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Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrews death and also received by the force from both police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrews passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. Thank you for coming andi of the country. Thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. Thank you. The sc
A team at large and you keep bowling like that, you will get wickets and likely enough for us, it happened today. I thought we were going to lose a day of cricketjust because but we were on the field long enough to force the first endings result. One of those caught out by archer was of course david warner. But he still made 61 and formed their most Successful Partnership of the day with marnus laber shane. He isjust he is just taking he isjust taking the ball by its horns and is working his backside off to reinstate himself here into the test and he is doing himself every favour by hanging in there and biting the way he is so obviously it is not ideal that he could not play but he gets another opportunity to come out here and stake his claim and he is a fantastic player and has and he is a fantastic player and has a lot to offer. We will see it first hand there. Injust over 2a hours, League One Side bury could cease to exist. They have until midnight tomorrow to prove theyve got the m