While criticizing Dutch aid for Sint Maarten, the French rescue services do not contain an inverted word. On the affected islands of Saint Bartholomew and the French part of Saint Maarten, there are a thousand soldiers, firemen and agents active from Saturday.
In the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint Maarten and on the island of Saint-Barthélemy, nine deaths were caused by Hurricane Irma. Seven people are still missing. This is what the French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said on Friday. He said there were 112 injured.
The French minister of overseas territories, Annick Girardin, visited the island of St. Maarten, struck by Hurricane Irma. Girardin said to French media during an inspection of the damage in the northeast of the island that she was shocked. She said 'to hear about the amount of damage, but seeing it with her own eyes is very shocking.'
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Pierre Bergé, the former partner of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, died on Friday. That says the French newspaper Le Monde, where he was in the supervisory board. Bergé has become 86 years old.
Saint Maarten will be hit by the next Hurricane, José. Most wind is expected at the end of the night. In the Netherlands it's noon.
Hurricane Irma has demanded three lives on the American Virgin Islands. The death toll is now thirteen.
The storm damage on the Dominican Republic seems to fall on Thursday night. This is evidenced by reactions from Dutch tourists and hoteliers on the spot, after Hurricane Irma.
The Netherlands and Great Britain will coordinate the aid to the Hurricane Irma-affected Caribbean.
A website has been launched to register all missing Hurricanes Irma: ww.irmatracker.com.
The French authorities have downsized the number of victims on the French part of Saint Maarten.
The situation on St. Maarten is becoming increasingly serious. There is anarchy threatening according to eyewitnesses. The robberies increase by the hour. Police are nowhere to be recognized and there is a shortage of soldiers. 'They are waving here with machetes on the street.'
French soldiers and firefighters gather in Guadeloupe. This island becomes the base for help with the islands affected by hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma has potentially affected US President Donald Trump. He owns a luxury estate on the French part of Saint Maarten, heavenly two kilometers from the border with the Dutch part. In addition, the hurricane drives off at its resort in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
The inhabitants of Saint Maarten should still take into account heavy rain showers in the coming hours. In some places, it may be 50 millimeters or more, according to the KNMI. The worst storms are over.
The eye of Hurricane Irma approaches the Virgin Islands, Wednesday, reports the American National Hurricane Center. 'Irma's extremely dangerous core will soon go over parts of the Virgin Islands, and arrive in the afternoon or evening near or north of Puerto Rico,' said the NHC.
Modehuizen LVMH and Kering, the names behind Christian Dior, Gucci, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Jacobs, have said that they stop deploying low-grade models on the catwalk.
The governor of Florida, Rick Scott, has declared the state of emergency because of the hurricane Irma hurricane. Families need to rescue themselves, he says. The hurricane is also approaching the Antilles.
The designer of the world-renowned AK-47 automatic gun Mikhail Kalashnikov gets a 7 meter high statue revealed in Moscow on September 19th.
An Indian court sentenced Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to ten years in prison for rape. On Friday he was found guilty of the rape of two women in a case dating from 2002.
The Vatican is preparing for a terrorist attack in Rome. Principal safer Christoph Graf calls it a 'matter of time' before a Bacelona-like attack in Rome can take place.
In case of irregularities after a court ruling against an Indian guru, at least twelve people were killed on Friday.
The governor of Missouri Eric Greitens at the last moment held an execution after the attorneys of the convicted suspect had submitted new evidence. 48-year-old Marcellus Williams was sentenced to death on Tuesday because of the murder of a woman during a burglary in her home in August 1998. Improved DNA technology has shown that he is not the victim.
VIDEO- King Felipe and his wife Letizia put a heart under the belt on Saturday the victims of the attack in Barcelona. The Spanish royal couple visited the two hospitals where the most injured were nursed.
According to French media, Corsica was arrested on suspicion of suspected fire. Fire fights are also suspected in other forest fires on the French mainland. Whoever is the detainee remains unclear.
In the south of France and on the island of Corsica, fierce forest fires are raging. On Monday, 1400 hectares of forest were destroyed.
Dutch municipalities have many prominent rules. These include curse and curse ban,
Minister Stef Block (Security and Justice) and Curaçao, Saint Maarten and Aruba have made agreements that need to bring closer passenger data exchange. That happened on St. Maarten on Tuesday during the so-called Justice Vierlanden Concert.
A protester against Black Piet has to pay a compensation of 500 euros to an agent who held him in protest in 2014. The court in The Hague condemned the activist, known Amsterdammer Jerry Afriyie, on a conditional fine of 500 euros on Tuesday.
