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Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.

Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.

Prince William

Prince of Wales also reveals how he has travelled to South Africa with a special gift from his daughter Princess Charlotte

The Prince of Wales will have a high-level meeting with South Africa’s president.

Cape Town’s Table Mountain and other landmarks will be lit up green during Earthshot Week.

Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and wildlife

The finalists, from countries including France, Ghana, Indonesia and Nepal, are vying for a £1 million prize pot awarded to five category winners.

Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU’s Horizon programme