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Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnelRescuers in Nepal are stepping up efforts to find scores of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels, nine days after the devastating flash floods which hit the area on the border with Tibet in China.Hopes have risen after two people were pulled out alive on Friday. The body of a third person was also found in one of the tunnels used to supply hydropower stations.The massive flash flood, believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse, swept through a Himalayan valley last Wednesday, wiping out entire villages. There are now 1,311…

LIVEFarage says Reform UK has ‘taken no illegal money’ after undercover report on donationsReform’s head of policy and Nigel Farage’s senior aide stepped down on Friday as the party announced it was launching an investigation into claims about funding.

Getty ImagesIn a televised speech, Argentina’s President Javier Milei said “the Falklands are our future”.The UK’s position on the Falkland Islands is “unwavering”, Downing Street has said after Argentina’s president said the islands were “historically and legally” Argentinian.Andy Burnham “fully supports the wishes of the islanders to remain a British overseas territory”, a Downing Street spokesperson said. Javier Milei said the “winds of change” favoured his country’s claim to the islands and pledged sanctions on firms planning to exploit oil close to the islands. A British and Israeli partnership due to begin exploration work on the Sea Lion oilfield said…

LIVEJury in Lindsay Clancy trial to resume deliberations for seventh dayTensions flared in court on Thursday after Clancy’s defence team asked for a juror to be removed.

Getty ImagesHouseholds should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has said.Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the Guardian the powerful natural climate phenomenon will lead to “more extreme storms in this country”.Her comments came as the National Audit Office (NAO) warned Britain’s food supply chain is at risk given the growing threat of cyber-attacks and the climate crisis.The NAO said the government was too reliant on the private sector to deal with food supply disruption. The government is due to…

ReutersGermany said the attack at Leipzig airport was part of a pattern of “Russian hybrid operations” in EuropeAs summer temperatures in Europe smashed records this summer and many politicians shifted to holiday mode, Russia remained focused on its war.Not only did its military attacks across Ukraine intensify last month, becoming ever more deadly for civilians, Russia also appears to have escalated its sabotage campaign across Europe.This time, military and defence sector sites were the prime target.A full month after drones packed with explosives were found at Leipzig’s airport, used by Ukraine to transport military goods, Germany’s interior minister has declared…

Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnelA 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 miracles” that they found two men on Friday, he said, given the multiple challenges that they faced.The first hurdle was to locate the entrance to the…

Watch: Undercover reporters posing as party donors meet with Nigel FarageReform 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. The party added the investigation should be “allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice” and it would make no further comment for now.The row threatens to overshadow Reform’s conference in Birmingham, which has its first full day on…

Getty ImagesSteve Irwin’s daughter Bindi was named after his favourite crocodileAustralian conservationist Bindi Irwin has marked the 20th anniversary of her famous father’s death with a touching tribute to the man best known as the “Crocodile Hunter”.Steve Irwin died on 4 September 2006, aged 44, after a stingray fatally pierced his chest while he was underwater filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef.Bindi, who was eight when her father died, called Steve a “superhero” in an online post on Friday, saying she has “watched the world mourn my dad with our family” for the past two decades.”I always thought…

Watch: Undercover reporters posing as party donors meet with Nigel FarageNigel Farage’s senior aide suggested a way to get around electoral law to secure a foreign donation of £500,000 for Reform UK, according to undercover filming broadcast by Channel 4.Dan Jukes was filmed meeting a man posing as the British-based son of a rich American businessman.Electoral law sets out that to be a permissible donor to a UK political party you must be a UK registered voter, or a company registered in the UK.In this instance, the son would be a permissible donor, his father would not be.Reform UK denies…