A total of 3,916 people were said to be missing throughout Nepal, the government said.

Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn

Three more London-listed companies are set to be taken over as the value of deals removing firms from the capital’s under-pressure stock market so far this year passes $100bn (£74bn).

On Tuesday, Bodycote, the FTSE 250 industrials group that has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1972, agreed a £1.84bn takeover by the US private equity group Veritas.

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© Photograph: Jack Taylor/Reuters

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.

The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 955 people as of Monday.

The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 955 people as of Monday.

The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 919 people as of Monday.

The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 919 people as of Monday.

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 919 people as of Monday.

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

The Strait of Hormuz remains the primary flashpoint in the conflict.

A ferry carrying more than 260 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the northern coast of Cyprus on Sunday, local officials said.

More than 172 people have been rescued, Northern Cyprus PM says.

A catamaran-style ferry carrying over 260 passengers has capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus

A manhunt was underway early on Sunday, police in Switerland said.

A manhunt was underway early on Sunday, police in Switerland said.

The death toll in last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 750 people as of Sunday.

A manhunt was underway early on Sunday, police in Switerland said.