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Thats the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in waterways. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. President macron of france has insisted that a key element of the brexit agreement, which the uk government wants to be scrapped, is indispensable. Speaking in paris where he held talks with borisjohnson, mr macron said the irish backstop, which would avoid the need for physical border checks if there was no trade deal, was essential. Todays meeting followed yesterdays talks in berlin, and our correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the Prime Minister. Its a short flight from berlin. But theres a long way to go. Welcome to paris. Yesterday, Angela Merkel invited the uk to find solutions that might avoid a no deal brexit, but little more than that. And todays trip promised to be tougher still for the Prime Minister. President macron has long said the existing brexit deal works and could not be renegotiated. But borisjohnson is pushing for a different one and seemed buoyed by his trip to germany. I was powerfully encouraged by our conversations last night in berlin with our mutual friends, and i know that with energy and with creativity and application, we can find a way forward. But borisjohnsons key demand, the removal of the so called irish backstop from the brexit deal, was given short shrift by president macron. Translation the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop, are not just technical constraints or quibbling, but indeed indispensable guarantees to preserve the stability in ireland and the integrity of the Single Market, which are fully part of the agreement negotiated over a long period of time between the uk and the eu. Both the french president and chancellor merkel said borisjohnson now had 30 days to propose ideas which could eliminate the need for a backstop, an insurance policy to prevent a heart border. Hard border. So what is his plan . We think there are ways of protecting the integrity of the Single Market, and allowing the uk to exit from the eu whole and entire and perfect, as it were. The Prime Minister mentioned ideas already rejected many times by the eu is unworkable. President macron said any alterations to the deal would be small. Translation in the current month we are not going to find a new agreement very different from the current one. But if there are things which can be adapted, they have to meet the two objectives i have already mentioned, and they need to be found in the coming month. But the Prime Minister remained pugnacious. Lets get on now in deepening and intensifying the friendship and the partnership between us, over lunch. Once again, borisjohnsons breezy optimism jars with what european leaders are actually saying. Right now, it looks very unlikely that a compromise can be reached, with so little time left. Theres plenty of swagger in politics and eye to eye, their talks would have been frank. An acrimonious and disruptive no deal brexit looms over these cordial discussions, and neither side wants the blame for that. So for now, the diplomacy goes on. Ben wright, bbc news, paris. Lets get more on this, and im joined now by christian lequesne, professor of european politics at the Paris Institute of political studies, or sciences po. Welcome, thanks so much for being with us. The body language was warm, friendly, and congenial between the two leaders. But from frances point of view, has anything shifted from todays meeting . I dont think so. Of course it will very much depend on the proposal made by Boris Johnson in the next 30 days. The Prime Minister mentioned a report was launched and just published in july by two members of the house, the parliament have alternative arrangements. Everybody would like to know more about the possibilities about this alternative arrangement. Of course we dont have a lot of time to implement them, but in principle, the question of the integrity of the Single Market remains, while absolutely crucial both for president macron and Angela Merkel, it has the impression that the french are tougher than the germans. I dont think the two capitals are very far away in their position. Nevertheless there had been an expectation among many that Emmanuel Macron would refuse point blank to renegotiate the brexit deal, and he didnt do that, did he . He was absolutely clear on that, no renegotiation before 31 october. How can we renegotiate in 30 days . But of course you can have arrangements inside the existing Withdrawal Agreement. Macron was clear that he would prefer an agreement over a new deal, but he also said that he is prepared to accept any decision from the british side, which also assumes a new deal. The french are working on the perspective of such a value. You mentioned a moment ago this idea coming from the alternative Arrangements Commission, a report released last month which mrjohnson referred to. Id like to bring up one of the suggestions, theyve suggested an enhanced Economic Zone straddling parts of the Northern Ireland and ireland border where they might be tax breaks, a free trade zone, stuff like that to enable both sides to be happy. Does that sound like something that would convince france to get on board . Why not . But again, this report came very late. It was published on 18 july. Such a report and proposal should have been on the table during the negotiations, and that was not the negotiations, and that was not the case. During the negotiations, the case. During the negotiations, the negotiations an alternative arrangement. Now it seems to be a bit more precise, so lets see what it means technically. And again, lets see if it can preserve the integrity of the internal market, which is absolutely crucial for the 27 member states. Some analysts are suggesting that what these meetings have been about, from the french and german perspective, is to make sure they cannot face the blame if there isa they cannot face the blame if there is a no deal brexit. Do you think thatis is a no deal brexit. Do you think that is the case . There is of course a strategy from Boris Johnson that is the case . There is of course a strategy from borisjohnson to say, well, itried a strategy from borisjohnson to say, well, i tried to propose a compromise, and this is what the other 27 who are unable to accept that. That is