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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, we detail what is known so far about Trump’s deal giving the U.S. access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela; how data center controversies are transforming the midterm elections; and volunteers in California worked for 15 hours to rescue a climber with only one foot on a 6-inch ledge.
But first, new flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday in Nepal.
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A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli River amid fresh water surge warning in the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal on Sunday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation
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Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. The latest warnings came after Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream. Read more.
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A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
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What we know about Trump’s deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela
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There's a lot that's not immediately clear about President Donald Trump's deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. He's calling it the biggest oil deal ever. Venezuela’s acting president describes it as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country’s oil industry. No text of any agreement has been released. It's not publicly known how soon the reserves could be drilled and who will pay to make it happen. Experts have said Venezuela’s dilapidated oil infrastructure will take years and billions of dollars to repair. So a substantial boost in production isn't expected to come soon. Read more.
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Data center controversies are transforming the midterm elections
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The snowballing opposition to data center projects in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape. It's also thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies. And it's brought a defense from perhaps the industry’s biggest booster, President Donald Trump. There's a search for large tracts of land, so tech giants and data center developers are exploring deeper into rural America. That's often uniting conservative ranching and farming communities with left-leaning environmental advocacy groups. Trump continues to stick up for data centers, even as politicians run from them. Read more.
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A view of a destroyed car amid damaged buildings, with a road sign showing the direction and distance to Kyiv and Zhytomyr after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, Ukraine on Saturday. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
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