News Wrap: Kerry seeks Turkish support against Islamic State

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The Obama administration faced growing questions today about the coalition it's trying to build against Islamic State militants.

  Secretary of state John Kerry met with Turkish leaders in Ankara, hoping to win their support. Later, he said the roles of Turkey and other potential allies have yet to be determined.

  JOHN KERRY, Secretary of State: It is entirely premature and, frankly, inappropriate at this point in time to start laying out one country by one country what individual nations are going to do. More than 40 countries had already offered assistance of one kind or another before I left Washington.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande was in Iraq meeting with the new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi. Afterward, Abadi said France agreed to join in airstrikes against Islamic State fighters.

  Secretary Kerry also announced nearly $500 million in humanitarian aid today for Syrian refugees and the countries where they have fled. Some three million Syrians have taken refuge in neighboring states. More than twice that many remain inside Syria.

  The World Health Organization has issued an urgent new appeal for health workers to fight Ebola in West Africa. The agency announced today that the death toll in the outbreak has now topped 2,400, out of nearly 48 hundred cases. Cuba, meanwhile, announced plans to send 165 health specialists to Sierra Leone to help in the effort.

  The United States and the European Union both formally imposed new economic sanctions on Russia today for fomenting unrest in Ukraine. The U.S. measures target Russia's largest bank, plus energy and defense companies. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian state TV that the moves could jeopardize the cease-fire in Ukraine.

• SERGEI LAVROV, Russian Foreign Minister (through interpreter):

  There was already commentary. And our position is that making this type of decision at the very moment when the peace process is gaining stability, it means choosing the path of disrupting the peace process. We're going to respond calmly, adequately and, most of all, from a need to protect our interests.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The Kremlin said later that it will issue its own retaliatory measures.

  In South Africa, double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide, akin to manslaughter, in the shooting death of his girlfriend. The judge acquitted him of murder charges. Afterward, police and bodyguards led Pistorius through a mob of television cameras and supporters. He could get as many as 15 years in prison.

  The embattled mayor of Toronto, Canada, Rob Ford, has dropped his run for reelection, after discovering he has an abdominal tumor. Ford had previously insisted he'd stay in the race, despite drug and alcohol scandals. In a statement today, he said he will run for a seat on the city council instead. His brother, who now holds a council seat, will run for mayor in his place.

  The fiery longtime leader of Northern Ireland's Protestants, the Reverend Ian Paisley, died today. For decades, he rejected compromise with Catholics, and demanded the defeat of the Irish Republican Army. After the IRA disarmed, Paisley stunned the world in 2007 by forming a unity government. The Reverend Ian Paisley was 88 years old.

  Deportations of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. have fallen 20 percent this fiscal year to the lowest level since 2007. The Associated Press reported today it's partly because Border Patrol agents have been swamped by a surge of Central American children crossing into the country. President Obama has postponed any official immigration policy changes until after the midterm elections.

  On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 61 points to close at 16,987. The Nasdaq fell 24 points to close at 4,567. And the S&P 500 slipped nearly 12 points to finish at 1,985. For the week, the Dow and the S&P lost about 1 percent. The Nasdaq fell a fraction of a percent.