Been urged to stay away from bushland and to flee their homes before the fires and collate we ve had 27 use. this before we live in the blue mountains where it was forced to but we ve never had to destroy this is unbelievable i ve seen the fries and the fires up the. roads and that s just i mean that s even more than catastrophic because in this you know you can do. 3 people have been confirmed dead and at least 150 properties have been lost so far authorities have to clear a 7 day state of emergency in the area. ok check now of some of the other stories making news around the world and she lays security forces a fire water cannons to disperse protesters the country has seen weeks of often violent anti-government unrest chile s government unveiled plans on sunday to draft a new constitution but the opposition says the proposals don t go far enough. and
We ve been asking this question for much of the night. hard to really understand exactly what their final game plan is. tear gas now being released in that area. that is the standard tactic when they see our position, they fire these enormous volleys of tear gas cannons. they drift blowing with the winds into our position here. i m hearing the shouts of protesters right now behind me down that road. we have thought that much of that protest had been pushed back, but we saw some of the armored water cannon trucks move in, fire water cannons into gezi park itself. just now having seen for about two hours pretty much calm in this larger part of taksim square as police used bulldozers, collecting debris, parades, and getting them off. things have appeared to be under
This marks the 12th day of protest there. so far, 5,000 people have been injured in the protests, three people killed. knick is live for us from istanbul. what is the scene like for us right now? reporter: right now, john, as the tur kish prime minister is speaking, behind me, substantial numbers of riot police moved in around the protest. let s go back. at 8:00 this morning, they moved in, slowly walking, then began clashes between protesters, used armored vehicles, fire water cannons at them. one was disabled by a protesters molotov bomb cocktail. many rocks thrown. hit back by tear gas. the police are using tear gas not with the same relentlessness