plus. i m andrew thomas diving on australia great barrier reef. what is down there is spectacular. it s at risk. i ll explain why it s what farmers are doing on land that is largely to blame. let s begun with breaking news coming out of egypt, where fighter jets are used in a major battle in north sinai. there has been coordinated attacks. hospital sources are telling us they received 35 bodies. this is what the military says. the army says at least 10 soldiers and 22 fighters have been kill. while two large explosions have been heard and a group calling itself the sinai province is claiming responsibility. the government says the unrest in northern sinai is one of its most pressing concerns. the army launched operation sinai in 2012, violence has not been contained. 700 people are thought to have been killed this year alone. the state of emergency was extended after attacks in october and january. the start of the strategy thousands of homes have been demolished along th
australia s great barrier reef. what is down there is spectacular. it s at risk. i ll explain why it s what farmers are doing on land that is largely to blame. well we begin with breaking news out of egypt. fighter jets are used in a major battle in north sinai, there has been coordinated attacks. the army says at least 10 soldiers and 22 fighters have been killed. two large explosions have been heard. a group calling itself the sinai province is claiming responsibility. the unrest in northern signa is one of the most pressing concerns it has. the army launched operation sinai in 2012, violence has not been contained. several hundred are thought to have been killed. the state of emergency was extended. as part of a strategy thousands of homes have been demolished along the border. a journalist based in cairo says the military strategy in sinai has not been effective. you can tell that there s a failure in sinai deal with the islamists there, and the checkpoints that are b
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wenachy. those who returned home today found little to salvage. more than a dozen large fires are burning in the west tonight and joanna small of our seattle affiliate kiro is in wenatchee. the massive sleepy hollow wildfire burned through the canyons and hills of central washington state destroying 24 homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. the blaze ignited in brush and quickly spread when embers blew into downtown wenned atchee. incident commander nathan rabe said wind was their biggest problem. as this fire extended with the winds that they had it threw embers and stuff downwind. reporter: in the hardest hit neighbor of broad view, fire crews worked through the night sunday hosing down houses. jon dominguez left when the fire started approaching his house sunday night. oh, my god this power is so impressive. big orange dploa, kind of a fireball, and a lot of black smoke billowing. reporter: he returned home monday to rubble. this is all i have now is it s ju