this is bbc world news today. i'm simon pusey. our top stories... nato blames russia after the colla pse nato blames russia after the collapse of the cold war nuclear deal between the us and moscow. we don't want a new arms race, that's the reason why we will respond in a measured and offensive way. the had a government agency that monitors deforestation in the amazon quits hisjob monitors deforestation in the amazon quits his job and monitors deforestation in the amazon quits hisjob and because monitors deforestation in the amazon quits his job and because the president a coward. emergency teens in the uk are trying to stop a band from bursting, authorities warned there remains substantial risk to life. and a

swedishjudge has substantial risk to life. and a swedish judge has ordered the american rapper to be released from custody. hello and welcome to world news today. the to world news today. secretary—general of nhs ti wa nts the secretary—general of nhs that he wa nts to the secretary—general of nhs that he wants to avoid a new arms race after the us formally pulled out at a cold war nuclear weapons pact with russia. they say nato supports washington's decision and blames russia for the collapse at the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. president trump says russia has violated the treaty by developing a new type of bandit cruise missile. our diplomatic correspondent james reports. it cruise missile. our diplomatic correspondentjames reports. it was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. at that moment in 1987 and the leaders at the united states and soviet union signed at

the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. ronald reagan and gorbachev promise to destroy all missiles with ranges from 300—3400 miles. eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons. the mobile ground launch nuclear weapons are ha rd to detect ground launch nuclear weapons are hard to detect and could strike anywhere in europe within minutes. but in recent years, russia has begun testing and deploying a new cruise missile, which the us as breach is the inf treaty, so they have withdrawn from the agreement, much to the concern of the international community. the world will lose an invaluable break i nuclear war and this will likely not reduce the threats posed by ballistic missiles. regardless of what inspires, parties should avoid destabilising developments and urgently seek agreement on a common past for international arms control.

the us had given russia at six months to comply with the treaty, but moscow denied its new missile broke the rules and blames the us for ending the agreement. the risk 110w for ending the agreement. the risk now is that the demise of the treaty sparks a new arms race between russia, china and the us. nato leaders promised to ensure the alliance passed by step remain credible, but said they would not marry russia and deploy new land—based missiles. marry russia and deploy new land-based missiles. we do not want a new arms race. that's the reason why we will respond in a measured and offensive way. and that is also the reason why we continue to work for arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament. three decades ago, the leaders of the world superpowers acted to reduce the nuclear threat in europe and their treaty is now dead. yet another pride at the international rules —based order has been consigned to history. to

discuss this, i am joined by bonnie jenkins from washington, the former coordinator for threat reduction programmes at the us state department. a moment ago we were looking at that footage of gorbachev and reagan signing the deal, this really was a landmark deal now being undone. it really is unfortunate, that was a treaty that we are able to destroy an entire class of weapons, over 2600 of these were destroyed and it was a stabilising forex, i went out the treaty becomes what happens now because limits are no longer there and what does that mean in terms of countries wanting to exploit that opportunity now and will there be another arms race because of it. well, what are your peers then? well my fears are without the treaty, russia may

decide to continue. i mean, they we re decide to continue. i mean, they were testing and let at the treaty now they can go ahead and start developing more of these missiles. there is also concern about the us and what it wants to do in terms of developing missiles at the same range. and of course, it's not my particular concern right now, but i know there is concern about the fact that china is also developing missiles. i think that is one of the reasons why the us did this because of concern about what rush is doing in china developing missiles as well, and i think it was a step towards trying to figure out what we do with russia, as well as china. towards trying to figure out what we do with russia, as well as chinam ancient china, the white house has been talking about the desire to have a trilateral agreement between moscow and beijing, with washington as well so how realistic is that? well, the real concern is notjust bringing russia into some kind of the negotiation, it's also bringing

china. and from my understanding, china. and from my understanding, china has not shown any real interest or desire to enter into any discussions with the us around these issues. so the real problem will be whether you can bring in the other two parties into some kind of negotiation, and i think that's going to pick effort. especially to convince china that there's a reason they need to be there. this all follow six months of talks between washington and moscow, you think mark could have been done between the two. i think there's always more that can be done, obviously there we re that can be done, obviously there were talks, but there was also interest on both sides to do it they can to develop more weapons, and i think it started of course with allegations against racha that's best russia dating back to 2014. but there's also a reaction by the us that a russia starting to be something we should start to do something we should start to do

