Toppling down across northern parts of scotland and to the north of Northern Ireland. Otherwise sunshine for scotland, Northern Ireland, and skies brightening from many parts of england and wales. Still a bit damp, many parts of england and wales. Stilla bit damp, dreary many parts of england and wales. Still a bit damp, dreary and chilly for east anglia and the south east of england. Through this evening and overnight we should eventually see the back of that damp cloudy weather in the south east and most places will be dry, with strong winds and more cloud fishing in scotland, Northern Ireland, bit of rain in the north keeping up the temperatures but further south in england and wales a chillier night with clear skies developing here and there. Where we get long breaks in the cloud, it could turn into a bit of a misty and foggy morning, particularly more into the west country, i suspect, that fog eventually lifting, then sunshine arriving across a good part of england and wales. Alwa
Good evening, welcome to bbc news. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rain forest in brazil are prompting the leaders of france and ireland that they wont support a major trade deal with south america unless the president of brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed Jair Bolsonaro for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. While the places which are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil, are the most intense in the region for almost a decade. The issue is due to be discussed at the g7 summit this weekend in france. But bolsonaro has criticised foreign governments or interference. James robbins reports. The fires in the amazon forest continue to rage. And as more and more trees are lost, the threat to this great carbon capturing region of the world grows. Reports suggest there may be 2500 separate fires in the brazilian amazon. Farmers and loggers are being
Coming up well be taking a look at how techonlogy is transforming farming across the uk. And it looks like the ashes are slipping away from england after they suffer a battling collapse batting collapse. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rainforest in brazil have prompted the leaders of france and ireland to declare they wont support a major eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed the Environmental Policies of brazils president , jair bolsonaro, for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. The blazes, which are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil, are the most intense in the region for almost a decade. The issue is due to be discussed at the g7 summit of World Leaders in france this weekend but the brazilian president has criticised foreign governments for interfering. Heres ou
Singapore, midnight in london and 1am in geneva, where a top north korean diplomat has warned his country is ready to send what he called more gift packages to the united states. The threat of new missiles comes as new nations debate new sanctions against the pyongyang regime, butany new sanctions against the pyongyang regime, but any hope for International Unity has been dashed by russia. President putin says new sanctions would be useless. Our correspondent reports from seoul, south korea. Off the eastern coast of south korea, today it was that navys turn to show its strength. The command of this fleet said they were training to bury the enemy at sea. South korea has held military drills for two days now in response to the norths nuclear test. Pyongyang claims it successfully made a Hydrogen Bomb that can be fitted onto missiles capable of reaching america. At a un conference in geneva, north koreas ambassador was defiant. The recent self defence measures by my country, dprk, are gif
On the verge of promotion. Takeit take it easy. It was definitely a challenge for me. Ive been finding out how the team gb alpine skiers, are hoping to leave their opponents adrift. And philip has the weather. Good morning, not a bad day for most parts of the british isles. Can we keep it going for the rest of the Holiday Weekend . Ill have the details for you in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea has warned that its prepared to respond in kind to any Nuclear Attack. It comes amid growing tensions between pyongyang and the us. Earlier this morning, kim jong un oversaw a massive Military Parade to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of his grandfather, the countrys founder. Our Correspondentjohn Sudworth was invited to witness the event. His movements are being tightly controlled, but earlier he described the scene in pyongyang. Its an extraordinary sight. You can actually feel the ground shake as thousands upon thousands of goose stepping soldiers, tanks