SRINAGAR, India: An avalanche at a Himalayan mountain pass in Indian-controlled Kashmir has killed one person and left another none people missing.
Top civil administrator Baseer Khan says the avalanche hit Khardung La pass in the remote Ladakh region early Friday and trapped 10 people under snow.
Khan says one body has been recovered while rescue teams of police and army soldiers are searching for the missing.
Avalanches and landslides are common in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety.
Last year, 11 people were killed after their vehicle was hit by an avalanche in the northwestern Kupwara area.
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Avalanche in Kashmir Himalayas kills 1, leaves 9 missing
Avalanche in Kashmir Himalayas kills 1, leaves 9 missing
- An official says one body has been recovered while rescue teams of police and army soldiers are searching for the missing
- Avalanches and landslides are common in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety
UK starts visa requirements for St. Lucians
- Saint Lucia’s government said it was actively engaging with British government
- It said it would continue talks to “explore pathways for maintaining strong mobility arrangements“
CASTRIES: Britain has introduced a visa requirement for Saint Lucians effective from Thursday citing a “notable increase” in nationals from the small Caribbean nation claiming asylum, Saint Lucia’s government said in a statement.
Immigration is one of Britain’s most politically sensitive issues, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has sought to show it is tightening the system as the populist Reform UK party gains ground in opinion polls.
Saint Lucia, a former British colony, has a population of about 180,000. Last year, the World Bank estimated a net emigration of just 23 people.
Its government said it was actively engaging with British government and would continue talks to “explore pathways for maintaining strong mobility arrangements.”
It said it was informed in a letter dated Wednesday.
Saint Lucia is a member of the Commonwealth, an association of mostly former British colonies. Before the 1970s, nationals of many of these had the right to live and work in the UK. Saint Lucians previously needed a 16 pound Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to travel to the UK. \
There will be a six-week transition for ETA holders, its government said.
On Tuesday, Britain said it would block study visas for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan and halt work visas for Afghans.
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