Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
Its the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lords for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. The day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of Police Officers who are killed or injured at work. Pc Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. Charlotte simpson reports. Colleagues, friends, and the local community, pay tribute to Police Constable Andrew Harper, where he lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. He should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. A postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. Detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burgl
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
Are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. A very good morning to you. Welcome to bbc news. Riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a brief stand off with pro democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues into its eleventh week. This is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. Protesters are preparing to march from Victoria Park to chater garden, without official permisson from the authorities. The march itself is without official permission, although they do have permission, although they do have permission to be in the park for a gathering by the civil rights front. It was responsible for the millions strong peaceful protest back in june. This is in the causeway bay district, which is really the heart of the shopping area of hong kong. The estimates on the numbers of people who have turned up vary considerably, but the organisers insist they are expecting half a Million People in the course of this demonstration
The day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of Police Officers who are killed or injured at work. Pc Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. Charlotte simpson reports. Colleagues, friends, and the local community, pay tribute to police co nsta ble community, pay tribute to Police Constable Andrew Harper, where he lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. He should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. A postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. Detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burglary endedin called to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. His death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. The home