this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. the headlines: brazil's president says his government doesn't have the resources to fight the record number of wildfires raging across the amazon rainforest. france's president macron tells his british counterpart there can be no major changes to the brexit agreement. boris johnson remains optimistic. i'm rico hizon, in london. also in the programme: the buses bangladesh hoped would repatriate hundreds of rohingya refugees — but nobody would get on board. and countdown to tokyo — as japan prepares to host the 2020 paralympics, we investigate just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities.

live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 9pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. brazil's president jair bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazil's sovereignty. but conservationists have blamed his government for what's happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. the french president emmanuel macron added his voice to those concerned.

he tweeted: "our house is burning. literally." he said wildfires in the amazon were an international crisis and called on this weekend's g7 to address the issue. camila mota sent this report from sao paulo. fire in the amazon's rainforest. this is happening in the world's largest and most important ecosystem, that's home to three million species of plants and animals and one million indigenous people. it generates more than 20% of all the oxygen in our atmosphere. this is what it's like at ground level. brazil's had more than 73,000 fire outbreaks this year and more than half have been in the amazon. sao paulo, brazil's largest city, is over 1,600 miles from fires. but this week, in the middle of the day, it was plunged into darkness due to smoke from the fires. in recent months, the country's president has ripped up

environmental protections for the amazon. who does he blame for the fires? translation: guarding the amazon fires, i'm under the impression they could have been started by the ngos because they'd asked for funding. what was their intention? to bring about problems for brazil. chanting. protesters have blamed bolsonaro's government for encouraging greater exploitation of the amazon, and weakening its environmental safeguards. this is how they greeted brazil's environmental minister at a climate conference. booing. fires in the amazon caused by people are fairly common at this time of the year, but it was the arrival of smoke from the blazes here in sao paulo that ignited outrage in brazil and worldwide against the government's attitude towards the environment. camilla mota, bbc news, sao paulo. brazil's president bolsonaro has been speaking in the last couple of hours.

to tell us what he's been saying, i'm joined by the world service americas editor, leonardo rocha. he has been reacting to the tweets of french president emmanuel macron. the reaction from jair bolsonaro is as expected. he said the people, the ngos in the amazon are looking after their interests and the interests of their interests and the interests of the countries that pay for them. a country he would not name, one of those european countries, probably dream having a chunk of the amazon, which is rich in water, land. later he wrote specifically about president macron saying he was doing this for political gains, he was using fake pictures and that he was taking a colonialist approach, a

colonialist mindset because president macron talked about discussing the amazon issue at the g7 meeting in paris. this could be the start of a ref between the french president and the brazilian president. they are both big producers and they are concerned that there will be sanctions because of environmental concerns and the brazilian economy is struggling, it is in recession. next, argentina's economy is also in recession and coming up to elections so it is very unstable. as much as jair bolsonaro supporters will agree with him, it isa main supporters will agree with him, it is a main concern for brazil, it is something that the left said, we have to protect sovereignty of the amazon people have concerns about the impact on the country. where they will get the funding to stop

they will get the funding to stop the surge of these fires is of concern. thank you very much. in indonesia, thousands of police and military personnel have been sent to sumatra and borneo to help contain forest fires there. authorities believe the fires were started deliberatly and have warned those involved will face harsh punishment. indonesia is under increased pressure to end the use of burning for land clearance. the fires are the latest disaster to hit the asia pacific — in the last six months the region has also experienced drought, typhoons, earthquakes and flooding. in fact, almost half of the 281 natural disasters worldwide last year occurred in the region, including eight out of the ten deadliest. a new report from the united nations has found these events are growing in intensity, frequency and complexity and are a sign of things to come. kaveh zahedi is the deputy executive secretary of sustainable development for the united nations economic and social commission

for asia and the pacific. he told me more about the report's findings. we see an increased intensity, increased frequency and of course increased frequency and of course increase costs of disasters especially here in the asia—pacific region and if you broaden the lands on disasters and look at what we call slow onset disasters, like drought, the impact is even more concerning because you see it then converging with poverty, is set converging with poverty, is set converging with poverty, is set converging with inequality. it is impacting for example the farmers in oui’ impacting for example the farmers in our region. just here in southeast asia over 100 million people work in agriculture so they are vulnerable to this new reality. what do you mean by the slow onset disasters? is there anything you can do to stop it 01’ there anything you can do to stop it or mitigate the effects? certainly there are things we can do to react to it. we have a little bit more

