authorities in indonesia have said foreigners visiting the country will not be charged under its new law which criminalisses sex outside marriage. the legislation which is set to take effect in three years, threatens up to a year in jail for unmairred couples who have sex. businesses are concerned that the stringent law will negatively impact indonesia s tourism industry, which is recovering from the covid pandemic. let s go to south korea now where the eldest member of the boyband bts is starting his mandatory military duty on tuesday. jin is the first member to enlist since the group went on hiatus this year and on sunday he posted this photo of himself with his new military style buzz cut. all able bodied men in south korea must serve at least 18 months in the military. i asked our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie about the fan reaction to the news.
its vice president eva kaili amid a corruption scandal and allegations that qatar bribed eu officials. official figures suggest 417,000 working days were lost to strikes in october the highest in more than a decade. latest data also shows the unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in the three months leading to october. a community comes together in a vigil for the three boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in solihull. a fourth boy, who s six, remains in a critical condition in hospital. k pop starjin, the oldest member of the group b t s, begins his mandatory south korean military duty the first member of the band to do so. the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx, sam bankman fried, is arrested for financial offences in the bahamas.
he was with four other officers. they hadn t been seen for five months. translation: i was later told that the building they were in was shelled and that all five men were missing. they said no remains were found. it doesn t make sense, it s absurd. the way my son was treated wasn t only illegal, it was inhuman. russia has inflicted enormous suffering on its neighbour. it s threatening its own people, too. my son told me, i never thought my own country would treat me this way. people here don t understand how much danger we are in, not from the opposing side but from our side. for this war, the kremlin is demanding total support. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. let s go to south korea now, where the eldest member of the boyband bts is starting his mandatory military
there you go, there is your medicine, owen. the treatment for owen s rare thyroid disorder costs just a few pence a day. come on, let s go to school, then. ..but makes a massive difference to him and his family. we are moving on to looking at adding and subtracting multiples of ten. genome sequencing does raise ethical questions. it could identify children at high risk of cancer later in life but the research team say they will only look at treatable childhood conditions like owen s where early diagnosis may prevent serious harm. fergus walsh, bbc news. the eldest member of the south korean boyband bts is starting his mandatory military duty on tuesday. jin is the first member to enlist since the group took a break from performing.
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