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There is partial influence of westerly winds in the country. 

According to the Weather Forecasting Division, currently the high hills and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces have been covered by partial cloud while remaining areas have clear weather. Some places in the Tarai region will experience fog until midday today. 

The mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the hilly and mountainous regions in the rest of the provinces will have partial clouds. The Tarai region will have clear weather this afternoon. 

There is a possibility of light rain/snowfall at a few places in the high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, and at one or two places in the hilly areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Province as well as in the high hilly and mountainous areas of the remaining provinces.

The Division indicated that some areas of the Tarai region will experience haze tonight. 

The high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces will be partly cloudy, while the weather will remain mainly clear in the remaining areas. 

There is a chance of light rain/snowfall at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada wants a change of government in Iran but would not say whether it would support a U.S. military strike, the Globe and Mail reported on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

“We will not open diplomatic relationships with Iran unless there is a regime change. Period,” Anand told the Globe and Mail in an interview in Germany, where she is attending the Munich Security Conference.

Canada has particularly poor relations with Iran and cut off diplomatic ties in 2012, according to Reuters. 

The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries.

The disclosure by the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the planning, raises the stakes for the diplomacy underway between the United States and Iran, Reuters reported. 

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold negotiations with Iran on Tuesday in Geneva, with representatives from Oman acting as mediators. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned on Saturday that while Trump's preference was to reach a deal with Tehran, "that’s very hard to do."

Marco Rubio has assured European leaders the US does not plan to abandon the transatlantic alliance, saying its destiny "will always be intertwined" with the continent's, BBC reported. 

The US secretary of state told the Munich Security Conference: "We do not seek to separate, but to revitalise an old friendship and renew the greatest civilisation in human history."

He criticised European immigration, trade and climate policies, but the overall tenor of the closely-watched speech was markedly different to Vice-President JD Vance's at the same event last year, during which he scolded continental leaders, according to BBC. 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, the UK and European allies have said, BBC reported. 

Two years on from the death of Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, Britain and its allies have blamed the Kremlin following analysis of material samples found on his body.

Speaking from the Munich Security Conference, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said "only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity" to use the poison while Navalny was imprisoned in Russia, according to BBC. 

The Maha Shivaratri festival is being celebrated across the country today. 

The day that falls on Falgun Krishna Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the first half of the lunar month of Falgun, is considered the most auspicious for Lord Shiva. 

From early morning, devotees have been taking ritual baths in rivers and ponds, visiting Shiva temples, and offering prayers. 

On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, the Pashulati Area Development Trust (PADT) has announced that all four gates of Pashupatinath temple have been kept open since 2 am. 

Last year, more than one million devotees visited the Pashupati area on Maha Shivaratri. 

The PADT has announced that this year, three external lines have been arranged for offering worship at Pashupatinath for Maha Shivaratri. 

Japanese authorities say they have seized a Chinese fishing vessel that tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection, in a move that may further fuel tensions with Beijing, BBC reported. 

The boat was in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Nagasaki Prefecture in the south-west when it was intercepted and its captain arrested on Thursday, according to the country's fisheries agency.

"The vessel's captain was ordered to stop for an inspection by a fisheries inspector, but the vessel failed to comply and fled," the fisheries agency said, according to BBC. 

A person has been arrested with a pistol and four rounds of bullets from Chandragiri Municipality-2, Nagdhunga on Friday. 

Keyur Puri (30) of Kirtipur Municipality-2, was nabbed with the pistol when carrying out a search on his car (registration number Ba 19 Cha 690), police said. 

He was heading towards Kathmandu from Chitwan.