Says the french president must withdraw. Before accepting g 7 a for the arms and files. The report documents the horrific experiences of Nigerian Women trapped in the world of sex trafficking. And im only a hearting with your sports arena williams is up and running at the u. S. Open the American Made short work of Maria Sharapova took place in the 2nd round. Now we begin with a meeting that could decide the course of the war in syria the president s of turkey and russia meeting near moscow landed near putin and russia talked about it too and have been backing opposing sides in syria but they say theyve now discussed joint steps in tackling the fighting in the lip province the 2 leaders also talked about a major weapons deal. Putin confirmed russia has delivered a 2nd battery of its s 400 Missile Defense system this mind that cooperation and said his forces would react against the Syrian Government if necessary civilian their fallen soldier to look at the provocation by the regime have reached an acceptable level i would like to say it is especially by our borders our right to selfdefense and this leaves us no choice we have to act to protect ourselves i discuss this matter with my honorable friend the president and i perceive we are happy to work to cooperate within the spirit. Of we and our turkish partners have serious concerns about the deescalation zone in it live terrorist continue to show russian positions and Syrian Forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds an adlib and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole we spoke with mr erdogan about it in detail and we found understanding on how and what we can do together to resolve these issues overburden smith standing by for us in the un talk here on the turkish Syrian Border but 1st a step vasant whos injured koskie where putin and others who and have been meeting so lets start with the 1st obvious questions that did that to reach any understanding over at lip. Well thats a very good question as you say that new measures have now been announced to put in calls neutralize the terrorists and make sure that is and to the violence but there is no detail at all about what these new measures are going to entail in april a few months ago both leaders had a similar kind of meeting and then they sort of decided to have joint patrols which never happened but now this time around obviously and thats also something that really is sticking out theres no detail about these new measures what exactly the both countries can do together earlier on of course has hastily travel to moscow after this phone call he had with putin on friday describing the situation as a humanitarian disaster and a threat to Turkish National security he wants to put in to rein in the Syrian Forces turkish troops have become under threat in the area of italy but nothing has been sad about that nothing has been said about whats going to happen is russia willing to defend the turkish troops there and also make sure that the observation post that turkey has in the area. What will be happening to them thats of course a big question erdogan had as well we havent heard any details about that at all but both leaders stressed again that their relationship is very strong and is getting stronger and they have been discussing possible new arms deals even the defense secretary off turkey will be left behind here after earlier one goes home to do they discuss these possible deals so basically both nations have this stressed how important their relationship is but we have very little detail i think we can see the backend of some 29 days if im not mistaken at least behind you there and all of the ones been looking at military hardware. You mentioned officials be left behind to talk what exactly is on the table for russian Turkish Military corporation beyond simply missile cells. Well one thing that i was very interested in was the news of cory 57 style fighter jet. Put in has actually left him into that fighter jet and showed him around and they sort of joked like is this for sale so thats thats possible on the table of course auto deals are being discussed as well. As 400 booked and has now also said that the Pilot Training will start as soon as possible because turkey has no expertise on this new Weapon System anti Missile Defense system so thats also happening in the in the next few months you say this will start as soon as possible so there are a lot of options but of course the situation in italy has been looming over these stocks really seriously or events thanks to fast and. Lets go over now to Bernard Smith whos an anti can near the turkey syria border tell us a little bit about what is actually happening on the ground why it would be such a key flashpoint now. Well it was the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria and asaad forces as his regime has a long stated ambition to take that back president erdogan of turkey and his military have a real and immediate problem in that as assads forces push towards it live there retaking territory where there are these turkish observation posts there is now warm turkish observation post that is essentially marooned in our syrian controlled territory territory they took back last week this was in a deescalation zone on the other observation posts are in this deescalation zone but they also risk coming under Syrian Regime control if the syrians push further on erdogan wants an assurance from putin that his forces the turkish troops will be safe in that area but this is now not really a desk deescalation zone where the post is it syrian territories has to decide eventually how much longer its going to stay in that area and whether he should pull the troops out of that summit and what sort of whats at stake there in the presence of the turkish troops or withdrawal