i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines: caught on the mountain: the moment trekkers run to escape landslides as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok. at least 1a people are dead. cambodia's prime minister has claimed election victory, but critics say the vote was a sham. hello. i'm ben bland in london. also coming up in the programme: just hours before zimbabweans head to the polls, the former leader, robert mugabe, breaks his silence, saying he won't vote the man who pushed him out. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday, good morning.

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am on the indonesian island of lombok, where at least 1a people have been killed in a powerful earthquake. indonesian presidentjoko widodo is due to visit later on monday. he's ordered the maximum relief effort to help survivors. officials say hundreds have been injured and the number of casualties is expected to rise. the bbc‘s pablo uchoa has more. a scenic morning trek ended in panic. a mountain guide who is leading a check on indonesia's —— and indonesian mountains popular with tourists captured the moment the earthquake struck. the group of jurors trying to get down the mountain as quickly as possible as clouds of dust rise from nearby landslides. this is what residents

in northern lombok woke up to. the quake of magnitude 6.4 was quickly followed by more than 100 small earthquakes. thousands of homes were damaged. it is thought that dozens of people were injured by falling debris. it happened all of a sudden, around six in the morning and then everything collapsed. my house collapsed, like it was inside but thank god, he is safe. the epicentre of the earthquake struck 50 kilometres north—east of the city of matarram in the north of the island. indonesia lies in the ring of fire, the volcanoes that surround virtually the entire pacific rim. the region is known for tremors. this time no alert was issued. a country's disaster agency says the

main focus now is evacuation rescue. authorities fear the number of people killed could rise. the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck lombok, bali and sumbawa on sunday morning, when many people were sleeping. british touristjulie silvester filmed the aftermath of the 6.4 magnitude quake in kekalok, a small village on the island of lombok. 0h oh my god, look at the crack in the floor here. there is a big crack in the floor. iam i am surprised it has not uprooted that tree. there are big cracks in the floor all over that is of course just one area

affected by the devastation there. also making the news today: zimbabwe's former president, robert mugabe, has spoken outjust before the country's first elections since he was removed from office. he said the people of zimbabwe hadn't been free since he was pushed out. mr mugabe also said he won't be voting for the man who succeeded him, emmerson mnangagwa. the bbc‘s nomsa maseko is in harare for us. well, the former president robert mcga rvey well, the former president robert mcgarvey was trying to tell zimbabweans about the way in which she was ousted. he said it remains to him the undemocratic and unconstitutional and he also said that the effect that the military roadin that the effect that the military road in to remove him, it says that zimbabweans are threatened and that

they are scared and he also called on zimbabweans to actually go out in their numbers to vote via it also said that he will not be voting for psion pf, which is a party that he himself founded. and endorsed the movement for democratic change. —— zanu pf. the publisher of the new york times has warned president trump that he's putting lives at risk by frequently denouncing the media. a g sulzberger says he told mr trump that his inflammatory language was undermining the democratic ideals of the united states. he made the details of their off the record meeting public after mr trump tweeted about it. mr trump said it had been a very good meeting, but he later accused him of putting lives at risk through their reporting. later today, the malaysian government will publish its final report on what happened to flight mh370. the mystery of what happened to the malaysia airlines plane has gone unsolved since it vanished with 239 people on board en route

to beijing from kuala lumpur in march, 2014. malaysia has said it would consider resuming the search if new clues came to light. lewis hamilton has won the hungarian grand prix, giving him a 21 point lead going into formula 0ne's august break. it is the fifth win for the mercedes driver this season. hamilton now has 213 points, in second place is ferrari's sebastian vettel with 189. vettel came second in hungary, after surviving a late collision with hamilton's team mate valtteri bottas. some amazing pictures to show you from the ancient bosnian town of mostar. for centuries, young men have taken part in a competition which involves leaping from stari most bridge, diving 24 metres into the neretva river below. this year 40 people took the plunge — some local and some international competitors. there was an audience of several thousand people. cambodia's prime minister,

