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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who is on trial for treason, is conscious but "very weak" and unable to speak, his wife said on Monday after he was hospitalised following his collapse during a court session.

US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation."

The Johannesburg Magistrates' Court has blocked controversial businessman Brown Mogotsi from getting the names of state witnesses.

The gridlock has now hit Alexandra, where a strike by casual workers has ground collections to a halt, turning local streets into sprawling, illegal dumping grounds.

The sacking, announced by decree, happened, however, as Kyiv was lobbying Washington hard to obtain more Patriot air defence missiles to block Russian strikes.