:00:00. > :00:09.also talks about the Ebola Virus. The Hearld also has news on the
:00:10. > :00:12.Commonwealth Games. `` The Herald. In ten minutes, our weekly film
:00:13. > :00:26.review. But now on BBC News, Reporters.
:00:27. > :00:37.Welcome. From here in the newsroom, we have more about the Ebola virus
:00:38. > :00:40.outbreak that is killing hundreds. Health workers could not even get
:00:41. > :00:44.into this village but they have made a breakthrough today as people are
:00:45. > :00:50.bringing in their sick relatives and agreeing to be checked over for
:00:51. > :00:56.symptoms of the virus. Stephen Sackur visits Moldova which wants to
:00:57. > :01:07.be part of Russia. Do you see your future more in Europe or with
:01:08. > :01:13.Russia? And the real`life Billy Elliot. We meet the man from
:01:14. > :01:24.Yorkshire who has turned into an international ballet star. It is
:01:25. > :01:28.West Africa's invisible killer stopped Ebola is one of the world's
:01:29. > :01:37.deadliest diseases with nine of ten being fatal cases. Some airlines
:01:38. > :01:41.have now stopped flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone over concerns of
:01:42. > :01:44.the outbreak that there is hope as health officials say early diagnosis
:01:45. > :01:47.is key to survival and they are travelling to infected areas to
:01:48. > :02:06.teach people how to spot the symptoms of the disease. The latest
:02:07. > :02:14.and one of the youngest victims of Ebola, wrapped in a plastic bag. His
:02:15. > :02:22.family are too scared to attend his burial so he is carefully laid to
:02:23. > :02:27.rest by strangers. The virus spreads through contact with the patient's
:02:28. > :02:32.body fluid and healthcare workers cover themselves in suits where
:02:33. > :02:40.temperatures reach 40 Celsius. It is relentless and harrowing work. This
:02:41. > :02:44.woman looked after him in his final moments. TRANSLATION: I was there
:02:45. > :02:47.with him just before he died. I had been feeding him milk. I stepped
:02:48. > :02:51.away for a short break. Then I was called back and he was dead. I was
:02:52. > :03:01.totally devastated. At times I just go outside and cry. Some people
:03:02. > :03:06.believe medics are bringing the virus here and are harvesting organs
:03:07. > :03:12.from the dead but now community leaders are agreeing to hear the
:03:13. > :03:18.truth about Ebola and how to stop it spreading. A few days ago, health
:03:19. > :03:22.workers could not even get into this village but they have made a
:03:23. > :03:25.breakthrough today as people are bringing out their sick relatives
:03:26. > :03:32.and agreeing to be checked over for symptoms. This man convinced his
:03:33. > :03:38.sick mother to get help. She had a high fever and had been vomiting for
:03:39. > :03:45.days. There have been seven deaths in this village so far that many
:03:46. > :03:54.more could be infected `` but. Samples come to this makeshift
:03:55. > :03:59.diagnostics laboratory. Sometimes you are seeing patients were brought
:04:00. > :04:06.in very young and they are testing positive and it is quite sad. It is
:04:07. > :04:13.visiting time back at the treatments enter and this 13`year`old, a
:04:14. > :04:18.survivor after getting treatment early, has come to see his little
:04:19. > :04:24.sister. It is good news. Initial tests have come back negative. But
:04:25. > :04:34.Ebola is indiscriminate. Their mother also has the illness and may
:04:35. > :04:42.not survive. Visitors say it is like being back in the USSR, the hammer
:04:43. > :04:48.and sickle symbol stand high. But this is Europe, far from Russia. We
:04:49. > :04:54.are talking about the ministate in mould of whose leader wants to
:04:55. > :05:06.follow the path taken by Ukraine. `` mould . Stephen Sackur has been
:05:07. > :05:13.given rare access to the pro` Russian enclave. One of the most
:05:14. > :05:19.tense border crossings in Europe but it does not appear on any map. This
:05:20. > :05:26.is the road into Transnistria, a breakaway ministate inside Moldova.
