you're watching bbc news at 9, with me, julian worricker. the headlines: the french president warns of an international crisis, as wildfires burn in the amazon. brazil's leader faces heavy criticism. translation: he promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which make culprits feel comfortable. blue ribbons in his home town pay tribute to pc andrew harper, as police colleagues prepare to observe a minutes silence. the daily pill containing four medicines that could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. growing underground, salad and herbs 100 feet below street level. it's one modern method that could be the future of farming. and coming up in sport it's deadline day for bury.

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 brazil's 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 weekend's g7 summit in biarritz. brazil's 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 brazil's space agency says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year — double the total number in 2013. that's an 85% increase on the same period last year. conservationists have blamed mr bolsonaro‘s government for the amazon's plight, saying that he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land. ramzan kamali reports. the fires in brazil's rainforest rage on. this year, there's 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 past three weeks, with smoke from the raging fires now covering more than half the country. france's president, emmanuel macron, has labelled the situation

in the amazon an "international crisis" that needs to be on top of the agenda at the g7 summit, which kicks off saturday, in the french seaside town of biarritz. but the brazilian president said the comment evokes a colonialist mindset, and hit out at the international criticism in a facebook video. translation: those countries that send money here, they're not doing it for charity. i hope everyone can understand that. they're doing it because they have a vested interest. they want to interfere with our sovereignty. the president has, for the first time, acknowledge that farmers in the amazon are starting fires to clear the land. but he's also accused non—governmental organisations. conservationists blame his government, saying he has encouraged uncontrolled logging and clearings. translation: actually, it's bolsonaro who is responsible for what is happening in the amazon.

he promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which make culprits feel comfortable. worryingly, president bolsonaro admitted brazil doesn't have the resources to fight the flames. with the amazon being home to the world's largest tropical forest, it's seen as a vital tool to counter global warming. ramzan kamarli, bbc news. much more on this subject on the bbc news website, including a look ahead to the g7 summit in biarritz. with me is richard george, head of forests at greenepeace. welcome, good morning. what is extent of the problem? the amazon is one of the most important virus to the world and right now it is on fire. what is really alarming is this is no accident. it's a deliberate result of the presents policies, he's been encouraging farmers to go and clear the amazon to grow crops like soya and cattle. he is saying there is not sufficient

help for brazil to counter this problem. leaving the politics aside, do you accept this as part of the story? i think the fires at the scale they are at now it's almost impossible to put out. we have a real global crisis on our hands. president emanuel macron tweeted last night the g7 should discuss this. president bolsonaro immediately rejected those advances. something has to be done. we cannot allow the amazon to go up in flames. when you look at the political approach, president emmanuel macron‘s, the response has been don't talk about my country if i'm not part of the discussions. with that engagement have been a better way? until very that engagement have been a better way? untilvery recently that engagement have been a better way? until very recently there was extensive engagement from european countries with president bolsonaro and brazil. an amazon fund was set up and brazil. an amazon fund was set up to pay brazil for amazon protection. just last week, germany and norway pulled out because of the way that president bolsonaro is undermining that fund. so yes, we

need to be engaging brazil but u nfortu nately need to be engaging brazil but unfortunately president bolsonaro continues to reject any effort by world leaders to support him in preventing this crisis. let's not forget, he is the one fuelling the crisis, he is the one encouraging farmers to destroy forests and creating a situation the world needs to respond to. if the destruction continues at this speed, what are we talking about in terms of the wider implications? nothing less than a serious climate catastrophe. the amazon rainforest, if it's unable to continue to function as the lungs of the planet means any chance of preventing climate breakdown will be out the window. that is why it is so urgent we act. the lungs of the planet comment, my understanding of thatis planet comment, my understanding of that is your argument would be a you get to a certain point, in terms of the level of destruction, and then the level of destruction, and then the cycle tends to follow and it's very ha rd to the cycle tends to follow and it's very hard to reverse that? that's right, we're already seeing this in the amazon at the moment. normally the amazon at the moment. normally the rainforest is wet, even in a dry season, it doesn't burn like this.