politics. But this is something which is absolutely understood, and i think the answer to that, the reply to that, coming from paris but also from berlin, will be, we are not responsible for a possible new deal. This is a result of the domestic to be in the uk result of the domestic to be in the uk no deal. And there is something true in that. If we are in such a position, it is because in london, the politicians were unable to decide on a scenario. The story is not finished because it has to go through parliament, and this is also something which is not commented enough on in france we have the impression that mrjohnson will be able to decide on everything now. But we forget sometimes that there isa but we forget sometimes that there is a parliament in the uk. but we forget sometimes that there is a parliament in the uk. I dont think we forget that here. You dont forget it, i know, of course. But this is absolutely crucial. And of course, the parliament in london will be tough with the executives. So lets see what will happen. As we say repeatedly, the clock is ticking. Thank you very much for your analysis from paris there. Thank you. At 8. 30pm, well be speaking to a representative from the British Irish Chambers of commerce, to unpack how alternative arrangements for the irish border work so stay with us for that. Staying with brexit and failing to agree an eu withdrawal deal could lead to a sharp rise in rubbish being sent to landfill thats according to a number of council documents seen by the bbc. Much of it could end up in the north of england. At the moment, millions of tonnes of our domestic waste is sent to europe to be converted into energy but disruption, resulting from a no deal brexit could make that trade uneconomical. The government says they are encouraging businesses to plan alternative options in case of disruption. Councils say car parks might have to be turned into waste facilities and warn that people might start dumping rubbish in streets and gardens. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. Processing household rubbish, in this case near bristol. It is londons black bin bags being churned, mashed, and sorted before being used as a fuel to be generated for energy. Two decades ago, four fifths of this waste used to be buried in the ground as landfill. No longer, now, it is just a fifth as Government Policies designed to meet eu targets means it is either turned into energy as here or recycled. The industry says a no deal brexit will temporarily reverse some of that progress. If we leave with a no deal brexit in october, yes, we will be moving more material we think to landfill but there are some mothballed sites in the uk which could be brought back into operation relatively quickly. The problem is that right across the united kingdom, there are not enough of these facilities. These industry concerns and more more are shared by councils many of whose internal preparations for a worst case scenario, no deal brexit, seen by the bbc detail immediate plans to deal with disruption to waste services. Bin bags and wheelie bins are being stockpiled, in one case even new bin lorries were ordered to beat the earlier brexit deadline. Braintree council lists on its high risks the knock on effect of transport and fuel problems, it might have have to consider reducing allocations of sacks per household to eke out supplies. Sevenoa ks council says a park and ride could be used as a temporary site for waste. Road congestion leading to late or no collection will impact on the community, stockpiling waste in gardens or streets. Southampton council listed delays that could be a result in recycling banks and waste transfer stations becoming full and potentially closing, and one response from a contractor was diversion to landfill. That is the issue causing the biggest headache, it is notjust recycling ordinary Household Waste like this is exported on ships like this heading from southampton to sweden, over three Million Tonnes of rubbish directly. 600 ships worth of your black bin bag rubbish gets put into these cubes and put on ships like this to get sent to the european union. This system was built up over decades to limit the growth of landfill in the uk. Who would have thought that brexit and no deal in particular could impact where our rubbish goes . The government did gain recognition for uk waste to be continued to be exported with individual european countries. But the issue arises if there is general port and as has already occured a general slide in the value of sterling making the trade uneconomic. Port congestion. A lot of waste comes out of the south east. We have very little landfill capacity in the south east, most of the capacity is farther north. It would have to be trucked from the ports further up north. The south of englands rubbish, which currently gets exported. . If were not able to export it, the only other option for this waste which currently goes to the netherlands, to power the amsterdam arena and all that, that will have to be shipped up north and stuck in a hole in the ground. For some, this is the very point of brexit, freedom from eu rules, targets and standards. The government has made some progress here but the impact of no deal could yet be felt in where the nations bin bags end up. Faisal islam, bbc news. More than 700,000 teenagers across england, wales and Northern Ireland received their gcse results today. Theres been a slight increase in the overall pass rate and the percentage of top grades this year. In england, there were warnings that the exams were harder and tougher on less able students following the biggest changes in a generation, with less coursework and a new numbers system replacing ag grades. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys reports from devon. Two years of pressure, weeks of exams. Im terrified. Im all right, it is what it is a. Nervous, desperate to find out. The build up is very stressful. Whatever happens happens, i tried is very stressful. Whatever happens happens, itried my is very stressful. Whatever happens happens, i tried my best. Now its reality. Finally, results day. Tears and hugs. There is so much riding on this for them. And their teachers. Its quite emotional. You see them come in in year seven, you pick them up come in in year seven, you pick them up in year10 11, come in in year seven, you pick them up in year 10 11, and get them to their exam. This is the culmination of our efforts, and it is really special. Im happy to be over and done with. Their grades in england now from nine down, sifting through academic subjects. Theres lots of relief your today. G cscs in england have been much harder the last few years, but despite that, top grades are up slightly, and that is partly because the system is being so heavily managed gsces. For a grade four, back when this year, higher math needed just 22 . Physics, 27 . French, 31 . There was a lot of talk of the maths in gsce this year. How was it . It was challenging. It was quite hard. Its been quite useful to see where we are as students, how much we know in what we need to do to push ourselves when we go on to other things. Some will go on to learn while the train. Spending as little time as possible ata spending as little time as possible at a desk is great for me, because i learned better doing it than sitting and watching. You will see people in the hall who have achieved ten nines, which is phenomenal. But for some of our nines, which is phenomenal. But for some of our young nines, which is phenomenal. But for some of our young people achieving a three, they have smashed their target rates by two grades. Three, they have smashed their target rates by two gradeslj three, they have smashed their target rates by two grades. I passed everything. Gsces are different around the uk, but Northern Ireland still seems to get the best results, both in top grades and passes overall. In wales, a small increase in passes, but still one of the lowest levels in ten years. Your choices are really. In barnstable, after results, time to sign up at college. Technical options are growing with new tea levels around the corner. And for some, the chance to reset some gcs seat one. It was a much brighter picture for jaw for archer, who took six wickets as australia were bowled out for 179 in theirfirst innings. As australia were bowled out for 179 in their first innings. Archer took six for a5, five of which came in the final session, but he began with a wake at the mark harris. After two lengthy dont tell mike or rain delays, is to really reach 136 thanks to a wicket stand of 111 between david warner and mark. Archer, who made such an impressive debut in the second test, behind 61 to spark three wickets for three runs. At 173 for six, honours seemed to be even, only for archer to return once again and run through the tail. The last four wickets fell through six runs. Injust over 2a hours, League One Side bury could cease to exist. They have until midnight tomorrow to prove they have the funds to run the club or find a buyer. The English Football League says that deadline could be extended but only if a sale has been agreed. The efls executive chair Debbie Jevans has told the bbc they are working to find a solution with the clubs owner steven dale but time is running out. The talk is clicking, no question about that. Please dont think that iamona about that. Please dont think that i am on a motive, but we are in daily contact with mr dale and myself are the team through e mail, albeit their conversations. Its been frustrating, to be perfectly frank. I dont know when he came to us frank. I dont know when he came to us whether he thought the situation was different to what it is, i must assume he did his Due Diligence before he bought the Football Club. But i think it has been frustrating in the sense that the information weve asked for is very simple. Weve broken it down that it is just simple information. Demonstrate the funds that we need to run the Football Club, note more or less. We cannot allow something continue when there is no guarantee that the players or the upkeep of the ground will be maintained. That cost money. No one wants to see this club disappear out of the league, least of all me. Which is why we are working 24 7 to make sure that doesnt happen. I completely understand, i have empathy and sympathy. How they must feel, i really cant imagine. And it is horrible because it Football Club isnt just 90 minutes horrible because it Football Club isntjust 90 minutes of what happens on the field. Its Everything Else it does in the community, families come together to go to the ground. You have grandfathers, fathers, sons and daughters going to the field. Of course i understand the hurt. And it is something that i really hate. Serena williams will play Maria Sharapova in the first round of the us open at flushing meadows. Williams will begin her quest for a seventh title in new york and record tying 24th grand slam victory. Williams has dominated the russian star in their head to head rivalry, winning 19 times with only two defeats, including their past 18 meetings, most recently at the 2016 Australian Open quarterfinals. George ford and owen farrell are in englands team to play ireland at twickenham on saturday. Itll be the first time in over a year they have started together. Captain farrell partners manu tuilagi in the midfield for the first time in a test match. Meanwhile flankers Sam Underhill and tom curry are named in the same back row. And a more familiar looking irish side, joe schmidts brought back several front line players. Cian healy, captain rory best and tadhg furlong get theirfirst run out of the season while ross byrne will get his opportunity to impress at out half. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at 10. 30pm. A man who filmed a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned has been found not guilty of two counts of posting grossly offensive material. 