for the entire opposition in italy. Well the idea of the having these turkish observation posts a dozen of them in this area was a was because it was agreed it was going to be a deescalation zone where there would be no fighting but essentially the risks of the opposition groups is that assad forces will push full tilt at it and that last rebel stronghold the real concern for turkey if that happens is that it will push hundreds and thousands of internally displaced people who are escaping the fighting towards the Syrian Border and another real concern for turkey is amongst those 100 hundreds of thousands of people who will push to the border are some very hardened fighters and turkey does not want them near its border or even trying to get over its border and at the same time therefore weve also seen Kurdish Forces withdraw along from the syrian from the turkey syria border in agreement with the u. S. Only about 5 to 17 kilometers so far its nothing close to what the turks wanted but its looks like for the moment thats what theyll have to make do with sammy all right thanks so much Bernard Smith there from antarctica and that is the managing editor of the english language Newspaper Daily star bar he joins us by skype from istanbul good to have you with us so it seemed like the turkish russian dynamic was heading into some kind of spiraling deterioration because of whats going on in england has that been turned around do you think by this meeting. I mean from the get go of arrogance of royalty also we can see that. Its significantly positive between president are a lot of president who did. Give you know with regards to defense. Messages they have expressed or by that rule. And then other relations of course we are we are aware of that disagreement between the 2 of you know russia when it comes to the assad regime when it comes to developments in it. However the fact that the 2 leaders are still on the negotiating table the talks are still continuing and theres also another hearing scheduled for. Mid september. On the syrian issue between russia i think its still ticks away from not negativity and the spiral dettori getting relations so busy yes there are this it really is but i think the fact that both leaders are solid table and are willing to negotiate and willing to talk over how they can actually reach a Common Ground with regards to syria with regards to. I think thats very significant i mean from from the present meeting when president hu just started i think the fact that he you begin his talk with a very positive message saying that you know these talks. Well its significant however ive had to during his time when when he was talking you had to express the turkeys serious concern when it comes to whats happening. Particularly committed to not suspect and security aspect of whats happening on the ground there b. S. D. s talks on the civilians or be it the probations by assad regime towards the Turkish Forces or the observation post so these are the remeeting this agreement or disputes between mosco 22 sides however i think the fact that there is still they are still able to talk all these issues with a positive and and willing approach it is very promising and on the other hand i think one thing that we should highlight from that press meeting was the fact that president putin. Displayed a positive approach towards the cvs on the establishment of a saves on between turkey and the United States. And in addition it will. Leaders did highlight their commitment to ensuring serious territorial integrity and i think thats something that also have an option with regards to syria so there is that. You know this agreement when it comes to the when the assad regime will stop the tabs and if this continues it was a huge security threats. For turkey because there has been a place where. Nearly 3000000 people who collect it from surrounding areas and they have a lot of refuge from there so if this if all this or if the regime continues these attacks then ultimately all these could push all things because a lot of oda with or create a new yes you know scary and crisis thank you so much to challenge that. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including a new push in the u. K. To stop or no deal breaker well have the latest from london. A landmark ruling in the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson faces a 572000000 fine after being found guilty of fueling the Opioid Crisis. In spalding develop new struggling business shows this italian club just why is it worth the money. Now u. S. President donald trump says brazilian leader. His complaint and full support. Is being criticized for his handling of the fires in the alanson do 7 leaders offer 20000000. 00 to deal with the situation says such an offer is an attack on the countrys sovereignty he says hell only accept the money if french president. Hollande for comments made. The world cannot allow brazils government to destroy the environment. Becomes even more a sovereign country and when we have major events we except International Solidarity because its a sign of friendship but above all there are 9 countries in the amazon and many other countries ask for help and its important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia believe here and brazil in regions that are would like to have access to this International Help can have it and can reforest quickly. Daniel isnt part of a. O. Which is one of the worst affected areas will be speaking to him in just a moment but 1st his report. Looks from one side of the plane and the amazon is verdant pristine teeming with life too big to destroy dennis suddenly its gone. The rate of deforestation in recent months breaking all records fires are started by speculators aiming to impose mans will on nature but they often rage out of