Urgent Warning Issued as Houston Rain Continues

The US authorities have issued an urgent warning as floods inundated Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, saying the severe weather conditions were "beyond anything experienced" and that the situation was 'unprecedented'.

Former FARC rebels in Colombia are holding their first formal meeting since they agreed to disarm - following more than five decades of conflict, making it the longest-running armed insurgency in the Western Hemisphere.

The French President today hosts a mini-summit of African and European leaders, which will focus on efforts to control migration flows across the Mediterranean.