mehulika sitepu reports. mehulika: five days after the indonesian island of lombok was devastated by powerful eahquake, many of the islanders left homeless by the disaster are still sheltering in tents or beneath tarpaulins, ent on aid agencies for food, water, and medicine. but that has not stopped them from practicing their faith. these residents of a village in northern lombok held fridays prayside a tent.e >> we le to fulfill one of our obligations, which is praying five times a day, and to say prayers on friday. we have done it here together because we feel safer. we cannot pray in mosques aet, because in very bad condition. mehulika: the earthquake raised one ofhe mosques nearby. it is believed that worshipers were buried beneath the rubble. >> we are very sad that our usual place of prayer is flattened. there are victims under there as well. now we are setting up tents for prayer. it is basic, but we hope we will be able to pray there again. mehulika: as the search for the missing in lombok continues, t

mehulika sitepu reports from lombok. mehulika: more than 350 aftershocks have been struck since the quake on sunday, but this one was different. wth my reaction after my hotel was hit. shang because i had to run from my hotel room on the third floor. e ceiling was collapsing, glass shattered, walls cracked. but all guests were say. their fear was clearly visible. 30 buildings like my hotel 13 kilometers away from thein epicentehe north of lombok can withstand a shock, but rickety houses where most islanders live cannot. that is why te of thousands of people are now left homeless. tents are now their homes. many are concerned of what will become of them end of families. >' im scared to leave. the only way is to stay. i hope the government helps us to fix our homes. mehulika: officials say creating temporary shelter has been a priority, as is the continued search for survivors. promises have been made to rebuild, enusring the future of ery auditor. mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. rajini: scientists are a rare breed in th

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.aid workers by the islamic state group, graphically highlighted their brutality, and ricardo vilanova who's a spanish photographer, was one of their captives. he says his tormentors were a group of four british jihadists, dubbed "the beatles" by their hostages, a gang who are thought to have tortured and murdered as many as 27 people. in this exclusive report, mr vilanova returns to syria, with our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, to find the former prisons he was held in, and the men he claims, who locked him up. on the river euphrates, photojournalist ricardo vilanova is on a personal assignment. war, he says, brings out the best of us — and the worst. in raqqa, he experienced both. under kurdish escort, he's come to find his formerjail. and his formerjailers. an is gang of britishjihadists, known to their prisoners as "the beatles". this is the right place but we don't know exactly, because maybe the house is there... ricardo was held captive for eight months. he and

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ers by the islamic state group, graphically highlighted their brutality, and ricardo vilanova who's a spanish photographer, was one of their captives. he says his tormentors were a group of four british jihadists, dubbed "the beatles" by their hostages, a gang who are thought to have tortured and murdered as many as 27 people. in this exclusive report, mr vilanova returns to syria, with our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, to find the former prisons he was held in, and the men he claims, who locked him up. 0n the river euphrates, photojournalist ricardo vilanova is on a personal assignment. war, he says, brings out the best of us — and the worst. in raqqa, he experienced both. under kurdish escort, he's come to find his formerjail. and his formerjailers. an is gang of britishjihadists, known to their prisoners as "the beatles". this is the right place but we don't know exactly, because maybe the house is there... ricardo was held captive for eight months. he and his brit

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ention with a single desperate image. for 17 days she has been carrying her dead calf on her back. the mother whale was first spotted injuly, off vancouver island. killer whales have been known to carry dead calves for as long as a week, but scientists believe this mother has set a new and horrible kind of record. earlier i spoke to o kenneth balcomb who is a senior scientist at the center for whale research which studies the southern resident whale population. of this has been a tour of grief. she has been caring this dead baby for 17 days and she is back again. it is just amazing that she is still carrying these carcass. how do you think this calf died?” carrying these carcass. how do you think this calf died? i believe it was perinatal trauma. they have not had a successful birth in the past three years and we know that even the females are dying as the result of the fetus dying within them and it is all due to nutritional stress, there is not enough chinook sammon left. —— fish. th

