Up their action against climate change. Refugees in bangladesh are afraid to return to myanmar and are not expecting it will be safe to ever do so. We report from a refugee camp. Taking steps to stop a silent extinction. Africas giraffe population n is set to dwindle by half and 30 years. Chaim phil gayle. Welcome to the program. Brazils right wing president bolsonaro is facing pressure after several European Union leaders described the wildfires burning out of control through the amazon forest as an international crisis. A Record Number of fires broad discretion to the Worlds Largest ecosystem since the president took office in january. These are the worst fires the amazon basin has seen since records began in 2013. The dry season is only just beginning. In many places, it hasnt rained in weeks. Brazils president has been blaming ngos with no evidence. He says blazes maven started to literally. There people who stop at the side of the road and light fires that stretch for over 100 meters. Amateur footage shows fires along highways along the amazon. Thats with the quality of fire earlier this month. Satellite images showed dozens of fires on august the 10th. Fires are often caused for cattle grazing. Google comments were exchanged on twitter. France said it will have stop a trade deal unless brazil takes action. France and germany said they will address the issue of the amazon at the g7 meeting. When the g7 gets together this weekend, the chancellors have a firm belief the Current Crisis in the amazon rain forest has to be dealt with. The frenchh presidedentas the chancelloror on his side. Bolsonaro has called it colonialist. The fires appear firmly on the agenda. Joining us now as a Senior Researcher at the university of sao paulo. He previously worked for an organization that monitors forest fires in the region. How big is the fire and how big is the risk k of it disappppearg altogetherer gil a altogeth . The risk isis very presenent. There are many scientific studieiewhich point out we exceeded 20 of the forcing the whole basin. 6. 2 million square kilometers. 70 of the basin. We exceeded that. Most of the amazon forest will disappear and turn into a savant. Savannah. Fires increase the vulnerability of the force. The risk of the amazon forest disappearing becomes much higher. Phil ironically, as the forest receives because of deforestation, the chances of it burning increase. What other effects on brazil and the worlds climate does this deforestation have . All o of the force onon the plananet, they rememove 30 of cacarbon dioxixi from humaman activity. Very important ecosystems. Tropical forests store a large amount of carbon. We lose the amazon forest, even if we lose 60 of the forest, we are not reaching the targets of the paris accord. 56 of the amazon will release 200 billion pounds of carbon. Also to fight the Climate Crisis, we need to maintain forests and we need to restore a lot of tropical forest. It has been set the early way to convince bolsonaro of anything is to show him it is in his own interest. He is a climate skeptic or denier. Our changes to his countrys climate are visible because of deforestation . Oh yes. The climate is changing. We a a seeingg that the length f the dry season in ththe southern amazazon is increasing dangerouously. Particularly in arereas in the last 40 years. Itit has increased by 2025 day. This is where we are getting close to the tipping point. Biomass burning, burning the forest, generates incredible amounts of pollutants. They travel thousands of kilometers, affecting the health of millions of people in south america. It might be very dangerous for many who depend on the force. Phil these fires seem so big, but it feels almost impossible to stop them. The president is talking about sending in the a army. Is that senensible . At this point, it is s a despererate move. Perhaps the only one possible, becacause hisis political speecr seseveral m months or thrououghs career of 27 years has a always beenen that. We shohould move on to the indigenous lands. That speech really propelled these criminals in the amazon to push deforestation, so the cut on the forest. They dried out and set fire. The army can go there and prevent these people from setting fire to the amazon. Phil thank you for joining us. Germanys chancellor has joined Emmanuel Macron in calling for brazils fires to be on the agenda of the g7 summit on saturday. Francis hosting the meeting of the worlds top industrialized countries in the coastal city of biarritz. Security is high. Activists came to describe global poverty is another kind of fire threatening the world. The summit promises to be challenging. G7 leaders will also consider a range of issues, including immigration and International Trade. Our d door our correspondent is there to guide us to the coming days. Welcome. Emmanuel macron and Angela Merkel say they want the fires on the g7 agenda. Can this meeting do anything to address this crisis . The french president has set a number of bullet points. He would like to discuss with the other leaders of the most influential and rich nations in the world coming here for this meeting, how he wants to resolve that crisis. One scheme he has in mind is reforeststation t that could be financnced by some of t the wealthiest natioions. Whatat is also on n his mind is putting more pressure on brazil. In that respect, you have to see this idea that he could block the free trade deal brussels recently hammered out with the america source states. What you have to understand is that if f one european natations not ratify that deal that has been agreed in principle, it means the whole deal is dead. Phil phil the main issue of this weekends g7 was supposed to be fighting inequality. Oxfam is saying the Climate Crisis compounds and equality. How will leaders be trying to get to grips with that . Thehe french president has, s a precaution, seeing that President Trump walked away from the final declaration in the last g7 meeting has skipped that final declaration. Still, he wants to reach results. He has