Nepal’s Gorkha district has been hit by a terrifying flood emergency after the Budhi Gandaki River surged violently, sweeping away three bridges and damaging homes and infrastructure. The sudden rise in water levels has triggered panic in Jagat and Salleri, with residents and tourists scrambling to reach safer ground as floodwaters roar through the Himalayan region near the China border. Authorities have confirmed that two suspension bridges and a steel bridge were washed away in the powerful river surge. A hydropower project camp was also swept away, raising concerns over the extent of the destruction. WATCH

A massive explosion has rocked southern Lebanon after Israel said it used around 1,100 tons of explosives to destroy a strategic Hezbollah underground facility beneath the Ali Taher Ridge near Nabatieh. The Israeli military says the tunnel network stretched for more than two kilometres and served as a command centre for Hezbollah’s Badr regional division. According to the IDF, troops found rockets, missiles, drones, anti-tank weapons, firearms and hundreds of mines inside the complex.