:05:27. > :05:30.We were granted rare access to this progress and enclave where the
:05:31. > :05:33.hammer and sickle flies high on the Soviet heroes stand tall and it
:05:34. > :05:41.feels like you are back in the USSR. They put on a show of their
:05:42. > :05:49.special forces but they didn't want us to see the 2000 Russian troops
:05:50. > :05:56.permanently stationed here. The economy is a basket case, propped up
:05:57. > :05:58.by Moscow. When it comes to the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine and
:05:59. > :06:07.the showdown between Russia and the West, they have productive
:06:08. > :06:24.loyalties. Do your see your future more in your own or with Russia? ``
:06:25. > :06:29.in Europe? The leader of Transnistria, wants to follow the
:06:30. > :06:33.path taken by Crimea. Integration inside the Russian Federation,
:06:34. > :06:58.nevermind the fact that this is sovereign territory of Moldova. Do
:06:59. > :07:04.you feel that your land is Russian? The capital of Moldova is just an
:07:05. > :07:10.hours drive west of Transnistria. They have just celebrated a new
:07:11. > :07:17.partnership deal with the EU. They are Romanian speakers who see Europe
:07:18. > :07:22.as their path to prosperity but, as in Ukraine, they fear Moscow will
:07:23. > :07:31.intervene. And Russia has already made its first move. Moldova's wine
:07:32. > :07:35.industry has been hit hard by a Russian import ban imposed as
:07:36. > :07:43.punishment for them cozying up to the EU. The sales at this winery are
:07:44. > :07:52.down by a third. Suddenly, Moldova feels vulnerable. It is very
:07:53. > :07:58.dangerous for the region and the continent. We have a fragile
:07:59. > :08:06.security architecture which was in the process of being built and it is
:08:07. > :08:12.now basically destroyed. The capital has a European feel but this is
:08:13. > :08:18.still Russia's backyard. It would be easy for Mr Putin to flex his muscle
:08:19. > :08:25.here and as the standoff with the West intensifies, he just might. Do
:08:26. > :08:31.you remember the story of Billy Elliot? The boy from the mean
:08:32. > :08:34.streets of Yorkshire who became a ballet star? Light often imitates
:08:35. > :08:38.art and indeed this boy from Yorkshire has become the first of
:08:39. > :08:43.which is dancer ever to join the illustrious Russian ballet. He is
:08:44. > :08:54.now back in the UK and we have been to meet him. On stage and in the
:08:55. > :09:00.spotlight. He is Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest roles in
:09:01. > :09:09.ballet. But it was here at the age of eight that he started dancing.
:09:10. > :09:14.Vanessa Cooper taught him ballet. She can still picture a small boy
:09:15. > :09:19.arriving for his first lesson 20 years ago. I remember this
:09:20. > :09:24.enthusiastic little boy up running into class with his sister and his
:09:25. > :09:31.black shorts and T`shirt, looking very out of control, rather like
:09:32. > :09:34.Bambi on ice and eventually he started to understand the technique
:09:35. > :09:40.and every last he had these beautiful legs and feet. Now he is
:09:41. > :09:46.in a very different class. He joined the Royal ballet but no one took
:09:47. > :09:52.much notice of him until he became increasingly frustrated. It's took a
:09:53. > :09:56.visit from a ballet in Russia to spot his potential and invite him to
:09:57. > :10:00.join the company in Russia. He remembers arriving in St.
:10:01. > :10:04.Petersburg. It was about three in the afternoon and it was already
:10:05. > :10:10.dark stop my plane was coming into the city and all I could see was an
:10:11. > :10:14.orange glow of ice and snow and steam rising off these grim looking
:10:15. > :10:21.buildings and I thought, I want to go home right now but I didn't, I
:10:22. > :10:26.stuck it out and I'm glad because it has been absolutely brilliant. Now
:10:27. > :10:33.he is returning home a star. Quite a journey for the Yorkshire Boyd
:10:34. > :10:38.turned romantic ballet lead `` boy. That is all from us today. Goodbye
:10:39. > :11:03.for now.