reaction time than when a tsunami strikes. we have to use technology to protect when the dry periods are going to come, years that you want farmers are planting, not planting, to prepare bush and the shock that is going to come from the slow onset disaster. you have identified hotspots which are particularly vulnerable. what has been done that? i would say the whole region is vulnerable. when there is a convergence of increasing level of disasters, where a lot of people live, there is a lot of poverty and vulnerability in one of them of course is the small island developing states in the pacific, places like vanuatu. your five to seven times more likely to be hit by a disaster than someone living here in southeast asia so that is clearly a hot spot. the mega river bases of south asia is another hotspot. more

drought, floods and we have large volumes of populations living there. it is not just volumes of populations living there. it is notjust the public crisis, you are drawing a link in it is to report between these disasters and social inequality. what does that mean? that is exactly right. disasters impact people and the people less prepared, at least rated to deal with them, are those who are the poorest. of course disasters increase levels of bound attrition, increased levels of disease but they also mean that, for example, poorer families have to take the children out of school so they begin to perpetuate intergenerational inequality and poverty. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: french president emmanuel macron has been meeting british prime minister, borisjohnson. mrjohnson is trying to persuade european leaders to change the exit deal the uk agreed last year.

but mr macron told him the irish backstop was indispensable. mrjohnson said britain would leave the eu at the end of october with or without a deal. it is vital for trust in politics that, if you have a referendum, then you should act on the instructions of the voters. and that is why we must come out of the eu on october the 31st, deal or no deal. translation: the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop, are not just technical constraints or legal quibbling, but indeed some genuine, indespensable guarantees to preserve stability in ireland. qantas will run test services of its planned 19—hour flights to work out whether passengers and crew can bear the marathon journeys. the airline wants to operate non—stop services from sydney to london and new york by as soon as 2022.

they would be the world's longest direct flights. singer taylor swift says she plans to re—record her old songs after her back catalogue was bought by a music manager she has accused of bullying. record executive scooter braun acquired herformer record label and now owns the rights to her first six albums. he has never responded publicly to the allegations. a second attempt by bangladesh to start repatriating rohingya refugees to myanmar has failed, with no—one turning up to board the vehicles that would take them home. officials at cox's bazaar in bangladesh say none of the refugees were willing to return despite the myanmar government approving more than 3000 rohingya to be bought back to the country. ramzan karmali reports. there are buses waiting to take

people back to myanmar but no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have found nobody to board. but we expect they may change their mind to go. this is a second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as u nsuccessful. refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. around 700,000 rohingya have faith prosecution in myanmar and anglo debt. member refuses to recognise them as an group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back but we wa nt translation: we will not go back but we want to go along with armed forces from other countries. i am still scared as they tortured thousands of people and killed many of my relatives so i am scared to go back. i am scared. translation: of my relatives so i am scared to go back. iam scared. translation: if they release older people in jail will go back otherwise it will not

go back. if we get back homes, land and belongings then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come is a un report revealed the extent to which the military systematically use sexual violence, including gang rape, as part of a strategy to intimidate the rohingya in 2016 and 2017. un have doubts member is ready for the return of the refugees. we do not think that the situation is yet ready for any significant return but i think we need to work to make it ready. we need to work so that the situation can be conducive for return. that could be safety. the situation can be conducive for return. that could be safetym coincides with the second anniversary of the 2017 crackdown in rakhine. with a majority at cox's bazar the prospect of returning home still remains an unlikely outcome.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: south koreans protest against japanese goods, after seoul terminates an intelligence—sharing pact, in the latest tit—for—tat dispute. also on the programme: tokyo marks one year until the 2020 paralympics — we look at just how accessible the city is for people with disabilities. matra washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the past ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free!

chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: brazil's president says his government doesn't have the resources to fight the record number of wildfires raging across the amazon rainforest.

