As japan prepares to host the 2020 paralympics, we investigate just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities. Ina in a years time, this city will be hosting the pa ralympic in a years time, this city will be hosting the Paralympic Games and not only are we seeing 4000 odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media and spectators. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazils sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. The french president Emmanuel Macron added his voice to those concerned. He tweeted our house is burning. Literally. He said wildfires in the amazon were an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 to address the issue. Camila mota sent this report 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 for funding. 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 take a look at some of the days other news french president Emmanuel Macron has been meeting british Prime Minister boris johnson. Mrjohnson is trying to persuade european leaders to change the exit deal the uk agreed last year. But mr macron told him the irish backstop was indispensable. Mrjohnson said britain would leave the eu at the end of october with or without a deal. It is vital for trust in politics that, if you have a referendum, then you should act on the instructions of the voters. And that is why we must come out of the eu on october the 31st, deal or no deal. Translation the key elements, including the irish backstop, not technical constraints or quibbling but up for stability in ireland. Later in the day mr macon also met with indias Prime Minister narendra modi. Their bilateral talks come ahead of the g7 summit this weekend. The two leaders meet as tensions grow between india and pakistan, over indias decision to revoke special autonomous status for the part of kashmir it controls. Qantas will run Test Services of its planned 19 hour flights to work out whether passengers and crew can bear the marathon journeys. The airline wants to operate Non Stop Services from sydney to london and new york by as soon as 2022. They would be the worlds longest direct flights. Singer taylor swift says she plans to re record her old songs after her back catalogue was bought by a music manager she has accused of bullying. Record executive Scooter Braun acquired herformer record label and now owns the rights to her first six albums. He has never responded publicly to the allegations. And Giraffe Conservation has taken a big step forward, with the worlds tallest mammals receiving enhanced protection under the convention on International Trade in endangered species. The move got an overwhelming vote of approval at a meeting in geneva. In indonesia, thousands of police and military personnel have been sent to sumatra and borneo to help contain forest fires there. Authorities believe the fires were started deliberatly and have warned those involved will face harsh punishment. Indonesia is under increased pressure to end the use of burning for land clearance. The fires are the latest disaster to hit the asia pacific. In the last six months the region has also experienced drought, typhoons, earthquakes and flooding. In fact, almost half of the 281 natural disasters worldwide last year occurred in the region, including eight out of the ten deadliest. A new report from the United Nations has found these events are growing in intensity, frequency and complexity and are a sign of things to come. Kaveh zahedi is the deputy executive secretary of Sustainable Development for the United Nations economic and social commission for asia and the pacific. He told me more about the findings. We see increase intensity, frequency and cost especially in the Asia Pacific Region and,. And cost especially in the asiapacific region and,. We would like to apologise, we do not have those pictures of the earlier interview. Moving on to bangladesh. Bangladesh tried on thursday to begin the repartiation of Rohingya Refugees back to myanmar. It laid on trucks and buses to drive them back across the border. But not one refugees would get on board. The myanmar government had approved the repatriation of more than 3,000 rohingya. 700,000 of them left myanmar two years ago after a crackdown by the military, and they are still afraid to return. Still nobody agrees to repatriate and go there because there are no guarantees of citizenship in the original homeland and also if the myanmar government wants to repatriate us, they must give us citizenship and identity. Phil robertson is Deputy Director of Human Rights Watchs Asia Division and has been following the failed repatriation. The reality is that the situation for human rights has not improved inside myanmar where they are going to be sent back to. They are afraid to be sent back to. They are afraid to be sent back to. They are afraid to be sent back into arms length with the military and the Police Forces which abused them so badly two years ago. They do not want to be locked down in our displaced persons. They are talking about citizenship which is not on offer from the myanmar government and they are worried about lack of access to services, inability to move around and have a livelihood dash all the basic things they need to survive. These are quite a number of demands. Do you think that these refugees will still want to go back if these demands and safeguards are not met . They do definitely want to go back but they want to go back some guarantee for security and some guarantee for security and some guarantee of their status and if they do return and the rights be respected. I think