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World Service,31 Aug 2026,49 mins

Nepal intensifies efforts to find flood survivors

Newsday

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Rescue operations have entered their sixth day after flash floods devastated the Nepal-Tibet border region, with the death toll reaching nearly 800. We'll also hear from a teacher who saved hundreds of children by evacuating his school just in time. The US launches strikes on Iran for the first time since late July. We'll be asking why Iran's strategic Larak island was the target for the US. (Photo: Army personnel help people who were airlifted from a site affected by flash floods and a mudslide, at the Maithili Barrack, an army training center, in Trishuli; Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

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