general prabowo lost to president widodo in april's elections. presidency,ned the they p pn the massss arrest of opponents. the general has been implicated in mass killings in east timor, papua, and aceh, as well as the kidnapping and torturere of activists in j jakarta. he alslso worked directly with e u.s. defense intelligence agency and u.s. special forces in indonesia. to see our full coverage of the indonesian elections and general prabowo, go to democracynow.org. in new york, exxon mobil is going on trial today over accusations it deceived shareholders over the financial risks of climate change. in 2015, a damning report by "insideclimate news" and "the los angeles times" revealed that exxon knew that fossil fuels contributed to climate change as early as the 1970's, i did not take any action even as it covered up the science. in ohio, four major drug companies have reached a last-minute deal to settle with two ohio counties that sued the drug distributors and manufacturers over the opioid epidemic. the $260 million settlement includes comp

prabowo subianto, opposition leader in widodo's first term and sole challenger in april's bitterly—fought defence minister. lawyers for shamima begum, the british teenager who went to syria to join the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, say the decision to strip her of uk citizenship has left her at risk of being hanged. her lawyers say she's now effectively stateless and had professed sympathy for the group, in media interviews, only to try to protect herself and her son. russia and turkey have agreed a deal to extend the current shaky ceasefire in north east syria for at least another six days. they say the aim is to give kurdish fighters time to withdraw 30 kilometres from the turkish border. meeting in the russian city of sochi, president erdogan and president putin agreed that joint russian and turkish patrols will operate inside syria, within ten kilometres of the border. our correspondent, jiyar gol, reports from the syrian town of qamishli, close to the border, on the human toll of the current fighting. as we crossed the tigris river from iran into syria, it's not long