Monday’s top story: extreme weather feeds bushfires across Australia, where a firefighter has died. Plus, US airstrikes target al-Shabaab in Somalia
Australia bushfires: mass evacuations as firefighter dies A volunteer firefighter has died in New South Wales and properties are feared lost after bushfires driven by extreme weather swept across four Australian states. Ten people have now died during one of the worst bushfire seasons in the nation’s history. The extreme weather conditions are expected to worsen today after a horrific day in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, where authorities called for mass evacuations.
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