Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
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Opioid epidemic. Hong kongs leader refuses to step down after weeks of antigovernment protests but says she is open to dialogue. Not just the amazon fires raging across africa calls for more to be done to stop the practice of slash and burn. Ok lets get going our top story theres hope of a breakthrough this hour in months of tensions between the u. S. And iran the french president emmanuel macro has offered to broker a conversation between the u. S. President on the iranian president Hassan Rouhani trying to salvage something from the 2050 nuclear deal the u. S. Leader appeared optimistic about the idea of moving the relationship forward natasha but that wraps up whats been happening on the final day of the g. 7 summit. The prospect of a meeting between us who were a new president s was not am likely outcome of the g 7 in berates but as the summit came to an end its host the french president suggested talks between donald trump and Hassan Rouhani were possible. At some point there has
Pharmaceutical Company Johnson and johnson to pay 527000000. 00 for oklahomas Opioid Epidemic. And why afghans are expressing 100 years of independence from british rule through art. Theres hope of a breakthrough after months of tensions between the u. S. And iran the french president emanuel mack wrong has offered to broker a conversation between donald trump and the iranian president Hassan Rouhani trying to salvage something from the 2050 nuclear deal the u. S. Leader appeared optimistic about the idea of moving the relationship forward that wraps up whats been happening on the final day of the g. 7 summit. The prospect of a meeting between us who were a new president was not am likely outcome of the g 7 in berates but as the summit came to an end its host the french president suggested talks between donald trump and Hassan Rouhani were possible. At some point there has to be a meeting between the iranian president and the us president i hope that in the next few weeks this meeting
A painkiller addiction crisis and oklahoma. Brazils president says no to the g 7 its multimillion dollar aid offer to fight fires devastating the amazon rain forest. President says his country will not hold talks on any nuclear deal with the u. S. Unless all sanctions are lifted his comments came a day after u. S. President said he was open to meeting the iranian leader trump was speaking at the g. 7 summit in france as that not all macron has offered to facilitate talks between the 2 sides but rouhani insists washington mistake the 1st step for talks to happen house by being. The 1st step is to remove sanctions without there wont be open old sanctions against the iranian nation must have to the all all it is. Timid and cruel if you lift the sanctions and apologize to iran then you would be a difference to ation this government is moving forward in line with this National Interest we have been open to negotiation and the word agrees with this fact i was there as i said big has more fro