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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Has Brazil turned back the tide of right-wing, pro-Trump leaders, sweeping across Latin America? Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won re-election against Flavio Bolsonaro – the son of the jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, whose family has close ties to Donald Trump. Analysts have described it as a stunning comeback victory, after Lula finished second to Mr Bolsonaro in the first round of voting. Mr Bolsonaro has refused to concede defeat, and is calling for the result of be annulled.

In this episode, we look at how President Lula’s campaign turned its fortunes around, and ask what grounds Mr Bolsonaro has to challenge the election outcome. Plus, we’ll ask our reporter what Lula’s victory means for Brazil’s position in an increasingly conservative region, and the country’s relationship with Washington.

00:00 Introduction
1:46 Lula is re-elected in Brazil
04:24 Why is Flavio Bolsonaro rejecting Brazil’s election result?
06:12 Brazil, Trump and right-wing populism in Latin America

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