we will stay in australia. coastal town of tathra.h to avoid the flames. on their properties. the homes of the small coastal town of tathra. so far, there are no reports of major injuries. you're watching newsday on the bbc. after a medical trial involving stem cell transplants. we meet the man who's rescued 500 whale sharks. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. of the cabinet here. now that the search for it has become an international search. and that's what the voters wanted. this is newsday on the bbc. election, securing another six years in office. the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal and his daughter. in an annual competition. her $1 million global teacher prize at a ceremony in dubai. com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. and casino in manila. three people lost their lives in the blaze. to put pressure on its nuclear—armed neighbour. it's too late. the british teac

across two states in the southeast and at least seventy homes have been destroyed in the town of tathra in new south wales and a dozen more in the victoria state the fires believed to have been sparked by lightning on saturday were found were found but dry. founded by dry hot winds no deaths have been reported but firefighters say they need to check burnt out homes to see if anyone was trapped inside. more than three hundred shops in a central market in guinea's capital are on fire firefighters are battling to put out the fire in concrete which has been burning for about ten hours at least twenty five shops have been destroyed so far there have been no reports of any casualties . you're watching al-jazeera i'm so robin these are all top stories vladimir putin has cruised to victory for another six year presidential term with nearly all of the ballots counted russians overwhelmingly voted for putin that independent monitors have reported dozens of irregularities in polling booths across the country. activists say syrian government forces have arrested hundreds of people as they fled east

this is all that is left of some of the homes in the small coastal town of tathra, where 200 people werentre overnight and many simply fled to the beach to avoid the flames. those who had to evacuate their homes have been told it is not yet safe for them to return to check on them. so far, there have been no reports of major injuries from the fires. thousands of people in the brazilian city of rio have marched in honour of marielle franco, a human rights activists gunned down last week. franco, a black woman from one of rio‘s most violent favelas, campaigned against police brutality. andrew plant reports. chanting: no, no, no! rio dejaneiro on sunday afternoon. this the latest of several demonstrations in brazil — a protest over a murder that many here believe was a targeted assassination. it made headlines across brazil and around the world. marielle franco was a popular local politician, killed alongside her driver last wednesday, shot four times in the head. translation: whoever tried to silence marielle sent a message for democracy. as a poor, black woman, she wasn't supposed to get

forced to sleep in an evacuation centre overnight after leaving behind their properties in the town of tathraked through the night to contain the blaze. residents have been told that as not yet safe for them to return to check on their property. so far there are no reports of injury. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — a breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis after a medical trial involving stem cell transplants. also on the programme, saving the world's largest fish — we meet the man who's rescued 500 whale sharks. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, fainting, headaches and the dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. it was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's what the

are thought to have the fire started on an unseasonably hot autumn afternoon in the little town of tathras spread and people were forced to evacuate. now hundreds left for the nearest town but others fled to the beach thinking that might be the safest place for them to go. many of them taking possessions and animals with them. however the smoke came in. we have heard from some eyewitnesses they could not see more than a metre beyond them. eventually the police were called to the beach and everyone reached safety. we understand there were no major injuries. some people being treated for smoke inhalation and also some volunteer firefighters being treated for exhaustion. however there clearly has been a huge amount of destruction on the site. the aerial footage shows you the charred remains of some buildings. the latest assessment is that 69 houses have been destroyed completely, a few dozen others damaged. and also a big caravan site near there sustained severe damage. it will take quite a bit of time before the place can be put back together. the national insurance council of australia has

burn across two states in the southeast at least seventy homes are being destroyed in the town of tathra in new south wales and a dozen more in victoria state fire is believed to have been sparked by lightning on saturday were found by dry hot winds. you're watching al-jazeera is a whole robin these are all top news stories lattimer putin has cruised to victory in sunday's election for another six year presidential term and his victory was widely expected as the russians overwhelmingly voted for putin while independent monitors reported hundreds of irregularities electoral officials say none was serious investigators from the world of chemical weapons watchdog have arrived in the united kingdom to independently test the nerve agent used to poison a former russian spy moscow has dismissed you can gauge and that was behind the attack on surrogates crippled and his daughter in the english city of solsbury both sides of expelled diplomats in response russia insists it does not possess the nerve agent that was used. activists say syrian government forces have arrested hundreds of people as th

burn across two states in the southeast at least seventy homes have been destroyed in the town of tathra in new south wales and a dozen more of victoria state the fire is believed to have been sparked by lightning on saturday were found by dry hot winds or thought were days describe the bushfires as the worst of australia's summer season those were the headlines are back with more news in thirty minutes next on al-jazeera it's up front. on counting the cost are russians getting all they bargain for economically as lemay boudin heads for reelection plus saudi aramco keeps the financial world guessing but the globe's largest i.p.o. on ice will be asking what's behind the delay counting the cost and i just hear. forget all the bad news about war poverty disease famine things have never been better that's the view of the harvard professor and bestselling author steven pinker who is considered to be among the world's most influential intellectuals in his latest book he denounces those he says hate progress and calls for us to stop whining and start celebrating how humanity has become richer h

on the op sid side, tathra, look at the scenes across the region.e've had major, major brushfires across this area. temperatures needless to say have been scorching hot. upper 30s, around 40 in spots of new south wales. we know the last season when the winter season ended, very little rain had come down. folks are saying this region of australia, you could be in for a brushfire system that would be one to remember. and of course that has been the case now in the past several weeks and several month. 40,000 hectares with this particular set of fires have been consumed now. 70 structures lost in the last several days. 700 evacuated there sitting there southeast of canberra where the location of this latest fire is which i believe to be a lightning strike set it off there on saturday. but you notice as we transition into the season here, autumn around the corner, look at this. rainfall, beneficial certainly and the cooler temperatures, all of it going to help with the firefighting effort. >> all right. thank you so much, pedram. a lot for australia to

you towards eastern australia here, just about 450 kilometers south of sydney, it's a community of tathraegion home to about 1600 people. but has been absolutely devastated in the last 24 to 48 hours. 40,000 hectares of land consumed. footage coming out this region here showing you what we're dealing with. not only gusty conditions in the last couple day, but temps as high as 38 degrees celsius. what was experienced over the last 24 hours. we know cooler temperatures are in store. that's fantastic news here because that will really help the firefighting efforts. officials here are saying with that said here, it's going to really help conditions going monday to tuesday with temps dropping off a good 10 to 15 degrees. >> pedram, thank you so much. >>> next here on newsroom, they had a tough night tonight fair to say. but the umbc men's basketball team, they are sports heroes. also a hero. the man behind this infamous twitter account. you'll hear from him directly after the break. stay with us. why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good? it's a bold blend of coffee with rich flavors of uganda

on to represent some of europe's biggest clubs including israel madrid to enter milan and a gala tathra he helped his country and the netherlands reach the world cup final in two thousand and ten and also the semifinals in twenty fourteen he turned out one hundred thirty three times for his country. roger bannister who was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes has died at the age of eighty eight the president of the international athletics federation fed kokoda a day of intense sadness for all of us an athletics at least home and takes a look back at his incredible sporting achievement. roger bannister of the british one out recalled how that lines up with five other runners for the rights which ended by making history. but it's rare for a sportsman to rate define what the human body can achieve the when roger bannister became the first man to run a mile in and of two minutes impossible became the music of the hour together twenty five year old bannister took the lead with an amazing best of speed he went on to achieve a bad record of a mile in under five minutes so i'd have