bushfires force tourists to take refuge in evacuation centers in australia. catering for those in need, business owners making money out of the refugee crisis. >> reporter: no place to call home. i'm at a camp on the haitian dominican border where people have settled after having to leave the dominican republic >>> one of the strongest rebel groups in the area around the syrian capital has been dealt a blow. the leader has been killed in an air strike. he was head of a group and died alongside five of his commanders. his grouped based is the largest rebel faction around the capital. he recently attend ed a summit. they fought against i.s.i.l. fighters near damascus. a report on what his death means for the armed group. >> reporter: he was the most powerful rebel commander in damascus suburbs. his headquarters were only a few kilometres away from president bashar al-assad's palace. zahran alloush was released from a prison in a general amnesty after an up rising against bail. many of his jail mates became leaders. he convinced many armed groups to form an army

bushfires in the australian state of victoria have destroyed more than 100 homes. fire crews battled for hours on friday to control the flames at a popular tourist designation. emergency services are warning that there's more fire likely to come. gerald tann reports. >> reporter: an eerie silence hangs over australia's great ocean road. the scenic route outside the city of melbourne is usually packed. a tourists' magnet. it is off limits for now after bushfires swept through towns along the coast >> there are significant property losses. today is really assessment day. whether it's assessing damage to property, safety to roads, power, ware, environmental issues. the other issue today is smoke and what impact that will have in terms of knows who have got underlying conditions. >> reporter: overnight rains helped to get the 22 hundred hectare blaze under control, but the area is still not in the clear. >> this fire doesn't go away. this fire is a fire that will remain with potential to burn in january and february of this year. the forecast for a long dried up summer

bushfires forced tourists to take refuge in centers in australia. one of the most powerful rebel groups in syria's capital has been dealt a blow. its leader has been killed in an air strike. he died alongside five of his commanders in an air strike east of damascus. his group is the largest rebel faction around the capital. they're backed by saudi arabia and attended an opposition conference in riyadh just this month. they cooperated with other rebel groups but are in conflict with i.s.i.l. >> reporter: he was the most powerful rebel commander in damascus suburbs. his headquarters was only a few kilometres from bashar al-assad's office. he rose to prominence in 2013 when he convinced many armed groups to form an army of more than 20,000 untrained, unarmed fighters. a few months ago zahran attended a military parade. it was the biggest force by the syrian opposition. unlike most rebel factions with units across the country, the army of islam has one base on the outskirts of damascus, with one task, waiting for the government to collapse to march into

more than 100 homes are destroyed by bushfires in australia and it is still dangerous. inundated with flood waters, more than 100,000 people in south america have had to leave their homes. desperate to chase the american dream, but now there are complaints of abuse as mexico stops migrants' progress. the death of a powerful syrian rebel leader could be yet another blow to the peace process. the opposition's interim leader has told al jazeera they will attend talks in geneva next month, but bashar al-assad won't have a future in syria. the latest threats to the government and opposition groups following the killing of zahran alloush in an air strike. the national coalition for syrian revolutionary and opposition forces is an umbrella group for the syria umbrella groups. it says what was carried out by russia is a victory for terrorism and d.a.e.s.h. it weakens the factions that confronts terrorism and undermines the foundations. it is also an attack to abort the u.n. efforts of a political settlement. our correspondent joins us live from near the turkey/syria border. thi

