Hurricane Hermine becomes first to hit Florida in 11 years
Hurricane Hermine has made landfall in northern Florida, becoming the first hurricane to hit the state in 11 years.
Hermine hit the Florida Gulf Coast early on Friday as a category one hurricane, bringing with it a heavy storm surge.
Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for 51 counties as residents were braced for the dangerous storm.
Wind gusts reached 80mph (130km/h) on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
City officials in the state capital Tallahassee, which is in the path of the storm, said at least 70,000 homes were now without power.
The death of Alan Kurdi: one year on, compassion towards refugees fades
Toddler’s death opened European hearts and policy towards refugees, but 12 months on those changes have proved temporarySitting in a refugee camp in northern Greece, Mohammad Mohammad, a Syrian taxi driver, holds up a picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi. It is nearly a year since the same photograph of the dead toddler sparked a wave of outrage across Europe, and heightened calls for the west to do more for refugees. Twelve months later, Mohammad uses it to highlight how little has changed.
Alan may have died at sea, he says, “but really there is no difference between him and the thousands of children now dying [metaphorically] here in Greece”.
Tens of thousands have been stranded in squalid conditions in Greecesince March, when Balkan leaders shut their borders. “It is,” says Mohammad, “a human disaster.”
Tree kangaroos ‘on brink of extinction’ due to palm oil deforestation
Palm oil is found in crisps, pizza, noodles and donuts, as well as toothpaste, shampoo and biodiesel
Indonesia’s native tree kangaroo is on the brink of extinction due to the planet’s addiction to palm oil, it has been revealed.
The systematic bulldozing and burning of the endangered creatute's rainforest home to make the substance use in a massive range of everyday products is leading to a dramatic dwindling of its numbers.
The kangaroo’s cousin, the cuscus, is also facing extinction as hunting and habitat loss takes its toll, according to environmental group Mighty.
“They go in and bulldoze the forest, take out high value wood, then set the biomass on fire,” says Deborah Lapidus, campaigns director at Mighty.
Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp to be ‘gradually dismantled’
Latest update : 2016-09-02
The "Jungle" camp in the northern French town of Calais, home to thousands of migrants hoping to reach Britain, will be dismantled in stages, the country's interior minister pledged on Thursday.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told the Nord Littoral regional paper that he would press ahead with the closure "with the greatest determination", gradually dismantling the site while also creating accommodation for thousands elsewhere in France "to unblock Calais".
French authorities have made repeated efforts to shut down the infamous "Jungle" camp, which authorities say is currently home to nearly 7,000 migrants -- a sharp increase in recent months.
Some aid groups have put the figure much higher. According to a census by French NGOs l’Auberge des Migrants and Help Refugees between August 6 and 9, some 2,000 migrants arrived at the camp in July. This, according to their statistics, increased the population by 29 percent bringing it to approximately 9,106 people. Of those, 865 are minors, and 676 of these are unaccompanied.
At least 13 killed in suicide blast at Mardan courthouse
ALI AKBARPESHAWAR: At least 13 people were killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Mardan's district and sessions court on Friday, police said.
The Jamaatul Ahrar (JA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The suicide blast comes just hours after gunmen attacked Peshawar's Christian Colony, an attack also claimed by JA.
District Police Officer (DPO) Mardan Faisal Shahzad said the attacker detonated a hand grenade before exploding his suicide vest.Why is Beijing so scared of this 25-year-old Hong Konger?
Updated 0111 GMT (0911 HKT) September 2, 2016
Edward Leung stands on a crowded overpass connected to a busy metro station, speaking into a white megaphone.
"We will win, we have the mandate!"
Behind him, his round, bespectacled face adorns multiple large banners overlapping those of various political parties, as he and three volunteers hand out leaflets in the sweltering summer heat.
But while he's clearly the main draw -- with several passersby stopping to shake his hand and take surreptitious selfies -- Leung is not a candidate in Sunday's election to the Legislative Council, Hong Kong's parliament.
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