The worlds greatest rainforest is under increasing threat. Illegal logging, mining and land grabbing has led to vast areas of rainforest being lost. It is a huge store of carbon that is vital for tackling climate change, but the brazilian government of president bolsonaro has so far denied the problem, but that may now change. Environment minister Ricardo Salles will meet governors of amazon states today to discuss tactics to counter deforestation. In the 12 months tojuly, 2019, deforestation soared almost 30 . More than 3,700 Square Kilometres of forest has been deforested this year, an area about a fifth the size of wales orjust over 500 thousand football pitches. While deforestation mainly has been caused by illegal logging, mining and cattle farming, a new threat is posed by increasing demand for land for palm oil plantations. However the president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, believes other countries had overblown the situation. Translation the situation. At times, certain countries
The process of formally removing a sitting president in the us has officially moved to the next stage. Democrats announced they will move forward with articles of impeachment against donald trump, making him just the fourth us president in history to face the move. Nancy pelosi made the announcement heres what she said about it. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in an abuse of power, undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of oui and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes. To preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. President trump has been tweeting furiously in response. the do nothing, radical left lets go back to hear a little bit more. President trump has always denied wrongdoing an
Google is launching its streaming Gaming Platform called Google Stadia today. The platform offers games on a subscription basis that plays from googles servers. This means there are no discs, physical media or devices involved and the games will play on computers, tablets or mobile phones. Stadia will launch with 22 games, which some critics say is not enough, but its still almost twice the amount initially promised. As it relies on the internet to work. Many areas where connections arent up to speed will not be able to use it. It will be available in m countries from today, with more coming in the next few months. Some have balked at the price, the 129. 99 premiere edition will include a stadia controller, a chromecast dongle, and three months of stadia streaming. A free to play version of stadia, with a lower resolution, will be offered at a future time. Googles Vice President , Phil Harrison is confident his firms new venture will work. Google stadia is a new generation Gaming Platf
Coming to a street near you, the future of cars may be electric, but is the Technology Mainstream enough to become mass market yet . In the Programme Today we take a look at some of the issues surrounding the switch to electric vehicles, are they still too expensive to buy, and how practical are they for very long journeys . A few hours ago, ford unveiled its brand new electric car, called the mustang mach e. Ford hope theyre on to a winner, the mustang is the worlds best selling sports coupe, and the new car is the first vehicle in fords range to be built as an electric vehicle from the ground up. Its also fords response to teslas model y. Electric mobility is expanding. In 2018, the Global Electric car fleet exceeded 5. 1 million, up 2 million from the previous year. China remains the Worlds Largest electric car market, followed by europe and the united states. But this contrasts massively with sales of the internal combustion engine, recent research for the first half of this year o
To death at a house more than three weeks after a clamp down in indian administered kashmir, a bbc investigation reveals allegations of torture by indian soldiers. Dismay in bury as the English Football League refuses to reconsider the clubs future after a late minute offer to buy it. And Champions League holders liverpool have a rematch with natalie as the group is drawn for the competition. Good evening. Mps are preparing for a showdown when they return to the house of commons next week after the uproar at the Prime Ministers plans to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says a plan is already under way for next tuesday and mps will attempt to stop Boris Johnson from shutting down parliament during what he called an utterly crucial period. The formerjustice secretary, david gauke, warned that it may be their only opportunity to prevent the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. But the government has called the uproar phoney