i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: burning out of control. raging wildfires in california force 50,000 people to leave their homes. everybody go down! hundreds of hikers trapped on a volcano in indonesia after an earthquake scramble down the mountain to safety. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: fleeing syria to fight another day. we have a special report on the hunt for is fighters still on the run. and britain's new foreign secretary calls it a terrible mistake, after he refers to his chinese wife as being japanese. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning.

it's 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in california, where it's been a scorching and devastating summer. wildfires have been burning out of control, forcing more than 50,000 people to leave their homes. these pictures are the latest to come into us. around 12,000 firefighters from across the us have been battling the blazes, which have claimed the lives of at least seven people. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports from lakeport, in northern california. the fire season is no more. california is now ablaze all year round. in the past six years, not one month has passed without a major wildfire here. just now, 17 are burning up and down the state, causing problems for battalion chief paul fleckenstein and his team. the fire that's coming up behind us is a little enthusiastic right now. it's reacting to the wind and the fuels. it's coming up from

the bottom below us. mostly the thermal column is carrying it up, it's catching the brush, you can hear it cook off the moisture, that's the crackling part. then it's picking up the embers and throwing them kind of where we're not looking for them to go right now. across north america, tens of thousands of firefighters are battling to save life and protect property, setting controlled burns like this one and hacking away at the undergrowth to try to deprive the wildfires of fuel. it is relentless and often dangerous work. quite how dangerous was underlined again with the death of brian hughes, the 33—year—old captain of the arrowhead hotshots. he was fighting this blaze near yosemite national park when he was struck by a falling tree, the fourth firefighter to die in california's current wildfires. 50,000 people in the state have now fled their homes. but staying can be deadly.

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found the body of someone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among james cook, bbc news, in northern california. the other top stories so is respecting the rainy and asian‘s writes and respecting diplomacy at things that can be respected to improve relations between iran and america. that is the latest tweet from 0rion‘s president, rouhani. president trump said he would be

open to meeting iran's leaders with no preconditions. he made the offer at a press conference with the new italian prime minister. relations between the us and iran have worsened since mr trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. i would certainly be willing to meet with iran. i do not know if they wa nted with iran. i do not know if they wanted to meet, but i am certainly willing to. also making news today: more than four million people in the indian state of assam have effectively been stripped of their citizenship, after being left off an official register. most of those affected are bengali—speaking muslims. they had to prove they were living in india before the creation of bangladesh in 1971. india says the move will root out illegal migrants from bangladesh, but human rights groups are accusing india's hindu nationalist government of targeting muslims. india's high commissioner to the uk disagreed. if they are illegals and proved to be illegal, and due process of law

ina be illegal, and due process of law in a democracy in india will be followed. the supreme court of india is directly monitoring this, so i would not have fears. so i think let's wait. this is a draft, as i said. lets wait and see what the outcome is, what the new process leads to. i do not think we should jump leads to. i do not think we should jump to conclusions. floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in myanmar have killed at least 11 people and forced more than 100,000 to leave their homes. rescue workers have ferried stranded residents to safety by boat. the monsoon downpours hitting the region contributed to the collapse of a dam in laos last week. the so—called islamic state group says it carried out the attack in tajikistan in which four foreign cyclists were killed. the tajik interior minister told journalists that the tourists had been killed by armed attackers, in what was originally reported as a hit—and—run road accident. he said one attacker had been arrested and two others killed by police. zimbabwe's voters have turned out for the first vote since robert mugabe was ousted from power last year.

the polls have now closed, but tens of thousands of people in different parts of the country queued to vote. the electoral commission chair has said that turnout was at 75%. 0n newsday yesterday, we told you about the earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok, which killed 16 people and injured many more. it also left hundreds of hikers stranded on the volcano at mount rinjani, after the routes back down were blocked by landslides. several hundred emergency workers and helicopters went to mount rinjani to help them to safety. to get all the latest, let's cross live to lombok. rebecca henschke is there for us. you spoke to a number of those hikers who managed to make it down andi hikers who managed to make it down and i believe the latest line as well is that most of the people who we re well is that most of the people who were stranded and now out of the national park? that's right. we have