president macron of france tells his british counterpart there can be no major changes to the brexit agreement — but some minor alterations may still be possible. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post, which leads with last month's attack on anti—government protesters at yuen long station. it reports that two of the 28 men arrested over the attack have been charged with rioting and will appear in court on friday. the philippine star quotes president duterte saying that its tax agency would be the next government body to be cleansed of corruption. mr duterte wants to see changes because of what he describes as high—level corruption. the japan times leads with seoul's announcement that it will end an intelligence sharing agreement. it says what it calls a stunning decision could effect regional security. we will have more on this story

later in the programme. indonesia has deployed more than 1,000 extra security personnel to the province of papua after violent protests. activists pushing for indepence say the demonstrations are the most significant in years. the bbc‘s asia editor rebecca henschke reports on what's sparked the unrest. "free papua," chant the crowd of protesters outside the presidential palace in the capital, jakarta. some carry monkey masks, a reference to the alleged racist taunts aimed at a group of papuan students in the javanese city of surabaya that sparked this latest wave of protests. some 5,000km away in papua, thousands have been taking to the streets in several days of protests, demanding an end to racism and calling for independence from indonesia.

a former dutch colony, papua was annexed by indonesia in the 1970s. in the latest protests, numerous buildings were torched, including a jail. teargas was fired as protesters clashed with security forces. the indonesian president has called for calm and forgiveness by sending in more security officers to the area which is already the country's most heavily militarised area. the internet has also been shut down in an attempt, the government says, to restore order. activists say it limits free speech and claim the indonesian military has carried out human rights abuses in the region in their attempt to suppress any dissent. while the racist taunts this week may have been the spark, there have been years of underlying resentment towards the central government. the province is incredibly resource—rich, home to the world's

biggest gold mine. papua remains one of the poorest regions in the country. last year, a measles and malnutrition crisis killed at least 72 people, mostly children. the central government is working hard to demonstrate jakarta's commitment to developing the province. but papuan independence leaders are demanding a referendum. indonesian authorities say that is not on the table. rebecca henschke, bbc news. south korea has terminated its military intelligence—sharing pact with japan in the latest tit—for—tat dispute that has hit diplomatic and trade ties.in the past few months, japan has removed south korea's favoured trade partner status and imposed export controls on its important electronics sector. the tensions date back to a decades long dispute over reparations forjapan‘s occupation of korea.

laura bickerjoins us from seoul. this is the latest salvo leading to an escalated in intentions. the united has —— the united states said it is disappointed in hopes countries can work together. it was the us that pushed for this military and intelligence sharing pact. the idea was that all three allies could share their knowledge about north korea's nuclear programme. with japan, they have surveillance planes, satellites here in south korea, a number of spires, they have north korean defectors who come here so defectors thought the united states could make a good team when it comes to intelligence sharing but the decision made by the presidential palace in the national security council here and so was the japan now poses grave concern when it comes to this intelligence

sharing pact. it was felt that after japan removed south korea from its list of preferred trading partners, then the relationship is broken. this all kind of erupted last year after this dream court decision here in seoul found that workers who are forced to labour for tokyo after world war ii were due compensation. japan says all of this was normalised when a treaty was signed in 1965. however, the supreme court decision currently overturned that. since then, japan has imposed trade restrictions and it has retaliated. it doesn't look like this is going to end anytime soon. this weekend, celebrations will take place in tokyo as the one year countdown to the 2020 paralympics takes place. it's the second times that japan

has hosted the games, and this time organisers are hoping there will be a fundamental change in how disability is viewed in the country. nikki fox has been to tokyo to see how accessible the city is. in a year's time, this city will be hosting the paralympic games so not only will we see 4,000—odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. josh! josh has lived here for 12 years. he's now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan so who better to give me a tour? hajimemashite, josh. i've lost you now. it's really busy, isn't it? it can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, it's still pretty easy to get around. i've always wanted to try this crossing. this is the famous

crossing, isn't it? yes, this is the shibuya scramble. josh, we're going to die. come on, josh. i wondered if i would survive the crossing. i don't think i'm ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. i'm going to follow you. so there's steps there. if would be good if you had a ramp. but there is no ramp at all, there is just a step to get in. is there anything you think i will have a problem with? yes, a couple of issues, i think. definitely hotels is one of the big ones. right now, there are only 0.4% of hotel rooms injapan that are accessible. restaurants, traditionally a lot of restaurants will have a step into them. it divides the house from the area and it's important culturally injapan but it's a big barrier for people with disabilities.

