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Up. A Record Number of fires are burning in the amazon rain forest in brazil the countrys far right president i have also naro accuses environmental activists from starting the glazers on purpose. Plus plastic in the worlds oceans of growing problem among the worst offenders are the nets discarded by fishermen but now a Dutch Company has come up with a novel way reusing the mature. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to paris for what are likely to be difficult talks on johnsons calling for the brics a deal to be renegotiated he says the prison provision for the irish border known as the backstop has to go now thats a demand the french present. And projects but at a meeting here in berlin yesterday the german chancellor said she thought britain could leave the e. U. With a deal. That. No bracket protesters shout as british Prime Minister Boris Johnson a Rice Investment for the 1st time since he took office a month ago he met with german chancellor Angela Merkel his go to reopen negotiations on brics it we in the u. K. Want a deal we seek a deal and i believe that we can get what we can do this up and us i think is that is the phrase but clearly. Clearly. We cannot we cannot accept the current withdraw agreement johnson wants to scrap the backstop a clause designed to prevent the return of customs and security checks along the irish border the new however has ruled out renegotiating the existing bricks agreement in berlin merkel said johnson the challenge of finding a solution quickly to fix up the said in a quick the back them has always only been a last resort if we dont meet that last resort and if were saying that we might find this agreement in the next 2 years a perhaps we will find it in the next 30 days why shouldnt we thought and feeling while next both merkel and johnson seem optimistic that a solution can be found in berlin however no solution as yet in the past and time is running out if no side moves the u. K. May head for a no deal exit at the end of october. So can a chaotic still be avoided of your Political Correspondent hans brocks joins us now for more on that good morning hans all of acol thinks it is possible within 30 days to solve the irish border problem cant be solved that quickly. Well i think its too strong a move to say that she thinks its possible shes saying thats not an impossible shes saying its conceivable but if you look at it realistically this is the problem thats the whole brics that discussion has hinged on since the beginning since 2016 since the referendum was held and in all that time no solution has been found on how to deal with the irish oda off the bricks and in fact whats the deal at the moment since the deal that. There is a may and the e. U. Agreed on is that we will have further discussions on this for another year otoole of the transition period off the formal breaks it before the backstop actually comes into effect if no solution is found in the time so im going to im not saying no if you find a solution all ok thats fine if you can conceive of one but it is the brits who have to make proposals is they have to decide what is going to be acceptable to them ok so they have to present it london has to present something do you think in the background or some motions some some discussions going on that that both these leaders are alluding to theres a lot of optimism expressed here in berlin yesterday i think im going to someone whos always saying we can always talk as long as the channels of communication are still open we can still discuss things we can still come even at the last minute come to some sort of agreement that will avoid another deal. Its conceivable that somewhere in the background people are still talking about this certainly there has been joint groups and joint committees looking at this question several times and of course in britain one assumes that there are people who are competent to think about possibilities technical possibilities Technical Solutions but so far at the moment theres no sign of any solution in the offing and a few hours of boards johnson is going to be sitting down with the french president in paris for lunch what kind of reception is he going to go. But there on this idea well if one looks at what mark wrong has been saying the last couple of days its going to be a lot chilly reception then he got to Boris Johnson go to berlin yesterday here in germany. Has been saying that he is very pessimistic about any further solution being fall and before a crash on the full no deal breaks that and hes been saying responsibility for that the race firmly in london with Boris Johnson and his government if the solution is followed well thats how its going to be do you think we could see cracks emerging between berlin and paris on this or will the unity of the of the e. U. Remain in place on the back so i thought a moment i dont see any cracks emerging at all unity has been very strong and i think the position of france and germany here you could see a little bit as a kind of bad cop good cop situation saying well come on lets talk through the channels of communication are still open and call and saying well you know if you dont want to thats ok with us to as ever thanks very much hans browne for us this morning. Lets preview down some of the other stories making the news at this hour sudans chief justice sworn in the countrys new leaders the most important are the top general abdel fatah. And the prodemocracy movements Prime Minister abdullah of the civilians and the military agreed to to share power after months of negotiations and bloodshed which followed the ousting of sudans president omar al bashir. The. Spanish police have arrested a man suspected of making some 500 videos up the skirts of women on madrids metro System Police