this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 103m... wildfires rage in northern california, killing five people, destroying hundreds of buildings and causing thousands to flee their homes. we were not told we were in danger. this was like you see in the movies with tornadoes. one minute, it is fine. the next minute, everyone is screaming. a powerful earthquake on an indonesian tourist island kills at least ten people, injures dozens and damages hundreds of homes. trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office, under new government proposals. qatar has denied claims it ran a secret campaign to sabotage other countries‘ bids for the 2022 world cup also this hour, on the brink of victory for cycling's greatest prize. geraint thomas will ride into paris later today, all but assured of being crowned tour de france champion. more on that and the rest of the sport shortly. if

and at 10.30am, witness looks at the process of designing the iconic sydney opera house. good morning. five people have died and tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as huge wildfires continue to rage across the us state of california. firefighters say they are struggling to contain about 130 separate blazes. the governor of california has requested federal aid and declared a state of emergency in three more counties. almost 40,000 people have already left their homes in the city of redding. those remaining have been urged to leave immediately. thousands of firefighters are dealing with what have been described as tornados of fire.

at least 500 buildings have been destroyed so far, with thousands of homes still under threat. lebo diseko reports. they call them tornadoes of flames, spinning whorls of fire powered by gale—force winds so powerful they suck in cars, trees, homes, people, anything in their path. in its wake, families are left devastated. ed bledsoe was looking for his great—grandchildren, james and emily, aged four and five, along with his wife, melody. they have since been found dead. residents say they should have been given more warning to evacuate. we were not told we were in danger. this was like you see in movies with tornadoes. one minute, it's fine. the next minute, everybody‘s screaming. firefighters have battled to contain the blaze since it began on monday, apparently after a car malfunctioned. it has since destroyed an area

larger than the city of san francisco and tens of thousands of people have had to leave their homes. firefighters say it is unlike anything they have seen before. every single person that i have talked to so far has made the mention that, "i don't know why it is doing what it's doing. it's burning differently. it's burning more aggressive than it has in years past." and i know we say that every year, but it's unprecedented. in california alone, more than 9000 firefighters are battling seven big blazes. but it seems that nature may be against them. more hot, dry weather is forecast for the coming days which could well make the fire even worse. lebo diseko, bbc news. at least 13 people have died and dozens have been injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a popular tourist destination in central indonesia. residents and tourists poured onto the streets and into open

fields to escape damaged buildings on the island of lombok with the tremor felt up to 60 miles away in the bustling holiday island of bali. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa has this. buildings and lives shaken to the core. this was the scene dozens woke up to in northern lombok. the distress was cleared to hear. shouting the quake, measuring 6.4 on the richter scale, was quickly followed by more than 60 smaller earthquakes. the jolt was felt 60 miles away on the holiday island of bali. people in lombok, they arejust waiting for the after-shock because

now, 85 after—shocks have happened, so now, 85 after—shocks have happened, so they are still waiting for calm conditions. many buildings have been damaged. it is thought at least 40 people are injured, many are still being treated after being hit by falling debris. the malaysian tourist on a hiking trip is reportedly among those killed. the epicentre of the earthquake was 30 miles north—east of the city of mataram in the north of the island. indonesia is prone to earthquakes. it lies on what is called the ring of fire, the line of quakes and volcanic eruptions that circle virtually the entire pacific rim. the region is on alert for sin only dream of. this time no alert was issued —— on alert for tsunamis.