hun sen, says he has won a landslide election victory. the election is cambodia's sixth since it emerged from decades of war in 1993, and many have criticised the government for a crackdown on all opposition factions. hun sen, who has ruled cambodia for 33 years, has been reelected with an estimated 80% of the vote, with his party, the cpp, taking at least 100 of 125 parliamentary seats. the official results won't be announced until mid—august. earlier i sopke with michael vatikiotis, the regional director at the centre for humanitarian dialogue. he told me there will be some concerns about the credibility of this election result. it is going to be very hard actually to get some

fa cts be very hard actually to get some facts because we are lying on the government's election commission and international observers have been very limited in their access and it has mostly come from countries that are not necessarily the most credible election observers. however, for what we can tell, there was a large block of votes that went obviously to the prime minister's party, it could be upwards of 70% of votes in some areas that were spoiled. the opposition got almost over 40% of the vote, so let's say that half that total amounts to spoiled votes and let's also seem that perhaps the government is inflating the actual number of vote and the turnout. so i think a large number of people still registered their displeasure with the government. so what is this mean band, if there has been that displeasure registered with the government for the prime minister's challenges and priorities going ahead, given that there has been so

much criticism about his election victory? i think there are two things. first all on the government side, the challenge really the same. evenif side, the challenge really the same. even if they come back to power with a much slimmer majority, which i think would have been a likely outcome, i think the government is still going to have to address the keyissues still going to have to address the key issues of corruption and reform of the government. the economy has been doing well, more than 8% growth over the last decade. people are getting better off but they also suffering more from higher prices, so suffering more from higher prices, so the government party is now going to bear the brunt of those demands for reform and secondly, i think we also have to look at the opposition. the opposition, for all the sympathy that they are getting now, is itself flawed as well. the opposition relied very much on overseas support from the day astro cambodian population who were very much entrenched in their sentiment against hun sen, regarded as a

communist. —— diaspora. ithink against hun sen, regarded as a communist. —— diaspora. i think we are going to have to see the opposition grow more grassroots support, there was a grassroots support, there was a grassroots support, it could have done better if it had more time. writes, so when you look at democracy and the possibility of more than loosening up possibility of more than loosening up in cambodia, is that a realistic respect of? hun sen is a famously mercurial, unpredictable leader and what he made well end up doing, given there is a degree of pressure from the international community, not as much as many people would have hoped but a degree, and of course the eu is a major investor in cambodia, he may relax now that he has been elected, he does not have to worry about the opposition, may release the opposition leader. he may start to open up the ground that had been there for civil society just a year ago, and it is quite possible that we could see a return to somewhat normality. thousands of people have been

protesting across russia this weekend against a proposed rise in the pension age. the age for men would rise from 60 to 65 — and for women it would go up from 55 to 63. the change was announced at the start of the world cup but host cities banned public demonstrations during the event. this weekend was the first time many places, including the capital moscow, allowed protests. sarah rainsford reports. the crowd at this demonstration has not been huge body is extremely passionate. pension reform is an issue that many russians feel very strongly about. it is something that has been delayed by governments here for many years, but finally it has been announced and it has sparked protests across russia. at this one, they have been shouting things including shame, they have been calling this theft. they are saying this is a stab in the back, and end of the social contract between the government and the people. it is a very diverse crowd here but they all

united in one idea, and that is that they think this pension reform is long. yeah, i think that it is not normal to work until you die, so for oui’ normal to work until you die, so for our country, it is something unusual when the president and other people who make a decision for our country and make it without people's opinion. i think it is terrible, this, this way how our government is treating people. the government says that this reform is essential, that it is simply unable to carry on paying so many pensions, but 80% of russians, according to one poll, disagreed. vladimir putin has tried to distance himself from the government reform, trying to present it as government reform, trying to present itasa government reform, trying to present it as a deal. a lot of people in this crowd as they do not agree with that. the pension age that we have

110w that. the pension age that we have now we've had since the 1930s and remained unchanged through a very, very difficult and turbulent time will stop something is already broken, the trust is broken. a lot of russians will never forgive vladimir putin for doing this. at the fantastic world cup, a great party here in moscow, in russia, it looks like a very challenging time for looks like a very challenging time foeradimir looks like a very challenging time for vladimir putin has now begun. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the new report that says hepatitis could be eliminated by 2030. we hearfrom one of the report's authors. also coming up on the programme: the latest on the wildfires sweeping across northern california. six people have been killed, including two children and their great—grandmother. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation

after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldier's lot — drudgery and danger — now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anybody, i don't really see why these people should wander in and say, "you're doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park, and already they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, really cute. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani, in singapore. i'm ben bland, in london.

