News Wrap: Hong Kong protesters boo Chinese flag on National Day

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• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  In other news of this day, Texas officials announced more than a dozen people, including children, could have had contact with an Ebola patient now hospitalized in Dallas.

  The man contracted the disease in Liberia, but wasn't diagnosed until after he arrived in Texas on September 20. We will have a full report and talk to the head of the Centers for Disease Control in just a moment.

  But, first, today's other headlines.

  The Ebola news helped fuel a sell-off on Wall Street. Airline stocks were hit hard over fears that people will be worried about flying. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 238 points to close at 16,804; the Nasdaq fell 71 points to close at 4,422; and the S&P 500 slipped 26 to 1,946.

  Twin car bombings in Syria struck near an elementary school in the city of Homs today, killing at least 32 people. Officials said at least 10 children died in the first blast, when school was letting out. The second bomb exploded as parents frantically searched for their sons and daughters. To the north, activists reported Islamic State militants beheaded nine Kurdish fighters captured near Kobani. The victims included three women.

  A car bomb in Baghdad today killed 15 Iraqis and wounded 40 more. It was the latest in a continuing surge of violence that left more than 1,100 people dead in September alone. The United Nations reported that number today. It doesn't include killings in areas held by Islamic State fighters.

  A nearly month-old cease-fire in Ukraine did little to stop the fighting in Donetsk today. Rebel forces closed in on the city airport and, a few miles away, at least 10 people died when shells struck a minibus and nearby school. No children were killed, but glass lay everywhere after the attack as students and adults emerged from basement shelters. Each side blamed the other for the attacks.

  Crowds of protesters are still building in Hong Kong, with leaders now threatening to storm government buildings. That came today as China marked its National Day.

  Lucy Watson of Independent Television News is in Hong Kong.

• LUCY WATSON:

  Their Hong Kong, their protest, and their vision for democracy, which continue to surge through this city. And these are the faces of this uprising, young outnumbering the old, their commitment to this campaign spanning night and day, on the day that celebrated the founding of communist China.

  The flag-raising, Hong Kong's protesters jeered at. And their cause fascinates, but baffles mainland Chinese tourists, but inspires others.

  Kenny Woo traveled here just to support it, but doubts its success.

  "It's difficult to succeed when faced with the Communist Party," he says. "Mainland Chinese wouldn't do this. They're too scared to tell the truth and protest" — unlike here, where unity has become power and so many want to be involved. And, tonight, those numbers strengthened; 150.,000 people have turned out today, all believing a compromise is possible.

  And it's a tactical move to keep these demonstrators peaceful. Yes, it makes Beijing uneasy. But if China wants to be considered a real global superpower, how can it possibly respond to polite protest with extreme violence while the world watches?

  Lee Jaw Ren is a chief organizer and a man with a clear agenda.

• LEE JAW REN, Protester Organizer:

  We may escalate our action to try to, you could say, occupy more places.

• LUCY WATSON:

  So this campaign has direction, a new wave of actions planned, as resolve hardens.

• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  In Washington, the visiting Chinese foreign minister said what happens in Hong Kong is China's business and no one else's. He warned, all countries should respect China's sovereignty.

  The death toll rose again today in Japan's volcano eruption. It's now 47. Military rescuers used helicopters today to recover more bodies near the peak of Mount Ontake. They found victims buried in ash and caught between boulders. The volcano erupted in ash and smoke on Saturday, with no warning.

  Back in this country, a federal appeals court blocked parts of North Carolina's new voting law, saying it is likely to disenfranchise black voters. The Republican-backed law eliminated same-day voter registration during early voting. It also banned any ballot cast outside an assigned precinct. Republicans said they will appeal the ruling.

  Today marked one year since the launch of President Obama's online health insurance marketplace. Healthcare.gov at first received a mountain of criticism from Congress and the public for glitches and long wait times. But, as of August, 7.3 million people were enrolled for coverage. The next open enrollment starts next month.