invited african nations, leaders from egypt and burkina faso. He has put a number of sensible topics on however because dealing with women and female entrepreneurs. How could he be getting more credits and things including the environment. He would like to discuss these things to move things forward. What you cant help but notice is the effect, that by broadening the agenda, it makes clear that the g7 is no longer a forumm wherere the worlds probls cannot be solved. Because the french president broadens this agenda. Some results come out of this meeting, seeing that the seven leaders to disagree on so many things. Phil the host city, biarritz, its a seaside town. Its rich and affluent. G7 summit seven violent in the past. How wellprepared is the city city . Very well prepared. People have not been allowed into the town. The residence have been given cards. Some 13,000 police have been deployed. One for every two citizens. The beach has been blocked off. A Strong Police presence to make sure this meeting is not disturbed. Phil thank you. As we have been hearing, this dispute of the brazilian president s to the environment is threatening and new a trade deal between the u eu and south america. 20 years in the making, the deal is thrown into doubt, with violent threats threatening to block the thing if they fail to address the growing crisis in the amazon. Carrotsts could be sold dutyfree in south america. A a mercedes cost 30 5 more in south america than the eu. It would give all kinds of european manufacturers and newmarket to get it could create jobs. Manufacturing is not strong in argentina, brazil, paraguay and uruguay. That opens opportunities for the eu. Brazil expects the trade deal to generate up to 125 billion dollars over the next 15 years. Americas search states would benefit by being able to export more agricultural goods to the eu. This is hard for eu nations with our largescale agricultutul production like franance and ireland. They have already limited the amount of beef they can import to the eu. Eu nations h have major enenvironmtal concerns s regardg agriculturural production in the region. That could scupper the deal. Phil phil lets look at the other stories making n ns around the e world. Russia h has the wororlds most First Floating Nuclear Power Plant going across the arctic ocean. The vessel is being towed in russias far east. Environmentalists have criticized the plan is unsafe. Thousands of people have marche in algeria to call for free and Fair Elections and an end to military influence in the government. Algerians have been continue to push for reforms. The u. S. Supreme court says Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone treatmenent for a tumor in her pancreas. The courts said no further treatment has been needed. Shes 86. One of four leftleaning judges on the ninemember court. Now to the mediterranean were three to 56 migrants have been allowed to disembark on malta, let any the latest impasse between eu governments and rescue ships. The migrants have been relocated to six other countries. Another weeklong standoff is over for now. The European Union seems far from a solution on this drarama. Not a lot of breathing space on the ocean biking, where migrants waited for almost two weeks at sea. Water and othth supplies s have been running short. Noww the ordeal has come to an end. The peoplee have beenened on shore in malta. They have been distributed to various eu countries who have agreed to let them in. We feel r relievedd that a humane sololution has been foun. More than three and 56 people on the ship. This cannot stop here. We must find ways to stop situations like this from happening again. It is run by eight organizations. They have been describing distressing condititions on boa. We have spoken to people and treated injuries for those who haveve experienced tours. Criminals have beeeen exploited and subject to what we describe as torture. Despite the dangers at sea, migrants will continue to flee across the mediterranean. Ngos have said they will continue the rest rescue missions. For this year alone, by the middle of august, almost 600 people have died on the route. We will not just stand by and watch while people drown who could have been helped and needed to be rescued. For the passengers, the nightmare is over for the time being. The drama of rescue at sea is not over. A solution still has to be found for each ship. Phil refugees in bangladesh are refusing to return to myanmar. A you and monitored attempt to return about 300 failed on thursday, when no one showed up to go back. The fear of return persists after more than 700,000 fled a brutal Army Crackdown two years ago. Thursdays attempted repatriation was the second time the u. N. Has tried to return refugees under a deal between bangladesh and the government in myanmar. Their fears are best articulated in what one of them called dw, if they forced us to go, we will die. Here is more from the refugee camps. As rumors spread that they would be forced to return to myanmar, tension has become high between refugees inlet anger. In bangladesh. They let fathers take our daughters close off and then they rape them in front of their parents. This woman is referring to the brutal crackdown by myanmars military two years ago. Hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to bangladesh. This week, almost 3500 of them went home. Theirr names were on a list of refugees were repatriation into bmr myanmar. It was up to the officials to break the news the refugees. It came as a shock to mohammed. Our lives and belongings will be in danger over there and children and wives will not be safe. If they force us to go, we will die. Theyy a are one of several ethnic minorities in m myanmar. The government there does not recognize them as citizens. They have faced decacades of discrimination andnd at times violent repression. They are not allowed to travel freely and lack basic ash access to basic services. Myanmar has promised to supply them with housing and id cards, but no one we talked to believe their