Noontime News Recap: Nepal flood death toll climbs as rescue teams race rising risks

Rescue teams are still searching the Nepal Tibet border region after a glacial collapse triggered catastrophic flooding along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, with the death toll rising to at least 469. More than 100 people remain trapped at a hydropower project in Rasuwa, where Nepali army teams are continuing rescue operations amid debris flows and flood damage.  🔗  🔗

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China has warned that a barrier lake formed upstream from the flood zone poses a high risk of breaching, raising fears of a second surge downstream and adding to the pressure on already stretched rescue crews.  🔗

Among those affected, an Australian woman previously feared missing in the flood hit north has contacted her family after more than two days without communication, saying she is walking toward Kathmandu.  🔗

In Asia Pacific security news, South Korea has announced joint military exercises with the United States and Japan from September 7 to 11, in drills called Freedom Edge.  🔗

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Russia has warned Britain that military installations and equipment could be targeted after reports that the United Kingdom plans to help Ukraine produce Storm Shadow missiles, escalating the row over long range weapons support.  🔗

In Europe, Dutch judges sentenced a Rwandan born Dutch national to life imprisonment over his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in a case linked to allegations of involvement in killings and other crimes.  🔗 Finland's President Alexander Stubb also promoted cadets at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki and used the ceremony to warn about Europe's security environment.  🔗

In the Americas, a liquefied petroleum gas carrier paid a record 5.3 million dollars for an earlier transit through the Panama Canal as traffic limits tighten, underlining the pressure on shipping through the waterway.  🔗 In the United States, a federal judge blocked the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that the Department of Defense acted illegally in designating the artificial intelligence company.  🔗

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