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  FORT MYERS, Fla.,  (Reuters) – The death toll from Hurricane Irma was at 82 early on Friday as 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power in sweltering heat, five days after the historic storm ripped through southeast U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Several people were injured today after witnesses reported there had been a blast on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London and police said they were treating it as a terrorism incident.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Jose could regain hurricane strength today and cause life-threatening rip currents along portions of the United States east coast, the U.S.

  Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Williams will act as Crime Chief until the return from leave of Detective Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government has agreed to put a moratorium on retrenchment in the public sector until December 31.

  KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed a three-match Twenty20 series against West Indies set for Lahore in late November.

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Despite economic problems and its own damage from Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico is taking thousands of refugees from the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima community last night paid their respects to a well loved resident who lost her life trying to save her grandson from a massive wave during the passage of Hurricane Irma in St Maarten last week.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) today said that a man taken off a flight bound for Canada has since discharged 86 pellets of suspected cocaine.

  AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Nearly a third of all buildings on the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin were destroyed and more than 90 percent damaged by Hurricane Irma, the Dutch Red Cross said on Tuesday.

  PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to cut through red tape to quickly rebuild the islands of the French Caribbean during a visit today meant to dispel anger at his government` s response to Hurricane Irma, which killed at least 43 people in the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) A businessman yesterday shot and killed a bandit who held him up as he was on his way to the bank.

(Trinidad Express) Government says it’s working to evacuate Trinidad and Tobago nationals from St Maarten and the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

(Trinidad Express) Petrotrin today confirmed that investigations are in progress with respect to reports of inconsistencies in the volumes reported from Trinidad’s Exploration and Production fields and that reported as received at its Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, about 1:50 pm today which resulted in the death of Sunil Samaroo, 23 years, of Kaneville, Grove, EBD and the hospitalization of pillion rider Keitze Bazilo, 24 years of 33 Howes Street, Charlestown.

  JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has denied assaulting South African model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable in a Johannesburg hotel suite last month, saying an “intoxicated and unhinged” Engels attacked her with a knife.

  HAVANA,  (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in Cuba by Hurricane Irma, most of them crushed by collapsing buildings, authorities said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the ferocious storm to 38 in the Caribbean.

  GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said on Monday that Venezuelan security forces may have committed crimes against humanity against protesters and called for an international investigation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three weeks after a threat of foreclosure, two properties owned by Tobago businessman Ken Patino have been put up for sale.

  GENEVA/SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official today slammed Myanmar for conducting a “cruel military operation” against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, branding it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.