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This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 00pm a state of emergency is declared in south east australia amid warnings of more bushfires. Its the largest forced evacuation New South Wales has seen, as thousands flee the path of the flames. The the path of the flames. Fireballjust came through i about the fireballjust came through at about 80 kilometres an hour, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake, and all the embers and everything were hitting us, dont her haira everything were hitting us, dont her hair a little bit. There is anger over the governments handling of the emergency, as the Prime Ministerfound out when he toured the area. How come we only had four trucks to defend our town because our town doesnt have a lot of money, but we
have hearts of gold, mr Prime Minister. Delays and cancellations on the railways, ....
We start with breaking news from iraq. An air strike at Baghdad Airport has reportedly hit high profile targets linked to iran. Iraqi state tv says one of those killed was the powerful Iranian Military commander, Qassim Soleimani. So far theres been no official comment from iran. Iraqi police said a total eight people had been killed in an attack, which came hours after the us defence secretary mark esper said washington might have to carry out pre emptive action to protect american lives in the middle east. Its breaking news but this would be a huge escalation in tensions between the us and iran if it is targeted strikes are just a reminder that reportedly, in strikes against iran in iraqi Qassim Soleimani has been killed. More to come on that in the rest of ....
We start with breaking news from iraq. Elite quds force, has been killed in baghdad. His death has been confirmed in the last few minutes by the revolutionary guards, and reported on Iranian State television. Earlier, us officials told Reuters News Agency they had carried out strikes against targets in baghdad linked to iran. They came just hours after the us defence secretary mark esper said washington might have to take pre emptive action to protect american lives in the middle east. David willis joins us from los angeles. What are us sources saying . Within the last few minutes, a statement from the pentagon basically confirming the death of Qasem Soleimani and saying that it came as a result of a us strike in the statement says Qasem Soleimani was responsi ....