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UN: Rohingya in Bangladesh need 'massive' assistance UN says there are 'immense' challenges as Bangladesh needs assistance to feed and shelter 436,000 Rohingya. 24 Sep 2017 12:32 GMT Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter the 436,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks, the head of the UN refugee agency said. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Sunday there were "immense" challenges after visiting the overflowing camps around Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh. "I was struck by the incredible magnitude of their needs. They need everything - they need food, they need clean water, they need shelter, they need proper health care," he told reporters. Grandi said there had been an "incredible outpouring of local generosity" but that now needed to be "beefed up by massive international assistance, financial and material". READ MORE: Rohingya

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov describes war of words between Washington and Pyongyang a 'kindergarten fight'. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged "hot heads" to calm down, calling an escalating war of words between US President Donald Trump and  North Korea's Kim Jong-un  "a kindergarten fight". Trump called the North Korean leader a "madman" on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a "mentally deranged US dotard" who would face the "highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history" in retaliation for the US president saying Washington would "totally destroy" the Asian country if it threatened the US or its allies. Kim Jong-un calls Donald Trump 'deranged' "We have to calm down the hot heads," Lavrov told reporters at the United Nations on Friday, where world leaders gathered this week for the body's annual General Assembly. "We continu

North Korea's foreign minister brushed aside US President Donald Trump's fiery threat to destroy his nation, comparing it to a "dog's bark" and suggesting Pyongyang would not be deterred by the rhetoric.     Trump used his stormy maiden address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to warn the North that Washington would "totally destroy" it if the US or its allies were attacked.   Arriving in New York for the UN meetings on Wednesday, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho was mobbed with questions from reporters about the Trump speech and replied with a proverb.     "There is a saying that marching goes on even when dogs bark," he said as he entered his hotel. "If they are trying to shock us with the sound of a dog's bark they are clearly having a dog dream."    

North Korea has threatened the US with a “horrible nuclear strike and miserable and final ruin”, saying that it Is ready to “destroy the enemies’ bases” with a pre-emptive strike if they show “any slight sign of provocation.” N. Korea says the more sanctions imposed, the faster it will move towards completing nukes “The DPRK [North Korea], which towered as the most powerful nuclear weapons state despite the unprecedented difficulties and trials, is not afraid of sanctions, pressure and war,” the regime said, as cited by North Korea's state-owned KCNA agency. Now Pyongyang is ready to destroy “the enemies' bases with its resolute and pre-emptive strike” if they display “any slight sign of provocation.” “In case the US opts for confrontation and war… it will meet a horrible nuclear strike and miserable and final ruin,” North Korea said. Once again the North slammed the US for calling for a new round of “reckless and ridiculous” sanctions on the country. “The DPRK has had a

Apple's new iPhone 8 will be officially unveiled today. The latest smartphone is expected to be a radical change for the company, which will seek to wow users for the 10th anniversary of the device. Fans got an early taste of what's in store ahead of today's release date when Apple suffered a major leak two days before its launch, with many of the iPhone 8's features being revealed. The latest leaks suggest the new phone - its price could be in the region of £1,000 - will actually be called the iPhone X and will include wireless charging, facial recognition, an edge-to-edge display and - for the first time - no home button. Apple is expected to release the device alongside two other phones, called the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Here's everything you need to know Tuesday's the iPhone X release. When will it be released? Tim Cook is expected to unveil the iPhone 8 at an event in California on September 12. In August the company sent invitations out to journalist

Monster storm   Hurricane Irma   continues on its path towards Florida and is expected to make landfall by Sunday with potentially catastrophic results, prompting warnings from officials the storm could be worse than Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Irma weakened to a Category 4 storm early Friday packing winds speeds of about 240 km/h, remaining a very powerful and dangerous storm. On Thursday, Florida officials began ordering evacuations from southern cities while Irma was a Category 5 storm and prompted a strong warning from state governor Rick Scott. Late Thursday, meteorologist Eric Holthaus shared side-by-side photo comparisons of Hurricane Andrew, that last Category 5 storm to hit Florida, and Hurricane Irma, currently barreling towards the state.