Million followers. And Regional Elections take place in germany. The far right afd party are expected to perform well at the polls. Hello and welcome to bbc news. As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazils government rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a nami
British politicians are gearing up for a potential brexit battle next week, as mps grapple with the Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament early. The challenges to mrjohnsons move have continued today legislative, legal and from the public, and well take a look at all those in a moment. But first, the leader of the Oppositionjeremy Corbyn says hes ready to take on the government. We believe we can do it otherwise would not be trying to do it. I had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago to go through these, and we are working together to do everything we can to ensure that parliament is able to assert itself on behalf of the british people to prevent a no deal exit from the union. What about a vote of no confidence . How does that fit in . It fits in absolutely with it, of course, and that will be put at the appropriate moment. The government has defended its move today. Heres what the leader of
A lot of rain thats the potential at least to be realized as it runs in this is its underneath here you cant resist circulation is no idea of a massive wide cloud so the rain that comes from it will be a vietnam cambodia must be laos the southwest of china and anything thats green here is largely fairly wet and the heart of it is going to be vietnam but for hong kong. And beyond even towards shanghai this is going to be a wet area for a couple of days so a lot regel such as for you not to sichuan one small good part of the rest of china is currently dry now the monsoon rains in india should be retreating into some degree they are of that mass of what you just sort of there those words into southern pakistan was nice but of late rain in the forecast is still something in this northwestern part of an it doesnt really cross the border im afraid but anywhere from here north nepal down towards much of a dish and beyond that could be potentially wet in monsoon showers that continue now so fa
Also in the programme government buildings are set on fire in papua, indonesia, as protests continue over claims of racial discrimination. And this weekend marks 80 years since the start of World War Two. Well be looking at how the conflict shaped the world we live in now. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 4 30am in indian administered kashmir, where a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. Its been 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions semi autonomous status which led to a clampdown on dissent and thousands of arrests. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india, with the Nuclear Armed neighbours controlling different sections of the state. Stripping indian administered kashmir of significant autonomy is being seen by some as a drive by the hindu nationalist government for more control over india
As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the threat to his people i