spoken to the head of the national search and rescue teams here and they say everyone, bar six people, is now out of this national park. six people at the crater lake in the centre of this volcano. they are with the body of an indonesian climate, and then in his 20s who was killed when the earthquake caused landslides and rock hit his head. his family, we understand has flown in from the island of sulawesi here to retrieve his body, when it comes down off the mountain today. everyone else yesterday, hundreds of people were let off the mountain on different path and often too difficult to rain. the normal trails we re difficult to rain. the normal trails were blocked after the earthquake triggered massive landslides. many of those people i spoke to very mentally and physically exhausted. a few had to be rushed to hospital for

dehydration, but the majority are in fairly good health. now, we know it is not just fairly good health. now, we know it is notjust those hikers that were affected, thousands of homes had been damaged, hundreds have been left homeless as well. so are there any attempts to help people rebuild, to get people into centres? well, presidentjoko widodo visited one of the worst hit areas down the coast from where i am, where there is still no electricity in those four villages. still many people are sleeping out intense over the last few nights, he has promised a substantial aid package to help people rebuild the homes that were destroyed. we met with many people yesterday who had young children that they say were very traumatised by the earthquake. 0ne mother saying that her daughter keeps going up and is having nightmares. we were woken last night by quite strong after—shocks and the warning is that those after—shocks will continue for

the next few days at least. people here on edge, and many frightened to go back into their homes because thatis go back into their homes because that is where the casualties happen, with things falling on people's heads when it the quake hit early on sunday morning when many were asleep. all right, thank you so much for that update. the party of cambodian prime minister hun sen has won a landslide victory in a general election that lacked any serious challengers. the country has been pursuing the policy of rapid economic development with the help of foreign investment, including from its big neighbour, china. but critics say infrastructure projects, such as the lower sesan 2 power plant have displaced thousands of people and damaged the local environment. the bbc‘s nga pham reports from stung treng, where areas affected have been inaccessible to foreign media. it used to be a thriving community.

now this is all that is left. the entire village and surrounding farmland, two square kilometres, has turned into a huge waterworld. since november last year when the floodgates of the lower sesan two dam were closed, more than 60 indigenous families in this village we re indigenous families in this village were forced to abandon their homes. this man has been living here for more than a decade. while his family —— where his family used to farm, he 110w —— where his family used to farm, he now comes the fish. yet he says he does not want to relocate. cambodia's government has high hopes once the dam is fully operational. in reality, the huge hydroelectric

power station that is becoming active later this year, it is going to provide energy to the whole country of cambodia, as well as for export. in the provincial capital, the local governor gave us his only interview the western media, explaining china's investments. —— to the. this man and his family have set up new homes just this man and his family have set up new homesjust a this man and his family have set up new homes just a few yards away from the edge of the new reservoir. with

no a ccess the edge of the new reservoir. with no access to water and power by generators, they hope to stay as close as possible to their ancestral land. the latest we heard, the governor has agreed for them to stay there. however, nobody can be sought in whether they will be uprooted again soon. —— nobody can be certain. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: hunting for is fighters still on the run, after the fall of so—called islamic state in syria. also on the programme: a study of the great barrier reef shows we're at risk of rapid changes to sea levels and global temperatures. 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 anyone, 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, they were cute. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.

i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: raging wildfires in california that have been burning out of control have forced 50,000 people to leave their homes. hundreds of hikers trapped on a volcano in indonesia after sunday's earthquake have escaped to safety. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's start with the japan times, who are covering cambodia's election on theirfront page. they say prime minister hun sen's party is claiming victory in all of the 125 seats contested, but international observers are calling the vote a sham. the south china morning post, meanwhile, is leading its business coverage with a story on marmalade, which, they say, has been included in the list of chinese goods to be subjected to us tariffs later this year. and chinese marmalade isn't the only victim. their pineapple, cherry

and strawberry spreads are to be taxed too. and finally, the china daily newspaper reports on the latest inquiry into the disappearance of flight mh370. they say the 800—page summary published by the malaysian government has done little to bring closure to the relatives of the 239 people who were on board the flight. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. a story that has shocked many of you who have seen it online. yes, and its a video that i should warn you shows a terrible moment when a woman was attacked in broad daylight outside a cafe in paris. it has shocked france and gone viral online. the woman, marie laguerre, seen here in a red dress, was walking home when a man shouted obscenities at her. she shouted shut up back at him, at which point

he throws an ashtray at her missing her by inches. but the incident didn't end there. the man goes back and hits her in the face. the cafe gave miss laguerre this cctv footage and she took it to the police, who are now looking for the man. i hope they find him! as many as 50,000 foreign fighters from across the world poured into syria to join militant groups including islamic state. now, after the fall of is, there's increasing concern about those who haven't been captured. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been following the trail of the extremists from syria to europe, who are still on the run. syria is a country of checkpoints and of escape routes. these free syrian army rebels are on the lookout for the so—called islamic state. is are flooding out of the former caliphate, trying to leave the country.