mehulika sitepu is there.have been forced into tents like this after their homes were flattened by a massive earthquake on sunday. and it's not easy to live in these conditions. translation: staying here affects me. i need to earn my living. how can i do that if i keep staying here? we need to move forward. if we live in tents like these how can we make money? the government cannot say when these people will be able to return to their homes, but at least they have a plan. translation: while we are building their houses we will put them into barracks that are more convenient. once the houses are built they can leave the barracks. rebuilding lombok also means rebuilding the tourist industry. with the exodus of the tourists local businesses are worried about how they will survive in the future. mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. a bbc investigation has discovered, that a group of men responsible for last year's attacks in and around barcelona, included militants who'd showed signs of radicalisation a year before.

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.backed calls for britain's former foreign secretary to apologise, for comments he's made about moslem women wearing full—face veils. borisjohnson wrote in a newspaper that women in a burka "look like letter boxes," and that the garment is "weird" and "ridiculous." prime minister may says women should be able to choose how they dress, and that some of borisjohnson‘s words "obviously caused offence." here's our chief political correspondent vicky young. from online abuse to attacks on mosques, crime figures suggest islamophobia is on the rise in britain and the conservative party has faced accusations that it has not done enough to deal with incidents in its own party. and now borisjohnson is underfire with prime minister backing calls to him to apologise. boris johnson used language in describing people's appearance and has caused offence. it was the wrong language to use and he should not have used it. on the key issue of to wear a burqa, if they choose to do so, that should be a matte

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. the time is 6.14. our top story this evening.ttempted people smuggling into britain, across the channel. still to come i will be reporting from cornwall as the rnli reveals that 92% of those who drowned at the seaside last year were men. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news — serena williams reveals how the pressures of being a professional sportswoman and a motherforced her to miss the latest tournament. the increase in life expectancy in the uk has stalled in recent years, and the slowdown is one of the worst of the world's leading economies. the office for national statistics says women have been particularly badly hit. between 2005 and 2010, the increase in life expectancy per year was 12.9 weeks for women, and 17.3 weeks for men. but the next six years saw the figures fall to 1.2 weeks for women, and 11.2 weeks for men. our health editor, hugh pym, has been looking at the data. we are living longer, but the speed at which life spans increase in each generation is slowing. that's the main message of a new

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. world news, still to come: part mechanical marvel, part art instalation. the moving sculptures powered by wind that are now attracting the attention of nasa. the question was whether we want to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war and taking a chance to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: with the united states now out of the internatio

mehulika sitepu, bbc news.ed to return to normal for this time of year by the end of the week. but across many other parts of the world, heatwaves are still a major problem. in portugal and parts of america, hundreds of firefighters are dealing with major wildfires, while injapan and australia temperatures have been soaring for several weeks. our science editor david shukman reports. an image of apocalypse of the kind you might expect hollywood to conjure up. but this was filmed on a real front line in california over the weekend. record temperatures and bone—dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american state. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley. until the flames were truly, they were not 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. there are similar scenes in europe. in portugal an entire mountainside in the algarve has been burning for three days. fires are a constant risk here, but the speed of their spread has been shocking. this woman a

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok., is coordinating a team of relief workers in lombok for plan international she told me the task ahead is extremely difficult. it has been progressing but quite slowly because of the problem of logistics as informed probably, the viewers can see, the roads also are heavily damaged and also bridges as well so it makes it difficult for assistance to go to the more remote areas. there are still lots of villages that have been affected but have not got any assistance at all. we hear latest reports saying 80,000 people have been displaced. what provisions in terms of shelter, and food are there? sure the beam tried to be sent to 500 families in the north, the most effect did district in the north. humanitarian agencies are also trying to do that but reaching the areas is a bit challenging. had he been getting any assistance from the government and what is your assessment of the emergency response from there so far? all co-ordination with the government on the ground and injakarta, the gover

