A few news headlines crossing on Sydney and Jakarta

Reuters reports 'explosion heard in central Jakarta

  • near United Nations office

Added - Second explosion heard in central Jakarta (Reuters report again)

Reuters say Indonesian TV reporting a police officer has been shot near the site of explosion in central Jakarta

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And, multiple reports of a police operation underway in Sydney at the Sydney opera House and at Manly Wharf

Re the Opera House:

  • The forecourt was cleared about 2pm with police erecting metal barriers
  • All tours of the Opera House have been cancelled for the day
  • The bar below the Opera House has been closed