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The US and Israeli war with Iran has dominated the news agenda over the last week, but of course major events have been taking place elsewhere in the world, including in Nepal.

Six months after it was rocked by Gen Z protests, the country is set to get a new prime minister, a 35-year-old former rapper.

Balendra Sara is on course to win a landslide in the general election which pitted the establishment against a new generation of politicians.

He easily defeated the four-time Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency.

Mr Oli had already been forced out of office in last year's protests which left at least 77 people dead.

For more on the rise of Belendra Sara from Rapa to the first independent mayor of Kathmandu and now likely prime minister, here's Fanindra Dahal from the BBC Nepali service.

Fanindra Dahal in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu.

Seagrass meadows are among the world's most valuable underwater habitats.

As well as providing food and shelter to thousands of species, the plants play a vital role in tackling climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide.

But seagrass is also under threat from global warming, with most species unable to tolerate temperatures of more than 25 degrees Celsius, although scientists have now discovered that some plants are evolving to survive at higher temperatures.

Ben Wyatt reports from the east coast of the United States.

Given the recent snowstorms, it's an icy path that leads to the Paul Sabane's Coastal Ecology Centre in the Assateague National Park of Maryland.

The team here are preparing to take me across the lagoon of the Cinnapuxin Bay so we can get up close to the seagrass meadows they've been working so hard to restore.

I sit down with leader of the seagrass project, Professor Stephen J. Tomasetti of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, to learn more about its focus.

This is Katie Tanner, a PhD student working on the project under Stephen's guidance.

We have seahorses, I've seen sharks out in the eelgrass meadows, shellfish, but also a lot of culturally important fish species.

It's a very useful plant to have around, only it's fast disappearing.

Stephen's team turned to genetic science for help.