Hello this is bbc news with samantha simons. The headlines. Borisjohnson has been warned against forever being known as mister no deal over brexit by donald tusk as World Leaders gather at the g7 summit in biarritz. Meanwhile the Prime Minister will urge trump not to escalate a trade war with china when they meet at the summit. Prince andrew has said he did not see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to the arrest and conviction of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the Record Number of fires in the amazon forest. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers could be affected as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. Ba says its extremely sorry passengers have found difficulties trying to re arrange their flights. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and holly hamilton. Hello there, these
The final countdown for ppi. The deadline is tomorrow. There are still believed to be thousands of people who havent claimed. Ill have the details. Yesterday we hit 33. 1; degrees at heathrow. And that is it for a wee while. It will be cooler, wetter and windier over the next few days. More inis windier over the next few days. More in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 28th of august. Our top story. A woman who says she was a victim of the convicted us paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and was forced into a sexual encounter with the duke of york, has urged the prince to come clean about what he knows. Virginia Roberts Giuffre spok to reporters outsid a court in new york. It was after a hearing for alleged victims of epstein, who took his own life in prison earlier this month. Prince andrew has strenuously denied the claims made against him. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler was in court. Jeffrey epsteins victims never had the chance to face him in court, but at a hearing in new york,
Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr