BBC news with David Austin

A powerful cyclone has hit the east coast of India forcing half a million people to flee their homes. Cyclone Phailin is buffeting Orissa's state with winds up to 200km/hour. So far, at least five people have died. Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is in the region, he described the intensity of the storm.

We step up for a brief moment, we could barely stand on our feet, we'd come back right in. And there has been accompanied with very, very heavy rain, in the distance we frequently hear the sounds of bang of things coming down, of windows being smashed and already we're getting reports of power line which have come down, the trees that have been brought down, of houses with their roofs blown off.

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has lambasted the International Criminal Court where he faces trial for crimes against humanity as racist, biased and means for western governments to interfere in Africa. Addressing African leaders in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Mr. Kenyatta said the ICC had become a toy of the declining imperial powers. The African Union has passed the resolution that no sitting African head of state should appear before any international court. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.

The Kenyan president has repeatedly sought the deferral to his trial at the International Criminal Court which is due to start an exactly one month time, though the request has been repeatedly rebuffed. Now the African Union says Uhuru Kenyatta should not attend the trial unless the court agrees to postpone proceedings. The Pan-African body accuses the International Criminal Court of biased on its current cases related to alleged crimes committed in Africa. President Kenatta has always maintained he'd cooperated fully with the ICC, diplomats in Kenya say failure to do so would have consequences.

The US and Afghanistan say they have agreed the terms of the security deal to take effect after the main foreign combat forces leave the country at the end of the next year. It follows talks in Kabul between the US Secretary of State John Kerry and the African President Hamid Karzai.