Violence clashes are continuing in Cairo this morning as thousands of people protest against the country's president. Anti-government demonstrators were staging a sit-in city outside the presidential palace when they were driven from their camp by supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Opponents accused the president of attempting a power grab, the government says a referendum on a new constitution will go ahead next week despite the unrest.

 

Nearly 300 people have now died and many more are missing after typhoon Bopha battered the Philippines. The southern island of Mindanao bore the brunt of the vicious storm. Many of those killed had taken shelter at a makeshift evacuation center, but was swept up by flood waters.

 

South Australian police have charged a 19-old-year man with the murder of a 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl. The body of Jasinta Leigh Fullerton was found on the roadside near her home in Quorn, in the Flinders Ranges. The 16-year-old girl from Port Pirie has been missing since Tuesday. Police will today continue searching the area for clues.

 

And emergency services in Queensland are keeping a watchful eye more than 60 fires burning across the state. The Halliford and the Lake Broadwater area and the Southern Downs is the biggest concern for authorities.