this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at four. five people are dead, hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and thousands have fled their homes as wildfires rage across northern california and other parts of north america. seven or so majorfires seven or so major fires are seven or so majorfires are no burning here in california, and some 90 that are burning across the western united states and in fact as far across as colorado and new mexico. far across as colorado and new mexico. trolls, people who abuse others online and who try to intimidate election candidates and campaigners, could be barred from public office, the government says. tourists are led to safety as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok — at least 1a people have died and more than a hundred are injured. qatar denies claims it ran a secret campaign to sabotage other countries‘ bids for the 2022 world cup. also this hour — toasting to his upcoming victory. geraint thomas is on the brink

of becomig the first ever welshman to be crowed the tour de france champion. and at 4:30 the money clinic travels to miami, to speak to young families struggling with the cost of living. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. fire fighters are tackling more than 100 separate fires along the west coast of north america, from canada down to the us state of new mexico. in california, 40,000 people in a single town have been forced to abandon their homes. the wildfires are known to have killed five people — two of them children — but many remain unaccounted for. caroline davies reports. with the force to pull trees

from the earth and overturn cars, gale force winds have turned this californian wildfire into what survivors called a tornado of flame. it's torn through forests and buildings, forcing nearly 40,000 to flee their homes and offices in just one town, including one local tv station. we are going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. from the air and on the ground, firefighters are trying to control the blaze in and around the city of redding, but stopping it has been difficult and dangerous. the winds were so strong, the fire jumped the sacramento river. to fight fire in rugged country, we're used to doing that, but when it blows into a whole community or a city, it is a whole different element. this is the devastation it leaves behind. many who left don't know if their homes are still standing. some chose not to leave at all. homes were exploding.

cars were exploding. i have a wife and kids and i said i'd better facetime my wife just in case. i didn't let her know why i was doing it but i wanted to see her face one more time. five people have died in the fires so far including an elderly woman and her two great grandchildren aged just four and five. the fire moved so quickly it is difficult to know who escaped and who didn't. at least 12 people are reported to be missing. this is just one of 130 wildfires burning across north america, and as the dry weather continues, so too does the danger. caroline davies, bbc news. our north america correspondent james cook has been following the fires from redding in northern california this fire continues to burn.

it swept into the city of redding, jumping across the sacramento river, and leaving very severe destruction behind it, notjust in that city, but in other communities along the way, including shasta, an old gold mining town where some properties were destroyed. it has been tragedy as well. we know that two young children and their great—grandmother were among the people who died. two firefighters also were killed. one of those was a bulldozer operator who was 81 years old. and now the firefighters‘ attention is out here. the fire is moving in this direction, it is a very large blaze still. this is one of perhaps seven or so majorfires now burning here in california and some 90 that are burning across the western united states and in fact as far across as colorado and new mexico. there have been fires too in canada, perhaps 40 majorfires in canada, and way up in alaska. but perhaps oregon has been hardest hit. it has the highest

number of significant blazes at the moment. what is extraordinary about this is how unextraordinary this is becoming. year after year now in the united states and further afield in north america we are seeing significant large blazes and scientists say there are a number of reasons for that. first of all, human activity, building out into the wild lands, a century of attempting to suppress those fires, allowing fuels to build up, allowing trees to grow more densely and so when there is a fire it is more devastating. but also natural weather patterns, there has been drought in parts of california for years, and of course climate change, which many scientists say has had an effect. the government is looking at making political adverts online more transparent so people know who is behind them. it also wants to crack down on online abuse against candidates in elections. it follows the publication of a report into the extent of ‘fake news‘ on social media and its impact

on the democratic process. here's our political correspondent susana mendonca. what's real and what isn't? in the digital world it can be difficult to pick out what's fake news. revelations that people's personal data was being harvested by a company called cambridge analytica to influence the us elections through social media outlets like facebook has raised questions about the impact on democracy. a committee of mps is calling for the rules to be made clearer, amid concerns about foreign meddling in british elections. this is something you see in the palm of your hand, every time you pick up your smartphone and go onto your facebook app, so it's much more intrusive than before. but secondly, it's not always clear who is advertising to you. the reasons the russians could abuse facebook to run ads to target people in elections was because you didn't know that was who was doing it. the report looks into the kinds of adverts sent to users during the eu referendum. it calls for the creation

