Millions are gathering for the weeklong spiritual event. Pope francis also slated to attend. Those will some of the top stories for this monday, july 25th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a Massive Wildfire burning outside of los angeles. A fire official now says its raging through the Santa Clarita valley like a freight train. Absolutely frightening. New video shows one of the 18 homes already destroyed. Among the homeowners who have lost everything is a firefighter for the u. S. Forest service who was battling another blaze. He learned his home was burned to the ground. We have more from the fire lines. Reporter the wildfire raging ten miles north of los angeles turning deadly. Officials discovering a body inside the charred vehicle of this driveway. That fire came through and blasted the back side of some of those homes. Reporter 1500 homes evacuated. 18 now destroyed. Fire sweeping down into the valleys. Flames 40 feet high. Theres a lot of devas
By terrorism. Im kristinc cqucoyunymlpzeee. Ce to be targeted by terrorists following deadly attacks in nice, france, and orlando, florida. The attack happened around 6 00 p. M. Munich time outside of a mcdonalds. Police are just wrapping up a News Conference. They say the shooter, an 18yearold german of iranian decent killed nine people before turning the gun on himself. Teenagers are among thex÷vx. It is not clear]i why he did t. Condemned the apparent terrorist u obama says thesu. S. Pledges to offer assistance to germany. The attack÷u took place at the Olympia Shopping Center. Cm thexd site of the munich villag where 11 israeli athletes were taken hostage and killed. Terrorists. Leslie brinkley joins us live c story. V leslie . Here in berkeley and in Shopping Centers around the area, theyre places where people gather and there is very little security, making it easy for someone with a gun, or a weapon to pull up and take aim. Seems the focus is shifted from trying to take do
Clashes between Kurdish Forces and turkey. Ash carter called for them to stay focussed on isis and not the kurdish fighters. Its likely to come up when the president and turkey president hold talks this weekend. An attack targeted recruits at a military camp. Yes, maam, season in the middle of a civil war. Its allowed isis and alqaeda to expand their reach. At home, new details about the false alarm that brought lax to a standstill. They are focusing on what prompted 911 calls reporting shots fired. Reporter sunday night at lax, police first responding to reports of a man dressed in black wearing a mask and carrying a sword. Officers quickly surround the man ordering him to the ground. Of gunfire. A shooting in progress at lax. A number of shots. Reporter police with guns drawn searching the airport while hundreds of passengers raced outside, some past Security Check points. Panic spreading quickly through social media. A ground stop ordered for all flights. There was a flood of people
Southeast of where shes standing theres a hurricane out in the atlantic. But gaston is not a threat. Tropical depression is heading toward the carolinas, probably getting there late this afternoon. Depression nine will become a storm and make a northeast turn between tallahassee and tampa, probably on thursday. The latest trek there on the storms. An in the pacific. With a hurricane watch for the big island of hawaii. Theres a category three storm. And hurricane lester, a more powerful category four is further out and not an immediate threat to land. To chicago, its been a deadly month. There have been more than 400 people shot. At least 78 homicides making august the citys most violent month in almost 20 years. More murders and shooting victims this year than new york and los angeles combined. The hunt for three escaped prisoners in louisiana moves to the third year. Michael elliot, walshea mitchel, and williette ridge escaped. One of them is armed but all are considered dangerous. Hu
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