Three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start in brazil and a Landmark Summit to protect the amazon rainforest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. Brazils president Lula Da Silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. Our reporter Azadeh Moshiri looks at whats at stake in the summit. The amazon is, of course, beautiful, but its also hugely important in the fight against climate change. And thats because it stores so much carbon dioxide, which drives the Climate Crisis were currently facing. And yet the forest is under threat of deforestation. Now, 60 of it is located in brazil, which is why the country is taking the lead in hosting eight other countries in south america who share the amazon.
And checking out printing and checking out news. Pakistan Election Commission printing news. Pakistan Election Commission has disqualified the former Prime Minister for five years as a consequence of that conviction over the weekend in that case about selling state gifts and islamabad on saturday in sentencing macro two to three years in prison and this means that imran khan will not be able to contest elections that are coming up later in the year or able to any Public Office until the year 2028 and the Commission Says in this notification that imran khan has been de notified as a Member Of Parliament with immediate effects and significant news after sentence cut on saturday that imran khan is been disqualified from taking part in any sort of elections for five years and that will bring you more in my correspondent later in the programme. We turn to brazil and a Landmark Summit to protect the amazon rainforest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have
in the first seven months of 2023, they ve already risen by nearly 150%. so those are really big actions that he s taking in a short amount of time. now, the outcome of the summit isn tjust important to those who are looking at combating climate change. it s also hugely important to indigenous leaders and activists who are looking at protecting their ancestral land. and so while the results of this summit are currently unknown, there s a lot of hope in terms of what this could mean for the amazon itself. the rate the of deforestation in the amazon has fluctuated in recent years. but to give a sense of the scale of what s being lost, in 2019 our science editor at the time, david shukman went to the amazon to report on the destruction. here was his assessment: the problem is that more and more
and if you look at the fines in the first seven months of 2023, they ve already risen by nearly 150%. so those are really big actions that he s taking in a short amount of time. now, the outcome of the summit isn tjust important to those who are looking at combating climate change. it s also hugely important to indigenous leaders and activists who are looking at protecting their ancestral land. and so while the results of this summit are currently unknown, there s a lot of hope in terms of what this could mean for the amazon itself. so, do the scientists share that hope and how it important do they think the summit is? i asked the brazilian meteorologist and specialist in global warming, carlos nobre. the summit is very important, the most important meeting of presidents in the region ever
at really high voltage. . that s a technology coming - from formula e four years ago. so the kind of track to roads link is very strong in formula e - and that s where we are. but this summit isn tjust about what happens at the top level. fans have got involved also. around the country, they have been taking part in a challenge to cut their carbon footprint, and when the cop26 trophy. i , when the cop26 trophy. the super league has been fantastic in engaging in fans and especially young fans and families and really hopefully helping setting up habits that will last for a lifetime for a lot of these young people. they are the future for us. this was the reaction when cambridge united fans were told their team had won. when it comes to climate awareness, starting small can have a big impact. bbc news, glasgow. we re midway through the cop26 summit in glasgow where action is being taken to curb deforestation, phase out coal, end funding for fossil fuels abroad and cut methane emissions. t