Gurkhas ‘stand by people’ after Nepal earthquake
Among those who’ve travelled out to help with the aid effort in Nepal is a group of Gurkha engineers from Britain.
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Nepal’s earthquake has damaged valuable cultural sites and forced 24,000 displaced people into camps that have sprung up across Kathmandu. Use the slider to see before and after aerial images.
Among those who’ve travelled out to help with the aid effort in Nepal is a group of Gurkha engineers from Britain.
Remoteness is a relative concept in Nepal, one of the most mountainous areas – and one of the poorest too, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller who is in the country.
A ‘miracle’ is hailed as a 15-year-old boy is pulled from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Kathmandu five days after Nepal’s devastating earthquake that killed at least 5,500 people.
Protesters squared off with police in Kathmandu on Wednesday over a perceived failures of the government to provide relief and to help residents leave Kathmandu.
Extensive quake-ravaged areas of Nepal, within easy reach of the capital on reasonable roads, are yet to receive any assistance from either the government or foreign relief agencies.
The death toll from the Nepal earthquake could reach 10,000, the country’s prime minister says, as the UK government reveals it is investigating claims of the first British fatality.
Britons on mountaineering holidays in Nepal, as well as Nepalese in the UK, have all been affected by the huge earthquake that struck at the weekend. These are some of their stories.
Watch the terrifying moment a climber on Mount Everest filmed a huge wall of snow hitting the mountain’s base camp – and see aerial footage of the devastation wreaked on Nepal.
The worst earthquake to hit Nepal in 81 years leaves at least 1,500 people dead, killing dozens in India and causing an avalanche at Mount Everest.
Iceland’s Met Office reveal two earthquakes have shaken the Bardarbunga volcano, hours after authorities raise their warning for the aviation industry to red, signalling possible major disruptions.
The death toll from Sunday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake in south-western China rises to to 381. Search and rescue efforts are continuing.
Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing other EU leaders to embrace reform following the political “earthquake” that saw eurosceptic parties succeed in the European elections.
The local election results produce Ukip successes in Tory Essex and Labour Rotherham, while Labour is the big winner in London. The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, lose control in Portsmouth.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage claims critics who say the party’s Euro election posters are racist are “outraged because we’re actually telling the truth”.