Hello to you. With a Record Number of wildfires raging across the amazon, there is mounting alarm worldwide. 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. The president has for the first time acknowledged that farmers in the amazon are starting fires, to clear land. But hes also accused non governmental organisations. Conservationists blame his government, saying he has encouraged uncontrolled logging and clearance. And the french president has added his voice, tweeting our house is burning. Literally. He described the wildfires as an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 summit to address the issue. From sao paulo, camila mota sent this. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species o
With a Record Number of wildfires raging across the amazon, there is mounting alarm worldwide. 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. The president has for the first time acknowledged that farmers in the amazon are starting fires, to clear land. But hes also accused non governmental organisations. Conservationists blame his government, saying he has encouraged uncontrolled logging and clearance. And the french president has added his voice, tweeting our house is burning. Literally. He described the wildfires as an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 summit to address the issue. From sao paulo, camila mota sent this. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species of plants and a
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
Between the two gangs. The government begins a review of sentencing policy for the most dangerous offenders. Women going through the menopause face a National Shortage of hormone replacement therapy. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hong kong has suspended all flights in and out of the territory as a sit in with thousands of Anti Government protesters at the International Airport enters its fourth day. Mass demonstrations and unrest show no sign of abating, more than two months after they were sparked by a controversial extradition bill. Many of those protesting are critical of the actions of police, who on sunday were caught on film firing tear gas at close range. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell sent this update from hong kong airport. This is the scene at hong kong International Airport. Both levels are completely full, black clad pro democracy demonstrators have occupied every inch of this terminal. If we come over here, we can even see down at the bottom how many thou
Person to walk the length of chinas Yangtze River , the longest river in asia. Its one oclock in the morning in london and 8 00am in singapore and in hong kong, where the International Airport has been the scene of further, violent confrontations between demonstrators and police. Officers tried to storm the terminal building only to withdraw after facing heavy resistance. At one point, a suspected chinese official was held hostage by protesters. The trouble has done nothing to quell fears of chinese intervention. President trump has claimed Us Intelligence told him that beijing is moving troops to its border with hong kong. Jonathan head reports. This was the day a self styled Democracy Movement came close to mob violence. Fearful of infiltrators, the protesters seized individuals they believed were undercover chinese officers. With emotions so raw it was hard to restrain them. For a second day they had occupied the airport and shut it down. Luggage trolleys rammed together to make eff