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The Nepali army has been working to rescue survivors who had been trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project in Rasuwa. Footage shared by the country’s prime minister office shows soliders carrying survivors and crawling across thick slates of mud to reach others. An update issued by officials on Thursday indicated more than 100 […]

When Crown Prince Haakon married Mette-Marit in 2001, the king and queen welcomed her four-year-old son from a previous relationship. Marius Borg Høiby was treated as one of the family, but the royal house later stressed he was never a royal. The king’s daughter Princess Märtha Louise initially married a Norwegian writer before controversially remarrying […]

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move comes after trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) worth of Canadian goods. Canada will implement “dollar for dollar” counter tariffs next […]

Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in prison. BBC special correspondent Allan Little was there throughout the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and met Mladić in the early months of the Bosnian war. At night, you could watch the […]

Putin will be well aware of Donald Trump’s periodic disdain for Nato and he may have calculated that a low-key attack on say, Lithuania, is not going to trigger Nato’s mutual self-defence clause – Article 5 – and that the US will not respond. In which case it would make sense for part of the […]

His Optimus Prime voice was inspired by his older brother, a decorated US Marine and Vietnam War veteran, who suggested he should play the character as “a real hero, don’t be a Hollywood hero”. “He said, ‘Don’t go yelling and screaming. He’s strong enough to be gentle.’ “And that resonated with me, and I could […]

Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in a UN prison at The Hague aged 84. News of his death was confirmed by a UN official. Mladić was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 1995. After […]

Emmanuel Nchimbi has been expelled from Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party for indiscipline following his decision earlier this week to resign as the country’s vice-president after 10 months in the job. The 54-year-old has made some controversial remarks in recent weeks – including urging Tanzanians to “fight for a new constitution” – pointing […]

The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a “glacial collapse” – meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated. Initial reports led authorities to believe that an earthquake had been the cause. The cause of the glacial collapse has not been determined, but scientists have warned […]

It is still unclear what caused the glacier to collapse on Wednesday. Searle said that Langsang Lirung, like the rest of the Himalayas, has been slowly rising due to long-term tectonic movement, where one plate has been pushing another plate up. “It’s like putting a jack under the car, and then jacking it up.” “As […]