Anti-apartheid Activist Ahmed Kathrada Remembered

The South African anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Kathrada, has died at the age of eighty-seven. A close associate of Nelson Mandela, he was convicted at the Rivonia trial alongside the future president and spent time with him in prison, mainly on Robben Island.

Cyclone Debbie is battering the Australian state of Queensland with violent winds and torrential rains.

The city of Flint in the American state of Michigan has agreed to fund the replacement of thousands of pipes, after lead contamination in the water supply caused a public health crisis.