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At least three people have died in a landslide in northern Pakistan as a result of the ongoing rescue of 15 missing people, according to local officials.

According to Abdul Hameed, the district police officer for Diamer, more than eight vehicles were swept away on Monday when heavy rains caused a landslide on a highway in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district on Tuesday. More than 15 people are still missing, according to the report.

Since the country’s monsoon season started in late June, with heavier rains than usual, 221 people have died as a result of flash floods, collapsed buildings, and electrocutions.

Several of the victims were visitors from other parts of Pakistan who were visiting Gilgit-Baltistan, a province in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a popular tourist destination known for its lush valleys and crystal-clear lakes.

According to Hameed, the debris covered at least 10 vehicles. He continued, “The rescue operation has been launched once more at [01:00 GMT] at 6:00 AM.”

According to Faizullah Faraq, spokesman for the provincial government, “Rescuers also evacuated four injured people, one of whom is in critical condition.”

Local villagers offered emergency shelter and assistance, while government teams removed debris and escorted hundreds of trapped tourists to safety, according to Faraq.

50 homes, four bridges, a hotel, a school, major highways, and communication signals were affected by the flooding in the area on Monday, as well as blocking major thoroughfares and causing damage to communication signals.

In Pakistan, there are other locations.

Since June 26, 221 people have died nationwide as a result of events relating to the monsoon.

According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, “104 children and 40 women die,” and more than 500 others are injured, according to Tuesday’s death toll.

The agency’s official statement to AFP stated that heavy rains typically begin after the monsoon season. Although this year’s death tolls are typically in August, she said, “the impact has been markedly different.”

The risk of flooding and landslides is still high in the country’s northern and eastern provinces, according to the national meteorological service.

In the course of 24 hours of monsoon rains hitting Punjab province, which borders India, at least 65 people were killed and nearly 300 were hurt in the middle of June.

At least 13 tourists were killed in a northern Pakistan province where they were sheltered from flash floods in late June.

The climate in South Asia frequently experiences rains, which are crucial for irrigation and replenishment of water supplies.

However, their negative effects have gotten worse in recent years as a result of rapid urban expansion, subpar drainage systems, and more frequent extreme weather events.

Bryan Mbeumo has an option to extend his contract at Brentford until 2030, according to Manchester United.

According to a club source, United paid 65 million pounds ($88 million) for Brentford, with additional 6 million pounds ($8 million) likely to be spent on additions to the 25-year-old Cameroon international.

In the 2024-2025 league season, Mbeumo surpassed his previous best of 20 goals to lead Brentford to a respectable 10th-place finish in the Premier League. More league goals were scored by only Mohamed Salah (29), Alexander Isak (23), and Erling Haaland (22).

I had to take the opportunity to sign for the team whose shirt I wore as a child as soon as I realized I had a chance to play for Manchester United, Mbeumo said on Monday.

“It’s better for me than it was yesterday,” I say. I am aware of my character development, learning from [manager] Ruben Amorim and playing alongside world-class players, to advance to a new level.

The versatile Mbeumo, who started every league game last year, proved indispensable for Brentford and excelled as a right-winger.

In 2019, he made 242 appearances for the London club, contributing to the league’s 70 goals and adding 51 assists.

Bryanton has an outstanding Premier League goals and assists record. According to United’s director of football, Jason Wilcox, his remarkable consistency has made him one of England’s most productive players for the past three seasons.

“We’re thrilled that we’ve added one of our top targets to our preseason schedule.” As we gear up for a successful season, Bryan will have the perfect opportunity to collaborate with Ruben and his new teammates in the US.

Matheus Cunha, Diego Leon, and Enzo Kana-Biyik’s arrival make Mbeumo United’s fourth summer signing of the summer.

In the United States, United will play three preseason games: West Ham United in New Jersey on July 26, Bournemouth in Chicago on July 30 and Everton in Atlanta on August 3.

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Venezuela has launched an investigation into the alleged involvement of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, and his senior officials in the detention of 252 migrants after they were deported from the United States.

Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced the news in Caracas on Monday, as he revealed the accounts of some of the men who claimed they were beaten, sexually abused, and given rotten food while incarcerated in a notorious El Salvador prison.

