A Filipino wildlife photographer was seized with two tourists during a bird-watching trip. He tells the story of his escape from his captors hands.

The death toll from tropical storm Washi in the Phillipines is now said to have killed at least 436 people, many caught in their beds.

Rescue workers in the Philippines refused to give up hope of finding survivors in an elementary school buried by up to 35m of mud, digging into the night on Monday after…