Captain Cook Cruise ship MS Caledonian Sky is currently taking shelter at Yalobi Bay in Waya Yasawa with no guests on board.

Over 400 guests remain at Plantation Island Resort in Malolo as Tropical Cyclone Mal continues to head our way.

Brazil hit back from their shock opening-game defeat to IR Iran with a resounding 9-0 win over New Caledonia in Jakarta.

Senegal are within touching distance of a place in the Round of 16 after Idrissa Gueye scored three times in a 4-1 victory over Poland.

While Tropical Cyclone Mal is moving towards Fiji, it is keeping a southerly track.

People in the Malolo Group are beginning to experience heavy rain, and wind from this hour.

The majority of tourists in the Mamanuca and Yasawa groups have been safely repatriated to the mainland.

National Disaster Management Minister, Sakiasi Ditoka has thanked all government departments and other relevant stakeholders for their coordinating efforts as the country braces for Tropical Cyclone Mal.

Villagers of Yalobi, Waya in Yasawa have moved to the community hall as winds have started to pick up.

The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji has advised vessels of 15m and less to cease operation from this morning.

With Tropical Cyclone Mal now approaching the Fiji group, Acting Meteorology Services Director Bipen Prakash says most of the impact will be overnight.

Orphaned during a coup in his homeland Guinea, teenager Moussa Camara took to sea in a wooden boat with 240 other migrants, enduring an 11-day voyage, half of it without food and fresh water, before reaching the Canary Islands.