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Officials fear hundreds of people could be dead as a result of the cyclone, which ravaged France’s poorest department.

France is rushing aid to help the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte by ship and military aircraft after the island was devastated by Cyclone Chido – the worst storm to hit the region in nearly a century.

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Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘Butcher of Hama’, identified as client of consultant who received ban and fine this year

Recent years have seen a massive boom in electric mobility, particularly electric motorcycles and scooters. It was a two-way arrangement, really, as manufacturers were eager to jump on an emerging trend. Meanwhile, governments all over the world were quick to incentivize these EVs in a bid to encourage more sustainable…

England’s seeding for the tournament is based on their results in qualifying

A brief look at the small Indian Ocean archipelago hit by what local authorities call an ‘immense catastrophe’

There is also a slower overnight train between the two capitals

François Bayrou faces the same budgetary headache as Michel Barnier – but the parliamentary equation has changed, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

France is rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean that has been shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century

A wave of African countries is pushing the former coloniser back, but Senegal is the only one without military leaders.