World News

Updated: 8:00am - President Donald Trump late Saturday night criticised the FBI for failing to act on a tip that might have prevented the recent massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, and said the bureau was devoting too much time to its investigation of his presidential campaign.

Updated: 6:40am - In an address following the shooting on Thursday, US President Donald Trump did not mention the word "gun" or "firearm" once.

Updated: 10:33am - The Florida shooting stirred the long-simmering US debate on the right to bear arms, which is protected by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.

Updated: 10:28am - Florida man Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder after one of the deadliest school shootings in US history.

Updated: 5:00pm - The teenager accused of shooting dead 17 people at a Florida high school loved guns and had been expelled for disciplinary reasons, police and former classmates say.

Updated: 9:35am - Tonga's emergency services say they are struggling to get out and assess the damage after Tropical Cyclone Gita left a trail of destruction overnight.

Updated: 6:00am - Thousands of people hunkered down in Tonga are being badly battered by Tropical Cyclone Gita.

Updated: 7:47am - Tropical Cyclone Gita is expected to be upgraded to a category five storm, the highest possible, over the next 24 hours as it heads towards Tonga.

Updated: 7:30am - A Russian airliner has crashed after leaving Moscow's Domodedovo airport, killing all 71 passengers and six crew on board.

Updated: 9:48pm - The clean up is continuing in the two Samoas after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit on Saturday morning. There was extensive flooding, rivers burst banks and houses were flooded.