More than 1,000 people have died in devastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Authorities have begun mass burials for unclaimed bodies while awaiting relatives, as rescue teams search for hundreds of workers trapped in hydropower tunnels. FRANCE 24 reports from Nepal’s Chitwan district.

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At least 12 people were killed and 20 injured, including two children, in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukrainian officials say. A hit on a Ukrzaliznytsia depot injured six railway workers, while fires broke out in three Kyiv districts. Russia said it targeted military and energy facilities.

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Russian forces struck residential areas, civilian infrastructure, and railway facilities in Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials reported, killing and injuring multiple people, including children and railway workers. Missile and drone attacks also hit the Kyiv and Odesa regions, damaging homes, infrastructure, and the Orlivka ferry crossing, which suspended operations. Russia’s Defense Ministry said military, energy, and port infrastructure were targeted.

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Ukrainian authorities said Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Tuesday, apparently targeting energy and railway infrastructure. At least seven people were killed when a railway depot was hit, marking the sixth straight day of Russian attacks on the capital.

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At least four people were killed after Russia launched ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine’s capital overnight. The barrage was the latest in a run of daily strikes across several Ukrainian regions, as Kyiv struggles to stop some aerial attacks amid shortages of interceptor missiles.

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At least 12 people were killed in and around Kyiv during a sixth consecutive night of Russian drone and missile strikes. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow was exploiting Ukraine’s shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors to damage morale in the capital; Ukraine said its air defences downed 187 of 218 drones and several missiles.

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Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles and strike drones killed at least 12 people and wounded 21 in Kyiv and the surrounding region, including an Indian citizen among the dead. Ukrainian attacks also killed at least one person in Russia. EU ministers meeting in Ireland are discussing Ukraine’s shortage of air-defence interceptors.

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At least 12 people, including an Indian citizen, were killed and dozens more injured in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The strikes left thousands of families without electricity in the Odesa region and deliberately damaged a border crossing with Romania. Kyiv has been attacked for six consecutive days.

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Russia attacked Kyiv for a sixth consecutive day, with a ballistic missile hitting a railway depot and killing at least seven people. Fires and further casualties were reported across the capital and Kyiv region. Estonia said drones briefly entered its airspace, prompting a NATO response, as EU defense ministers met to discuss Ukraine’s air defenses and Moscow’s “hybrid” threat.

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The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday, authorities said. Rescue teams were working to reach communities cut off by the disaster and search for survivors.

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Officials say more than 1,000 people have died in last week’s flash floods in Nepal and China, while over 4,400 remain unaccounted for across the two countries. Live updates are continuing.

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Flooding described as catastrophic in Nepal and China has killed more than 1,000 people. Rescue teams are working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.

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