Overview
- Rescue teams have extracted several people who were trapped in tunnels after catastrophic flooding and landslides in Nepal, rescuers reported.
- Those survivors had been cut off for more than a week by debris and floodwater that made access and communication with mountain communities extremely difficult.
- Emergency responders face steep logistical challenges including unstable slopes, blocked roads and damaged infrastructure that will slow wider relief and rebuilding efforts.
- In Australia, south-east Queensland is experiencing an unusually warm start to spring and emergency services are preparing for a higher early-season bushfire risk by boosting readiness and public warnings.
- Danny Boyle’s new film Ink, which dramatizes Rupert Murdoch’s 1969 takeover of The Sun and stars Guy Pearce, has been widely praised by critics as a riveting return to form.