susana mendonca, bbc news.en injured after a 6.a magnitude earthquake struck a popular tourist destination in central indonesia. residents and tourists poured onto the streets and into open fields to escape damaged buildings on the island of lombok. the tremour was felt in bali, 60 miles away. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa reports. buildings and lives shaken to the core. this was the scene dozens woke up to in northern lombok. the distress clear to hear. the jolt was felt 60 miles away on the holiday island of bali. many buildings have been damaged. it‘s thought at least a0 people are injured. many are still being treated after being hit by falling debris. a malaysian tourist who was on a hiking trip is reportedly among those killed. the epicentre of the earthquake struck 30 miles north—east of the city of mataram in the north of the island. indonesia is prone to earthquakes. it lies on what‘s called the ring of fire, the line of quakes and volcanic eruptions that circle virtually the entire pacific rim.

susana mendonca, bbc news.have died and dozens have been injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a popular tourist destination in central indonesia. residents and tourists poured onto the streets and into open fields to escape damaged buildings on the island of lombok. the tremour was felt in bali, 60 miles away. our correspondent katharine da costa reports. buildings and lives shaken to the core. this was the scene dozens woke up to in northern lombok, the distress clear to hear. the quake, measuring 6.4 on the richter scale, was quickly followed by over 100 after—shocks. the jolt was felt to 60 miles away on the holiday island of bali. people in lombok, now they fear staying here, they are waiting for the after—shocks. because now, there have been 80 after—shocks happening, they are still waiting for calm conditions. many buildings have been damaged, it is thought at least 40 people are injured, many are still being treated after being hit by falling debris. a malaysian tourist, on a hiking trip, is r

susana mendonca, bbc news.t least 14 people have died and dozens have been injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the indonesian island of lombok which is popular with tourists. officials say hundreds have been injured and the number of casualties is expected to rise. the quake hit early in the morning when many people were still sleeping. tremours were felt up to 60 miles away on bali. a palestinian teenager who slapped an israeli solider in the occupied west bank has been freed after eight months in jail. ahed tamimi had an emotional reunion today with friends and family. she became a symbol of resistance against israel when the footage of the incident was streamed on facebook and went viral. here, blue badge parking permits are to be made available for people in england with hidden disabilities such as autism or mental health problems. the department for transport said people with non—physical disabilities would have an equal right to free parking from next year. similar changes have already come in

let's get more on this from our political correspondent susana mendonca. , we've seen all the reports and all the criticism of the role social media played in the election. but i wonder how much of a difference this can really make. for the government, they are under pressure to be seen to be doing something about it and i think in essence that's why they're going down this route of banning online trolls from standing for public office. at the moment, if you're convicted of a crime and sentenced for longer than a year, you can't stand as a candidate any weight. also there are laws around severe intimidation and if you get a custodial sentence, longer than a year, you wouldn't be able to stand for public office but this is about sending a message and making it clear to people that if you do abuse mps online, that they are going to be consequences for that. if you look at what's happened in terms of what happened last year at the general election, it was the worst level of abuse mps have reported and we have those quite graphic accounts in parliament with peo

earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. told me that the tone and content of this report is interesting. we have a group of mps calling it a democratic crisis. they make clear it is serious. they have been looking into the issue since last year, looking at became bit analytic scandal, where we saw people's personal data harvested —— cambridge analytica scandal. mps are concerned about what might have happened here in the uk during the eu referendum. they are also concerned about possible foreign interference in british politics. they talk about needing tougher regulations. the recommendations are far reaching. for example, more clarity about who has made these adverts. sometimes people are bombarded with things and do not know where it has come from. don't even know if it is an advert. yes. with leaflets through your door, you know which part it has come from, but many social media ads, you don't know where they have come from and that should be imprinted upon those adverts. they also talk about how there should be also tal

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

on social media and measures to combat interference in elections. 0ur political correspondent susana mendonca believe the law needs to change. the laws around political campaigning have not kind of kept up with movement in technology. so, whereas, previously, we obviously have leaflets that go through people stores, with a lot of this online campaign we don't know where it is coming from and what have you. mps have been looking at this since last year. there were the revelations of course about people's personal data being harvested on facebook by a company called cambridge analytica, which really raised concerns, because that was being used as we understand, in order to influence the us elections. mps had been looking at whether or not something similar may have been happening during the eu referendum. they have also been looking at whether or not there had been influence from foreign countries, like russia, for example. all these are areas of concern. if you look at the wording of this report, it is pretty strong language. they talk about how the uk is facing a democratic crisis. they say t

