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
Bygones be bygones. Doctors advise that letting go of anger is good for your. Health. So what better way to start your Bank Holiday Monday morning than letting go of your anger with us here . Nice deep breath. What have you been angry about . Everything. Angry about everything. Pretty much most of the time. But, you know, weve got a lot in the show today. Weve got a lot of light and shade. Have you bacon butty . Have you a cup of coffee . And stay with us. And also let us know what youre doing on this bank holiday weekend. I was surprised you could even get here on a train today. Well, there was a train strike, but for some reason my specific route was unaffected. So thank you. The Bank Holidays got off to a great start. So yeah, happy days. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Gbnews. Com yoursay first though, the very latest News Headlines with Aaron Armstrong. Hi there. Its Aaron Armstrong here at 932 in the gb newsroom. Rishi sunak has admitted the tories may not win the next ge
Move but the arab league stopped short of calling for action. Hello im down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraq to close as well with i still over says its not in complete control of the iraqis Syrian Border plus. To allow an individual to. This wonderful. Boycotting the president mississippis black leaders protest against Donald Trumps appearance at the opening of a Civil Rights Museum also. There packed unanimously after seven votes to seven seventy years after the u. N. Voted to look into atomic bombs the nobel prize is set to on of the Campaign Working to abolish Nuclear Weapons. Unacceptable and dangerous thats the arab leagues reaction to president Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital on wednesday you know when i was asian called it illegal according to International Law at an emergency meeting in the egyptian capital cairo reports at an emergency session of the arab league a show of unity and anger the twenty two nations that make
Steps together the u. S. And turkey agreed to Work Together on syria as the conflict dominates talks during the secretary of States Rex Tillerson visit to the region. Cyril ramaphosa is to deliver his first state of the nation address a south africas new president a struggling economy and corruption are some of his key challenges. Also in the next sixty minutes Political Uncertainty in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the Prime Minister. And. Day seven at the Winter Olympics in pyongyang chuang. Dream of becoming the first skier to win four gold medals at a single games is over she finished fourth in her best event. Ok lets get going in the last hour the u. S. And turkey have agreed to normalize relations after their talks in ankara the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has been Holding Discussions with his turkish counterpart cover saw two times between the two countries have been strained over recent months particularly over u. S. Support for kurdish fighters in syria bu
Is recruiters were trying to direct would be attackers a year before westminster and London Bridge. And Lewis Hamilton wins the italian grand prix, spoiling the ferrari party at their home race. Good evening. Tensions over north Koreas Nuclear programme increased dramatically today after it carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. And most powerful it claimed to have detonated a Hydrogen Bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental missile. In the last couple of hours, the us defence secretary has said a threat to the United States will be met with a massive military response. Will be met with a massive theresa may has called for urgent new sanctions to be agreed at the un. For urgent new sanctions the blast detected near the punggye ri underground test site in northwestern north korea is said by experts to have had more destructive power than the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of nagasaki at the end of world war ii. Well report from beijing and t