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What is happening?
Why is Indonesia blocking sales of Apple’s new iPhone?
January 15, 2025
Indonesian regulators last week rejected a proposal from Apple that the tech giant had hoped would pave the way for sales of the iPhone 16 in one of Southeast Asia’s largest markets. Indonesia requires 40% of parts used in certain smartphones to be produced domestically. To comply, Apple had pitched a $1 billion investment in a manufacturing facility on Indonesia’s Batam island to produce parts for the AirTag tracking device. However, Indonesian Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang
What are the facts?
Perspective
- Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that broke Covid rules.
- Met police will not be saying who is fined or which events the fixed penalty notices relate to.
- Downing Street has said before that it would confirm if the prime minister was facing a fine.
- Fixed penalty notices are a sanction for breaking the law, and mean a fine, which needs to be paid within 28 days, or contested.
- The fines mean the PM misled the House of Commons in December – not known if he did it intentionally or not.
Boris 'proven' liar
The Guardian says the Shadow Minister said the fines prove PM is a liar - and the paper agrees with the minister.
No 10 'refuses' to say if PM will quit
The Independent claims No 10 is refusing to say if Boris will quit if he is fined - No 10 have confirmed they will make it punlic knowlegde if the PM is fined.
PM doesn't know if he'll be amongst first fined
The Times headline is rather misleading - as it implies the PM will be amongst those fined eventually even if he's not in the first 20 people to be fined.
PM 'not among' those fined
The Sun claims the PM isn't among those being fined today - the paper says Downing Street today confirmed the PM has not been given a fixed penalty notice.
Daily Express -Yes PM, we all want to draw a line under partygate
Daily Express -Yes PM, we all want to draw a line under partygate
The Sun - Cops probe partygate - ello, ello, ello Bojo
The Sun - Cops probe partygate - ello, ello, ello Bojo The Sun - Cops probe partygate - ello, ello, ello Bojo
Daily Express - Enough Boris! You must end ‘partygate’ farce now
Daily Express - Enough Boris! You must end ‘partygate’ farce now
No 10 Partygate & 72% of Brits want Prince Andrew stripped of title
No 10 Partygate & 72% of Brits want Prince Andrew stripped of title