Thursday, August 27, 2026

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Dozens of Britons are among the hundreds of tourists missing in Nepal following flash floods. Reform UK have slumped to their lowest performance in opinion polls in over 18 months, and Meta has agreed a multi-billion dollar payout after claim its tech harmed young people's wellbeing. 

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1 | Dozens of Brits among missing tourists in Nepal's deadly flash floods

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2 | Reform slumps to lowest poll rating in 18 months

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3 | Prince Harry and Meghan return to UK with family after six years in US

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4 | Government ‘to tell Britons to stock up on tinned food’ to prepare for extreme weather or cyber attacks

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5 | Inside the Israeli military policy to ‘justify’ lethal actions in deadly attacks on civilians in Gaza 

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Wall of water wipes out Nepal border crossing

STAT OF THE DAY

$17bn

The amount Meta will pay up to in order to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook to settle a major US court case. 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I would have washed away to death."

Nepali man recalls how he clung to tree for survival during deadly flash floods.

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