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flash floods
Nepal begins burials and appeals for support as flooding death toll reaches 797
Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said Nepal needed “more than a thousand” freezer units to store bodies.
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29th August 2026
From The 42Premier League
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flash floods
Nepal-Tibet floods: Death toll rises to 682 as rescuers drill for workers trapped in tunnels
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said some 2,426 people are still missing.
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EU referendum
'Show up and vote': Iceland goes to the polls on whether to restart talks to join the EU
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'Somehow losing her has made me miss Mum all over again': Our readers remember Dolly Parton
There has been an outpouring of affection for the country music legend since her death on Tuesday.
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Border poll
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nepal-tibet
Death toll reaches 584 as two Irish citizens listed among missing tourists after Nepal flooding
Rescue efforts have been suspended after reports of a dam bursting in Tibet.
Ireland today became the latest country to pledge support for the relief efforts.
The number of people missing on both sides of the border has risen to 2,482
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risks of glacial lake floods and glacial collapses.
Jewellery Heist
Thieves steal diamond necklace once owned by Egyptian royal family from Vienna museum
Artificial Intelligence
Siobhan McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan among those backing campaign against AI voice cloning
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Canada PM says it will be Lake Ontario ‘then, now and always’ after Trump's ‘Lake America’ order
World Cup
Uefa prepares to bring legal suit against Fifa president Infantino for 'criminal mismanagement'
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