but steady degradation, and clea ra nce but steady degradation, and clearance of the forest leaves the forest vulnerable to fire. u nfortu nately, forest vulnerable to fire. unfortunately, it's not just forest vulnerable to fire. unfortunately, it's notjust the amazon for is that we are seeing exactly the same situation in indonesia, russia and many forests around the world. the amazon is very iconic, the world's most important forest but we have a global forests crisis. 0ur estimate is about 50 million hectares of forest has been lost in the last ten years alone. we need to get to grips with this. 0k, richard, thank you very much for coming in. richard george of greenpeace. and you can find more detailed analysis on the amazon wildfires you can go to the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/news. thames valley police force will hold a one minute silence at ii:00am this morning to remember pc andrew harper. the 28—year—old was killed in the line of duty last week after responding to reports of a burglary in berkshire. a 20—year—old man has appeared

in court charged with his murder. let's to go wallingford, the hometown of pc harper. 0ur reporter louisa currie is there for us. guide us through what will be happening this morning, louisa. quite understandably, there has been a huge outpouring of sympathy and support for pc harbour‘s family in the wake of his death. not least, of course, here in his hometown of wallingford. it all started here at a small business just outside the town centre. the owner, a friend of pc help wanted to find a way to express his condolences. he put a piece of blue ribbon up on his side to the main entrance to the main gate. as he said, a thin blue line of ribbon. here we are in the town centre, just off the main market square and this has spread. he has been inundated with people asking if

they could have some ribbon as well and now pretty much every shop around here has a ribbon in their window. they are not immediately obvious, they are quite difficult to spot because some of them don't have anything written on them, there is no explanation. 0thers anything written on them, there is no explanation. others like this one here have pc help a's name written on them. this store owner told me she had never met pc harper or his family but felt compelled to join this silent tribute. she spoke quite movingly about how the whole town is really proud of both him and his collea g u es really proud of both him and his colleagues and the work they are doing to keep the community safe. a little earlier on, we had from the deputy police and crime commissioner, matthew barber. he told us about the amount of support that the force has been receiving. there's an increased recognition of a risk that police officers put themselves at day in and day out to keep the public safe.

we have seen flowers being delivered. last weekend, flowers were being delivered to the scene of the incident near sulhamstead, but across police stations in thames valley, tributes have been paid and we have had some reports of notes being left on windscreens of police cars. people just going up to police officers and thanking them for the service they have to make sure they feel 0k, given the news. policing always has been and always will be an inherently dangerous job. i think we need to recognise that every time a police officer puts on that uniform, they are putting themselves in harms way and they are doing it to keep us, the public, safe and it is tragic that andy lost his life in such horrific circumstances just over a week ago. but today is for remembering andy and paying tribute to the sacrifice he made. the tributes here in wallingford, the blue ribbons are far from the only tribute taking place. alongside that today, thames valley police

will be holding a minute's silence. that is due to happen at 11am. will be holding a minute's silence. that is due to happen at ”am. i also understand we will be hearing some words from the forced chaplain. that will be taking place at 11am this morning. louisa, thank you very much. you can see that minute's silence at 11am much. you can see that minute's silence at ”am this morning on bbc news. today marks the start of the big getaway as millions of people travel to make the most of the bank holiday weekend — so what can they expect and what should they be watching out for? i am joined in the studio by our correspondent, andy moore. how are the roads and railways and aeroplanes looking? we get warnings about travel chaos every bank holiday but this bank holiday might bea holiday but this bank holiday might be a bit different because of a few factors. one is the weather. unusually good weather for most of the country, so people may well be taking advantage of that. also, some evidence people are staying at home, perhaps because the pound is so weak

abroad so evidence more than 8 million people will be staying in the uk, much more than previous yea rs. the uk, much more than previous years. on the other hand, the airports will be busy. we get to that later on. let's start with the roads. there is research there will be 16.5 million cars on the roads this weekend. rac and the travel company is a warning about particular problems this afternoon, at pinch points like the m25 approaching the dartford crossing. warning about an hour's delaet 3pm this afternoon. about an hour or so and the m6 between chester and st helens. the advice from those motoring organisations, if you can, leave it until about 9pm this evening until you travel. it will evening until you travel. it will even be better at one or two o'clock in the morning but that is not realistic! not suitable for everybody. those are the roads, where else are you taking us? on the railway network, obviously a lot of engineering work over bank holiday. again, that happens every bank

holiday. king's cross is going to be closed entirely on saturday and sunday. that is because of major engineering work to sort out the spaghetti, frankly, of railway lines. they say it is king's cross uncrossed. they are spending millions of pounds to try and rationalise that network that it will cause a lot of problems at king's cross, into and out of that station. even on monday i think they are advising to check before you travel. some problems at euston. also quite a lot of railway engineering being carried out in the newark area. and if people are flying out, how will they fare? 0n the air network, first of all, the strike news. the ryanair strike is continuing for the second day today. but they managed to run most of their services perfectly well yesterday was that we have just had an update from ryanair saying all

first way flights to and from the uk departed as scheduled this morning without any disruption. we expect this to continue for the rest of the day. the plan disruption at heathrow has been postponed. manchester airport is predicting it will have its busiest day in its 81 year history. it is expecting to have about 115,000 passengers there today. as far as we are aware, if you have problems with fog perhaps at gatwick first thing first update doesn't seem to be causing many problems there. at the moment, fingers crossed, at the airports it seems to be ok. a lot of crossed fingers today, i'm guessing! thank you, andy moore. a daily pill, containing four medicines, can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third in developing countries, new research suggests. the polypill contains blood—thinning aspirin, a cholesterol—lowering statin and two drugs to lower

