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• Hundreds missing after avalanche triggers deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 14:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of people are missing and at least eight have been killed after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal.
  
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• Reports former ADF soldier died in Ukraine

  31-08-2026 22:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian officials are investigating reports a former ADF soldier has died while fighting for Ukraine.
  
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• Donald Trump threatens more strikes on Iran

  31-08-2026 22:48 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit Iran hard after American forces were targeted in the Middle East.
  
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• ‘Hoaxes’: Migrant border rush sparked by Israeli, Russian misinformation, Spanish leaders says

  31-08-2026 21:53 via smh.com.au
  
  In response, Israel’s foreign minister accused Pedro Sanchez of “lying shamelessly” to distract attention from his own failures in government.
  
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• ‘Hoaxes’: Migrant border rush sparked by Israeli, Russian misinformation, Spanish leader says

  31-08-2026 21:53 via smh.com.au
  
  In response, Israel’s foreign minister accused Pedro Sanchez of “lying shamelessly” to distract attention from his own failures in government.
  
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• NSW hiker first Australian declared dead in Nepal flood disaster

  31-08-2026 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Michael Keats, from the NSW South Coast, was described by his partner, Emily Boyd, as “an incredibly important part” of her family.
  
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• NSW hiker first Australian declared dead in devastating Nepal flood disaster

  31-08-2026 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Michael Keats, from the NSW South Coast, was described by his partner, Emily Boyd, as “an incredibly important part” of her family.
  
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• Race to rescue 900 trapped workers as floodwaters recede in Nepal

  31-08-2026 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Communities across flood-ravaged Nepal have suffered immense devastation, while crews work to find 900 workers still missing.
  
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• Five Australians were having breakfast at a Nepalese hotel. Then came a wall of water

  31-08-2026 10:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage of the township hours after the flash flooding shows brown sludge blanketing the riverbank where several buildings once stood.
  
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• Maduro flashes peace sign in prison picture

  31-08-2026 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The ousted Venezuelan president, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been detained in the US for seven months after US forces captured them in a raid in Caracas in January.
  
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• ‘Survived by just 10 seconds’: How teacher’s quick decision saved 900 children

  31-08-2026 08:33 via smh.com.au
  
  As they evacuated to higher ground, Rajendra Dawadi said he saw a building about 100 metres from the river being engulfed.
  
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• Prince Harry gave security committee only a fortnight’s warning over return home

  31-08-2026 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  When the Sussexes landed at Birmingham Airport last week, they were met by private security rather than a visible publicly funded police convoy.
  
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• Can great music survive in the age of tech? Ireland has the answer

  31-08-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  While the digital age has presented plenty of challenges to live music, in Dublin’s downtown pubs it is helping keep traditions alive.
  
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• We saw the floods in Nepal. But will we ever know what happened in Tibet?

  31-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  We cannot properly understand the climate crisis in Asia when an important part of it remains behind a mountain of political censorship and control.
  
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• Helicopter footage captures scale of destruction in Nepali town

  31-08-2026 05:05 via smh.com.au
  
  At least five Australians were staying in a Nepali hotel near the Tibetan border when it was flattened by catastrophic floods.
  
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• Helicopters airlift 60 stranded tourists following Grand Canyon flash flood

  31-08-2026 04:27 via smh.com.au
  
  An urgent search is under way for dozens of missing tourists after a flash flood ripped through the Grand Canyon.
  
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• Dozens feared missing after Grand Canyon flash flood

  31-08-2026 04:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Rescue teams are searching for missing tourists after a flood tore through the Grand Canyon.
  
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• An ‘October surprise’ could seal Trump’s fate, or make him great again

  31-08-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The midterms are looking grim for Donald Trump and the Republicans. But this creates the circumstances for a shock that could decide the election.
  
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• US strikes Iranian targets in first attacks in weeks, Tehran retaliates

  31-08-2026 01:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired at two US bases in Jordan in retaliation to the American strikes.
  
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• Girl rescued from rubble after Nepal floods

  31-08-2026 00:57 via smh.com.au
  
  A five-year-old girl is in stable condition after days buried beneath rubble.
  
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• The 43 Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, and what we know about them

  30-08-2026 23:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as loved ones at home hold out hope for any good news.
  
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• Fire has gutted a popular Bali restaurant

  30-08-2026 23:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Fire has torn through a Bali restaurant popular with Australian tourists.
  
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• US strikes Iranian rocket launchers in first attacks in weeks

  30-08-2026 23:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the US attack – which broke a lull in fighting in the six-month war – would “result in punishment of the aggressor”.
  
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• ‘I saw many dead bodies’: The harrowing escape from a flooded Nepal tunnel

  30-08-2026 22:55 via smh.com.au
  
  After the inland tsunami hit, worker Dhan Bahadur Tamang was swept as far as four kilometres through a tunnel until he was spat out into a newly formed body of water that swirled with debris and equipment.
  
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• Trump speaks on Venezuela oil deal

  30-08-2026 22:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump says oil from a recent deal with Venezuela will be used to replenish the US strategic reserve.
  
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• NASA launches powerful new telescope

  30-08-2026 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  NASA has launched a $6 billion new telescope to explore the hidden universe.
  
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• Ferry capsizes off Cyprus

  30-08-2026 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Eight people are dead and 17 are missing after a ferry capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus.
  
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• At least 800 dead in Nepal flood disaster

  30-08-2026 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 3000 people - including 42 Australians - remain missing in the Nepal floods, as the death toll passes 800.
  
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• Russian strike on Ukraine warehouse kills 37

  30-08-2026 11:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia has targeted a Ukraine ammunition warehouse, killing 37 in the deadliest strike of the year.
  
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• Harry and Meghan must decide. Play the royal game or ditch the titles

  30-08-2026 10:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The return of the Sussexes to Britain confirms a fundamental reality: their personal brand is inextricably linked to the very institution they spent six years criticising.
  
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