something as well. and when you start going towards that pipe and that's the way start going, kind of already start opening up doors to other back to a potential withdrawal and violation of the treaty on either side. so, you know, and violation of the treaty on eitherside. so, you know, ithink if we could have tried to continue to negotiate, not looking at the things that we could be doing to possibly also violate the treaty, it may have set better maybe —— a better environment for potential negotiation. we have to leave it there, bonnie, thank you for your insight. the head of the brazilian agency that monitors a different station resigned and the tensions with the president of the country. he accused the government space research agency of the sneering brazil's reputation abroad, by publishing data showing a traumatic increase in different station. he also shows that he says it's inaccurate. had it agency ricardo rejects accusations and

label the president a coward. this was the president speaking before that resignation. if these figures we re that resignation. if these figures were all true, the amazon would have been devastated three times over during the past 20 years. we have to combat this. daniel has more from sao paulo. well, a lot of people are not sure that he has been in this battle of words with the head and the brazilian space institute that's responsible for different station. the number is in brazil, the president believes there is a sort of international conspiracy from ngos and foreign ngos who want to control the amazon and he says the numbers they cannot be instituted or actually just part of numbers they cannot be instituted or actuallyjust part of this conspiracy that the head of the agency was part of the conspiracy, and they had this nasty battle of

words, be had, he had hisjob protected so she couldn't be sacked, but there was a meeting this morning and he will actually believe. said this is in a way a victory for the government and because he will now be able to appoint a new head for the institute, which oversees deforestation in brazil. what are scientists and monitoring groups is saying about the rate of deforestation in the amazon? there are no questions that the rate at deforestation are high, and that they are starting again. there were a few years where the deforestation was being successively not successfully tackled by the government, but now there upward trend. the government even acknowledges there is an upward trend, but they were surprised by the numbers released injune at 80% increase, which is very dramatic number, but most scientists believe these numbers, there were never questions about this and that had

come at the man who is going to leave hisjob is actually highly respected as a scientist. what is the president thinking of this, like why is he determined to have it driven and more mining and agriculture and grazing land in the amazon? well, the... is a part of this political support comes from groups that are the ones you want to exploit economically be amazon more, select mining groups and also the cattle ranchers and all these agricultural businesses. they are all part of his political support group, the people who help can come to power. but there is also a belief, a strong belief by the president, which comes also from his military advisers that there is a lot of wealth to be made in the amazon, and that wealth belongs to the brazilian people. it's about a sort that he is trying to put into his government. and in every post

that he had, like all the ministries and everyone who is holding a governmentjob, they sort of a line with that thinking. here in the uk, air force helicopters had been dropping sand and gravel and stone to try to stabilise a wall of the band i missed appears it could blurt bursting and got the time. 1500 residents moved out of their homes in whaley bridge near the top brick reservoir on thursday. they were warranted there is still at severe risk of flooding. this is the front line, tonnes of sand and gravel brought him to hold back 300 million gallons of water. raf chinook helicopters working flat out to shore up the tie—break reservoir again. really difficult task, we are getting asked to put a real position

dropping go as low as he can. you can see the guys and girls taking time to get in there. because he also have to make sure it's not done too high, to put more stress on the dentist south. with a real risk that the collapsing the situation is not critical, the environment agency says there is still a danger to life. there has been a national response, chris coming from across the uk. in a meeting of governments emergency committee. it's not stabilised yet, and a huge amount of work is going on to enjoy that we do everything we can to protect communities of whaley bridge and their homes. this is the centre of their homes. this is the centre of the whaley bridge delicious morning, super quiet. this jogger went for a dawn accidentally found her self behind police lines. she found whaley bridge, it was anti—and vulnerable. homes were evacuated. were cordoned off. this is as far as you can go into whaley bridge, and everything beyond this is cordoned

off and classed as the red zone and i'm told its also the first point may that would be hit by wider if the dam were to burst. the police officer stated that if it happens they will hear a siren on their radios and move everyone from this point to higher ground. those on the edge of the court didn't know they may have to move quickly. madness lives at 50 yards from the danger zone and ventured inside it last night. i walked through the town on my way to my daughter's house and a police car approached me asking why i was on the street, and they said you should not be in town and walking about and if he did not get the street you will be arrested. would you think about what would happen if it were to burst you expect he'll have to go? yet, if it goes i will be up the hill. the band has protected the town beneath it for nearly 200 years. a whole community is holding its breath. the reservoir level is slowly dropping,

with prompts working. and why being vibrated. but the danger has not yet passed and the stakes couldn't be higher. this well and with either a return to normality, or a disaster foran return to normality, or a disaster for an entire time. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... a blow for the new british prime minister borisjohnson a blow for the new british prime minister boris johnson parliamentary majority that's cut to just line, making his brexit strategy even more difficult.

