Morning Mail: Nepal faces fresh flood threat; Ratko Mladić dies in prison; and AFL finals kick off

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. The Australian government has joined counterparts from around the world in scrambling to send aid into the disaster-hit region of Nepal and Tibet while the death toll nears 400. About 1,300 people are still missing, among them 39 Australians, amid fears that the area could be hit by another inundation. We have full reports. The government’s promise of free energy could come at a price for some, and will One Nation’s policy confusion actually help Pauline Hanson? Ratko Mladić, the “Butcher of Bosnia”, has died in prison, and we preview the AFL finals starting tonight. ‘Lots of friends are missing’ | The Australian government is urgently seeking information on the welfare of at least 39 Australians missing in Nepal after the catastrophic flash flood swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday. Children as young as 11 are among those missing, and a New South Wales couple on a spiritual pilgrimage have been identified as missing after the disaster. Experts said the climate crisis may have caused ICE (immigration enforcement agency) to melt and thaw bonds that hold glaciers in place. ‘Cruel outcomes’ | The Queensland government’s latest law and order crackdown – subjecting some children as young as 10 to a mandatory sentence of a year behind bars – could lead to “cruel outcomes”, according to human rights lawyers . Migration reprieve | Anthony Albanese has guaranteed Australia’s annual refugee intake will not be cut next financial year, shutting down plans for the arrivals quota to drop by one-third to Coalition-era levels.