As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, the now sparse land a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees, and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the threat to his people is increasing with every day of Jair Bolsonaros presidency. Translation if the president continues with his policies, he will diminish Indigenous Lands so that he can confine us and exterminate us. That is what will happen. Next year, the burning will be even bigger, but we will be here fighting, resisting. We are prepared to die fighting for our land because we are warriors that are not afraid of the brazilian government. As the fires continue to burn, the smoke continues to rise from the forest. In Novo Progresso there is a heavy haze all around. It is smothering the city and its choking its children. Carla tais silvers three year old daughter has pneumonia. She is convinced she contracted it because of the smoke. She says if she doesnt get the right treatment, she could die. Translation the lives of our children are being jeopardised by people that dont have any sense. Theyre doing harm to other people, theyre just thinking about themselves. It is something i dont have words for. They do the damage and we are the ones who suffer, the children and their mothers. I asked the nurse on duty, dhelly pratis, if childrens lives are being put at risk. Yes, she tells me, not just the children, its dangerous for everyone. Translation this is a huge problem. If things keep going like this, unfortunately the consequences will be even worse than the ones we are already witnessing. Even though it is not happening inside of our own homes, we are all living in this place. Everybody here wants the smoke to go away. Even when the fires have been put out, this is what remains scorched earth, charred skeletons of trees. The dense rain forest that once stood here is no more, the species that lived in it are gone. All that remains is the flat, black land of deforestation and this has happened in more than 80,000 places across the amazon this year alone. Sophie long, bbc news, Novo Progresso in the amazon. A military court in the United States has set a trial date for Khalid Sheikh mohammad, who is accused of playing a leading role in planning the 9 11 attacks on the United States. Hell be tried in Guantanamo Bay from january 2021. Hes already been detained for more than 15 years. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, in los angeles, said the date had been a long time coming. It has been a challenge for almost all of these 20 years since 9 11. He was detained by the americans in 2003 in pakistan, sent three is slated to contain obey and this is under the administration of george to george w bush. That is where the trail is going to be. Resident 0bama tried to move the trial, he had a plan for it to take place in a civilian court in new york city. And that prompted an outrage from members of the public, there was a real out quite a lot of complaints about that, the plan was eventually dropped the trial, potential trial went back to contain obey. Those are some of the reasons why its taken so some of the reasons why its taken so long but apart from that, its an extremely complicated legal case. What is the reaction been to the news of his trial date from the family members . Of course, this is the date that the family members have been wanting to see for a very long time. Many of those will say, it has been too long so in that respect, it is welcome that at least the process is moving along because those memories of that day, back in 2001, are still very acute for so many people, it was a momentous day, it was a tragic day for anyone living in the United States, it was the day that everything changed. The day that ultimately sparked the war with afghanistan and an entirely new attitude towards global terrorism. There is a sense that everyone just wa nts to there is a sense that everyone just wants to get on with this. Almost 3000 counts of murder, practically, how can a trial like this take place . Its going to be difficult. And the justly difficult but legally forgot impart because its taking place in guantanamo. We got a mixture of civilian and military law in place as well. And it wont be as straightforward as if it had been taken place in a civilian court. In the United States, in particular in new york but clearly that wasnt to be. So was going to be difficult. The first stage will be jury selection. And that of course, bear in mind, very high profile case, feeling still running high. People still have very strong memories of that day. The jury Selection Process in itself could take several months. A number of prominent pro democracy activists and politicians have been arrested in hong kong, in a sign that the authorities are taking an increasingly tough line. More street protests planned for saturday have been banned, as the unrest reaches its 13th weekend. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. There are some flashing images from the start of his report. Past the waiting press pack, two of the best known figures in hong kongs Pro Democracy Movement were swept into court. Hundreds have already been detained in this summer of fury, as fears over chinese rule have led to increasingly violent clashes. But, with prominent members of the citys parliament also picked up, these latest high profile arrests are being seen as much more political, a point made on the steps of the court after a successful bail hearing. The level of media interest here speaks for itself. Far from de escalating the crisis, the arrest of this young man and others is only likely to fuel concern about the erosion of hong kongs freedoms and legal protections. We are strongly aware of how president xijinping and the beijing government are the ones who back and endorse Hong Kong Police to conduct such mass arrests and prosecution. We hong kong people wont give up and wont be scared by these injustices. Today, the police insisted that they are just following the law, threatening further arrests for anyone