this is think of the news coming to you live from britain and come boldy and vote in elections condemned as an undemocratic shout after his crackdown on dissent the country's strongman ruler is expected to continue its long grip on power opposition groups say that the elections were in the just missed it will go to come podiums capital for the nicest also coming up. california bottles days of enormous wildfires fueled by strong winds and high temperatures they've killed at least five people and said thousands flee for their lives. and rainbow flags fly

here in berlin with hundreds of tennyson's turning cared for one of europe's biggest gay pride gatherings christopher st j. . i'm out on a welcome to the program of voting has ended in cambodia following elections today and the winner is all but a foregone conclusion cambodian trickled into voting stations in a poll that human rights groups have labeled a farce prime minister hun sen's expected to sales a victory extending his thirty three year grip on power of his opponents called for a boycott after the country's courts dissolved the male physician party leaving no real challenger the world's longest serving prime minister has become increasingly heavy hand as restricting human and civil rights income podia has more. the

votes have not been counted but no one is holding their breath. there is little doubt that this man will stay in power can send the prime minister remains firmly at the head of the ruling cambodian people's party for c.p.p. he's been in power for thirty three years making him the world's longest serving national leader he has survived the khmer rouge pushed the country's royalty aside and outlawed the rival c.n.r. p. party his only viable competitor because of that and a crackdown on media critics call the election a sham. he's. prepared to do anything. to cling to power so he doesn't hesitate to suppress. this is cambodia six election since one thousand nine hundred three after decades

of war and who has made it very clear that he wants a big turnout. as polls close in cambodia consensus seems assured of his seventh straight term as prime minister further securing his name in the history books. our correspondent and heartache is in cambodia and capital phnom penh for more on the story and the poles have no clothes in cambodia selection and hundreds and looks sash to win yet another term so what does this mean for cambodia. means that the ruling party c.p.p. and the prime minister. can further tighten their already pretty tight grip on power that he can continue to work on his success and he's already started doing that building up his sons or one of his sons as as his successor and it also means that the hopes that many in the international community had for cambodia after that

clear regime back in the seventy's that the country was going to slowly but eventually transition to a democratic system that that those hopes now seem further away from reality than ever. any at any point in the last decades and. so he looks set to cement his grip on power there now in the last election there was a viable opposition so what happened this time around is there anybody really who can speak. through and in the last election there was the c n r p that we heard of in the report and they won some forty percent of the vote and then again in the communist elections last year they had a similar result so it seems that that was a bit too strong for the government so they had they had that party they had that party banned so there are nineteen other parties apart from the ruling party in this election but none of them is really considered to be

a major threat many of them have connections to the government the ones that are independent are also pretty small and insignificant many of them just formed a few months ago so there's no real credible challenger or no party that can challenge the power of the ruling party so it seems pretty clear who's going to win this race. and regime critics say that is restricting human and civil rights in cambodia and he's also cracked down on navia are we seeing cambodia drifting towards autocracy. you know well if you take all those if you take all that evidence together in the opposition party being dissolved a crackdown on media you mentioned it many a dozen radio stations were shut down last year independent newspapers were shut down as well or sold to people who have strong connections to the ruling party if you look at the fact that there's a lot of reports of voter intimidation ahead of these elections if you consider

that the ruling party has reaches down to the very to the local level a lot of the communal authorities local authorities belong to the ruling party and they wield a lot of power over the people they're the ones who sign your marriage certificates they're the ones who decide who gets government money and if they tell you that you have to go vote and then you know that means something for the people and the people they're not they're afraid to speak out if you go around and you ask people no one wants to speak openly because they're afraid of repercussions if they say they support the opposition so taking all that together i think it's fair to say that with these elections cambodia has moved one major step further or closer to becoming autocratic country. take capital phnom penh thank you for that. an earthquake has hit the indonesian island of lombok officials say it killed fourteen people and injured forty more the six point four magnitude quake struck

the northern part of the island in the early morning it reportedly lasted for just seconds and send people fleeing into the streets several buildings were damaged in the area which is also popular with tourists officials have not issued any tsunami warnings. and some of the other stories making news around the world. a powerful typhoon has hit japan bringing heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes it's this season's twelve typhoon so far the storm has weakened and is moving west where it's. israel has released palestinian teenager i had to meany from prison a seventeen year old who was jailed for eight months alongside her mother for a slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel say's she's being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she's become a symbol of resistance people in mali vote in

