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It also said that the other nine members of the expedition had died.

Purja, a Nepali-born climber, was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.

Pakistani officials previously said the bodies of three climbers - American Mallory Geis, Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy from Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung from Nepal - who were among the 10-person expedition had been recovered.

Purja's death was also confirmed by Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who said on social media that "the tragic death of six Nepalese and four other foreign climbers, including world record holder Nirmal Purja, in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan, has shocked us".

"The history of their courage, dedication, and contributions will always remain inspiring," the prime minister added.

Rescue teams in Pakistan had been searching for the climbers on the world's 12th-highest summit.

Purjam 43, became widely known following a Netflix documentary chronicling his journey, 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, released in 2021.

The avalanche happened on Thursday on the 8,047m (26,400ft) peak in the Karakoram range.

The multinational climbing group was being led by Purja, who joined the British Army in 2003 and the Special Boat Service - the Royal Navy's special forces unit - in 2009.

Broad Peak is regarded as one of the more challenging mountains for climbers. The first successful ascent was in 1957, when an Austrian expedition reached the summit.

Since then, many more have climbed the mountain, but dozens have lost their lives.

One of Broad Peak's deadliest years was 2013, when at least six fatalities were recorded.

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Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.

On Saturday, Infantino said Fifa would no longer proceed with the proposal to sell stakes in the governing body's competitions to private investors.

Uefa - which governs European football - had earlier voted to boycott World Cups if the plans went ahead, and other governing bodies also voiced their opposition.

On Saturday, Uefa said it welcomed the decision to withdraw the plan, describing it as "a victory for the whole game".

It also accused Infantino of failing to deliver on promises, quoting a speech he gave when campaigning to become Fifa president in 2016.

The fallout from the plans means Infantino is now under immense pressure as he seeks re-election for a fourth term as president at the Fifa Congress in March.

"The current Fifa leadership has not only lost Uefa's confidence but also that of many other members of the football family," Uefa's statement read.

"When Gianni Infantino asked for the trust and the votes of Fifa's member associations to elect him as their president in 2016, he said: 'Of course we have to be transparent.'

"He told the assembled stakeholders: 'The money of Fifa is your money. It's not the money of the Fifa president. You are the national associations and the money of Fifa has to serve for the development of football and not for anything else.'

"On both these promises, he has failed to deliver. The shabby, back room, opaque deal he hatched and tried to force through were anything but transparent."

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham - who was the first leader of a major country to call on Infantino to resign - said Fifa made "the right decision" to back down.

What did Uefa's statement say?

Uefa had been highly critical of the proposals since they were first reported in the media on Tuesday.

In a powerful, lengthy statement released several hours after Fifa announced it had scrapped the plans, Uefa said:

• It "cannot keep going on" with "secret schemes of fast-track timescales cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game"

• Those responsible for the plan should be identified and held to account

• It would devise a plan "with its associations and in close co-operation with other confederations" to make sure this "cannot occur again"

• And it would work with partners to "propose a new way of distributing resources through the existing Fifa Forward programme"

It also accused Infantino of "failing to use associations' money for the benefit of the game".

"We must start to use some of that money that is sat idle in Fifa's bank account to deliver the kickstart that the grassroots and the wider game need," the statement added.

"But we don't need to sell off the family silver to pay for it.

"This is a victory for the whole game. But it must not be the end of the story.

"The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust in Fifa has only just begun."

Fifa has yet to respond to Uefa's statement.

The Football Association said it supports Uefa's position, adding: "It is time for a full and robust review of Fifa's leadership and governance to ensure that the global game is run transparently."

Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Federation, said it was "reassuring to be part of a strong and united Uefa throughout this process".

"We must acknowledge the entire framework of international football cooperation was unnecessarily put at risk in pursuit of individual interests rather than the best interests of the game," a statement read.

"Going forward, all our efforts must be directed towards improving governance.

"This cannot end as merely another power struggle conducted behind closed doors or through bilateral discussions."

'A thunderous barrage of criticism from Uefa'

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Chief football news reporter

Any hope Infantino might have had of tiptoeing away from the scene of his World Cup private-investment wreckage having sustained only minor damage to his reputation has been obliterated.

Uefa has gone straight for the Fifa president.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) couched its condemnation of Infantino - and, make no mistake, it is livid - in creative terms.

But Uefa's statement is one of the most ferocious - possibly the most ferocious - ever aimed at the head of world football.

Words such as "shabby" and "secret schemes" speak for themselves.

