Day News Recap: Nepal flood death toll climbs as regional tensions and market moves dominate the day

Rescue teams in Nepal and along the Tibet border are still searching after glacial collapse and floodwaters tore through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river basins, with the death toll now reported at at least 469 and many people still missing. Operations have been hampered by a debris dammed barrier lake that began overflowing, forcing some teams to pause work as new flood warnings were issued.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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The disaster has also hit Nuwakot district and the hydropower corridor in northern Nepal, where flash floods and landslides destroyed homes and infrastructure, injured residents were airlifted out, and Nepali army teams continued rescue work at a tunnel site where more than 100 people remained trapped. Families of Australians missing in the flood zone have appealed for information, while one Australian woman feared missing has contacted relatives and said she is walking toward Kathmandu.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, Israel carried out strikes across Gaza that killed at least four people, including attacks on shelters and camp areas already facing worsening conditions, while separate reports said at least three Palestinians were killed in other strikes and that Israel renewed expulsion threats over kite flying. In the occupied West Bank, settler violence continued at record levels, with new roadblocks tightening the siege around homes in Qusra and a UK investigation finding at least 17 companies linked to illegal settlements hold more than £2.1bn in public contracts.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Regional tensions also deepened elsewhere, with Iran setting conditions for any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as Qatar pushed mediation, and analysts warning the Iran, US and Israel conflict is entering a prolonged phase of attrition. Syria remained volatile too, after the Druze spiritual leader said the community was an integral part of Israel, and President Ahmed al Sharaa appointed former SDF commander Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Africa, Chad accused the Sudanese army of a deadly air strike near the shared border that killed 12 people, while Sudan lifted a two year curfew and state of emergency in Khartoum as residents returned. In South Sudan, at least 49 people were killed and 33 wounded in a raid on a village and seasonal cattle camp, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo authorities began Ebola vaccinations for front line health workers in Kisangani as the outbreak spread in Ituri.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Ukraine said Russian drone attacks hit the Kyiv region for a second day, killing one person and damaging homes and warehouses, while residents of Kherson were urged to leave after strikes damaged a district heating plant and raised fears of a harsh winter. Moscow dismissed US warnings that it could test NATO after CIA director John Ratcliffe’s visit, and separately warned Britain over reported Storm Shadow plans.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, the US Army said it used a high energy laser system to shoot down three cartel drones near the Texas border, while President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to restrict some foreign equipment in the US power grid. A federal judge again blocked Trump backed mail voting restrictions, and another judge blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic in an AI dispute.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere, a Dutch court sentenced a Dutch Rwandan man to life over his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, while in Asia Pacific thousands marched on Indonesia’s parliament in Jakarta demanding tougher anti corruption action and asset seizure laws. South Korea also announced joint drills with the United States and Japan for September 7 to 11, Pakistan and Kuwait signed a new defence protocol, and Malaysia finalised the first phase of a Rohingya repatriation plan for next month.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Other developments included a record $5.3 million auction fee paid to secure earlier passage through the Panama Canal, a surge in piracy off Somalia to the highest level since 2013, Greece scrambling F 16s after a drone reported from Turkey flew near Alexandroupolis airport, and Australia confirming H5 bird flu in a dolphin at Goolwa while withdrawing Macquarie Island staff over bird flu concerns.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the United States, Trump also signalled a farm sector antitrust push, named Ben Moss as White House staff secretary, and praised Nvidia’s record sales and continued US AI and chip momentum.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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