40,000 troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. Will ben stokes century be enough to help secure an unlikely england ashes victory at headingley. And talking movies explores the role of the producer in both big hollywood productions and smaller independent films. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Hello, good afternoon. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that its now touch and go whether the uk will leave the eu with a deal on october the 31st. Speaking at the g7 summit in biarritz, the Prime Minister said he had to be prepared to leave without a deal in order to convince brussels to scrap the current Withdrawal Agreement. The Prime Minister, who this morning had his first face to face meeting as Prime Minister with president trump, also admitted it would take more than a year to negotiate any future trade deal with the united states. He was speaking to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. Side by side, the american president and the man he says is the ri
West and slowly north and east so theres more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland and the far north west of england, some of it rain bearing, north west of england, some of it rain hearing, with strong winds across the rain bearing, with strong winds across the hebrides and irish sea coast towards Northern Ireland. The winds, lighter the further south and east you are. It is going to be a warm afternoon, 27, maybe 28 degrees. Further north, the low 20s and the high teens well you have those clouds and outbreaks of rain. We will continue to see those weather fronts push across the north west of the uk where we see the rain lingering on. Further south and east, clear skies and lighter winds. And fairly warm compared to what we have had of late. The warm airgets what we have had of late. The warm air gets imported across our shores over the weekend pushing that low pressure to the north of the uk. It looks like for many this weekend it will be hotting up, with strong sunshine and t
Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am london and 2am in the french resort of biarritz, where the g7 summit of World Leaders has ended in an unexpectedly positive mood. French president Emmanuel Macron persuaded his colleagues to agree to help brazil fight the fires in the amazon. He also convinced President Trump to at least consider a meeting with irans president rouhani. And mr trump himself was upbeat about the resolution of another crisis he has initiated the trade war with china. I think they should make a deal, and i think if they dont make a deal, its going to be very bad for china. And i very much appreciate the fact they came out last night, very late last night, and they said they wanted to make a deal, they wanted it to be under calm circumstances. It was a little different kind of statement, i thought it was a beautiful statement. The us president stood beside emmanual macron as
Hello. Ajudge in oklahoma has ordered the giant healthcare Companyjohnson Johnson to pay 572 million for its role in the opioid addiction crisis in the us. The case is the first to go to trial out of thousands filed against drug manufacturers and distributors. Two other firms have reached settlements with oklahoma out of court. The judge said prosecutors had demonstrated that Johnson Johnson contributed to a public nuisance in its deceptive promotion of highly addictive prescription painkillers, and compromised the health and safety of thousands. The company is to appeal. Those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of oklahomans. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, overdose deaths, and neonatal abstinence syndrome in oklahomans. Live now to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. This is significant but very far from the end of things. 0h, this is significant but very far from the end of things. Oh,
In by the government to decide. Including usman khawaja. Coming up on afternoon live, thanks, and well bejoining you for a full update just after half past. All the sport with jane dougall. Tomasz has all the weather. And Tomasz Shafernaker has all the Bank Holiday Weekend weather. Hot and sunny Bank Holiday Weekend on the way as promised, and the yes, the Bank Holiday Weekend weather. I will stick my indications are the warm weather could last a little while across the promised yes, i will stick my neck out and promised some fine weather. South. Thanks, tomasz. Temperatures again to reach or also coming up after over 130 years its exceed 30 degrees in the south this a nervous wait for bury fans, week. Thanks, tomasz. As the troubled Football Club also coming up, after over 130 years fights for its future. Its a nervous wait for bury fans as the Football Club fights for its future well hear about the financial pressures clubs face. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The french pre