{
  "id": 3813409,
  "title": "Australia news live: number of Australians missing in Nepal increases to 39; voluntary assisted dying laws passed in NT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/australia-news-live-number-of-australians-missing-in-nepal-increases",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T20:39:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/28/nepal-floods-australians-missing-penny-wong-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-liberal-party-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of Australians reported missing in Nepal's catastrophic floods has risen to 39, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong. The government has pledged to swiftly mobilize consular and humanitarian assistance, including a $5 million aid package, to support affected communities. The scale of the disaster and the region's remoteness pose significant challenges for the response and recovery efforts.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 10,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Odisha: Australia-based couple, 20-year-old woman missing in Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/odisha-australia-based-couple-20-year-old-woman-missing-in-nepal",
        "published": "2026-08-27T11:56:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "55 M'sians unaccounted for following Nepal floods - Mohamad [WATCH]",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/55-msians-unaccounted-for-following-nepal-floods-mohamad-watch",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:05:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "No confirmed Malaysian casualties in Nepal floods, says Wisma Putra",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/no-confirmed-malaysian-casualties-in-nepal-floods-says-wisma-putra",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Nearly 300 Indians missing; MEA sets up special control room",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nepal-floods-nearly-300-indians-missing-mea-sets-up-special-control",
        "published": "2026-08-27T14:50:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Catastrophic floods kill over 360 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/catastrophic-floods-kill-over-360-in-nepal-and-tibet-with-more-than-1-3766807",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:12:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "13 from Karnataka stranded in Nepal, Tibet after flash floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/13-from-karnataka-stranded-in-nepal-tibet-after-flash-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-27T17:25:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "How a glacial collapse caused Nepal’s catastrophic floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/how-a-glacial-collapse-caused-nepals-catastrophic-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-27T19:43:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Australia news LIVE: Thirty-nine Australians among hundreds still missing in Nepal floods as death toll grows to 389",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/australia-news-live-thirty-nine-australians-among-hundreds-still",
        "published": "2026-08-27T20:04:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Australia news LIVE: Thirty-nine Australians among hundreds still missing in Nepal floods as death toll grows to 389",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/australia-news-live-thirty-nine-australians-among-hundreds-still-3812789",
        "published": "2026-08-27T20:04:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}