From Click: Extremists using video-game chats to spread hate

Indonesian president Joko Widodo has spoken of his country’s struggle with the pandemic earlier this year, describing how hospitals and facilities could not cope. Speaking exclusively to the BBC’s Asia presenter Karishma Vaswani, Mr Widodo said that the situation in the country had greatly improved and steps were being taken to address discrepancies in facilities…

Australia’s state of New South Wales has passed its 70% vaccination target, resulting in Sydney easing its 107-day lockdown. Non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, hair and beauty salons have reopened after being forced shut for almost four months. Patrons lined up across the city for the midnight reopening, excited to enjoy their new freedoms. Video by…

The number of cases are under control but more clean drinking water is needed, a charity says.

The passing of sweeping changes to Hong Kong’s electoral rules will mean prospective MPs will have to go through a degrading and humiliating process, the former Democratic Party chairperson and legislator Emily Lau has said. Hong Kong does not have democracy but they had a system which allowed people to be free, safe and have…

Nine Catalan separatists convicted over a failed independence bid in 2017 have been formally pardoned by the Spanish government. Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya told BBC World News that talking was the best way to resolve political differences. “We remain convinced that the best way to address differences that exist within our society is…

Australia’s Phillip Island is home to the largest colony of little penguins on the planet. Ten of the birds were fitted with trackers measuring GPS, water temperature and the depth the penguins are feeding at during the breeding season. BBC Click finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick