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Australia, South Korea and Kuwait have formally expressed interest in hosting the 2035 Asian Cup in addition to bidding for the 2031 tournament, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. 

The AFC is expected to confirm hosts for both the quadrennial continental showpieces at a single annual congress following a proposal by its President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.

The governing body said Japan had also expressed interest in hosting 2035 alone, according to Reuters. 

The weather today will be generally cloudy in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces today, while it will be partly cloudy in the rest of the areas. 

Furthermore, there is a possibility of light snowfall and rain at one or two places in the high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

Meanwhile, fog and mist will occur in some areas of the Tarai region.

Later tonight, mist will occur in a few places in the Tarai region. 

The high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces will be partly cloudy, while the rest of the areas will remain mainly fair. 

There is a possibility of light snowfall at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.

Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that there is partial influence of a westerly low-pressure system over the country.

A person died and three others injured in a car accident at Ishwarpur in Sarlahi along the East-West Highway on Wednesday. 

The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Shubham Jaiswal of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City-1.  

The car (Lu 3 Cha 5472) was heading towards Butwal from Kakarbhitta when the incident occurred this morning. 

The injured have been identified as car driver Sahil Verma (23), Bhrikishor Verma (48) and Sanjay Jaiswal (52) of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-1. 

All the injured are undergoing treatment at Shubhaswastik Hospital in Bardibas. 

Among the injured, the condition of Jaiswal is reported to be critical.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

A person died after falling off a moving tractor at Dangshree in Rishing Rural Municipality-3, Tanahun on Tuesday. 

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shravan Kumar BK of the District Police Office, the deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Purna Bahadur Thapa of Rishing Rural Municipality-4. 

Thapa, who was seriously injured after falling off the tractor (Ga 1Ta 6294), died during the course treatment at the local Ratnahari Hospital. 

Police said that they are looking into the case. 

The closed list submitted by political parties for the proportional representation (PR) system of the elections to the House of Representatives includes more women than men candidates.

According to the details made public by the Election Commission, of the total 3,135 candidates there are 1,772 women in the final candidates for the PR system. Similarly, there are 1,363 men, with 63 political parties represented. 

The Commission has published the final list on Tuesday in accordance with Section 29 of the Election Act for Members of the House of Representatives, 2074 BS and Rule 16 (2) of the Election Regulations under the Act.

Meanwhile, the names of 76 candidates from the closed list were removed after they were deemed illegal by the Commission, citing various reasons. 

Those included 21 candidates who were blacklisted by the Credit Information Center and 25 people who were on the closed list for the proportional electoral system of the Provincial Assembly.

Similarly, the commission had also removed 10 people who had not paid the prescribed fine and one person who was not in the voter list of a backward region as represented in the closed list. Another, 10 the names were removed as communicated by the concerned political parties to remove them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday amid efforts to revive diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme that Tehran was unlikely to honor any potential agreement, Reuters reported. 

In a meeting with the U.S. envoy, Netanyahu "made clear his position that Iran has repeatedly proven that its promises cannot be trusted," a statement from his office said.

Two Israeli officials said the meeting was also attended by Israel's spy agency head David Barnea, Defense Minister Israel Katz and military commander Eyal Zamir, according to Reuters ​​​​​​. 

Iran is demanding that talks with the U.S. this week be held in Oman not Turkey, and that the scope be narrowed to two-way negotiations on nuclear issues only, a regional source said on Tuesday, adding new complications to an already delicate diplomatic effort, Reuters reported. 

Iran's move to change the venue and agenda for the talks, scheduled for Friday in Istanbul, came amid heightened tensions as the U.S. builds up forces in the Middle East.

Regional players have pushed for resolution of a standoff that has led to mutual threats of air strikes and stirred fears of escalation into a wider war, according to Reuters. 

An Iranian drone was shot down as it "aggressively approached" an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, a US military spokesman has said, BBC reported. 

An F-35C stealth fighter jet which took off from the USS Abraham Lincoln warship shot down the drone "in self-defence" to protect the aircraft carrier and its personnel, US Central Command spokesman Capt Tim Hawkins said.

The ship was approximately 500 miles from the Iranian coast when the drone approached it with "unclear intent".

No US equipment was damaged and no service members were harmed, according to BBC.