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
Social Media Companies to react after paul pogba receives racist abuse. Good morning, once again from the farm in leicestershire as the bbc continues its focus on farming. Today will be talking about gm crops as the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, comes out in favour. Its a beautiful start of the day, chilly, we could have some rain and increasing winds coming in from the north. In the south, were looking at drain cloudy conditions. Well have further details in 15 minutes dry and cloudy. Its wednesday, the 21st of august. Our top story borisjohnson will repeat his demand for fundamental changes to the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, when he meets the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, in berlin later today. Allies of mrs merkel have accused the Prime Minister of making a completely impossible request and actually not being serious. In a moment well get the view from germany, from our correspondent jenny hill in hamburg. But first, our political correspondent, iain watson in westminster. Iai
, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know
Protests at various universities across the country. It follows across the country. It follows violent demonstrations at some campuses in the us , sit in camps campuses in the us, sit in camps and anti israel banners have been set up at some universities in protest against israels war with hamas. It includes students in bristol, in leeds , in bristol, in leeds, manchester, newcastle and in sheffield, where theyre camping out in tents outside their campus buildings and finally flying with a pet can be a hassle, but flying with reptiles can be an even bigger headache. But one man tried to get around the problem by boarding a plane with two snakes stored well somewhere they shouldnt have been, according to airport officers in miami, staff discovered the creatures smuggled in the passengers pants. Officials posted photos of the Small Creatures on social media and reassured followers that the animals were handed over to conservation experts as well. Safe to say, its probably not the best pl