5 Russian climbers die after falling from Mt Dhaulagiri in Nepal

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have fallen on the world's seventh highest peak, Mount Dhaulagiri, have been killed, an expedition organiser in Nepal said on Tuesday. The climbers were ascending the 8,167-metres (26,788-foot) high mountain during Nepal's autumn climbing season. The climbers had been reported missing since Sunday and a rescue helicopter spotted their bodies on Tuesday.