A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability.
Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Sydney Lang.
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More than 30 Australians are missing after major flooding in Nepal and Tibet.
At least 162 people have been killed in the flash floods.
Experts say they think the floods were caused by an avalanche that happened after a large glacier broke.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says they are looking for more information.
"A truly horrific event. At this point, there are 34 Australians who are missing. We are asking for those with information ... can contact our consular people. At this point, Nepal, you know, is a developing country. It doesn't have the resources that an event like that would have in Australia. So information is difficult."
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The boss of Facebook and Instagram will pay billions to end a legal case claiming young people are addicted to social media.
He says his company will bring in child-safety tools, like stronger controls for parents.
The case claimed the company made sites to keep young people using them, ignoring concerns about mental health.
The deal will need approval from the court and the company still faces other lawsuits.
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New research says lizards and snakes in Australia are at bigger risk of disappearing than previously believed.
Scientists say 127 types of reptiles are at risk of disappearing in Australia.
They say types that have been researched less are more likely to be at risk than ones that have been better studied.
Professor David Chapple says that the way people feel about certain animals can also make a difference to how well they are studied.
“There's, you know, often a negative perception towards lizards and snakes and so, there's an inherent sort of bias in terms of public perception. But I guess one of the other areas is that, unlike some other sorts of animals within Australia, reptiles actually get their peak levels of species richness and diversity within the arid areas of the country, further away from population centres."
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Thanks for listening to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Sydney Lang.
