00:00Icelanders are voting in a referendum to decide whether to resume talks on joining the European
00:06Union 13 years after they were broken off.
00:10Rescue efforts entered their fourth day in communities varied by catastrophic flash floods
00:15in Nepal and China as the number of people missing climbed to nearly 3,000.
00:20At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian attack on a warehouse in the Bucha
00:26district close to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
00:30Polls have opened in Iceland in a referendum on whether to resume their EU accession bid
00:36or shelve the prospect of joining the bloc for the foreseeable future.
00:40Polling stations are open from 9am to 10pm local time with voters deciding whether to return
00:48to membership negotiations or reject even exploring what a deal would look like.
00:54Of Iceland's roughly 400,000 population, around 265,000 are eligible to vote.
01:01A year's vote would not commit the Nordic nation to joining the EU, but it would reopen accession
01:07talks with the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, with any eventual membership deal
01:13put to another referendum.
01:14Iceland applied to join the EU in 2009, however, a new Eurosceptive government took office
01:21in 2013 and suspended EU accession talks.
01:25Iceland's left-leaning government, elected in 2024, originally vowed to hold the vote next year,
01:31but brought it forward because of rising geopolitical tension over Russia's war in Ukraine,
01:37and US President Donald Trump's claim to Greenland.
01:44Rescue efforts entered their fourth day on Saturday in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods
01:50in Nepal and China, with the number of people missing climbing to nearly 3,000.
01:57The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 682, authorities reported,
02:03as thousands of families still await news of their loved ones.
02:07As rescue teams rush to reach survivors, helicopters arrive loaded with boxes and bags of aid,
02:14including clothes, instant noodles, crackers and rice.
02:18Widespread devastation has left communities short of food and water and entire villages engulfed.
02:24As many as 93,000 people may have been affected, the Red Cross said, with the death toll expected to
02:31rise.
02:32The US Geological Survey said the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse that created
02:37a torrent of debris downstream. While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear,
02:43climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risks of such disasters.
02:54At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian attack on a warehouse in the Bucha district,
03:00close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
03:04Authorities said the strike caused a major fire and explosions,
03:07with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy adding that explosive objects appeared to be stored at the warehouse.
03:15At least 50 residential buildings had been damaged in the attack, officials said,
03:20after the fire spread to nearby homes and a restaurant.
03:24Zelenskyy said criminal proceedings had been opened on charges of possible negligence regarding the storage conditions of the materials.
03:33Elsewhere, one person was killed and three others injured in a Russian strike on the southern Odessa region,
03:39and two more people were killed in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, according to Ukraine's emergency service.
03:46Moscow and Kyiv have been ramping up long-range strikes in recent months,
03:50particularly targeting logistics and energy facilities.
03:54Zelenskyy has called on his forces to further step up their deep strikes on Russia.
04:02Severe storms have damaged historic buildings in the northern Italian city of Cremona,
04:08in the Lombardy region, injuring at least 43 people.
04:11Local officials say a spire on Cremona Cathedral was damaged and the roof of the Torre Civica,
04:18the town hall tower, collapsed.
04:21According to media reports, hailstones around the city were as large as tennis balls.
04:26The cathedral in the city of 71,000 residents is one of the most striking medieval church buildings in Lombardy.
04:34The cathedral in the city of 71,000 residents is one of the most striking medieval church buildings in Lombardy.
04:34The immediately erreur of his property in Lombardy.
04:34What does this say mean,
04:34the connections in the cityAfrican building?