46 year old Paul Bussetti from South East London said he never intended for the video to be shared online. Earlier we heard from the bbcs katherine carpenter from a busy westminster magistrates court. Well this video was widely circulated online and in the media. It shows a cardboard effigy of g re nfell tower it shows a cardboard effigy of Grenfell Tower with people painted onto the side of it being thrown onto the side of it being thrown onto a bonfire, as a group of friends stands around, laughing and joking. Now one of the relatives of a victim who died in the tower fire found it vile. The defendant film to this then posted it to two whatsapp groups, because he and his friends had a history of exchanging racist messages. He thought they would find it funny. Now his legal team says that was not the case, they say that the characters painted on the side of the Cardboard Box were never meant to represent the victims of g re nfell tower. Meant to represent the victims of Grenfell Tower. In fact, they were caricatures of the defendant and his friends, that this was a joke between them. The defence barrister said thejoke was between them. The defence barrister said the joke was on them, that it was self deprecating. Just as the judge was about to retire to consider her verdict, the prosecution said that an actual fa ct, prosecution said that an actual fact, there was an important evidence which had not been disclosed. It turns out that another man had also filmed the effigy of g re nfell tower man had also filmed the effigy of Grenfell Tower that night, and he had also posted it to a whatsapp group. Now the judge said that meant she could not be sure that the video at the heart of this case was the one filmed by the defendant. Acquitting him, she said that she would not be dashed now exciting a full report from the police and cps. She thanked the prosecutor for averting a potential miscarriage of justice. Now while all this was happening, the defendants friends and supporters were in tears, hugging each other as he left the dock. The latest official migration figures show that 226 thousand more people came into the uk than left in the year since march 2018 thats broadly the same as it has been since 2016. 226,000. The majority of those coming into uk are people from across the world, with around a quarter coming from the eu. Though the rate of eu citizens coming to the uk is continuing to fall, there are questions about whether the government can meet its pledge to end the Free Movement of people in the event of a no deal brexit. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. With a possible no deal brexit fast approaching, there has been a new surge into europeans living in britain applying for what is called settled status. People like this woman who has been working as a nanny in london for 11 years and wants to stay, and sees settled status as a key step. It will help me reach my goal which is a british passport in the future, and be sure about everything. Despite brexit, there is still net inward migration to the uk from eu countries. The figures show 59,000 more people came here then left in the year to march, but from those countries thatjoined the eu later in 2004 like poland, 7,000 more people left than arrived. The main exceptions to the trend are bulgaria and romania. From those two countries, there was still net inward migration of 32,000. All the figures have to be treated with caution now. They were downgraded yesterday to experimental statistics because of concerns over how accurate they are. Barbara runs a Resource Centre for east europeans. She told me people are leaving because of concerns about the future, and this week the government has been emphasising its desire to end freedom of movement. That brings this sense of feeling unwelcome again. It reminds people that actually people did vote brexit, fair enough, maybe this is because of me. On monday, it became clear the new home secretary, priti patel, had rejected an idea that in the event of a no deal brexit, the end of freedom of movement with eu countries could be effectively delayed. She has asked officials to quickly come up with a new plan. How you magic that out of thin air in eight weeks when past changes from kind of design to rollout of big immigration changes have ta ken four years, we dont even know what this new proposal is yet. It doesnt seem like government knows yet. Government sources insisted that it can be made to work and would be announced in due course. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Messing about in the river may no longer be as fun or as safe as we once thought. The World Wide Fund for nature says rivers in england are being used as open sewers, with nearly nine out ten failing to meet clean water standards. They say the Environment Agency is very unlikely to meet its clean river target by 2027. The agency is planning an autumn consultation on the challenges and choices faced in cleaning up our rivers. Victoria gill reports. 0ur rivers are the veins of our towns, cities and countryside. I likejumping off into the river. But beneath the picturesque surface, there is a festering problem. I have a few friends who feel a bit poorly after theyd gone in. Really . In what way . Just a bit like, feeling sick. As these videos captured in ilkley West Yorkshire showed when heavy rain overloaded Sewage Treatment pipes, untreated sewage is simply released into the river. Campaigners here are saying Water Companies are allowing this to happen too often. The limit, the amount of infill going into the sewage plant was set 17 years ago. We have a difficult environment now, there is much more run off, there is much more building, we have a Huge Population increase and we have Climate Change so all of this water is flowing into the sewage plant so it is filthy and it is sitting in the bed of the river. Yorkshire water, the company responsible, told bbc news it had already taken steps to ensure the works discharges less frequently and it operates legally and within Environment Agency guidelines. It isntjust about one local park, pollution in our rivers is a much bigger issue. Without outdoor swimming becoming more popular, there are recommendations that people take a hot shower to reduce the risk of becoming sick. Some experts say we should be avoiding river swimming altogether. We have so many sewage breaks on a river that even if you treated it perfectly, in the sense of the current standards of treatment, you would still have enough pathogens coming out, even in a well operated sewage works that you wouldnt want to swim in the rivers. So are the Water Companies doing enough with our money to stop pollution . Vast Peatland Restoration schemes helped Northumbrian Water to earn the Environment Agency best Environmental Performance rating this year. So when we come along, we checked the water to see if there is any pollution. With their volunteer water ranger scheme, they are involving a local community in stopping pollution. The company said zero raw sewage in rivers is a realistic target. The industry admits most of us will never see that achieved. That is going to see many