据央视新闻报道，5月13日，新加坡总理李显龙向总统尚达曼提交辞呈。 Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal extortion charges related to the Alabama teenager's disappearance and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.As a part of the plea deal, van der Sloot agreed to provide information about the 18-year-old's disappearance in Aruba to Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.Van der Sloot said he killed Natalee Holloway on a beach, bludgeoned her face with a cinderblock and then disposed of her body in the ocean, according to a partial transcript of a proffer meeting he had with prosecutors on Oct. 3.Van der Sloot said Natalee Holloway had wanted to go back to her hotel that night, but he arranged for the two to get dropped off "a little bit further away from her hotel so we could walk back … and I might still get a chance to be with her," van der Sloot said in the meeting with prosecutors.As the two walked alone on the beach, van der Sloot said he "laid her down" and they began kissing, and then Holloway told him to stop.But he said he kept pursing her, and Natalee Holloway "knees me in the crotch," van der Sloot said, according to the transcript."When she knees me in the crotch I get up on the beach and I kick her extremely hard in the face," he continued.He said the teen was then "laying down unconscious, possibly even dead," according to the transcript.Van der Sloot told prosecutors he then found a cinderblock on the beach and "smashed" her head with it.He said he walked into the ocean up to his knees and pushed Natalee Holloway's body into the water.In court Wednesday, as van der Sloot pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges, Beth Holloway said, "Joran, for 18 years you denied killing my daughter," and now "you have finally admitted that you, in fact, have murdered her.""You are a killer. I want you to remember that every time that jail door slams," she said."Even if you have finally confessed ... you can't be tried here for her murder. But I do employ the court to give you the maximum sentence possible," Beth Holloway said.Turning to van der Sloot, she added, "By the way, you look like hell, Joran. I don't know how you are going to make it."She left the podium in tears.Van der Sloot, 36, apologized in court to the Holloway family and his own family, and said he hopes "the statement that I provided will provide some kind of closure.""I am not the same kind of person today as I was then, I have given my heart to Jesus Christ," he said.Natalee Holloway's dad, Dave Holloway, said in a statement, "Today's proceeding confirmed that this defendant murdered Natalee and then tortured and extorted those who loved her most.""He is evil personified," Dave Holloway said.The judge Wednesday accepted the plea agreement and said van der Sloot brutally murdered two young women who refused his sexual advances, but that his confession in the Natalee Holloway case cannot be used against him.The judge sentenced van der Sloot to 20 years in prison to run concurrently with the Peruvian sentence. He will also have to pay restitution to Beth Holloway.Van der Sloot initially pleaded not guilty to the extortion and wire fraud charges in June after he was extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores.In 2010, van der Sloot was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to extort Holloway's family.Federal prosecutors alleged that in March 2010 van der Sloot contacted Beth Holloway through her lawyer, John Q. Kelly, and claimed he would reveal the location of the teen's body in exchange for $250,000, with $25,000 paid upfront. During a recorded sting operation, Kelly met with van der Sloot at an Aruba hotel, giving him $10,000 in cash as Beth Holloway wired $15,000 to van der Sloot's bank account, according to prosecutors.Then, van der Sloot allegedly changed his story about the night he was with Natalee Holloway, prosecutors said. Van der Sloot claimed he had picked Natalee Holloway up, but she demanded to be put down, so he threw her to the ground. Van der Sloot said her head hit a rock and he claimed she died instantly from the impact, according to prosecutors.Van der Sloot then took Kelly to a house and claimed that his father, who had since died, buried Natalee Holloway in the building's foundation, prosecutors said.Kelly later emailed van der Sloot, saying the information he had provided was "worthless," according to prosecutors. Within days, van der Sloot left Aruba for Peru.After court ended Wednesday, Beth Holloway told reporters, "I got the answer I’ve been searching for for the last 18 years. ... For me, reaching the end of the nightmare is better than closure."ABC News' Miles Cohen contributed to this report.。

B | 李显龙在致信中表示，副总理黄循财已准备好领导新加坡，并宣布自己将于周三（5月15日）辞职。

C | 继上个月李显龙宣布由51岁的黄循财继任总理之后，这封辞职信成为新加坡政坛过渡到新一代领导层正式程序。

尚达曼总统接受了李显龙和政府的辞呈，辞呈星期三（15日）生效。新总理将率领新内阁，在同一天宣誓就职。

李显龙在辞呈中写道，他原本计划在70岁时将权力移交给继任者，但新冠疫情打乱了这一时间表。“疫情过后，我们进行了选择我的继任者的程序。

D | 2022年4月14日，人民行动党（PAP）国会议员开会并一致认可黄循财先生为我的继任者。现在，两年过去了，他已准备好领导新加坡。”李显龙写道，他正式建议总统邀请黄先生组建下一届政府。

尚达曼总统在回信中感谢2004年8月担任总理的李显龙从政四十多年的“无私服务”，称：“你们的责任感和正直、智慧和同情心树立了很高的标准，并将激励那些追随者。”“我相信，您的经验和建议将使新的领导团队受益，因为他们将规划我们历史的下一阶段，并创造一个更美好的新加坡。”尚达曼同时表示，“根据我的判断，我同意你的建议，黄循财先生是获大多数国会议员推举的国会议员。

E | 我打算在2024年5月15日委任他为总理，并邀请他组织下一任政府。”随后，他写信给黄循财，表示有意任命他为总理，并邀请他组建下一届政府。

新加坡《联合早报》报道，候任总理黄循财已接受总统邀请组织政府，他会委任贸工部长颜金勇为副总理，另一名副总理继续由王瑞杰担任。5月13日，黄循财宣布内阁改组，根据新内阁名单，黄循财接任总理后会继续掌管财政部；65岁的颜金勇升任副总理后也会继续管理贸工部，并替代黄循财担任新加坡金融管理局主席，与此同时负责总理府战略小组的工作，还会在总理缺席时担任代理总理职务；其他内阁部长的职务不变，63 岁的现任副总理王瑞杰将继续担任他的职务。

黄循财周一在总统府举行的新闻发布会上表示，随着政府本届任期即将结束，连续性和稳定性是“关键考虑因素”。“所有部长都已经有一整套工作要做，有些还刚刚在各自的部门推出了新计划。为了避免任何干扰，我决定让他们继续担任目前的职务，直到任期结束。” 黄循财表示，这也是他本人即使在5月15日就任总理后仍将继续担任财政部长的原因。

对于颜金勇的晋升，黄循财说，他和颜先生“共同经历了疫情的火热洗礼”，颜金勇是“整个过程中的力量支柱”。他补充说，颜金勇在国际经济方面的经验将帮助新加坡在竞争更加激烈的全球环境中游刃有余。

F | 对于王瑞杰副总理，黄循财表示，他们在2011年同年进入政坛，曾在教育部和财政部共事。颜金勇和王瑞杰都是经验丰富的部长，他们将在最初的过渡时期“提供一双稳定的手”，并帮助指导年轻的政治官员。

黄循财在讲话中同时指出，他的新团队是一个有经验丰富的部长和年轻官员的“良好组合”，如果人民行动党（PAP）在本届政府任期结束后获得连任，他计划让该党的第四代（或称 4G）部长轮流担任不同的职务，“让他们有更广泛的接触和经验”。“但我们仍然需要更多新鲜血液，因为一些年长的部长可能会在本届任期结束时或不久后退休。因此，我正在积极寻找有潜力担任部长的新候选人。我的目标是通过新成员，尤其是三四十岁的男女成员，进一步更新和加强团队。对我来说，没有什么比组建一支最优秀的团队为新加坡和新加坡人民服务更重要的了。