Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Sep 25 2023) for CSS

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6. `US-sponsored` Israeli `normalisation` deals will fail, says Raisi

Iran`s President Ebrahim Raisi said in a US television interview on Sunday that US-sponsored efforts to normalise Israeli relations with Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, `will see no success`.
In an interview with CNN, Raisi also said Iran had not said it does not want nuclear inspectors from the United Nations` nuclear watchdog in the country

7. France to pull troops out of Niger following coup

France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to French innuence and counter-insurgency operationsin the Sahelregion.
Macron said 1,500 troops would withdraw by the end of the year and that France, the former colonial power in Niger, refused to `be held hostage by the putchists` France`s exit, which comes after weel(s of pressure from the junta and popular demonstrations, is likely to exacerbate Western concerns over Russia`s expanding influence in Africa.

8. London police refuse firearms duties over colleague`s murder charge

A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said on Sunday.
The highly unusual protest by officers prompted Home Secretary Suella Braverman to warn that firearms officers had to make `split-second decisions` and `mustn`t fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties`

9. In a first, Nasa capsule brings major asteroid sample to Earth

A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end on Sunday when a Nasa capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.
Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable

10. Pakistani couple makes history by summiting Nepal peak

Lahore-based Ahmed Uzair and Anum Uzair have become the first Pakistani couple to have summited the world`s eighth-highest peak Manaslu 8,163 metres tall in Nepal on Sunday.
According to mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks, which spearheaded the climb, the husband-wife duo successfully climbed the peak on Sunday along with three Sherpas.
Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karrar Haidri told Dawn that the duo `have created history` by becoming the first Pakistani couple to summit the peak.