blood pressure, and it costs just pennies a day. a five—year study was carried out in villages in iran. coronary heart disease and stroke are the top two causes of death worldwide, killing more than 15 million people a year. the main advantage to using a polypill in the uk over current practice would be it allows people to take one tablet a day instead of taking several tablets a day for prevention of cardiovascular disease. that would be the main advantage. that would be a modest advantage so i think the main use of this type of strategy is going to be in developing countries. great british bake 0ffjudge, prue leith, will advise the government on how to improve the quality of food served at nhs hospitals in england. the review aims to set new standards for the 140 million meals served every year. it follows the deaths of six people due to an outbreak of listeria linked to pre—packaged sandwiches

and salads in some hospitals. what we want this review to do is actually to look at where these best practices are happening. we need to learn from those, we want to actually understand where the gaps in the system are, so that we can help people eat a healthy diet in hospital so that they can get — their path to recovery is much quicker and we can keep our vital hospital stuff healthy and well by giving them access to great food as well. well, here's celebrity chef prue leith explaining why she got involved with this review. i spent most of my working career and that's sort of 50 years, worrying about public food. i just think the whole world should eat well and have access to healthy food and so on. so, it's sort of natural, so over the years i've campaigned quite often with different organisations about hospitalfood because it seems to me so obvious that if you're in a

hospital you need to be fed healthily, food as medicine. but it's notjust about health, it's about pleasure. i mean, why not take the opportunity of lunch or supper to give patients, who are not having a joyous time in hospital, no one's there voluntarily, a bit of pleasure in their lives? you know, to put a smile on their face. the headlines on bbc news. the french president warns of an international crisis, as wildfires burn in the amazon — brazil's leader faces heavy criticism. blue ribbons in his home town pay tribute to pc andrew harper, as police colleagues prepare to observe a minute's silence. the daily pill containing four medicines that could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. in sport, england will be hoping for success with the bat today after bowling australia out yesterday. jofra archer the star of the show taking six wickets. play gets under way at headingley this morning. wolves on track to qualify for the

europa league group stage after winning 3—2. rauljimenez‘s calm finish putting wolves' 3—1 up before tonrino scored a penalty. the second leg is next week at molinuex. and bury football club have until midnight to avoid being expelled from the english football league. the efl has requested evidence that the club can pay off creditors and have funding to make it through the league one season. they have yet to play a first—team match in this campagin. i'll be back with more on those stories at 9:40am. with the global population growing, and more and more of us moving into cities, there are big questions about how we feed ourselves in the future. new high tech farms are now emerging all over the uk. ben thompson has been 33 metres underground in a future farm at clapham, south london. welcome to clapham in south london. we're 100 feet below the pavement, right next to the tube line in this disused air raid shelter and it looks a bit different because, well,

they've turned it into a farm. it's a vertical farm, using all sorts of new technology to bring together some pretty age—old techniques of agriculture with some pretty new technology. stephen is one of the co—founders, stephen, good morning to you. good morning. give us a sense of what you're doing here, because it's a pretty efficient operation and pretty high—tech also. talk me through it. so we are just addressing some of the challenges we face in the world, a couple of extra billion people on the planet by 2050, we are going to need to produce more food and we have a finite amount of agricultural land. so what we are doing here is taking some technology and applying that to an old un—optimised agriculture. what we are doing is, if you take the example of pea shoots, we will grow in a field three crops inafield. under glass, you get about 25 crops a year. we get about 60 crops a year at a really granular level by controlling the environment. yeah, so it means no pesticides and all that kind of thing as well and fewer air miles because you are not shipping it miles, you can grow it in city centres. luke is with us as well

and you work with a university, don't you, to bring technology and agriculture together? this is great because it's growing all sorts of salad and things and we are not having to transport it and fewer pesticides. but you can't grow everything in an environment like this, can you? well, i never say never, but no, at the moment the current thing is salad greens, leafy crops, may be softer roots, things like that. but your potatoes and your root vegetables and your cereals, that's still going to be done by traditional agriculture. and innovation will be happening on the land to help solve some of the problems. so you still need both? they will coexist? you need both to complement each other because there is a growing population and environmental issues. but they work together to solve them. really nice to see you both. thank you so much, good luck with it, because i know you have a lot of expansion plans as well. this place goes on. the air raid shelter, big tunnels down here. the firm is going to expand into those a little later. so, i'm not going to go too far amd get lost in this rabbit warren. but it really does show what can be done when you bring technology and agriculture together and it could solve some of the problems as far as food security is concerned. the home secretary, priti patel,

