Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation's 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing overcrowding and improving safety.

Nine people have died after a car ploughed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver on Saturday evening.Canadian police said pedestrians at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival were struck down at around 8pm,