Officials have urged residents to heed evacuation orders as Helene barrels towards Florida’s Big Bend.
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Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to Europe
Women work long and gruelling hours to grow the flowers sold across Europe.
In Pictures: 10,000 miles across US as seen through train window
Photographer Katie Edwards captures America from the window of a train.
The Kashmiri politician whose return from jail ruffled feathers
A court has allowed jailed lawmaker Engineer Rashid to return to Kashmir to campaign in regional polls.
Iran faces dilemma of restraint or revenge for attacks on ally Hezbollah
Iran has sought to strike an unusually conciliatory tone in the face of attacks on its ally Hezbollah.
Watch: Hijacked bus chased by police through downtown LA
A passenger is shot dead before a Swat team deployed flash-bang grenades and arrested the suspect.
We danced with joy then hid among the dead – Nova survivors recall Hamas massacre
A new BBC documentary provides a harrowing glimpse into the Hamas attack at the Nova music festival in Israel, in which hundreds of people were killed.
Watch: Building collapses into river in India
No-one was injured in the incident, which occurred during heavy rains in Bihar state.
World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
After more than half a century on death row Iwao Hakamada, 88, has been acquitted of murder.
Sudan army launches major attack on capital Khartoum
It appears to be the army’s first major offensive to regain the capital since the war began last year.