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EU disburses EC$806,000 humanitarian aid to…

The European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) is providing EC$806,000 (250,000 Euros) in emergency humanitarian aid to Dominica, following the severe destruction…

Liliane Bettencourt, L’Oréal Heiress Vexed by…

Liliane Bettencourt, the French heiress to the L’Oréal cosmetics fortune and a family legacy of fascist associations, whose final years were vexed by allegations that she had fallen under the sway of…

Parsons Green: Underground blast a terror…

An "improvised explosive device" was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District…

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits…

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson flew into Barbados this afternoon, and transferred to a military flight directly up to Anguilla. On Wednesday he will visit the British Virgin Islands before…

Irma Live Updates: Storm Pushes North, but…

Days after it began its assault on the Caribbean and southern Florida, Irma was still churning north on Monday, causing fresh damage in areas where many Floridians had sought refuge over the weekend.…

Sheriff’s Deputy, Corrections Officer Die in…

A Florida deputy and a corrections officer both died in a traffic crash as the deputy was trying to get supplies ahead of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in the state. The fatal crash took place at 6:30…

Four people killed – including a…

hree have died in two separate car crashes, while a fourth died of natural causes overnight in a shelter Irma has been downgraded one more to Category 3, with sustained wind speeds of 120mph Tornado…

Irma Makes Landfall in Florida’s Lower Keys…

Storm Surge a Huge Threat with Irma Meteorologist Danielle Banks looks at the storm surge forecast with Irma. Hurricane Irma has made its first Florida landfall in the Lower Keys as a Category 4…

Eyewall of Irma to Slam Florida’s Lower Keys…

SE: Tropical Storm Watches and Warning Issued Meteorologist Danielle Banks takes a closer look at the Southeast where Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings have been issued. The eyewall of Category 4…

Curfews imposed, millions evacuate as Irma…

Hurricane Irma is edging closer and closer to Florida as millions brace for the impact of the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade. As of about 6 p.m. Saturday, Irma was 110 miles southeast of Key…

North Korea Guam missile strike plan ‘ready…

North Korea says a plan that could see it fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam will be ready in a matter of days. State media said Hwasong-12 rockets would pass over Japan and land in the…

Trump ‘dictated’ son’s statement…

President Donald Trump personally dictated the statement his son gave on his talks with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign, US media report. It said Donald Trump Jr and the lawyer had…

Trump’s transgender military ban ‘not…

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president's ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump's surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met with…