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ll take a break from presenting, until next year. he'll miss the next series of i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, and ant and dec‘s saturday night takeaway. in april, he was banned from the road for 20 months and fined £86,000, after admitting driving while more than twice the legal limit. rya nair says it will cancel about one in six of its flights tomorrow because of a strike by pilots in several european countries. the industrial action is part of an ongoing row about pay and conditions. 400 flights are currently affected, including more than 200 the football transfer window has closed in england, the last chance for clubs to sign players before the new season gets under way. among today's highlights was chelsea breaking the world record for a goalkeeper — £71 million for 23—year—old spaniard kepa arrizabalaga. he replaces thibaut courtois, who's signed for the european champions real madrid for a reported £35 million. jo currie has been following all the comings and goings and i

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ti is coordinating a team of relief workers in lombok for plan international. she told me the task ahead is extremely difficult. it has been progressing but quite slowly because of the problem with sending logistics as already informed, probably, the viewers can see that the roads also are damaged, heavily damaged, and also bridges as well so it makes it difficult for assistance to go into the more remote areas. so there are still lots of villages that have been affected but have not got any assistance at all. we've heard the latest reports say that 80,000 people have been displaced. what provisions are there for them now, in terms of shelter, aid, and food? plan has been trying to be send shelter kits for 500 families, in the north, lombok, the most effected district there. i know many other agencies are also trying to do that but reaching the areas is a bit challenging. have you been getting any assistance from the government, and what is your assessment of how their emergency respon

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ore on this a short time ago i spoke to silverius tasman, from yayasan sayangi tunas cilik, a partner of save the children in indonesia. their organisation is on the ground helping in the relief effort. i am in the capital city. we are a part of save the children in indonesia and are working on the ground to save lives and alleviate the suffering of children and families in north lombok in indonesia. we actually received the official number of the people affected by the earthquake. it says that around 98 people died and a total of 238 people severely injured by the earthquake. the number is actually very dynamic at the moment. it may potentially increase in terms of death and the injured. but we can say that thousands of people flee from their homes and also away from their home. we do not determine yet how many displaced people. but it will be around more than 1000 people evacuated. as you said, we are still waiting to find out the numbers over the coming days, but children are the mo

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. nations looking to trade with iran, many of them american allies. following up his decision to pull out of the international nuclear deal with iran, and re—impose us sanctions, the president tweeted that anyone now doing business with iran would not be doing business with the us. this is possibly a response to a promise by the european union to protect firms trading with iran. here's the eu's foreign policy chief. the trade that the european union has compared with the trade we have worldwide, is very little. but it is a fundamental aspect of the iranian right to have an economic advantage in exchange of what they have done so in exchange of what they have done so far, which is being compliant with all their nuclear commitments. the prime minister has backed calls for britain's former foreign secretary to apologise, for comments he's made about moslem women wearing full—face veils. borisjohnson wrote in a newspaper that women in a burka "look like letter boxes," and that the garment i

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. find more information about the earthquake in indonesia on our website — including interviews with victims and witnesses, and details about earthquakes as a phenomenon. that's at bbc.com/news or you can download the bbc news app. two men accused of being part of a terror cell in the islamic state group, that beheaded western hostages and were called the beatles by their captives, have questioned the government's attempt to have them tried in america. speaking for the first time since the legal moves were made public, alexanda koty and shafee el sheikh told the bbc, they were not part of the cell, and they haven't been stripped of their british citizenship. they're being held in northern syria, and have been speaking to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. for seven months now, alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh have been held in kurdish and american custody in northern syria. the us government alleges that the men waterboarded, crucified and executed prisoners as part

mehulika sitepu is there.r homes were flattened by a massive earthquake on sunday. it is not easy to live in these conditions. translation: staying here is difficult for me. i need to earn my living. we need to move forward. if we live in 10th like these hackham we live in 10th like these hackham we make money? the government cannot say when these people will be able to return to their homes, but at least they have a plan —— how can we make money. translation: while they are building their houses we will put them into barracks that are more convenient. 0nce barracks that are more convenient. once the houses are built they can leave the barracks. reid building lombok also means rebuilding the tourist industry. the exodus of the tourist industry. the exodus of the tourist local businesses i worried about how they will survive in the future. mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok. and these are live pictures of rescue operations that are underway on lombok island in indonesia, where a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck o

