Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet after a pause when a lake at the border began to overflow. The lake was formed when a wall of mud and debris hit the hub of Gyirong in Tibet on Wednesday, causing catastrophic flash floods that thundered down valleys and obliterated villages. More than 1,300 people are missing, with the death toll reaching 469 on Friday.
More than 500 foreign citizens were among 826 people missing in Nepal, police and tourism officials have said, with Chinese state media reporting that at least 260 of the 558 missing people on the Tibet side of the border were foreign nationals. What could have caused this deadly flash floods? Satellite imagery suggests a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas was the primary cause, raising concerns that the climate crisis is destabilizing the geology of mountain and polar regions.
This is a developing story. Follow our live coverage here. A senior Democratic senator has called for a criminal investigation into Robert F Kennedy Jr after reporting by the Guardian that indicated he lied during Senate confirmation hearings last year.
Ron Wyden said in a statement: “RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake. There are consequences for lying to Congress.” What did Kennedy purportedly lie about? A Guardian analysis of newly obtained documents found that the US health secretary had lied when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
South Korean police will re-examine about 310,000 missing persons cases closed over the past three years after an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records to close files on two people who were later found dead. President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an investigation into the police handling of adult missing persons and told the force to draw up a reform plan. How many people have been reported missing?
More than 70,000 were reported missing last year, with 99.7% of cases closed without a full-scale search. Of those, 931 people were found dead. Why were so many missing persons cases closed?
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