Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction'
Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott says.
"So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many families have lost everything."
The worst hit areas of Florida's northwest coast saw houses ripped from their foundations, trees felled, and power lines strewn across streets.
Hurricane Michael struck on Wednesday with winds of 155mph (250km/h).
It weakened to a storm as it moved inland towards the north-east, but at least six people have died, most of them in Florida.
Jamal Khashoggi: Audio, video recordings prove Saudi journalist killed in consulate, Post says
Updated 0803 GMT (1603 HKT) October 12, 2018
Turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving a Saudi journalist was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, according to unnamed US and Turkish officials cited by the Washington Post.
The newspaper's columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the consulate in Istanbul on October 2 intending to get paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancée. He hasn't been seen since.
The audio recording in particular provides persuasive and gruesome evidence that a Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul was responsible for Khashoggi's death, the Post says, quoting the officials.
Turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving a Saudi journalist was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, according to unnamed US and Turkish officials cited by the Washington Post.
Beaten, terrified and disappeared: China cracks down on faulty vaccine outcry
One campaigner has not been seen for 40 days after being detained during rally in Beijing
There are fears for the safety of a woman campaigning about China’s defective vaccines, with activists saying she has been missing for more than 40 days. Authorities have been clamping down on families demanding redress over hundreds of thousands of doses issued by the government.
Following revelations in July that a state-sponsored vaccine programme had been using faulty serum, Tan Hua, 38 had been organising parents calling for compensation and changes to how health authorities manage vaccines.
It is one of the largest public health scandals to hit China since the discovery of melamine-tainted baby formula in 2008. Changsheng Biotechnology, based in China’s northern province of Jilin, was found to have sold 250,000 defective vaccines. It also fabricated inspections dating back to 2014. Another major vaccine maker, the state-owned Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, was also producing faulty inoculations for infants.
Israeli court orders New Zealand women to pay more than £8,000 after they urged Lorde to boycott the country
An Israeli court has ordered two New Zealand women to pay damages after they wrote a letter urging the pop star Lorde to cancel a show in Tel Aviv as part of a cultural boycott.
Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab have been told to pay NZ$18,000 (£8,860) after penning the open letter which the Grammy Award winning singer later appeared to suggest influenced her decision to pull the June performance.
The money will go to three Israeli teenagers who brought the court action, claiming their “artistic welfare” had been harmed by the no-show.
Francophonie Summit: Choice of Rwandan chief makes waves in Africa
The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) is poised to name Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo as its new chief. She is due to succeed the Canadian incumbent, rival candidate Michaëlle Jean, in a suspense-free vote on Friday in Armenia.
In normal times, African countries would have loudly saluted the choice of Rwanda's Mushikiwabo as head of the world community of French-speaking countries.
Instead, her nomination set to be enshrined on the second and final day of the OIF’s summit in Yerevan has met with tight lips or muttered criticism.
Amid violence, both Brazilian presidential candidates call for calm
By Peter Prengaman
Updated
The two presidential candidates who will square off in Brazil's run-off this month are calling for an end to politically motivated violence – an issue that is emerging as a central theme of the elections.
Numerous cases of violence were reported in the week before the first round of voting last Sunday, and have been ongoing since. The second round of voting, which will pick the president, is on October 28.
Non-profit investigative journalism group Publica found 50 incidents of attacks since the beginning of October by supporters of the front-runner, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, compared to six against them. The attacks happened in many parts of the country and included beatings, stabbings, death threats and even homicide, according to the group.
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