say hes the mobile phone in his backpack to secretly film his Victims Police found the recordings of the mans home many of them have been posted online. Around has unveiled what its calling a domestically built surface to air missile state media showing president Hassan Rouhani and other ministers at a launching ceremony this announcement comes at a time of rising tensions between iran and the west after round shot down a u. S. Military drone with a similar weapon. And staying with around president rouhani has threatened to blockade Oil Transport in the persian gulf if the u. S. Maintains its pressure on the country he said International Waters would no longer be secure if the u. S. Continues to insist the countrys oil exports were cut to 0 tehran has in the past threatened to close those t. G. Clee important strait of hormuz much of the worlds oil supply passes through that waterway last month around seized a british flag tanker in the strait did ever use the trees of copper has been to the island of hormuz in the strait and sent us this report. Its Early Morning in the sun beating down on the island of relentless theres no natural water sauce and few other sauces for that matter. Despite that the island has been highly valued for centuries as a strategic location portugal for instance constructed this fortress spec in 597 to control mara team traffic in the persian gulf today the strait of hormuz is once again witness to conflict as the standoff over british flecked tankers seized by iranian authorities continues a fisherman takes us out into the straight past the island of la rock the Iranian Military uses the island to monitor the area which includes the Narrow Passage all ships must pass through to reach the largest oil ports in the region. On. A quarter of the global. Making it a very strategic location for International Trade and an important leveraging point for iran republican. Moves for International Ships as long as its not allowed to export its own but so far it hasnt done so but the detainment of the british tanker is already in the. Trade in this area. Currently very few international tankers use iranian waters to navigate the strait many fear being swept up in the conflict between washington and tehran and the Iranian Military is not alone as it petrols these waters the u. S. Has also deployed ships into the persian gulf the u. S. Wants to strengthen its presence here to guarantee the passage of International Cargo ships which has angered the iranian government as well as the iranian people. I dont think they will do will come any sort of you know military presence down from the region itself thats a part of irans political culture not to you know ally with. You know non local actors in the region iran try to reach out to again to you know many countries in the region kuwait. And they are open of course to the u. A. E. And i think saudi arabia as well to discuss these kind of issues and. Theres been no movement on the issue so far irans neighbors seem unwilling to offer support. Few people on the island or for a movie seem interested in politics theyre just hoping there will be a swift end to the regional standoff. Benes them and again if the tensions are resolved the entire economy may improve and were part of that. Everyone is out of work here in hormuz i dont know what to do with my wife and kids we cant all live on fishing alone. When you do certain things would improve for tourism more tourists would pay a visit to this island and that way it could develop. Without stability turning homos into a popular Tourist Destination remains a distant prospect still to come on this program a new dispute about migrant families on the southern border of the u. S. Democrats claim a new proposal by the trumpet ministration would constitute child abuse. But 1st brazils right wing president has their balls naro says nongovernmental organizations have started wildfires in the amazon rain forest on purpose that to embarrass him and his government he offered no evidence to back up his claim a Record Number of fires have been recorded in the amazon this year. More than 72000. 00 fires this year and 80 percent increase over the same period last year smokers covered nearly half the country e. U. Satellite data show as well as parts of neighboring countries president has a theory about the fires cause. I am under the impression that it could have been set by the n. G. O. S because i had asked for money. A stunning accusation he had no evidence for environmentalists have called the charge sick and pitiful the real cause they say is both in our own policies which have slashed environmental funding and dismantle protections. When Brazil Space Research center reported an 88 percent increase in deforestation in june compared with june last year its director lost his job. Those who call the amazon home are the 1st affected by the destruction. Indigenous groups suffer with the impact because if enough food source begins to change. Not one hunting is further away which forced us to go to the city for industrialized food. These groups may be the canary in the coal mine the amazon produces one 5th of the worlds oxygen and absorbs one quarter of all the c o 2 taken in by earths forests losing the amazon could mean losing one of the worlds greatest natural defenses against Climate Change joining us now for more on this from appears in brazil is paolo brando hes a scientist at the Amazon Environmental Research institute and focuses on tropical rain forests welcome thanks for being with us mr brando why are we seeing so much progress 2 so many wildfires in the amazon right now. Its not a big surprise the big increase in fires we see in the amazon simply because of seem a massive increase in deforestation in the region so about 50 percent. But then we need to balad is accounted for 50 percent