Afternoon Update: Children among Australians missing in Nepal floods; Labor to slash refugee intake; and cyborg cockroaches

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter Good afternoon. Dozens of Australian tourists are reportedly missing in the deadly flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border, as the Australian government says it is urgently working to confirm their welfare. A Nepali tour operator told the Guardian he feared that 15 Australians trekking with his company, including children as young as 11, have…