1. Indonesia's economic policy package aimed at stimulating demand will cost the government 24.44 trillion rupiah ($1.5 billion).

2. At least 34 people have died in India's northeastern region after heavy floods caused landslides over the last four days.

3. Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to sit down for their second round of direct peace talks with no sign they are any closer to an agreement.

4. Britain will expand its nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet as part of a defense review that is designed to prepare the country to fight a modern war and counter the threat from Russia.

5. Oil prices jumped by about 3% after producer group OPEC+ kept output increases in July at the same level as the previous two months.

6. Microsoft will invest $400 million in Switzerland on its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.