Sarkozy reiterated his pledge to jailing hundreds of suspected Islamist radicals, without prior authorisation from a judge.

The storm had weakened from a Category Four to a Category Three, but still had maximum sustained winds of more than 205km/h.

According to preliminary information, 5 people were killed and 27 more were wounded as a result, Armenia's Health Ministry said.

The premium phone, launched in August, was meant to compete with Apple's new iPhone 7 at the top end of the smartphone market.

The Karabakh frontline units remained committed to the ceasefire to continue controlling the situation along the line of contact.

Peter Cook said this was not a prelude to a new campaign in the region, where America is waging wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria.

The accord, signed with the left-wing rebel group last month, was narrowly rejected in a national referendum.