Not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bushfires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. Ben shepherd joins us from the Rural Fire Service headquarters in sydney. Thank you very much for your time, i appreciate this is a busy day for you. Could you start by bringing us up to date with the latest . We still have some 70 fires burning across New South Wales and more than 40 across New South Wales and more than a0 of them i get to be brought under control. We are talking about a massive area we are dealing with, some 600 or 700,000 hectares of bushland that is a light. So we are having to deal with that ahead of these worsening conditions on tuesday. So
Worth of rain fell in a single day. Welcome to the programme. We will start in australia with those wildfires. And a pretty serious warning, actually. leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us up to date. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us uptodate. There has been some relief overnight on the weather. Firefighters are doing what they can today to get on top of this bushfire disaster but dont get me wrong, the risk is fa
In business briefing, ill be speaking to the head of the largest Business Organisation in the world about brexit deadlines and delays. What do his 6 million members think . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme cashless and cut off by unacceptable it failures thats the conclusion from the Treasury Committee in its investigation into Online Banking crashes. Wed like to know have you been affected by it failure . If so what did it cost you . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing allies of the United States have warned that the fight against the Islamic State group is not yet over, in spite of the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. President Emmanuel Macron said the raid was a blow to the group and that france would continue to work towards iss definitive defeat. Britain described it as an important moment but not the end of the organisation. Chris buckler reports from washington.
Also at the g7 as devastating fires take hold of the amazon rainforest, leaders agree to pledge more than 20 million to help save it. And a voyage of discovery how a vast mass of floating rocks in the Pacific Ocean could help save the Great Barrier reef. Welcome to the programme. This years g7 summit of World Leaders has ended. It was billed as the one where nobody would agree on anything. But with such low expectations, perhaps its no suprise that at the end of three days, they have been exceeded there was, in fact, some agreement and a warm atmosphere. Have a look at this body language. French president Emmanuel Macron, host of the meeting, and President Trump showing their closeness with this embrace at theirjoint press conference at the summit, which has come to an end with progress on at least two fronts. Firstly, on iran. Emmmanuel macron said a meeting could be arranged between President Trump and his counterpart, hassan rouhani. Heres mr macron speaking at a joint press confere
Hi there. Thank you for being with us. We begin with some Breaking News from the brazilian city of belem, where leaders of eight South American countries which share the amazon have been meeting fora landmark summit. At the end of the talks they issued a joint declaration saying they have now established a new alliance aimed at preventing the amazon from reaching a point of no return. But leaders appear to have stopped short of pledging an end to deforestation by 2030, as brazils president lula, who is hosting the event, had hoped. Our South America Correspondent Katy Watson reports from para, which is the state with the highest Deforestation Rate in the country. Virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. From up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. This part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. Underjair bolsonaro, Illegal Logging soared. President Lula Da Silva has pr