of deforestation and most of the fires occur in these regions where we see massive increase in the for station. Ok you know a president also narrows accusing in jos of actually starting these fires has he presented so far any evidence to support that that claim. Not that i have seen in the evidence what you can see now is that we have persistent fires in parts of the amazon and these fires occur over multiple days and so can easily see that theyre related to clearing of forest so speculators are farmers are different stakeholders are couldnt down forests these massive floors and burning down has big big bone fires and these fires release way more energy in order types of fires from pasture fires so its pretty easy to detect that from space and this Energy Release puts these as moca all gooey in the upper troposphere and moving just south of brazil so he has the best scientists in the world in the top 8 so its pretty easy to come sold to scientists to see what the major source of deforestation forest fire is now muslim or other related to. Say part of it those is from the clear cutting and burning of the forest what can be done to stop that i mean if if thats a major cause dont we need to step in and stop the. Yes super busy is what is the big difference from this year as in Previous Year we had a major drought related to grease fire keep it in the amazon these year we dont have the major drought and we steal we see massive increases in the 1st case and the positive if you can see it this way is that these fires are concentrated in a few winters a ballot is said 10 minutes that ballads account for 50 percent most of the deforestation and that deforestation generates fires because fires a byproduct of deforestation theyre less apt to remove or does biomass and the biggest concern as the dry season progresses and is going to have much drier conditions and next month and those dry conditions can lead to actual forest fires these fires thats into force primary force and then they can burn hundreds of thousands of kilometers and burn areas that are 10 percent above area for example or 10 or 20 times berlin the size of the land ok now it sounds like those 10 minutes apologies are responsible that needs to be looked at but before we go i like to ask you about the importance of the amazon for the entire planet or reports that 25 percent of our oxygen comes from there is an overstatement to say the amazon is the worlds green lung i would say that the amazon its a big air condition of earth cycles lots of water cooling down entire regions and all through store 10 years worth of human Carbon Emissions so its a big way to stabilise climate is to keep forest standing in the region. Brundle forest say thanks very much for coming in. Now to the latest controversy over immigration in the u. S. The troubled ministration says it wants to deter illegal border crossings by giving its ortiz the power to hold migrant families indefinitely while their asylum claims are being processed the democrats say that proposal amounts to child abuse and are planning to fight it in court and. Keep Families Together this was the protestors edict when the Trump Administration began separating micra children from their parents at the Us Mexico Border people across the u. S. Took to the streets to protest the policy now the u. S. President has essentially said ok well keep the Families Together in detention indefinitely. Reporters pressed trump over concerns about the negative effects the tension could have on miners. That if they did their. Work but would be very strong at the border you see the numbers the way way down i want to thank i want to thank banks go for that. The new rules replace a Previous Court decision to put a limit on how long immigration authorities can detain Migrant Children it will mean that because they cross the border with their parents they can be held for much longer the administration has insisted all families will be released as swiftly as possible theres no intent to hold families for a long period of time in fact we have the Prior Experience of shows we were able to average under 50 days that is the intent for a fair but expeditious immigration proceeding. But an asylum claim can take an average of 5 years to be processed this means that people could potentially be kept in detention camps for even longer. Now u. S. President dog trump has canceled the state visit to denmark after the danish Prime Minister refused to talk about selling greenland to the u. S. Describing it was absurd greenland is an autonomous territory and belongs to denmark its the biggest island in the world its government says that greenland is not for sale. Remote and peaceful green of is rarely in the international spotlight but far from the setting u. S. President donald trump is fuming. Hes upset that denmark wont sell the island to the u. S. Greenland was just an idea just a thought but i think when they say it was absurd and it was said in a very nasty very sarcastic way i said well make it some other time well go to denmark i love denmark ive been to denmark and frankly well do it another time bring. Back has to be shown to the United States but. It was danish Prime Minister Mehta Frederickson who had label transfer poses to put greenland. Frederickson try to limit the fallout after the us president probably concert a planned visit to denmark it is with the requests and surprise that i received the news that the President Trump has canceled his visit to denmark on the 2nd and 3rd as i have been looking forward to this it. Does not change the capture of our good relations and we will of course from denmark continue going dialogue with the u. S. On how we can develop corporation and deal with the many common challenges we face in. The worlds biggest island limits and how to buy less than 60000. 