Saab urged the UN Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take action because some patients were denied access to medical care or treated without anaesthesia.

After US President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members without receiving proper evidence, the Venezuelans were deported from El Salvador in March.

Human rights organizations voiced fierce opposition to the deportations, and the Trump administration fought back legal. Many of the men’s families and attorneys deny having gang connections.

Prisoner swap

In exchange for 10 US citizens and political prisoners detained in Venezuela, the former detainees made their way to Caracas on Friday following their release from El Salvador.

Saab claimed that the prosecutor’s office was interviewing the refugees who had returned. Some of the former prisoners have since reconnected with their families, but they haven’t yet left their homes.

One person had a split lip, several had bruises on their bodies, and one had rubber bullet wounds on their bodies.

Andry Hernandez Romero, a 32-year-old beautician from El Salvador, claimed he had hardly lived through the ordeal.

In a video that Saab presented, he claimed, “We were going through torture, physical aggressions, psychological aggressions.” I experienced sexual abuse.

Others described being imprisoned in “inhuman cells,” dehydrated from sunlight and ventilation, and given rotten food and unsafe drinking water while imprisoned in El Salvador.

The men were denied access to lawyers or their families, and the last time they were seen were when Bukele’s government published photos of them arriving at the prison strung and shorn.

Venezuela will look into Osiris Luna Meza and Gustavo Villatoro, the country’s justice minister, according to Saab.

The media contacted Bukele’s office to request a comment, but the office did not respond right away. Bukele did not respond to the abuse allegations until late on Monday when she reported the return on social media.

He claimed on X that the Maduro regime was happy with the swap agreement. They now yell their contempt because they have just realized they have no longer hostages in the most powerful nation on earth.

On his television program on Monday, President Nicolas Maduro claimed that Bukele had made an “last-minute” attempt to stop the migrants from leaving.

He said, “You could not stop the first plane, but he put a car on the runway for the second plane to cause an accident or stop them from leaving.”

In a television interview on Monday, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado referred to the situation as an “exchange of prisoners of war.”

Similar allegations of torturing prisoners and denying them access to political prisoners’ legal representation also apply to Venezuela, which is currently the subject of an ICC investigation in The Hague.

According to Chinese officials, China has begun construction of a megadam on Tibet’s Yarlung Zangbo River, which could be the world’s main hydroelectric power source when finished.

Five hydropower stations will be located along the river, which is also known as the Brahmaputra in India and the Jamuna River in Bangladesh, along with five hydropower stations in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Premier Li Qiang reportedly attended a ceremony for the dam’s commencement on Saturday, according to China’s Xinhua state news agency.

Beijing had been working on the project for a while, and in December of last year, the project was approved. It ties the development to Beijing’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and economic goals in the Tibet region.

After the groundbreaking ceremony in the city of Nyingchi in southeast Tibet, Xinhua reported that “the electricity generated will primarily be transmitted to other regions for consumption, while also meeting local power needs in Tibet.”

According to Xinhua, the project is expected to cost about 1.2 trillion yuan ($167.1 billion).

India stated in January that it was concerned about the project and would “monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests” with China.

China “has been urged to ensure that the interests of the downstream states of the Brahmaputra are not harmed by activities in upstream areas,” according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs at the time.

Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in December that the project would not have a “negative impact” downstream, adding that China “will also maintain communication with nations at the lower reaches” of the river.

Tibetans expressed concern about the potential effects on the Tibetan Plateau’s distinctive ecosystems after China annexed Tibet in 1950.

According to Yale’s E360 environmental magazine, Tibet’s vast glaciers, major rivers, and vast glaciers provide fresh water to 1.3 billion people in 10 nations.

The Yarlung Tsangpo, which reaches 5, 000 meters (16,404 feet) above sea level, is considered to be Tibet’s sacred river.

Tens of thousands of soldiers are stationed on either side of China’s vast border with India, which is only 30 kilometers (18 miles) away.

The Yangtze River’s Three Gorges Dam, which was constructed in central China, could have three times as much energy as the dam.

Around 1.4 million people were displaced by the Three Gorges Dam, which was completed in 2003, incontrovertibly.