It is fair to ask why football's powerbrokers didn't step in before now. There have been plenty of instances in the past few months alone when people have felt Fifa's president seemed to be acting against the benefit of the wider game.

But that is a different question.

Uefa has now taken aim at Infantino with a thunderous barrage of criticism, condemnation and vicious questioning.

The damage to Infantino is severe and it doesn't appear anyone is coming to help.

How did the proposal fall apart?

The proposal - first reported in the media on Tuesday - was met with widespread criticism, with Uefa voting on Thursday to boycott World Cups if the plans went ahead.

European football's governing body said the World Cup "cannot be treated as an investment product".

Two other major confederations then spoke out against the plans.

Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean - and hosted this summer's World Cup - said its members "rejected" the proposal, with sources saying the vast majority of associations from the region are losing, or have lost, faith in Infantino.

The AFC said it stood in "solidarity" with Uefa and Concacaf, while Burnham said Infantino was "the wrong man" to lead Fifa.

On Friday, Fifa's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour said the governing body's own administration had been "deceived" about the project.

Carlos Cordeiro - Infantino's senior adviser on global strategy and governance - resigned over the matter, saying the proposal was "a bad deal for football" and would "mortgage football's future".

What were Infantino's plans?

Fifa and Infantino wanted to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, and external investors would have been able to buy stakes in it.

It said it would "invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments" in a new subsidiary - Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE).

In a 25-page document created by investment bank JP Morgan, it was made clear Fifa's tournaments would expand to hit an estimated increased pay-out of 24m euros (£20.5m)per member association in the 2035-2039 cycle.

In the document, the World Cup was described as the "most widely viewed" sporting event but Fifa, by contrast, was said to be "under-monetised".

There was no mention of the women's game.

Fifa said Thrive Eternal was expected to lead the proposed investor group for FFE, had it been approved.

Thrive is an American venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner - the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared.

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The possibility of Iranian Kurdish fighters entering the conflict to topple the Iranian government has also been widely discussed. Both US President Donald Trump and Israel have suggested that arming these fighters could tip the balance of power inside Iran, where Kurds make up about 10 percent of the population.

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Several leaders of these parties have told Al Jazeera they command military formations and organisational structures inside Kurdish areas in Iran, in addition to headquarters and bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Kurdish groups from both sides of the border flourished after Iraq’s defeat in the 1990-1991 Gulf War led to the creation of a no-fly zone in northern Iraq and self-rule by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Iranian Kurdish groups, from the left to the nationalists, were particularly well insulated following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

On February 22, 2026, five Kurdish groups based in Iraq and western Iran formed the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan in response to the suppression of the protests. Since the war began, their military and political assets in Iraq have been heavily attacked by Iranian drones and missiles.

Kako Alyar, a member of the political bureau of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, claimed his party had sleeper cells and networks that participated in antigovernment protests in Iran, which took place in December and January, until being violently crushed by security forces.

He also said that since the start of the war, 13 fighters connected to his party have been killed in Iranian attacks.

“The outbreak of war has changed the circumstances within the Kurdish areas, especially after the Iranian authorities tightened security measures and suppressed the protests,” Alyar explained.

“The party has not received any military assistance from the United States, nor from European or Arab countries, despite the demands to get such support.”

US President Donald Trump has flip-flopped on the role of Kurdish groups in the US-Israel military campaign. But there have also been reports of US intelligence working with Kurdish fighters and that areas along the Iraq-Iran border have been particularly heavily attacked since the start of the war. Some have interpreted this as a sign that Washington might be serious about ground operations inside Iran by Iranian Kurdish groups.

Iranian opposition fighters are sceptical about the success of any potential large-scale military operation in Kurdish areas in Iran, saying it would be a hugely risky endeavour and would likely lead to huge casualties for their side.

“At the present time, there are risks, especially given the heavy deployment of Iranian forces in the Kurdish areas and along the border with the Kurdistan region,” Alyar said.

The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government had requested Iranian Kurdish parties to refrain from activities that could harm local security and interests, given the Iranian response.

Various Iranian Kurdish groups, reportedly with thousands of fighters between them, have long opposed Tehran from their bases in northern Iraq and along the Iraq-Iran border.

But Iranian opposition leaders are wary of US intentions regarding Iran, suggesting they have not seen any real intention of regime change.

”They [the US] don’t want to support forces inside Iran with the aim of toppling the regime. The objective is to weaken the Iranian influence in the Middle East,” Rebaz Sharifi, a leader in the opposition Kurdistan Freedom Party of Iran, told Al Jazeera.

