USA

Irma hits Florida as state governor warns it's 'too late to leave'

After tearing through the Caribbean, the deadly Hurricane Irma has begun to batter Florida with water levels rising on the coast of the US state.

10 September 2017

USA

Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma as powerful storm reaches Cuba

Enormous category 5 hurricane has already devastated much of the Caribbean and is now headed for the continental US.

9 September 2017

World News

Irma lashes Caribbean as it heads for US mainland

Residents of the US state of Florida are making last minute preparations for Hurricane Irma. The superstorm is predicted to hit the US mainland as early as Saturday.

8 September 2017

Cult

Art without borders: ‘French Banksy’ produces touching portrait of boy looking over US-Mexico border

A giant image of a little boy peering over the US-Mexico border has been unveiled days after Trump’s scrapping of the Dreamers programme.

7 September 2017

Cinema

'The Artist' director on new Godard-inspired comedy

Multiple Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius is in Deauville this week heading the jury of the prestigious American film festival.

7 September 2017

World News

Hurricane Irma 'could drop to Cat. 4' when reaches Florida

7 September 2017

Korea

Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

US President Donald Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

7 September 2017

USA

Chicago just declared itself a ‘Trump-free zone’

The Mayor of Chicago reassured Dreamers that they are safe and rejected the US President’s scrapping of DACA.

6 September 2017

USA

Watch: Handcuffed woman steals police car

The woman jumped into the front seat and accelerated while officers were outside checking her bags.

6 September 2017

World News

Oxford, Cambridge top world university rankings

Oxford held on to first place for the second year in a row in the latest Times Higher Education ranking, while Cambridge rose from fourth to second.

6 September 2017

World News

US braces for Hurricane Irma

US braces for Hurricane Irma

6 September 2017

USA

Florida gets ready for Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma is now a dangerous Category 5 storm - the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade. And it's now barrelling toward the Caribbean and southern United States.

5 September 2017

USA

US outlines plans to dismantle DACA immigration scheme

The US administration's announcement that the 'Dreamers' programme will be scrapped has prompted a backlash in Washington.

5 September 2017

No Comment

Fires cause closure of roads in Oregon

5 September 2017

USA

More protests planned over President Trump's plan to scrap DACA scheme

5 September 2017

North Korea

How the North Korean crisis could get out of hand

"There is a danger in all conflicts of tension escalating through miscalculation and misperception on both sides": expert warns that world powers should not simply consider sanctions against Pyongyang, but also dialogue.

4 September 2017

Cinema

Deauville Film Festival honours Laura Dern

A glamourous jury presided over by Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius has opened Deauville’s famed American film festival.

4 September 2017

USA

Trump expected to end "DACA" program to curb illegal immigration

The US president promised to scrap the protection scheme but has run into stiff opposition

4 September 2017

USA

People treated for putting sun cream on eyeballs to watch eclipse

Unsurprisingly, sun cream was not recommended as eye protection to watch the solar eclipse.

4 September 2017

Kazakhstan

Record-breaking Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS

With several space records in her pocket, American astronaut Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS.

3 September 2017