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Two persons died when a jeep met with an accident at Chisapani in Aathbis Municipality-11, Rukum West.

The deceased have been identified as jeep driver Kabiram BK of Bafikot Rural Municipality-8 and assistant driver Kamal Khadka of Musikot Municipality-11.

The four-wheeler (Ga 1 Ja 1897) was heading towards Rimna from Radi when the incident occurred, police said.

British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were shot dead with hunting ammunition, Brazilian police have said,   BBC reported.

A day after police identified Mr Phillips' remains, the second set of remains were confirmed as those of Mr Pereira on Saturday.

A third suspect in the murders has been taken into custody, police added.

The two went missing while on a reporting trip in the Ulvare Valley, in Brazil's Amazonas state on 5 June.

Ten days later, human remains were found after a suspect confessed to burying their bodies and led police to the spot where the remains were found, police said.

The suspect, a fisherman named by police as Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, was the first person arrested, according to BBC.

His brother, Oseney da Costa, was also arrested earlier this week - he denies any involvement in the murders. 

A third suspect was arrested on Saturday. Jeferson da Silva Lima, also known as Pelado da Dinha, turned himself into a police station in the city of Atalaia do Norte, according to police.

Mr Phillips, 57, had been living in Brazil for more than a decade and was a long-time contributor to the Guardian newspaper - he was in the area researching a book.

Mr Pereira, 41, who was on leave from his post with the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai, was an expert on isolated tribes in the Amazon.

Mr Pereira had received death threats prior to taking the trip, indigenous rights groups said.

The area in which they were travelling has become known for illegal fishing, mining, logging and drug-trafficking activities, according to BBC.

The region is known for violent conflicts between these various criminal groups, government agents and indigenous people. It was these conflicts that Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira were documenting.

Nepal reported 34 new Covid-19 cases on Friday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 234 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 24 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 376 people underwent antigen tests, of which 10 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 15 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 104 active cases in the country.

The government is all set to start a campaign to administer Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to the children from June 22.

According to the Family Welfare Division under the Health Service Department, the government has decided to start the campaign targeting the 5-9 age group.

The campaign will be school-centric.

The vaccine will be administered on the basis of school identity card and self-declaration of parents among others.

The children, who received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine 21 days ago, will be eligible for the second dose.

The vaccination campaign will be conducted in 27 districts from June 23-29 in the first phase and from August 21- 27 in the second phase.