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Syria. unlike previous beheading videos, this one shows journalist john cantlie alive seated alone in a room. the largest counterterrorism raid ever in australia. massive sweeps through the suburbs of sydney. 800 police officers. at least 15 people detained. authorities intercepted phone calls indicating that isis supporters in australia were going to carry out public beheadings of random people on the street. >> this is not just suspicion. this is intent. >> reporter: yesterday france said it would help with u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the white house said this was a signif...

>> epic floods continue throughout the southwest with another three inches of rain anotcwersrtch inches of rain from geria d across the upper midwest g >> temperatures are cooling across the nation parts of the nortking this morning to fros frost. later today 50s and 60s in the northeast. 70s and 80s across the midwest and 90s in the south. next to australia, the latest continent to bed by the i counterterrorism officials laep brian ross has the new details. >> reporter: hundreds of australian police moved out under the cover of darkness. at least 15 suspects arrested and more being urgently...

Videos, this one shows journalist john cantlie alive seated alone in a room. the largest counterterrorism raid ever in australia. massive sweeps through the suburbs of sydney. 800 police officers. at least 15 people detained. authorities intercepted phone calls indicating that isis supporters in australia were going to carry out public beheadings of random people on the street. >> this is not just suspicion. this is intent. >> reporter: yesterday france said it would help with u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the white house said this was a significant contribution to a growing i...

>> reporter: as in the u.s., australia has become increasingly alarmed about efforts to recruit its young citizens by jihadists. in particular, after news reports that the man in the green shirt, a one-time sydney nice club bouncer turned jihadist has become a senior isis leader in syria. officials fear he has the power to order attacks by australians who never even made it to syria. at the same time, the isis propaganda machine surfaced another of its western hostages. british journalist john cantlie forced to readnute script as a kind of spokesman for the benefits of isis. >> you are thinkin...