Typhoon Dolphin has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured at least five people after hitting Japan's Okinawa island on Saturday.

Flights to and from Okinawa's main airport - Naha International Airport - were cancelled as it closed on Friday as the storm arrived.

The storm had maximum wind speeds of 162km/h (101mph) on Saturday and has been categorised as a "very strong" typhoon by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which warned of high waves

The US has pledged £1bn in assistance to Colombia, after the country's new right-wing president was sworn in on Friday.

Trump ally Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".

In a statement hailing a "new era in US-Colombia relations", the US state department announced the financial support as part of a "security package" to help de la Espriella achieve "our shared goals",

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche has been confirmed as US attorney general - the nation's top law enforcement official.

Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him.

Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote after announcing he believed Blanche was the best option the president would put forward. Washington had been anxiously waiting for Cassidy's decision, due to years of acrimony between Trump and the senator.

The vote brings to an end

At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a local official said.

In the early hours of Saturday missiles hit east of the capital and witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions just days after strikes across Ukraine killed 21 people.

The ballistic missile strikes killed three and wounded another three, the head of the regional military administration Timur Tkachenko said, adding that falling debris damaged apartment buildings and cars, while a fire broke out at a separate building.

Emergency crews

Kira Townsend, 39, says she realised the immense danger when word came that the fire had jumped over the river, which normally acts as a barrier protecting the city from fires.

"It's never jumped the river like that, and just roared up the hill that fast," she says.

Nearly a quarter of the city population – 65,000 people – were forced to evacuate since the fires began. For those whose homes did not burn down, officials say it may be weeks

The Chinese side of the peak – where Green Boots' body is – is steeper and doesn't have the same support structures as the southern slope, which is another complicating factor, Sherpa sources have told BBC News Nepali.

"It's really tough to get that body down even in popular spring season, let alone the autumn [which has more unpredictable weather]. That's the simple reason it is still there for so many years," mountaineering guide Pemba Ongchu Sherpa said.

"There would need

According to the WHO, strikes on ambulances make up 20% of all attacks on Ukraine's healthcare system, which suggests these are part of a calculated strategy.

The result of such sustained attacks is that the civilian population close to the frontline are getting increasingly cut off from health services.

The majority of people left in these areas are elderly people who often chronic diseases. Even if they survive air strikes and shelling, without medication and occasional check-ups they face a slow death.

And ambulances may not be