A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 11 people dead and forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on beds or in wheelchairs.
With eight inches of snow from the previous night creating havoc in Washington and a wind chill temperature prompting worry of hypothermia, the just sworn-in president spoke about a torch.
Five people have been killed and more than 3,500 evacuated in two days of torrential rains in south-eastern Spain, with many roads, train networks and an airport closed yesterday and emergency services rescuing people stuck in flooded highway tunnels.
It's 35°C in Turkana, north-west Kenya, and inside a makeshift hut sits a widowed mother who hasn't eaten anything in four days. I settle down on a goatskin rug and notice that the baby boy cradled in her arms is watching me as I set up my recording device and camera.
David Cameron has accused Boris Johnson and Michael Gove of having "left the truth at home" over Brexit as he said they behaved "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
He was so confident about securing the EU referendum for Remain that he boasted to fellow European leaders that he was a "lucky" prime minister who knew "how to win".
'Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman was sentenced yesterday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 (€13,500) to rig her daughter's SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents.
