Netizens in Indonesia have rallied
together in support of an elderly banana-seller who said he was robbed
of more than 1m rupiah ($80; £62).
Suratman, 94, said he was approached by a driver and asked to enter a vehicle to sell his fruits.
When inside, two men forced Mr Suratman to empty his pockets. They kicked him out afterwards and drove away, he said.
Tommy Reza posted a video online of a distressed Mr Suratman, which has since drawn sympathy and donations.
In
the post, Mr Reza said Mr Suratman told him he was planning to use the
stolen money to buy new furniture in celebration of the Eid al-Fitr
festival later this month
The incident happened in the province of Jambi on Sumatra island.
Tommy Reza told BBC News that he came across Mr Suratman in tears. "I just happened to be in the area when I saw a man shouting for help," he said. Mr
Reza told his story on Facebook and friends started getting in touch to
help. That's when he decided to start a fundraising collection to get
Mr Suratman his money back. "Many people from Jambi and even
overseas from places like Hong Kong and Malaysia got in touch to ask me
where they could donate money," he said. Image copyrightFacebook: TommyReza Chokolatoz
Many people also posted comments about their outrage and anger at the incident. "This is disgusting on so many levels," wrote Calista Primalia on Facebook. "First,
it says a lot about you if you pick on an old man who is just trying to
earn a living. And to think anyone would have the heart to carry out
such an ugly deed during fasting month. Shame on them all." Angie
Kuron, who watched the video, said: "I cried because of the unfairness
of it all. Is this what our country has been reduced to? I hope that the
authorities will catch these crooks soon." Since the viral post,
more than 37m rupiah has been raised for Mr Suratman. The local governor
later also donated 5m rupiah and bought his remaining banana stock. Mr Reza posted pictures of himself delivering the money to the family. "He was very grateful and he was praying. I told him that I was only the messenger," Mr Reza said. "Indonesians are amazing. I'm touched by their compassion towards one another."
Reporting by the BBC's Heather Chen and BBC Indonesia.
Two men have been arrested and
charged with torture in south-eastern Brazil accused of tattooing "I'm a
thief" on the forehead of a teenager, police say.
The suspects
said the 17-year-old boy had tried to steal a bike, which he denies. His
family says he has mental health problems and is a drug user.
Police identified the men after they shared a video online of them making the tattoo.
An online campaign has been created to help the boy get the tattoo removed.
The
suspects, aged 27 and 29, confessed to writing the message, which said
in Portuguese "I'm a thief and loser", as a "punishment".
Police in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Sao Paulo state, have not yet confirmed that the attempted robbery took place.
The boy said he had fallen over the bike for being "very drunk", but that he was not trying to steal it.
The two men caught the boy, tied his hands and feet and said they would tattoo him, he added.
"I asked them to make the tattoo on my arm but they said they would do it on my forehead and started laughing," he told Folha de S.Paulo newspaper (in Portuguese).
"I begged them to break my arms and legs instead."
In
the video, the boy, who seemed frightened, is seated on a chair but not
tied, while a man with a tattoo machine holds him by the hair. The man
who is filming laughs and says: "It's going to hurt."
The boy also had his hair cut by the suspects after he tried to hide the tattoo.
The
teenager's family said he had gone missing on 31 May and recognised him
after seeing the video, which was uploaded on Friday. He was reunited
with his family on Sunday.
The secretary of state said he would continue to chair the talks, despite calls for an "independent broker".
"The
point is that we have a process already, which involves, yes the UK
government, but the Irish government too and also the head of the
Northern Ireland Civil Service," he said.
"That is something that was working to bring the parties together, I think that remains absolutely the way to approach this."
He said if there was no agreement by 29 June, Northern Ireland could face direct rule.
Mr
Adams said Sinn Féin did not believe that "any deal between the DUP
here and the English Tories will be good for the people here".
"Any
deal that undercuts, in any way, the process here or the Good Friday
Agreement and other agreements is one that has to be opposed by
progressives, and that puts a huge onus on the taoiseach, and there's an
incoming taoiseach [Leo Varadkar]," he said.
"I think [outgoing]
Taoiseach [Enda] Kenny was right when he expressed concerns about this
deal directly with the British prime minister."
Earlier, Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said it "would be kind to describe Mr Brokenshire as delusional".
"His
government won't exist unless the DUP allow it to exist and the fact
that they will be dependent on them conflicts him even more."
Leo Varadkar,
the new leader of Ireland's Fine Gael party, has said he will raise
with Theresa May the importance of impartiality in the Stormont talks.
He
said it was important that the two governments, as co-guarantors of the
Good Friday Agreement, should not be too close to either unionism, or
nationalists and republicans.
Mr Varadkar is expected to become Irish prime minister later this week in a parliamentary vote on Enda Kenny's successor.
