Fires in the amazon. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing the region of the amazon. Hectare facing the region of the amazon. Hecta re after facing the region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forest, just going up in smoke. And coming up. The huge street party begins. More than a Million People are expected at Notting Hill Carnival this bank holiday weekend. Good afternoon. It was one of the most astonishing innings in the history of test match cricket. With england heading towards a humiliating defeat which would have seen australia retain the ashes, ben stokes hit an amazing centiry to give england an unlikely one wicket victory. After collapsing forjust 67 runs in the first innings, this time england needed 359 to clinch the game. That looked a long way off when stokes was joined by the last manjack leach, still needing 73 to win. Stokes then launched a stunning solo assault to win the game and bring the series level at 1 1. 0ur
Fires in the amazon. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing this region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forest, just going up in smoke. And its the hottest Late August Bank Holiday weekend on record, with the top temperature reaching 33. 3 degrees in west london. It was one of the most astonishing innings in the history of test match cricket. With england heading towards a humiliating defeat which would have seen australia retain the ashes, ben stokes hit an amazing century to give england an unlikely one wicket victory. After collapsing forjust 67 runs in the first innings, this time england needed 359 to clinch the game. That looked a long way off when stokes was joined by the last manjack leach still needing 73 to win. Stokes then launched a stunning solo assault to win the game and bring the series level at 1 1. This is ben stokes in the dressing room after the match, reflecting on what hes accomplished. And afterwards stokes e
Mero gives it his all about finding game. In the world order for means club meets up in the least in shine. But 1st we start off with an adventure from outer space now 50 years after the american astronaut Neil Armstrong became the 1st man to walk on the moon history has once again been made in terms of Space Adventures and this time by an italian astronaut look up play deejay for a night from the International Space station where hes currently based now his vibes were beamed down to a party boat just off the island of and we were there to experience it firsthand. Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano tries his hand it d. J. 400 kilometers away from earth and people groove to his beats on the deck of a cruise ship anchored off the Spanish Island of the bees or. The tablets served as part of the tunnels mixing board. The. First time ever d. J. From outer space. Was impressed that i mean is up there somewhere i think you could tell that hes an astronaut not a d. J. But he didnt see a gravity
I never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here protesting against the shutdown of parliament. Theres been renewed violence in hong kong with pro democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. More than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent several boats have been intercepted. Same sex couples could be allowed to compete on strictly come dancing from next year. I will be back with you at eight, but now im bbc news, its time for sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. Heres whats coming up on the programme this evening. Motorsport mourns the death of 22 year old frenchman Anthoine Hubert, killed in a high speed crash at spa this afternoon. Weve got all todays premier League Results coming up. Its four out of four for liverpool. They are top of the table heading into the international break. A double from irelands Jacob Stockdale ends wales winning run in cardiff. Also coming up in the programme t
Degrees in west london. And coming up the travel show reviews some of its best trips this year. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good evening. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that whether the uk leaves the eu with a deal at the end of october is now touch and go. The Prime Minister was speaking at the g7 summit in france, where hes also said no deal would mean the uk keeping a substantial part of the £39 billion the uk had agreed to pay the eu. Hes also been meeting President Trump for the First Time Since becoming Prime Minister, as our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from biarritz. Side by side, but not quite in step. Borisjohnson hopes his american friend will help him out and boost trade between their two countries. But is this a partnership of equals or will the uk get trampled all over by its mighty ally . Do you know who this is, hes going to be a fantastic Prime Minister. And we are going to do a fantastic deal. Once we clear up some of the obstacles in