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Nepal Flash Floods News LIVE Updates: Death Count Crosses 900 As Rescue Ops Enter Day 6
Nepal Flash Floods News LIVE Updates: Nepal's disaster authority has said that more than 4,000 people are still missing.
"I Love You": British Man Recalls Wife's Last Words Before Going Missing In Nepal Floods
The man is now in Nepal, searching for his wife as well as his mother (52), brother (31), and uncle (64), all of whom remain missing.
20 Missing In US Grand Canyon Flash Floods, Video Shows Massive Destruction
The flash flood began in Bright Angel Creek, which flows into the Colorado River, about 2:30 pm on Saturday, with torrents of water wiping out footbridges over the creek and significantly altering the landscape.
Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics
The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present dayIt’s the global hit TV series that pulled audiences straight into the chaotic hedonism of 1920s Germany, dramatising the brilliance and brittleness of a newly built democratic system with unprecedented ambition.But in the 13 years that the German makers of Babylon Berlin have worked on the show, modern democracies from the US to Hungary to South Korea have come under pressure in ways the creators say they could never have imagined when they started. Continue reading...
Icac lawyer tells Charles Perrottet the key to lying is ‘you have to be really good at remembering it’
Perrottet disagrees when counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC claims brother of former NSW premier is not truthful and ‘constructing evidence’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA brother of former premier Dominic Perrottet has told Icac he would lie to a property developer about delivering political outcomes “to keep him on side”, but Charles Perrottet has denied lying to the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog.Charles Perrottet, who is among three Liberal figures alleged to have anticipated receiving $2m in prohibited political donations from Jean Nassif, told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Monday that he “made up” updates for the property developer. Continue reading...
Newborn baby’s body found in Sydney rubbish bin as police hold ‘serious concerns’ for mother
Police urge mother to attend hospital after baby’s body discovered in Harrow Road in AuburnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have appealed for information to find the mother of a newborn baby boy, whose body was discovered in a rubbish bin in Auburn in Sydney’s south-west on Monday morning.Police said emergency services responded to reports of the body of a baby located in a rubbish bin along Harrow Road in Auburn at 11.20am, with officers from the Auburn police area command finding the body of a newborn boy. Continue reading...
NHS to offer free high-street cholesterol tests in England
Checks at pharmacies for people aged 40 to 84 are aimed at identifying those at risk of heart attack or strokeThe NHS in England is to offer free finger-prick blood tests for cholesterol on the high street for the first time under plans to reduce heart disease and stroke deaths by a quarter within the next decade.The seven-minute tests will be available at participating pharmacies as part of a national rollout to spot “ticking timebombs” earlier. Continue reading...
‘Everything’s smashed to bits’: Ukrainians turn anger on those storing weapons near their villages
As Russia hits another ammunition warehouse, killing at least 38, locals put blame on poorly placed depotsIt is a day and a half since a Russian jet-powered drone smashed into an ammunition dump in Myla, a village 15 miles outside central Kyiv. Volodymyr, 61, a security guard, leads visitors from his family’s badly damaged home, its roof blown off, back windows shattered, through the garden towards the impact site 300 metres away.The garden, like so many in Ukraine’s villages and suburbs, is a sizeable allotment. But today the greenhouse is shattered, a vegetable patch is blackened and crisp underfoot. Several metres of grapevine have been destroyed. Even so, Volodymyr finds two surviving bunches to hand to the Guardian. Continue reading...
Properties in UK national parks command 24% premium, study finds
Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and WalesHousebuyers are paying a premium of almost a quarter to own a property located within a UK national park, with the New Forest the most expensive national park to live in, according to Britain’s biggest building society.Nationwide found that a property located within a national park cost 24% more on average than a similar property elsewhere, while buyers were also stumping up a 6% premium for homes within three miles of a national park. Continue reading...
Rejoining the EU, Burnham’s donors and the bedroom tax: Politics Weekly answers your questions – podcast
Will the UK ever rejoin the EU? Who is funding Andy Burnham? And will the bedroom tax be scrapped? In a special episode, Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker answer some of your questionsPlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at [email protected] Continue reading...
US Strikes Iran's Larak Island, Tehran Vows "Response And Punishment"
The strikes took place on Sunday after US forces allegedly detected members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps preparing the launchers to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the strategically important waterway.
Bewilderment after Trump's 'out of touch' interview with Trey Gowdy: 'Pathetic stuff'
President Donald Trump's strange interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy on Sunday night bewildered the president's critics. Trump appeared on "Sunday Night in America" with Gowdy, where the two men discussed topics ranging from Trump's dream golf foursome to his management of the economy and foreign affairs. During the interview, critics noted that Trump was spouting statements so strange that they wondered what was really going through the president's mind as he spoke. "rey Gowdy is working hard to do the most pathetic interview of Trump of all time," Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist, posted on X. "It's a stiff competition, but man, this is some pathetic stuff."In one segment, Trump claimed that Canada "thinks" it is a state even though Trump has repeatedly claimed he wanted to make Canada a state. "We are actually quite sure we are not a state," Scott Barber, a Canadian author, posted on X. "Deranged," the political commentary account "Spiro's Ghost" posted on X. Trump also repeated his plea to voters to pretend he is on the midterm ballots to increase voter turnout. Polls have shown that Republicans often perform well when Trump is on a ballot, but recent polling suggests the 2026 midterms may be different. Trump's plea struck a nerve with comedian Stacy Cay. "Pretend gas prices aren’t high. Pretend inflation isn’t getting worse," Cay posted on X. "Pretend we’re not at war with Iran. Pretend I won the 2020 election. Pretend I wasn’t Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend. Pretend my main donor didn’t do a Seig Heil at my inauguration."Trump also claimed to have "largely taken care of inflation" during the interview, a claim that some found truly difficult to comprehend. "So out of touch," Robert Wolf, a board member of the Obama Foundation, posted on X. "Gas prices are still high. Grocery prices are up big, such as beef, coffee, chocolate. Commodity prices are up, like wheat [and] corn. Fertilizer and diesel prices are up, hammering farmers." Trey Gowdy is working hard to do the most pathetic interview of Trump of all time. It's a stiff competition, but man, this is some pathetic stuff. pic.twitter.com/Z7tUnmLcBw— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2026
