Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 9pm 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 to those concerned. He tweeted our house is burning. Literally. He said wildfires in the amazon were an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 to address the issue. Camila mota sent this report from sao paulo. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species of plants and animals and one m
Headlines. Coming up at five is sally bundock. Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im at stephen sackur. Indonesia has big ambitions to bea sackur. Indonesia has big ambitions to be a 21st century regional superpower. It has the right kind of assets in terms of population, natural resources, and strategic position, but there are clouds on the horizon. Not least in west papua, the vast Territory Incorporated into indonesia at the end of Dutch Colonial rule. Five decades jakarta has suppressed a Papuan Independence Movement stop in recent months tensions have flared into violence. My guest is benny wenda, exiled leader of the west papuan Liberation Movement. Can he ta ke papuan Liberation Movement. Can he take on jakarta and papuan Liberation Movement. Can he take onjakarta and when . Benny wenda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Last month we saw violent clashes between Indonesian Security personnel and civilians in west papua. There were a number of deaths,
After she says greenland is not for sale. More allegations about prince Andrews Links with the convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein. Buckingham palace says any suggestion of impropriety with minors is categorically untrue. Live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its midnight here in london, 7 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the morning in berlin, where borisjohnson began his first foreign trip as Prime Minister. On thursday, he goes to paris. Mrjohnson wants european leaders to change the deal agreed with his predecessor theresa may. The eu response has been firm until now not a chance. Chancellor Angela Merkel greeted him with smiles, but warned him he only had 30 days to come up with an alternative. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright is in berlin. Another Prime Minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. Prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal . Its a familiar tune, but this time the deadlock is stark, and its Bo
Deal in the country. Protestors celebrated outside the commons. Borisjohnson says hell now push for a general election. Im rico hizon in singapore. Also in the programme Hurricane Dorian devastates parts of the bahamas the countrys Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy and scientists warn that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its eight in the morning in singapore and iam here in london, at the end of a historic day in british politics. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has lost his first vote in the house of commons. This was the moment the result was announced. The ayes to the right, 328. The noes to the left, 301. On wednesday, mps will now decide whether to make a no deal brexit impossible, by forcing the Prime Minister to ask the eu for an extension to negotiations, if he cant get a deal by the end of october. Borisjohnson was defeated by 27
And after the removal of the mayors from their paws the city governors have been appointed as trustees as the acting mayors according to turkeys constitution and a regulation for election the interior ministry has a right to has the authority to remove local Authority Members from their pause for a temporary period of time if they have ongoing persecution process or Legal Proceedings until a final decision is placed several people hoping to be the next u. S. President will be in iowa in the next few days at a forum focusing on native american issues most of them are democrats but one of the speakers mark charles is running as an independent fisher a native american aiming to change the face of u. S. Politics. Mark charles hopes in 17 months he wont be walking in his dining room but from the oval office in the white house hes running for president and believes america is ready to elect a native american i am running this campaign not as a protest but a way. To try to change me a citizen