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BBC News - World

LIVE - 'Everything is under mud': Nepal death toll rises to 389 amid fears of new flood - The US Geological Survey says "glacial collapse" triggered the wall of water and mud that tore through Nepal and Tibet. Hundreds of people are still missing.

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Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say -- Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice. -- Asia

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What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods -- Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84 -- He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.

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LIVE - US woman who killed her children was 'damn good mother' suffering psychosis, defence says - Lindsay Clancy does not dispute killing her three children, but her lawyers say she had postpartum psychosis at the time.

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Two killed in 'violent incident' at school near Berlin -- Police have arrested a man after an incident in which two people were killed including an 18-year-old.

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Man who attacked nun on CCTV in Jerusalem acquitted on grounds of mental health -- A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.

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Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist -- The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.

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Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies -- Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.

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'Silence is complicity' - top footballer hits out over Cameroon femicides -- The killing of at least eight women in a week has sparked outrage in Cameroon.

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The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' -- The Bosnian Serb commander led a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian conflict.

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'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away -- One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.

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Key moments in trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of murdering her three children -- Closing arguments are about to start in a trial which has drawn global attention to the rare condition postpartum psychosis.

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Iceland holds knife-edge referendum on EU - and it could be decided on fish -- On Saturday, Iceland will vote on EU membership talks, amid economic and geopolitical tensions.

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Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood -- BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.

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What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? -- At least 270 people have died in the massive flash floods, while more than 800 others are missing.

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People pulled from mud in Nepal after deadly flash floods -- At least 160 people have been killed along the Nepal-Tibet border as rescuers struggle to reach the disaster zone.

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Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border -- This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.

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Norwegians lay flowers at palace as King Harald's condition worsens -- The 89-year-old's condition is described as "extremely serious" and members of his family have visited him in hospital.

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King 'heartbroken' by deadly Nepal flash floods -- Some 33 people from the UK are missing, including a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

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Memory wars: Election clash over Germany's Nazi past as AfD eyes power in east -- Remembering its role in the World Wars is a key aspect of modern Germany's identity but the AfD argues it is time to take a more positive view of the past.

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Jellyfish force partial shutdown of French nuclear plant -- It is the second consecutive year that jellyfish has forced the closure of the Gravelines power station in northern France.

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Board of Peace's Gaza envoy criticises Israeli strikes and Hamas actions -- Nickolay Mladenov warns that a collapse of last October's ceasefire would be "a point of no return" for the region.

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