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.tion with a single desperate image. the 17 days, she has been carrying a dead calf on her back. the killer whale was spotted in waters off vancouver island. let's go live now. i know you are a senior scientist at the centre for whale research, you are the right person to ask this question. what is going on with this way all? well, i kind of wonder if this mother whale is not putting on a bit of a demonstration for us humans that we have got to provide some more food in this ecosystem for the natural populations. well, it explained, unpack that the bit for us. -- explain. pardon, ididn‘t unpack that the bit for us. -- explain. pardon, i didn't get that. just exa ctly explain. pardon, i didn't get that. just exactly what do you mean? i know there is a problem with food source, we kind of want to avoid and from authorising what is going on here, it might assume she was carrying his calf in a form of mourning. yeah, we believe this is a form of grief, she has carried this baby now for abou

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.for farmers as pa rt announced more aid for farmers as part of the countries suffers worst dried spell in living memory —— dry spell. successive seasons of above average temperatures and not much rain have hit grazing and cropland. prime minister malcolm turnbull has praised the resilience of farmers, who said the drought could become overwhelming. he was speaking at a farm in the most populous state, new south wales. the vast majority of new south wales is afflicted by drought. disney's new winnie the pooh film christopher robin is stirring up debate in china where film authorities have denied a release for the new movie without an apparent reason. but it's widely rumoured to be part of a nationwide clampdown on references to the children's character. chinese authorities have been blocking images of pooh on social media since last year, after chinese leader xi jinping was compared to the bear on social media. take a look at these. quite amazing moving animal sculptures, powered entire

from lombok, mehulika sitepu reports.ershocks have struck since the quake on sunday but this one was different. "this was my reaction after my hotel was hit. "i was saying that i am still shaking because i had to run from my hotel room on the third floor." the ceiling was collapsing, glass shattered, walls cracked but all guests were safe. their fear was clearly visible. sturdy buildings like my hotel, 13 kilometres away from the epicentre in the north of lombok, can withstand the shock. but rickety houses where most of the islanders live can not. and that is why tens of thousands of people are now left homeless. these tents are now their homes. many are concerned about what will now become of them and their families. translation: i am scared to leave. the only way is to stay. i hope the government tends to our needs and helps us to fix our homes. officials say creating temporary shelter has been a priority as has the continued search for survivors. promises have been made to rebuild and ensure the future of every islande

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.brought the group s depravity and brutality to the world s attention. ricardo vilanova, a spanish photographer, was one of their captives. he says that his tormentors were a group of four british jihadists, dubbed "the beatles" by their captives. the gang are thought to have tortured and murdered as many as 27 people. in this exclusive report, mr vilanova returns to syria with our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville to find the former prisons where he was held, and the men he accuses of keeping him captive. 0n the river euphrates, ricardo vilanova, a photojournalist, is on a personal assignment. ricardo vilanova, a photojournalist, war he says brings at the best of us. and the worst. in raqqa, he experienced both. he has come to find his formerjail. and his formerjailers, a gang of britishjihadists known to the prisoners as the beatles. this is the place but we do not know exactly where it is because maybe the house was there but... it was destroyed. he was held captive for

mehulika sitepu, bbc news.rged with the murder of the midwife samantha eastwood. her body was found on saturday eight days after she was last seen leaving work at royal stoke university hospital. michael stirling, who's 32 and from stoke—on trent, was remanded in custody. our correspondent, caroline davies, was in court. warm, generous, with a great sense of humour. samantha eastwood, a 28—year—old midwife was reported missing ten days ago. her disappearance has now become a murder enquiry. appearing in court, 32—year—old michael stirling was charged with samantha's murder. mr stirling knew samantha. he is herformer fiance's brother—in—law. samantha's engagement ended earlier this year. this is the last known image of samantha, here on the left, leaving her night shift at royal stoke university hospital. when she didn't arrive for her shift that evening, her colleagues raised the alarm. police were concerned about samantha's disappearance. her car was still in her driveway. she had not used any of her bank card

