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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2026 · 13 MIN

Floods devastated Nepal. Why the search for survivors will be a challenge.

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Deadly flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border devastated the region. ABC News reports that experts think they may have been triggered by a glacier collapse. Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and overhaul how kids use Facebook and Instagram, settling a case brought by nearly every U.S. state. Reuters’s Diana Novak Jones breaks down the new limits on teen accounts. Trump’s new tariffs on Canada are threatening to squeeze voters in Senate battlegrounds like Maine and Michigan ahead of the midterms. Semafor’s Burgess Everett explains the political risk for Republicans. Plus, the CIA director’s surprise Moscow visit, beloved actor Tim Curry has died at 80, and a rare blood-moon lunar eclipse lights up the sky tonight. Today’s episode was hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

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