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bushfires are not uncommon. we saw awe few years ago in victoria as well, not too far from where these fires are burning, 180 plus people killed in the bushfires. people are ready for this sort of stuff. it doesn't get easier. losing your home, especially on christmas, my god, you can only think about what those people are going through right now. >> cnn producer joel labi, thank you. >>> let's go back to derek van dam, give us context on what's happening in that part of the world. the temperatures and winds don't help. >> joel said it, we're right smack dab in the middle fl fire season in south australia. there was some relief that moved through. there have been reports of roughly between 10 and 20 millimeters of rainfall, thanks to this cold front you see on our satellite loop that moved through the melbourne region and just to the south and west. that's where the current ongoing wildfire is taking place. just because cold front moved through, doesn't mean necessarily good news. firefighters are battling a bla

bushfires force tourists to take refuge in evacuation centers in australia. catering for those in need, business owners making money out of the refugee crisis. >> reporter: no place to call home. i'm at a camp on the haitian dominican border where people have settled after

coercive contraceptives and forced abortions firefighters in australia are working to fully contain bushfires in state of victoria. the fires have been subdued, but not before destroying more than 100 homes. parts of "great ocean road" -- a popular scenic highway -- were also shut down. this is all happening just west of melbourne-- one of the country's biggestt cities. emergency officials say dry conditions could cause more fires. they also say it could take weeks to completely snuff out the flames. now for a quick check on your weather with area today. combine this with strong, gesty wind and we are flat out in the midst of a strong winter storm. snow totals are generally going to be i ithe 9-11 range in many areas with drifts of several feet. travel will be very dangerous as the day goes on, especially in rural areas with the falling snow and strong wind creating the lowest visibility. this system will wrap up by mid-evening, with slowly falling temperatures into tuesday. given the fresh snow in the area, we'' likely wind up seeinggome pretty cold air by the end of the week. stay safe!toda

it is off limits nor now after bushfires swept through towns along the coasts >> there are significant property losses. today is really assessment damage, whether it is assessing damage to property, the safety of roads, power, water, environmental issues, the other issue today, of course, is smoke and what impact that will have in terms of those who have got underlying conditions. >> reporter: overnight rains helped to get the 2200 hectare blaze under control, but the area is still not in the clear. >> this fire doesn't go away. this fire is a fire that will remain with potential to burn in january and february of this year. the forecast for a long dry hot summer is there. >> reporter: firefighters battle into the admit on friday. water bombing aircraft were brought in but the flames continued to engulf trees and homes. many residents and tourists spend their holidays at evacuation centers. >> i could see the plume of smoke on the highway. i thought it was getting close to home. i got to home and looking at my back door, it's just, yeah, looking apocalyptic. >> reporter: australia is n

and therefore, the chance that the next network someone has hiv and it spreads like bushfire to the rest of the families. jimmi: i must admit, one of the things that surprised me was the aspect of also women playing a part of it. nicholas: we've got this strong force, people say, no, no, no, you are [indistinct] men only. women also do that. so people didn't know that, so we did some spots for women as well. erick: concurrent partnership really is a great factor in the spread of hiv, because you find that, this people, when they have these partners, trust comes in. so we find that these partners stop using condoms basically to all the partners. lucy: psi kenya decided to take on the campaign because primarily, there are very few organizations that do national level mass media communications. tony: for this particular video, it became quite an interesting angle to us, social marketing. we've got a subject that's supposed to be to improve the lives of the people that we're trying to talk to. lucy: we pre-tested various concepts, various tag lines, various names, and eventually we came up w

a bushfire has destroyed more than 100 homes. the massive fire is on the left. the damage it's leaving behind is on the right. it's burning near the famous "great ocean road"... west of melbourne... along the southern coast. officials warn it could take weeks to extinguish the fire. the midwest is getting pounded with heavy rain and flooding. the missouri governor declared a state of emergency. already responsible for there's worry about the projected rise of rivers, in st. charles county, dardenne creek flooded interstate-70 prompting officials to close the roadway until monday afternoon. across missouri more than 180 flooding. .rest of tonight...mostly cloudy early in the evening then clearing. lows 23 to 28. winds generally light. .monday...mostly sunny. highs 43 to 46 on the west side of the valley...45 to 49 on the east side. winds generally light. .monday night...mostly cloudy. isolated snow showers in the evening. lows 30 to 34 on the west side of the valley...31 to 35 on the east side. chance of snow 20 percent. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs 45 to 49 on

also in the next half hour, holidays going up in smoke, bushfires force tourists to take refuge in evacuation centers in australia. more than 100,000 people were forced from their homes by severe flooding in south america. plus. >> reporter: i am at the camp where displaced

wayne hay, al jazeera, thailand >>> bushfires are raging across several states in australia and destroyingtening communities. high temperatures and strong winds are fuelling more than 40 fires in parts of new south wales and victoria. emergency services have told residents to leave their homes. there have been no reports of any deaths offer injuries. >> reporter: the plan was to pack up the valuables and obviously photos and those sorts of things and leave. we got a load in the car and the fire turned and that's all the time we had, just to wet things down and get back in the house >>> the too many belonging to the nurse of the egyptian pharaoh tutankhamun has been opened nearly two decades of . tutankhamun ruled egypt more than 3 thousand 300 years ago and died at 19. it was agreed that his nanny was considered the most important woman in the royal palace. more stories that we're covering, including that important store on afghanistan, at al jazeera.com. >> when i became aware of my surroundings, there was no electricity. it was quiet then. >> the land was wide. no dust. nothing but green

more than 100 homes are destroyed by bushfires in australia and it is still dangerous. inundated with flood waters, more than 100,000 people in south america have had to leave their homes. desperate to chase the american dream, but now there

bushfires in the australian state of victoria had destroyed more than 100 homes.more than a thousand people were evacuated from the tourist town on friday. they were allowed to return saturday. the fires were reportedly caused by a lightning strike last week. no injuries have been reported. many of those new cosy winter jackets understand the christmas tree are harming the environment. fish from california have been found filled with the fillings. the high cost of human comfort. >> reporter: charles more has sailed the open ocean his entire life >> electronic navigation charts, we have radar. >> reporter: lately the open view at sea has been interrupted >> we never saw plastic trash in the ocean in 1961. but by 1997 it had become something that you couldn't come out on deck without seeing a piece float by. there's cups like this, there's lids of trash cans like this. >> reporter: more was one of the first to study the huge swirling patches of plastic trash found at sea >> the weight of the entire population is made in plastic every year but only 5% is recovered. >

raging bushfires in australia destroyed more than 50 homes southwest of melbourne and forced hundredsle to evacuate. the fires were burning near a popular tourist attraction, the "great ocean road." witnesses said some people had to flee christmas celebrations on a moment's notice. >> they were all prepared, putting their barbecues on, they were cooking away, and all of a sudden they could see the smoke coming over the hill. they thought it was still four hours away, according to what they'd heard. and then all of a sudden it was an hour away, and all of a sudden it was half an hour away. so, they just dropped everything, stopped cooking and hopped in their car and headed here. >> ifill: crews are using water- bombing aircraft and 60 fire engines to battle the flames. but officials say it could take some time to make progress. tragedy struck in nigeria last night. an explosion at a gas plant killed dozens of people as they lined up to buy butane gas. one reporter said he saw about a hundred bodies. officials say a truck was discharging gas at the facility when it exploded. the blast t

. >> our biggest challenge is heat exposure and bushfires. impact ugly on the city.e heat in the city years of thing -- in indonesia with those fires moving up to malaysia, what is the urgency you bring in these meetings? more common, i suggest you bring an urgency. >> we do. we are the joy is continent. we have extreme weather anywhere. last week, we have the hottest day in november ever. 43 centigrade. tom: help me, please. [laughter] so we are in for a long, hot summer. this is our major issue. tom: what are we learning. what has surprised you? it has clearly been successful, but what have you learned of the last few days? was critical that we all came. i think it is critical that national leaders have -- realize city leaders have a lot to contribute. 70 to 80% of the missions are in cities. city leaders understand what they need to do to bring omissions down. we want the leaders to work with us so that we can keep global warming below two degrees. tom: we know the mining industry and oil industries have been beleaguered in australia. how do you respond to the peo