No river in the uk is currently safe to swim in thats the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. A Record Number of fires in the amazon rainforest data shows an 85 percent increase this year. Mps warn the uk will not meet its Climate Change targets unless people ditch their cars. Good afternoon. Our main story at five is borisjohnson has been in paris for talks with Emmanuel Macron, the latest stage in his attempts to try and break the brexit impasse. The french president insisted that the controversial irish backstop is indispensable to the integrity of the eu Single Market. The measure aims to prevent physical border checks if there was no post brexit trade agreement. Mr macron didnt point blank refuse to re negotiate the brexit deal though, asking for further explanation from the uk on what its alternative propsals might be. Both sides have agreed that they will keep talking. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas sent this report. Frances pr
Well thanks to President Trump and the u. S. Senate in action on appointing new f. E. C. Members as of august 31st the commission will no longer have enough commissioners to legally made it has my friends the New York Times is reporting that the resignation of vice chairman map us peterson will up that the bully freeze the f. E. C. Is governance leaving it one person short of a quorum and then and thus unable to take on some of its most basic actions including Holding Board meetings starting audits making new rules in levying fines for Campaign Finance violations but thats not the only election issues facing the country we also saw this tweet featuring a video of an electronic voting machine malfunction in mississippi go viral reminding us all that as of now there are still 8 states using Voting Machines that do not leave a paper trail. But but i dont want to just pick on the United States its not just them that has issues with their priorities my friends not when we see headlines like
The Daily Telegraph, and the economist and member of labours policy forum, grace blakeley. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Paris was always expected to be tougher for Boris Johnson than berlin, and so it proved today, as the Prime Minister encountered a friendly but Firm Approach to brexit from emmanuel macron. The french president said it should be possible to find a brexit deal without totally rewriting the existing agreement, but that any new deal wouldnt be far from that agreed already. And on the key question of the backstop, which guarantees no hard border on the island of ireland, mr macron said it was indispensable a clear rebuttal to borisjohnsons wish to have it removed from the deal. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports now from paris. Its a short flight from berlin, but there is a long way to go. Welcome to paris. Yesterday Angela Merkel invited the uk to find solutions that might avoid a no deal brexit but little more than that. And t
As japan prepares to host the 2020 paralympics, we investigate just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities. Ina in a years time, this city will be hosting the pa ralympic in a years time, this city will be hosting the Paralympic Games and not only are we seeing 4000 odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media and spectators. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazils sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. The french president Emmanuel Macron added his voice
Psychologist at the ucla school of management, where he studies cognitive bias and how people and mentioned their future selves. He also contributes opeds to the New York Times and wall street journal. A historian of american political rhetoric at texas a m university and a editor. She is also the author of the rhetoric of her rogue expectations, establishing the obama presidency. And currently at work on her next book titled, demagogue for president , the rhetorical genius of donald trump. [laughter] she will be talking about that later. Emerituss a professor of social psychology at uc santa tripand the coauthor of a propaganda can the everyday use and abuse of persuasion. , age of propaganda, the use and abuse of persuasion. [laughter] so, thank you for being here. , istheme of this panel is contemporary propaganda damaging our Attention Spans, relationships, our ability to ponder bigger questions . Four does it offer some benefits , like nudging us to eat healthier, save the earth,