INDONESIA: A military court sentenced four service members today for their roles in an acid attack on a prominent human rights activist. The group were sentenced to up to three years in prison.

The three navy marines, Sergeant Edi Sudarko, First Lieutenant Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono and Captain Nandala Dwi Prasetya were convicted over the March attack on Andrie Yunus, a senior activist with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence.

CHINA: Passenger car exports jumped 73 per cent year-on-year in May to around 809,000 vehicles, an industry group reported today, as higher petrol and diesel prices due to the war in Iran raised interest in electric vehicles.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said exports of pure EVs and plug-in hybrids more than doubled in May, to about 435,000 units.

UNITED STATES: Hollywood directors reached a four-year tentative contract agreement with studios and streaming services on Tuesday.

The deal between the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers must still be approved by the guild’s national board, followed by the membership. They said no details on the deal will be released until then.

FRANCE: More than 60,000 people took to the streets on Monday to protest the murder of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old girl whose alleged killer, Jerome Barella, had previously been denounced several times to police as a sex offender.

The mother of a 10-year-old called Rosa had reported Mr Barella last year for allegedly abusing her daughter.

Many protesters are demanding the resignation of Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin.