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A cyclone bringing winds of 135mph (215km/h) has arrived in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Cyclone Harold is a category five storm - the most severe - and has already killed 27 people in the neighbouring Solomon Islands. The victims were swept off a ferry that defied cyclone warnings. Vanuatu, home to around 300,000 people, is already in a state of emergency because of the coronavirus - and is awaiting general election results. The storm is particularly affecting Sanma province, home to the country's second biggest city, Luganville. Although there have been no injuries reported, photos showed roofs blown off buildings and power lines brought down. Some people took shelter in caves.

"There is lots of damage in Sanma, they lost lots of buildings," Jacqueline de Gaillande, chief executive of Vanuatu Red Cross, told Reuters. 

The Vanuatu meteorology department recorded winds of 135mph in Sanma but said gusts - which are less sustained - were reaching 145mph (235km/h). A major international effort was needed after the last category five storm - Cyclone Pam - hit Vanuatu in 2015. Although Vanuatu has no confirmed Covid-19 cases, it declared a state of emergency last month, soon after the country voted in a general election. The counting of the votes was live-streamed, as social distancing rules made it difficult to have enough observers in one room//BBC

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "still very much in charge of the government" despite spending the night in hospital with coronavirus, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said. The PM was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with "persistent symptoms" - including a temperature - for a series of routine tests. It is said to be a "precautionary step" taken on the advice of his doctor. Johnson, 55, tested positive for coronavirus 10 days ago. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will chair Monday morning's coronavirus meeting in his place, Jenrick said. 

Jenrick told BBC Breakfast that he hope that as a result of these tests the prime minister will be able to come back to Downing Street as soon as possible. 

Although Downing Street insist the PM is still in charge, if the medics insist he needs to rest and recuperate then he may well have to take a step back for a period of time. In the UK we no longer have a deputy prime minister - the last one was Nick Clegg under David Cameron. Technically, Dominic Raab - as first secretary of state - would be expected to step up. His position as foreign secretary, however, does not put him at the centre of the fight against coronavirus. It would seem likely therefore that the two figures who would be expected to take a key role would be Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and Health Secretary Matt Hancock. 

At the moment the focus is on "flattening the curve" and reducing the level of infections and admissions to hospital. The day-to-day decisions are therefore likely to depend much more on the advice of the scientists and officials. The really big decisions are some way off - when it is hoped the prime minister will have recovered//BBC

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has turned her official residence into a command center for the COVID-19 command post in the province. The command center also functions as a command post to monitor the handling of COVID-19 cases in East Java. Through the command post the developments in COVID-19 cases including people under monitoring (ODP), patients under surveillance (PDP) and confirmed coronavirus cases in the province can be controlled and monitored on real time basis round the clock. The command post of the COVID-19 Response Task Force in East Java is currently equipped with two ambulances and six drivers who are ready to work anytime. (Ant)

Two people have been killed and five wounded in a knife attack in south-east France, in what the interior minister called a terrorist incident. Witnesses said the attacker entered a tobacconist in the town of Romans-sur-Isère, near Grenoble, and stabbed the owners and a customer. He attacked more people at two other shops before being arrested. Prosecutors said the suspect was a Sudanese refugee in his 30s who lived in the town. At the time of his arrest, the man was "found on his knees on the pavement praying in Arabic", prosecutors said. David Olivier Reverdy, of the National Police Alliance union, said the man had asked police to kill him. Counter-terrorism prosecutors said they had launched an investigation into "murder linked to a terrorist enterprise". The suspect was not previously known to the police or intelligence services, news website France Bleu reported. On a visit to the town, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said: "This morning, a man embarked on a terrorist journey."//BBC