of a register which allows everyone to see the messages that have been targeted at others, and makes it clear where adverts have come from. but does fake news change the way you vote? there's little evidence to show that it definitely has an impact because that's a difficult thing to measure but it certainly has the potential to influence both how someone votes, in terms of their views and which side they support, but also whether they turn out to vote which are crucial elements in an electoral contest. facebook has been sending its own adverts out to tell users what it's been doing to combat fake news. it told the bbc it's working on ways to authenticate and label political adverts in the uk. meanwhile the government has announced plans to make social media a safer place for election campaigning. this is putting people off going into public service and putting voters off from taking part in politics. what we're doing is a couple of measures which we hope will really help to get voters to be well—informed about digital campaigning, but also to be able to be protected from intimidating

behaviour during elections. labour said the government needs to wake up to the new challenges we face, to make sure that future campaigns and elections can't be abused or manipulated. susana mendonca, bbc news. at least 14 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. the tremour was felt in bali, 60 miles away. our correspondent katharine da costa reports. buildings and lives shaken to the core. this was the scene dozens woke up to in northern lombok, the distress clear to hear. the quake, measuring 6.4 on the richter scale, was quickly followed by over 100 after—shocks. the jolt was felt to 60 miles away on the holiday island of bali. people in lombok, now they fear

staying here, they are waiting for the after—shocks. because now, there have been 80 after—shocks happening, 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. a malaysian tourist, on a hiking trip, is reportedly among those killed. the epicentre of the earthquake struck 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 constant

alert for tremors that might trigger tsunamis. this time, no alert was issued. the country's disaster agency says the main focus now is evacuation and rescue. catherine dacosta, bbc news. a mountain guide who was leading a trek on lombok when the earthquake struck captured the aftermath on camera. the footage shows the group of climbers trying to get down mount rijani as quickly possible as clouds of dust rise from nearby landslides. after suffering an unprecidented heatwave which killed at least 300 people, japan has now been battered by a powerful storm moving across the country. the storm has injured at least 21 people, disrupted flights, road and rail transport, and cut power to

thousands of homes. residents in the south of the country have been warned to evacuate their homes, with up to 200 millimeters of rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. in the tour de france, geraint thomas is on the brink of becoming the first welshman and the third british cyclist to win the event. he takes a lead of one minute and 51 seconds into the final day of the race. tradition dictates that the overall leader is never challenged during the final stage, in which riders compete in a sprint finish on the champs elysees. let's speak to our wales correspondent, tomos morgan, who's in cardiff. you said it was busy and hour ago, i guess it is getting busier as the hour approaches. yes, it is indeed. people are coming in with their welsh jerseys people are coming in with their welshjerseys on, in people are coming in with their welsh jerseys on, in celebratory mode, ready for geraint thomas to ci’oss mode, ready for geraint thomas to cross the line. last night many of

wales from a famous buildings were lit up in yellow, already beginning celebrations for what is truly going to be one of the most historic days in wales' sporting history. standing beside me is alan davies, the head coach of the group were geraint davies began his career. it is almost like that he started cycling. he came to a swimming pool and saw a cycling track and then he came along. yellow, that is what the club is all about. it was debbie's idea to get kids into cycling who had not been cycling before. before that it was youngsters whose parents or family had a history of cycling who got into the sport. the whole idea of the club was to bring other trades in and get them to begin. from what you are saying geraint thomas was rejected early on in his