that is a reasonable request after what they went through, ethnic cleansing and quite possibly genocide. When do you think the burmese government which instituted these demands they are seeking . They will start when the Un Security Council and other international does pressure them to do so. So far we have seen a singular failure do so. So far we have seen a singularfailure of do so. So far we have seen a singular failure of political will by the International Community to demand that myanmar make the kind of changes required for the right finger to go back. For the rohingya. Will the demand be followed by the government and military . If there is proper pressure applied i think you could see some improvements. International humanitarians are trying to get on the ground and provided the monitoring and services and assistance required for people to go back but the government is keeping them out. When do you think this will happen . When are we likely to see myanmar following with the demands and these refugees crossing back . I think we will continue to see pressure to do this. It could be another year or so, it could be more. The conditions have to be right before they go back. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme South Koreans protest against japanese goods, after seoul terminates an intelligence sharing pact, in the latest tit for tat dispute. Also on the programme as tokyo marks one year until the 2020 pa ralympics, we look at just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities. Washington, the worlds most political city, is today assessing the Political Health of the worlds most powerful man. Indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. In south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. Over the past ten days, 500 have died. Chanting czechoslovakia must be free czechoslovakia must be free chanting czechoslovakia must be free russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. We all with them now, within our hearts. The pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2. 5 Million People in his hometown of krakow. Stay with us, stay with us, chanted this ocean of humanity. Well, well, joked the pope, so you want me to desert rome . This is newsday on the bbc. Im sharanjit leyl, in singapore. And im rico hizon, in london. Our top stories brazils president says his government doesnt have the resources to fight the Record Number of wildfires raging across the amazon rainforest. President macron of france tells his british counterpart there can be no major changes to the Brexit Agreement, but some minor alterations may still be possible. We lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. We start with the south China Morning post, which leads with last months attack on Anti Government protesters at yuen long station. It reports that two of the 28 men arrested over the attack have been charged with rioting and will appear in court on friday. The Philippine Star quotes president duterte saying that its tax agency would be the next government body to be cleansed of corruption. Mr duterte wants to see changes because of what he describes as high level corruption. The japan times leads with seouls announcement that it will end an intelligence sharing agreement. It says what it calls a stunning decision could effect Regional Security. We will have more on this story later in the programme. Indonesia has deployed more than 1,000 extra security personnel to the province of papua after violent protests. Activists pushing for indepence say the demonstrations are the most significant in years. The bbcs asia editor Rebecca Henschke reports on whats sparked the unrest. Free papua, protesters shout outside the president ial palace and so the capital, jakarta. People carry monkey masks referencing racist tau nts monkey masks referencing racist taunts in surabaya made to students which sparked this latest wave of protests. Some 5000 kilometres away in papua, thousands have been taking to the streets in several days of protests, demanding an end to racism and calling for independence from indonesia. A former dutch colony, papua was annexed by indonesia in the 1970s. In the latest protest, numerous buildings were torched including a jail. Teargas was fired as protesters clashed with security forces. The indonesian president has called for calm and forgiveness by sending in more Security Officers to the area which is already the countrys most heavily militarised area. The internet has also been shut down in an attempt, the government says, to restore order. Activists say it limits free speech and claim the Indonesian Military is carried out human rights abuses in the region in their attempt to suppress any dissent. While the racist taunts this week may have been the spark, there have been yea rs of been the spark, there have been years of underlying resentment towards the Central Government. It is resource rich, home to the worlds biggest Gold Mountain gold mine. Papua remains one of the poorest regions in the country. Last year measles and malnutrition crisis killed 70 children. The Central Government is working hard to demonstrate jakartas commitment to developing the province. But papua independence leaders are demanding a referendum. Indonesian Authorities Say that is not on the table. South korea has terminated its military intelligence sharing pact with japan in the latest tit for tat dispute that has hit diplomatic and trade ties. At the beginning of august, japan removed south koreas favoured trade Partner Status and imposed export controls on its Important Electronics sector. This