Transcripts For BBCNEWS Outside Source 20240714

Welcome to the programme. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a g7 offer of 22 Million Dollars to fight fires in the amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Mr bolsonaro said the french leader should apologise for insulting him personally by calling him a liar. Mr macron had accused him of lying about fighting climate change. In recent days mr bolsonaro has insulted mr macrons wife on social media, while mr macron has said he hopes brazilians will soon have a president who is up to thejob. President bolsonaro says the aid money is not needed and he has accused foreign powers of wanting control of the rainforest. Today hes been Holding Meetings with governors from amazonian States Affected by the fires. Heres some of what he had to say. Translation so we dont have anything against the g7, it is the complete opposite. We have something against one of the president s of the g7. Because we know what his intentions are and why. And yes, we have to be worried about what is happening in brazil. It is very important to remain united. It is a matter of national sovereignty. Our Agro Business sector will simply become paralysed and if the Agro Business is gone, our economy is gone. President macron has responded again today to what he called the aggressive response from president bolsanaro, calling it deeply wrong. He said that his country france is a sovereign country and when it experienced what he called major events. President trump meanwhile has shown his support for president bolsonaro on twitter. Mr bolsonaros chief of staff, onyx lorenzoni has also rejected the aid money from g7 countries saying. He went on to say president macron cannot even avoid a predictable fire. He was of course referring to the fire that hit Notre Dame Cathedral in paris in april. But brazils environment minister initially welcomed the offer of International Aid to fight the fires. This was him speaking to the bbc on monday. We will accept it. We do appreciate it. To have these resources it is very important for us and we expect to have these Resources Available as soon as possible. Today brazils Foreign Ministry has said there will be no acceptance of g7 aid until france does more to help poorer countries fight climate change. Brazils foreign minister says there are already mechanisms under the Un Climate Convention to fight deforestation. For more on the reaction of the reaction of brazils government i spoke to Ricardo Senra from bbc brasil. Initially, they didnt want it, and then in the morning, president bolsonaro said who said that, i never said i didnt want it, although his chief of staff and press office have confirmed that the government would not accept it. He said i never said this, but there is a clause in this acceptance. President macron would have to say he is sorry for his comments about the brazilian president. Afterwards, during the day, there was a big Cabinet Meeting with governors and the whole cabinet of ministers, this was raised by governors and they say they need the money and the money is welcomed the president said he is happy to talk to president macron for the first time he mentioned this, so now we are waiting for confirmation. He has been changing during the day and lets see the latest. Hour by hour it seems. How would you describe, we talked yesterday about the feud between mr macron and mr bolsonaro, a Facebook Post considered a sexist comment by mr macron and then mr bolsonaro looking for mr macron to apologise for saying brazilian should have a better leader, im paraphrasing, but that was basically the sentiment. Where is their relationship right now . How would you describe it . It has become a personal matter. The discussion now is not very much on the fires, which is the main concern of all brazilians, but now in the relations between france and brazil. What worries president bolsonaro is the idea that somebody else taking care of the amazon or the idea of everybody saving the amazon, that makes him worried and angry. He has mentioned this. But on the other hand, the governors are insisting that this money is welcome and they need this and the fires are still going on and they were put in the second place during this meeting because this discussion was during the whole day on this diplomatic relation of brazil. Satellite data shows the fires mostly in the Amazon Region are burning at record levels. In brazil itself theres been mixed reaction to the governments rejection of help to combat the fires. Translation any work is always helpful. As long as it is well intended. That perhaps bolsonaros statement was not that through. It is probably not what he wanted to say. But that is the message that was given. It will have very negative repercussions. Aid cannot be linked to any kind of submission to foreign countries. Brazil must have autonomy over the amazon. We cannot accept this internationalization of the amazon. For more on the latest reaction in brazil heres Ricardo Senra again. Still divided, the main core of bolsonaros supporters are insisting that the president is right, he should protect our serenity and sovereignty, that ngos and foreign powers are trying to interfere in the brazil independence, but at the same time, the Agro Business is now worried because its business can be damaged by this international negative perspective on brazil. They are afraid of boycotts and that would damage the brazilian economy a lot. On social media, very divided, but many people showing concern on the fires and they should be put in first place, that is what a lot of people are insisting, although it was not the main discussion during the Cabinet Meeting today. Do you think people are focusing on the politics or instead getting those fires put out . The people are focusing on fires, but it seems like the government is focusing on politics and on diplomacy issues. In neighbouring bolivia fires are also raging across much of the countrys forests and grasslands. Here you can see the extent of the fires. Its estimated that more than a million hectares of forest close to brazil have already been destroyed. Theyve attracted Less International attention than brazils fires but domestically, the