But theres been strong opposition the Commons Speaker has labeled the move a constitutional outrage. This is a smash and grab on our democracy. He is acting like a dictator. And these are live pictures of Greta Thunberg and these are live pictures of Greta Thunberg arriving in new york harbour the teenage climate activist has spent more than two weeks at sea. The queen has approved the british Prime Ministers decision to suspend the British Parliament forfive weeks just days after it returns from recess next week. The deadline for the uk to withdraw from the European Union is in just 64 days time, on the 31st october. Boris johnsons move significantly limits the parliamentary time mps will have to pass laws stopping a no deal brexit, just yesterday opposition leaders had said that was their plan. This tweet sums up some of the reaction. This is the former chancellor it would be but mrjohnson says its not about brexit. By bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospita
A record breaking bank holiday weekend. Weve got a lot of heat and sunshine to come this weekend but there is the risk still of one or two showers because not only are we drawing in the heat from the near continent around that area of high pressure, we are also increasing the humidity. And weve still got low pressure sitting towards the north west of the uk and this weather front is hanging around too. Hello and welcome to bbc news. For a while, itll be quite breezy brazils president , jair bolsonaro, in the north west corner of the uk has authorised the armed forces to tackle a Record Number of fires but away from here, it looks like well have clearer skies in the amazon rainforest. And those temperatures will dip away to 11 14 degrees. Now, weve still got more cloud for the north west of scotland it comes after intense pressure and Northern Ireland on saturday from european leaders, whove threatened to scrap a major and maybe a few showers to come for the highlands and islands, trade
Are threatening arctic traditions. 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. In a televised address the brazilian president pushed back, saying the fires shouldnt be an excuse for international sanctions. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. Theyre the most intense in the region for almost a decade as camilla mota reports from the amazon. 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 rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for
Might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea refugees are suffering and suffocating in meat tracks, crowding onto leaky boats and rounding the bodies of those who are unable to cross the safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees of been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So, were not just talking about refugees coming from syria but from other wartorn region. In the past couple years its been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Like so many other topics today, this is become a polarizing topic on one hand, opposition to refugees has been hostile politicians at the local state have linked refugees to terrorism and pursued antirefugee policies in the name of National Security the most famous is Donald Trumps executive order which ground the federal refugee from to a halt in january 2017. Spir
Welcome to the programme. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a g7 offer of 22 Million Dollars to fight fires in the amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Mr bolsonaro said the french leader should apologise for insulting him personally by calling him a liar. Mr macron had accused him of lying about fighting climate change. In recent days mr bolsonaro has insulted mr macrons wife on social media, while mr macron has said he hopes brazilians will soon have a president who is up to thejob. President bolsonaro says the aid money is not needed and he has accused foreign powers of wanting control of the rainforest. Today hes been Holding Meetings with governors from amazonian States Affected by the fires. Heres some of what he had to say. Translation so we dont have anything against the g7, it is the complete opposite. We have something against one of the president s of the g7. Because we know what his intentions are