this bus, it's full of civilians, gets the all clear. but it's a haphazard hunt. translation: after we take their pictures and record their voices, we message locals who know if they are is members or not. if not, then we let them go. foreigners arouse suspicion here. he may be only 13 years old, but this boy is a long way from home. "i'm from saudi arabia," he tells the men. his knees are shaking. he says he wasn't in is, but is taken away for further questioning. this may not look like much, it might seem very far away. but this checkpoint is one of the last defences against is making it to europe. here, in the last four months, they've stopped more than 1000 is fighters, some of them small fry, some of them big commanders. many more are still on the run. and they aren't just stopping here in syria.

we've been following the escape of is fighters from syria for months. many were set free in separate deals across the country. thousands have escaped the battlefield and some are already in turkey. it's1am on the streets of istanbul and the counterterror police are on the search for is hideouts. this neighbourhood is full of syrians and other foreigners. turkey, which has been blamed for letting so many fighters into syria, says the flow has now reversed. the swat team is taking no chances. they worry that the suspect may be armed or have a suicide vest. there are women and children inside. police are ready to break down the door. there's stand—off, but eventually they're let in. turkey has a list of 50,000 names of foreign fighters who went to syria.

they're now searching the apartment for evidence to link the suspect to any terror activities. but that's almost immaterial, because he will be deported in any case. he won't be returning to this apartment. they get their man, an uzbek. he's accused of having fought for is in syria. this is one of nearly a dozen raids tonight across istanbul. in about a fifth of all of these raids, and there have been hundreds, the suspect has already fled. these are civilians. this is the last leg of their escape route from war. but it's also being used by the islamic state. it's just before dawn on turkey's aegean coast. they're just half an hour away from lesbos.

there are no fighters here today, but, says the people smuggler in charge, they use this route regularly. translation: yes, the number of is members fleeing to turkey has definitely increased during the last four orfive months. we learned some people made it to germany. this is new footage of chechen and syrian fighters crossing into turkeyjust last month. britain and others don't want the foreign fighters back, but syria's darkness won't be contained. plenty of islamic state fighters are determined to return to europe regardless. quentin somerville, bbc news, istanbul. samples of the great barrier reef have shown sea levels changed rapidly during the last ice age, contradicting what scientists thought was a period of long relative stability. scientists say new discoveries about how ice sheets behaved some

20,000 years ago could help us understand modern climate change and its impact. associate professorjody webster from the university of sydney was part of the research team. he joins me live from sydney, australia. welcome to the programme. tell me how this study for you tells us something that we never knew before. right. previously the last ice age was thought to be a period of relative stability, lower sea level, cold climates. but we were able to recover new samples from the seabed, fossil reef material, and using those bits of material we reconstructed a new sea level curve through this previously poorly known period. when we look at the... how fast sea levels are deteriorating, if you

like, does that mean our understanding of it in the first place can fluctuate? we can be wrong, we can be right? yeah, so what it means is we need to perhaps re—evaluate our climate models and how they model the behaviour of ice sheets, and what we've shown in this study, certainly ice sheet growth, for example, thought to be quite a slow process, this shows that can happen quite rapidly in less than a few thousand yea rs, rapidly in less than a few thousand years, which was previously not known before. what we hope is that climate scientists, particularly those scientists involved in making predictions about how fast sea level may rise, or how fast the ice sheet made decade, will be able to use this information to better tune and calibrate their models. should we be worried? yes, i think we should. depending on

