内容摘要："It builds confidence with our communities ...we want to look for other solutions in order to deter people from doing these crimes and turning them around so they don't continue to offend."

"It builds confidence with our communities ...we want to look for other solutions in order to deter people from doing these crimes and turning them around so they don't continue to offend."

"South Korea's pressing domestic challenges are increasingly intertwined with global dynamics," Mr Park said, adding that it has implications for the country's economy and defence, given that the US is both a crucial trading partner and security ally.A trade deal with the US is top of the agenda, he said, with sluggish demand and slowing growth already hurting the economy.

Lee - a seasoned politician - goes into office knowing all of this, and in the early hours made a promise to South Korea's voters."I will do my utmost to fulfil the great responsibility and mission entrusted to me, so as not to disappoint the expectations of our people," Lee told reporters.Elon Musk hit out at President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill, posting on X that he "can't stand" the legislation and describing it as a "disgusting abomination".

The bill - which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and increased defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money - was passed by the House of Representatives in May.On X, Musk said those who voted for to pass the bill are "wrong".

Musk had previously said the bill, one of Trump's signature policies,

because he believed it undermined the cost-cutting work of the team he headed until recently, known as Doge.Since then, hundreds of people have been evicted from their homes, subjected to violence or arrested because of their sexuality, according to Uganda's Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF).

But the World Bank says it is confident that new "mitigation measures" will allow it to roll out funding in such a way that does not harm or discriminate against LGBTQ people.The BBC has asked the Ugandan government and the World Bank for further comment.

"The World Bank cannot deliver on its mission to end poverty and boost shared prosperity on a liveable planet unless all people can participate in, and benefit from, the projects we finance, " a spokesman told the AFP news agency on Thursday, adding that the organisation had "worked with the [Ugandan] government and other stakeholders in the country to introduce, implement and test" anti-discrimination measures.New projects in "social protection, education, and forced displacement and refugees" have also been approved, an unnamed World Bank spokesperson told the Reuters news agency.