our top stories: a relief operation is underway on the indonesian island of lombok, after a powerful earthquake killed at least 14 people and damaged thousands of homes. a big election victory for cambodia's prime minister. hun sen has been reelected, but critics say the vote was a sham. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: starting with the straits times which is reporting on the earthquake in indonesia. it says the government has declared a three—day state of emergency on the island of lombok after 14 people were killed there in the 6.4 magnitude quake. the gulf news is looking at the release of 17—year—old palestinian, ahed tamimi. the report describes her as a protest icon and says she returned home to a hero's welcome after being released at the end of her eight—month sentence for slapping and kicking what the paper describes as occupation soldiers.

and finally, the philippine daily enquirer has a lead picture story with a rather urgent warning for motorists in sanjose city. believe it or not the paper says that despite the obviously dilapidated condition of this bridge, sagging and cracking, light vehicles are still using it. now, ben, what stories are trending online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. and the top story from bbc sport, cyclist geraint thomas has won the tour de france, crossing the line in paris to become the first welshman ever to win the gruelling three week long, 3,000 kilometre race. and to celebrate hundreds of cyclists of all shapes and sizes took part in a celebratory bike ride in the welsh capital cardiff. more than 400 million people around the world live

with viral hepatitis. the asia pacific is the epicentre of the epidemic, with one million people dying from hepatitis and its complications per year — that's three times as many as with hiv/aids. but a new report looking at the infection in indonesia says the virus can be eliminated by 2030. earlier i spoke to drjack wallace who is one of the co—authors of the report about the seriousness of the problem across asia pacific. it is an increasing problem. it has a lwa ys it is an increasing problem. it has always been a problem but the magnitude is increasing. with the world health organization developing a global strategy, there is an aim in the asia—pacific to increase the response to fight hepatitis. what

are some of the challenges facing in indonesia particularly when the report has been conducted? one of the key issues is the fact that indonesia is a large country with a large population spread over so many islands and the government implementing effective private to reduce the debts associated with hepatitis is very challenging. the centralisation of the programmes within indonesia is a huge issue. you have a national response to viral hepatitis but how it is implemented within the provinces is an issue. how do you overcome these problems given the dramatic scale? 0ne problems given the dramatic scale? one of the key issues is the availability of resources for top the indonesian government needs to provide more resellers is a more

effective implementation of the national strategy they have in place, to be able to effectively reduce death from viral hepatitis. 0ne reduce death from viral hepatitis. one of the key issues is a population of 265 million people, 90 million people have hepatitis b, —— 19. most of them have not been recognised and a key issue for the government is that people have to pay the pete dye knows. now, in a country where that is key that is not there to happen. given everything that you have told us, that seems an unrealistic ambition? it could be a bit aspirational but the reality is governments can respond effectively to hepatitis given enough focus, giving the

resources and commitment. they would be able to effectively eliminate hepatitis. indonesia has been at the forefront of developing and supporting the who in having a global response to hepatitis and i think that commitment can be shown within that country. firefighters in california are battling seventeen major wildfires, which are raging all along the west coast of north america, from canada down to new mexico. the fire has killed six people so far including two children. 40,000 people have had to evacuate their homes in the town of redding in northern california, from where james cook has sent this report. the devastation wrought by the wildfire which roared into redding is becoming clear. survivors described an apocalyptic scene as they fled, with swirling tornadoes of flame. some feared they would not make it. homes were exploding, cars were exploding, and i have a wife and kids,

and i said i had better facetime my wife, just in case. i didn't let her know why, ijust wanted to see her face one more time. the inferno left hundreds of homes in ruins, and a boy, his sister and their great—grandmother are dead: five—year—old james roberts, his four—year—old sister emily, and their great—grandmother, melody bledisloe. two firefighters were killed too. 0ne who'd been cutting vegetation with a bulldozer, 81 years old. and everyone here will tell you they've never seen anything like this. every single person that i've talked to so far has maybe mention that, i don't know why it's 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 is unprecedented. the firefighters of the american west are now stretched to the limit. more than 10,000 have been deployed in california alone. 130 major fires blazing across the continent from new mexico to alaska.

