Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions

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Police set up checkpoints across Jakarta on Monday after deadly protests that have forced Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing allowance worth 10 times the minimum wage

Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut some lawmakers’ perks, including a controversial $3,000 housing allowance, the president said, as security measures were stepped up in an attempt to halt protests that have gripped the country for a week.

President Prabowo Subianto, accompanied by leaders of eight Indonesian political parties, told a televised news conference in the capital, Jakarta, on Sunday that they had agreed to cut the housing allowance and suspend overseas trips for members of parliament.

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US reportedly suspends visa approvals for nearly all Palestinian passport holders

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Restrictions to prevent travel for healthcare and college and come after denying visas to Palestinian Authority leaders

The United States has suspended visa approvals for nearly everyone who holds a Palestinian passport, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

The restrictions go beyond those Donald Trump’s administration had previously announced on visitors from Gaza. They would prevent Palestinians from traveling to the United States for medical treatment, attending college and business travel, the newspaper reported, citing unidentified officials.

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SCO summit: Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners, not rivals’ – DW

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  1. SCO summit: Xi and Modi say they are 'partners, not rivals'  DW
  2. Xi and Modi talk friendship in a ‘chaotic’ world as Trump’s tariffs bite  CNN
  3. India's Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump  Bloomberg.com
  4. China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order  The Washington Post
  5. China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals' at security summit  BBC
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Tap-in, tap-out rail ticket trial to streamline fares using GPS tracking

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East Midlands passengers to test digital tickets that will automatically charge best fares at end of day

Train passengers in the East Midlands are to test technology that will let them tap in and out for journeys and be charged the best fare for their trip at the end of the day.

Trials of digital rail tickets based on GPS tracking will begin on Monday as part of the government’s plan to improve the rail network’s complex fare system.

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Companies face prosecution risk as new fraud law comes into force

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CPS hails ‘major step forward’ in crime prevention with potential for companies to receive unlimited fines

Companies could be prosecuted and face unlimited fines if they fail to prevent fraud that their firm profits from under a corporate offence coming into force on Monday.

Under the new “failure to prevent fraud” law, large companies can be held criminally liable where an “employee, agent, subsidiary or other ‘associated person’” commits a fraud intending to benefit the organisation.

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Delivery Driver’s Death Unleashes Fury Against Indonesia Elites – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Delivery Driver’s Death Unleashes Fury Against Indonesia Elites  Bloomberg.com
  2. Indonesia’s president cancels China trip and TikTok suspends live video as deadly protests continue  CNN
  3. Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions  The Guardian
  4. Indonesian politicians to have perks cut in bid to quell unrest  BBC
  5. Indonesia’s Leader Says He Will Bow to Some Protester Demands After Riots  The New York Times
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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after car accident in New Hampshire

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New York City’s ex-mayor, 81, in ‘good spirits’ after being treated for fractured thoracic vertebrae, cuts and bruises

New York City’s former mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized after getting injured in a car wreck in New Hampshire over the weekend.

On Sunday, Giuliani’s head of security, Michael Ragusa, released a statement, saying that the 81-year old was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday evening. According to Ragusa, prior to the incident, Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident.

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Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees – AP News

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  1. Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees  AP News
  2. Houthi rebels raid UN premises in Yemen, detain at least 11 people  Reuters
  3. Houthis detain U.N. staffers after Israeli strike kills group’s prime minister  The Washington Post
  4. Houthis detain at least 11 UN workers in raids on two agencies in Sana’a  The Guardian
  5. Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children's agencies in Yemen, detain employee  NPR
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Houthis Vow Revenge After Israeli Attack Kills Senior Officials – The New York Times

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  1. Houthis Vow Revenge After Israeli Attack Kills Senior Officials  The New York Times
  2. Yemen’s Houthis hold funeral for PM, 11 other officials killed in Israeli strike  The Times of Israel
  3. Thousands attend funeral of Houthi leaders killed by Israeli strike, vow revenge  Reuters
  4. Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Yemen’s capital  AP News
  5. Yemenis mourn killed Houthi prime minister as rebel group targets ship in Red Sea  ABC News
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Germany’s Merz preparing for long war in Ukraine – politico.eu

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  1. Germany’s Merz preparing for long war in Ukraine  politico.eu
  2. German leader says peace cannot come at Ukraine’s expense  The Hill
  3. Germany's Merz: Ukraine Allies Must Ensure Russia Can No Longer Economically Wage War  U.S. News & World Report
  4. 'We are already in conflict with Russia' — Merz says Putin destabilizing Germany  The Kyiv Independent
  5. Merz Sees War in Ukraine Dragging On With No Clear End in Sight  Bloomberg.com
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Judge orders US to halt deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children

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Washington judge says unaccompanied children cannot be deported for at least 14 days as legal process unfolds

A US judge on Sunday ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to deport a group of nearly 700 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after immigrant advocates lawyers called the plan “illegal”.

Attorneys for 10 Guatemalan minors, ages 10 to 17, said in court papers filed late on Saturday that there were reports that planes were set to take off within hours for the Central American country. But a federal judge in Washington said those children couldn’t be deported for at least 14 days, and after a hastily scheduled hearing on Sunday, she enforced that they needed to be taken off the planes and back to the Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities while the legal process plays out.

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