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Langtang toll passes 389

Glacier collapse kills hundreds as rescuers race rising Himalayan barrier lakes after floods

A Himalayan glacier collapse has turned a remote border valley into the day's gravest emergency, with rescuers searching mud-choked riverbeds while new lakes build behind debris dams. Elsewhere, politics looked less geological but no less unstable: Washington tested allies, Europe watched its air defences, and Spain struggled to keep order in Ceuta.

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Himalaya flash floods in Nepal
Rescuers pause operations as a barrier lake formed by debris begins overflowing, raising fears of a secondary disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border
China removes top military generals
NPC Standing Committee removes Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the state Central Military Commission during its session in Beijing
Royal necklace stolen from Vienna museum
Revealed the thieves entered the museum as ticket-holding visitors before stealing the 673-diamond necklace, as the investigation into the heist continues.

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Climate: from mitigation to adaptation

France's GDP downgrade to 0.0% and emergency farm aid package are new national adaptation responses, but no EU-level policy shift occurred this cycle.

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China removes top military generals
NPC Standing Committee removes Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the state Central Military Commission during its session in Beijing

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