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Fires in the amazon. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing this region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forest, just going up in smoke. And its the hottest Late August Bank Holiday weekend on record, with the top temperature reaching 33. 3 degrees in west london. It was one of the most astonishing innings in the history of test match cricket. With england heading towards a humiliating defeat which would have seen australia retain the ashes, ben stokes hit an amazing century to give england an unlikely one wicket victory. After collapsing forjust 67 runs in the first innings, this time england needed 359 to clinch the game. That looked a long way off when stokes was joined by the last manjack leach still needing 73 to win. Stokes then launched a stunning solo assault to win the game and bring the series level at 1 1. This is ben stokes in the dressing room after the match, reflecting on what hes accomplished. And afterwards stokes england team mate, joe root paid tribute, saying hes a freak, hes incredible. To basically win a game on your own from that position is just amazing. And this was the reaction from some of the fans after the extraordinary finish. Wave weve just said its the best test match ever. Phenomenal. We never thought wed. Test match ever. Phenomenal. We never thought wed. Dave four and we have one and it has been utterly fantastic. Ben stokes, they should knight him actually. Nailbiting, we were, like, oh, my god, this isnt going to happen, it cant happen, and then we were like. I think everyone wasjust in and then we were like. I think everyone was just in shock. And then we were like. I think everyone wasjust in shock. It and then we were like. I think everyone was just in shock. It was brilliant. Superb stopper yesterday morning we didnt think we would be coming to watch any cricket at all and to see that is incredible, ridiculous. I thought it was ebbing away but they came back. Absolutely unbelievable. Fantastic. It was great. Highly delighted that we managed to pull it off. As the game drew nearer to managed to pull it off. As the game drew nearerto an managed to pull it off. As the game drew nearer to an end it got tighter and tighter. And thanks to that man ben stokes and jack leach as well, who held his end up, a great day. Great day indeed. 0lly foster is at the bbc sport centre for us now. Some it up for us if you can, there isa some it up for us if you can, there is a challenge. It was to be unbearable to watch because england we re unbearable to watch because england were not just unbearable to watch because england were notjust up against it, the game is over, this was only the fourth day of the third test, yet 359 to win seemed an absolute long shot. They had never chased that successfully in a fourth innings, australia needing just ten wickets, england already three down at the start of the day, joe root at the crease was unbeaten on 75 and ben stokes with just two runs but when joe root went early, this morning, you knew that it was ben stokes or nothing, really. He dug away and as his partners came and went, until we had jack leach, the last man, england were still a long way away. But stokes hit 11 fours including the winning runs from a boundary and eight sixes as he single handedly went about dismantling the australian attack. I say unbearable because they had very, very big slices of luck, england as well, stokes was dropped out in the deep. There should have been a run out as well but nathan lyon just dropped the ball when jack well but nathan lyon just dropped the ball whenjack leach went for a ridiculous single and he was well out of his ground. And then the real turning point, australia had reviewed a decision that was never lbw, but what was an lbw was ben stokes but they had run out of reviews and the umpire did not give it, more poor umpiring. Australia will rue that but england wont. Stokes survived and went on to win the match for england. An incredible knock, and alastair cook, as you said, he said it was the most extraordinary test innings ever played by an england batsman. I35 not out, but most importantly, it keeps the ashes series alive. And australia looked absolutely stunned as stokes hit the boundary once again. Now a little breather before the force test at old trafford in ten days time. But you just feel that the momentum is with england now. 1 1 in the series with two to play. That is where i was going to go with my next thought, it is only 11 go with my next thought, it is only 1 1 and in that sense you should not get too excited even though the game itself also extraordinary. But you do sense that this is bound to have an impact on how the two sides feel going into the fourth and fifth test matches . A lot will depend on how australia respond, remember, they should have steve smith back in the side, their best batsman, the worlds best batsman, two very big knocks and centuries already in this series, remember he had concussion after being hit byjofra archer in the lords test. He should be back for old trafford. Still some very Big Questions for england because you take ben stokes away, they have got serious issues in the batting order. Yes, skittled for 67 in the first innings, it goes without saying they have got some issues. They have been bowled out for some very low scores in the last couple of series. They have got problems at the top of the order. Expect some changes at the top. Jason roy, fantastic in limited overs cricket, but he has not proven himself to be anywhere near a test opening batsman. Expect changes for old trafford, but for now, england will breathe a sigh of relief that they are still in the ashes series. They will breathe a sigh of relief because they got lucky towards the end, there. They just because they got lucky towards the end, there. Theyjust have to hope that ben stokes will be fit and firing in time for the fourth ashes test. Thank you, olly foster, summing up an extraordinary day at headingley. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that its now touch and go whether the uk will leave the eu with a deal on october the 31st. Speaking at the g7 summit in biarritz, the Prime Minister said he had to be prepared to leave without a deal, in order to convince brussels to scrap the current Withdrawal Agreement. The Prime Minister, who this morning had his first face to face meeting as Prime Minister with President Trump, also admitted it would take more than a year to negotiate any future trade deal with the United States. He was speaking to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. Side by side, the american president and the man he says is the right person to deliver brexit. Borisjohnson says there are massive opportunities for british businesses, if a trade deal can be done, but critics say it could take years. We are going to do a fantastic deal. The us and british teams sat down for a working breakfast donald trump promising a very big trade deal that could be done very quickly. A very big trade deal, bigger than we have had with the uk. When i spoke to the Prime Minister, he was optimistic. The americans are very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible and they really want results, within a year, i suppose, by nextjune orjuly. We are keen to go as fast as we can, but we want this to be a really big, thorough going, comprehensive trade deal. There is no point having a deal just in agriculture, industrial goods and so on. That is not where the real advantages are for the uk. Experts say it cannot be done in a year, its going to take years. I think years and years is an exaggeration, but i think to do it all within a year is going to be tight. What about a deal closer to home with the eu . Borisjohnson also sat down with the president of the European Council today. I think that it all depends on our eu friends and partners. I think, in the last few days, that there has been a sort of dawning realisation, in brussels and other european capitals, what the shape of the problem is for the uk. Have you detected more of a willingness . Look, i think. I am an optimist, but i do think they understand it. Its going to take more than optimism, isnt it . I do think they understand that there is an opportunity to do a deal, but they also understand. Is it more likely than it was, do you think . I think its going to be touch and go, but the important thing is to get ready to come out without a deal. I was going to ask you about that. That greatly assists us in a couple of ways. As you know, it means that. It helps us to convince our friends and partners of the necessity to do a deal, but it also minimises any disruption that there may be on october the 31st. The main talks at this summit focus on the Global Economy and security, but brexit remains the most pressing issue for Boris Johnson. Vicki young is in biarritz for us, i asked her earlier what she would highlight from her conversation with the Prime Minister. I think its interesting he feels he detects a shift in the conversations hes had with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel last week. He and downing street do feel those conversations about a new brexit deal, they might be ready to start. They could be meaningful and that has obviously come from a position where, for a very long time, the eu and brussels have said they are not opening the Withdrawal Agreement. But borisjohnson is an optimist as he says and thinks there can be a deal but wants to carry on preparing for no deal. That is still the interesting thing. We are talking aboutjust over two months time, borisjohnson made it clear he will leave with or without a deal at the end of october. But the prospect of that no deal and what it really means for people is still something that is hard to pin down. He wasnt really willing to explain what it might be. In the past, he has talked about it being bumpy and about there being bumps on the road. Does that mean job losses, does it mean fuel rationing, Food Shortages . It is very hard to know. I did manage to get a guarantee about medicines. Lots of people are concerned that if things are snarled up at the border because of customs checks, they wont be able to get the essential medicines they need. I said could he guarantee people will get access to them . He said it was a guarantee he could make, which is the first time he has done that. He believes the nhs and access to medicines will continue to run smoothly, even in the event of a no deal brexit. Those chances of a no deal brexit, not so long ago, coming out of his mouth, it was a million to one chance, but that has clearly changed in his view . Yes, they think the deal is still possible but going from a million to one where they think a deal is incredibly easy to get, he says we are now at a point where it is touch and go. He cannot be sure of that. Some people think parliament will stop it from happening. It is not entirely clear they are sure they can do that. His argument and downing streets argument is we continue to prepare for no dealfirstly, because they feel that as a negotiating position, it helps convince the eu that we are serious about it, as if we are ready to do it, it will give us some leverage. But we have to be ready for the disruption. He said that at some point we will disentangle ourselves from the eu, even if we get a deal so we need to make the preparations anyway and they wont be wasted. And the meeting with them at us, we played the clip a moment ago and the emphasis in that short excerpt was all of these areas that we agree on, but clearly, the one they dont agree on is arguably more important. Yes, it is. Remember, this is donald tusk, a man who said there was a special place in hell for those who had put forward the idea of brexit without a plan to do it safely. At the time, everyone really thought that he was aiming that at people like borisjohnson. That he was aiming that at people like Boris Johnson. There that he was aiming that at people like borisjohnson. There is potential there, yesterday another spot where donald tusk said surely mrjohnson did not want to go down as mr no deal. What you can see is a preparation of the blame in case no deal happens, and you can hear that mrjohnson is saying it is up to the eu. They know that parliament has rejected the Withdrawal Agreement and the backstop, the Northern Ireland backstop to prevent the checks on the irish border is com pletely u na cce pta ble to checks on the irish border is completely unacceptable to the uk, it has been rejected three times. Something is going to have to change. If they dont compromise, they are blamed for no deal. Of course, that is not how the eu sees it at all. They think this is a uk problem. They have already compromised on things but the backstop was a compromise for the eu, in fact, backstop was a compromise for the eu, infact, something backstop was a compromise for the eu, in fact, something the uk government wanted and of course, it was a different Prime Minister and regime. Things have changed. In the end, someone is going to have to compromise. Interestingly, no