Hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. The headlines. The International Response to the devastating amazon fires the g7 looks to make an emergency deal to help tackle the crisis. As the fires continue to spread brazil steps up its Emergency Response and deploys its military after concern that not enough was being done. President trump looks to calm growing fears over the us china trade war after telling reporters that the two countries will start negotiating. A tremor measuring 2. 9 on the Richter Scale has been felt near the uks only active fracking site in lancashire, less than two days after a previously record breaking tremor at the facility. The Prime Minister tells the bbc to cough up and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. Now on bbc news, talking movies explores the role of the producer in both big hollywood productions and smaller independent films. Hello and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, devoted to the producer, one of
Its europes biggest street party, and this year the Notting Hill Carnival was hotter than ever. Over the past two days over a Million People danced their way through temperatures in the 30s. Officially, todays temperature record was broken rather more quietly here at tibenham in norfolk when the thermometer here hit 28. 6 celsius. In frinton, a nearby resorts in essex, beach goers were undeterred by a possible contamination issue that made 150 people seek medical attention yesterday after swimming in the sea. Today they couldnt get enough of it. Fantastic, yes. Amazing, loving it. Ive never been here before, so. Yes, i didnt even know this was here in england. Amazing. There was loads of space on the beach. Just a gorgeous day. Because of yesterdays contamination scare the official advice on this stretch of coast is still dont go in the water. Well, you can see how much notice people here are taking of that. With no more problems reported, most people in frinton are more concerned abou
But by that stage i was literally feeling hot and feverish. You get a generalfeeling of being unwell at that point. Like many others, karen feels frustrated at the lack of information about the supply shortages. Given the impact they are having on patients and their families. And thats what leaders in the medical profession want to find out. As they call on the government to do more to get answers from drug companies. What we have to do is try and Work Together as professionals with the dhsc and get these companies to be accountable. First of all, give us an explanastion can give us of what the problem is and most importantly of the timelines before they will be resolved. The manufacturer of one product range says supply problems with continue until the middle of next year. Alternative treatments are available, but demand for these has increased, because of shortages elsewhere. The department of health said it is working with all suppliers to maintain the overall flow of medicines to p
Evening. Temperatures have now reached a new record for the Late August Bank Holiday weekend, the met office has announced. 32. 7 degrees celsius was recorded at Heathrow Airport earlier today. Forecasters expect temperatures to get even hotter on monday with a possible temperature of 33 degrees in the south east of england. Already this summer the uk has recorded its highest ever temperature with the mercury hitting 38. 7 at cambridge in july. There have been a few exceptions to the gloriously sunny weather we have seen across the uk today. Those exceptions across coastal areas of wales and parts of South West England where we have seen a bit of cloud moving in from time to time. Blue skies all the way and that was the glorious scene earlier on and around the fort william, the highlands of scotland. Overnight, we will keep the clear skies, patchy cloud will develop across Western Areas and move into perhaps western scotland. A warm night for sleeping, after a warm day. Temperatures be
Artificial intelligence is transforming many sectors of the economy and farming is one of them. Its hoped that precision farming will help to reduce waste and improve welfare for example, using technology to track the Mental Health of livestock as well as their physical health and also helping to decide which crops are ready to harvest. Our environment correspondent Claire Marshall takes a closer look at farmings future. What are these pigs thinking . How do they feel . This scanner acts as an eye for a machine that is analysing their expressions. Soon, it should allow us to understand the pigs emotions. This technology, in its research phase, was conceived in the west country. The vision of the future of farming is one where the well being of the animals and their comfort is the priority. Just look at the facilities here. The cows movement is monitored to check its health. This tech is already on the market. The facial recognition is coming next. We will be able to see whether or not