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   Michael Douglas thanked his Behind The Candelabra co-star Matt Damon: "I can tell you, you were magnificent and the only reason I am standing here is because of you, so really you deserve half of this" The Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra has taken the top honours at this year's Emmy awards, held in Los Angeles on Sunday. The film, shown on the cable network HBO in the US, won three awards including best TV movie and a best actor award for Michael Douglas. Breaking Bad was named best drama, while Modern Family took the leading comedy award for the fourth time. Claire Danes took the best actress prize for her role in Homeland. Accepting his first ever Emmy award, Douglas thanked his family and his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones. Surprise win The couple, who have been married for 13 years, announced last month that they were "taking time apart". Claire Danes took the leading actress award for the second year...

A Taiwanese fisherman was storing nearly a tonne of dolphin meat in his fridge, according to reports. The man - named as Huang - was apparently tempted by the sums available for black-market dolphin sausage during the traditional Chinese mid-autumn festival, and had begun selling to restaurants in the west coast Yunlin County two years ago. But coastguards placed him under surveillance for four months before seizing the illegal 820kg haul of bottlenose and Risso's dolphin, along with banned shark and seal meat, the Taipei Times reports. Under Taiwanese law, dolphin meat traders face six months to five years in jail, or fines of $10,000 to $50,000 (£6,250 to £31,250). The paper says Huang told authorities he bought the meat from a supplier in northern Taiwan for about $5 a half-kilo and sold it on for US$16. Prosecutors reportedly say Huang and his wife rented a warehouse to freeze and store the meat, and delivered it around Yunlin County in a lorry with a freezer unit.

Typhoon Usagi has wind speeds of up to 175 km/h (109 mph) The Philippines and Taiwan are braced for Typhoon Usagi, which meteorologists say could become the most powerful typhoon of 2013. The typhoon was 560km (350 miles) east-southeast of Taiwan and 360km (225 miles) from the northern Philippines on Friday morning, weather officials said. Both Taiwan and the Philippines have issued alerts and warned boats to exercise caution. The tropical hurricane is expected to hit China over the weekend. Typhoon Usagi had wind speeds of up to 175 km/h (110 mph) and gained strength early on Friday, Pagasa, the Philippine government's weather agency, said. Philippine officials have issued storm warnings for flash flooding, landslides and storm surges for several northern provinces. Emergency and health personnel in some provinces have also been placed on standby, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Meanwhile, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued a land ...