KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi challenged Bersatu to prove their worth and deliver votes for BN in the Slim by-election. Meanwhile, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said the party will be joining Muafakat Nasional.

The Slim by-election is a three-cornered fight between Umno, Dr Mahathir Mohamad's Pejuang, and an independent candidate.

Malaysiakini analysed the 13 new state seats in Sabah and who those seats currently favour based on past election data.

An in-law of former premier Najib Abdul Razak was named as a graft suspect in connection with ongoing investigations by Indonesian police following the arrest of one of its most wanted fugitive, Djoko Tjandra, in Kuala Lumpur last month.

A new Covid-19 cluster was detected in Kedah while the number of active cases in the country rose to 219.