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August 27: Himalayan Glacier Collapse and U.S.-China Talks
In the Himalayas
More than 1,300 people are reported missing after a glacier collapse triggered deadly flooding in the Nepal-Tibet region. Authorities are also watching a rapidly expanding barrier lake, which could unleash another surge into river valleys already devastated by the first flood.
In Britain
Heavy thunderstorms have flooded dozens of homes in England and Wales after a summer marked by drought. The Environment Agency issued 40 flood alerts across parts of England, while forecasters warned some areas could receive up to 75 millimetres of rain in 12 hours.
Separately, the number of asylum seekers housed in UK hotels has halved over the past year, according to the Home Office. Thirteen hotels closed in the last month, though more people are now being placed in privately rented shared housing, which shifts the accommodation problem rather than making it disappear.
U.S. diplomacy
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington and Beijing to overcome obstacles in their relationship ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned U.S. visit next month and talks with President Trump.
Trump is also seeking to revive direct negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, aiming for verifiable limits on Pyongyang’s nuclear program and an end to North Korean support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In Bosnia’s war-crimes legacy
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of war crimes and serving a life sentence, has died in prison at 84. Mladić’s forces besieged Sarajevo and carried out the Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed.
At Frankfurt Airport
German health authorities are investigating how two Frankfurt Airport workers contracted and died from malaria. Officials have installed mosquito traps, begun monitoring, and asked doctors to watch for symptoms as they try to determine the source of the infections.
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