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Australia fires: Thousands flee to beach to escape

Thousands of people have fled to a beach in Victoria, Australia, to escape bushfires racing towards the coast.

Thousands of people have fled to a beach in Victoria, Australia, to escape bushfires racing towards the coast.

Also on the programme: the former head of Renault-Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has jumped bail in Tokyo and fled to Lebanon, and on the campaign trail with one of the Democrats' US presidential hopefuls Amy Klobuchar.

(Picture: Firefighters hose down trees as they battle against bushfires. Credit: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tue 31 Dec 2019 10:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service

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