Hello, and welcome. Irans foreign minister made a surprise visit to the g7 summit in france on sunday, to discuss how to reduce tensions between iran and the us. He was only there a few hours, but he did meet with french president and event host, emmanuel macron. He tweeted these photos of the meeting, writing that the road ahead is difficult, but worth trying. Earlier, mr macron said the leaders of the g7 countries had agreed a common stance on iran. My colleague ros atkins has been following events at the summit in biarritz throughout the day. Day two of the g7 perfectly illustrated the opportunities and challenges facing the summit. On iran, we were told all Seven Members we re iran, we were told all Seven Members were committed to avoiding conflict. 0n the amazon fires, we were told everything were done to help result. 0n russia rejoining the g7, donald trump told us its a work in progress. After meeting the eus donald tusk, Boris Johnson progress. After meeting the eus donald tusk
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
On the heroics of ben stokes after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. And coming up at half nine, weather world rounds up the planets recent and most significant meteorological events. 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 notjust for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron of france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds major economies. So today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree a new plan to help countries first with the fires, and then subsequent reforest
And it may be one small white line to you and me, but its one giant leap for the cattle heading for new pastures. Hello and welcome, im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. President trump didnt leave prematurely, he signed on to a brief final statement and there were lots of handshakes and smiles. In that respect, this g7 summit was less hostile that last years. But get past the mood music, and on the biggest issues facing the world today, there is little agreement between the Trump Administration and the 6 other major industrialised nations. They dont agree on iran, on russia, on tariffs or on Climate Change. And thats before you get to brexit. The us president seems to have a very clear soft spot for the new Prime Minister, but he doesnt expect much change for borisjohnson out of the eu a very tough negotiator, he says. I really believe that borisjohnson will be a great prime minster. Especially after spending a lot of intense time with him over the last couple of d