Hundreds of people, including more than 450 foreign tourists, are missing after devastating floods swept through northern Nepal and across the border in Tibet. In Nepal entire villages as well as roads, bridges and power stations have been swept away. At least 100 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal, while the Chinese authorities in Tibet are reporting major casualties there too.

03:58 We find out what may have caused these floods.

Also in the Global News Podcast:

07:06 A maternity ward fire in Pakistan kills at least 14 babies

10:12 Vaping is better than nicotine patches or gum for quitting smoking, new analysis suggests

12:51 Russia targets Ukraine’s petrol stations

14:22 China says students are abusing prescription drugs to manage exam stress

17:19 Nashville pays tribute to country music legend Dolly Parton

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Russia has warned the UK of “consequences” following confirmation that British-made drones were used in recent strikes on military and industrial targets in Russia.

In a statement, the Russian embassy to the UK accused Britain of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis”, adding that “the deeper its involvement in the conflict… the higher the price it will pay”.

It did not elaborate on the type of threat Moscow was considering.

Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Moscow and elsewhere deep inside Russia, particularly targeting oil refineries and logistics sites for its key online retailer Wildberries.

A spokesperson for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said they stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine.

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK will help Ukraine develop new technologies to counter Russian attacks …

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El Niño is a natural weather pattern that begins in the Pacific Ocean.

The event developing in 2026 could be the strongest in living memory, according to the Met Office.

But what does it mean, and what will it affect?

In this video…

0:00 – 1:15 – Intro
1:16 – 3:37 – What is an El Nino?
3:38 – 4:14 – Should we be worried?
4:15 – 7:32 – What are the impacts?
7:33 – 8:04 – Did El Nino make 2026 hotter?
8:05 – 9:03 – Will it be as strong as 1877?
9:03 – 10:09 – Is El Nino linked to climate change?

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Last week Ukraine’s popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections, in what is widely seen as the biggest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Zelensky, whose five-year presidential term ended in May 2024, has been under pressure from both Washington and Moscow to hold new elections, but they have been suspended until after the war is over. Fedorov says that corruption is depriving the military of weapons and making it harder for Kyiv to win the war, and that, “democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia”, although he tells the BBC that he had not himself seen the president engage in any corrupt activity.

The Global Story’s Asma Khalid speaks to Vitaly Shevchenko from BBC Monitoring about where all this could lead.

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00:00 Introduction
02:48 Who is Mykhailo Fedorov?
06:42 How did Fedorov end up outside of Zelensky’s Government?
11:17 How has this impacted Ukraine’s war effort?
12:51 Fedorov calls for elections
14:10 Corruption in Ukraine
17:35 Zelensky’s response
20:20 Zelensky’s ‘rocky’ relationship with Donald Trump
21:59 Could Fedorov force, and win, an election?
23:26 The Trump effect
26:03 Fedorov interviewed

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