the med and aegean sea, sofia may get in on some snow. look at bucharest right now at 2. and kiev sitting at 0. a little bit milder to the west, but not all that much. we are certainly well into fall. let's update you on tropical cyclone here in the arabian sea. here's oman. it will peak over water. so that is the good news. the bad news is that it will eventually land across karachi here about friday morning. the winds will not be 140 by then. it will continue to weaken as far as the winds, but it is going to be a big rainmaker for pakistan. >> and they've had a lot recently. >>> the race is on to find a vaccine for ebola. just ahead, we'll talk about the race and how soon we might see a vaccine. >>> also, is the war against isis creating a new threat at home for western nations? what experts are saying about these recent attacks we saw this week. >>> you're watching cnn live. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. our top stories this hour. massive explosions rocking the embattled syrian city of kobani. kurdish forces clashed ag

portions of bucharest. any sort of search and res sky efforts going on around portions of western turkey should not be impacted to the weather to the west. >> thanks, pedram. >>> we'll take a short break here. when we come back, the school girls currently being held by boko haram somewhere in nigeria, should the nigerian government sit down and negotiate. we'll look at that. >>> also ahead, the oscar pistorius case. it's a pivotal point. we are waiting minutes from now an outcome from the judge. we'll bring that to you live. >>> a high ranking u.n. official is making a clear call for nigerian leaders to negotiate with terror group boko haram for the release of more than 200 abducted school girls. >> they worry that these girls might be sold off. quote, we cannot do politics with the lives of the young girls. she went on to say what should be paramount in our minds is how to bring them safely back home. >> meantime, some family members are identifying girls seen in this video released by boko haram. they recognize 77 of them. >> the nigerian military says it's sending thousands of

little bit of fall out there, taste of fall. but this is the big deal, the area from bucharest to moscow, there's where we'll have showers and storms. some pictures, i'll leave you with that, because we like to leave with good news here. crowded beach in albania you have to crowd in the last of summer. won't be long before we say good-bye to summer. look at this. oh, yes, the dogs getting in on us. good times there. i've never seen dogs do that, though, all at the same sometime like that. good times in italy. >> very cute. thank you, ivan. >> thank you, ivan. >>> that wraps it up for our special coverage. i'm errol barnett. >> before we go, we want to show you pope francis arriving and visiting with youth. he will be addressing them for their special youth day in just a short time. we'll bring you his comments. >> that's right. the second day of his five-day tour. following this and the world's other big stories on cnn. stay with us throughout the day. natalie and myself, we'll see you later. >>> breaking news overnight. violent marches replaced by peaceful protests as crowds turn