Sharifi rejected claims circulating on social media that his group had received weapons or military assistance from the US or other countries.

Still, the Iranian military has launched military operations against Iranian Kurdish groups in northern Iraq, including reports on Friday of strikes on bases there.

Iranian state media have acknowledged attacks on “anti-Iran separatist forces” in hard-to-reach areas near the Iran-Iraq border.

Sharifi estimates his party’s bases and positions have been attacked more than 80 times since the beginning of the war.

The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government had put pressure on Iranian Kurdish parties to limit their movements before this current war, in a bid to protect the autonomous region. Still, within hours of the US-Israel attacks on Iran in February, retaliatory attacks on US assets in Iraq’s Kurdish region began and dragged the region into the conflict. Economic targets, such as oil fields, have also been hit in suspected drone and missile attacks.

“We have thousands of fighters… We could have done more inside Iran, but we place the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region at the top of our priorities, and we do not want to harm the Kurds in Iraq,” Sharifi said.

Iranian-linked fighter groups in Iraq have also been heavily attacked in US strikes, including after attacks on Saudi Arabia blamed on these groups this week.

Difficult equation

Iraq as a whole came under multiple attacks from pro-Iran groups and Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The US has also carried out attacks against these Iraqi groups.

Soran Palani, an expert on Iranian affairs and an Iranian Kurdish citizen, believes that the Iranian Kurdish parties face a highly complex equation.

“Iraq’s Kurdistan Region has given these parties a space for political, organisational, and military activity, but at the same time it has made the region vulnerable to the repercussions of any confrontation between them and Tehran,” Palani said.

“The absence of direct Arab, European, and American support represents one of the most prominent factors preventing the Iranian Kurdish parties from making a decision to escalate,” he explained, adding that Iran, over the past years, has managed to build extensive influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, in addition to supporting its allies in the Palestinian territory.

“Arab countries have not in return provided similar support to the Arab-Iranian opposition, particularly in the Ahwaz region… This reality makes it difficult to expect the Iranian Kurdish parties to obtain direct Arab support should they decide to open a military front inside Iran,” he said.

The Iraqi government said Iraq must not be a launchpad for attacks against neighbouring countries.

Now, one of the most important questions for the Iranian Kurdish parties is whether the current war will turn into a project for regime change in Tehran.

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England will play Australia or Jamaica in Sunday's bronze-medal match (09:00 BST) in Glasgow after losing their semi-final 61-54 to a powerful Silver Ferns side.

Two-time champions New Zealand are through to their sixth final and their first since 2014.

"It is really, really frustrating," goal shooter Cardwell told BBC Sport.

"I think there are some good things in [Saturday's performance]. We did have a fightback. There has been times when we've just let it get to us and the score get away. I am proud of the fightback, not proud of the score obviously.

"We all have so much love for each other that we know we can go out there on court and perform. There is so much juice in this tank, it's unbelievable. I'm ready to get that bronze medal."

New Zealand passed the ball with great speed and accuracy early on, but England rallied to settle their nerves, with goal shooter Liv Tchine drawing the match level at 3-3.

But the prowess of the Silver Ferns and their height advantage through shooter Grace Nweke was too strong as they hit double figures with eight minutes played and held a 16-11 lead at the end of the first quarter at the Hydro.

Bringing on Cardwell in place of Tchine towards the end of that quarter gave the Roses a lift, as they upped their intensity in the second period to close the deficit to 25-21.

After scoring 23 goals from 23 shots, Nweke missed just before half-time to leave New Zealand leading 29-24, with hope remaining for a comeback for Anna Stembridge's side.

England had moments of great defensive pressure, but were not as consistent at turning possession into goals, allowing the Silver Ferns to stretch the gap to nine points with 15 minutes left to play.

The damage was done by the time the Roses fought to close the gap to seven at the finish, and they will now need to lift themselves for Sunday's bronze-medal match.

In reaching the final (Sunday 13:00), New Zealand will be aiming to win Commonwealth gold for the first time since the 2010 Games.

England captain Fran Williams said her team were left devastated by their semi-final exit, but will be ready for the quick turnaround.

"We were just a bit slow to get into the game and made some silly errors," she told BBC Sport.

"Once a team gets confident in a semi-final, it's really hard to chip away at that. Full credit to New Zealand, I feel like they were absolutely amazing today and we were nowhere near our best.

"[We have] got to get around each other, not go isolated now and think and dwell too much on that last game because we've got a win to get.

"It's what I feel like we deserve and we work so hard for. You want to come away with a medal and we're still in the race for that so you've got to get excited about that." %!s()