canada has more than 40 major wildfires. this has become normal for california. fires are now burning year—round, rather than just in the summer. and scientists say the reasons for that are human activity, natural weather patterns, and a warming climate. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. weddings amongst couples in lgbt communities in the us are on the rise but unfortunately some of their parents are unwilling to attend, leaving people on their own on their big day. well, to combat this one woman from oklahoma has offered to step in as the ‘stand in mom' to fill that void. sara cunningham came to terms with her son being gay, now she helps others disowned by their parents. blow the bubbles, whatever you

need... if you need a mum to come to your same—sex marriage because your logical mother won't, i am your girls. —— girl. ijust started hearing about parents who were not accepting the relationship between the couples, not recognising their marriage as holy. it is the most profound day of their lives. i was that mum also. i was that mum wondering, could i go to my own son ‘s wedding. i had to reconcile my own fears about that. it doesn't seem like a monumental

action but it is so important. it doesn't seem like a monumental action but it is so importantm it doesn't seem like a monumental action but it is so important. it is the highlight of one's life to be married to someone they love and adore and to not celebrate that, evenif adore and to not celebrate that, even if you're not sure about it, how to accept this, as you are trying to navigate through that, go to the wedding, celebrate your children.. such a heartwarming tale. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. have americans reached the tipping point? many workers in the us rely on tips to boost their pay but that could soon change. we'll see why new yorkers are considering stopping tipping and instead providing the full minimum wage. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures... the world's only surviving panda triplets celebrated

their 4th birthday on sunday in south china's gwangju city. triplets from 100 families across china came to their birthday party staff at the gwangju chimelong safari park prepared a special birthday cake made of the triplets' favorite fresh bamboo shoots and leafs, carrots and apples, for the adorable pandas. giant pandas are solitary animals, so their keepers are considering allowing them to live separately before their fifth birthday. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. good morning. the much needed rain

we saw on the weekend does not signal the end of summer as we know it records throughout this week, sunshine and some warmth. we finished yesterday with sunshine in the west and more of that to come. as well as a more sunshine, it will not be as windy. the rain will be mainly in the form of showers, in small portions of the day if at all. and temperatures are rising yet again. and low bringing this. note the circulation. we start to tapping into warmerair the circulation. we start to tapping into warmer air across western europe later on. 0ut there this morning, it is reasonably warm. temperatures 17 celsius for the morning can be in. cooler in the west. even with the sunshine

scotla nd west. even with the sunshine scotland around six — seven degrees. east anglia with some heavier rain. a few showers elsewhere but a lot of the time it will be drive through the time it will be drive through the afternoon with longer spells of sunshine. whether that and lighter winds, it will feel a little bit warmer. into monday night, the showers are fading. they get going again towards the southern and western areas particularly across england and wales where temperatures stay in their teens. a fresher night to ta ke stay in their teens. a fresher night to take us into tuesday. lots of sunshine to begin with. early showers across southern eastern england. much of the day will be dry with sunny spells. more cloud through the afternoon but temperatures are still at levels of monday. 19— 20 degrees. rain

returning to scotland and northern ireland. best of the sunshine in the morning on wednesday. showers developing towards the west but by this stage temperatures are on the up this stage temperatures are on the up across the south—east corner. temperatures climbing more widely through the end of the week. into thursday, a few weather fronts to deal with, pushing in, thursday, a few weather fronts to dealwith, pushing in, butaround an area of blossoming high pressure which means a viewer showers across western parts of the uk. an increase in sunshine. likely to see a 30 degrees temperature on the charts again. bye for now. hello. i'm ben bland with bbc world news. our top story. there's an urgent search for survivors on the indonesian island of lombok, after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck early sunday morning. mountain trekkers were forced to run from landslides following the quake. at least 14 people have been killed on the island, and there have been more than 100 aftershocks. cambodia's prime minister,

hun sen, has claimed victory in the country's general election. critics say the vote was a sham because of his crackdown on opposition factions and lack of serious challengers. and congratulations are in order. this story is popular on bbc.com. geraint thomas has won the tour de france. he completed the final stage in paris. he said his surprise victory was "the stuff of dreams". that's all from me. stay with us here on bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to computer scientist, jaron lanier.