Chinese officials say rescue efforts reach ‘critical phase’

Two days after massive floods and landslides in the Himalayas, authorities in Tibet have resumed search and rescue operations despite the ongoing threat that a debris-filled lake could collapse. The Chinese government has offered to send aid to Nepal to help survivors of the disaster. Also: King Haakon the Eighth has acceded to the throne in Norway after the death of his father, Harald the Fifth, at the age of 89. A group of more than 80 actors are calling on the British government to give every person in the UK a legal right to own their voice in response to the rise in the use of AI ‘voice cloning’. And Apple prepares to shake up the tech industry with its first foldable iPhone expected to be unveiled next month.

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Photo: Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations after a mudslide in Gyirong county in Tibet.
Credit: Reuters