Analysis - Enda McClafferty, BBC News NI Political Correspondent
All
the parties will be back at Stormont today, but it is likely that the
focus will be on political partnerships in London and not Belfast.
That support will involve backing Theresa May in any confidence vote and supporting her government's budgets.
As
yet there are no details on what the DUP wants in return but it is
thought its demands will include extra cash for Northern Ireland.
But some say the real cost of a deal could be the future of power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
Sinn
Féin, the SDLP and Alliance say any partnership between the DUP and
Conservatives could scupper plans to restore the institutions.
It is fast becoming a game of political poker with high stakes.
The
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, said he was
"looking forward to the talks process getting under way again".
"It
is now more important than ever that we have effective devolved
government in Northern Ireland, especially with Brexit negotiations due
to begin shortly," he said.
"It is absolutely crucial that the
voice of Northern Ireland should be heard in these negotiations through a
newly-formed power sharing executive."
The
former Labour secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, told
BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster a DUP-Conservative arrangement
could have a negative impact on the talks.
"My concern is that it
jeopardises the neutrality, the non-partisan stance, that a prime
minister and a secretary of state must have in relation to Northern
Ireland's politics," he said.
"If I, as secretary of state, or for
that matter Tony Blair, were seen to be aligned with any one party in
Northern Ireland, it would have compromised the trust we needed to build
with any other party."
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing
agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and
nationalists, with the largest party putting forward a candidate for
first minister.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first
minister in January in protest against the DUP's handling of a botched
green energy scheme.
The party said it would not share power with
DUP leader Arlene Foster as first minister until the conclusion of a
public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr McGuinness, who had been suffering from a rare heart condition, died earlier this year.
The UK general election result could
delay Brexit talks and be negative for the economy, credit ratings
agencies Moody's and S&P have warned.
The Brexit negotiations
with the EU were due to start on 19 June but Moody's said the fact that
the Conservatives had lost their majority would delay the start of the
talks.
It will "complicate and probably delay Brexit negotiations," it warned.
Moody's said it could also further pressure the UK's public finances.
The
"inconclusive" outcome of the general election could mean the
government places less of a priority on cutting the budget deficit. This
would be negative for the UK's credit rating and make it more expensive
for the country to borrow money.
As a result, Moody's said it
expected fiscal risks to increase, because in its view the budget
deficit will increase this year and next.
"The election outcome,
with significant gains for the Labour Party, which had campaigned for
increased public spending, will likely be seen as a 'vote against
austerity', it added.
"The public debt ratio will rise further
and for longer than we had expected, placing the UK among the few highly
rated European sovereigns whose public debt is still rising."
However,
Moody's said the election result suggested an "electoral shift" away
from the "hard Brexit" that Prime Minister Theresa May, had ostensibly
sought.
As a result, Moody's said the government may now consider
"softer" Brexit options, which would be positive for the country's
credit rating, it said.
"Hence, a move towards "softer" versions
of Brexit - potentially with continued access of some sort to the single
market - might now be considered," it said.
'Another snap election'
Meanwhile,
S&P Global Ratings released a note saying the outcome of the snap
election and the hung parliament should have no immediate impact on the
UK's rating.
"Our ratings on the UK already take into account a
less predictable policy framework following the vote to leave the EU in
June 2016," it said.
It also said it believed the lack of an overall majority for any one part was likely to delay Brexit negotiations.
"Furthermore, we do not exclude the possibility of another snap election," it added.
Separately,
S&P economist Jean-Michel Six said "In terms of the [UK's} outlook
for growth, it's clear that things are not going in the right
direction."
"This latest bit of instability can only weaken the business environment and consumer confidence, " he said.
Standard and Poor's (S&P) said the UK credit outlook remained negative.
Moody's rates the UK credit worthiness as Aa1 negative, one notch above the other two main ratings agencies, including S&P.
Campaigners have appealed against a
ruling which gave the go-ahead for four controversial wind farm projects
in the firths of Forth and Tay.
RSPB Scotland had objected to the developments which, they say, threaten thousands of seabirds.
After winning the initial challenge, an appeal was lodged by Scottish ministers and the ruling was overturned last month.
The charity has confirmed it has started a legal challenge.
It is seeking permission from the Inner House of the Court of Session to appeal to the UK Supreme Court.
The
Scottish government has declined to comment on the legal action, but
stressed its belief in the importance of offshore wind projects.
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After last month's ruling, one of the developers, Mainstream
Renewable Power, said it would immediately press on with construction
work. The company estimates its project alone would create 500 construction jobs and more than 100 permanent operational roles. The Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo projects were approved by Scottish ministers in 2014. It has been estimated that they could generate up to £1.2bn for the Scottish economy and power 1.4 million homes. But RSPB Scotland raised concerns that the wind farms risked birds like puffins, gannets and kittiwakes.