a presidential election today it's expected to be a tight race between incumbent eager him boubacar kaita who's seeking a second five year term in opposition kansas so myla sees say well the poll comes as the country's bottles a wave of ethnic violence and jihad ism. houses of nicaraguans have marched through the capital in support of the roman catholic church and its bishops president ortega has accused the church of aiding an attempted coup against him protesters chanted slogans that's a force of the bishops and called for take his resignation. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the u.s. at least five people have died in infernos raging through northern california they include two small children who perished with their great grandmother more than

thirty eight people thirty eight thousand people excuse me have been ordered to evacuate their homes and authorities warn that the fires are far from under the under control. people in northern california are used to wildfires but not on this scale firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. they're doing all they can to contain the flames but so far less than five percent of the blaze is under control. as it's burning in every direction all at the same time and we've got you know we have multiple resources the way that it's burning the intensity that's burning uphill downhill even if it doesn't have a strong wind on it it's it's burning as if it's got a santa ana wind or or a strong sixty mile an hour seventy mile an hour wind. more than six hundred properties and homes have been destroyed since the fire broke out on monday night

forty thousand people have been forced to flee the flames. but the family of sherry bledsoe seen here on the left did not manage to escape she received the news that her children a four and five year old boy and her grandmother were killed as they waited for help their former home is being burned to the ground and neighbors said the community was taken by surprise by the speed of the fire there was no we were told we were in danger this was like you see in the movies with tornadoes. one minute it's fine the next minute everybody scream. the national guard has now also been drafted in to help. but the dry weather and winds are hampering their efforts to put the fires out. a birth of color i'm glacier hip berlin this weekend with hundreds of thousands turning a for the city's annual gay pride parade well known as christopher street day this

year it was the fortieth time the event has been held in the city and it's one of europe's biggest pride events. when geyser has been at almost every christopher street day parade he's one of the pioneers of the movement. always is excited as i was the first time doesn't stop me. he helped organize the first event held in one nine hundred seventy nine when nearly five hundred people in west berlin demonstrated for equal rights at the same time public opinion was hostile towards them. but then i found that we got some positive reactions and that was very relieving for me that he gave me courage. to come up christopher street day is not just a street party it's also political the fight for equal rights and acceptance in germany is far from over campaigners what the constitution amended to protect against discrimination based on sexual identity there also calls for better

education and to get insults are still widespread in german schools. and have ever been on this we're not there yet there's still a lot of injustice we have to deal with and i think this is a wonderful way of doing that. as we heard in the show you are a public people should not hide. this is about freedom and not having to hide anymore you can be yourself over signs of. crime statistics how the show that being yourself can be dangerous in berlin alone there were three hundred twenty four confirmed homophobic attacks last year the unreported number will be significantly higher the burned guys are and tens of thousands of others the fight for justice continues. in yesterday's penultimate safe to ride thomas all but seal victory in the tour de france the well cyclist held on to the yellow jersey with a strong performance out of the time trial and now he just has to make it to the

finish line in today's final stage to win the overall race. the moment current thomas has dreamed of the tour de france title is as good as his thomas produced another excellent display in the penultimate stage he finished the time trial in third place and crucially retained a lead of almost two minutes in the general classification. to do on the biggest stage of all. over three weeks four. since a. time trial world champion tom to milan won the stage an outcome that keeps the dutchman in second place overall. he finished narrowly ahead of chris froome the four time tour de france champion has had a difficult few weeks but will at least end up on the podium in paris but barring a disaster it's his team sky colleague thomas who will take his crown as the holder of road cycling's most prestigious title. and not

surprisingly there have been celebrations and thomas's hometown the welsh capital of cardiff is this the hall and parliaments were laid up in yellow the color of the leader's jersey to mark the first ever win by a welsh rider its likely biggest race and festivities are no day continue as the tour procession heads into paris later this afternoon. and if or when britain's lewis hamilton will start today's garion grand prix in pole position after finishing ahead of his mercedes teammate terry both in qualifying houghton took advantage of black conditions at the range to speed home in just over a one minute thirty five seconds victory puts him in a commanding position for sunday's main event if he looks to extend his seventeen point lead in the standings hamilton's title rival sebastian fattal will start in fourth position. and it's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you. commodious have voted

today in national elections in which incumbent strongman pry. minister hun sen is expected to return to power human rights groups have criticized a crackdown on dissent on the opposition say that the election was a sham. especially your today's and you're watching daily news thanks for joining. us. oh iran. once again insulated the author seems now a major power in the middle east. airlines influence continues to grow be politically .