the country's disaster agency says the main focus now is evacuation and rescue. at least ten people are known to have lost their lives. authorities believe that number could rise. let's speak now to rizwan sobrin, from the indonesian red cross emergency division. he is injakarta where he is co—ordinating relief efforts for lombok. give us an idea of the latest situation and what you're doing to help. currently, 133 after-shocks have happened, so this means people around the lombok area, they are still afraid to go back home, so thatis still afraid to go back home, so that is why they are staying in the field, in the backyards. there are some people who climbed a mountain who need to be evacuated down to a safe place. just how powerful was

it? yeah, the condition, there is approximately 600 people, from foreigners and local people there, who need to be evacuated going down and we hope that this process can be smoothly because as we try to get them to not panic with the situation. 0ur them to not panic with the situation. our team, volunteers on the ground, still working on that. how difficult is it for you to coordinate rescue efforts? yeah, because it is like a joint team so from the local disaster agency, red cross, and from the other community

also working hand together with us. thank you very much for bringing us up thank you very much for bringing us up to date, speaking to us from jakarta, thank you. 0nline trolls who intimidate election candidates or campaigners could be barred from public office. the government's considering the move after a report found social media abuse was rife in last year's general election. extreme intimidation cases are already punishable with a jail sentence. joining me now is dr claire hardaker, an expert on online aggression, deception and manipulation, from lancaster university. thank you for being with us. how big a problem do you believe this is, online trolling in politics? in politics in particular, an increasing problem. we are seeing a lot of prominent figures, particularly from certain

demographics, for instance, women, ethnic minorities, religious groups, they are receiving a huge amount of abuse, particularly intimidating that you go online, cultivate a persona , that you go online, cultivate a persona, you create this identity, and people spend enormous amounts of time attacking it, trying to drag it down, find any detail they can use about you to destroy and damage your reputation. wood proposals to stop online trolls holding public office, do you think that would deter them 01’ do you think that would deter them or most of them? i am not sure how effective it would be. for those who are attempting to become a public personality by themselves, using trolling as a method to get into that, it might deter them, but for the average person, you have an individual feeling disenfranchised with the political system, they feel like their benefits have been cut, housing is inadequate, job prospects not very good, those kinds of people using trolling as a method to get

their message across, it is not appropriate but they may feel it is their only way, they have no interest in standing for public office. the individuals who may want to stampa office. the individuals who may want to stamp a public office, they may use methods that do not cross the threshold into trolling. those who do not wish to stand for public office, this will not affect them. 0ne office, this will not affect them. one of the effects of the trolling is it puts people off going into politics in the first place, especially women, when there is pretty vile abuse at the online. absolutely. research has shown for a while but if you are a woman online and have any kind of platform, for instance, mary beard, they have tried to effectively put their head above the parapet, put forward any kind of position, whether it is a position lots of people agree with,

they've become a target almost immediately for abuse and there is a qualitative distance in the abuse —— difference in the abuse. a man may express difference in the abuse. a man may ex press a difference in the abuse. a man may express a position and the individuals will attract the position, a woman may espouse the very same position and the threats will be rape, death threats, it attacks the person, very intimidating, especially if you can imagine you walk down the street the next day, you do not know if some of the people who sent the message walking right past you, pretty scary world. you think it had quite a large role in the last election, and if it is tackled, it could grow and grow on social media?” if it is tackled, it could grow and grow on social media? i think it played its role, notjust uk, worldwide, a global effect of trolls very broadly defined now, in your selection, an awful lot about the trump campaign being supported by russian trolls, problems in china with certain types of trolling, this is having a major impact on how

democracy is played out, alongside fa ke democracy is played out, alongside fake news, quite closely into line with trolling. democracy is effectively being eroded by the very loud few voices, very strident, tearing down people who might have forward—thinking ideas, ideas the trolls do not agree with, bringing to an end debates on topics that are really important. good to talk to you. thank you very much. from lancaster university. a six—year—old girl has died after getting into difficulty in the sea in margate. kent police say they were called to the harbour yesterday afternoon after concerns were raised about a child in the sea. the girl, who was from erith, in south—east london, was taken to hospital where she later died. her next of kin have been informed. search teams have recovered the body of a man who got into difficulty while swimming in the river 0use in bedfordshire. emergency services were called to reports that a man in his late 20s had got into trouble

on friday afternoon. police said the man's next of kin have been informed and officers are supporting his family. qatar has been accused of running a secret campaign to undermine rival countries during the bidding process which led to it being awarded the world cup in 2022. the sunday times claims pr firms and former cia agents were used to generate fake propaganda, in breach of rules drawn up by football's governing body, fifa. qatar says it rejects each and every allegation. the chair of digital, culture, media and sport committee, damian collins, has called for a full investigation into the allegations. these are really serious allegations, a whistle—blower has come forward saying he was involved in a kind of black ops communications campaign seeking to undermine support in other countries bidding against qatar to host the world cup, to undermine support for their own bids. it is a breach of fifa's rules and if the qatari team were involved in campaigns like

that, that means they would have broken the rules of the bidding process, a really serious matter. it requires a proper investigation and for fifa to be involved in investigating as well. they need to make clear there will be sanctions applied if the rules were broken in the bidding process. the most severe sanction that can be applied is taking the world cup away from qatar, if they feel they were breach of the terms of the bidding process. fifa have to have a proper investigation into that. the headlines on bbc news... wildfires in northern california kill five people, destroy hundreds of buildings and cause thousands to flee their homes. a powerful earthquake on an indonesian tourist island kills at least ten people, injures dozens and damages hundreds of homes. and under new government proposals, trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office. sport and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's kat downes. news of another british champion at the tour de france. set to be a big day for geraint thomas, the first welshman to win the tour de france. he'll ride down the champs—elysees later today, with his team—mate chris froome set to join him on the podium after over 2,000 miles of racing. 0ur reporterjo currie is there for us. wales have never had a male winner of the tour de france until now. geraint thomas will later lead the cyclist down the champs—elysees in paris for what is the final day of the sea's tour. tradition dictates no one attacks the yellowjersey on the final day, a celebration of what the final day, a celebration of what the riders have achieved over the last three gruelling weeks, they have covered 3500 kilometres,

culminating in yesterday's time trial. thomas finished in third, more than good enough to hand him the title overall. the first welshman to win the tour and the third briton after sir bradley wiggins and chris froome. might be a bit of a mixed reaction in paris, tea m bit of a mixed reaction in paris, team sky have been booed along the route, unable to shake off the rumours of doping, despite nothing being proved over recent years. back in wales tonight, there will be at least one or two champagne corks p°ppin9- least one or two champagne corks popping. a former pupil of whitchurch high school in cardiff, fellow alumni include gareth bale and sam warburton, so understandably and sam warburton, so understandably a very proud man, former pe teacher, steve williams. tremendous achievement. we are so proud of him down here. his commitment over the years and the hard work he has put m, years and the hard work he has put in, cardiff is pulsing, we are looking forward to once for going back to school so we can celebrate

altogether —— cardiff is buzzing. dutchwoman kirsten vild won her second ride london title yesterday. she also won back in 2016. ride london is the richest one—day race in women's cycling. and the men's race gets under way this afternoon, featuring britain's mark cavendish. coverage for you on bbc one from 3.50pm. the world champion will start on pole for the race after excelling in the wet conditions at the hungaroring. lewis hamilton, of course. team—mate valtteri bottas will be alongside him, with the ferraris on the second row. the race starts just after 2pm. we couldn't have expected this. honestly, the ferraris have been quickest all weekend, and we were just trying to do our best to be as close to them as possible, but then the heavens opened and it was fair game. it's all about give and take, each time you go around, each corner. i was up and i was down and i was up and i was down,

so it was an emotional roller—coaster. there's less than two weeks of the summer transfer window remaining. jose mourinho says he hopes one of his five targets will arrive at the club. 0n last night's evidence, they might need the help after losing to liverpool in the international champions cup. liverpool ran away with it in the second half for a 4—1win. new signing jerdan shaquiri marked his first goal for the club with this overhead kick. and with united still missing many of their normal first team after the world cup, jose mourinho wasn't too impressed ifi if i was then, i would not come. i would not come, i would not spend my money to see this team, i would not spend my money. for example, iwas watching something on television today, chelsea against inter, the

people decided that beach was better than this, they went to the beach, the stadium was empty. tottenham came from two goals down against barcelona, thanks to goals from son heung min and georges—kevin n'koudou, but they lost to the spanish giants on penalties 5—3. their new signing malcom scored the winner. elsehwere in the international champions cup, manchester city came from two goals down to beat bayern munich 3—2 in miami, although there are concerns about an ankle injury suffered by new signing riyad mahrez. british heavyweight dillian whyte says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua again after beating former world champion joseph parker at london's o2 arena. parker fell to the canvas in the second and ninth rounds but ended the fight strongly. whyte though took the fight on a points decision. it's his eighth win in a row since losing to anthonyjoshua in 2015. that's all the sport for now. many thanks. see you later on.

storms and flooding have continued to disrupt road travel and cause flight cancellations as the uk heatwave came to an end. some air passengers experienced delays of up to 20 hours, and travellers queued for miles on the m20 to board eurotunnel trains after the air—conditioning failed. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales today. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, told me about the worst problems facing travellers today. it is at stansted airport and it is ryanair, they it is at stansted airport and it is rya nair, they have it is at stansted airport and it is ryanair, they have cancelled so far today a dozen flights to and from the essex airport, some of them passengers to barcelona, poland, dublin, they only found out effectively as they got to the ball. the cancellations were very late on. total of 20 flights on ryanair cancelled to and from other uk airports including sta nsted,

cancelled to and from other uk airports including stansted, close to 4000 passengers. it is important to 4000 passengers. it is important to remember these things are cumulative. rya nair cancelled 50 flights yesterday. british airways also cancelled around 40. u nfortu nately, also cancelled around 40. unfortunately, this time of year, other flights also fully booked there is simply no room for people to get on board, so i've been hearing from people saying, yes, we got cancelled yesterday, no flight until wednesday. it also suggests the airlines are not being com pletely the airlines are not being completely upfront about what passengers people's rights. what their rights? some are pretty angry. yes, it is very straightforward, the airlines, british airways and rhino they say, nothing to do with us, extraordinary circumstances, you cannot get any cash compensation —— and ryanair. beyond our control. but whatever the cause of a delay, it is the duty the online to do a number of things. tell you what your rights are, to be rebooked as soon as

practical. the airlines have slightly different interpretations. ryanair says, if we cannot get you there today, tomorrow, when our own flights, we will find a flight with someone else. they have to provide hotels and meals until they can get you where you need to be and that is crucially important for the many thousands of people, depending on how they want to put it, stranded abroad or enjoying an extended holiday, depends if they have to get back to work tomorrow. the latest in eurotunnel, what is going on? not looking too bad. friday was absolutely awful, particularly the evening, beginning of a very busy weekend, drivers were finding they we re weekend, drivers were finding they were having to wait five hours. yesterday we had delays of three hours. tailbacks extending onto the m20 at folkestone. people waiting to get the shuttle to calais. but what they have been doing is running extra shuttles overnight, they cancelled planned engineering works, and they believe as of 9am that

things are running fairly fluidly. if you are booked on the 10:30am shuttle, you should be travelling around 10:30am which is a great relief. wherever you are travelling this weekend, be prepared for delays and disruption, while simultaneously hoping for the best. simon calder of the independent there. it was a video that went viral, and a punishment that was widely condemned. when footage emerged of palestinian teenager ahed tamimi slapping and kicking an israeli soldier in the occupied west bank, she was later imprisoned. she was 16 at the time and children are protected by international law from imprisonment. now she's been released, after serving an eight—month sentence. earlier i spoke to nida ibrahim from bbc arabic. she saw the teenager being released. children are not allowed to be tried under international law, however

children living under the israeli occupation, palestinian children, they are facing trials under military courts in israel. this has caused an outcry. many human rights organisations have criticised the sentence by israel and many say that this case is shedding light on the case of many palestinian minors. amnesty international says 300 children remain in israeli custody in israeli jails and of course many go back and forth inside and out of prison, but at this moment, we're talking about more than 300 palestinian children is children in israeli jails. you witnessed the release, tell us about that? an emotional moment. the parents did not know until the last minute when she was going to be released and they move from ramala, the de facto capital of the palestinian

authority, to a northern west bank city two hours away from ramala, back and forth, trying to figure out where she would be released. eventually a militaryjeep brought us eventually a militaryjeep brought us to avenge, not something very usual to happen in such cases of release. —— to the village. an emotional moment of release, her father helped her, her mother, chanting slogans with her, she was released with. .. she chanting slogans with her, she was released with... she was chanting slogans remembering their late cousin who is a palestinian from the village and he was killed injune while they were in jail. the palestinians, she has become a symbol of resistance, but israelis have accused her family of using the teenager in a kind of propaganda war. we have asked the father about that. we said, what do you say to the accusation the israelis are saying you are actually promoting an

act of terror? they said he was promoting some sort of... he said he is not in a position of defence and evenif is not in a position of defence and even if he was, he says, we even entitled to tell our story to the world, in so many forms, even if propaganda was part of it. blue badge parking permits are to be made available for people in england with hidden disabilities, such as autism or mental health problems. the department for transport said people with non—physical disabilities would have an equal right to free parking from next year. the current rules do not explicitly exclude hidden disabilities, but councils' interpretations can vary. similar changes have already come into effect in scotland and wales. great britain s first disabled air display team will take to the skies in the next few weeks. the four—person squad is made up of wheelchair users and amputees, and it was assembled in honour of the hero fighter

pilot sir douglas bader, who lost both his legs. a film crew from our disability unit went to meet them. visibility, five. going to be runway... i am alan, with barry, mike and mark. we will be great britain's first disabled air display team. i want us to be a display team that people want to see because we are good, rather than, "oh, look, look what those disabled people are doing, bless." i want us to be good. after 20—odd years of being paralysed, it's fair to say, i was pretty fed up. somebody turning round and saying, do you want to learn to fly? it was like the light came on again. how was it? much better. i have the least experience of anybody here. i am very privileged to be in the team, but i would also be quite relieved to be the one that was sat on the ground doing the commentary for the first air display. what attracts me is it's good fun to sit there and look out the window and see another aeroplane.

you are using all the controls all the time. you're using the throttle, elevators, the rudder pedals, which, obviously, we both have difficulties with that. so you are constantly, constantly on the go. if i'm honest, i am uncomfortable flying close to another aircraft. you are taught, see and avoid, and all of a sudden, you are close enough that there's this huge aircraft there next to you and they are saying, in a little bit closer. and really, all i want to do is run away, but the thrill of doing this is just unbeatable. i think we both know what pain is. i was paralysed at 18 years old. had a motorcycle accident. broke nearly every bone in my body, apart from my arms and legs. very lucky to survive. but it left me confined to a wheelchair for the rest of my life. what happened to me was the same. motorbike. i got hit by a car and it almost amputated my leg there and then and the surgeons did the rest of it that night. when i woke up the next morning,

realised my leg had gone, i realised that my ambition to fly might have been gone because i didn't know that disabled people could fly, so i did a little bit of research and i found that disabled people could fly and then ijust made it a goal simply to get a license. i wouldn't have thought in a million years i would be able to do formation flying and who knows what's next. it's not going to be a case of, we are the red arrows with propellers and no legs. i still cannot believe that we are doing this, just learning to fly was a privilege. learning to fly formation, thatjust doesn't happen. that's something else. let alone disabled pilots. i think there is still a perception that disabled people just aren't capable of living full, independent lives and i hope that sometimes, by doing something like this, we help straighten that record a little bit. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. they were turned blustery day for

much of the country, strong winds, vertically southern and western coast —— a wet and blustery day. becoming more showery this afternoon, bright and sunny spells further west. the costs will be even higher, 40—15 miles an hour, especially for southern and western coast —— the gusts will be even higher, 40—50 miles an hour. showers will ease off overnight. another speu will ease off overnight. another spell of rain arriving in south—west and south—east england later. cool night for northern ireland and scotland.