00 people it has a vast oil gas and mineral reserves and it strategically located the u. S. s maintain a base that since 1950 s. But its been an autonomous danish territory for more than 200 years and its premier says theres little interest in changing nationalities. Which is like the americans can Treat Resources with greenland just like any other country they can treat with us but our country is not for sale. Has killed so many frederickson have made clear brilliant and denmark and. About to part ways. Now they may be widespread in our oceans our rivers and our ice caps but new Research Indicates that micro plastics in the water we drink do not pose any significant risk to our health and its 1st study on the issue the World Health Organization has found that most particles pass through the human body without being absorbed in the findings come with a big coffee at the w. H. O. Says further research is urgently needed to obtain a more detailed assessment of the potential impact on our health. Well michael plastics are Plastic Waste ground down during their time in the oceans some of that waste comes from hundreds of kilometers of plastic fishing nets that get lost in the seas every year killing sea life but now a Dutch Company has teamed up with some 1000 fishermen in india to retrieve the nets and recycle them or a completely different purpose why did it i dont want. These fishermen in Southern India are getting ready for a day out at sea but theyre not looking for fish instead theyre on the lookout for abandoned fishing nets floating in the indian ocean. But i wanted to get out by extracting these nets from the sea where no way cleaning the sea and earning some money. Might be also helps in enhancing our catch your values nets get stuck in the propeller and damage the boats when we go fishing or do. Not learn netting not only snags but propellers it also traps marine life and degrades into micro plastics fishing nets can take hundreds of years to break down and fishing gear makes up up to 70 percent of surface debris in the worlds oceans but now a Dutch Company is working with indian fisherman to retrieve discarded fishing nets and with these women to recycle them. We dont have money for our family by working here this is our livelihood. Once the nets have been cleaned and cut up that turned into plastic granules one of the companies that uses them is the surfboard make us stop a bullet in bangkok thailand. Then we try to see where we can the place to meet great places the civil places in our projects. If. There ever a people going to see them understand that actually recycling. I can index remaining. The indonesian island of bali is a surfing mecca thats also battling a tide of Plastic Waste choking its rivers and beaches the owner of a surfing school on the island now only uses eco friendly boards. Hes pushing others to do the same and. We need to educate the riders the surface and we also need to educate the companies themselves that they can create sustainable programs and be responsible for the products they are using in this year avoids recycling initiatives like these just a drop in our increasingly polluted oceans the world produces hundreds of millions of tons of Plastic Waste every year. Now to something straight out of a so i fired classic robots in space but this is no movie russia has launched a life size humanoid study bought into space the bought slaves paid or 40 blasted off in an unmanned soyuz rocket from kazakhstan now this is the 1st time a robot has taken the commanders seat in a russian craft fade or a long term report on conditions during the otherwise on crude flight before spending 10 days learning to assist human astronauts on the International Space station so use to dob one a booster lets get your miner now of our top stories this hour german chancellor all a machall has suggested that the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson come up with a solution to the brics an impasse within 30 days. He said johnson should try to find an alternative to the irish backstop which he wants removed from the e. U. Withdraw all agree. Dont forget you can always get the interview news on the go download our app from google play it were from the apple store that gives you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breakeven so it also use it to send us photos and videos. Them cows and ears of Human History will soon disappear under water. Up to her son jason southeastern turkey was funded by a huge reservoir behind a new hydroelectric dam what will happen to the local residents will be coming from regions unique cultural heritage. Suncoast waiting for the flood. Cut off. Where the real trial it resides. When i come to india lots of people in fact more than a 1000000000 if you could lead not just democracy thats one reason im passionate about people at Nasa Missions and they can. To finishing the book is right here in berlin and talk to the porcupine in the one i remember thinking at the time if the bomb in broken hill would anything could happen if people come together and unite for a point. When i do the news i often confronted you to situations more concrete to do something still i see just beyond my job to confront the tedious on policies and development to put the spotlight on issues that matter most. To security question marcia nice you should. Not have to keep so much money to you john and i think people have to be accountable to show. My name is on the back and i walk in to tell you. Hello and welcome to focus on europe im liable lola thanks for joining us a political earthquake is looming in east germany state elections will be held in brandenburg and saxony and the right wing parties there are set to make huge gains polls suggest they might even come out on top well Party Leaders of the far right a. F. D. Or alternative for germany are