president of bolivia, evo morales, is facing criticism over his handling of the fires, despite accepting International Help, unlike his brazilian counterpart. Heres president morales speaking a short time ago. Translation well, the g7 have said they would help with 20 million. I am not certain that is enough. Youre all aware of the Paris Climate Accord to fight Global Warming together. Now that there are fires, they want to co operate. Any cooperation is welcome and urgent. And not only for bolivia, but for south america. The bbcs sophie long is right in the heart of the amazon in the brazilian city of altamira, and sent this report. We are just passing over an area of the rain forest that is still burning. My guy tells me it is farmland, but it is very close to indigenous land, home to a huge amount of wildlife and also a tribe of people that has almost no contact with the outside world. It means they also have no means by which to put out the fires that are raging towards them. The fate of many amazonian people now lies in the governments hand. So what is the greatest threat to the land where your Community Live . In the forest on the banks of the xingu river, this man tells me it is brazils leaders. Translation one of the biggest threats might people face threats my people face today is our government. They are trying to destroy the amazon to exterminate our people. They are the people trying to destroy our country in the amazon. Something point at farmers who want to raise the forest for their crops and cattle. But this man and his daughter who have this worked the land here for three decades tell me farmers are not to blame and neither is there president. Translation it is people acting illegally who want to claim the forest. The farmers are on the register lane dont burn and do not the forest. We have to leave promptly. The community here are angry about the way their country and their president are being portrayed. A group of Indigenous Leaders say the fires are just one of many threats to the amazon. One spoke anonymously because he fears for his life. He says his community has been threatened. If they dont leave their land by wednesday, they will be killed. Translation if the government dont send protection to get the illegal loggers to leave, there will be a massacre. White people will kill Indigenous People and Indigenous People will kill white people. While miners and loggers continue to encroach on the scorched earth of the amazon, president bolsonaro says he will re evaluate the laws of running Indigenous Lands to increase productivity. Pharmaeutical giantsjohnson and johnson said theyd appeal a Landmark Legal decision. The company was ordered by an Oklahoma State court to pay 572 million for its part in the fuelling the states opioid crisis. The company has been speaking to the bbc. The facts and the law do not support thejudges decision in this matter. We fully intend to pursue our appellate rights and we have many strong grounds for appeal in this case and we intend to pursue them vigorously. The facts of this case are is that Johnson Johnson manufactured fda approved medications that were critical to treat patients who sufferfrom debilitating harm. And everything that we saw at trial demonstrated that Johnson Johnson did so responsibly. They manufactured the drugs responsibly, and they marketed them responsibly. The court didnt accept that. The courts did not accept that. Johnson johnson heavily marketed these painkillers, the court accepted they minimised the risk in the just talked about how your deceptive promotion contributed to a public nuisance and those actions he said compromised the health and safety of oklahomans. He is right, is he not . You need to understand that not one oklahoma doctor was brought to the stand to testify that they were misled by anything thatJohnson Johnson said or did. This is the courtjudgement. It includes some of the evidence against the company. Thejudge said johnson and johnson promoted the phrase pseudoaddiction. This was to convince doctors whose patients were displaying signs of addiction for example, like finishing courses of drugs early, or asking for larger doses that those were in fact signs that theyd been underprescribed in the first place. And here the judge found johnson and johnson continued its High Pressure sales even after advice from its own science advisory board, that many of its primary marketing messages on opioids were misleading and should not be disseminated. Heres the attorney general. We found over a 20 year period Johnson Johnson created this highly potent poppy add they went on to supply over 60 of the oxycodone and hydrocodone that came into the state of oklahoma. Our north america correspondent has been analysing whyjohnson and johnson was the only Pharmaceutical Company to face a trial in oklahoma. The case was actually originally against three pharmaceutical companies. Two of them decided to settle financially out of court before this went to trial, purdue settled for about 270 million and got off lightly i suppose because ultimately, Johnson Johnson were asked to pay 572 million, but oklahoma and remember, this is all about the massive number of deaths there have been from opioid abuse and overdoses, they were looking at the 6000 oklahomans who died and they were looking for damages of around 17 billion, so it could have been much worse forJohnson Johnson. But they were ultimately made to pay damages of 572 million. Purdue, in settling and another company as well managed to escape the massive fine thatJohnson Johnson were made to pay. Johnson johnson kept on saying, we are not responsible for this crisis. We are just a small fraction of the market of opioid drugs here and in a sense, they are right. It is not just about them. But the judge had to look at whether they were culpable in some way at all for this devastating crisis and theyjust devastating crisis and the judge decided that they were. But they are not the only players certainly. Stay there with us. We want to go a little bit further into the story and some of the other ramifications. The oklahoma ruling first case where pharmaceutical companies had gone to court and found liable for their role in this opioid crisis, which is expected to set a major legal precedent. Let me also go through some of the numbers. In oklahoma, 6000 people died from overdosing since the year 2000. But the whole of the United States has been affected by this. The number is 400,000 over a similar timescale. According to the us centre for disease control. There are now roughly 2000 cases that have been brought by states, municipalities and groups against the pharmaceutical firms. Nbc are now reporting that one of those companies, one of those companies, Purdue Pharma, Purdue Pharma, offering billions of dollars to settle up more than 2000 opioid claims, let us return to my colleague. I suppose looking at that and just the number of cases, 2000 expected to be in the pipeline, where do you think this will go next . There are these 2000 cases in the courts, more than a0 other states are among them, taking these pharmaceutical companies to court, they now see they can get a conviction on the grounds of public nuisance actually in this case in oklahoma. If Purdue Pharmaceuticals and manages to settle all of these cases for their role in this devastating crisis, which as you rightly said has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, i think they will look at it is a bit of a success to pay 12 billion, when as i said, in just the oklahoma case alone, they were looking for 17 billion in damages, so for the cost to the state in terms of looking after people who have got opioid addiction, the death of people in oklahoma, the emergency services, the projects to rehabilitate people, and when you look at that across the nation, 12 billion dollars is not going to go very far. So im not sure they will get away as many people will look at it as being able to settle, for that amount of money. Purdue has issued a statement responding to those reports that they are willing to offer a 10 12 billion dollars. Lets wait and see exactly what the next step on that huge story might be. Stay with us on outside source. Still to come well bring you the latest on Donald Trumps tax returns, after democrats asked both Deutsche Bank and capital one for their records on trump. The future of two of englands oldest football clubs hangs in the balance. Hopes of saving Bury Football Club look bleak after a proposed takeover fell through less than two hours before the deadline for it to be completed. The lawyer working to broker a deal says three alternative bids have been put to the English Football League and are awaiting an outcome. Andy walsh, National Game Development Officer at the football supporters association, says the community could suffer. The fa need to step in. Fans are the victims, local communities where the revenue that is generated on a match day will also be victims. Hard hit towns will be hit once again, and youve got people like ken anderson at bolton, people like stephen dale and stuart date at bury who have taken risks with those Community Assets that have been around for over 100 years, nearly 300 years between them. And theyve just been tossed aside because the league have not got their act together and have not put robust regulations in place. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is. The amazon is burning, but brazils Jair Bolsonaro wants an apology before hell accept International Help to put out the flames. Frances president macron calls the rejection a mistake. Lets ta ke lets take a look at some of the other stores from our Bbc World Service other stores from our Bbc World Service newsroom. Talks to try to form a new government in italy have just resumed between populist five Star Movement and its potential new coalition partner, the Centre Left Democratic party. Italys president has given the two parties until wednesday to reach a deal and avoid a snap election. Puerto rico has declared a state of emergency as it braces to be hit by a Tropical Storm churning through the caribbean. Forecasters expect Tropical Storm dorian to develop into a hurricane within the next 2a hours. The release of rare photographs of the king of thailands newly anointed consort, have caused the palace website to crash. The 34 year old is shown piloting a fighterjet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun. The kings companion was named a consort on his birthday last month just two months after he married his forth wife. We may soon learn if one of the banks that lent big to donald trump during his Business Career Deutsche Bank has copies of his tax returns. Mr trump has been fighting to keep his Financial Affairs under wraps after democrats asked both Deutsche Bank and capital one for their records on the president. Michelle fleury is in new york why do democrats want it and how is this deadline looking for them to hand it over . The back story to all of this is that you have got the House Financial Services in the House Financial Services in the house intelligence committees both controlled by democrats who filed subpoenas to try and obtain some of Donald Trumps financial records and the reason they think is because they want to see whether there is any suspicious activity that relate to any overseas organisation. This goes back to concerns about trump prospect businesses that he has had, his dealings with russia and with saudi arabia come and also they want to see do either of these countries have any influence over the president and that is why they are trying to go to his financial records. As you pointed out, donald trump has resisted this all along and tried to keep his financial detail secrets from the american public, bucking conviction because typically, president ial candidates even before he was elected, they usually often release their tax returns, but donald trump has not done this and when subpoenas were issued to two of his banks, he actually took both of these banks to court the banks were then ordered to still turn over this financial documentation last friday, there was a hearing in which Deutsche Bank basically are obfuscated and the courts that hang on a second, we will give it to 4pm eastern to at least just let us know will give it to 4pm eastern to at leastjust let us know if you have copies of the tax return. That 4pm deadline hasjust copies of the tax return. That 4pm deadline has just passed and i copies of the tax return. That 4pm deadline hasjust passed and i can tell you they have filed the necessary paperwork with the court shared and Deutsche Bank it does appear to have tax returns and we dont know exactly whether it is President Trump or some of his family members and that is because the letter was redacted. One thing we can confirm though, capital one does not have any tax returns, so what this suggests is if you think about a bank account you dont have to provide things like tax returns, thatis to provide things like tax returns, that is what donald trump has personal bank accounts, but if you look at Deutsche Bank, where they are believed to have been a lender sent to mrtrump are believed to have been a lender sent to mr trump and his family, thatis sent to mr trump and his family, that is where you might have to supply Something Like a tax return. What happens next if that for a clock has come and gone in the sense of, no doubt democrats will not give this up easily . Fee courts have achieved what they wanted, to at least get an answer to a fairly simple question you thought which is do you have a copy of the tax return. In the argument that Deutsche Bank had given that the council had given was that they were under obligations to maintain privacy to their clients and that was the reason they were not able to a nswer was the reason they were not able to answer that straightforward question. Now the court has the a nswer to question. Now the court has the answer to that, what will they do next . No doubt we will hear more from the house and committees from the House Financial Services committees, the ones that have been trying to obtain donald trump financial records but all of this started at the beginning of the year and here we are at the end of august. Thank you. We will continue to watch and see what exactly happens with that story. A story that has been going on since his election. People have been looking for the tax return. And at the half hour to come. Stay with us on bbc. Another half hour. That evening. While some of us here in the uk have been sweltering in the recent heat at the southern climes, the popular holiday destinations, spain has been battered by storms including malaga, madrid as well and some of these eastern coast of spain. Thunderstorms breaking youre also across other parts of europe but we have quite dramatic for this to show you. This is a tornado whipping up the dust into malachi, some very high winds they are causing some damage and that tornado stretching high up into the cloud and here is a flash flood in madrid, a freak thunderstorm that also brought some very large hail causing a lot of damage there. On wednesday, some of that storm will shift into more central part of the mediterranean. However in the east, if youre heading off to greece, it is looking fine in athens and much of the balkans. It is across northern parts of italy perhaps the alpine region that could get some storming this but much quieter and spain midweek and still pretty hot across many parts of europe. Many of these major centres in parts of europe. Many of these major ce ntres in excess parts of europe. Many of these major centres in excess of 30 degrees, 33 in frankfurt, noticed tomorrow wednesday and london quite a bit fresher, 23 degrees so perhaps eight to 10 degrees drop in the space of around 2a hours. Some of that fresher air from around 2a hours. Some of that fresher airfrom the around 2a hours. Some of that fresher air from the uk will also around 2a hours. Some of that fresher airfrom the uk will also be reaching northern france by thursday and paris will be back down to the mid 20s from the 30s. The heat will push further into Central Europe and eastern parts of europe as well and some thunderstorms again breaking out in the heart of europe. How about beyond that . If youre heading off this mean the weather is looking fine in madrid now. Currently no major storms in the forecast. Rome also looking sunny most of the time with the odd shower elsewhere. It looks like that heat is going to continue more or less in berlin, a bit of a drop down on friday but back to 30 degrees with some sunshine. Lets head to a another holiday destination, the caribbean, Tropical Storm dori, swiping across barbados bringing high winds and heavy rain, not very powerful at the moment, but has some potential strengthen and he could head towards puerto rico, the island here. And also hispaniola, the Dominican Republic and haiti and this storm tracking direction, it could intensify into a hurricane in towards the end of the week it can end up in the bahamas and beyond that, quite possibly reaching the coast of the United States. This is the storm we are talking about thursday getting very close to puerto rico and also hispaniola and beyond that to the bahamas. In the uk, the headlight is much fresher. The headline is. Hello, im nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. The amazon is burning, but brazils Jair Bolsonaro wants an apology before hell accept International Help to put out the flames. Frances president macron calls the rejection a mistake. Can politicians in the uk stop a no deal brexit . With Parliament Due to reconvene next week, Opposition Party leaders have been trying to thrash out a plan. AfterJohnson Johnson is ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars for fuelling oklahomas opioid addiction crisis, its now being reported that Purdue Pharma could be offering up to 12 billion to settle similar cases. Jeffrey epsteins accusers tell a new york courtroom that he was a coward to take his own life, and that justice has never been served. And taylor swift brings politics to the mtv awards with a dig at the Trump Administration. The leaders of opposition parties here in britain say theyve agreed to Work Together to stop a potential no deal brexit. Lets have a look at them. These are politicians from the main opposition parties in parliament, signing a pledge which says a no deal brexit will be met by democratic resistance. They also set out two ways in which they plan to do that, pledging to find practical ways to prevent no deal, including the possibility of passing legislation and a vote of no confidence. Now, of those two options, one is emerging as the favourite. Heres the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. The priority is to prevent a no deal exit from the European Union because of all the damage it will do to peoplesjobs, the economy, and our relationships with the rest of the world. So weve had a discussion this morning with all the other opposition parties, and we agreed that i will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing us out with no deal. Its likely the legislation they would put forward would be in the form of forcing the government to ask for another extension from the eu. But this wouldnt be easy because the government controls the calendar in parliament. Lets bring in nick eardley in westminster. Before all the politicians make their way back, what about this proposal . Was Something Like this expected . I think that opposition parties have been coalescing around the last couple of weeks. Jeremy corbyn had a big plan to bring down the government and make him Prime Minister, stop no deal, hold a general election. Loads of people didnt get behind that, saying they didnt get behind that, saying they didnt want to make mr corbyn Prime Minister, so they needed something else. The legislation is the obvious way to do it. The basic plan that has been drawn up is to have an emergency debate on tuesday next week where mps will try and seize control of the agenda in the house of commons basically saying here isa of commons basically saying here is a bunch of days where we decide what we will talk about. On those days, they will talk about a piece of legislation that would make it the law in the uk that if no deal was looming, the Prime Minister would have to walk back and ask for another extension. Not guaranteed it will work, because the mechanism they are trying to use is quite an arcane one, and it is also possible the speaker will not allow it. Secondly, not totally agreed that they have the majority to do it. I think hes got more chance of success than the government had. Stay there, nick, i want to show you this. This has been shared on twitter, it shows some of those mps mocked up as the avengers. It shows some tories who are ardent remainers, but even they didnt attend this event today which shows how difficult any move in parliament to block no deal would be. Borisjohnson does still have a majority in parliament after all. Lets ta ke lets take a look at this. The 311 conservatives plus the ten dup together give him a workoing majority of one, which includes members of his own party who have said theyll block no deal. The pledge signed by oppositon parties today also talked about toppling the government, through a vote of no confidence, but that too has its dangers heres the leader of the liberal democrats. I think we need to be careful that we dont crash out of the eu by accident during such a campaign. And i think it is fair for mps to say that people need the chance to choose. And an election should only happen under the circumstances where it is before exit day on 31 october. Or if it is after exit day, it comes with an extension of article 50. Soi so i supposed to come back to the numbers, because that is generally what politics comes down to, whether they get Something Like that could tories who were remainders perhaps go with the opposition instead of following their Prime Minister . What do you think the likelihood would be . I think there are some who are prepared to do that, to go down this route of passing legislation. They dont want to be seen to be bringing down their own side potentially. There is a Nuclear Option that they will keep on the table, which is if the legislative part doesnt work, just maybe in october, they might have to revisit this a few days before no deal is due to happen and press the button, saying we have to stop this and bring down our own government. But i think for conservatives who are against no deal, the easiest way for them to get on board is this idea of passing a law. It still wont be easy, there is still no guarantee there will be enough tories to do it, but there are certainly some, and many in the opposition parties, who think they have the numbers of tory rebels to get them over the line. A busy week ahead for you, nick. Thanks for joining us. The iranian president , Hassan Rouhani, says he wouldnt agree to any meeting with the United States unless washington first dropped sanctions against his country. Mr rouhani was speaking in this public address. Translation regarding the us unless the us lifts the sanctions and strikes a line over the wrongful path they selected, we will witness no positive development. This comes a day after donald trump said he was open to a meeting if the circumstances were right. That would be the first meeting between us and iranian leaders since the Us Embassy Hostage Crisis in 1979. And relations between washington and tehran have deteriorated sharply since mr trump pulled out of the International Agreement limiting Irans Nuclear activities, and reimposed sanctions. Ive been speaking to rana rahimpourfrom bbc persian, and i asked her if iran was keen for a meeting with donald trump. It is very difficult to say. Yesterday we had a very interesting m essa g es yesterday we had a very interesting messages from Hassan Rouhani, who said that for the prosperity of iran and its national interest, he would be willing to talk to anybody, which was a huge surprise to people because for months and months, iran said it would not negotiate with us, especially donald trump. So it was a huge shock to us and we thought that there may be signals and a chance of talks. We are speaking with analysts on bbc persia earlier, and they think that donald trump was just hoping that Hassan Rouhani that Hassan Rouhani was hoping to get a reaction from trump, and he didnt. Today he said, actually we wont negotiate until these sanctions are lifted. So it is hard to know whether there is some real potential meeting there or not. I did see that trump is asking for curves on iran pulpit Nuclear Programme and to stop developing ballistic missiles. What does iran say . They say that that is not negotiable, there is no way they will talk about their defence capabilities. That is there a clear line in the sun. Im curious about the iranian people, because you have oil exports collapsing with the sanctions, the value of currency plummeting, inflation soaring. Do they look at a meeting with the us as something that could improve their future . Obviously there are mixed messages. According to reuters, irans oil sales have come down to 100,000 barrels per day, down to 100,000 barrels per day, down from 2 million. That is a huge amount of pressure on the iranian economy. But some people believe it is good for iran and the us to negotiate because theyjust want is good for iran and the us to negotiate because they just want to be able to live a relatively normal life. But others say this is not the right time to negotiate, and they also use the example of north korea, saying that north korea did negotiate with trump but the sanctions were lifted, and there we re sanctions were lifted, and there were no results. So the belief that iran should not negotiate from a wea k iran should not negotiate from a weak position, they say that there should be no negotiation unless sanctions are lifted. Briefly before i let you go, joe lieberman, the former senator from the us, i let you go, joe lieberman, the former senatorfrom the us, said to donald trump that he needs to speak to the Supreme Leader, and not Hassan Rouhani. What is your response . I totally agree, Hassan Rouhani. What is your response . Itotally agree, although Hassan Rouhani may have a green light from the Supreme Leader, but Everybody Knows the Supreme Leader is the ultimate decision maker, and he is the one who says he would not negotiate with donald trump. Earlier, we looked at the landmark law suite againstJohnson Johnson, and the wider issue of opioid addiction in the us. The addiction crisis is a major factor in a worrying trend in america. At a time when life expectancies have been increasing around the world, the average Life Expectancy is the us has dropped for three years in a row. Sir angus deaton is a Nobel Prize Winning economist who has contributed to this report for the bbc. Its the shell gas station. He has overdosed. 35 year old male, hes not conscious, not breathing, hes overdosed. I dont know whats happening with this generation. If you dont have a ba in the United States, your wages have been falling for half a century. And that is destroying families, its destroying communities. And it has generated an epidemic of mass suicide. Life expectancy in the United States has fallen for the last three years. And that has not happened in 100 years. We think it is to do with capitalism actually failing a large chunk of the population and especially in america, where almost all of the growth in gdp has gone to a relatively small elite. What they are dying of is drug overdoses. There is a huge epidemic at this time. Epidemic of alcoholic liver disease, so people are dying from killing themselves quickly or slowly. The United States doesnt have a safety net. In europe, there are much Better Safety nets. I think thats one of the reasons why we havent seen this yet. But there are signs of opioid epidemics in britain. Theres always been a problem with alcohol in britain. Ageing is a good thing, because society isnt getting older because people arent dying. And not dying is a very good thing. Stay with us on outside source. Still to come taylor swift got political at last nights mtv awards, criticising the Trump Administration for ignoring her hugely popular equality act petition. Taller mobile phone masts could be built across the english countryside without Council Permission as the government tries to improve mobile coverage in rural areas. Currently masts on public land must be no more than 25 metres high but the government is looking at overhauling planning rules. Colletta smith reports. Finally surfing on high speed, ag has arrived in the village. Butjust two miles away, and its still a nightmare to try and make a call. While the surrounding area is still a not spot, things improved dramatically in sabden two months ago. When the phone mast got put up, i was actually working. And suddenly, all the locals realised they had signal. I think someone got a phone call through, and everybody had a little mini celebration. It has had a big impact on everyone in the village. I didnt use to bring my phone out of the bag, it used tojust stay in the back because nobody could reach me. They always had to reach the landline. But now i can put my phone out and get a signal. The government say they want to make it easier to turn this into a taller, wider, stronger mast without extra planning permission. Making masts taller and stronger gives it a better capacity. And that can only help, because as Technology Gets better and better, the more you invest in it. But dan thinks is notjust about improving what weve got. Millions more masts will still be needed. Councils have to be coming onside more and more, but i think a lot of them are a bit careful. Theyre a bit worried about what this means politically, but i think what weve got to realise is this Industrial Revolution will be happening anyway. Its already happening in other countries, its happening really quickly and we need to get onside. Theres a reason why the countryside in the uk is so beautiful, and its because tight planning regulations mean things have to blend in and match the character of the area. But for People Living in rural areas, they have just as much demand and need for the latest technology. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story. The amazon is burning, but brazils Jair Bolsonaro wants an apology before hell accept International Help to put out the flames. Frances president macron calls the rejection a mistake. Lets ta ke lets take a look at some of the other stories are Language Services are covering. Talks to try to form a new government in italy have just resumed between populist five Star Movement and its potential new coalition partner, the Centre Left Democratic party. Italys president has given the two parties until wednesday to reach a deal and avoid a snap election. Puerto rico has declared a state of emergency as it braces to be hit by a Tropical Storm churning through the caribbean. Forecasters expect Tropical Storm dorian to develop into a hurricane within the next 2a hours. The release of rare photographs of the king of thailands newly anointed consort, have caused the palace website to crash. The 34 year old is shown piloting a fighterjet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun. The kings companion was named a consort on his birthday last month, just two months after he married his forth wife. Turning to new york. More than two dozen women who accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, have been speaking in a new york court. One said thatjustice has never been served. Thats because epstein killed himself less than three weeks ago, before his trial for alleged sex trafficking could start. So prosecutors want the case dismissed. But the judge said the accusers need an opportunity to speak. Heres one of them after the hearing. It was so powerful in there, hearing all the other victims. And very similar stories that i have endured. I want to think the judge for letting us speak. And having some closure. Epstein was a well connected financier he was friends with donald trump, former president clinton, and britains prince andrew. And the accusers lawyer said that they had shown a lot of strength in coming forward. It took a lot of courage for them to write the statements and to have their voice heard. And i really commend them for being here. Because Jeffrey Epsteins death, whether it was a suicide ora murderer, does not end the case. It does not end their fight forjustice. Feeling that they were manipulated and victimized. And that they were child victims. The accusations and the well known company that epstein kept means this story is unlikely to go away anytime soon. Chris buckler told me more from new york. Yeah, it was very emotional inside court, and thejudge invited these women to stand up, come to the front of the court, and speak about the abuse they had suffered at the hands ofJeffrey Epstein. And at one state, Something Like 15 women stood up inside the courtroom and made their way to the front. And each of them stood there and delivered a statement some of them were written, some of them were just feelings that they wanted to express straight there inside the courtroom. Many of them were extremely emotional and broke down in tears as they discussed how they were manipulated by Jeffrey Epstein, how they were raped byJeffrey Epstein. And they talked at times about this complex villain, as one of them described, and how he tried to manipulate and use their feelings against them. And you got a real sense from each of them that they are still trying to process what had happened to them. And his death have left them with no end to face inside the court. One of them said, he has robbed us of our day in court to face him one on one. And for that, he is a coward. So what happens next, chris . As far as the criminal case is concerned, it is over. They cant try a man who is dead. But there is no doubt, in talking to the victims and the lawyers, that many of them want to pursue civil cases against his estate. And of course, he was an extremely wealthy man. Beyond that, the prosecution were very clear in saying that there are legal authorities who are pursuing investigations against those who assisted him, who aided him in abusing and exploiting underage girls. And they say that those investigations are continuing. But it is important to say that Jeffrey Epsteins lawyers themselves have some questions about his death, and our investigations into that, as well. You will remember that his body was found in his cell in a prison here in manhattan, but there are questions about his death that were raised inside of court by his lawyers. They say that they have some concerns about the suggestion that it was suicide. For example, they say that his wounds were more consistent with an assault that a suicide. And they also said that some video footage that was taken outside his cell in the corridor there was found to be corrupted and could not be viewed. As a result, they are pushing for their own investigations. Lets turn to this pop taylor swift. Pop star taylor swift criticised the Trump Administration at last nights mtv awards for not responding to her petition despite it getting more than half a million signatures. Here it is it urges lawmakers to pass a bill that protects lg btq rights. The star highlights the equality act bill at the end of the video for her hit song you need to calm down, which she performed last night heres a bit of it. Cheering. A shame never made anybody less gay. Lets hear her comments she made them during her acceptance speech for best video. At the end of this video, there was a petition and there is still a petition. Cheering. For the equality act. Which basicallyjust says that we all deserve equal rights under the law. And. Cheering. And i want to thank everyone who signed the petition, because it now has half a million signatures, which. Cheering. Which is five times the amount that it would need to warrant a response from the white house. Cheering. Joshua rom is an entertainment journalist, iasked him what taylor swift was trying to achieve. There is the equalities act, which has passed through the house and is now going onto the senate. Repetition basically two, in support of the act, in the us, it is legal in 30 states to discriminate against people based on their gender identity and sexual orientation. This act is basically trying to change that and make equality for the lgbt change that and make equality for the lg bt q change that and make equality for the lgbt 0 community in the us. Change that and make equality for the Lgbt Q Community in the us. So she is talking about the workplace or havent i know an issue that has come up has been rest rooms popular and locker rooms in terms of sports. I know she feels she has enough signatures that it should be looked at by the white house. She is actually said in her speech, five times more. I think you need 100,000 signatures in order to warrant a response from the white house. Shes received over half a million of those, and im sure after her speech she will receive far more, i have no doubt. I meant to check it out. But once taylor swift speaks, it seems like action takes place with their fans . As i said previously on the programme with her feud with scooter braun, she has a very loyalfan base. So much so, her. Voted for by the public, which is why i think she made such a political statement, which shows that the public supports her message. To help us through the people who didnt see the video last night, how did she illustrate what she wanted to achieve . night, how did she illustrate what she wanted to achieve . I think first of all in the speech, it is very clear, it is not subtle by any means, it is a very clear indication advertising, so to speak, her petition. Of course the video itself features loads of lgbt motifs, it has been hailed as a theme for the lg btq has been hailed as a theme for the lgbtq community. Has been hailed as a theme for the lg btq community. You has been hailed as a theme for the lgbtq community. You saw her all onstage before, very bright and energetic, full of rainbow coloured multicoloured motives, the message could not be clearer. She did top of her watch. She tapped her watch no reaction that weve seen so far of donald trump retreating so far. Which is very surprising because backin which is very surprising because back in the day when meryl streep made a comment at the golem globe awards where she accepted her Lifetime Achievement award, he tweeted very much straightaway that meryl streep was the most overrated actress in history, or Something Like that. So very surprising news from donald trump to not surprise. Very surprising. Ive been taking a look at taylor swifts petition, and the numbers continue to go up and up 516,158. They continue to go. Thanks for watching outside source, we will be back tomorrow. Bye bye. Hello there. It looks like 33 celsius seems to be the money shot of this current heat wave, with 33 celsius reached on sunday, bank holiday monday, and again on tuesday afternoon all in greater london. But things are set to change now, were looking at a more invigorated jet stream that will steer weather systems are away. So the rest of this week is looking decidedly cooler, windier, and generally more unsettled. The cooler weather will certainly be noticeable across the southeast after these few hot days. Tangled weather fronts mark the change for tuesday night into wednesday. We have areas of thunderstorms clearing away tuesday night, and on wednesday, we are left with this next weather front which will bring quite a bit of cloud around outbreaks of rain to england and wales. A few showers in scotland and Northern Ireland, and i know sunshine will make an appearance as it will be quite bright across the southeast, 23 24 celsius in the southeast is a good ten degrees cooler than what weve seen as of late further north, high teens, low 20s. As that weather front clears through, we are into the cooler, fresher, atlantic air. But as that weather system will arrive on thursday, this one is a bit punchier. It will be breezy across the wall, but certainly for scotland and Northern Ireland, we will have windy conditions with outbreaks of rain across parts of western scotland, perhaps a few showers further south, closer to the west. But it could be the southeast is dry with sunny spells again, 23 24 celsius, mid to high teens celsius further north. So the reason for this change is the jet stream, which was steered clear to the north of the uk with that heat wave. It will now be flying towards our shores, taking these weather systems with us. Behind, you will see that kink in the jet stream, another area of High Pressure which will perhaps arrive to our shores as we head on into next week. But with the jet stream at this level bringing in low pressure systems, it looks like friday and to the start of the weekend will remain unsettled. But most of these low pressure systems always affect the north and the rest of the uk, certainly with regards to the strongest winds. And thats how its looking on friday, it may be a bit of rain getting further south into wales in western england. But the southeast stays dry, so for farmers and growers, we have good news it is the rain you are looking for, and this week isnt looking that great. We have bad news. Perhaps over the weekend we could see similar rain with this area of low pressure developing that could be quite punchy. Very wet weather across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland into northwest england and wales. Perhaps a few showers into the southeast, but the best of the dry and sunny weather is here. Something a bit cooler is moving in behind this system, 13 15 celsius in the north, again, 23 24 celsius. This is a bit below across the north. On sunday, as that low pressure clears away, we open the floodgates to the north. It will be chilly, almost an autumnal feel across northern areas, with sunshine and blustery showers, temperatures into the low to mid teens celsius. Into the weekend, we will see further low pressure systems, and into the early parts of next week, it looks like pressure will be affecting eastern parts of the country as that area of High Pressure traits to build in. But i have the air mass to show you, a blue hue appearing towards the latter part of the weekend, the start of next week. So i can mention that it will feel cool, almost autumnal for a time, certainly into the start of next week. Breezy with showers at times, but as the High Pressure begins to build, we think it will turn a bit more settled in slightly warmer, with temperatures returning to the seasonal norm. Opposition parties say theyll try to pass a law to stop the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and the greens are among those whove signed a pledge to Work Together to try to make no deal impossible. I will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament is able to to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing us out with no deal. Downing street has accused the opposition parties of seeking to sabotage britains position in talks with brussels. Also tonight. Women who say they were sexually abused by american financier Jeffrey Epstein tell a court theyre angry he died in prison and avoided justice. The future of two of englands oldest football clubs, bury and bolton wanderers, hangs in the balance tonight