control and the devastation is immeasurable. Force this year the fires are much stronger than previous years there are very very strong affecting our visibility on work i think people took advantage of the dry season to start the fires they do it to dispose of them wanted vegetation to enrich the soil and clear the way for lucrative cattle ranches and soya plantations only from up here you get to. Make. Up the structure 1st for the great waves around. Ready because i think that last point by the fire recent weeks. This is a job also knocked off a strong criticism from around the world that he wasnt doing enough to fight the fires has deployed the military these hercules c. 130 s taking off from port vale to spray some of the affected areas. All the water was given on thursday and by saturday biami was supporting the operation so personal of being in the fields and steam combating the fires on sunday it rained which also helped to put out the fires. This is the beginning of the rainy season which the author it is hoped will douse the fires of the still burning there bemused by the International Concern saying they are dealing with what for them is an annual but containable problem people tend to see the problem. With their own way and so. Or with a lens i dont offer today and i think that we are on here right now inside of the problem we see so used to the problem and there we are we really it doesnt look at it as. Such a big problem is solved right. People come to the Amazon Region believing they contain the wilderness can take control of for development from up here it looks like the only way to tame the rain forest is to destroy it. Is go live now down new york daniel dallas take us through 1st of all the statements by brazils president doesnt sound like hes been much swayed by the International Reaction to this. No i think part of his politics i mean is that he likes to defy the opinion of International Opinion is also a man who came to power during his Election Campaign last year saying that this region was ripe for developments he saw the indigenous communities and the environmental lobby as an impediment to developments and hes we have now been in the meeting with these governors with governors of the Amazon Region with some of his cabinet ministers and very much the same message has come out of that meeting with some governors saying they simply dont have the resources to spend on the Government Agencies which are meant to protect this region and others for every job also not go himself saying hes frustrated brazil is frustrated that they so much of this land in this region is protected either as nature reserves or as demarcated indigenous land that they they they want to see brazil develop they want to see brazil rich and so its a very different message to that coming out of the International Community we say that feels it has a right to protect the amazon rain forest which is in brazil and it sounds like milking a fine line between saying theyre on top of these fires and whether they think these 5 is a really violent will disaster or perhaps an economic gain for the country. Well i think i think its very much that i mean they dont see it as an environmental disaster you can see im standing in a burnt field now just outside port or vale they is something they do every year that environment local environment secretary you saw in the package he says its a problem that they can contain its a natural phenomenon here theres a culture here of burning as we mentioned the rainy season is just coming were not going to see much in the way of fires to the next few months but almost certainly we will see massive fires next year and they broke all records this year they were twice as many as they were in 2018 next year its quite likely given the economic given the environmental conditions that we will see even more fires because of the conditions being created by this government more people are likely to come to this region and start more fires that seems almost certain what the International Community can do about that other than criticize if the money theyre offering is being is being spurned what they can do about that is unclear the pressure is mounting but job also not on his government seem intent on define that criticism all right thanks so much daniel shrine live there in fires have been burning throughout the amazon rain forest at record levels this year 77000 flames have been recorded across brazil over the last 12 months this map from nasa shows those burning across south america right now satellite imaging also shows the amount of Carbon Monoxide these fires have produced this month alone in less than 2 weeks theyve pushed the levels by nearly 2 thirds Carbon Monoxide plays a huge role in air pollution and Climate Change the amazon is often referred to as the lungs of the earth because of the amount of Carbon Dioxide it absorbs and oxygen it produces basically supplying more than 20 percent of the worlds oxygen. Erica bering girl is senior Biodiversity Research associate at the university of oxford she joins us by skype from oxford in the United Kingdom good to have you with us so let me get you in if i may to respond to the sort of messages coming out of officials in brazil that hey this is kind of like a seasonal cyclical event the fires burning but to be clear the scale of the burning this year is much bigger than usual right yes correct and one thing that i think its really important to get clear is that these fires are not natural they dont start because of climatic conditions fires and am as in need a human guinea shin source so someone needs to put the fire somewhere for the fire to spread into why do you are seeing fires that are related to the forest station so of course the forest is chopped down then its satellite up the few months