Filthy flood water inundated large parts of Indonesia’s capital today, sparking fears that killer diseases may spread among nearly 340,000 people forced from their homes by the worst flooding to hit the city in recent memory.

Boats carried emergency supplies to desperate Indonesians today as overflowing rivers again burst banks following days of rain in the flood-stricken capital which has left 20 dead and 340,000 homeless.

Investigators searching for clues sifted through charred debris at a decimated luxury hotel in Jakarta today after a suspected suicide bombing that killed at least 14 people and injured 148.

At least 13 people died today and 150 were injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated a huge car bomb at the front of a luxury hotel in the Indonesian capital.

At least 10 people were killed today when a suspected suicide bomber blew up a car in a huge explosion outside a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.