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 theyre the ones who sign your Marriage Certificates theyre 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 theyre not theyre afraid to speak out if you go around and you ask people no one wants to speak openly because theyre afraid of repercussions if they say they support the opposition so taking all that together i think its 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 EightyKilometers Per Hour thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes its this seasons twelve typhoon so far the storm has weakened and is moving west where its. 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 says shes being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians shes become a symbol of resistance people in mali vote in
a president ial election today its expected to be a tight race between incumbent eager him Boubacar Kaita whos seeking a second five year term in opposition kansas so myla sees say well the poll comes as the countrys 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 thats 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
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 its 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 im glacier hip berlin this weekend with Hundreds Of Thousands Turning A for the citys 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 its one of europes biggest pride events. When geyser has been at almost every Christopher Street Day parade hes one of the pioneers of the movement. Always is excited as i was the first time doesnt 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 its 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 were not there yet theres 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 yesterdays 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 todays 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 its his Team Sky Colleague thomas who will take his crown as the holder of road cyclings most prestigious title. And not
surprisingly there have been celebrations and thomass hometown the Welsh Capital of cardiff is this the hall and parliaments were laid up in yellow the color of the leaders 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 britains Lewis Hamilton will start todays 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 sundays main event if he looks to extend his seventeen point lead in the standings hamiltons title rival Sebastian Fattal will start in fourth position. And its a reminder of the top story that were following for you. Commodious have voted