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‘Miracle’ rescue nine days after devastating flood raises hope that more people could still be found alive.Published On 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026Search teams have rescued two men from a hydropower tunnel buried by debris during the flash flood that devastated Nepal nine days ago.The two workers were pulled alive from the main tunnel at the construction site of the Trishuli 3A plant early on Friday. The rescue raises hope of recovering more of the hundreds of people believed to remain trapped in hydropower tunnels.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe cascade, believed to have been triggered by the…

A tunnelling expert involved in the rescue operation at a blocked Nepalese hydropower tunnel has described to the BBC how they managed to reach survivors.Arnold Dix has been advising Nepal’s hydropower authorities on how to dig through the blocked tunnel to Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, which was one of several stations hit by last week’s massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border.”It’s like layer upon layer of layer of miracles” that they found two men on Friday, he said, given that the multiple challenges they faced.The first hurdle was to locate the hydropower station, in a landscape rendered nearly unrecognisable…

Reform UK says two senior officials have stepped down as the party launched an investigation into claims about funding aired during a Channel 4 News report.Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of the internal probe, the party said. A Reform UK spokesman said: “The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice. “No further comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.”The row threatens to overshadow Reform’s conference in Birmingham, which has its first full day on…

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“There aren’t going to be any singalongs at conference this year,” says a Reform aide. “Or any COVID deniers.”At last year’s event, regional mayor Andrea Jenkyns sang a self-penned rock song on stage, and a guest speaker claimed that Covid vaccines were linked to the cancers of King Charles III and the Princess of Wales. This time, the party is hoping to project a far more serious image.Farage has also finally surmounted many of the internal problems that bedevilled his previous parties. Ukip in particular had significant struggles with money, resources and organisation.In contrast, Reform UK has oodles of cash…

Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli transfers to Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal from Premier League champions Arsenal.Published On 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli has joined Saudi side Al-Hilal, the Premier League champions have announced.No fee was disclosed but British media reports said the deal, finalised late on Thursday, was worth a guaranteed 60 million pounds ($81m).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThat would make 25-year-old Brazil international Martinelli the most expensive player to leave the London club, following Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s 35 million pounds ($47m) exit to Liverpool in 2017.Martinelli has signed a four-year deal with Al-Hilal, who…

Two people have been pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods left them trapped.The workers were rescued during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli 3A tunnel, a hydropower project in one of the areas worst-affected by last week’s deadly Nepal floods, according to army spokesperson Brig Gen Raja Ram Basnet.Local television news channels showed images of the first recovered survivor covered in mud and being carried from the site on a rescuer’s shoulder.Sanjay Shah was the first to be rescued and was taken to the Nepal Army barracks in Trishuli. Subsequently, another…

The board of German car giant Volkswagen has approved a plan to cut another 50,000 jobs as part of a sweeping turnaround programme. It brings the total number of roles the company plans to shed by 2030 to 100,000.The group – which includes Audi, Porsche, Skoda as well as the VW brand – said in March that it would cut 50,000 roles by the end of the decade.The move is a “strong signal” for the future of the firm, which is “taking responsibility for our entire workforce”, VW’s chief executive Oliver Blume said in a statement on Thursday.Blume said in…

Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, has heightened tensions with the UK over the Falklands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on firms which exploit oil close to the British overseas territory.In a national address, Milei said the “winds of change” favoured Argentina’s claim to the islands, emboldened by signs the US might reconsider its stance of neutrality on the issue.Milei said the Sea Lion oilfield, where a British and an Israeli firm are due to begin exploration work, was a “clear and present danger”.More than 40 years after the war over the territory, sovereignty of the archipelago in the south-west Atlantic…

Missouri’s Supreme Court suspended a congressional map that state Republicans drew last year that would have netted the GOP an additional House seat, likely keeping the seat in Democratic hands this November.The court ruled unanimously on Thursday that a referendum petition organized by Democrats to put the new congressional maps to a vote was incorrectly deemed insufficient by Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, and ordered that the gerrymandered map be put to a vote in the fall.Voters will ultimately decide the fate of the new lines in November. But in the meantime, it cannot be in place for the…