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Thousands in Nepal are still waiting to be rescued, but unpredictable weather is making such operations increasingly difficult. BBC News

The number of people missing in Nepal has risen to more than 4,200, the national disaster agency said on Monday. The BBC has travelled to the district of Rasuwa, one of the worst hit provinces in Nepal. South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to locals from Sano Bakhu who are …

She led Congress during a period when Indian politics moved from coalition governments and economic liberalisation towards the much more dominant politics of Narendra Modi’s BJP and Hindu nationalism. But perhaps the most revealing question is what Sonia’s memoir will choose to say – and what it will leave unsaid. …

A Sydney woman who survived a shark attack has described the moment she came face-to-face with a 4m great white before repeatedly punching it. Leah Stewart, 34, was dragged under the water at Coogee Beach in June as the shark bit into her thigh and arms, leaving her with extreme …

A 17-year-old boy has gone viral for wearing a superhero costume while volunteer firefighting in Indonesia, as the country faces a super El Niño. BBC News

The number of people missing in Nepal has risen to more than 4,200, the national disaster agency said on Monday. Authorities worked through the night at Nepal’s hydropower sites where employees are thought to be trapped in tunnels. On the Tibet side of the border, 546 people have been reported …

The leader of the controversial Unification Church has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribing South Korea’s former first lady and other political funding offences. A court found that Han Hak-ja’s church gave Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol, two Chanel bags and …

A 97-year-old woman pulled from flood debris in Nepal is recovering in hospital, according to her doctors. Guna Maya Bohara’s great-nephew, Dipak Bohara, has told BBC Nepali she looked like “a warrior” who had returned victorious from battle. The operation to pull Bohara out of the rubble of her care …

A video has captured the moment a group of people stranded on a balcony in Nepal survived as powerful floodwaters rush around them. It’s one of several clips BBC Verify has located along the Trishuli River after a deadly cascade of water, mud and other debris flooded the area on …

Kitchen and her husband, described as her “soul mate”, were starting a six-week holiday to Singapore, Indonesia and Australia when the incident happened in May 2024. The turbulence hit over Myanmar, with the flight then diverted to Bangkok, in Thailand, for an emergency landing. “There had been some turbulence over …

A video has captured the moment a group of people stranded on a balcony in Nepal survived as powerful floodwaters rush around them. It’s one of several clips BBC Verify has located along the Trishuli River after a deadly cascade of water, mud and other debris flooded the area on …

I enter the camp to an absolutely heartbreaking scene. Hundreds of people are queuing outside, desperately trying to see if they can find their loved ones. This army camp in Nuwakot, one of the main districts in central Nepal affected by devastating flash floods and massive landslides, has been turned …

Early on Wednesday, Sudipto Bhattacharya received what would be the last message from his wife. It showed a departure stamp in her passport: immigration at the Nepal border was done. We are waiting to enter China, she wrote, at 07:57 (02:27 GMT). Six minutes later, at 08:03 local time, the …

The BBC has seen widespread devastation on the way from Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu to Trishuli, one of the areas worst-hit by flooding on the Tibetan border. As well as ambulances, hearses were also seen along the route, where rescuers said entire villages had been washed away by floodwaters. South …

China has warned there is a “high risk” that a lake which formed after the recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may burst, causing a second flood downstream. The warning comes after Wednesday’s deadly flash flood in the same area which scientists say was triggered by the collapse of a …

Despite the issue, Delhi has made repeated overtures to the new government. A formal invitation was extended to Rahman soon after he took office, and India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has held discussions with Bangladeshi officials, including the prime minister, in recent weeks. When Rahman visits, Trivedi has …

Not long ago, Malaysia’s then-prime minister urged his country to protect Rohingya Muslims – a stateless minority that has fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar for decades. “We must defend them, not just because they are of the same faith, but [because] they are humans, their lives have value,” Najib …

Video from northern Nepal shows people being rescued from mud after deadly flash floods swept through the Nepal-Tibet border leaving more than 160 people dead and hundreds missing. The Nepalese army and armed police forces have been rescuing flooding victims, although many rescuers are struggling to reach the disaster zone …

At Kathmandu’s TU Teaching Hospital, families of those missing in the floods wait anxiously for updates. Holding up her phone, Ram Khumari Shrestha says: “This is my husband. He was off to Rasuwa as a part of his driving job. He was in contact with me until 8 pm yesterday. …

A deadly flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 150 people, with hundreds still missing. The missing include more than 100 from India, 54 from the US, and 33 from the UK, as well as more than 100 from Nepal itself, according to Nepal’s tourist board. The …