CARIBBEAN: Tropical Storm Rafael headed toward the Cayman Islands today and was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads towards Cuba.

The storm, with its 60mph winds, ”is forecast to become a hurricane in the north-west Caribbean near the Cayman Islands with further strengthening before it makes landfall in Cuba,” according to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami.

SWEDEN: A court today sentenced far-right politician Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail for two counts of “incitement against an ethnic group” after making hateful comments at political rallies two years ago.