welcome back, you're watching bbc wellness. reminder now the headlines. nato has blamed russia for the breakdown at a cold war

nuclear weapons treaty after the united states pulled out. the british government has been left with a working majority in parliament at just one. with a working majority in parliament atjust one. after the conservatives lost a by election in wales to the liberal democrats. by election was the first electorate test for boris johnson days election was the first electorate test for borisjohnson days after becoming pregnant a step. here is our political correspondent, outsource it. cheering. that's the sound of success. a buoyant lib dem leader and the party's newest mp fresh from a victory that makes life even harder for the government. here we stand bursting borisjohnson's bubble in the first week of his premiership. theirs was a campaign focused on the risk of a no—deal brexit. 0ther pro—eu parties, plaid cymru and the greens, stood aside to give them the best chance of winning. this, the first major test of a remain alliance, and it might not be the last.

in most constituencies across the country, it is going to be the liberal democrats that are the strongest party of remain, but we recognise the value and cooperating in working with others for that wider national goal to protect our country's future. after a long night, the lib dems might have been celebrating, but the tory candidate was quiet after the result was announced. do you think it was the right decision to run? he'd already been unseated by his constituents over a false expenses claim. for the government, it means their majority in westminster is down to just one, making it harder to get parliament on side but no sign of a new approach. more than 50% of the vote was secured by pro—brexit parties. you know, we need to make sure we work hard to deliver a deal, but i think what the people of britain really don't want is any more limbo. labour's leader acknowledged his pa rty‘s distant fourth place was disappointing. a lot of voters were determined to get rid of the conservative

and that is what they voted for. so we were squeezed but it is a place we have not held for a very long time. this constituency voted almost the same way as the country in the referendum three years ago. the result here shows that borisjohnson's do or die brexit policy leaves the conservatives open to attack from remain parties, particularly when they work together, but the fact the tories did far better than the brexit party here is, for some, proof that the new prime minister's uncompromising stance on the eu is attracting support. at this children's farm near the brecon beacons, the owner says no deal must remain an option. hopefully, he can do a deal based on that strong bargaining position but you can't give all your cards away and hope to come out with fair results for britain for the long—term future for britain. you think he has taken the right approach at

the moment with that line? 100%. for many here, brexit has become the defining issue in elections. i'll vote for them with borisjohnson but i didn't vote for them before because i didn't like who was there before. well, to be honest, brexit, especially a no—deal brexit, frightens me. i would vote for a party which was trying to prevent us from leaving europe. so, party loyalty could be giving way to brexit allegiances, as the issue continues to dominate public votes. alex forsyth, bbc news, brecon. a swedishjudge has ordered a swedish judge has ordered that the us rock —— wrap regular asset—backed —— afabric us rock —— wrap regular asset—backed —— a fabric to be released and leave the country while he awaits a verdict in the country while he awaits a verdict in this case. asap rocky whose real name is ricky myers was detained on july rocky whose real name is ricky myers was detained onjuly three with two friends in connection with a street brawl. he was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. 0ur correspondent 90 has filed the case in stockholm. there were loud cheers

and lots of clapping when the judge announced that the decision that asap rocky and the two other suspects on trial for assault here and stop come around a month ago would not have to spend another night in the detention centre, a few blocks from here where they had been held that since their arrest. it's not the case that there has been a verdict, we will find out if they had been found guilty or not guilty on the 14th of august, but certainly a lot of happiness from those close to it asap rocky, his mother was sobbing in the public gallery and as he came to join sobbing in the public gallery and as he came tojoin his sobbing in the public gallery and as he came to join his friends and family, there were huge hugs all around. donald trump is also reacted to the case as well, he has said that asap rocky will soon be fine come to america, he said come home soon, asap, asap, this is still an active case, it's an assault case and the authorities here are taking it seriously, thejudge and the authorities here are taking it seriously, the judge going through different types of evidence that have been presented from both

sides, the alleged victim lawyer argued he was attacked by asap rocky and his crew outside a burger bar, but pushed to the ground and ended with a glass bottle, asap rocky and his team argue although he did push the alleged victim to the ground, no bottles were used. they argue he was acting in self—defense and because he felt scared of the victim and his friends, because he thought this alleged victim was on drugs and was going to hide them so that's why he reacted in that team talked about his celebrity status how he has been attacked and robbed before and i can be seen as an explanation for his behaviour. the alleged victim did sustained serious injuries and the judge will be looking over documents from the hospital and photos and video footage that has been presented over this three day trial. not be there in stockholm. time for the look at your sport. thank you very much, and banking. the opening ashes test tube back in england's favour after a tough day,

