A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation too. Ralphie waplington is just 2. 5 years old, yet he has almost 20,000 followers on instagram. His page features pictures of him wearing gifted clothes, enjoying freebie trips and fronting posts sponsored by brands such as peppa pig and mcdonalds. Today we want to know would you let your child become a kid influencer . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. With a Record Number of wildfires raging across the amazon, there is mounting alarm worldwide. The french president called the situation an International Crisis brazils president has said his government lacks the resources to fight the fires, and Jair Bolsonaro has accused other countries who give money to preserve the rainforest of doing so, not for charity, but to interfere with brazilian sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happeni
More of their essentials at walmart, according to the companys results for the three months to the end ofjuly. The worlds biggest retailer is using its reputation for lower prices to attract consumers looking to buy anything from food to school shoes. Walmart s net income for the quarter jumped by about 33 to nearly 8 billion. Lets get more now with Michelle Fleury in new york. Great results then for walmart others rivals havent fared so well. Whats the secret . Imean, i mean, they are known as a low cost grocer, the worlds biggest retailer proving once again their ability to attract shoppers at a time when they are facing a great deal of pressure financially in terms of higher prices, but in terms of higher Interest Rates which have made Lending Conditions tougher. I think that really has helped walmart through this. They are not onlyjust appealing to their traditional customer base, but they are also appealing to those more affluent customers who are being more cautious and turning t
Actually. Be quite nice, but its not all plain sailing, particularly if you go to the costa sol. Apparently this costa del sol. Apparently this is in the mail this morning. Costa del sol. Apparently this is in the mail this morning. And is in the mail this morning. And i imagine you doing this i can imagine you doing this queuing for two hours to get a sunbed out. I would do that. Thats something id find myself doing. Look, that is the most british thing you have ever seen your life. People seen in your life. People have actually chairs to actually pulled up chairs to queue sunbed. Queue for a sunbed. I just think its sunlounger i it is hm it is crackers. But youd have to youd have to stay in the queue at your best to have a seat because then you can continue to get your tan on. Cant you just on yeah. Cant you just lie on the tan . Mean, i would just the tan . I mean, i would just lie on towel at that point. Lie on the towel at that point. Theres grass there. Whatever spot think its no
Experts , psephologists and those experts, psephologists and those that know perhaps what might happen tomorrow. All that to come after your News Headlines with sam francis. With sam francis. Tom, thank you. And a very good evening to you from the newsroom. Itsjust good evening to you from the newsroom. Its just gone 7 00 and leading the news tonight. Sir keir starmer claims that labours gains in englands local elections are, he says, a direct message to the Prime Minister as he renewed demands for rishi sunak to call a general election. So far general election. So far labours gained more than 140 seats and taken control of seven more councils in england. The labour leader is also hailing what he calls a truly historic moment, as his party won the mayoral race in york and North Yorkshire. In the Prime Ministers own constituency. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has insisted hes focusing on the job at hand after those disappointing local Election Results. The conservatives have lost a numb
Democrats have also made some gains, with Party Leader Sir Ed Davey pledging to make the conservative government history. Conservative government history. People from around our great country have had enough of this out of touch conservative government theyve had enough of being taken for granted and being let down. Its time for. Taken for granted and being let down. Its time for. Change. And down. Its time for. Change. And across this country from cheltenham to dorset, from west oxfordshire to here in winchester, so many people, including lifelong conservatives, are switching to the liberal democrats to make that change happen. That change happen. Well, lets take a quick look at those council results from across england as counting continues tonight. So far you can see here if youre watching on television, hopefully we can get those results up for you. Of more than 90 of those 107 councils declared so far by the end of tonight, most results will be in. Do stay with us throughout the c