Correspondent in washington. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A pop up shop is charging would be social Media Influencers £10 an hour to take their selfies against a variety of backgrounds. Would you pay money to take a selfie in a pink ball pit . Has selfie culture spiralled out of control . Let us know, just bbcthebriefing. World leaders at the g7 summit are expected to agree new plans to help countries tackling forest fires in the amazon. President macron of france said they were close to a deal providing technical and financial help. Brazilian military plane have been dumping water on the burning areas after global concern that not enough was being done to tackle the fires. From biarritz, heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating, not just in recent weeks have been devastating, notjust fo
I was just so grateful i was able to do it and ijust feel so happy and so relieved. It was emotional, as i expected, but i had a really good time. It was amazing. Its better than every other act thats ever come to pride. Im happy with that. Shes phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal shes the biggest name ever to come to pride. The set wasnt long enough, we need more. Im not crying, it took too long, but im emotional on the inside. Many fans thought there would be an onstage announcement from Ariana Grande about her putting ob her own Manchester Show in the future, but there wasnt, meaning her performance at pride could be her last in the city for quite a while. Colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. Cheering great weather for Manchester Pride and festivals all over the country. Its officially been the hottest august Bank Holiday Weekend on record in england with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london with that and todays forecast, heres Elizabeth Rizzini hello, thank you very much. Lots
Morning from hampton pull in south west london on what is going to be the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record, about 400 people are about to start a triathlon here. I guess on a day like this you want to start early, but do it quick. Thats the plan, anyway. All of your weather is coming up. Good morning. Its monday the 26th of august. Our top story a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron in france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds m
On the heroics of ben stokes after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. The women using facebook to name and shame the men who have abused them. Thats in the Victoria Derbyshire review in half an hour, here on bbc news. A new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Ros atkins is in biarritz now. The agenda of the g7 in biarritz has been many months in the making. It is extremely long. President macron is extremely long. President macron is being ambitious in the issues they are taking on. At one thing that was not on the agenda as it was worked up in the last few weeks ahead of everyone coming here was fires in the amazon. But that has come to be one of the dominant issue is playing out across the weekend and into this monday morni
Overwhelmed to be back. And in half an hour, focus on farming examines issues facing uk agriculture, including brexit and climate change. Good morning. A new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Ros atkins is in biarritz now. Its day three, the final day of the g7 summit, and in the next few hours, we are going to find out what all of the work being done here adds up all of the work being done here adds up to. Emmanuel macron was quite deliberate in the months building up to this get together that he wants to this get together that he wants to do things differently. He said he wa nted to do things differently. He said he wanted the g7 to engage with more of the world, he didntjust want it to bea the world, he didntjust want it to be a beh