The Daily Telegraph, and the economist and member of labours policy forum, grace blakeley. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Paris was always expected to be tougher for Boris Johnson than berlin, and so it proved today, as the Prime Minister encountered a friendly but Firm Approach to brexit from emmanuel macron. The french president said it should be possible to find a brexit deal without totally rewriting the existing agreement, but that any new deal wouldnt be far from that agreed already. And on the key question of the backstop, which guarantees no hard border on the island of ireland, mr macron said it was indispensable a clear rebuttal to borisjohnsons wish to have it removed from the deal. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports now from paris. Its a short flight from berlin, but there is a long way to go. Welcome to paris. Yesterday Angela Merkel invited the uk to find solutions that might avoid a no deal brexit but little more than that. And t
As japan prepares to host the 2020 paralympics, we investigate just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities. Ina in a years time, this city will be hosting the pa ralympic in a years time, this city will be hosting the Paralympic Games and not only are we seeing 4000 odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media and spectators. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazils sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. The french president Emmanuel Macron added his voice
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large