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More than 40 Australians are among several thousand people unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An 11-year-old child, an ADF member and many other pilgrims and trekkers have been named among the Australians missing after deadly flash fl…

As one of Europe’s biggest consumers of gas the UK may be particularly exposed to heightened price volatility Europe is on course to enter the cooler months with gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, which has triggered “winter panic” among energy traders, experts have warned. The EU’s gas stocks were 63% full in the last week of August, well below the 80% average for late August over rec…

Former PM believes Northern Ireland will leave UK in the long term – but remains opposed to Scottish independence The former prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future, in a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. While he added that any union would necessarily be “a long process” and based on mutual agreement, Brown’s comme…

World Humanoid Robot Games showcased leaps Beijing has made in the tech, but also highlighted limitations as US rivals prepare their own launches With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped the world this week with an unsettling mixture of hilarity, trepidation and relief. …

Architect of Srebrenica genocide is dead but those scarred by his atrocities say his ideology is still shockingly pervasive To most of the world, he was and will always be the “Butcher of Bosnia”, a grim epithet but one that still fails to fully convey the evil and horror inflicted on its people by Gen Ratko Mladić, who died in prison on Thursday . As commander of the Bosnian Serb forces, Mladić …

The $134,000 cost of the statue of the former Victorian premier has been heavily criticised by the Liberal opposition Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Carroll government in Victoria has cancelled controversial plans for a statue of former Labor premier Daniel Andrews. Work began in May on the statue commemorating the former premier’s more than 3,000 days in office,…

US president says US will have ‘majority’ control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves Donald Trump announced Friday a new US oil agreement with Venezuela, saying the US will have “majority” control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves. “At ⁠my ​direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working ⁠closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, …

The figure rose to 41 on Saturday morning, with four rapid response teams to arrive in Kathmandu Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The number of Australians who were reported missing in the catastrophic Nepal flooding disaster has risen to 41, as one family celebrates after an unaccounted-for woman made contact with them yesterday. It means three additional Australians …

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign an…

Six more people hospitalised after incident at Big Church festival near Steyning A 41-year-old man has died and at least six other people have been injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex, police said. The man, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident at the Big Church festival off Washington Road near Steyning on Friday afte…

Nearly 600 days after the devastating 2025 fires, thousands of Los Angeles residents are still waiting for more than $15bn in federal funds to rebuild their communities As thousands of residents in Spokane, Washington begin to grapple with a long recovery after a destructive set of blazes that consumed hundreds of homes in the state’s second most populated city this month, victims of the Los Ange…

National Park Service, which backs the 250ft arch, says it is likely to disrupt historical significance of dozens of sites A new National Park Service report backs Donald Trump ’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to the sightlines of a host of landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. The report released Friday says …

Climber, stuck on 6-in ridge, had veered off treacherous path and ‘any fall would almost certainly be fatal’ An ill-fated move left a man stranded on a 6-in ledge over 10,000ft off the ground for hours in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, before a volunteer rescue team came to his aid. The climber, who has not been publicly identified, had been scaling the Mendenhall couloir, a gully on …

Cleveland police say a total of 24 people arrested in investigation after crash that killed two officers Seven more men have been arrested as Cleveland police attempt to disrupt organised crime after the A66 crash that killed two officers. The force said the total number of those arrested in the investigation had risen to 24, several of them charged with serious offences and a number of offenders…

About 125 firefighters tackle blaze at Neasden waste facility as nearby Amazon warehouse is evacuated A large fire has broken out at a waste facility close to Wembley Stadium in north-west London, shutting tube and train lines in the area. Twenty fire engines and about 125 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze at a mixed-waste facility on an industrial estate in Neasden, just under a mile fr…