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A Nepali mountaineer on Tuesday smashed the speed record for summiting the world's 14 highest peaks, racing up all "8000ers" in just six months and six days, organisers said.The previous record for the 14 mountains above 8,000 metres (around 26,250 feet) -- completed by Nirmal Purja at 8.59 am (1259 GMT) on Tuesday -- was almost eight years."MISSION ACHIEVED! says @nimsdai from the summit of #Shishapangma," read a post on Purja's Facebook page, while a statement quoted the former British elite soldier as being "overwhelmed and incredibly proud" after his 189-day feat.

Members of a delegation of European Union parliamentarians drive to a hotel during a lockdown in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir on October 29, 2019