one thinks theres going to be any kind of breakthrough here. The date in the diary some in downing street are looking at is the 17th of october which is a eu summit which is pretty close to the departure date. Vicki young. The Iranian Foreign minister, javad zarif, has made an unscheduled trip to biarritz, after the french president , emmanel macron, said g7 leaders meeting there had agreed a common stance on tehrans nuclear deal. Mr zarif is meeting his french counterpart, jean yves le drian, to discuss how to reduce tensions with the United States over Irans Nuclear programme. Ros atkins is in biarritz for us. Yes, julian, the g7 press centre where i am speaking to you from is pretty much next door to the biarritz airport. When we first got the news the Iranian Foreign minister had touched down on the runway, i think a few people went outside, had a tiptoe and they look over the fence and sure enough, you could see the iranian plane. Then there was all kinds of speculation, how come he is here . The iranian told us that they had been invited by the French Foreign minister. And they accepted. But that is the short version of the story and theres a longer version and James Landale is going tojoin me to longer version and James Landale is going to join me to with this. Its a Bold Decision by president macron to allow the visit without, we think, telling the americans. Yeah, imean, it think, telling the americans. Yeah, i mean, it seems pretty clear the americans were not forewarned about this. Clearly, they know the french have been talking to iran because they have been doing so publicly, only on friday, president machen was speaking to javid zarif, the Iranian Foreign minister, in paris, looking for ways of de escalating the tensions in the gulf where there is a real stand off between the americans, who are putting huge pressure on the iranians with the sanctions, and iran saint of europeans, if you dont do anything about this, were definitely going to pull further out of the iran nuclear deal, which they have ready doing. But to one side or the tensions over the tankers in the gulf. The french are looking for a way out of this. It seems very difficult. And then in the middle of all of this, suddenly, javid zarif turns up. The question is, and we still dont know the answer, what are they trying to achieve . Are the french trying to bounce the americans into agreeing something here . Thats a risky strategy. If the americans feel they are being bounced into something. 0r the americans feel they are being bounced into something. Or is this a genuine attempt to say, look, the g7 are taking iran seriously and thinking about it, they had a big discussion about it last night over dinner. Is there some plan out their that has been put to javid zarif that has been put to javid zarif that he will take back to tehran . Is there something meaningful . Whenever i talk to officials about this, you know, they say it is all quite optimistic. I was interested earlier when president macron came out and said all Seven Members of the g7 agree they dont want conflict in the gulf and iran should not have a Nuclear Weapon and then donald trump came out and said you can have talks but he wont speak for him and made it quite clear that america was apart from europe on this. That is quite right. Both sides agree that there is a shared threat, that is there is a shared threat, that is the one thing they are real but they utterly disagree on the best way to deal with it. The americans as they ditch the nuclear deal and force iran to give up by putting on economic pressure and the europeans say that will end badly. James, thank you very much. Julian, as you know, these summits are always a mixture of press conferences, bilateral meetings, group meetings, a bit of socialising as well. Some socialising coming up later this evening, this sunday evening in biarritz and were watching very closely for the first proper reaction from donald trump on the iranian visit, so far he has just entered though comment which is not something he tends to say for very long on anything so at some point we will find out what he really thinks. Indeed. Thank you forjoining us. The headlines on bbc news. Batting brilliance from ben stokes leads england to a nail biting victory over australia and keeps the ashes series alive. Borisjohnson says the chances of a brexit deal are touch and go ahead of his meeting with the Eu Council President at the g7 summit. President trump says a very big trade deal after brexit is on the menu as he holds a working breakfast with the Prime Minister. British airways has apologised after admitting it mistakenly told some passengers their flights were cancelled. Pilots are going on strike on the 9th, 10th and 27th next month, but some customers with flights on other days were wrongly asked to rebook, or get a refund. British Airways Passenger Caroline Payne told me how shed had to book a second flight after she was told her flight was cancelled, only to be told her originalflight had been reinstated. We got an e mail, i think it came through in the early hours of the morning saying ourflight had been cancelled. That was it. So you know, we thought, my goodness, what are we going to do . Tried to phone ba, couldnt get through. No joy, so we thought we had better rebook because otherwise we have a lot of arrangements to alter. So we rebooked through air canada at great expense. Where were you due to be going . To seattle on the 8th of september. You rebooked with air canada at significant cost, so where do you stand now . I would like to speak to ba, but it is virtually impossible because every time you ring, it is either you cannot get through. We managed to get through and press number one, whatever it was we had to press and then the phone went dead. We have still got to contact ba orfor them to contact us would be nice. You are now under the impression, am i right in saying, the flight you thought was cancelled is now back on . Yes, then in the evening, we got another e mail saying the flight is back on. Ok, you now have got potentially the ba flight that you had originally and an air canada flight and you are how much out of pocket . 2,500. Any word on what might happen to that 2,500 . No. What would you like from ba at this point . I would like a flight and a refund. The efforts to do that are involving what, from your point of view . I would like ba to phone me. Why should i have to be on the phone holding on the phone all the time trying to get hold of them . We are their customers. They should be phoning us, apologising and sorting it out one way or another. When you first heard the strikes were going to happen, were there any questions in your mind at that point as to whether you might be affected . With the cancellation . Yes. Or the pilots strike . The pilots strike, when it was announced, did you have doubts it would happen . No, the pilots strike was supposed to be on the 9th, our flight was on the 8th, so we thought it was fine. The flight coming back was going to miss the strike, so we thought, great, we are going to miss this. Then the early hours of the next morning, we got the e mail, saying the flight was cancelled. Listen, you are not alone, i am sure that is no consolation, plenty of others in the same boat. I hope you get some joy in the next 2a hours or so and things pan out for you. Yes, i would like ba to contact us. If ba are watching, there is caroline, she would like a call. New 3d baggage scanners will be introduced at all major airports in the uk by 2022, under government plans announced today. Ministers say the technology will cut queues, boost security and will mean passengers will no longer have to remove laptops and liquids from their luggage as its screened. Our Business Correspondent katy austin has more. A familiar sight to air travellers clear plastic bags to put your small liquids in while you go through airport security. Laptops must be put in a separate tray. Airports in some countries, particularly america, are already starting to use new, high tech scanners for hand luggage. Heathrow in london is investing £50 million in similar equipment. They say it could remove the need for liquids and electricals to be taken out. It will be much quicker. It will be less disruptive not having to take things out of their bags and they will be able to get on their way much more quickly. But it will also give more security and that is really important to passengers. Now, all major uk airports are being told they must have advanced 3d scanners by 2022. It is very important we are using the best, world leading technology. We will have the best in the world once this is rolled out, thanks to this announcement. 0ne travel expert says passengers will notice a difference. Imagine this you are at security, you have forgotten to take out all your stuff, so that means your bag full of liquids. Then you have your computer, and maybe a telephone is in there and you have to take it all out and put each one in a separate tray. All of that takes time. Even though we say to ourselves, im ready, by the time we get to security, we realise or most of us do that we are not ready and there is a lot of faffing that takes place. Heathrow believes the new technology could make going through security up to 60 times faster. Airport operators say introducing it could be a challenge for smaller airports. Katy austin, bbc news. Brazilian troops are tackling the Record Number of wildfires in the amazon rainforest, with planes dropping water and chemicals in an attempt to extinguish the flames. President bolsonaros government is promising to ease austerity measures in order to find extra money to tackle the emergency. 0ur correspondent will grant has been on board a greenpeace plane and flown over some of the affected area. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing this region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forestjust going up in smoke. It must be thousands of hectares already, and its a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region and who are going to try to tackle the problem, sent by president bolsonaro. This is the reason for the protests taking place in the large cities of brazil in sao paulo, brasilia, in rio. And its also caused the international outcry. This is a global crisis, because these are considered the lungs of the world. And, just on a human level, on an emotional level almost, it is extremely upsetting, extremely disturbing, to see this kind of devastation unfolding in front of you. Now the forest has already been cut back for timber and is much weakened. So when the fires are started, they take very easily, particularly given this dry weather. But the activists say the problem is this is just the beginning of the season of dry weather, that things are going to get a lot worse before they improve. Seven people, including two children, have died after a mid air collision between a helicopter and a plane in mallorca, according to authorities there. The accident happened in the inca region of the spanish island. Emergency services are attending the scene. Lebanon has condemned israeli aggression, after two drones targeted the beirut stronghold of hezbollah. The us and israel consider hezbollah, an iran backed shiite group, to be a terrorist organisation. The incident in lebanons capital came hours after israel said it had conducted air strikes in neighbouring syria to prevent an iranian force from launching an attack on thejewish state. Riot police have again fired tear gas and baton charged protesters in hong kong. The latest clashes come as the protests enter their 12th week. They began in response to a controversial extradition bill but have since grown into broader Anti Government demonstrations. 0ur correspondent Stephen Mcdonell has sent this report from where some of the worst clashes have been happening. This is a new development, these protesters, instead of waiting for the police to come and clear them out, they are moving their barricades towards the police. It is obviously a clear provocation. The police have been firing tear gas and you can see the projectiles coming back across the barricades from the protesters. It seems we are back to the situation of a few weeks ago with protesters and police having a pitched battle here. Perhaps the police dont have enough numbers yet to clear this many protesters away. More molotov cocktails are also being thrown. The protesters move forward again and then they back away together as the police are firing their non lethal rounds back at them. Every now and then we see something on fire over the other side and molotov cocktails going off on the street. Protesters are certainly upping the ante in terms of the weapons they are using against the police. This is despite the warning, despite the warning they have had that the police will come in with some force and clear this area. I have not seen as many petrol bombs thrown in the whole campaign as we have seen today. Now we can see why the police were holding off. They were waiting to bring in their new piece of gear. These are the water cannon trucks, which the Hong Kong Police have been threatening to use. As soon as the trucks came, i can tell you, the protesters who had been digging in, building barricades, fighting with the police, they scarpered very quickly. And possibly this is one of the reasons why this has now been brought forward because i think the protesters realise they cant withstand the force that would come from the water cannon on these trucks. A 21 year old man has been stabbed to death in maidstone in kent in the early hours of this morning. The incident took place on maidstone high street. Four other men were treated in hospital for their injuries. Kent police have arrested four men, all from london, on suspicion of murder. A man in his 60s has been stabbed to death in west london. Police and paramedics were called to southall shortly after 6. 30 last night. The victim was initially treated for a stab wound, but died at the scene at st marys avenue. A man in his 30s remains in hospital under police guard after being arrested on suspicion of murder. Temperatures have now reached a new record for the Late August Bank Holiday weekend, the met office has announced. Provisionally, it looks like the highest temperature recorded this afternoon was 33. 3 degrees at heathrow. Already this summer, the uk has recorded its highest ever temperature, with the mercury hitting 38. 7 at cambridge in july. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello again. For the vast majority of us, today has been a sunny day. It has been very warm or hot. There have been a few exceptions. We have seen some thicker cloud at times, in west wales and also in south west england, where this weather watcher picture was taken from the isles of scilly. Well, there is the cloud you can see here on the satellite picture. Whereas the vast majority of the uk were just underneath these blue sunny skies. Just a bit of high cloud in the sky. So, that was the scene in scotland around fort william in the highlands. Glorious scene here with the high mountains in the background. Now, overnight tonight, were going to keep the clear weather for the most part. Although, again, we will see a bit of patchy cloud reforming across some of our Western Areas of england, wales and western scotland as well. There will be another warm night for sleeping. Temperatures at 11pm still up at around 18 21 degrees. The countryside will be a bit cooler. Its quite a complicated jet stream we have for monday. Two cut off lows, they are forming to the west of the uk, which means its going to stay hotter for longer across eastern parts of england. This one towards the south west approaches will eventually trigger some thunderstorms. I will tell you more about that in a moment. First of all, for monday, a weak cold front will bring this patchy cloud in across Western Areas of england, wales and across scotland. Temperatures will be a little bit lower than they have been on sunday. For example, in edinburgh, 2i celsius, generally we will see the temperatures into the low 20s here, but across east wales, central and eastern england, another hot day. Temperatures 33, maybe even 3a degrees in the very hottest parts. For tuesdays forecast, we start to see some changes. The weather front moves in off the atlantic, to bring some wet weather in across Northern Ireland. To the east of this, scotland, england and wales, a bit of patchy cloud, but some sunshine. The highest temperatures still across eastern areas of england, where we will continue to see temperatures running into the low 30s. But that little cut off low i showed you a few moments ago is this trough, and that will trigger some thundery showers as we go through tuesday evening and overnight. Its those thunderstorms that will bring variable amounts of rain. Some could get quite a bit, others not so much. But theres probably going to be quite a lot of lightning around. So it could be quite a spectacular night for some, tuesday night. Heading into wednesday, it is quite a mucky picture, really. Those storms clear out of the way. A weather front moves in off the atlantic, and thats going to be bringing significantly cooler fresher airfor many, even across eastern england, temperatures will begin to fall away. That is your weather. The Prime Minister says leaving the eu with a brexit deal is touch and go. At the g7 summit in france, hes met President Trump and acknowledged that a trade deal with the United States could take time. I think years and years is an exaggeration, but i think to do it all within a year is going to be tight. How the rainforest continues to burn in brazil. Hectare after hectare of pristine amazon, the worlds lungs, going up in smoke, and worse still, its taking place in a supposedly protected national park. And ben stokes leads a thrilling comeback for england a win in the third test keeps ashes hopes alive. Good evening. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that whether the uk leaves the eu with a deal at the end of october is now touch and go. The Prime Minister was speaking at the g7 summit in france, where hes also said no deal would mean the uk keeping a substantial part of the £39 billion the uk had agreed to pay the eu. Hes also been meeting President Trump for the First Time Since becoming Prime Minister, as our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from biarritz. Side by side, but not quite in step. Borisjohnson hopes his american friend will help him out and boost trade between their two countries. But is this a partnership of equals or will the uk get trampled all over by its mighty ally . Do you know who this is, hes going to be a fantastic Prime Minister. And we are going to do a fantastic deal. Once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. Sitting down over breakfast, donald trump said britains departure from the eu would be liberating. Were having very good trade talks between the uk and ourselves. Were going to do a very big trade deal, bigger than weve ever had with the uk, and at some point they wont have the obstacle of. They wont have the anchor around their ankle, because that is what they have. When i spoke to the Prime Minister, he said there were massive opportunities for british businesses. Well, the americans are very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible, they really want results, you know, within a year, i suppose, by next june or july. Were keen to go as fast as we can, but we want this to be a really big, thoroughgoing, comprehensive trade deal. You know that the experts say it cant be done in a year, it is going to take longer. Well, i think years and years is an exaggeration, but i think to do it all within a year is going to be tight. Ill be honest with you, my own experience of the way the americans work, and the size and complexity of the deal we want to do, probably means we wont be able to do it within a year. That doesnt mean. Five years . No, well do it faster than that. We need to do it fast, but to get the whole thing done within a year is going to be a big ask. Borisjohnson also met the president of the european, putting behind them and argument over who would be to blame putting behind them an argument over who would be to blame for a no deal brexit. I couldnt agree more thats the spirit. There was a time just a few weeks ago when mrjohnson said the chances of that were a million to one. So what does he think now . In the last few days, there has been a sort of dawning realisation in brussels and other european capitals that, you know, what the shape of the problem is for the uk. And i think everybody gets it by now. Its to do with that Withdrawal Agreement, its to do with the fact that under the current terms, wed be kept locked in the eu legal order, we would be kept locked in the trading system, without any say on those things. That cant work for a great economy and a great country like the uk. So, is no deal still a million to one, you said it repeatedly . It depends very much on the willingness to cooperate and the common sense of. Have you detected more willingness . Look, im an optimist, but i do think. Its going to take more than a bit of optimism. I do think that they understand that there is an opportunity to do deals. Is an opportunity to do a deal. So, it is more likely than it was, do you think . I think its going be touch and go. A no deal brexit wont affect everyone in this room but mrjohnson admits it could be bumpy for the uk. Can you guarantee to people they will be able to get their medicines . That is certainly a guarantee that we can make. But i dont want, at this stage, to say that, you know, there wont be unforeseen difficulties, because that is the. You said youre willing to contemplate it, you are willing to take the country in that direction, two months away, potentially, people watching this want to know what it is going to mean in real terms. Its entirely the right thing to do. So, the preparations that were making between now and october the 31st are under no circumstances going to be valueless, they need to be done anyway. Lets get them done fast and in a professional and confident way. Its been all smiles and warm words beside the sea here in the south west of france. But the Prime Minister has some testing weeks ahead. How did it go, Prime Minister . Tres bien. Vicki young, bbc news, biarritz. 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in biarritz for us. Katya borisjohnson says its touch and go whether theres a brexit deal is that how the eu sees it . Well, mishal, as far as the eu is concerned, so far, they have got two main takeaways on brexit at this international g7 meeting. The first of those takeaways is the fact that eu leaders were worried that in his keenness to get a good trade deal with the us, that borisjohnson might take the opportunity here to stand side by side with President Trump ona stand side by side with President Trump on a number of other issues, like on iran or a trade war with china. But in their very smiley sits down together, the Prime Minister with the president of the european, donald tusk, agreed that the eu and the uk remained broadly aligned on those issues. The second eu takeaway isa those issues. The second eu takeaway is a lot more gloomy, mishal. Eu leaders are is a lot more gloomy, mishal. Eu leaders a re pretty is a lot more gloomy, mishal. Eu leaders are pretty much convinced that Boris Johnson leaders are pretty much convinced that borisjohnson does not have a realistic, immediately operable alternative to the backstop up his sleeve and they dont see any point in watering down or even getting rid of the backstop altogether, something they say they would not actually do, that is because they think the real problem here is not the backstop but the lack of a majority for the Prime Minister in parliament to get a brexit deal through. So, they see his focus on domestic politics, not on dealmaking with the eu, and therefore, eu leaders think they now have to wait and watch and they see a no deal brexit as increasingly likely. Katya adler, in biarritz, thank you. The fires raging across part of the amazon rainforest have been high on the agenda of the summit, where president macron said g7 leaders had agreed to help the countries affected as fast as possible. Most of the worst affected areas are in northern brazil, where our correspondent will grant has been on board a greenpeace plane to see the extent of the damage. This is environmental destruction at its most brutal. Sways of forest reduced to a graveyard of blackened, charred remains. The flames rage unabaited, fanned by the dry weather and wind. No one putting them out. The smoke at times reduces visibility to almost nothing. An acrid stench of burning hanging over the devastated landscape. Greenpeace flew over the state to map the extent of the damage. And they blame one man for letting the situation get out of hand. Bolsonaro government is totally responsible for what has happened now because the numbers of deforestation are increasing since the beginning of the year. So in eight months, it has dismantled all environment of dismantled all Environmental Policies that it took more than ten years to build. Ignoring the politics for a moment, on an ecological level, on a human level, this is a very disturbing site. Hectare after hectare of pristine amazon, the worlds lungs, going up in smoke, and worse still, it is taking place in a supposedly protected national park. But in brazil, you cant ignore the politics. All weekend, angry protests have been held in major brazilian cities and outside its embassies abroad, people furious at bolsonaros terrible environmental record. But the president remains unrepentant. Accusing europe of a colonialist attitude and insisting brazil has the right to open up the amazon to development. Many believe the fires are especially bad this year thanks to his message. That subsistence farmers, cattlemen and major industry feel emboldened to set the forest alight. But there is some sympathy for Greater Development in the state. Where the president won over 70 of the vote. Translation im not against bringing International Companies here as long as they bring jobs. He is the owner of a lumber yard. It is always been a challenge for brazilian governments to find a balance in the amazon but the president has opted to exploit it for mining and farming. With the dry season to get much worse by october, these fires may burn for many weeks yet. Will grant, bbc news. Theres been a further escalation of violence in hong kong where a Police Officer has fired a gun during Anti Government protests. Authorities say the officers life was in danger. The protests began in response to a controversial extradition bill and have been taking place for 12 weeks. Ben stokes led an extraordinary england comeback in the third ashes test against australia at headingley this afternoon, culminating in a dramatic one wicket win and keeping hopes of a series victory alive. Stokes was 135 not out, as andy swiss reports. Cut away what an innings, what a player. It was the stuff of sporting miracles, ben stokes the hero of headingley after one of the most remarkable victories cricket has surely ever seen. England had begun needing an unlikely 203 to win and stokes together withjonny bairstow had got the crowd starting to believe, but then the wickets tumbled and when stuart broad was the ninth man out, england still needed 73. All over, surely. But after being joined by last man jack leach, stokes unleashed something quite extraordinary, tearing into the australian bowling. And as he reached his century, the crowd sensed something special. 100 for ben stokes. What a summer hes having. Six followed six as the target ticked down. Stokes utterly inspired, it was spine tingling, spectacular drama as this took england within two. There was so nearly a late twist, a run out chance, but australia fumbled. Could you believe it . Moments later, stokes sent headingley into utter euphoria. Single handedly, single battedly, he dragged england to an astonishing win and as the celebrations continued inside the stadium, outside, the fans could barely believe it. That is one of those performances that goes down in history. Thats a we were there moment. So, ben stokes now. Brilliant innings. We said he had to Start Playing some shots, hitting it, well, he did that and then some, didnt he . Finest innings ive seen from an england batsman. Out of breath, like, just the adrenaline. The best kind of sporting moment. Yeah, brilliant day. And for stokes, what a summer. A world cup winner and now an ashes hero. One of english crickets most extraordinary talents on one of its most extraordinary days. Yes, what a performance from ben stokes, headingley has seen a few ashes miracles over the years, ian botham in 1981, and this was right up botham in 1981, and this was right up there. And remember, had england lost this match, then their hopes of winning back the ashes would have been over. Its now 1 1 with two matches left, and after this, they will surely believe anything is possible, mishal. Andy swiss, thank you very much. A temperature of 33. 3 celsius was recorded today, making this the hottest Late August Bank Holiday weekend on record. The met office says it could be even warmer tomorrow. Lets join our correspondent richard galpin, whos in brighton, where i imagine people have been making the most of the weather, richard . They certainly have. As in many other areas, it has been a particularly Beautiful Day here in brighton, the beach, it has a somewhat thinned out now but it has been absolutely packed. And even now it is quite warm out here. As you we re it is quite warm out here. As you were saying, we have had this record temperature for the august bank holiday weekend, of 33. 3 celsius, almost two celsius more than the previous record, which had stood for almost 20 years. In fact, this has been a year of record breaking temperatures, including a heatwave in february in west wales, when temperatures reached about 20 celsius, and of course the hottest day injuly celsius, and of course the hottest day in july recorded celsius, and of course the hottest day injuly recorded recently, just a few weeks ago, of over 38 celsius. People ive been speaking to here, while loving the weather, say they are also concerned it is to climate change. A year from now, the 2020 paralympics will be underway in tokyo. With 4,000 paralympiams set to compete, organisers are hoping the games change attitudes towards disability injapan, as our correspondent nikki fox reports. Music. One year to go, and it feels like a party. All this week, locals have been given the chance to try out some of the 22 sports that will be at the Paralympic Games in tokyo next year. A first time for many. Translation people with disabilities, ive never seen them playing sport before. Translation disabled or non disabled, its important to raise awareness and participate, like today. In front of crowds today, german world record holder and paralympic gold medallist markus rehm unofficially broke his own personal best, a distance that wouldve been good enough to win gold at the last three olympic games. He thinks its about time pa ralympians are viewed the same as 0lympians. I want to show them that we are not like poor athletes that are just happy to do sports. No, we are High Performance athletes. We like to be respected for our results, for our performance, and not for what disability we have. I think the focus us too much on the disability and less on the ability. Japan hosted their first games 55 years ago. Back then, 378 athletes from 21 countries took part. Next year, more than 4,000 athletes from 165 countries will attempt to win gold. And while the last games as a whole focused on improving infrastructure, next years paralympics is set on changing attitudes. Translation there are many social barriers in japan. That is a big issue. For example, there are few accessisble restaurants, disabled and non disabled people study separately at school. We are divided. See you next year. Whats the main objectives . What do you want to get out of the games . We need. Its kind of a changing society. And olympics will play a very, very Important Role to change japanese society. Arigoto paralympic tickets are now on sale, and ive been told that theyre selling at an unprecedented rate, which is good news for organisers who are hoping that the message is getting through, so the next generation will view disability in a different way. Nikki fox, bbc news, tokyo. Theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. Were back with the late news at ten 0clock. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Good evening. Iam i am holly hamilton with your latest sports news. Youve just been hearing about englands heroics in the ashes this afternoon. Keeping the seres alive former players, commentators and of course the fans have described ben stokes innings as the greatest every played by an england batsman. Captainjoe root called him a freak. Well, this was the reaction of fans leaving headley this afternooon. Yesterday morning, we did not think we would come to watch any cricket at all and to see that was ridiculous. We want more of that type of play, and we want county cricket properly run and not the short form of the game. Lets get back to test cricket. Unbelievable for ben stokes. He absolutely nailed it. The Sports Personality of the year. Apart from my daughter being born, that was the best day of my life. The atmosphere, you could feel it all day. Even when we kept losing wickets, and at the end, unbelievable. Theres more reaction and highlights on the bbc sport website. For the moment, lets step away from the ashes. More premier League Action this afternoon, including the champions manchester city. They won 3 1 at bournemouth. They took an early lead, Sergio Aguero with his third goal in as many games. Raheem sterling is on an even hotter run of form, that was his fifth so far this season. Harry wilson, on loan from liverpool, gave bournemouth some hope of a comeback with this beautiful free kick just before half time. Butjust after the hour mark, aguero struck again to secure the victory and move city back up to second in the table. Newcastle united have picked up their first points of the season thanks to a 1 0 win at tottenham hotspur. Joelinton showed why newcastle broke their transfer record to sign the brazilian, breaking the deadlock midway through the first half. Spurs could only manage two shots on target, both from heung min son. They also had a penalty claim for harry kane turned down by the video assistant referee. Results there from both those matches. Just one game other today as burnley beat wolves at molineux. It ended in a draw. Its as you were in the scottish premiership. Celtic beat hearts 3 1 to maintain their 100 record and stay ahead of rangers, who also made it three wins out of three today. Borna barisic with the only goal at st mirrenjust before the hour mark. The croatian fired this stunner of a free kick as he made his return to the side. It means st mirren have now lost their last four meetings with rangers. Adam gemili has won the mens 200m at the british championships. It took a new championship record of 20. 08 seconds into a headwind for gemili to beat zharnel hughes, who took the silver, and miguel francis, who won bronze. Its gemili and hughes who have qualified for the World Championships in doha next month after they both ran inside the qualifying time. There was drama at the start and finish of the british moto gp at silverstone where spains alex rins claimed his second win of the season. Andrea dovizioso won last time out in austria, but the italians hopes of victory ended painfully at the first corner. His bike bursting into flames. His ducati team say he didnt break any bones, but was taken to hospital for further checks. World champion marc marquez looked on course to win, but was pipped on the line by rins. Britains Cal Crutchlow was sixth. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the tour championship where rory mcilroy is set to tee off in the next half an hour, just one shot off the lead. Ill bring you all the latest in sportsday at 7. 30pm. Good evening. Sunshine has been the order of the day and with that has come some heat. To purchase up to 33 in the west of london courtesy of a feed of south westerly winds from the near continent. That was the sort ofair the near continent. That was the sort of air affecting most parts of the uk today but western fridges we re the uk today but western fridges were a bit cooler thanks to more of a westerly atlantic influence behind this front here. That front will trudge eastwards and introduce something cool or slightly for tomorrow. This front out in the atla ntic tomorrow. This front out in the atlantic will bring a more meaningful change of eventually introducing cooler air across all parts of the uk. Will be quite a slow process especially in the east but it will turn cooler eventually. With that change, we will see some rain and perhaps thunderstorms as well. But back to the here and now, through tonight, dry weather with clear spells but western part of the uk will see a lot of cloud and mist and fog developing. Temperatures between 12 16. Into monday morning, could be some quite Poor Visibility across some of these Western Areas especially in wales in the West Midlands and northwest and southwest scotland. Some of this missive file could be swiped quite slow to clear. Some showers developing in the southwest and maybe some rain from this front pushing into the Western Isles late in the day. Some slightly cooler days for many western and other parts of the uk and 21 in glasgow but down to the south east again getting up to around 33. Still plenty of warm weather and sunshine around on tuesday in this front really stalling out to the west but notice as we go through the day there is an increasing chance of seeing the odd shower and maybe the odd thunderstorm breaking out and still plenty of heat around but the further north and west you are across the uk, the cooler and fresher it will be. Going through tuesday not come fresher air does start to move its way east and will sponsor him a pretty intense thunderstorms. Hit and miss but some places could seat heavy rain and lightning and this front will move its way in on wednesday, we will see rain in many places and behind that, thatis rain in many places and behind that, that is when all of us finally get into the cooler air. It will be cooler as we have in the middle part of the week. Some outbreaks of rain especially in the north and west. This is bbc news. Im chris rogers. The headlines at seven. Borisjohnson says leaving the eu with a brexit deal is touch and go, ahead of his meeting with the Eu Council President at the g7 summit. Hes also met President Trump, and acknowledged that a trade deal with the United States could take time. I think years and years is an exaggeration, but i think to do it all within a year is going to be tight. Cut away cut away for four batting brilliance from ben stokes leads england to a nail biting victory over australia and keeps the ashes series alive. We were, like, oh my god, this is not going to happen, it cant happen and then it did and we were, like, everyone wasjust in