Now on bbc news, all kinds of blazes. Its time for click. They can simulate a huge variety this week, another chance to see our firefighting special of fire scenarios here when we tackle blazes from the air, on the ground and even on rails. Oil rigs, industrialfires. In the summer and autumn of 2018, california experienced 00 01 13,944 4294966103 13 29,430 its deadliest ever wildfires. That is an overturned fuel tanker, and they can simulate any size of aircraft from the smallest to the largest. That is an airbus a380 and this is a boeing 747. And it is notjust about gearing up and grabbing the hose. Every fire is different. And each needs to be treated intelligently to make sure you and the people you are trying to save have the best chance of survival. They are using the water as a protective shield. So it keeps the two fires apart, using the water. Keeping the left hand one at bay and then extinguishing the right one before we deal with the left. The centre tries to make each scenar
Theres fierce criticism here of the decision to suspend parliament for more than four weeks. Requested by the Prime Minister, approved by the queen, it means members of parliament who want to prevent the uk leaving the European Union without a deal have even less time to do that. For some, its a constitutional crisis, some critics use the word coup for others its a way to shortcut years of prevarication about brexit. Borisjohnson says it means he can get on with his agenda for the future. This from bbc Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Shutting up shop at the Prime Ministers request, the gates will clang shut here for an extra few days next month. Debates wont take place, mps wont vote or stand in the way of borisjohnson. We are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, and making sure that we have the Education Funding that we need. And there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time, in parliament for mps to debat
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Our planet is haemorrhaging Natural Resources at an alarming rate. Biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled, wild animals illegally hunted. My guest today is on the frontline of the effort to conserve and protect what remains. Lee white is the newly appointed environment minister in the west african state of gabon. A country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas. But also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. So can gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature . Theme music plays. Lee white, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You first went to gabon as a research zoologist, a young student. You became a conservationist, an environmental campaigner and yet here we sit with you as a government minister, minister for the environment in gabon. How did you get seduced, if i may use that word, into the murky world of politics . Conservation is
From star wars, agreed to focus on fast tracking legislation aimed at getting rid of this. You couldnt make it up, even in star wars. Interesting first up, if you look at all the papers, it is the ones that are pro brexit thats a johnson did the right thing, the ones who are against it say it is an outrage. The guardian says, they are talking about outrage. They are also making another pertinent point, saying that he is pro rogan for about five yea rs, he is pro rogan for about five years, proroguing, but facto it is only about five days. And that is for the Party Conferences, but do we really need Party Conferences one could argue in a time is crucial is this . That is a very crucial point. Of course, johnson has the right to pro of course, johnson has the right to pio prorogue, of course, johnson has the right to pro prorogue, but what of course, johnson has the right to pro prorogue, but what he of course, johnson has the right to pro prorogue, but what he is doing is putting fuel o
The home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. At least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. Several more are seriously hurt. And the survival of Bolton Wanderers has been secured after Football Ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. The League One Club had been facing liquidation. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The government has insisted that mps will have time to debate the uks departure from the European Union despite plans to suspend parliament for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th october less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the eu. But the move has sparked protests around the country a legal challenge is underway and a petition against proroging parliament has attracted more than one million signatur