND IN THE UNION MOVEMENT, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SUPPORTERS FOR HIM THERE, BUT THIS IS A CONTEST ACROSS THE UNIONS, THE PARTY AND THE MPS. IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING SUPPORT RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PARTY. FORMER LEADER DAVID SHEARER AND ACTING LEADER DAVID PARKER ARE ALSO STILL POTENTIAL CONTENDERS. NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON TUESDAY. THE CANDIDATES THEN START NATIONWIDE MEETINGS THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY. AND THE NEW LEADER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH. ANDREW LITTLE, THOUGH, IS HOPING HE WINS ENOUGH LOYALTY FROM A PARTY DOGGED BY DIVISIONS. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. A RECOUNT OF VOTES IN TE TAI TOKERAU HAS BOOSTED THE MAJORITY FOR LABOUR'S ELECTION-NIGHT WINNER KELVIN DAVIS BY FOUR VOTES. HIS NEAREST RIVAL, MANA'S HONE HARAWIRA, ASKED FOR THE RECOUNT. THE SON OF A NZ CHURCH LEADER HAS DESCRIBED HOW HE DREADED CONFRONTING HIS FATHER OVER ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE. PASTOR BRIAN HOUSTON, HEAD OF THE HILLSONG CHURCH, HAS TOLD AN AUSTRALIAN ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE ABUSE HE'D CRIED WHEN HE FIRST HEARD THE CLAIMS. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN EXPLAINS. EVERY WEEKEND IN HIS CHURCH FULL OF FOLLOWERS, HE PREACHES TO THE CONVERTED. # YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME A QUEEN. # BUT TODAY BRIAN HOUSTON FACED A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE. ...SHALL BE THE TRUTH. SWEARING TO TELL THE TRUTH TO A ROYAL COMMISSION ABOUT THE DARKEST OF SECRETS, WHEN HE LEARNED THAT HIS LATE FATHER, PASTOR FRANK HOUSTON, WAS A PAEDOPHILE. I CRIED, WENT HOME, AND I WAS DEVASTATED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I WAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED. THIS WAS 1998, AND TODAY, TURNING BACK TIME, BRIAN HOUSTON SENSED THAT HIS FATHER KNEW THAT HIS EVIL PAST WAS ABOUT TO BE EXPOSED. FRANK WAS DODGING AND WEAVING AND WAS A DESPERATE MAN TREADING WATER. HE TOLD THE COMMISSION THE VICTIM, WHO WAS AGED IN HIS 30S, DIDN'T WANT TO INVOLVE THE POLICE; INSTEAD HE WAS PAID $10,000. FOR HIS SINS, FRANK HOUSTON WAS SUSPENDED FROM PREACHING FOR 12 MONTHS. FORMER CHURCH ELDER KEITH AINGE TOLD THE COMMISSION THEIR OWN RULES STATED HE SHOULD'VE BEEN SACKED. SOME 15 YEARS ON, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED WAS NOT TOTALLY CORRECT. IN THAT, UM, IT SHOULD'VE BEEN OBVIOUS THAT HE SHOULD NEVER RECEIVE HIS CREDENTIAL. FRANK HOUSTON EVENTUALLY RESIGNED AND DIED IN 2004. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CHURCH DID PROTECT HIM AT ALL FROM NOT GOING TO JAIL. I FEEL LIKE THE CHURCH KEPT THE DOORS OPEN FOR ANY VICTIM. AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH, BRIAN HOUSTON PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN DEALING WITH THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIS FATHER. TODAY HE DENIED THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. DESPITE MORE THAN A 120 CASES OF A SERIOUS STOMACH BUG BEING CONFIRMED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ILLNESS IS STILL A MYSTERY. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SAYS ITS BEEN INTERVIEWING PEOPLE WHO'VE CAUGHT YERSINIA PSEUDO-TUBERCULOSIS ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE EATEN TO TRY AND FIND THE SOURCE. IT SEEMS TO TARGET THE WEAK PARTS OF YOUR BODY. SO I HAD A VERY SORE BACK, WRIST AND ANKLE, AND I JUST COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED FOR THE SECOND WEEK AT ALL. OFFICIALS HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THERE'S ANOTHER 18 SUSPECTED CASES OF BUG. AUCKLANDERS ARE BEING ASSURED THE USE OF 1080 DROPS IN THE HUNUA RANGES WILL POSE NO DANGER TO THEIR WATER SUPPLY. TWO-THIRDS OF AUCKLAND'S DRINKING WATER COMES FROM RESERVOIRS THERE. TODAY COUNCILLORS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF USING THE CONTROVERSIAL POISON TO COMBAT RAMPANT PEST NUMBERS. IF WE HADN'T TAKEN SOME RESOLUTE ACTION TODAY, THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE JUST MANIFEST ITSELF INTO A HORRIBLE SITUATION OUT THERE, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THE FAUNA AND FLORA WOULD HAVE TAKEN A REAL BIG HIT. COUNCILLORS HEARD FROM SCIENTISTS WHO SAID THE USE OF 1080 WOULD ALLOW NATIVE BIRDS TO FLOURISH. THE PESTICIDE WILL BE DUMPED FROM HELICOPTERS NEXT WINTER. AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN WHO WAS LOST IN THE BUSH IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND FOR 17 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER HAS COME OUT ALIVE. SHANNON FRASER WENT MISSING ON SEPTEMBER 21 AFTER GOING TO A SWIMMING SPOT WITH HER BROTHER AND PARTNER. ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA, SHE STUMBLED BACK OUT OF THE BUSH EARLIER TODAY. SHE SAID BECAUSE SHE WAS THAT EXHAUSTED, SHE COULDN'T WALK, AND SHE JUST FELT LIKE GIVING UP, BUT SHE STAYED STRONG AND MADE IT OUT. HE SAYS HIS SISTER SURVIVED ON CREEK WATER, SMALL FISH AND INSECTS. THE MOTHER OF THREE IS NOW IN HOSPITAL BEING TREATED FOR INFECTED CUTS AND SEVERE SUNBURN. LATIN IS OFTEN CALLED 'THE DEAD LANGUAGE', BUT AT THE OTHER END OF THE COMMUNICATION SPECTRUM, A NEW CLUB WAS LAUNCHED TONIGHT. IT DOESN'T ADVOCATE FRENCH, MANDARIN OR SPANISH; IT'S ALL ABOUT PROMOTING CODE ` THE LANGUAGE OF COMPUTERS. DANIELLE STANBURY HAS MORE. FORGET SPANISH OR MANDARIN, CODING IS THE LANGUAGE OF COMPUTERS, AND THESE KIDS ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO BEING FLUENT. WE'RE SEEING 9-, 10-, 11-YEAR-OLDS KEEN TO LEARN THE BASICS OF HOW TO BUILD THE WEB, HOW TO BUILD WEB APPLICATIONS, HOW TO BUILD MOBILE APPS. IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING DO IT. THIS BASIC PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY WILL LOOK COMPLETELY FOREIGN TO MANY OF US. BUT CODE CLUB AOTEAROA IS DETERMINED THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIWIS WILL BE WORLD LEADERS IN I.T. SO IT'S OFFERING FREE CLASSES TO KIDS AROUND THE COUNTRY KEEN TO GET CODING. IT REALLY IS JUST USING YOUR CREATIVITY, WITH A BASE KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMMING, TO CREATE A SOLUTION THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM. WELL, WE'VE ALL GOT PLENTY OF THOSE, AND THIS ROOM OF DIGITAL NATIVES MAY HOLD SOME OF THE ANSWERS. WE'VE GOT A GROUP OF KIDS IN CHRISTCHURCH CURRENTLY BUILDING AN APPLICATION SO A BLIND PERSON CAN GO IN AND GRAB THEIR JAR OF JAM, BUMP IT AGAINST THE BARCODE, AND THEIR SOFTWARE TELLS THEM IT'S THE JAM, NOT THE MUSTARD. SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH. IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THEN IT KIND OF GETS FUN TRYING TO TEST IT OUT. AND LET'S BE HONEST, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET THEM A LOT FURTHER THAN BEING ABLE TO COUNT TO 10 IN LATIN. IF THEY CAN BUILD SMALL DIGITAL THINGS TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOB QUICKER OR TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR THE COMPANY, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE AN ASSET. YOU GET SUCH A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT, EVEN IF YOU DON'T END UP DOING IT AS A JOB. YOU KNOW, COMPUTERS ARE EVERYWHERE. WITH THEIR LIMITLESS IMAGINATIONS AND NEW-FOUND KNOW-HOW, THESE KIDS COULD BE UNLEASHING INVENTIONS ON THE WORLD IN NO TIME. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. AUSTRALIA ADDS ITS FIRE POWER TO THE BATTLE AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS. ALSO, THE NEW LIGHT IMAGES MADE 40,000 YEARS AGO SHED ON HUMAN CREATIVITY. AND... ...GOING DOWN ` THE DRAMATIC VIDEO OF A FERRY'S FINAL MOMENTS. AUSTRALIAN WAR JETS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR FIRST STRIKE AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS IN IRAQ, DROPPING TWO BOMBS ON AN ISIS FACILITY IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY. THE MILITARY IS KEEPING ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE MISSION UNDER WRAPS, SO IT'S NOT YET KNOWN IF THE ATTACK WAS SUCCESSFUL OR INDEED IF THERE WERE ANY FATALITIES. MEANWHILE, THE US HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ITS MILITARY POWER ALONE WON'T DEFEAT ISIS, AS THE INSURGENTS PUSH CLOSER TO THE SYRIA-TURKEY BORDER, DESPITE COALITION AIR STRIKES. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC. THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF WAR... EXPLOSIONS ...AS AMERICAN WAR PLANE STRIKE ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS. IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING, BUT ONLY JUST, AS MILITANT FIGHTERS ARE PUSHED BACK TO THE EDGE OF THE STRATEGIC BORDER TOWN. BUT IS HAS A BIGGER ARMY AND BETTER WEAPONS, SEIZED FROM IRAQI MILITARY BASES. SO THE FEELING IS IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE LAST KURDISH FIGHTERS, THE DEFENDERS OF THE CITY, ARE KILLED OR DRIVEN OUT. WE ALL NEED TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE REALITY THAT OTHER TOWN AND VILLAGES, AND PERHAPS KOBANE, WILL BE TAKEN BY SIL. IF AS EXPECTED, THE ISLAMIC STATE EVENTUALLY TAKES KOBANE, IT WILL HAVE CONTROL WITH SYRIA'S BORDER WITH TURKEY. SO TALKS HAVE TURNED TO ESTABLISH A MILITARY BUFFER ZONE TO PROTECT TURKEY AND THE REST OF THE REGION. WE'RE TRYING TO DEPRIVE THE ISIL OF THE OVERALL ABILITY TO WAGE THIS, NOT JUST IN KOBANE BUT THROUGHOUT SYRIA AND INTO IRAQ. THE US HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS SLOW RESPONSE TO KOBANE, BUT SO HAS TURKEY. ITS ARMY HAS MASSED AT THE BORDER, BUT HISTORIC TENSIONS IN THE REGION HAVE MEANT THE SOLDIERS AND TANKS HAVE STAYED PUT. SO PROTESTS HAVE IGNITED AROUND THE WORLD IN SUPPORT OF KURDISH PESHMERGA FIGHTERS WHO ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE, BUT FOR HOW LONG? IT SEEMS ALL THOSE SUPERSIZED MEALS ARE HAVING AN EFFECT, ESPECIALLY IN AUSTRALIA. THERE THE RATE OF OBESITY IS CLIMBING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS, SO IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SEVEN NEW AMBULANCES ARE HITTING THE ROAD ` IN SUPERSIZED FORM. THE VEHICLES WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY PATIENTS WEIGHING UP TO 300KG. AND WITH OBESITY RATES IN SYDNEY'S WEST AND SOUTH-WEST CLIMBING FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, THERE'S ALREADY PLANS FOR MORE AMBULANCES TO JOIN THE FLEET. PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS DISCOVERED IN INDONESIA ARE SET TO CHALLENGE THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF ART. RESEARCHERS SAY THE ROCK PAINTINGS, FOUND IN TWO REMOTE AREAS ON THE ISLAND OF SULAWESI, ARE UP TO 40,000 YEARS OLD, SOME OF THE EARLIEST EVER FOUND. THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST EARLIEST PAINTINGS EVER DISCOVERED. THE FACT THAT THEY WERE FOUND IN INDONESIA THROWS THE LONG-HELD BELIEF THAT HUMAN ART BEGAN IN EUROPE ON ITS HEAD. THE SULAWESI ART, WHICH IS AS COMPLEX AS THE EUROPEAN ART AND AS OLD AS THE EUROPEAN ART, SHOWS US THAT THAT ART WAS THERE IN MODERN HUMANS AS THEY SPREAD MORE THAN 40,000 YEARS AGO. SCIENTISTS WILL NOW HAVE TO RETHINK WHEN AND WHERE HUMAN ART FIRST EMERGED. A FERRY IN DENMARK HAS MET A WATERY END AFTER IT WAS DELIBERATELY SUNK. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WATCHED THE TRAIN FERRY GO UNDER. THE 55M-LONG BOAT WAS LOADED WITH SAND SO IT WOULD REMAIN UPRIGHT ON THE SEA FLOOR. THE WRECK WILL CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL REEF TO ATTRACT FISH AND DIVERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WALLABIES STAR BACK KURTLEY BEALE IS FACING A NEW INVESTIGATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION. THE 25-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF DISTRIBUTING HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE AND DEEPLY OFFENSIVE TEXT MESSAGES TO AN ARU STAFF MEMBER. BEALE HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN FROM THE WALLABIES UNTIL AFTER A CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WERE SHARED WITH MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT, NOT CLEAR WHO, HOWEVER IT WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT TO THE EMPLOYEE CONCERNED. BEALE WAS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR AN ALTERCATION WITH THE WALLABIES BUSINESS MANAGER. ROGER FEDERER DESCRIBES IT AS THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN HIS TENNIS CAREER, AFTER SURVIVING A THRILLER IN SHANGHAI. FEDERER SAVED FIVE MATCH POINTS AGAINST ARGENTINE PLAYER LEONARDO MAYER IN THEIR SECOND-ROUND MATCH AND RESORTED TO A LOB TO FINALLY TO WIN THE THIRD SET TIEBREAKER 9-7. RELIEF AT LAST FOR THE 33-YEAR-OLD, WHILE MAYER LOOKED ON THE VERGE OF TEARS. MUCH MORE PAINFUL WAS SECOND-SEED RAFAEL NADAL'S EXIT. HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH APPENDICITIS BUT IS DELAYING SURGERY UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. PERHAPS HE SHOULD BRING IT FORWARD AFTER GOING DOWN TO FELLOW SPANIARD FELICIANO LOPEZ. JUST AHEAD ` I'LL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW'S WEATHER. AND THIS POPULAR SALTY SPREAD GETS A MAKEOVER. SO HOW WILL PUNTERS TAKE TO THE HEALTHIER VERSION? WE TAKE IT FOR A TASTE TEST. VEGEMITE ` YOU EITHER LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT. BUT PUT ASIDE YOUR FEELINGS FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE THE SALTY SPREAD IS GETTING A MAKE OVER AND BECOMING LESS SALTY, SO DOES IT MAKE IT BETTER? CHANNEL NINE'S EMILY RICE WITH THE REACTION. IS THE REDUCED-SALT VERSION OF VEGEMITE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD? IT TASTES THE SAME. (LAUGHS) TASTES THE SAME. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT... IT TASTES LIKE CHINESE MEDICINE. MMM. VERY GOOD. AFTER TWO YEARS OF TINKERING, THE MAKERS OF THE 91-YEAR-OLD YEASTY CONDIMENT HAVE RELEASED A HEALTHIER VERSION, WITH 25% LESS SALT. THE ORIGINAL VEGEMITE IS UNCHANGED. WE'RE LAUNCHING THIS PRODUCT IN RESPONSE TO CONSUMERS WHO ASKED FOR A PRODUCT THAT TASTES SIMILAR TO VEGEMITE, WITH LESS SALT. THE ORIGINAL VEGEMITE, IN A JAR AROUND THIS SIZE, HAS ABOUT 4 TEASPOONS OF SALT. THAT'S COMPARED TO THE NEW REDUCED SODIUM VERSION, WHICH HAS ALMOST 1� TEASPOONS LESS. THE HEART FOUNDATION WELCOMES THE MODIFICATIONS, BUT WARNS JUST ONE SLICE OF TOAST WITH THE NEW SPREAD STILL ACCOUNTS FOR HALF A TODDLER'S DAILY SODIUM INTAKE. EVEN THOUGH WE APPLAUD THE SHIFT TO REDUCING THE SALT, IT STILL IS, ESSENTIALLY, A HIGH-SALT PRODUCT. FOOD TECHNOLOGIST DR CYRIL CALLISTER INVENTED THE AUSSIE STAPLE IN THE 1920S, BUT HIS GRANDSON ISN'T SURE HIS FOREBEARER WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE RECIPE CHANGE. I THINK HE'D BE PLEASED THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT I THINK, IN ALL HONESTY, I MEAN, YOU DON'T MUCK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S TRIED AND TRUE AND WE ALL LOVE IT. FOUR YEARS AGO, A CHEESY BLEND BRANDED iSNACK 2.0 WAS PULLED FROM THE SHELVES AFTER A CONSUMER BACKLASH. VEGEMITE WORKER LAURIE JENKINS HELPS MANUFACTURE THE NEW VEGEMITE VARIETY, BUT HE IS STICKING TO THE ORIGINAL. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. AND IF YOU DON'T, IT'S RIGHT HERE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND INGRID LAUDER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014