Weather fronts still playing a part in our weather on friday. Still low pressure in control but longer spells of rain. Some uncertainty as to where the fronts will be setting. But they could bring longer spells of rain, and it starts to move gradually south as we go deeper into the day. Quite strong winds associated as well. The picture going into the weekend, it is going to be dominated by this weather front as it stalls close to the uk. The trend we think on saturday will be for it to fade. So just a bit of battery rain with a good deal of cloud across england and wales, showers and son into scotland and Northern Ireland. But waiting towards a south west this weather front. As we go into sunday, here it comes, spreading more persistent rain more widely across the uk. Still with uncertainty about where thatis still with uncertainty about where that is going to be exactly. Do keep checking the forecast if you have plans for the weekend. The weather is volatile and it may not look exact
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The number of forest fires burning in the amazon rainforest may have dropped since the global alarm was raised in august, but brazils government is still feeling intense political heat. My guest today is brazilian environment minister Ricardo Salles who is in europe trying to convince sceptics that president bolsonaros government is not prioritising economic exploitation at the expense of environmental protection. How credible are the brazilian governments soothing words . Ricardo salles, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Thanks for asking me. Would you accept that the global concern raised by the sweeping forest fires that we saw in august, burning swathes of amazon rainforest, would you accept that that has put a new level of scrutiny on the actions of the brazilian government . Definitely. Its true. Were already concerned about this problem of the burns, it begins in the middle ofjuly,
Meet afghanistans robotic team winning prizes and acclaim across the world, against the odds. Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do democrats response was swift. Some mechanical things. Live from our studios the failure to produce this witness, in singapore and london, 00 01 11,005 2147483051 37 20,217 this is bbc world news 2147483051 37 20,217 00 00 02,764 its newsday. The failure to produce these documents, um, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress a coequal branch of government. Democrats were keen to question Gordon Sondland because hed been dealing with ukraine in the run up to the phone call between President Trump and that countrys leader, in which mr trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to do him a favour and investigate the bidens. Us military to ukraine had been suspended days before. In Text Messages given to congress, veteran us diplomat bill taylor wrote.
For these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment, anything could be waiting behind this door. I have always wanted to join the army, ever since i can remember. There was nothing else i really wanted to do. Experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building in a Conflict Zone can be extremely dangerous. I know ive got great faith in my team, because were all highly trained professionals. And basically trusting the man in front of me and behind me to do theirjob at a very high level. Colchester in essex is home to the elite 16 air assault brigade, the british armys Global Response force, specially trained and equipped to deploy by parachute, helicopter and air landing ready to be sent anywhere in the world at a moments notice and able to perform a wide variety of roles, from warfighting. Explosion. To providing humanitarian assistance. As a result, the troops here, like the soldiers of 2 para, are constantly training. Briti
Through its paces. No time to stop between the super sets, although i do need to quickly look at my phone. We look at how ai is helping doctors diagnose neurological diseases. And we need an inspiring sportswoman whos using tech to help her stay at the top of her game. I can put the glasses on and obviously watch training as normal, but as my coach is speaking, obviously i get live captions as well. Rigorous training to hone modern soldier skills is essential, as at any time they can be thrown into the heart of a war zone or humanitarian crisis. Yes, so mark cieslak has been to meet the soldiers of 16 Air Assault Brigade to see how technology is helping to train troops. For these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment, anything could be waiting behind this door. I have always wanted to join the army, ever since i can remember. There was nothing else i really wanted to do. Experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building