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UK haulage companies say the Calais migrant crisis could be costing the UK economy a quarter of a billion pounds a day. But, as David Pollard reports, the numbers of those trying to cross the English Channel from the French port are dwarfed by a growing migrant crisis on the Serbian/Hungarian border.
Hurricane Hermine brings high winds and record-setting storm surges to Florida, before plowing across Georgia en route to the Atlantic Coast. Diane Hodges reports.
Islamist attacks, strikes and floods kept foreign tourists away from the French capital in the first half of the year and cost the Paris region tourism industry some 750 million euros in lost revenue. As Sonia Legg reports, tourism bosses say massive investment in the sector is needed.
Residents in Swat, Pakistan are waiting for relief assistance after Monday's massive earthquake flattened their town, still struggling to recover from Taliban militancy and other natural disasters. Pavithra George reports.