Matthew Wale is the new prime minister of Solomon Islands after winning a vote in the Pacific island nation's parliament this morning. Mr Wale won a secret ballot of MPs, 26 to 22, over former foreign affairs minister Peter Shanel Agovaka after former prime minister Jeremiah Manele was removed in a no-confidence vote last week. Mr Wale, a long-time opposition leader who has been in parliament for two decades, was a vocal critic of the 2022 security pact Solomon Islands signed with China.