Hurricane Norma is heading for the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, while Tammy grew into a hurricane in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Norma has weakened slightly but remains a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

A nearly 20-year fight to hold the French government criminally responsible for using a banned pesticide in the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe has received a serious blow.

France’s government is offering to discuss greater autonomy for the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.

Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French president has warned of a “very explosive” situation in the overseas department.