Protesters were heard slamming on bus windows following their detention during an anti-government demonstration called by The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Delhi.

The CJP shared a video on social media showing its founder Abhijeet Dipke being detained with other leaders shortly after landing in the capital.

The movement started in May after India’s Chief Justice likened some unemployed young people to “cockroaches”.

Delhi police denied permission for the demonstration to take place, with tens of thousands of security personnel deployed and roads barricaded.

The CJP – and opposition parties – accuse Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of favouring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in the way the electoral rolls are being updated.

The Election Commission and the BJP have denied this.

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Nearly 2 million hectares have been torched by wildfires in Indonesia during the country’s worst fire season in a decade. The smoke from these blazes have blanketed the region and its neighbours, such as Malaysia and Singapore, in a thick haze.

The persistent and toxic conditions have ignited protests across Indonesian cities, with demonstrators demanding President Prabowo Subianto declare the fires a national emergency.

While his government is pursuing criminal charges against companies it says are responsible for starting the fires, the blazes continue to burn.

BBC’s Liza Tambunan reports from near the frontline and explains why these wildfires — which have been supercharged by El Nino — have been so difficult to extinguish and what life is like for residents living in the smoke.

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Some UK government services may be down temporarily, Downing Street has said, due to a global cyber-security issue.

It said “no large public-facing critical services are being affected”, but some “limited services may temporarily be offline” while work is carried out.

“This does not mean they were hacked”, it added.

Around the world, organisations are scrambling to fix the security flaw that could affect millions of websites.

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Israeli voters are preparing to head to the polls in the country’s first general election since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023.

Tuesday’s vote could see Benjamin Netanyahu’s lengthy rule end.

In this video…

0:00 – Israel elections
01:00 – Main contenders
01:59 – How do elections work in Israel?
02:58 – What are the main issues?
04:58 – What does it mean for Palestinians?
06:21 – What does it mean for the rest of the world?
07:49 – When will we know the result?

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