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King Charles III will say the UK and France must stand together in the face of a "multitude of complex threats", when he speaks at a state banquet for French President Emmanuel Macron, BBC reported.

Macron and his wife Brigitte will be welcomed by the King and Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, as they arrive for a three-day state visit.

The state banquet will be a highlight of the trip, with famous faces, a showcase menu and a message from the King about the "shared history and culture between our two peoples".

This is the first state visit by the leader of an EU country since Brexit and the King will emphasise the need to work together on issues from military threats to climate change, according to BBC.

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks talks to end the war in Gaza have been "going along very well", as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC, BBC reported.

Trump also expressed confidence that Hamas was willing to end the 21-month conflict. "They want to meet and they want to have that ceasefire," he said in unexpected remarks to reporters at the White House.

The meeting came after the latest rounds of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar ended without a breakthrough, though negotiations were expected to continue this week, according to BBC.

Russia's Investigative Committee says former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead, apparently with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, BBC reported.

He was dismissed earlier on Monday by President Vladimir Putin.

No reason for Starovoit's dismissal was given and deputy transport minister Andrei Nikitin was announced as his replacement shortly after.

The Investigative Committee said it was working to establish the circumstances of the incident, according to BBC.

The death toll from flash floods that struck central Texas on Friday has now climbed to more than 100 people and an unknown number of others are missing, BBC reported.

Search and rescue teams are wading through mud-piled riverbanks as more rain and thunderstorms threaten the region, but hope was fading of finding any more survivors four days after the catastrophe.

Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls' summer camp, confirmed at least 27 girls and staff were among the dead. Ten girls and a camp counsellor are still missing.

The White House meanwhile rejected suggestions that budget cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) could have inhibited the disaster response, according to BBC.

The flooded Lhende stream has swept away the Miteri Bridge.

The bridge connects Nepal and China in Rasuwa district.

The flooded stream not only swept away the bridge in the northern border of Nepal but also the vehicles stationed on the yard of Customs Office, Timure, according to Assistant Chief District Officer, Druba Prasad Adhikari.

Eleven persons were trapped in the flood while they were going to rescue the people in the area of the Customs Office. 

The Nepal Army has been requested for rescue.

Detailed information on the damage is being collected, he added. 

The country is currently affected with monsoon wind. The low pressure belt of monsoon is near the average range, according to the Weather Forecasting Division. 

It will be partly to generally cloudy weather throughout the day today.

Light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning is predicted in some places of hilly regions of all provinces. However, one to two places in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Sudurpaschim Provinces  will have heavy rainfall. 

Similarly, light rains and snowfall are likely in the upper hilly and mountainous region. 

The House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday formed a seven-member parliamentary special committee to study and probe the wrongdoings committed in the drafting of the report on the Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080 BS.  

Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced the parliamentary special committee in today's House meeting formed as per the HoR Regulations. 

 Nepali Congress lawmaker Jivan Pariyar will lead the committee which comprises Nepali Congress lawmaker Sushila Thing, CPN-UML lawmakers Narayan Prasad Acharya and Ishwari Gharti, CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker Madhav Sapkota, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Ganesh Parajuli and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) lawmaker Roshan Karki as the members. 

The committee shall investigate the theoretical agreement, decisions and e-records taken in the parliamentary Committee on State Affairs and Good Governance committee and the contradictory report prepared in regard to the civil servants' cooling-off period. 

The special committee has been given the term of reference to find out the reasons behind the drafting of a contradictory report, which is against the major spirit of the bill passed by the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the HoR. 

Similarly, the special committee is given the ToR to name the officials involved in the wrongdoing and state whether they deserve legal actions for preparing the contradictory report. 

The special committee shall also submit recommendations to avert such errors and apply precautions in the future.     

The special committee has been given 21 days to submit its report.

Female entrepreneur and former Miss India Ritu Singh Vaidya has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for Menstruation.

The Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, which has been working to establish menstruation as a matter of human rights, dignity and gender equality, has appointed Vaidya as its first Goodwill Ambassador.

This historic responsibility has been given to Vaidya, former Miss India, successful female entrepreneur, chairperson of NAIMUN and member of SAARC Nepal.

Vaidya has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for one year in a mutual agreement between Radha Paudel Foundation and GSCDM.

Founding coordinator of the campaign Dr Radha Paudel said that this responsibility will bring the campaign to the center of global politics and social debate.