here i am, there batsmen at 267—4 sentiments behind the press and is for australia. thanks to their opener rory burns who ground out his made test century. and then have finally found i may be looking for quite some time opener who can stay at the crease and make a few run so how does it feel to score your first chance —— test century? how does it feel to score your first chance -- test century? to be here in the first place, it's a wonderful thing. you get to connect with some past players and the winners from 2005 the night before, and i was literally ready to run through a brick wall at that stage and get right amongst it. so the night before, i broke the first ball a few times and celebrate a hundred a few times and celebrate a hundred a few times and celebrate a hundred a few times and getting over the line today, so yeah it's a wonderful feeling and experience to have. here isa feeling and experience to have. here is a look at what happened during the match with adam. perhaps not the

edge of your seat drama or a nerve dangling a site in a lease on the opening day of this action series, but this cloud here has been treated to an absorbing and enthralling day at the test match cricket. a day belonging to for the most part to england, and to one england player in particular. the opener rory burns with his maiden test not century. aided by his captainjoe ruta who made 57 together, the pair played on more than 100, he eventually fell but that's exactly the kind of endings he's been moved up the order to provide. rory burns went on to make that century, he did get lucky few times he could have been out much early on in his endings, but he made this cloud wait for it, i seem to be stuck in the 90s, for an eternity but he eventually got there most to the delight of many of the spectators who are now leaving behind me. the australian boats ——

bowlers that weary by the end of today because of the long hot day in the field, bear lead now down to 17. they will be back to my knowing they need crucial early wickets. item reporting there. harry maguire is going to be that while's must expect to be panda, manchester united have finally agreed at the design and on for £18 million. the england sender back will be there if signing of the summer at the passes medical exams. discussing and £5 million more than liverpool paid for virgil van dyck when hejoined from hall for a £17 million in 2017. history will be made investment‘s you a fat super cup when a female referee takes charge and what is the most significant men's match by women. stephanie, who refereed the women's world cup final last month will lead toa world cup final last month will lead to a team of mostly female officials at the match and a stumble, between at the match and a stumble, between a champ the winner would liverpool and europa league winner chelsea.

she has also taken try of men's league matches and her native country of france. type a topic that ashley has extended lead at 11 ray shipping, she followed up the sensational opening up at 65 with 67 to move 12 under par, three shots clear of japan, defending champion georgia how long way back on six under, while fellow english woman a local girl charlie is tied for fourth with 700 along the wild number one. to let you know, red bull was fastest in a rain affected second practise at the hungarian grand prix, and that's all it the sport for now. thank you. before we go, police and the state of washington are used to stopping motorists but that the shock of their lives with a sigh pilot coming towards them to make an emergency landing. it was captured on the officer's —— campus to make an emergency landing. it was captured on the officer's —— can post a

policeman quickly put their emergency lights on a diverted traffic away you're watching bbc wellness today. bye—bye. hello and good evening, it's been a dry day today for this flood hit areas, a number of flood hit areas, areas, a number of flood hit areas, a number of flood warnings chopping as well, we have that ongoing situation at bailey bridge with a city of flood warning in forest. he showers elsewhere further east, mostly like their lincoln share, but again some of the best weather across northern ireland, the last few days generally try, i will get some showers here that how this weekend. let's look at things from early on today, that cloud coming in and bringing showers from saudi sprites in scotland, one or two

towards home counties and heavy showers across south wales even the more is at the southwest. showers fading away now and we should have clear skies every night, at the next patches may be areas of low cloud here and there towards the east and as around 12— once again. marcotte arising from the southwest and some of the salary range too, but i had a bit about the sunshine and many places will have a dry day on saturday, increasing amounts of cloud training hazy in places with a few showers coming into the west, practically by the evening i think of the northwest england in north wales. some sunshine around and temperature is similar to what we had today, maybe 23 degrees through essential about the scotland, should not be too bad at all. for cricket if there are any showers for bakery, they'll be late in the day because for most of the day, it's going to be dry with increased risk of showers arriving later on. pmi showers arriving later on. pmi showers around for weston price of the uk on sunday as the weather

front approach is an area of low pressure that's going to be the dominant feature as he going to next week. northwest area seeing thick cloud and showers too, later in a day and afternoon and evening, i could turn heavy and bindery across scotla nd could turn heavy and bindery across scotland and also across northern england with threats of local flooding. probably than to be dry with sunshine around feeling quite warm and muggy with the temperature is about 27 degrees, that'll be the peak of the heat. this is what we got to look forward to for next week, another area of low pressure quite slow moving close to our choice bringing showers or long spells of rain, temperature is dropping a little bit and once again that the threat of flooding.

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