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In Northern Syria, Kurdish and Arab forces have made major gains against the Islamic State in Raqqa, the capital of their purported Caliphate. The most significant Arab contingent fighting Isis comes from one of the largest tribes in the Middle East – the Shammar.

Axel Molina lives in Mexico City and was caught up in the terrifying earthquake. He says ‘it’s a matter of time’ until his home falls apart.

The Prime Minister briefed her cabinet today on how she hopes to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations.

In Barcelona thousands of protesters gathered outside a courthouse to demand the release of a dozen regional officials detained for their part in organising a Catalonian independence referendum. Now the constitutional court is planning to fine 22 electoral officials up to 12,000 euros a day for their defiance.

On the island of Puerto Rico three and a half million residents are without power after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island, bringing destruction and widespread flooding. Meanwhile on the tiny island of Dominica news is just coming through of 15 dead and 20 missing.

In Mexico rescuers remain focused on freeing those trapped in buildings brought down by Tuesday’s earthquake. A 12-year-old girl is known to be alive but still pinned under the precarious remains of a collapsed school.

Mexico remains in rescue mode as across devastated neighbourhoods people scramble to free those who still remain alive.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy has the latest from Jojutla, near the epicentre of the earthquake.

Puerto Rico has become the latest casualty of Hurricane Maria. It hit the eastern edge of the island early this morning, cutting power and causing widespread damage. The storm, which is a category four with winds of 155 miles per hour, has already killed at least nine people as it tracked across the Caribbean.

Professor Mohammad Marandi, dean of North American studies at the University of Tehran, responds to President Trump’s comments about Iran.

After President Trump’s outspoken attack on Iran at the United Nations yesterday, in which he accused its government of masking “a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy”, and threatened to walk away from a landmark nuclear deal, Iran’s President had his own say today, telling the UN Iran was unmoved by threats and…

Alejandro Cota, from World Vision, discusses the Mexico earthquake.

Across Mexico, rescuers are struggling to free people trapped in the rubble of buildings brought crashing down by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the country yesterday. The head of the country’s civil defence agency has confirmed that at least 225 people are known to have died, among them 21 children and five adults in…

Theresa May tried to bat away questions about Cabinet divisions on Brexit in a press conference in Ottawa but those divides are real and potentially lethal.

He’s being hailed as one of Africa’s most exciting breakthrough artists. We talk to Mr Eazi about his music and his meteoric rise.