KEY FIGURES: Sunak runs, Indonesia dismantles cyber-fraud ring, US condemns drug-trafficking ally, West Africa puts price on security

50-50: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is perhaps on the ropes these days – his survey numbers are in the gutter, his party is swallowed up in a bet scandaland he even had roasted by a menswear guy. But in his debate with Labour leader Keir Starmer this week, he managed to score well enough (hammering Starmer for having no real plan for “change”) to cause the polls to tank. watch A 50-50 tie. Still, with Labour holding a double-digit lead heading into the July 4 election, Sunak's days are numbered.

103: The Indonesian authorities stopped 103 foreign nationals suspected of being part of a cybercrime syndicate on the island of Bali. The suspects – who included citizens of Taiwan, China and Malaysia – also allegedly misused their residence permits. The rapid growth of e-commerce and technology in Indonesia has made the country particularly vulnerable to cybercrime: ranks eighth among countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of cybersecurity.

45: An American judge has sentenced the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking. Hernández, 55, was convicted of accepting millions in bribes to hide cocaine shipments to the United States while he was president from 2014 to 2022. The irony? He worked publicly with Washington in the War on Drugs.

2.6 billion: How much will it cost to protect West Africa from terrorism and coups? 2.6 billion dollars per year, according to ECOWAS, a regional bloc, said it would need a force of 5,000 troops to help maintain order in a region of Africa that is suffering from growing jihadist violence, which has contributed to a series of coups d'état.