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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 202539 minutes agoShareSaveVanessa Buschschlüter and Jaroslav LukivShareSaveWatch: Satellite video shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying near JamaicaJamaica is bracing for the strongest storm of the year, with US meteorologists warning of “catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding, and storm surge”.
With wind speeds of up to 175mph (282km/h), Hurricane Melissa is a category five storm – the maximum strength. It is expected to make landfall on the Caribbean island in the early hours of Tuesday.
The storm has already been blamed for the deaths of four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Meteorologists warn that Melissa's slow pace means it is set to dump torrential rain on affected areas for longer, increasing the risk of deadly flooding and landslides.
Watch: Jamaicans and Cubans prepare for Hurricane MelissaThe latest data from the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) shows that in terms of ma..

Israel receives body Hamas says belongs to Gaza hostage 2 hours agoShareSaveDavid GrittenJerusalemShareSaveAFP via Getty ImagesEfforts are continuing to find the bodies of the hostages that are still in GazaIsrael has received, through the Red Cross, a coffin that Hamas says contains the body of another deceased hostage held in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops had taken the coffin from Gaza back to Israel, where forensic tests would be used to identify the remains.
If they are confirmed as belonging to a hostage, Hamas will have returned 16 of the 28 dead Israelis and foreigners it was holding before the start of a ceasefire two weeks ago.
The latest handover came after the Israeli government said it had allowed a member of Hamas into territory inside Gaza controlled by the IDF to help Red Cross and Egyptian personnel search for the remaining dead hostages.
Israel accuses Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement brokered by the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey because..

Egypt and Red Cross join search for hostage bodies in Gaza2 hours agoShareSaveAndré Rhoden-Paul and Frank Gardner,Security correspondent , Jerusalem ShareSaveEPA/ShutterstockEgyptian equipment crosses into the Gaza StripTeams from Egypt and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been allowed to search for bodies of deceased hostages taken during the 7 October attacks, Israeli authorities have confirmed.
The Israeli government said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called “yellow line” in the area controlled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza.
Separately on Sunday, Israeli media reported that Hamas members had also been allowed to enter the IDF-controlled area of Gaza to aid the search, alongside the ICRC teams.
Hamas has transferred 15 out of 28 deceased Israeli hostages under the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire deal, which requires it to hand over all hostage bodies. The group said it is now coordinating with Egyptian authorities.
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Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris9 hours agoShareSaveJake LaphamShareSaveWatch: Two people leave Louvre in lift mounted to vehicleTwo suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris's Louvre museum, French media say.
The Paris prosecutor's office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world's most-visited museum last Sunday, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.
France's justice minister has conceded security protocols “failed”, leaving the country with a “terrible image”.
The Paris prosecutor's office said in a statement that the arrests had been made on Saturday evening, without specifying how many people had been taken into custody.
One of the suspects was preparing to travel to Algeria, police sources have told French media, while ..

Trump raises tariffs on Canadian goods in response to Reagan advert11 minutes agoShareSaveMax MatzaShareSaveGetty ImagesTrump posted about the tariff increase while flying to Malaysia on SaturdayUS President Donald Trump has said he is increasing tariffs on goods imported from Canada after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan.
In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advert a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian officials for not removing it ahead of the World Series baseball championship.
“Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now,” he wrote.
After Trump on Thursday withdrew from trade talks with Canada, the Ontario premier said he would take down the advert.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that he would pause his province's anti-tariff advertisement campaign in the US, telling re..