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Typhoon Wipha kills at least 17 people Izu Ooshima hit hardest

Asia is in the grip of a diabetes epidemic. In human and financial terms, the burden is huge and it is hitting the poor especially hard. Often thought of as a disease of the rich, experts say the unabating rise may be fuelled as much by food scarcity and insecurity as it is by excess. Changing lifestyles, rapid urbanisation and cheap calories in the form of processed foods are putting more and more people at risk of developing Type-2 diabetes. There are now 382 million people worldwide living with diabetes, according to new figures from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). More than half are in Asia and the Western Pacific, where 90-95% of cases are classed as Type-2.

In developing nations, where improvements in health care and sanitation are seeing death rates fall, birth rates still remain relatively high. This is leading to rapidly rising populations. In fact, 97 out of every 100 new people on the planet are currently born in developing countries.

How is the changing global population affecting people's daily lives? With the UN set to announce that there are now seven billion people on the planet, BBC News reporters spoke to seven people from around the world to hear their stories. Production: Anna-Marie Lever, Fiona Crack, John Galliver, Emily Jones.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico, shaking buildings and sending people rushing out on to the street.

"The number of people killed by months of flooding in northern Thailand has risen to more than 500, officials say." Governments are putting a $4 billion plan into action.

"Torrential rain in southern Italy has caused landslides which killed three people in Sicily and derailed a passenger train in Calabria..."

This post will be the first of a two part series on gender inequality in the United States. Gender inequality is defined as the disparity in status, power and prestige between people who identify as women and men. Today I will look at how gender inequality still exists in the United States, despite our frequent unwillingness to acknowledge it.

The number of people attempting to illegally cross the U.S-Mexico border has plummeted, but the number of migrants dying during the trek through the mostly desert region has not. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues its efforts to secure the border and prevent deaths in the area, Border Patrol officials said.

- More than 5,000 people have been evacuated on the Gulf of Mexico - It is considered to pose a serious risk to several communities in the region. - Will cause rivers to overflow and create flash floods and mudslides.

Millions of people in England and Wales have been warned to prepare for heavy rain and hurricane-force winds on Sunday night and Monday. Gusts of up to 80mph (130km/h) are predicted as the storm hits the South West then moves north and eastwards. There are fears of flooding and damage. Severe flood warnings carried out.

"MANILA, Philippines - Philippine authorities on Monday evacuated more than 100,000 people, closed schools, and grounded flights as one of the biggest typhoons of the year bore down on the Southeast Asian country."

"...tens of thousands of people have died after what is said to be East Africa's worst drought for 60 years."

"Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 233 people in Pakistan..."