To limit deforestation. the rapper tory lanez has been sentenced to ten years in prison for shooting and wounding the us hip hop star megan thee stallion. concerns are raised about the safety of police officers in northern ireland after a data breach revealed every staff member s name, role and work location. hello. i m tadhg enright. the closely watched amazon summit in brazil has closed out its first day with a pledge from nations to create a new alliance to fight deforestation in the region. it s the first time in m years that leaders of eight amazon countries are meeting, vowing on tuesday to stop the amazon from reaching a point of no return.
Eight countries form a new alliance to limit deforestation. nigeria refuses to rule out military intervention in niger. we ll speak with the us ambassador to the un about the crisis. and canadian rapper tory lanez gets ten years in prison for shooting and injuring hip hop star megan thee stallion. i m helena humphrey, good to have you with us. we start the programme with the fate of the world s largest rainforest in question and the world s climate at risk. the closely watched amazon summit in brazil wrapped up day one with a pledge from nations to create a new alliance to fight deforestation in the region. it s the first time in m years that leaders of eight amazon countries are meeting, vowing on tuesday to stop
Fire. a lot of relief there but not far from fire. a lot of relief there but not farfrom here, firefighters, far from here, firefighters, hundreds farfrom here, firefighters, hundreds of them we are told, have spent the night trying to bring flames under control. as you saw in my colleague s report, they say they are particularly concerned over night about the wind, which has been fanning flames in recent days. they say it was likely to change direction last night, which they feared would make the fire far less easy to bring under control. at the moment it is very still here and also rather cool but the sun is rising temperatures are expected to hit high temperatures as the day goes on. everyone will keep a close eye on what the wind gets up to. jenny hill reporting on those fires in portugal. the rapper tory lanez has been sentenced to ten years in prison for shooting and wounding us hip hop star megan thee stallion. during the trial in los angeles the jury during the trial in los ang
Fire chiefs said they believe the perimeter of the fire was brought under control but that there were several critical points that meant there could be further break outs at any time, and that s something they re watching overnight and into wednesday. in fact, temperatures are set to decrease slightly as the week wears on, but the level of fire risk will remain high, and as it happens in southern portugal, where the temperatures are lower, the fire risk actually will increase as the week goes on. so we do expect that many hundreds of firefighters will be in action there and in other places throughout the week. alison roberts reporting there. the rapper tory lanez has been sentenced to ten years in prison for shooting and wounding the us hip hop star megan thee stallion. during the trial in los angeles
It s forcing so many people, notjust here in europe but further afield too, to really look at our changing climate and consider the potentially disastrous consequences. now to the us west coast where canadian rapper, tory lanez, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for shooting and wounding the hip hop star megan thee stallion. during the trial in los angeles, the jury heard that the pair had an argument after leaving a hollywood party. lawyers for lanez say they will appeal the sentence. let s go now to our west coast correspondent now, peter bowes. peter, good to see you. this has been a high profile case. what were the arguments on both sides in this case? well, tory lanez was found guilty last december on three counts after the shooting of megan thee stallion, this relating to a 2020 party that