Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 1 Oct 2018

1. Indonesia: mass graves dug as search continues

At least 832 people are now known to have died in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is feared the death toll will reach 1,300 or higher. Rescuers are frantically searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings while mass graves are being dug to receive the bodies pulled from the ruins.

2. Service charges to be paid to waiting staff

The government is to put in place legislation to make sure that 100% of restaurant service charges go to waiting staff. The new rules will apply in England, Scotland and Wales and will force high street chains including TGI Fridays, Prezzo, Strada and Zizzi to pay their waiters all service charges. Labour said it would go further.

3. Johnson dismissed as ‘irrelevant and offensive’

Theresa May yesterday sat in the audience at the Conservative Party conference and was told by a former head of business group the CBI that her ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson had shown himself to be “irrelevant and offensive” by saying “f**k business” in relation to Brexit. May is under pressure to change her Brexit vision.

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4. Air traffic controller dies jumping from tower

A pilot has paid tribute to a 21-year-old air traffic controller who stayed in his tower as it collapsed in the Indonesian earthquake on Friday. Anthonius Gunawan Agung stayed until the passenger jet he was guiding had safely taken off, before jumping to his death. His last known words were: “Batik 6231 runway 33 clear for take off.”

5. Man charged after Kent stabbing deaths

A man of 28 has been charged with the murder of two women – one in her 50s, the other in her 70s – in the usually tranquil Kent village of Hadlow. Jack Ralph is also charged with the attempted murder of a man in his 70s who suffered serious injuries. Police have not released details but it is though the victims knew their killer.

6. Macedonia name change vote ‘not valid’

A referendum on changing the name of Macedonia is thought to be invalid because the turnout did not reach the mandated 50%. The Balkan state has clashed with neighbouring Greece since its creation in 1991 because Greece has a province with the same name. Campaigners had wanted to rename their nation North Macedonia.

7. MI6 ‘regrets’ sending Blair to meet Putin

A former head of the MI6 intelligence service, Sir Richard Dearlove, told an audience at the Cliveden Literary Festival this weekend that the agency now regrets helping Vladimir Putin to power in Russia. MI6 agreed to a request from Putin’s team that Tony Blair should meet him in Moscow as he lobbied to become President, lending legitimacy.

8. US and Canada agree last-minute trade deal

After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the US, Canada and Mexico have reached an agreement on a new trade treaty to replace the Nafta agreement which US President Donald Trump had threatened to cancel. The three nations managed to agree just before a midnight deadline last night after more than a year of discussions.

9. Ollie Locke to become Ollie Locke-Locke

Reality TV star Ollie Locke, best known for Made in Chelsea, is to marry his partner Gareth Locke – and will take his name to form a double-barrelled surname, becoming Ollie Locke-Locke. The 30-year-old, who announced his engagement in The Times on Tuesday, has known Gareth for 10 years but only recently decided he was ‘the one’.

10. Where is adultery still illegal?

India has joined the list of countries to decriminalise adultery: its Supreme Court voted last week to repeal a 158-year-old colonial-era ban. But in some countries, infidelity can be punished by fines, prison, or even death. Where is adultery is still illegal?

Where is adultery still illegal?