joining unauthorised protests this weekend. And heres another warning more video of chinese Paramilitary Forces conducting anti riot drills, although some pro beijing voices say intervention is farfrom imminent. Aaron mcnicholas, is a bloomberg journalist whos covering the protests in hong kong, he told us what to expect later today. Well, the sense is that despite the fact that the officially authorised march ultimately did not get the authorisation it needed, that there is still a very wide motivation to come out today. The uncertainty is simply when and where it will start because we have a general location in terms of geography but its still a very wide area and we simply dont know where or when things might happen. As i mentioned, the officially authorised march which the mainstream pro democracy group, called the civil human rights front, they have been working on getting the required Police Permit for this. The decision was made on thursday that the police were going to object to this proposed march and then on friday, there was an appeal process and that appeal also failed, so the march was essentially cancelled because this particular group says that its highest priority was to ensure the safety and legal safety of its participants so they said they would cancel but there is a sense that people will still come out and the organisation will mostly done online. It will be far more decentralised than what were used to seeing, so the events of today are quite unpredictable. Were seeing some pictures now ofjust two of the high profile arrests made yesterday. How will those arrests have an impact, do you think . I presume that youre talking about the two members of the demosisto party, joshua wong and agnes chow. They were arrested in the early hours of the morning and they faced a court mention in the afternoon and then they received bail. The particular group they represent during the period of detention said that the arrests were a way for two things. One to spread a sense of fear among protesters in hong kong, and second, it was an attempt to assume or thrust leadership roles on these two people when they had no such leadership roles in these protests. Lets get some of the days other news. The bbc has uncovered evidence of a war crime committed during a recent airstrike in the syrian province of idlib in which 39 people were killed. The attack by a plane from a russian airbase hit a market in the town of Maarat Al Numan twice in half an hour. Moscow has previously denied that the attack took place. The colombian government says nine dissident farc guerrilas have been killed in a military operation in the south of the country a day after one of the former farc leaders, ivan marquez said he was taking up arms again. The military operation comes amid concerns about the resilience of a peace deal signed three years ago. The long term outlook for the Great Barrier reef has been downgraded from poor to very poor by the Australian Government agency that manages the Worlds Largest coral system. A new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. Fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. Here in the uk, a former conservative Prime Minister has said he willjoin the legal fight to prevent boris johnson, from suspending parliament. Mrjohnson says those mps trying to block a so called no deal brexit undermine his chances of negotiating with the eu. Vicki young reports. All save our democracy. When it comes to brexit, feelings run high. While many in the country welcomed the announcement that parliament wont sit for five weeks, thousands took to the streets in protest. The government insists mps still have plenty of time to express their views. Critics say borisjohnson is behaving like a tinpot dictator. When you became Prime Minister you talked about uniting the country, but now youre talking about forcing through a no deal brexit, something that you know democratically elected parliament does not agree with. Youre being deliberately divisive, arent you . We want to do a deal, ive talked over the last few days to lots of leaders around the eu. And everybody can see the rough shape of what needs to be done. Its going to take work, its going to take a lot of energy for us to get there and the best way to do that is if our friends and partners over the channel dont think that brexit can be somehow blocked by parliament. The weird thing is. But theyre trying to block no deal, theyre not trying to block brexit, theyre trying to block a no deal brexit. The weird thing is that the more the parliamentarians try to block the no deal brexit, the more likely it is that well end up in that situation. But now this former conservative Prime Minister says he will challenge mrjohnson in court. Sirjohn major knows all about tory fights over europe, they plagued his time in office. Today he offered to help campaigners make their case that the government is breaking the law. Thats one battle, the other will be fought in parliament. Theyll have less time, but opposition parties and some tories will try to change the law to force the government to delay brexit again. To succeed, mps from several parties will need to work together, so are they confident . Im always hopeful and i dont want to make predictions. All i know is that what we are trying to do is the right thing to do and i believe a majority of mps recognise that a no deal exit is very damaging to our economy. Meanwhile, ministers have promised to step up the tempo on talks with the eu, but irelands deputy Prime Minister isnt sounding optimistic. At the moment, nothing credible has come from the British Government in the context of an alternative to the backstop. You know, if that changes, great. Stay with us on bbc news still to come end of an era well tell you about this very unusual parisian Housing Estate and its connection to the first man in space. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in indias slums. The head of the Catholic Church said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. Hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. Britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. Warmth and compassion. This is bbc news the latest headlines days after turning down money offered by the g7, brazil accepts foreign help to deal with the fires in the amazon. A trial dates set for Khalid Sheikh mohammed accused of playing a leading role in planning the 9 11 attacks. The governor of florida has declared a state of emergency and coastal residents are being urged to stockpile a weeks worth of food as Hurricane Dorian gathers strength. Experts say it may be the strongest hurricane to hit the us east coast in nearly three decades. The Us National Hurricane centre said dorian could cause incredibly catastrophic damage. Ramzan karmali reports. This was Hurricane Dorian, not at its peak, over the Us Virgin Islands earlier this week. Now it has strengthened into what the Us National Hurricane centre has called an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. It is expected to hit early florida next week, it is already generating wind speeds of 220 miles an hour. What really concerns me about Hurricane Dorian is the multiple threats, the storm surge, the wind, the tornadoes at landfall and particularly with this one, the rainfall. Because what we think is going to happen is dorian is going to make landfall or hug the coast, slow down and gradually inch its way up the coast. Thats a disaster, thats a recipe for major flooding. It is anticipated dorian will remain an extremely dangerous hurricane as it moves near the North Western bahamas and approaches the florida peninsula early next week. Floridas governor has declared a state of emergency. We urge all floridians to have seven days worth of food, medicine and water. This is potentially a multi day event where it will churn slowly across the state and that obviously creates a whole host of issues. But if you are in an area that has an impact from the storm, you should assume youre going to lose power. And it seems people are listening to the warnings and getting prepared. Theyve been stockpiling water, food, fuel and materials such as plywood to board up properties. Sandbags are being filled and collected. And though precautions are being taken, the region is still bracing itself for what could be the worst storm its experienced in over a quarter of a century. Lets speak now to rasdeniro thompsonjoining us from nassau, the capital of the bahamas. What kind of preparation are you and other people taking . We are stocking canned goods, we are putting shutters on our home, we are stopping up on water, just making those last preparations for a storm of such magnitude. How scared are you about this hurricane . It is the strongest head the island in ten yea rs. Strongest head the island in ten years. I am no stranger to hurricanes, i have lived through a number, such as wilma, francis, jane, matthew, but you know, this is scary for us, mainly because many of the islands are low lying floodplain areas, so my the islands are low lying floodplain areas, so my big concern is a storm surge and the flooding in these areas that could wipe out entire communities. You say you have lived through several, what is the mood like on the island, a people panicking . Well, you know, in the bahamas we are very laid back but once we get those warnings we heed them properly, we start to make preparations, i talked to many Older Persons who have said they are stronger, but dorian i think is one for the record books and we must prepare ourselves for anything that may come with this storm. The islands are very low lying, what will the impact be after the storm . We can expect a lot of standing water in many of our low lying areas, we can expect a lot of damage, fortunately our building codes are very strict so homes can withstand some damage but some rooftop damage, there will be some ca rs rooftop damage, there will be some cars overturned, some structural damage but the main concern with our island, our geography, is the low lying areas that will be inundated with sea water from the storm surge. And how have the government been helping, have they done enough, do you think . The government has done a fantasticjob, just today our Prime Minister issued mandatory evacuations of many of the low lying areas, he also urged areas who lived along the coast to move inland just to avoid the storm surge which forecasters suggest may be between 10 12 feet. Which forecasters suggest may be between 1012 feet. It sounds like you are taking it on stride with good humour, best of luck over the next few days. Jack dorsey, the co founder and chief executive of twitter, has had his own account taken over by hackers. His account jack was used to post a string of racist remarks. Twitter says its systems are secure, and a separate mobile network was to blame. Well matthew hickey, who describes himself as an ethical hacker and runs the Cyber Security company hacker house, told me how this breach happened. Jack dorseys sms spoofing attack, its actually a widely known issue that twitter have failed to address over the last year whereby when a person registers with the service theyre able to enable two factor authentication to protect their account, which means they link their account with a phone number. And attackers in this instance were able to use jacks phone number to spoof a message to twitter to make it appear as though they were authorised to tweet from jacks account. Unfortunately, this is a widely known issue in twitter, which has not yet been addressed by the company for well over a year. So, could this happen to anyone else, i guess, who uses the platform . Absolutely. If you have a twitter account and youve linked to your twitter account to your mobile phone, you could potentially be at risk to this attack. If an individual has your phone number and they know your twitter account details, they can use it to send tweets on your behalf and additionally, if they can do sim swapping, they can leverage the same problems to potentially gain more access to your account. So it is a very