Im Andrew Thomas in the florence teen valley of tasmania as the Australian Government requests that the World Heritage status be removed from these pristine for efforestforests. Somalias armed Group Alshabab is being blamed for an attack on a town in kenya that left at least 34 dead. Gunmen stormed pekatoni not from from the tourist area of lamu. Witnesses say fire was opened on hotels, a bank and government offices and set fire to buildings. These are the latest pictures from the area. Our correspondent has the latest from nairobi. Reporter gunmen stormed the pekatoni township in the late hours of sunday evening, and engage the in a gun battle lasting several hours, until the early hours of this morning. Several gunmen were involved, firing at the town. Many people in the town, we understand, fled into neighbouring forests. The red cross is talking about more than 20 people being killed in the attacks. They expect the numbers to go higher. They say they are unable to assess the full d
A 2 day curfew is imposed in indian administered kashmir ahead of the First Anniversary of delhis decision to revoke the special status of the region. And why the latest issue of British Vogue is making history, in front of and behind the camera. Hello. A huge blast in the port area of the lebanese capital beirut has killed almost 80 people and injured more than 4000. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The explosion was so powerful it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city and hospitals have been overwhelmed. Officials say tons of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate caused the blast. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has been following developments. Just to warn you his report contains distressing images. Explosion. It was a massive explosion. Shouting. Another view from the bay. And from the streets. What happened 7 oh, my god oh, my god. It looks as if dozens are dead and several thousand injured. And a country already deep in cri
Colombian insurance company Sura announced on Tuesday that it will withdraw from the nation’s health system because the resources it receives from Colombia’s government to manage more than 5 million patients are not enough to cover its growing costs. Opposition leaders regretted the company’s decision and accused Colombia's first left wing government of trying to push private insurers out of the health care market in order to force Colombians to use publicly owned insurance companies.