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Belgium came from behind to ​draw 1-1 with Egypt in their World Cupopener on Monday, with the second-half introduction of record goalscorer Romelu Lukaku forcing the own goal which salvaged a point for his side, Reuters reported. 

Egypt opened the scoring against the run of play on 19 minutes through a powerful strike by midfielder Emam Ashour for his first international goal.

Cape Verde announced themselves on the World Cup stage with a stunning 0-0 draw against Spain on Monday, frustrating the European champions who dominated possession and had 27 goal ​attempts but could find no way past 40-year-old keeper Vozinha, Reuters reported. 

The African side built a blue-shirted barricade in front of Vozinha and dared Spain, who dominated almost everything in the Group H draw except the scoreline, to find a way through.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he had offered to meet Vladimir Putin at a G7 summit in France this week or even in the United States for talks to end a four-year war, Reuters reported. 

Zelenskiy, speaking at a historic monastery in Kyiv that was damaged in an overnight attack by Russia, ​said the United States had agreed to inviting Putin to the gathering, which starts on Monday ​in Evian-les-Bains.

U.S. President Donald Trump joined global leaders on ​Monday at the Group of Seven summit at a French lakeside resort, where he touted his preliminary dealto end the Iran war and said he would now seek to end the fighting in Ukraine and Lebanon, Reuters reported. 

Trump's arrival at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains comes as global leaders grow increasingly wary of the United States. While many of them expressed relief over a deal that could bring closure to the Iran conflict, it was tempered by unease over new Trump tariff threats aimed at France and his warnings about ​the dangers of immigration.

US President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement are set to be published "pretty soon".

"I am very happy to say it's signed, the deal is all signed," he said during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit on Monday.

Senior US officials also began giving some details about the contents of the deal, briefing that the Strait of Hormuz would re-open on Friday - the same day the deal is formally inked in Geneva, BBC reported. 

Eight people have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber plane crashed immediately after take off from Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, base officials say, BBC reported. 

The incident occurred at 11:20 local time (19:20 GMT) on Monday while the aircraft was on a routine test mission. The crash sent a huge plume of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. 

"Today, Edwards Air Force Base experienced a terrible tragedy, and we lost eight great Americans," Col James Hayes told reporters, describing them as a "mixed crew of military, government civilians and government contractors".

The Karnali Provincial Government has presented its annual estimation of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year 2026/27. 

In the meeting of the Provincial Assembly held today, Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Rajiv Bikram Shah presented a budget of Rs 35.39 billion for the upcoming fiscal year.

According to the presented budget, Rs 20.74 billion and Rs 8.60 billion have been earmarked for capital expenditure and current expenditure respectively. The budget for the new fiscal year has increased by 7.28 percent compared to the current fiscal year.

Minister Shah said that Rs 500 million has been allocated for financial management and Rs 5.54 billion million for financial transfer to the local levels.

Of the estimated sources of income for the upcoming fiscal year, the government plans to collect Rs 855 million from internal revenue, Rs 641 million and Rs 1066 million from the current fiscal year's savings, and Rs 10 billion from the federal government's revenue sharing.

The Bagmati Province government has made public its annual estimates of revenue and expenditure (budget) of Rs 66.09 billion for the fiscal year 2026/27.

Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Prabhat Tamang made the budget public in today's meeting of the Bagmati Province Assembly.

Minister Tamang said that self-employment and employment will be developed through entrepreneurship by implementing the main policy of "Prosperous Bagmati Campaign: Good Governance, Technology and Production".

Among the total budget, Rs 22.09 billion has been allocated for current expenditure and Rs 43.09 billion for capital expenditure.

The government has estimated the sources of income to be tax revenue of Rs 30.15 billion, other revenue of Rs 7.73 billion and federal financial transfer of Rs 15.31 billion.

Stating that Bagmati Province's annual growth rate is estimated to be 5.40 percent, Finance Minister Tamang said that Bagmati Province's per capita income is projected to be USD 2,644, the highest among all provinces.

The provincial government has allocated Rs 6 billion for financial transfers to the local levels.