decades to achieve, giving the legacy infrastructure that we have to deal with. Some Companies Want to move faster but i think the important thing to recognise is we are not standing still, we are investing to ensure the level of pollution falls. The Environment Agency admits funding cuts have affected its ability to protect rivers but it has refuted claims from campaigners that it is allowing the industry to pollute. But while many of us might not notice it, pollution continues to drain into our waterways. Victoria gill, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello again, today has been a day of contrast weather wise. Theres been warm spells of sunshine across the southern uk, with the north seeing thicker cloud in patches of rain, particularly across Northern Ireland and Northern England, and scotland as well. In scotland, the rain will be at its heaviest across Western Areas. It will push across a central belt into the northwest of scotland overnight. The heaviest rain always across these western parts, but there will be patches of rain and even getting into eastern scotland from time to time. Away from our weather front, there will be quite a bit of cloud across the north and west of the country overnight. A milder night compared to recent nights, with temperatures between 1115dc. Nights, with temperatures between 11 15dc. Tomorrow our area of rain pushes away from the mainland, bringing wet weather for a time to shetland friday afternoon. Elsewhere, cloud will thin and break with some spells of sunshine coming through, with the best of the sunshine across southern and eastern parts of england and wales, with the highest temperatures reaching a high of up to 28 celsius. Thats your weather. Hello this is bbc news with samantha simmonds. The headlines. The french president tells Bryce Johnson the irish backstop is indispensable despite dpm wanting to scrap date to it more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england. Gas where it will end up. Gas where it will end up stopping the pass from teachers that some stu d e nts the pass from teachers that some students struggle. Man who found a model of ground filled power is found not guilty of posting grossly offensive material. No river in england is safe to swim in, a warning of scientists about sewage and waterways. Lets return to our top story and the Prime Ministers visit to paris for brexit talks with the french president. 0n the key question of the backstop, the plan to prevent checks at the irish border in the event of a trade deal isnt agreed there seems to be little change. President Emmanuel Macron said it was indespensible, a firm rebuttal to mrjohnsons wish to have it removed, but mrjohnson said that a way forward could be found. Im joined now by katie daughen, whos head of brexit policy at the British Irish Chamber of commerce. She joins me via webcam from dublin. Thank you for being with us on bbc news and did you see any signs you have an optimistic outlook between borisjohnson have an optimistic outlook between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron . do not think anything has changed over to dates meeting or yesterdays meetings. The arrangement already exist in the Withdrawal Agreement and there is a commitment thereto look on alternative arrangements that the message has been firmly saved from both leaders so far and theyre dealing those arrangements to be viewed in the context of the political declaration rather than the Withdrawal Agreement. Commitment on both sides are at least definitely be language seems to suggest that the backstop is not going to be removed and there may be slight changes to it that Withdrawal Agreement but nothing to the scanning that the Prime Minister is hoping and expecting. And very little has changed for business and things need to prepare for a new deal and that possible outcome u nfortu nately. Deal and that possible outcome unfortunately. How prepared are they and ireland . It depends on the business, bigger businesses, things Like Pharmaceuticals and finance are better prepared and i think smaller to medium size businesses are less prepared and this being a huge outreach here from the irish government, and getting businesses engaged with preparations and the nine steps they should tape that might take but they do not have resources here financial or human to put the significant plans and measures needed for the end of 0ctober. Measures needed for the end of october. He highlighted yesterday a report drawn up last month by the alternative Arrangements Commission andi alternative Arrangements Commission and i do not know how much you know about this but he is suggesting may provide some way forward that the eu mightfind provide some way forward that the eu might find acceptable. Do you know much about this report and whether or not it could prove positive in terms of cutting through . The report and we intended briefing about ed and we intended briefing about ed and devlin when it was launched and any of the ideas that are suggested ido any of the ideas that are suggested i do not think meet the threshold of what was set by the backstop. And there were issues in it that will ra ke there were issues in it that will rake said that my concerns like the alternative Arrangements Commission or interpreted thejoint alternative Arrangements Commission or interpreted the joint report that was made by the uk and eu in december 2000 something and stated that there would be no checks or controls on trade and the island of ireland and that would mean that there are no checks or controls without borders and there is a number of suggestions and the unsanitary zone around the uk and ireland which is on the trade of food and goods and that would be based on having him deemed equivalence with the eu which could actually increase frictions on trade between ireland and the rest of the Single Market, would not be a cce pta ble Single Market, would not be acceptable and a cost element of implementation on that so there are other things, like trusted traders, using the common Transit System and all of these measures require guarantees, they would require Huge Investment from businesses in terms of it systems and things like that and also for nonfood checks, there isa and also for nonfood checks, there is a basis on agreements on come the checks and things like that but without the underpinning of. Gets very complex and the nature of trade across the island of ireland, it is carried by micro and Small Businesses and most of those businesses, to implement the arrangements that being suggested would make business and trade and. Thank you very much for giving us your view on the lack of any Movement Today between france and the british Prime Minister, thank you. The brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight wildfires raging across the amazon rainforest. Satellite images show theres been a massive increase in the number of fires this year. But conservationists have blamed brazils government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. Tonight federal prosecutors have announced they will investigate the fires. Camilla mota reports from sao paulo. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species of plants and animals and one million indigenous people. It generates more than 20 of all the oxygen in our atmosphere. This is what its like at ground level. Brazils had more than 73,000 fire outbreaks this year and more than half have been in the amazon. Sao paulo, brazils largest city, is over 1,600 miles from fires. But this week, in the middle of the day, it was plunged into darkness due to smoke from the fires. In recent months, the countrys president has ripped up environmental protections for the amazon. Who does he blame for the fires . Translation guarding the amazon fires, im under the impression they could have been started by the ngos because theyd asked forfunding. What was their intention . To bring about problems for brazil. Chanting. Protesters have blamed bolsonaros government for encouraging greater exploitation of the amazon, and weakening its environmental safeguards. This is how they greeted brazils environmental minister at a climate conference. Booing. Fires in the amazon caused by people are fairly common at this time of the year, but it was the arrival of smoke from the blazes here in sao paulo that ignited outrage in brazil and worldwide against the governments attitude towards the environment. Camilla mota, bbc news, sao paulo. Lets talk now to leroy westerling, whos professor of climate wildfire at the university of california. Welcome to you and thank you for being with us here on bbc news. What in your view is behind this massive increase in the fires in the amazon rain forest this year . You know that brazil periodically gets fires during dry seasons especially in yea rs during dry seasons especially in years with strong el nino cycle but this is not one of those years. Files there are predominantly human started to begin with and this is not an especially dry year so this probably reflects human activity around man clearance for grazing. That is what he says, this is the season where farmers burn land to clear up before planting and you agree with that analysis, du . Yes but the problem is that if you open up but the problem is that if you open up the rain forest canopy with conversion of land and patches and then burns coming up from that, if you get a repeat burn within a short period of time, you are very likely to convert from a rain forest or Something Else and continue that process of progressively opening more and more areas that dries out the forest. There seems to be conflicting data, satellite data published by the National Institute for space says. 0verall fire activity is lower this year according to nasa. I do not have any comments. Are not clear whether or not there is this massive increase . Iam not not there is this massive increase . I am not aware of the discrepancy between the two figures. But your view and what you have seen does there appear to have been a huge increase of siu have been reporting . We do not get pictures every year like this of the smoke of first sao paulo. Said there is . Yes. Explained to us how important it is and what these buyers are doing notjust to brazil but globally. The brazilian rain friends and a sense tries to regulate its own climate, that part of the reason you get more rainfall over the amazon rain forest in particular is because the forest itself is providing some of that moisture. And there is a feedback as you get less and less forests you will have less rainfall sale under a lot of the climate model protections there is a probability and a chance of converting to savannah from rain forests in the amazon basin. That would be based primarily on changes and interior continental climate, due to Climate Change but we are basically hastening that conversion by lighting fires in places where they would not have ignited naturally by themselves. Great to get your analysis and thank you very much forjoining us. Fracking at a site near blackpool has been suspended after the largest earth tremor ever recorded there. Cuadrilla, which only resumed operations a week ago, says the tremor, with a magnitude of one point five, was way below anything that can cause harm or damage. But opponents have renewed calls for the process to be banned. Andy gill reports. The resident protesters record every lorry that goes into cuadrillas site and today was no different. What was different was the tremor that was recorded here, 1. 6 by the British Geological surveys, it is the biggest yet recorded. People will be frightened and possibly re engage with the campaign if they have been against it before but also it is the Wider Community alerted to the dangers of it. He lives close to the dangers of it. He lives close to the fracking site and they were watching tv when they heard and felt a tremor. We were relaxing in here when we felt the tremor and there was a very loud rumble and my wife felt the tremor and i said i think that wasnt earthquake. Cuadrilla likens it to a bag of shopping dropping and on the floor and is not a comparison you would except . They are seeking to trivialize that but the real issue is what happens to the real issue is what happens to the well under ground, where the events are happening. Cuadrilla suspended activity for the regulation eating hours and it is getting measurements to raise the level of permitted seismic activity. Earlier this year the British Geological survey suggested that the limits on seismic activity on the site should be relaxed because of low risks and others who are opposed to macro to say that the limits should not be relaxed. Cuadrilla said the next treatment