serious problem in the way that twitter has support for short code messaging, that it has for smss and that it can be abused by an attacker in this way by sending a spoofed text message. So doesnt appear that the twitters Customer Data was impacted, but in this case its a known issue that twitter have just continued to fail to address and we do believe that it is something that they should look into in more detail and get a fix out there to protect people. This weekend will see the end of an era in paris. The demolition will begin of a huge Housing Estate on the edge of the city. But this was no ordinary Housing Estate it was built to glorify the ideals of communism, and it was named in honour of one of russias favourite sons. The bbcs tim allman explains. Stark, brutalist, very much of its era. These buildings were supposed to represent the future. Now, they are to become a thing of the past. Jacqueline spiro lived here for nearly 15 years. The memories of that time are still vivid. Translation going into these apartments, there was so much comfort. You had toilets, the bathroom inside the house, a real kitchen. Considering that you were in the 1960s, it was modernity. Today it may seem outdated but it was something new for me as a little girl. The graffiti tells quite a story. A clue as to why this place is known as gagarin city. The first man in space, yuri gagarin, inaugurated the state in 1963. The estate in 1963. It was built by the local communist led government, so calling him a hero of the soviet union seemed appropriate. Translation it was an extraordinary and popular moment. At that time, gagarin was a hero. It was, i would say, a form of victory for socialism that had defeated the United States. But now, nearly 60 years later, gagarin city is to be demolished. These buildings will disappear, but the memory of the man they were named after will endure. Tim allman, bbc news. The actress, valerie harper, who co starred on the Mary Tyler Moore show, has died at the age of 80. She won four emmy awards, playing budding feminist rhoda morgenstern, who battled her insecurities with humor and sarcasm on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Following a brain cancer diagnosis in march 2013 she made a surprising comeback, competing on the dancing with the stars show two years later. And that is just about it from us, you can get more news on and that is just about it from us, you can get more news on our website. Thank you for watching. Hello there. Once again we saw 25 degrees or so across the south east of england, plenty of sunshine around, further north and west a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain, in fact the last 2a hours have been very wet across scotland and Northern Ireland, thanks to this low pressure and this very active weather front which is slowly pushing its way southwards and eastwards all the while, as we head through saturday. So a very wet start in the north and west, temperatures though for most, even though it will be dryer further east, ranging from 12 15. Through saturday this weather front will be slowly slipping its way eastwards like i mentioned, but it will be a dying feature, by the time it reaches the eastern side of the country there will be barely anything on it. But from friday through to saturday, a lot of rainfall across Northern Ireland and scotland, 20 50 millimetres over the high ground of Northern Ireland, and 50 80 perhaps across the south west of scotland, particularly dumfries and galloway. Minor flooding will be an issue first thing on saturday, that front continues to journey eastwards, barely anything on it by the time it reaches the south east. Behind it skies brighten up, sunshine, a few showers around, those temperatures will be falling away. The mid teens celsius at best in the north for england and wales, 20 23 or 2a across the south east. That is the last of the warmth because as that cold front moves through, it will allow cooler air to spread to all areas. Clear skies during saturday night, there will be a few showers packing into northern and western areas, these will be blustery as the wind picks up too, notice the temperatures into single digits, particularly out of town, but even in some of the towns and cities further north. You can see we are into the colder air for sunday, sunday is the first of september, and the first day of meteorological autumn, it will certainly feel like that you wake up on sunday and it will feel very chilly. Lots of sunshine around and showers will get going across scotland, Northern Ireland into north west england, perhaps western wales, some could be heavy with a rumble of thunder mixed in, and it will feel quite chilly when the showers turn up. 12 15 in the north, 16 20 in the south. As we head on into monday, High Pressure wants to build in from the south west, that will settle things down but you notice this weather front pushing into the northern half of scotland, that will bring more cloud to the north and west of scotland, perhaps outbreaks of rain for the northern and western isles, perhaps a few spots of rain for Northern Ireland too, but the further south and east you are, because of the High Pressure, the winds will be lighter and we should see some sunshine around. So temperatures up a notch on monday, particularly noticeable across the south east. This is bbc news the headlines as fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazils government rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. A Us Military Court has set a trial date for Khalid Sheikh mohammad, who is accused of playing a leading role in planning the 9 11 attacks on the United States. Hell be tried in Guantanamo Bay from january 2021. Hes already been detained for more than 15 years. The hong kong authorities have intensified their crackdown on dissent in the region. Police conducted a wave of arrest among those being detained were the prominent pro democracy campaigners joshua wong and agnes chow. Theyve both been charged withjoining and inciting others to join an unlawful assembly