Hurricane Irma makes landfall

Hurricane Irma is battering the islands of Anguilla, Barbuda and Antigua as it makes its way through the Caribbean.

The de facto leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has claimed that the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted by what she called misinformation.

An international investigation into possible corruption in the awarding of the 2016 summer Olympic Games has escalated with the head of Brazil's Olympic association, Carlos Nuzman, being questioned by police and his home searched.