Hellow and welcome. As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, the now sparse land a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees, and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the th
Good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. Our headlines today. Showdown in downing street the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england to support new technical qualifications. The common virus youve probably never heard of but can be dangerous for unborn babies. Well have a special report. Opening up the world of football for children with physical disabilities. Gives us a chance to be like the rest of us, however life set us back, we however life set us back, we can always play football. Johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. Shes on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by Roger Federer. Good morning, its the last day of august. Some of us clinging on to a little bit of warmth and sunshine, but for most, were going to see some rain pushing eastwards, and it turns much coolerjust in time for tom
Hello, good, welcome to bbc news. The bbc has learnt that chancellor, sajid javid, voiced his anger to borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one of his special advisers. Whitehall sources say sonia khan was questioned about government leaks by borisjohnsons senior adviser, Dominic Cummings. She was then dismissed from downing street, despite no evidence that she was behind the leak of sensitive material. Asked about the sacking on bbc radio 4s today programme, mrjavid said he would not talk about individuals and insisted that he had a fantastic relationship with mrjohnson. Lets get more on this from our political reporterjohn 0wen. Ina in a sense the fate of one individual who after all exists purely according to their political masters and mistresses might not seem important. Why is this row front page in the newspapers and headline the news because it goes to the heart of government. It speaks i suppose to that crucial relationship between number ten and ii, which has been so fraug
Once we have done our work, cleaned up, ourgroup, our team leader will sit us down and we all eat together, which is fantastic, because youre notjust coming here to volunteer, youre also here to make friends. With a stronger sense of community humdum hopes it will help asian people shake off the shame that some associate with food banks. Thats making me hungry. Same sex couples could be allowed to compete on strictly come dancing from next year. In a statement, the bbc said its open to having same sex couples competing on the show in the future. It said that strictly come dancing is an inclusive show and would consider including same sex pairings between celebrities and professional dancers in the future should the opportunity arise. Taipei zoo has celebrated the 15th birthday of two giant pandas which were gifted to taiwan by the chinese mainland in 2008. Last weekend we were talking about the oldest planned in captivity who got a birthday cake at 37. The old est got a birthday cake a
President bolsonaros approach to fighting the fires in the amazon is not his only policy under scrutiny. He has made little secret of his uncompromising stance on crime saying this month that criminals will die in the streets like cockroaches. Statistics suggest that drug seizures are up and homicides down. But Campaign Groups say a consequence has been people dying at the hands of the police. Notjust in the crossfire, but they say in direct attacks. Hugo bachega reports from rio. Shouting. Another desperate mother in rio, another body lying on the ground. The blame again falls on thepolice. Jean rodrigo was a popular jujitsu coach. He was arriving at the project where he gave free classes to youngsters when he was killed by a shot to the head. Translation you think a lot of things. Was it because he was black, was at the entrance to a favela . He was a law abiding citizen. So why did they shoot him . This is alemao, where jean rodrigo died in may. Its one of rios largest favelas. Plac