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The Boring Company raised $3 billion at a $23 billion valuation in a UAE-led round to fund more than 150 kilometers of tunnels, including the Dubai Loop, expanding beyond its Las Vegas Loop; past projects in other cities have stalled and safety/environment concerns persist, with investors tied to Musk’s other ventures backing the effort.
The Israeli military says it destroyed a large Hezbollah underground complex in southern Lebanon, using more than 1,000 tonnes of explosives to collapse two tunnels spanning over 2 km beneath Ali Taher Ridge; the blast triggered a magnitude 4.1 seismic event, with no immediate response from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government as Israel expands its security zone after months of fighting.
Israel says it destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel network beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, claiming the operation gives it full control of the ridge and seized Iranian-built weapons and a Hezbollah command center. A U.S. Geological Survey measured a 4.1-magnitude tremor in the area after Lebanon reported a massive explosion. Some militants were killed or forced from the area as fighting has intensified following a recent lull, with Beirut saying Israeli strikes have killed more than 4,300 people since March.
Rescuers in Nepal saved a Chinese man from a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project and a 64-year-old Nepali woman from Nuwakot as thousands remain missing ten days after floods triggered by a glacial collapse; the disaster has killed at least 1,375 and left more than 5,000 unaccounted for amid widespread infrastructure damage, including hydro facilities and bridges.
Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after floods devastated the region; a body was recovered and dozens more remain missing as rescuers, aided by security forces and foreign experts, press on to reach trapped workers.
Two men were pulled alive from within four-kilometer tunnels of Nepal’s Trishuli 3A hydropower project as rescuers press on to locate about 42 workers still unaccounted for nine days after catastrophic floods and landslides along the Trishuli River, part of a disaster that has killed more than 1,200 people.
Rescuers in Nepal say 46 workers may still be alive after a week trapped in a tunnel at the Rasuwagadhi hydropower project following glacier-triggered floods. So far 279 people have been rescued, but about 639 remain missing as teams from Nepal, India, China, Korea and Australia continue to search hydro project tunnels and air-filled spaces. The disaster has killed at least 1,204 and left more than 4,200 missing across the region, with authorities focusing on tunnels and dry pockets as the most likely survival sites.
A Nepali woman and two children sprint to higher ground to escape a flash flood in Betrawati, as rescue teams battle a wider crisis with the death toll surpassing 1,100 and about 900 hydropower workers missing; efforts are hindered by mud-filled tunnels, weather, and damaged infrastructure.
Rescuers in Nepal are blasting a hillside and pumping air into mud-filled tunnels to reach more than 600 workers trapped at hydropower plants along the Trishuli River after catastrophic floods; with the death toll near 939 and about 3,925 missing, teams led by Nepalese and Chinese forces are racing to access the tunnels before conditions deteriorate, while some workers have already been rescued and families await news.
Latvia stopped 28 migrants who crossed from Belarus through a moss-covered underground tunnel, the second such tunnel found this month. Riga says the surge reflects a broader, state-led push by Minsk to pressure the EU, part of ongoing irregular migration and a ‘hybrid attack.’ Latvia is boosting border protection with fencing and technology and has received regional support from Estonia, Lithuania and Finland, with Poland likely to sign a similar agreement; a criminal case has been opened against Belarusian border officials as authorities cite organised, cross-border trafficking aimed at Europe.
The IDF’s S-2 special engineering platoon has shifted from explosives disposal to locating, mapping, and destroying strategic tunnels in Gaza and southern Lebanon, detailing how heavy blast doors are stripped away, how crews navigate past steel debris, and how hundreds of tons of explosives are moved deep into enemy territory to collapse the network. The unit describes Hezbollah’s tunnel system as a multi-use, long-stay asset—housing weapons, drones, command centers, and observation points—that is fragmented rather than continuous. Framed as a “living laboratory” of underground warfare, the operation aims to neutralize Iran-backed underground infrastructure and deliver a significant blow to Hezbollah’s capabilities.
IDF forces found more than 150 weapons in the Hadatha village in southern Lebanon, destroyed over 90 Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites, and killed over 20 militants. The update follows earlier strikes, including the destruction of a 200-meter underground tunnel in Majdal Zoun, underscoring ongoing Israeli operations in the Security Zone.
Fresh geophysical scans reveal tunnels and possible support structures inside a hill near Mount Ararat, bolstering claims that the site could be Noah’s Ark. Geologists remain skeptical, noting the formation might be a natural hill, and researchers say they will use a robot to investigate before any excavation.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, abducted from the Nova festival in 2023 and held in Gaza for more than two years, says he was sexually abused by a Hamas captor in tunnels and threatened with death if he spoke; the account underscores the brutal dangers hostages faced even during cease-fires.
Israeli soldiers engaged with terrorists emerging from tunnels in southern Gaza, killing three of four identified terrorists, amid ongoing efforts to dismantle terror tunnels in Rafah. The IDF also targeted additional terror sites, and Israel reached a deal with the US to deport 200 terrorists hiding in tunnels below Rafah, though no country has agreed to accept them yet. The situation remains developing.