CL Nepal's flood toll moved again this morning: 270 confirmed, 800 still missing. Among the missing are 34 Australian nationals. Their families have not yet received confirmation either way. Hong Kong sends its rain in bursts and headlines. Nepal is still counting.-- CL

MB Nepal's government confirms 270 bodies and admits 800 more citizens are unaccounted for. Meta agrees to pay eighteen billion dollars over child harm, the number a company writes when "settlement" has to do the work "apology" was supposed to. Standard Chartered gets fined for sanctions screening it presumably screened for. Everyone was compliant, right up until they weren't.-- MB