INTERNATIONAL

Nepal’s authorities have ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors of last Saturday’s earthquake, as the death toll has risen to 6,621. “We are trying our best in rescue and relief work but now I don’t think that there is any possibility of survivors under the rubble,” Home Ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told AFP. Nepal said 14,021 people ...

Baltimore’s top prosecutor says she plans to file criminal charges against six officers in the case of Freddie Gray who died in police custody. State prosecutor Marilyn Mosby said the death of the 25-year-old black man was a homicide, and his arrest was illegal. The charges range from second-degree murder to assault. Protesters cheered as she made the announcement. Gray ...

Towns and villages near the epicentre of Saturday’s earthquake in central Nepal have suffered “almost total devastation”, the Red Cross says. Assessment teams say they have found survivors in a “desperate situation”. Nepal says 6,204 people are known to have died in the 7.8-magnitude quake and 13,932 were injured. But the fate of thousands more in many remote areas remains ...

David Cameron and Ed Miliband have faced tough questions from a Question Time audience over their economic plans in the final TV event of the campaign. The PM said he had rejected £8bn in child benefit cuts the Lib Dems claimed the Tories had proposed in government. Ed Miliband said Labour did not overspend when in power and that he ...

Towns and villages near the epicentre of Saturday’s earthquake in central Nepal have suffered “almost total devastation”, the Red Cross says. Assessment teams say they have found survivors in a “desperate situation”. Nepal says 6,204 people are known to have died in the 7.8-magnitude quake and 13,932 were injured. But the fate of thousands more in many remote areas remains ...

Two people have been rescued from the rubble of buildings in Kathmandu, five days after an earthquake that killed at least 5,500 in Nepal. A 15-year-old boy told the BBC he survived by drinking water from wet clothes and eating clarified butter. Elsewhere, a woman was pulled from a collapsed block where she had been trapped alongside three bodies. Meanwhile, ...

Frustration is growing in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance. Survivors in some areas told the BBC that they were angry that aid neither food nor medicine has reached them. The UN has appealed for $415m (£270m) to help provide emergency relief over the next three months. ...

David Cameron has vowed to introduce a law guaranteeing no rise in income tax rates, VAT or national insurance before 2020 if the Tories win the election. The Conservative leader said workers already paid enough tax and he would focus on other ways of clearing the deficit, such as reducing the welfare bill and tackling tax avoidance. Labour said it ...

Help has begun to reach remote regions of Nepal affected by Saturday’s earthquake, but many remain in desperate need of food and water. As aid efforts continue in the Kathmandu Valley, the UN says the response is broadening to include areas such as Dhading and Gorkha. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit near the capital Kathmandu is known to have claimed ...

Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among eight people from several countries executed by firing squad shortly after midnight on Wednesday on the prison island of Nusakambangan. Brazil’s government also expressed its “deep dismay” at the execution of one of its citizens, Rodrigo Gularte. ...