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.ven years for british cyclists. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. never before has the welsh capital celebrated a cycling victory like this. thousands gathered across cardiff as the country celebrates the first welshman to win the tour de france. as he rides through the city centre, he‘s accompanied by youngsters from cycling clubs across the whole of wales and the hope is that his success will inspire the next generation. journey‘s end at cardiff‘s iconic castle. thomas thanking the crowd for their overwhelming support. it is incredible. i want to thank everyone for coming out. the support has been insane, so, thanks a lot. his win on alpe d‘huez was where the march to victory began. he and his team—mate chris froome battled throughout, thomas thanking him from the podium. triumphant thomas, the winner of cycling‘s most prestigious race. proud to say he‘s a cardiff boy and i cried for... because... you know, amazing, isn't it, all the sort of children, the aspiring cyclist

our correspondent mehulika sitepu is on lombok. she sent this report.to the streets to seek shelter. the 6.9 magnitude quake is the second to have hit the island of lombok... the after—shocks could bring about a tsunami. in the fresh light of day, a sense of the scale of the damage. homes and buildings reduced to rubble, and a desperate hunt for those who may have survived. my son and wife all survived. my son and wife all survived but my nephew hurt his head and he died because of the damage from the wall. there were also three children who died. hundreds are injured and medical staff are struggling to cope with the numbers turning up at the hospitals in the main city. we should try to minimise the effects of this earthquake as quickly as possible, be it evacuation of the dead or the injured. they should be treated as one as they can be. hundreds of tourists are among those stranded. you normally serene paradise beaches covered in swarms of people desperate to leave by any means possible. but there aren't enough votes. some at the island's airport are

here's mehulika sitepu in lombok.erneath the rubble. injured survivors are taken to the nearest hospital. this one here was also damaged by the earthquake. patients are being treated outdoors in tents. most victims were killed by falling debris and many people suffered broken bones. since sunday's earthquake, more than 100 aftershocks have been felt in the area with more expected. for the rescue area with more expected. for the rescu e crews area with more expected. for the rescue crews it means difficult conditions as they continue to search for more survivors. to the us now... the trial of paul manafort continues. to remind you, this is him, president trump's former campaign manager. and this is rick gates, a long—time business partner. —— associate. he is facing charges of bank fraud, tax fraud, and failing to report foreign bank accounts. rick gates is on the stand today. he pleaded guilty in february and agreed to co—operate with prosecutors. we don't have footage from inside the courtroom, but here are some cour

mehulika sitepu, bbc news, lombok.igel timmins, humanitarian director at oxfam. good evening. what help is oxfam able to help? we are working closely with a local charity who are based there and have been working there a long time and know the community and authorities well. we have been supporting them to distribute water and we have brought in some water cleaning equipment trying to get water to all these people who have been displaced and who are sleeping rough in shelters. we have been distributing clothes, people have lost things in their houses and also tarpaulin to give people some immediate shelter in these first few days when people are still scared to go back into their houses. there was a big 6.4 magnitude earthquake last week and we have had another big earthquake this week and there are ongoing after—shocks and in some parts of the island, more than 50% of houses are structurally unsound and a lot of people are living in the open and we are trying to provide the basics. that means that temporary accommodat

our correspondent mehulika sitepu is on lombok and sent this report. without warning, sending thousands into the streets to seek shelter. the 6.9 magnitude quake is the second to have hit the island of lombok. the after—shocks could bring about a tsunami. in the fresh light of day, a sense of the scale of the damage. homes and buildings reduced to rubble, and a desperate hunt for those who may have survived. my son and wife all survived but my nephew hurt his head and he died because of the damage from the wall. there were also three children who died. hundreds are injured and medical staff are struggling to cope with the numbers turning up at the hospitals in the main city. we should try to minimise the effects of this earthquake as quickly as possible, be it evacuation of the dead or the injured. they should be treated as well as they can be. hundreds of tourists are among those stranded. the normally serene paradise beaches covered in swarms of people desperate to leave by any means possible. but there aren't enough boats. some at the island's airpo

our correspondent mehulika sitepu was in that hotel as it struck. this was her experience. the ceiling. i ran as that as i could, bearfruit, taking nothing with me. stairs and shoot as iran nothing with me. stairs and shoot as i ran outside nothing with me. stairs and shoot as iran outside to nothing with me. stairs and shoot as i ran outside to the street where people were crying, screaming, via showing clearly nfa says. buildings like my hotel, 13 kilometres from the centre any north of lombok, can withstand the shock, but rickety houses where most islanders left cannot. that is why tens of thousands of people are now left homeless. the aftershocks continue as rescue workers dig through rubble and try to get aid to survivors of sunday's much bigger and more powerful quake. 259 people are now known to have died. local media report that it could be higher than 340. the red cross today called the quake ‘exceptionally destructive' and said in some areas, whole villages have been flattened. this was their update earlier. the more areas where we have not been able to go to and

mehulika sitepu is in lombok for the bbc‘s indonesian service. she sent this report.buildings reduced to rubble and a desperate hunt for those who may have survived. translation: my son and wife al survived but my nephew hurt his head and he died from the damage from the wall. there are also three children who died. hundreds are injured and medical staff are struggling to cope with the numbers turning up at the hospitals in the main city. we should try to minimise the effects of this earthquake as quickly as possible, be it evacuation of the dead or the injured. they should be treated as well as they can be. hundreds of tourists are among those stranded. the normally serene paradise beaches covered in swarms of people desperate to lead by any means possible but there are not enough votes. some at the island‘s airport though are managing to leave. we are currently in the airport. as soon as the earthquake hit, we booked our flight to just get home straightaway. but for locals here the quake comes all too after the one last week which displays 10,000 people from their h

mehulika sitepu reports from lombok. reaction, after my hotel was hit. i'm saying, "i'm still shaking because i had to run from my hotel room on the third floor." the ceiling was collapsing, glasses shattered, walls cracked, but all guests were safe. their fear was clearly visible. sturdy buildings like my hotel, 13 kilometres away from the epicentre in the north of lombok, can withstand the shock. but ricketty houses where most islanders live cannot. that is why tens of thousands of people are now left homeless. these tents are now their homes. many are concerned of what will now become of them and their families. translation: i'm scared to leave. the only way is to stay. i hope the government tends to our needs, and helps us to fix our homes. officials say creating temporary shelter has been a priority, as has the continuing search for survivors. promises have been made to rebuild esuring the future of every islander. an oscar may still be the film award to win — but the tv audiences for this cinematic showpiece have b

bbc indonesia‘s reporter mehulika sitepu reports from one of the makeshift hospitals treating the injuredtinue to search for more survivors. a study of 20 countries has found the uk experienced one of the largest slow—downs in improvements to life expectancy between 2011 and 2016. the office for national statistics said the change was more pronounced for women than men. our health editor hugh pym has more details. now what the office for national statistics is saying in its report today is that happened across most leading economies, including the uk up until about 2011 at an increasing pace, but since 2011 there has been a slowdown on the increase. life expectancy is still going up, but at a slower rate. but in the uk, it has experienced one of the biggest slowdowns in that rate of growth. and in some senses, it depends whether you measure it from birth or the age of 65, the uk‘s life expectancy has stalled so it does raise a lot of big questions about what is going on here, certainly relative to this international group of countries in this report. we will be hearing the business news,