Hurricane Michael Strikes Florida and Heads for Georgia

The most powerful hurricane ever to hit north-west Florida has flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees like twigs. Hurricane Michael - a category three storm with 125mph winds - made landfall on Wednesday afternoon in the state's Panhandle region.

Cameroon is facing an unprecedented crisis, with a separatist rebellion having engulfed the country's two Anglophone regions. Hundreds of people have been killed in violence between government forces and separatist militants.

The Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel has sent his first tweet. The man who took over from Fidel and Raul Castro has made the digital development of the island one of his top priorities.