will not harm people or property. Said the next treatment will not harm people or propertylj understand harm people or property. understand that some people will be worried about the headlines that this is an absolutely tiny event, a tremor that is one 30th of what is allowed on the average building site but i appreciate it can cause some distress. The Company Plans to restart fracking tomorrow morning. New figures obtained by the bbc show that workers in the Agricultural Industry are more than 20 times more likely to be killed in accidents at work compared to other sectors. Analysis of health and safety executive data shows that at least 4,000 farm workers have been seriously injured, over the last five years. The sector only accounts for one percent of the uk workforce, but a fifth of all workplace deaths. Between 2013 and 2018, 134 people died in agriculture. Gareth barlow reports. I remember going up the ladder, then it all went blank, to be honest. The next thing i remember is waking up some five weeks later, having been in a drug induced coma in a pretty sorry state. Theyre up there a fair old way, and they weigh a fair old weight. Theres lots of people who have said to me, how can you do a job that is what killed your dad . Farming, it can be a dangerous and sometimes deadly industry. In norfolk, tim papworth farms crops and livestock and, like thousands of others in agriculture, he was injured at work. One of my employees came along and said, tim, its dangerous. We cant see what were doing because the lights gone, can you sort it out . So, i went up the ladder to change the light bulb and unfortunately fell. It was a simple task with a huge impact. They removed part of my skull. I had two subdural haematomas on my brain, which are basically two bleeds on the brain. I was paralysed, i couldnt look after myself, i couldnt feed myself. The effect it had on my immediate family was horrific. Farmers frequently find themselves in risky situations, working with dangerous animals, operating heavy machinery and often alone for long hours. It was while loading straw bales early one morning that jack fishers dad, peter, died. When they took the bales off him, he had a rolled up ratchet strap in his hand. So, we like to think that he maybe had his back to them and he was rolling the strap up and, you know, they came off and it was kind of like an instant. I know it sounds horrible to say, but it was an instant thing and he didnt feel anything. But, yeah, so. Two years after his dads death and just two weeks into the job, jacks now following in his fathers footsteps. What do you think your dad would make of his boys doing this . Voice breaks um, jeez, i cant. I think hed be really proud, yeah, really, really proud. And, yeah, ithink, you know, if things would have carried on, if dad would have still been here, i think wed have been doing this but wed all have been doing it. Sadly, peter isnt here, butjack has a simple message he hopes will save lives. Take your time, slow down. Make sure stuffs done properly, because once youre gone, youre gone and thats it. Gareth barlow, bbc news. All this week across bbc news weve been looking at the issues facing farming across the country. For more go to our website. Thats at bbc. Co. Uk focus on farming. The headlines on bbc news. The french president tells borisjohnson the irish backstop is indespensible despite the pm wanting to scrap it. Why a no deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england guess where it will end up. The gcse pass rate is up slightly and thats despite warnings from teachers that some students struggled the first credit card issued by tech giant apple has come under fire after the company had to issue advise to customers on storing the card. A warning that the card should be kept away from leather and denim has been received with ridicule on social media. 0ne twitter user gave a suggestion of an appropriate outfit to wear with the card. A white bull or suit there. A white boiler suit there. Anotherjoked when not in use, apple card should be returned to a uniformly lit white cube containing only a british man softly repeating al lu min ee um. The card is currently only available in the united states, a uk launch date hasnt yet been announced. Matt navarra is a Digital Media consultant and joins me now. Welcome to you and thank you for being with us, that of a tech felt there, what has gone from . M being with us, that of a tech felt there, what has gone from . It is not there, what has gone from . It is not the first time they have had issues and they have problems and there we re and they have problems and there were issues with the macbook and keyboards on there so this is not the first time that has happened there but it is a bit of an embarrassment i would say. Why is the card only suitable for certain fabrics . This is something that they would be trying to figure out themselves, it is unlike some other credit cards, it is a piece of metal and looks very pretty and not like any other cards, need tech in some way and not just any other cards, need tech in some way and notjust realising that putting it in certain parts of your pockets or at leather and some things is causing some problems. am guessing they will not be all too happy with this. A lot of people will be wondering why they have gone into the credit card business and promoting their Apple Pay Service on their phones . Ecard as part of the product for apple card so it is not all situations, where you need a physical car but remember with people that have apple products it isa people that have apple products it is a status symbol and it has to look beautiful that is what apple products are about but in terms of why they are on that market, there area why they are on that market, there are a lot of reasons, it likes to own the end to end part of the business chain. From the hardware, softwa re business chain. From the hardware, software to the apps and the motivation to have people buy things and learn more about you as a consumer so it makes sense while doing it but unfortunately have a product that looks great but is a little bit lame really. I was reading out some of the social media reactions and how embarrassing is it for them . They had other incidents like this like ring gate, and the leaving marks and this is another sort of incident cell eight zero a lot of money at