Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
A disservice for those affected by this tragedy. To. Be the person to do this. To the full extent. What money was in grand abaco island thats one of the areas devastated by dorian. Just to give you an idea of where we are we just arrived in trace treasure key this is on the island of abaco one of the but more snow there goes the island of the bahamas you could say that this is pretty much ground 0 of where Hurricane Dorian most affected this island nation it took 36 hours for that hurricane to get a category 5 to make it across the the northern most islands of the bahamas winds upwards of 350 Kilometers Per Hour what you see behind me this is actually whats left of the airport terminal again with just arrived when youre flying in you can really get a sense of the devastation theres a conifer forests all around us is acres and acres of trees literally split in half it sounds cliche to say this but it but it looks as though a bomb went off here if you were to drive a natural action now t
Coming. Theyre going to jump in. This is trying to get as many people as possible to get out of the tents and get out of the Navigation Center, etc. Youll hear tonight from others that will say theres a large waiting list, and there is a waiting list. And it really is a balance. You know, when i hear from a handicapped individual that says i cannot get out of my house and go down the sidewalk because the sidewalks completely blocked, i have to go into the street. That concerns me for Public Safety reasons. When i listen to what happened in san diego, with the hepatitis a outbreak where people were getting sick because the camps were unsanitary, that concerns me. Theres a criminal element again, very, very small percentage. I dont know to get quoted by saying thats what this is, but when theres a little bit of criminal element in the encampments, whether its prostitution, robberies, drug sales, we have to address that. So to your point, commissioner that happens in all of the homes and
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrews death and also received by the force from both police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrews passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. Thank you for coming andi of the country. Thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. Thank you. The sc