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At least 12 people have died and several were injured after a bus they were travelling in caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle on a highway in Andhra Pradesh in southern India, reports say, BBC reported.

The motorcycle was trapped under the bus, rupturing its fuel tank and triggering an explosion. The Bangalore-bound bus carrying about 40 passengers was engulfed in flames within minutes early on Friday.

Reports cited eyewitnesses saying they heard passengers screaming for help as locals rushed to pull out survivors. Some managed to escape through an emergency exit window, according to BBC.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will push allies to provide Ukraine with more long-range missiles to strike Russian targets at a meeting in London on Friday, BBC reported.

He will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky along with the so-called "coalition of the willing", comprising of more than 20 of Ukraine's allies who have agreed to provide Kyiv security guarantees once a ceasefire is brokered.

Zelensky has been pleading for weeks for more long-range weapons from the West, a move Russia has warned would escalate the conflict. 

Ukraine's leader is travelling from Brussels, where he met EU leaders on Thursday seeking financial support, according to BBC.

Out of a single room, with no DNA testing facilities or cold storage units of its own, the forensics team at Gaza's Nasser hospital face the challenges brought by peace, BBC reported.

Over the past eleven days, 195 bodies have been returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities, in exchange for the bodies of 13 Israeli hostages, under the terms of Donald Trump's ceasefire deal.

Photographs released by Gaza's medical authorities show some of the bodies badly decomposed, and arriving in civilian clothes or naked except for underwear, some with multiple signs of injury. Many have their wrists tied behind their backs, and doctors say some bodies arrived blindfolded or with cloth roped around their necks.

The forensic team at Nasser hospital are working with almost no resources to answer vast questions about torture, mistreatment and identity, according to BBC.

Morocco and former Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech has joined Wydad Casablanca on a free transfer, the Moroccan Pro League club announced on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The Netherlands-born forward played a key role in leading Morocco to the World Cup semi-finals in 2022 but has never before played for a Moroccan club.

"The world waits ... The wizard is here, Ziyech at Wydad," the club posted on X.

Major League Soccer announced the finalists for its 2025 year-end awards on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, who won last year's Landon Donovan MLS MVP and whose three-year contract extension through 2028 was announced Thursday, is one of five finalists for the award again along with Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC), Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC), Evander (FC Cincinnati) and Sam Surridge (Nashville SC).

Messi led MLS in goals (29) and assists (19) this season. The other four finalists round out the top five goal-scorers, but Dreyer and Evander are the only two that are also in the top five for assists, according to Reuters ​​​​​​.

Lionel Messi has extended his contract with MLS side Inter Miami to 2028, the club announced on Thursday, a boost for the North American league as the Argentine great keeps his career going, Reuters reported.

The eight-times Ballon d'Or winner had previously said that Inter Miami would be his last club but the 38-year-old has given no hint as to his possible retirement, saying that age would not be a factor.

"Our vision was to bring the best players to Inter Miami and to this city, and that's exactly what we have done," Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham said in a statement, according to Reuters.

Aston Villa took an early lead but fell to a 2-1 defeat by Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday as Emiliano Buendia missed the chance to equalise from the penalty spot, bringing to an end the English side's perfect start to their Europa League campaign, Reuters reported.

Olympique Lyonnais are on maximum points after their 2-0 win over Basel. Braga also made it three wins from three by beating Red Star Belgrade 2-0 while Rangers' new manager Danny Rohl began life at the Scottish club with a 3-0 loss at SK Brann.

Go Ahead conceded in the fourth minute when their goalkeeper Jari De Busser punched away Jadon Sancho's cross, but the ball fell kindly for Evann Guessand to poke home and score his first goal for Villa, according to Reuters.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments surged by a whopping 113.68 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

According to the Department of Industry (DoI), Nepal received FDI commitments worth Rs 35.13bn for 311 projects during the review period.

In comparison, such commitments had stood at Rs 16.44bn for 204 projects in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year.

The DoI’s monthly report shows that it received FDI commitments worth Rs 2.04bn for 75 projects in the third month (mid-September to mid-October) of the current fiscal year alone.

The department also approved share purchase and share subscription approvals worth Rs 2.02bn for 18 projects, along with technology transfer approvals for 16 projects during the first quarter.

Nepal had received FDI commitments worth Rs 24.1bn for 127 projects in the first month (mid-July to mid-August) and Rs 8.98bn for 109 projects in the second month (mid-August to mid-September).

The 311 new FDI projects approved in the first quarter have pledged to create 1,660 jobs.

Of these, 300 are small-scale industries, seven are large industries, and four are medium-scale industries.

The ICT sector remained the most popular among foreign investors, with 162 projects receiving FDI commitments. Tourism followed with 103 projects, while Services (19), Manufacturing (15), Agro and Forestry-based (11), and Energy (1) accounted for the rest. No FDI commitments were recorded in the Mineral and Infrastructure sectors.

In terms of committed amounts, however, Tourism led with FDI pledges worth Rs 1.46bn, followed by Manufacturing (Rs 211m), Services (Rs 181m), ICT (Rs 153.73m), and Agro and Forestry-based (Rs 40m).

Nepal’s total FDI commitments for fiscal year 2024/25 stood at Rs 64.96bn for 840 projects, which had pledged to create 19,536 new jobs.

However, there remains a significant gap between commitments and actual inflows. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank, only 37.89 percent of total FDI commitments—amounting to Rs 395.92bn—have been realized so far.