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
On the heroics of ben stokes after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. The women using facebook to name and shame the men who have abused them. Thats in the Victoria Derbyshire review in half an hour, here on bbc news. 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. Ros atkins is in biarritz now. The agenda of the g7 in biarritz has been many months in the making. It is extremely long. President macron is extremely long. President macron is being ambitious in the issues they are taking on. At one thing that was not on the agenda as it was worked up in the last few weeks ahead of everyone coming here was fires in the amazon. But that has come to be one of the dominant issue is playing out across the weekend and into this monday morni
Overwhelmed to be back. And in half an hour, focus on farming examines issues facing uk agriculture, including brexit and climate change. Good morning. 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. Ros atkins is in biarritz now. Its day three, the final day of the g7 summit, and in the next few hours, we are going to find out what all of the work being done here adds up all of the work being done here adds up to. Emmanuel macron was quite deliberate in the months building up to this get together that he wants to this get together that he wants to do things differently. He said he wa nted to do things differently. He said he wanted the g7 to engage with more of the world, he didntjust want it to bea the world, he didntjust want it to be a beh
On the heroics of ben stokes after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. And coming up at half nine, weather world rounds up the planets recent and most significant meteorological events. 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 notjust for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron of france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds major economies. So today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree a new plan to help countries first with the fires, and then subsequent reforest
And in half an hour, here on bbc news how a High School Student from ohio received an email out of the blue that changed her life forever in my very extended family. Good afternoon im simon mccoy. World leaders gathered at the g7 summit in biarritz in the south of france, have agreed to release more than £16 million to help tackle huge fires in the amazon rainforest. The french president said most of the money would be used to fund aircraft to help put out the flames, which the rest providing technical support. Earlier, borisjohnson pledged £10 million to help restore the lost habitat. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The fires raging across the amazon, devastating thousands of acres of rainforest, prompting global outrage and now, potentially, global action. Borisjohnson and his team arrived at the summit to join other World Leaders to discuss what can be done. This morning, the Prime Minister promised brazil £10 million to help reforest affected areas in the mon