President Sarkozy reshuffles his cabinet for the second time in three months. Also, one year after cyclone Xynthia hits the coast of France, survivors look back on the storm that left nearly fifty dead. Finally, France pays tribute to one of its biggest musical icons, singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.
Northern Australia was the scene of massive destruction Thursday morning, with houses and crops flattened by the most powerful storm in a century. There have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries so far.
Residents of northeastern Australia have been hit by devastating cyclone Yasi, stretching 650 kilometres across and packing winds with speeds of up to 290 kilometres an hour. The storm made landfall around midnight (1400 GMT).
Two years after Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, our correspondents went to take a look at how the humanitarian aid was being used, and whose hands it ended up in.
Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres as a powerful cyclone with winds of 175 kilometres an hour smashed into Fiji on Monday. The storm was reported to generate seven metre-high waves, and shipping has been warned away from the area.
