Three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start in brazil and a Landmark Summit to protect the amazon rainforest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. Brazils president Lula Da Silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. Our reporter Azadeh Moshiri looks at whats at stake in the summit. The amazon is, of course, beautiful, but its also hugely important in the fight against climate change. And thats because it stores so much carbon dioxide, which drives the Climate Crisis were currently facing. And yet the forest is under threat of deforestation. Now, 60 of it is located in brazil, which is why the country is taking the lead in hosting eight other countries in south america who share the amazon.
At this stadium were canada and brazil and the United States were eliminated, colombia and jamaica help to avoid a similarfate. For the winners, england await. The first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. There was nothing new forjamaicas defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. When Catalina Usme brought a long time ball in the area perfectly, she ended that run. The second goal for columbias captain on the night. It sends the colombians in the stands into raptures over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. Moments later they struck the woodwork. Colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter. A chance to double their lead to no avail. England will watch this cautiously, something for them to keep in mind for the next round. Jamaica came this close to an equaliser. A cross, a free header, agonisingly wide. The fairy tale for jamaica ends here. Colombia held
Of the Global Economy given so many countries do so much trade with china. Chinese Government Data shows that the value of exports fell 14. 5 compared to the same month a year ago. That suggests the rest of the world is buying less stuff. The value of imports also fell by more than expected, down 12. 4 onjuly a year ago. But that partly reflects a fall in the price of commodities such as crude oil. The figures will concern chinas government, who are grappling with economic growth. The quarterly Growth Figure was just 0. 8 in the april tojune period, as the country continued its post covid recovery. And last month, chinas struggles were cited as a key concern for the Global Economy when the International Monetary fund updated its Global Growth forecast for this year to 3 . David woo is a former imf economist and wall street strategist and has been telling me what he makes of the numbers. You know, like some people are going to say, well, this is just basically a reflection of the curren
nobody would believe me. and what was most difficult was that some women do believe that these men would have some power to take revenge of them if they dare to report them to the police. that full investigation is now on iplayer. it is well worth a watch. eight lot of additional information on the website. head to the iplayer for that full investigation. let s head to scotland across the day we ve been getting a taste of some of the many acts to take the stage at the edinburgh fringe festival. 2023 marks the festival s 76th year and over that time the event s grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. tuesdayis tuesday is colourful doesn t do it justice in any sense of the word.
saving the amazon leaders from eight south american countries gather to thrash out an urgent plan to protect the rainforest. thousands turn out in ireland for the funeral of the singer sinead o connor. france and colombia make it through to the quarterfinals of the women s world cup. and we re live from the fringe in edinburgh, where comedians and theatrical performers have gathered for the festival s 76th year. time for a look at the business news now. we start in the world s second biggest economy, china. that s because the country saw a big fall in both exports and imports in july. it s a worrying sign for the health