in turn was linked to a decades long dispute over reparations forjapans occupation of korea. For more on this our Business Reporter mariko 0i is here. This is the latest salvo in this ongoing dispute. It certainly led to an escalation. Indeed. This pact was something the us pushed for three yea rs something the us pushed for three years ago, in part to monitor north koreas missile and Nuclear Activities and thats why many experts didnt expect south korea to cancel it because its relationship with the us is very important. They did, sparking protest. Japans foreign minister calling it a com plete foreign minister calling it a complete misjudgment of the current Regional Security environment. We heard from us secretary of state mike pompeo expressing disappointment. Of course, the tensions have been tense somewhat for the last couple of months after tokyo imposed those export controls which really hit south koreas tech industry. Showing that ship exports, computer chips. Down 30 over the three weeks to august. We saw south korean consumers boycotting japanese product. Affecting japans economy as well. President trump says he is considering officially designating the antifascist Antifa Movement a terrorist organisation. It executes him of hypocrisy. We report on the current state of the far right in america and now we take a look at the far left. The rise of White Supremacy in the us has seen a counter surge, in an anti fascist movement that has come to be known as antifa. It gets attention when activists come out to oppose far right marches, often in dangerous confrontations with neo nazis or the police. Its our duty, its our obligation as human beings to come and use our voice and use our bodies to protect our communities. I, personally, am comfortable with thought that my life could be. Like, i could die in order to make it easier for other people to live. Many conservatives here say that antifa, and not the far right, is the real danger. In the past, antifa protesters have vandalised businesses and beaten people during rallies in the name of anti fascism. We are not going to let fascists take over peacefully. By whatever means. By any means necessary. Which means the potential use of violence . U nfortu nately. Luis, who has been arrested many times, insists it is never his objective to start violence, only to physically confront hate groups on the streets. But, even in recent days, we have seen that the Antifa Movement takes many other forms to oppose fascism. Well, you dontjust see anti fascism expressed in this country on the streets when people come out to confront white supremacists. Antifa has also found a home in the Supporters Clubs of some of americas professional football teams. The stadium at this Portland Timbers game was awash with anti fascist slogans and signs, and messages of inclusion. Even the Supporters Club logo is that of the iron front its three arrows representing opposition to nazism. And this is antifa, too. The metal band lockdown part of a thriving us anti fascist music scene. So, what do they think about the president saying he is thinking of designating antifa a terrorist organisation . Antifa is not an organisation whatsoever. Itjust should be who you are as a human being. Weve done nothing terroristic at all. Weve committed no sorts of atrocities, unlike the other side, the far right side, where there have been many, many very deadly terroristic attacks. And when you do look at the Mass Shootings by white supremacists, at a black church or a synagogue or targeting latinos, there has been no equivalent violence on the far left. Thats not to say things arent heading in a more extreme direction. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in portland, oregon. This weekend, celebrations will take place in tokyo as the one year countdown to the 2020 paralympics takes place. Its the second times that japan has hosted the games, and this time organisers are hoping there will be a fundamental change in how disability is viewed in the country. Nikki fox has been to tokyo to see how accessible the city is. Ina in a years time, this city will be hosting the pa ralympic in a years time, this city will be hosting the Paralympic Games so not only will we see 4000 odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. Josh has lived here for 12 years. He is now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan so who better than him to give me a tour . Ive lost you now. Its really busy, isnt it . It can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, its easy to get around. Ive always wanted to try this crossing. This is the famous crossing, isnt it . Yes, it is the shibuya scramble. Josh, were going to dry die. I wondered if i would survive the crossing. I dont think im ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. Im going to follow you. There are steps there. There is no ramp at all, there isjust you. There are steps there. There is no ramp at all, there is just a step to get in. Is there anything you think i will have a problem with . Yes, definitely hotels is one of the big ones. Right now, there are only 0. 4 of hotel rooms injapan that are accessible. Restaurants, seriously a lot of restaurants will have a step with them. Its separate it have a step with them. Its separate it separates the house from the area and its important culturally independent but its hard for people with disabilities. In japan. Independent but its hard for people with disabilities. Injapan. Is getting around 0k . 0nly with disabilities. Injapan. Is getting around 0k . Only use Public Transportation and buses and subways are over 90 accessible. Transportation and buses and subways are over 90 accessiblelj transportation and buses and subways are over 9096 accessible. I am right at the station. Is that station . Is that the lift you would use . Yes. You just tell them where you want to go and they will put something down to you and when you get to your destination, there is someone waiting for you. If it was like that in london, i wouldnt be driving anywhere. We are starving but we cant find anywhere to actually go. 0k, were going to miss out. There is starbucks but we cant get into starbucks because there is a step. 0n the right hand side, there is a Department Store. If in doubt, Department Store. If in doubt, Department Store. If in doubt, Department Store food. 0n Department Store. If in doubt, Department Store food. On it. Department store. If in doubt, Department Store food. 0n it. |j Department Store. If in doubt, Department Store food. On it. I sort of always wanted to live injapan and come to japan. The paralympics coming, its a great idea for tokyo to learn how accessibility ideas and ways of doing things from around the world, for people coming with disabilities so it will be a Good Opportunity for tokyo. But you must absolutely opportunity for tokyo. But you must a bsolutely love opportunity for tokyo. But you must absolutely love it here. Oh, yes. Preparations for the paralympics. Youve been watching newsday. And before we go, wed like to leave you with these pictures of giant panda bei bei celebrating his 4th birthday at washington, dcs national zoo. You can see him enjoying his cake which was made of diluted apple and grapejuice, fruits and sweet potatoes. Happy birthday bei bei thats all for now stay with bbc world news. Hello there. Just when we thought it was all over it looks like some receptor return. Temperatures rising across the country over the next few days, really hotting up in the south east of england where we will find the peak of the temperatures. Last time we had 30 degrees was back in the heatwave at the end of last month. The heatwave this time and at the moment, around this area of high pressure, still got some moist atla ntic pressure, still got some moist Atlantic Winds and that weather front bringing rain into the far north of scotland. That moist atla ntic north of scotland. That moist Atlantic Wind means all the card we start the day with around some of these Western Hills may well be a bit damp and misty. That mist and drizzle will tend to lift and the cloud in the rain across northern scotla nd cloud in the rain across northern scotland should clear the mainland and head up towards the northern isles. Sunny skies coming across southern england and wales and the midlands and lincolnshire and east anglia, giving a step which is a boost, up to a high of 27 or so in the south east of england. Further north we hung on to more cloud, those temperatures will be nearer 20 or21. Those temperatures will be nearer 20 or 21. For the second day of the test match at headingley, it looks like it should be a dry day this time but the most of the day, there will be a lot of cloud around. Cloud only really breaks up later on in the evening session. We got the claudia skies then and they will continue to push away northwards with the clearance coming in from the south. Still got a bit of rain threatening the far north west of scotland, perhaps Northern Ireland as well. Look at the temperatures by the time we get into the weekend and again, they are sitting at 14 or 15 degrees. It continues to heat up during this weekend because it got warmer hour coming in around that area of high pressure, pushing its way northwards. Still that whether front is hanging around in the north west corner of the uk threatens to bring one or two showers into the north west of scotla nd showers into the north west of scotland for a while and perhaps even scotland for a while and perhaps eve n a cross scotland for a while and perhaps even across westernmost parts of Northern Ireland. Elsewhere across Northern Areas of the uk, they will be more sunshine on saturday we had the sunny skies further south in heat continuing to build its way northwards, maybe getting into the mid 20s in the central belt of scotland, 27 or 28 with the midlands, east wales and 30 in the south east of england. The chance of the odd shower in the far north west of scotland, more cloud but Northern Ireland. Bridges are never going to be as high here but sunny skies elsewhere, that warmth pushing further north into scott and with the peak of the temperatures on sunday around the london area, 30 or 31 degrees. Into the beginning of next week, there is some uncertainty. Eventually, the weather is going to change, the really high temperatures are stuck in the south east on monday. The potential of some thunderstorms from the near continent. Rain from the north west is more likely, perhaps on tuesday. Im rico hizon with bbc news. Our top story brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the Record Number of wildfires raging through the amazon rainforest. Global leaders including the un secretary general and the french president have expressed alarm about the fires. Conservationists have blamed the brazilian government for whats happening, saying its encouraged the clearing of land. President macron of france has told his british counterpart there can be no major changes to the Brexit Agreement but that talks should continue. Borisjohnson went to paris to get support for a new deal. And this video is trending on bbc. 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