assurances. Many were so frightened they spent the night beforore the repatriation with their friends on the mountains surrounding the camps. Mohammed said he wanted to run all night, too terrified to return. I got so scared, i thought they might force us to return. Bengali officials promised they will not force anyone to leave. The u. N. Insists repatriation must be voluntary and they must talk to refugees to determine whether to return. On this first day of repatriation, that a single refugee agreed to go home. As long as myanmars government will not provide little rights to them, its unlikely any of them will change their mind. Phil bangladesh is given shelter to more than 700,000 rohingya since 2017. More than doubling the countrys refugee population. How is bangladesh coping . Naomi conrad reports. Thihis is s e biggest refugee camp in the world. I need to be clear, the situation has improved. Refugees have basic health care and education. Conditions are dire. A lot of people dont have anythihing to do. There is fear that frustration may lead to anger and young people having too much time on their hands. There is concern they might become radicalized. Once the aid workers leave, conditions in the camp are quite insecure. We have heard of murders and abductions. Conditions have improved. Its still quite dangerous. As a lot of refugees tell us, they would rather stay here then go home. Phil naomi conrad reporting. This is dw news livive from berl. Still to come, well take you to the golf seasons final tournament to walkk the fine lie between perfection and frustration. Part two of this cliff h hanging hunt is on the way. Giraffe populations have been given more protections in an effort to halt their dramatic population decline. The International Trade of energy should species has agreed to regulate drafts and the selling of giraffes and their body parts. It has shrunk to under 100,000 in just 30 years. Giraffes are both majestic and d lovable. Perhaps even more so with a wonky ear. Such idiosyncrasies makes it hard to reckon as their old buddies. To have such a close connection with individual wild animals, you might be looking at them from one side, youll see them from the other side, just like knowing a friend. A friend for life. John dockerty first came to the National Reserve 21 years ago as a carpenter, a pretext for getting up close to his favorite animals. Now a researcher, he knows africas direct population as a whole has shrunk by 40 over the last 30 years. During the lifetime of the oldest giraffes here in the National Reserve, seven out of 10 of their species has disappeared. Poaching is one of the main culprits. Giraffes are often killed to eat one other food sources are running low. The same guru tribe, who live near the park, stop such poaching thanks partly to education work by his colleagues. Tribal elders have noticed the change in stocks. There used to be many giraffes here, now there are fewer. Without giraffes, there would be fewer tourists and last income for the same guru, who sells souvenirs. Tourism comes in different forms. It also includes trophy hunting, which is legal in Southern African countries like south africa, namibia and zambia. This American Woman shot a rare giraffe in south africa. She defended her action by saying her hunting fee help maintain giraffe stocks. That is a view shared by many south african governments. John dockerty says that is on acceptable. The Southern AfricanDevelopment Community wants trophy hunters to prove their hunting would endanger animal stocks. I am very pleased. Opinion was divided. Im delighted that they have come to a sensible decision which will help african countries faced with declining giraffe populations to save them for all of us. The hope is that such measures will prevent giraffes from experiencing the fate of so many species that face extinction. Phil golfs tour championship teed off on thursday in atlanta. They will receive the fedexcup and the sports largest payout, 50 million. It is a new format this year. The e more p points you c conner the season,n, the better r your score. Few of the top players need the payday, but it offers enormous prize money in place of prestige. Justin thomas was leading the fedexcup and started the tournamentnt 10 under par but cn only shoot level par. Brooks koepka was able to catch him. He now shares the lead with thomas in the chase for the astronomical purse. Worry mcelroy is a shot further back from the top and set to add to a season best 13 top 10 finishes. As for japans number one, Hideki Matsui llama, or patients was requirered to worork his wap the leaderboard. This part for birdiee on the seventh tested his patientnts, t after what s seemed like any eternal weight, and eternal weight, he was rewarded. Eventually. He remains in hunt for the mother of all paydays. Here is a reminder of our top stories. Brazils prprident is facacing owowing pressssure over wilildfs burning out of control in his countrys rain forest. Several European Union leaders described the situation as an internationanal crisis. France and ireland are threatening to block the eu south american trade deal over the president s approach to input environment policy. The french city of biarritz is preparing to host g7 leaders this weekendnd as eu leaders hae called for those fires to be put on the subjects. It was called to focus on any quality, but the chance of a final communique could be derailed by other issues. Thats it. You are up to date. Stay with me for the day that is up next. Have a good day. Front twenty four im from twenty four. Com. French president Emmanuel Macron spearheads a growing wave of International Pressure on brazizils president sayays fires ravage ththe amazon rain foforest. Michael yet accusing jabal scenario of lying about his commitments to climate change. Climate change inequality on trade tensions all on the agenda at this years g. Seven summits leaders from the group of seven meeting this weekend. The french seaside resort to fear its. Thousands of protesters in hong kong formed human chains as