'Worrying precedents'
Director
Anne McCall said: "RSPB Scotland continues to fully support the
development of renewable energy and the vast majority of projects
continue to pose no significant threat to birds or other wildlife. "However,
we are concerned that this judgment could set worrying precedents for
the protection of wildlife across Scotland and the UK. "In light
of our concerns we have decided to start the appeal process by applying
to the Inner House for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court." A
statement from Mainstream Renewable Power said: "We are committed to
working with all our partners, including the RSPB, to deliver this
nationally-significant infrastructure project and the vitally important
jobs and investment that it will create. "Neart na Gaoithe is a
£2bn project capable of supplying all the homes in a city the size of
Edinburgh with clean energy and is the only project out of the four
offshore wind projects in the Forth and Tay to hold a Contract for
Difference (CfD)."
Climate change
It
added: "Rapid advances in offshore wind technology have enabled us to
reduce the number of turbines to be installed from 125 in the original
consent application in 2012, to a maximum of 64 turbines today." A
Scottish government spokesman said: "Protecting the environment and
fighting climate change are key priorities for the Scottish government. "Offshore
wind has an important role to play in Scotland's energy future, and
offers valuable opportunities to reduce the carbon emissions which lead
to climate change and create jobs too.
A woman has been arrested on
suspicion of murder after a man was "pushed into a moving tram" and died
at Manchester's Victoria station.
The man, believed to be in his
30s, was pushed, causing him to fall between the platform and tram,
Greater Manchester Police said.
A Metrolink driver reported a collision at about 19:45 BST on Sunday, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said.
A 31-year-old woman is being questioned in police custody.
The woman arrested was not the tram driver, police confirmed.
Metrolink customer director Stephen Rhodes said he was "absolutely devastated" to hear someone had died.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the man died at the scene.
There was disruption to services on the Bury line for several hours affecting those attending Parklife festival.
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Metrolink issued a walking map to help those travelling from the festival at Heaton Park return to the city centre. Parklife finished at 23:00 on Sunday. The three-mile walk should take about an hour. Some
people questioned the advice on Twitter, suggesting telling young
people to walk the distance in Wellington boots in the dark was
"unbelievable". Others said they thought there would be safety in numbers
Metrolink tweeted there was an "ongoing medical emergency" and advised passengers to avoid Manchester Victoria station. In a statement, Mr Rhodes, added: "My immediate thoughts are with this person's family and friends. "As
this is now a police investigation it would not be appropriate for me
to make any further comment about what happened at this time." He
encouraged those who were able to walk to do so and said 100 buses were
also in place, adding: "I'd ask everyone to please bear with us and be
patient." Metrolink said "a good service" was in operation on all lines on Monday and trams were operating in and out of Victoria.
Russian opposition leader Alexei
Navalny has been detained at home ahead of a planned unauthorised
protest in Moscow, his wife says.
"Alexei has been arrested in the
entrance to our block of flats," Yuliya Navalnaya wrote on Twitter,
adding "our plans haven't changed".
Thousands of his supporters have heeded his call to protest against corruption.
OVD-Info, an NGO, says 121 people have been detained in Moscow and 137 in St Petersburg.
St Petersburg news website Fontanka.ru put the number of detainees there at 300.
There were smaller rallies in other Russian cities.
In
a live broadcast by the Russian liberal TV channel Dozhd, protesters in
St Petersburg could be heard shouting "shame" as they were detained by
police. Among those arrested was Maxim Reznik, the city's legislative
assembly deputy.
Prominent activist Daniil Ken said he was
arrested as he left his home in St Petersburg. He urged people to join a
rally at the city's Champ de Mars square. "Go for me, please!" he
tweeted. He has since been released.
Police earlier detained several people at demonstrations in the cities of Vladivostok, Blagoveshchensk and Kazan.
He was earlier granted permission to hold a rally at Sakharova Avenue
but changed the location - without permission - on the eve of the
demonstration to Tverskaya Street, near the Kremlin.
One of the groups participating in the Moscow rally, which is over government plans to demolish Soviet-era apartment blocks in the city, said it would hold its protest on Sakharova Avenue as planned.
Permission has been granted for demonstrations in 169 locations across the country, some of which will be broadcast live on the Navalny Live YouTube channel. The main rallies are expected to be in St Petersburg and Moscow.
The
protests coincide with a series of official events - including
festivals, concerts and military enactments - due to take place across
the country to mark Russia Day, the national holiday dedicated to the
1990 declaration of sovereignty.
The BBC's Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg,
earlier shared images on Twitter of an historical military
reconstruction in Tverskaya Street, the location of Mr Navalny's
unauthorised demonstration.
