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A sense of dread spread across the Middle East after talks between the US and Iran collapsed, as fears of renewed fighting rattled an already tense region with Donald Trump ordering a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Benin was voting for a new president on Sunday, with Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni a shoo-in after overseeing a decade of economic growth in the west African country despite jihadist attacks in the north.

A 38-year-old Delft woman was allegedly shot and killed for drug dealing.

Geordin Hill-Lewis is now the party's new federal leader. He contested the position against Sedibeng councillor Sibusiso Dyonase, for the party's top job.

Residents of Centane in the Eastern Cape accused police of being under the influence of drug lords.