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After arriving in Mayotte, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said "days and days" would be needed to ascertain human losses. The relief operation is being co-ordinated from Reunion - another French overseas territory.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has hit the capital of Vanuatu. We bring you the latest from there.

Syria's de facto leader - Ahmed al-Sharaa - has said international sanctions must be lifted. As the country embarks on the task of reconstruction we hear from the city of Homs.

( A boy sits near the ruins of homes, in the aftermath of the Cyclone Chido; Credit: Reuters