But. Hardly anyone knows how nontransparent this market really yes still for that one tonne of charcoal requires 5 to 10 tons of would. Normally impact on the environment. Where the wood comes from theres often terrible human rights abuses theres poverty theres deforestation theres deserts of occasional ice of the day. But. Its completely unacceptable that tropical rain forests are being destroyed just to produce cheeta charcoal should be happening its madness bonds and. Nigeria with 186000000 inhabitants its the most populated country in africa this is where most of the charcoal imported to the e. U. Comes from its a huge business not only in nigeria paraguayan in south america is another big global player. According to the un over half the trees cut down worldwide are burnt to produce charcoal with severe effects to the climate. Nigerian merchants praise the high quality of charcoal derived from tropical wood its particularly durable and its embers last much longer but these traders
Five year olds are yet to be fully immunised against mmr. Prince andrew says hes appalled by allegations that his formerfriend, Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abused dozens of young girls and finds any suggestion hed participate in such behaviour abhorrent. And coming up. As we kick off our focus on farming series, how Climate Change is the biggest challenge facing british agriculture. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im rachel schofield. Jeremy corbyn will today accuse Boris Johnson of provoking a crisis in britain as he pledges to do everything necessary to stop a no deal departure from the eu. In a speech in northamptonshire, mr corbyn will argue that a general election in the autumn set against the backdrop of brexit could usher in a period of historic change. Yesterday, downing street accused a former minister of leaking a government document warning that no deal could cause shortages of food, fuel and medicines. Our political correspondent, jonathan blake, told me its likel
Its one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. Commentator the crowd here in the arena knows, 11 months ago, they throw away their hopes of reaching the final. Studio englands hopes of reaching their first netball World Cup Final have been dashed after they were beaten by four time winners new zealand in liverpool. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has expressed his extreme disappointment in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. He said iran had failed to honour a pledge to reduce tensions in the area. Germany, france, the netherlands and the eu have all called for the Immediate Release of the stena impero. Iran has released a video which appears to show masked gunmen descending from a helicopter to board the tanker, as paul adams reports. This is the Moment Iranian revolutionary guards took over t
The foreign secretary says britain will do what it takes to protect shipping in the gulf after a uk registered oil tanker was seized by iran. Iran released film apparently showing masked gunmen storming the vessel. Jeremy hunt today called on iran to reverse the illegal act. Were looking for ways to de escalate the situation, but were also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and International Shipping. All British Airways flights to the egyptian capital cairo have been cancelled for a week as a security precaution. Roses hearts are broken. England wilt under pressure narrowly losing in the world cup semi final to new zealand. And exactly 50 years ago tonight, the first men set foot on the moon. Good evening. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has expressed his extreme disappointment in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. He said the government would do what it take
With the reported wage, a Million Pounds a week. There will be some rain around but not a complete wash out for all of us. Not a complete wash out for all of us. Jointly later for all the details. Its saturday 27th july. Our top story. Donald trump says the uk and United States are working on what he called a very substantial post brexit trade deal. The president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times higher than current levels. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him and hes all set to go. Hes gonna be i think hell be do a greatjob. Were working already on a trade agreement. And i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. You know, we can do with the uk we can do three to four times we were actually impeded by their relationship with the European Union. We were very much impeded on trade. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent tom barton whos in our london newsroom this morning. What is the re