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MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in the foreign intelligence service's 116-year history, BBC reported.

Blaise Metreweli, who joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999, will become the 18th chief of the organisation and take over from Sir Richard Moore later this year. 

She is currently responsible for technology and innovation at the service and said she was "proud and honoured" to have been asked to lead. 

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called the appointment "historic" at a time "when the work of our intelligence services has never been more vital," according to BBC.

MI6 is tasked with gathering intelligence overseas to improve the UK's security, with its core aims being to stop terrorism, disrupt the activities of hostile states and bolster cyber-security.

The House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled to meet at 11 am on Monday. 

In the meeting to be held at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneswor, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel is scheduled to present two bills related to the budget. 

According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the Finance Minister will present the 'Appropriation Bill, 2082' and the 'Bill to Raise National Debt, 2082'. 

Similarly, Finance Minister Paudel will respond to the queries raised by the parliamentarians regarding the annual estimates of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year 2082/83. 

Additionally, a bill related to the 'Constitutional Council Functions, Duties, Powers and Procedures (First Amendment) Bill, 2079' will be tabled in today's meeting along with a message received from the National Assembly. 

There is currently the influence of monsoon winds in some parts of the Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and in a few parts of the eastern region of the Lumbini Province. 

Likewise, the western belt of the country is experiencing partial effects of western and local winds, the Meteorological Forecasting Division. 

The weather across the country will be partly to generally cloudy this afternoon. 

Light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur in some places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Sudurpashchim Provinces, as well as in some other regions. 

There is also a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places in Koshi, Madhes, and Bagmati Provinces. 

In some places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki provinces and one or two places of other high hilly and mountainous regions, there is a possibility of light rain and snowfall. 

The weather across the country tonight will remain partly to generally cloudy, the weather bulletin of the forecasting division stated.  

There is a likelihood of light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning in some areas of Koshi, Madhes, Gandaki, and Sudurpashchim Provinces, as well as in some other regions. 

There is also a chance of heavy rainfall in one or two places in Koshi, Madhes, Gandaki, and Sudurpashchim Provinces. 

According to the division, there is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in some areas of the high hills and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces.

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, killing scores and raising fears of a wider conflict, as U.S. President Donald Trump said it could be ended easily while warning Tehran not to strike any U.S. targets, Reuters reported.

Israeli rescue teams combed through rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Iranian missiles, using sniffer dogs and heavy excavators to look for survivors after at least 10 people, including children, were killed, raising the two-day toll to 13.

Sirens rang out across Israel after 4 p.m. on Sunday in the first such daylight alert, and fresh explosions could be heard in Tel Aviv.

In Iran, images from the capital showed the night sky lit up by a huge blaze at a fuel depot after Israel began strikes against Iran's oil and gas sector - raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state, according to Reuters.

Two people including an Indian national were found dead at Pasikot in Budhanilkantha Municipality-4, Kathmandu.

Police said that Indian national Param Narayan Gil (54), and Anjana Tamang (28) of Galchhi Rural Municipality in Dhading district were found dead at a house in the premises of Kid Zone School in Budhanilkantha, SP Apilraj Bohara, Spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, said.   

SP Bohara shared that Anjana had deep head injuries. Police have initiated further investigation into the case.

State Affairs and Good Governance Committee Chairman Ramhari Khatiwada presented the report on 'federal civil service bill, 2082' in the House of Representatives meeting today.

Presenting the bill along with the report, Chairman Khatiwada informed that the subcommittee formed under the coordination of lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu had finalized the bill after extensive discussion.

The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee had unanimously endorsed the bill with the provision of two years' cooling off period. The provision of the cooling off period in the draft bill was greeted with severe concern, especially from senior bureaucrats.

The next meeting of the Parliament will be held at 11 am on Monday.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 2. 13 points to close at 2,657. 52 points on Sunday.

The sensitive index, however, dropped by 0. 41 points to close at 453. 69 points.

A total of 25,393,762-unit shares of 308  companies were traded for Rs 11. 44 billion.

Meanwhile,  Green Development Bank Ltd. (GRDBL) ​​​​was the top gainer today, with its price surging by 10. 00 percent. Likewise, Nepal Hydro Developers Ltd. (NHDL)was the top loser as its price fell by 4. 43 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 1. 49 trillion.

The renewed US-China trade truce struck in London left a key area of export restrictions tied to national security untouched, an unresolved conflict that threatens a more comprehensive deal, two people briefed on detailed outcomes of the talks told Reuters.

Beijing has not committed to grant export clearance for some specialized rare-earth magnets that US military suppliers need for fighter jets and missile systems, the people said. The United States maintains export curbs on China’s purchases of advanced artificial intelligence chips out of concern that they also have military applications.

At talks in London last week, China’s negotiators appeared to link progress in lifting export controls on military-use rare earth magnets with the longstanding US curbs on exports of the most advanced AI chips to China. That marked a new twist in trade talks that began with opioid trafficking, tariff rates and China’s trade surplus, but have since shifted to focus on export controls, according to Reuters.

In addition, US officials also signalled they are looking to extend existing tariffs on China for a further 90 days beyond the August 10 deadline agreed in Geneva last month, both sources said, suggesting a more permanent trade deal between the world’s two largest economies is unlikely before then.