what c02, carbon dioxide, omission trajectory might follow, there are different predictions and there's quite a bit of uncertainty not only on what pathway we may take in terms of how fast and how quickly the earth may actually warm, of course there is some uncertainty about file there is some uncertainty about file theice there is some uncertainty about file the ice sheets will behave, the so—called dynamic ice sheet. there are studies that suggest we may need to re—evaluate how high and how fast sea level may rise. very briefly, we talked about the great barrier reef in our introduction to you, what may be the impact on that, for example, on the world's reefs? right, as it stands right now, the great barrier reef, and in fact many of the reefs around the world, are in fact undergoing a whole multitude

of stresses, which is really putting them under some pressure. in the great barrier reef, for example, in 2016 and 2017, we had two major bleaching events caused by increasing sea surface temperature, which caused quite a lot of coral death. so in that context of rising temperatures, rising sea levels, paul and practices and run in certain areas, this multitude of stresses, for example, sealevel rise, is a real worry. stresses, for example, sealevel rise, is a realworry. professor webster, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time for talking us through the findings of that study. thank you. here's an embarassing moment for new british foreign secretary jeremy hunt, who mistakenly referred to his wife as japanese during a visit to beijing to discuss post—brexit trade deals between the uk and china. mr hunt's wife is actually chinese. take a listen. my

my wife is japanese. .. my wife is japanese... my my wife is japanese. .. my wife my wife is japanese... my wife is chinese, sorry! laughter we spoke in japanese, we spoke injapanese, at the state banquet. but my wife is chinese. you have been watching newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. stay with us. and before we go, a dog is a man's best friend and also for barcelona forward lionel messi, who was captured showing off his skills with his dog hulk via his wife's instagram account. stay with us, we'll be back with the headlines next. hello again. love it or loathe it, it looks like the hot weather is set to return to south—east england towards the end of the week and the

weekend as well. before we get there, though, showers on monday and further showers around today as well. of more immediate concern is this developing area of cloud towards the south—west approaches. this is going to reactivate a weather front and during this is going to reactivate a weatherfront and during early this is going to reactivate a weather front and during early hours of tuesday the showers will be widespread in southern england, wales, the midlands and one or two in northern england as well but as well as those showers, there will be a clump of heavy rain that will become quite widespread across central, southern england, the south midlands and swinging into east anglia and south—east england and the thing with this big area of rain is we will have squally winds potentially with lightning as well. the rain could be intense, so awful conditions on the roads first thing in the ease midlands, east anglia and south—east england. the rain could be quite slow to ease off in the morning. by the afternoon, they will be long out of the way and we will be long out of the way and we will see sunshine following on behind. looking at the weather picture further northwards and westwards, a cloudy and windy kind

of day and there's rain in the forecast too, especially in the highlands and western isles. some showers into north—western counties of northern ireland but other ways a further dog dry and cloudy weather, 18 in belfast. moving further south and we lose the early rain in eastern areas, that could be quite heavy and the afternoon is much brighter with sunshine and temperatures pushing on 225. it might feel a bit humid for you. that's tuesday the's weather, to the middle part of the week and we have a warm front approaching the british isles and that will thicken the cloud up in northern ireland and outbreaks of rain on wednesday afternoon will turn quite heavy. it will cloud over across wales and south—western england and we will get rain working towards west scotla nd get rain working towards west scotland for the end of the day, but that leaves east anglia and the south—east of england with warm air, temperatures up to 27. 80s in terms of fahrenheit. showers will be a feature on thursday into north—western areas, some could be

quite heavy and normally there's a good deal of cloud in the north—west, keeping the temperatures generally in the low 20s, not bad for the time of year but the heat is really lingering in east anglia and the south—east of england as well. those temperatures will build into the weekend, cambridge, not farfrom 30 here. cloudy but bright in north—western parts of the uk but towards the end of the week, some areas could reach the low 30s in the very hottest spots. that's your weather. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: raging wildfires in california have forced 50,000 people to leave their homes. tens of thousands of firefighters have been brought in to tackle a series of blazes around the state. at least seven people have been killed, including four firefighters. hundreds of hikers trapped on a volcano in indonesia after sunday's earthquake have escaped to safety. and this story is trending on bbc.com. it's been an embarassing episode for britain's new foreign secretary during a diplomatic

mission to beijing. jeremy hunt referred to his chinese wife as being japanese. he called it "a terrible mistake". you're up to date. stay with us on bbc world news. see you soon.