career. just as he was about 14 the british cycling club came up with their first talent programme and they tested a number of youngsters and he was tested once and they decided he was not quite good enough. but he was in good company because mark cavendish was tested twice and they decided he was not good enough either. incredible when you think about it. he is a commonwealth gold medallist, a double olympic gold medallist, three times winner in the world championships now this. when you first met him were there any signs that he was someone who could progress to being one of the world was the greatest cyclist? in the very early days, no. i defy anyone who can say you can look at an eight or nine—year—old child and say you can be a cycling and tour de france champion. you could say that he was a natural athlete. by the time he was 12 he was the kids to beat. if you were going to win a race in

wales, he was the one to beat. but even then we have never had a welsh champion before and we had nothing to benchmark it on and no blueprint. he is now the blueprint in the club and he has inspired others throughout. when he won gold in 2008 we had a young alan barker in the clu b we had a young alan barker in the club and they went on to win gold themselves. and you have got more champions coming through the ranks i understand. we have got some very good youngsters coming through, two girls, daughters of an ex—tour de france rider, they are outstanding cyclists. we have had a young lad get a silver medal in the national and 14 championships this year. again in that younger age group, the under12 is, the bubbly again in that younger age group, the under 12 is, the bubbly enthusiasm that these kids raised with, you

think there will be good cyclist there. enjoy what is going to be an historic day. you must remember that geraint thomas was two or three yea rs geraint thomas was two or three years older than two of wales drama was of lismore famous athletes in gareth bale and sam warburton, recently retired wales and lions captain. but no doubt this win for geraint thomas will put him up there. the question now is, is this there. the question now is, is this the biggest sporting achievement by any welshman? is this a golden age for welsh sport? intriguing questions. the headlines on bbc news... wildfires in northern california kill five people, destroy hundreds of buildings and cause thousands to flee their homes under new government proposals trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office and a powerful earthquake

on an indonesian tourist island kills at least 14 people and causes widespread damage sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's reshmin chowdhury. we will be starting with the tour de france because it is such a huge story because in the next couple of hours geraint thomas will be crowned the 2018 champion of that event. the welshman is currently riding through the final ceremonial stage into paris, which will culminate in the traditional finish along the champs—elysees just after 6pm. he makes history as the first welshman — and the third brit to win cycling s greatest prize. he assured his victory on saturday s penultimate stage, keeping the yellowjersey after the individual time trial. tom dumoulin of the netherlands will finish second, and four—time winner and defending champion chris froome willjoin team—mate thomas on the podium in third. it is quite amazing really when you

look back at geraint thomas' career in the tourde look back at geraint thomas' career in the tour de france, 11 years ago when he first came here as the youngest rider in the tour, and he has progressed. he has been away on a couple of occasions, picking up a couple of olympic gold medals on the track, and then the last 12 months he has focused on this. when you look at how he has ridden within the team, he has pretty much always ridden alongside somebody else, chris froome obviously, the main rider who he has looked after, to help in the yellowjersey on four occasions. and finally this year he has focused on the sole objective of trying to get the yellowjersey himself. and he has come away with it, he has done it. it has really been emotional. he is an extremely popular winner amongst the crowd and the public. but more importantly amongst his peers and the riders in

the peloton. that is an achievement in itself. that is an achievement in itself. lewis hamilton has extended his lead at the top of the formula one drivers' standings with a dominant win at the hungarian grand prix, on the tight hungaroring track, hamilton had done much of the hard work by securing pole position in qualifying yesterday. he was never really under threat right from the start. hamilton's championship rival sebastian vettel fought his way back up into second to keep the gap down to 24 points in the race for the title. but he couldn't stop hamilton securing his sixth win in hungary. yorkshire's director of cricket — martyn moxon — says the club will hold talks with adil rashid's agent over the spinner‘s future. rashid's been named in the england squad for this week's first test against india, despite signing a deal to only play white ball cricket for his county. rashid's been told that he'll need a red ball contract next season if he's to be able to continue playing test cricket. western storm beat loughborough lightning by 18 runs in the women's super league.

