Massive devastation in Australian bushfires
An emotional Kevin Rudd, Australia’s prime minister, has described the deaths of scores of people in wildfires as “mass murder”.
The fires spread through rapidly through communities in southern Australia, as desperate residents tried to flee the flames.
Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazley reports.
Iraqi woman held for recruiting bombers
Iraqi security forces have arrested a 50-year-old woman accused of recruiting dozens of female suicide bombers.
In a video released by Baghdad security forces, she describes how she targeted vulnerable women, persuading them to kill themselves.
Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazley reports.
