Florida Counts Cost of Hurricane Irma

US authorities assess the damage as heavy rain continues in central Florida. A huge relief operation is getting under way, and search and rescue teams are beginning to move through the worst affected areas. Also: crowds gather in Barcelona in a show of support for Catalan independence from Spain, and
a new programme of free secondary school education starts in Ghana.

(Photo: A damaged motor yacht in Pompano Beach, Florida: Credit: Reuters/Joe Skipper.)