rain delayed the start at taunton and reduced the match to just six overs each. but there was no shortage of fireworks — as smriti mandhana hit a quickfire half—century to help western storm to an unassailable 85—2. dylian whyte says he wants another fight with anthony joshua after beating joseph parker at the o2 arena in london last night. whyte won it on points against the man who lost his heavyweight title to anthonyjoshua in march — this left hook in the ninth round doing most of the damage. whyte lost his british title to anthonyjoshua in 2015 — and is now targeting joshua's three world titles. on the undercard of that fight, irish boxer katie taylor defended her wba and ibf lightweight titles in a third—round stoppage win over usa's kimberly connor. it's her tenth professional victory.. and it's been a mixed day for wayne rooney. the former england striker scored his first goal

for his new club — dc united — in their 2—1 win over colorado rapids in the mls but then he broke his nose whilst helping to defend a corner. he didn't seem too bothered about it on social media after the match though — very happy with his first goal, and proud it seems of his stitches. bit of a badge of honour there may be. bit of a badge of honour there may be. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a five—year—old british boy has drowned at a resort in portugal's algarve region according to police, the five—year—old had been playing with his two siblings in a swimming pool at the resort near silves on saturday. the foreign office has said officials are providing support for the family. 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. a labour mp who is being investigated over his behaviour during a row about the party's anti—semitism code has denied "screaming" abuse. ian austin is facing possible suspension after the argument with the party's chairman ian lavery. speaking on bbc radio 4's the world this weekend, he says he was upset by the decision not to adopt the standard definition of anti—semitism in its entirety in labour's new code of conduct and was ‘ashamed' of the labour party. i said that i thought the labour party's failure to adopt the... i said i thought the nec‘s decision was a disgrace. look, am i upset about anti—semitism? yes, iam. i'm upset about that and i'm upset as well about the leadership's failure. i think the refusal, really, you know, to deal with this properly. i grew up listening to my dad tell me how he'd escaped

from the holocaust, and how his mum and sisters were murdered in treblinka and that led to me joining the labour party as a teenager, determined to fight racism and the first thing i did when i became an mp 13 years ago was to organise and lead a campaign to drive out the bnp here in dudley, and i'm really shocked, you know, that a party that has a proud tradition throughout its entire existence of fighting racism has ended up causing such huge offence and distress to thejewish community in britain and i think this could never have happened before. i'm appalled it has happened, i'm ashamed of the labour party. i really am. and i think, if i'm honest, i think we're becoming a different political party. this could never have happened in the past. our political correspondent, susana mendonca brought us this update. ian austin has a family history with regards to anti—semitism, because his own grandmother, as we understand, and his aunts also died in the holocaust. he was brought up by refugees from the holocaust, so he has a personal interest in this issue. now, he says that the row that has led to this disciplinary action was as a result of him being unhappy

with labour's stance on anti—semitism. labour took on a new code of contact which has upset several labour mps and also many within the jewish community. several jewish newspapers came together, criticising it. just a couple of weeks ago. and of course, dame margaret hodge, the veteran labour mp, having a stand—up row with jeremy corbyn on exactly this issue? exactly, and is on this very issue, so margaret hodge, she is another who is being investigated. so we understand now that ian austin is also being investigated. a labour source said the investigation is not about anti—semitism, it is about aggressive behaviour but the aggressive behaviour that is referred to, ian austin denies any of that actually happened. look, i was involved in... it was a heated conversation about the labour party nec's failure to adopt a standard definition on anti—semitism. but the accounts of it given out are not true.

i mean, did i scream abuse that anybody? abuse at anybody? no, ididn't. it was a heated discussion, i accept that, but i did not, i didn't scream abuse at anybody. i didn't do that. that heated discussion that he is talking about there was had with ian lavery, the party chairman, who is somebody who is very much loyal to jeremy corbyn. i suppose, you know, it is one person's word against another. we aren't sure exactly what happened there but the fact that ian austin is now being investigated for these complaints against him, i suppose it adds fuel to those labour mps who are concerned that actually the focus needs to be on disciplining those who are guilty of anti—semitism within the party rather than having a go at those criticising the party's position on it. now, we heard from richard burgon, earlier on today, the shadow justice secretary. he told us that he just wants them to get on with it, and he thinks that needs to be the focus, that they need to be disciplining those committing anti—semitism within the party, that has been of concern to the party'sjewish community and is something that the party has struggled to move on from, really.

