Indonesia: Deadly post-election clashes in Jakarta
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Police say 6 people killed during protests against re-election of President Joko Widodo. Protests began after official election results showed Mr. Widodo had beaten his long-time rival Prabowo Subianto. Also, voters in Philippines give President Duterte more power to implement his controversial agenda, a warning from former UN Secretary-general about need to tackle climate-change, and we meet winner of BBC's Woman Footballer Of The Year award.
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