apple and they come out shinier and they look great and people still want their product so i think they will be fine. It is a little bit embarrassing but. guess it is been emphasising style over substance guess it is been emphasising style over su bsta nce yet guess it is been emphasising style over substance yet again. Their products are great because they look amazing and they are very intuitive to use and the premium price and not focus on apple and what they do, every m ove focus on apple and what they do, every move that they make, it is more embarrassing for them so ultimately they will want to fix the problem as quickly as possible and hope certain people will keep the products. Some denim streaks across them. Good to get your thoughts and thank you for being with us. Researchers have developed a new microscope that can take pictures of living organisms in unprecedented detail. They can now see processes inside the body that were previously invisible including how the flu virus infects us and how blood cells detect cuts and begin the clotting process. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. These cells are the Building Blocks of human life. Its where all our bodys basic processes occur and its here that raging war is against diseases are fought. The researchers here have developed a way of taking pictures of these processes. This gigantic two tonne microscope is transforming our understanding of living processes. It takes something so big to see the tiny atom sized cogs and wheels inside us in action. Here they are, freezing a flu virus and putting it into the microscope. Thousands of images are taken from different angles, to build up this picture. Its the spikes around the viruses that havent been seen before. These are the bits that puncture the bodys cells in order to infect them with flu. A close up helps researchers here target the vulnerable parts of the virus. Its certainly a huge step forward, in being able to really see whats going on within the structures. Before, you had to either cut them into slices, orjust see the outside of. Now, we can see the whole object. We use x rays to study the structure of a molecule. Until recently, we relied on a technique developed 100 years ago and used throughout the 20th century to get pictures of biological molecules. It involved blasting them with x rays. The new method enables researchers to see what these important molecules actually do in the body. This is the inside of a blood vessel and the long worm like structures burst open when we bleed. It has been described as a resolution revolution and i think its clear now that turning this technique on almost any biological problem is providing new information. Researchers have now got a view of biology in action that theyve never had before. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. Amazing images there. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello again we are said to get a bit hotter for a number of us and the hottest temperatures are likely across south east england and not eve ryo ne across south east england and not everyone likes to heat but we could be looking at 30 degrees for some as we had three saturday and sunday. Today was always about whether contrasts and there have been pleasa nt contrasts and there have been pleasant sunshine across southern areas of the uk and further north we had thicker cloud bringing bursts of rain particularly across Northern Island and Northern England and parts of western scotland. That is where we pick up the weather story, overnight rain will continue its journey north where its. Heaviest in western scotland but rain getting through the central belt into eastern areas from time to time. Further south they largely draw a picture and there will be some cloud around and may be a bit of nastiness over the high ground and temperature is around 11 to 15 degrees. Tomorrow the area of rain continues gently northwards and the rain clears away from mainland scotland and it is wet for a time from mainland scotland and it is wet fora time and from mainland scotland and it is wet for a time and augmenting and arriving in shetland. The highest temperatures will be across southern parts of england and wales and some temperatures, 20 celsius and turning warmer across Northern England and other parts of Northern Ireland and scotla nd other parts of Northern Ireland and scotland with christ pushing into the low 20s here. Unto the weekend weather prospects and we start to get our wins coming in from the near continent but we have the weather front across Western Areas which means it is not entirely a dry picture but it could be a few showers around western parts of the uk but otherwise, i think Early Morning clyde will break up and we will look at prolonged spells of sunshine for many parts of the uk. Sunshine, getting hotter still and temperatures rising further north as well with highs of 23 in edinburgh. Sunday, second half of the weekend, reasonably straightforward day weather wise but that could be a patch of low cloud affecting some of the north sea coast but otherwise plenty of sunshine around for the vast majority of us and again another hot one across Eastern England and rises up to 30 degrees and temperatures rising further and 21 and temperatures rising further and 2a in both newcastle and edinburgh. Ed isa 2a in both newcastle and edinburgh. Ed is a bit more uncertainty in the forecast through monday where we see something very showers break out and eventually the weather will turn cooler and unsettled as the week goes by. Hello, this is 0utside source. The french president tells borisjohnson that it might be possible to renegotiate the brexit deal. But he says the irish border backstop is indispensible. Mrjohnson says there are alternatives to the backstop. I think that the Technical Solutions are readilyy available, and theyve been discussed at great length. Brazil says it will launch an investigation into the huge spike in the number of wildfires that are burning across the amazon forest after the us conducts a missile test after pulling out of a key arms reduction treaty, russia says the world is on the eve of a new arms race. The Un Security Council is discussing the us launch right now. And well hear from bbc russian on the Three Sisters who killed their abusive father. 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