qatar's succesful world cup bidding team has flatly denied that it ran a covert ‘black ops' public relations campaign to discredit rivals for the 2022 football finals. it follows allegations made by the sunday times that the qataris employed a pr agency and former cia operatives to try and undermine bids by the us and australia — in breach of fifa rules. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. qatar! it was a moment that stunned the sport and the watching world. ever since that day in 2010, the qatari world cup has been embroiled in controversy, and today the sunday times has further allegations of wrongdoing. the paper claims to have seen leaked documents that show the qatari bid team employed a us pr team and ex—cia agents to smear its rivals, mainly the united states and australia. some of the alleged aspects of the smear campaign include

a group of american pe teachers being recruited to ask their us congressmen to oppose an american world cup on the grounds that the money would be better used on high—school sports. grassroots protests were organised at rugby games across australia, opposing the country's bid. journalists, bloggers and high profile figures were recruited in each country to hype up negative aspects of their respective bids. there are now calls for fifa, football's world governing body, to hold an independent inquiry. if the qatari bid team were involved in a campaign like that, then that means they would have broken the rules of the bidding process, so it's a really serious matter. i think it requires proper investigation and fifa to be involved in investigating that as well. in a statement, qatar's supreme committee for delivery and legacy said it rejects each and every allegation put forward. fifa says a thorough investigation into corruption claims was conducted in 2014, with michael garcia, a us attorney, clearing qatar of any wrongdoing.

qatar is locked in a fierce political feud with neighbouring countries saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. these claims will therefore be seized upon by its critics as further reason to strip them of the tournament, despite the fact there appears little appetite from fifa to act. richard conway, bbc news. 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. a short time ago she was welcomed back to the west bank by a crowd of family and well—wishers. tom bateman reports. ahed tamimi was reunited with her family after nearly eight months in israeli jails. she was released along with her mother nariman, after a case which drew fresh attention to israel's military occupation of the west bank, now into its 52nd year. translation: i want to thank

everyone who stood with me while i was in prison, especially the people who campaigned for me, and i want to say thank you to the journalists. i want to say to the campaigns who work for me to continue to work who worked for me to continue to work for all the other prisoners who are still in prison, especially the children. aged 16, in a video that was live streamed on facebook by herfamily, she slapped and kicked an israeli soldier outside her home. she demanded the troops get out. she was said to have been angry, having just learned her teenage cousin was seriously wounded in clashes with israeli soldiers. her home village of nabi saleh is the scene of regular palestinian protests. there was unrest at the time after the us decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. in march, she was tried in an israeli military court where she agreed to a guilty plea to assault and incitement while other charges were dropped.

the case drew worldwide attention. human rights groups criticised israel's system of military trial for palestinian children. many israelis, though, saw restraint in their soldiers' actions, they accused the tamimi family, frequent activists, of exploiting their daughter by live streaming her actions. they say the more serious point was that she called for large demonstrations, and she said president trump must bear responsibility for any palestinian violence or attacks. but to palestinians, ahed tamimi has become a symbol of resistance against occupation. a 16—year—old girl who defended her home against soldiers, they say. her actions have sparked intense debate. she says she has paid a heavy price. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy. wet, windy and fresh, all words we

have not heard much of this summer, thatis have not heard much of this summer, that is what we have seen today. our weather watchers have been sending in photos. this has been sent in of cumbria. it is fairly great. and this is a soggy looking garden in epsom. this rain is thanks to two areas of low pressure. the first one has cleared out towards the north and the west, this one is bringing the bulk of the rain and the windy weather. gradually work its way north east as we move through the day. overnight the rain finally clears the north east and there will be some clear spells for a time, but showery outbreaks pushing in from the south west in the early hours. still a fairly brisk south—westerly breeze. temperatures in the south not getting much