is getting around 0k? i generally only use public transportation and buses and subways are over 90% accessible. so we've arrived at the station. is that station? is that the lift you would use? yeah. you just tell them where you want to go and they will put something down for you and when you get to your destination, there is someone waiting for you. if it was like that in london, i wouldn't drive everywhere. where are we going now? i am absolutely starving but we can't find anywhere to actually go. 0k, we're going to miss out. there is starbucks but we can't get into starbucks because there is a step. 0n the right—hand side, there is a department store. if in doubt, department store food. i sort of always wanted to live in japan and come to japan. with paralympics coming, it's a great idea for tokyo to learn about accessibility ideas

and ways of doing things from around areas around the world, for people coming with disabilities so it will be a good opportunity for tokyo to expand. but you must absolutely love it here. 0h, forsure, yeah. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. coming up, are you barking? how people are spending money on their golden years of their pets injapan. it's enough to make you jealous. and rico, you have something else. pictures of giant panda bei bei celebrating his 11th birthday at washington, dc‘s national zoo.

you can see him enjoying his cake which was made of diluted apple and grapejuice, fruits and sweet potatoes. it's bei bei's last birthday in the us capital before he moves on to china by the end of the year as part of a breeding programme agreement made between the smithsonian national zoo and china's wildlife conservation association. hello there. just when we thought it was all over, it looks like summer is set to return. temperatures rising across the country over the next few days, really hotting up in the south—east of england where we'll find the peak of the temperatures. the last time we had 30 degrees was back in the heatwave at the end of last month. no heatwave this time and at the moment, around this area of high pressure, we've still got some moist atlantic winds and that weather front bringing some rain in the far north of scotland. that moist atlantic wind means all this cloud that we start the day with and around some of these western hills may well be a bit damp and misty. that mist and drizzle will tend to lift and the cloud thin and that rain across northern scotland should clear the mainland and head up towards the northern isles. sunnier skies coming in across southern england,

then across wales, the midlands, across lincolnshire and east anglia, giving those temperatures a boost, up to a high of 27 degrees or so in the south—east of england. further north, where we hang on to more cloud, those temperatures will be nearer 20 or 21 degrees celsius. for the second day of the test match at headingley, it looks like it should be a dry day this time but for most of the day, there will be a lot of cloud around. cloud only really breaks up later on in the evening session. we've got the cloudier skies then and they will continue to push away to push their way northwards with the clearance coming in from the south. we've still got a bit of rain threatening the far north—west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well. if we look at the temperatures by the time we get into the weekend and again, they are sitting at 1a or 15 degrees. but it continues to heat up during this weekend because it got got warmer air coming in around that area of high pressure, and pushing its way northwards. still that weather front is hanging around in the north—west corner of the uk and it threatens to bring one or two more showers into the north—west of scotland

for a while and perhaps even across westernmost parts of northern ireland. elsewhere across northern areas of the uk, there'll be more sunshine on saturday and we have the sunny skies further south still and that heat continuing to build its way northwards, maybe getting into the mid—20s in the central belt of scotland, 27, 28 with the midlands, east wales and 30 in the south—east of england. still the chance of the odd shower in the far north—west of scotland, a bit more cloud for northern ireland. temperatures are never going to be as high here but sunny skies pretty much elsewhere, that warmth pushing further north north into scotland and with the peak of the temperatures on sunday around the london area, 30 or 31 degrees. into the beginning of next week, there is some uncertainty. eventually, the weather is going to change. the really high temperatures are going to be stuck in the south—east on monday. there's the potential for some thunderstorms to come up from the near continent. it's rain from the north—west that's more likely, perhaps on tuesday.

i'm rico hizon with bbc news.

our top story: brazil's president jair bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the record number of wildfires raging through the amazon rainforest. global leaders, including the un secretary—general and the french president, have expressed alarm about the fires. conservationists have blamed the brazilian government for what's happening, saying it's encouraged the clearing of land. president macron of france has told his british counterpart there can be no major changes to the brexit agreement but that talks should continue. borisjohnson went to paris to get support for a new deal. and this video is trending on bbc.com: apple has advised owners of its new credit card to keep it away from leather and denim as it can damage them. the card is made of titanium to make it stand out. but apparently it's rather delicate. stay with bbc news.