Officer whod been married just four weeks when he died. Just hours to save Bury Football Club from being expelled from the English Football League for lack of funding. It is the Summer Bank Holiday but if you are travelling this weekend, bad news you could face disruption on the roads and railways. And england suffer a batting collapse to australia in the third test in leeds. And coming up on bbc news. The showpiece of rugby league the challenge cup final takes place at wembley tomorrow. But can st helens end their 11 year wait . Good evening. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rainforest in brazil have prompted the leaders of france and ireland to declare they wont support a major eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed the Environmental Policies of brazils president , jair bolsonaro, for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. The blazes, which are
Coming up well be taking a look at how techonlogy is transforming farming across the uk. And it looks like the ashes are slipping away from england after they suffer a battling collapse batting collapse. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rainforest in brazil have prompted the leaders of france and ireland to declare they wont support a major eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed the Environmental Policies of brazils president , jair bolsonaro, for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. The blazes, which are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil, are the most intense in the region for almost a decade. The issue is due to be discussed at the g7 summit of World Leaders in france this weekend but the brazilian president has criticised foreign governments for interfering. Heres ou
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Are threatening arctic traditions. Brazils president , jair bolsonaro, has ordered the military to help fight the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. The announcement comes after european leaders threatened to scrap a major trade deal with south american nations unless brazil took action. In a televised address the brazilian president pushed back, saying the fires shouldnt be an excuse for international sanctions. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. Theyre the most intense in the region for almost a decade as camilla mota reports from the amazon. The flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. This is the worlds biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. We travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. Firefighters in the state of rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for
First Floating Nuclear power station in the arctic. Hello and welcome to world news today. Finacial markets have been tumbling after donald trump has waded deeper into the us china trade war. This time the us president said he was ordering us companies to look at ways to close their operations in china and make more products in america. On twitter he said. Our Great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china including bringing your Companies Home and making your products in the usa. He went on to say we dont need china and, frankly, would be far better off without them. The comments came hours after china announced it will impose additional tariffs on us imports worth about 75 billion dollars this in retaliation to a us decision to increase tariffs on chinese goods. Well, since the president s comments, us stocks have fallen sharply, the dowjones has fallen nearly 600 points, our Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury is in new york.