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• India’s GDP beats growth forecast at 7.8%

  31-08-2026 15:21 via ft.com
  World’s fastest-growing large economy outperforms central bank expectations as Middle East energy shock starts to bite
  
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• Whose fiscal problems would you prefer?

  31-08-2026 16:17 via ft.com
  Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat
  
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• Honda and Nissan strike software deal despite failed merger

  31-08-2026 11:50 via ft.com
  Japanese carmakers under rising pressure from Chinese EV rivals and the might of Toyota
  
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• Japan’s bonds and yen under pressure after Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech

  31-08-2026 09:32 via ft.com
  Currency weakens past ¥160 a dollar and yields rise to highest in three decades as investors raise bets on monetary tightening
  
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• Japanese bonds and yen come under pressure after Jackson Hole meeting

  31-08-2026 09:32 via ft.com
  Currency weakens past ¥160 a dollar and yields rise to highest in three decades as investors raise bets on monetary tightening
  
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• South Korea jails Unification Church leader over luxury bag bribery scandal

  31-08-2026 09:21 via ft.com
  Han Hak-ja, 83, sentenced to two years after conviction in corruption case involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee
  
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• Taliban makes overtures to Trump administration over mineral deals

  31-08-2026 03:55 via ft.com
  Afghanistan’s Islamist regime seeks sanctions relief and release of frozen assets five years after return to power
  
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• Nepal rescue effort intensifies with more than 3,000 missing

  30-08-2026 18:56 via ft.com
  Authorities warn rising water levels could complicate recoveries as the number of confirmed deaths reaches almost 800
  
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• Nepal rescue effort intensifies as death toll passes 700

  30-08-2026 11:25 via ft.com
  Authorities warn rising water could complicate recoveries with more than 3,000 still missing
  
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• Chief of India’s largest private bank to step down

  30-08-2026 08:10 via ft.com
  Exit of HDFC Bank’s CEO will come just months after chair departed citing ‘ethical differences’
  
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• CEO of India’s largest private bank to step down

  30-08-2026 08:10 via ft.com
  HDFC Bank chief’s exit will come just months after chair departed, citing ‘ethical differences’
  
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• The search for Air India crash answers

  30-08-2026 03:00 via ft.com
  Indian investigators are expected within weeks to issue final report into disaster that killed 260 people
  
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• Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there

  29-08-2026 05:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.
  
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• The Chinese brand that wants to lead Europe’s trail-running pack

  29-08-2026 03:00 via ft.com
  Baggio Zhong’s Kailas is making an overseas push with its Fuga label
  
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• 97-year-old woman rescued after Nepali floods looked like 'a warrior'

  28-08-2026 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 97-year-old woman, Guna Maya Bohara, survived the flash floods and was rescued using an excavator.
  
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• Jobs drama as China’s AI doubles get ready for close ups

  28-08-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Online performers left jobless as new video-generation programmes sweep industry
  
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• China’s actors written out of dramas as AI doubles ready to take their roles

  28-08-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Online performers left jobless as new video-generation programmes sweep industry
  
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• Sarfaraz denies knowing about Pakistan threat to end tour

  28-08-2026 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed says he and his players did not know about a Pakistan Cricket Board threat to the England and Wales Cricket Board over a Sky interview with the sons of Imran Khan.
  
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• Wife of man who died after turbulence sues Singapore Airlines

  28-08-2026 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for Linda Kitchen say her husband was "fatally injured" after the flight dropped 6,000 ft.
  
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• Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Nepal villages

  28-08-2026 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Before-and-after images show villages, bridges and a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing washed away by devastating floodwaters.
  
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• Videos show people survive floodwaters on balcony in Nepal

  28-08-2026 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify has located several videos from disaster-struck areas of the Trishuli river after deadly floods swept through.
  
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• Chinese rescue workers reach border crossing destroyed by Himalayan flood

  28-08-2026 18:33 via ft.com
  Rescue efforts resume after being suspended over fears of further flooding near the Tibet-Nepal border
  
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• BYD profits rise for first time in five quarters on export boost

  28-08-2026 13:44 via ft.com
  EV maker sees net profits for the second quarter jump 30% despite domestic pressure
  
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• How batteries are reshaping the solar power business model

  28-08-2026 13:01 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, are global emissions approaching a peak?
  
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• Blocked roads and devastation as BBC drives to site of Nepal floods

  28-08-2026 11:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports as she travels from Kathmandu to Trishuli, passing ambulances and hearses on the way.
  
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• This Indian pilgrim was about to enter Tibet for her dream tour - then her WhatsApp messages stopped

  28-08-2026 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Her family is among hundreds anxiously waiting for news after the deadly flash floods.
  
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• She was about to cross into Tibet for a long-awaited pilgrimage - then her messages stopped

  28-08-2026 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The families of two Indian women are anxiously waiting for news after the deadly flash floods.
  
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• Nepal army rescues survivors from hydropower tunnel

  28-08-2026 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say more than 100 people were thought to have been trapped in the tunnel in Rasuwa.
  
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• 'High risk' of lake breaching and causing second flood, warns China

  28-08-2026 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities say a lake formed after a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may breach in the coming days.
  
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• The heartbreak of reporting from a camp housing Nepal flood survivors

  28-08-2026 09:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC Nepali reporter witnesses helicopters coming and going in one of the most flood-devastated areas.
  
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