Hello and welcome to bbc news. Brazils president , jair bolsonaro, has ordered the military to help fight the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. The announcement comes after european leaders threatened to scrap a major trade deal with south american nations unless brazil took action. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. President trump said he spoke by telephone to president bolsonaro, offering american help. Conservationists say bolsonaro has encouraged farmers to log the land. The flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. This is the worlds biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. We travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. Firefighters in the state of rodonia, one of the most affected affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resour
To discuss officer safety in the wake of the murder of pc Andrew Harper who was killed in berkshire last week. Rail passengers are advised to try not to travel or check before they do as more than 400 Engineering Works take place across the uk. Is there salvation for bury . Owner steve dale tells the bbc that the League One Club has been sold. In weather we are all set for a weekend, a long weekend for some of us weekend, a long weekend for some of us of abundant sunshine and becoming very warm to hot with it. It has been a while, but summer has bound again. Its saturday 24th august. Our top story. Chief constables in england, wales and scotland will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. In an unprecedented move, the National Police Chiefs Council has called the crisis summit after pc Andrew Harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. Richard lister reports. Whistle blows a policemans whistle marked the start of a minut
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