on social media and measures to combat interference in elections. 0ur political correspondent susana mendonca believe the law needs to change. the laws around political campaigning have not kept up with movement and technology. whereas previously we obviously have leaflets that cope through peoples doors, well we have a lot of this online campaigning and we don't know where it's coming from or what have you. mps have been looking at this since last year, and with the revelations of course about people's personal data being harvested on facebook by a company called cambridge analytic a which raised concerns because that was being used as we understand to influence us elections. and please here have been looking out about whether or not something similar might be happening in the eu referendum and whether or not it would have been influenced from foreign countries like russia. is the areas of concern and if you look at the wording of this report it's pretty strong language. look at the uk facing a democratic races and say that voters have been relentlessly targeted by online m essa 9 es relentl

let's get more on this from our political correspondent, susana mendonca.us more about what the proposals contain. the reason this is happening is because the government has been under a lot of pressure from mps concerned about this issue, so we had the report last year talking about how social media was the most significant factor driving harassment and intimidation of candidates, notjust candidates but also people working for them. and the kinds of threats we are talking about are violence, sexual violence, damage to property, and we had the debate in parliament where mps were talking in quite graphic terms about the kind of abuse they have been getting online on social media. so the government has been under pressure. they are talking about banning people from standing for public office, so if you want to be a councillor, mp, you will not be able to stand if you are found to have committed this kind of online harassment, abuse. a consultation at the moment, but if it comes into play, that would be the impact. very much a deterrent to try to put across th

let's talk to our political correspondent, susana mendonca.lot of grumbling about the potential impact of social media and targeted advertising on elections and on voters, in the states and here. does this report in any way nailed this problem?” states and here. does this report in any way nailed this problem? i think it says what mps have been saying for some time, what they have been concerned about, whether or not there has been an impact as a result of this, what they referred to ask fa ke of this, what they referred to ask fake news, on our own elections here, and they referred to the eu referendum and that is one reason they have been so focused on looking at this issue. they have been looking into this issue since 2017. the cambridge analytica scandal, which suggested that people's private data had been harvested from facebook in order to manipulate the m essa 9 es facebook in order to manipulate the messages sent to them ahead of the us elections, that was one issue that the mps looked into. they also looked into the use of data during

our political correspondent susana mendonca told me mps believe the law needs to change.y have leaflets i go for pupils stores, but with a lot of the online campaigning we don't know where it's coming from 01’ we don't know where it's coming from or what have you. mps have been looking at this since last year, with the revelations of course about people's personal data being harvested on facebook by a company called cambridge analytic which raised concerns because it was being used to influence us elections, and mps here have been looking at whether or not something similar may have been happening during the eu referendum and looking whether or not they have been influenced from four countries like russia for example. all areas of concern and if you look at the wording of this report it's pretty strong language. they talk about how the uk is facing a democratic crisis ina the uk is facing a democratic crisis in a state of voters had been relentlessly targeted by online m essa 9 es relentlessly targeted by online messages that are a sickly preying on theirfears messages th

let's get more on this from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. the role social media played in elections around the world, but i wonder how much difference this will actually make? this is about the government responding to the pressure it has been put under. there was a report last year looking into the issue and it showed social media was the most significant factor in driving harassment, abuse and intimidation of candidates and those working for them. they have been under pressure, we have had some quite harrowing accou nts we have had some quite harrowing accounts from mps in a debate in parliament where people talked about the kind of online abuse they were getting, threats of sexual harassment, threats of attacks, damage to property. there is the pressure, but the question is whether it will make a difference because they are talking about banning those who have been found to be online abuse in people from standing for election, a lot of the people not wanting to stand for election, so there will be questions of whether it will deal with th

media and measures to combat interference in elections. 0ur politcal correspondent suzana mendonca is here. susana? we are not torque people who their information wrong and thence put it on twitter, this is systemic criminality —— we are not talking about people who get their information wrong and then put it on twitter. yes, much of this is not illegal because the laws around political campaigning have not kept up political campaigning have not kept up with the movement in technology, so up with the movement in technology, so whereas we have leaflets which go through doors but we have a lot of this online campaigning where we don't know where it is coming from. there were the revelations about people's personal data being harvested on facebook by cambridge analytical which was being used in order to influence the us election, and mps have been looking at whether something similar has been happening in the eu referendum and they have been looking at whether they have been looking at whether they have been influenced from foreign countries like russia, for example, and if you look at the wording of