is to raise the issue of migrants crossing the channel by boat with her french counterpart, after more than 60 were intercepted by the border force yesterday. four vessels were stopped off the coast of kent, and two others were found on a beach in sussex. keith doyle has more. it was one of the busiest days yet for the borderforce. four boats were intercepted off the kent coast yesterday, carrying 37 people, including six children. they said they were from iran, guinea, kuwait and the ivory coast. another 2a people arrived in two boats on winchelsea beach, in sussex, and were detained by the authorities. sussex police said it was very concerned for another group, possibly including children, who may had left the beach before border officials arrived. more than 900 people, including at least 80 children, have crossed the channel in small boats this year. the home office says it is working closely at all levels with the french authorities, to try to stop people making the perilous crossing.

the home secretary, priti patel, is due to speak to her french counterpart in the coming days, to discuss what more can be done. the channel is the world's busiest shipping lane and anyone trying to cross it in a small boat is taking a huge risk. keith doyle, bbc news. since those incidents that were described there, another reported by the french authorities, involving a migrant boat with 2a people on board, including seven children, who we re board, including seven children, who were picked up by the french in the early hours of this morning. first reports at around 2:30am. they were describing a semirigid boat, 2a people on board, in difficulty about four kilometres north of dunkirk. that it was picked up and towed safely to calais. the maritime prefect of the channel of the north sea echoing what was said in that report, warning migrants who plan to ci’oss report, warning migrants who plan to cross the channel that there is a danger to human life. it is one of the busiest areas in the world.

google has shut down 210 channels on youtube, which it said were part of a "coordinated" attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in hong kong. the internet giant has linked the move to similar action by twitter and facebook earlier this week, but stopped short of explicitly accusing china of a state—backed misinformation campaign. the lowcost airline, ryanair has been rated as the uk's worst firm for customer service, out of 100 businesses listed by the consumer website, which. alongside ryanair, customers are least satisfied with scottish power, bt, talktalk and virgin media. the best performing brands for customer service were first direct, lakeland, m&s, waitrose and waterstones. glasgow university has announced it will spend spend £20 million in reparations after finding out it benefited by tens of millions of pounds from the slave trade.

later today, a memorandum of understanding will be signed in partnership with the university of the west indies. the money, to be raised over the next 20 years, will be spent on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. a second attempt by bangladeshi officials to repatriate rohingya refugees to myanmar has failed — no one turned up to board the vehicles to take them back across the border. in recent years, thousands have sought refuge in bangladesh, fleeing violence by the military in myanmar. the government there had approved the return of more than 3,000, but what hapens next is unclear. leigh milner reports. there were buses waiting to take people back to myanmar but no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of

the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar and neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back. we want to go but 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. iam scared. translation: if they release all our people now injail then we will go back, otherwise it will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come as a un report revealed the extent to which myanmar military systematically used sexual violence,

including gang rape, as part of a strategy to intimidate the rohingya in 2016 and 2017. and the un themselves have doubts that myanmar 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 there can be safety. the failed repatriation effort this week coincides with the second anniversary of the 2017 crackdown in rakhine. for the majority at cox's bazar, the prospect of returning home still remains an unlikely outcome. giraffe conservation has taken a big step forward, with the world's tallest mammals given better protection. giraffes are mainly targeted for their meat, but body parts are also used to make jewellery, bracelets and purses.

now, the convention on international trade in endangered species has voted for the trade to be regulated. giraffe numbers in africa have fallen by 40% in the past 30 years, in what has been described as a "silent extinction". we don't normally show you pictures of a four—year—old's birthday celebrations — but this isn'tjust any four—year—old. .. this is bei bei celebrating his birthday at washington dc‘s national zoo. there is a bit of cake for him to enjoy. apparently made out of diluted apple and grapejuice, fruits and sweet potatoes. it's bei bei's last birthday in the us capital before he moves to china, as part of a breeding programme agreement made between the smithsonian national zoo and china's wildlife conservation association.

in a moment, the weather, but first let's join chloe tilley to find out what's coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme at 10. good morning. numerous female performers working on shows that the edinburgh festival fringe have told this programme they face sexual harassment on a daily basis whilst handing out flyers for their performances. 0ne performances. one day i was around the venue and just a bit distracted and a man who was coming towards me pretended to brush something off my thigh and then moved his hand quite forcefully up my then moved his hand quite forcefully up my skirt. police scotland said they had no reports that the actors union equity say they are getting more and more complaint every year. so why is it happening and why aren't people reporting it to the police quest mightjoin us at10am reporting it to the police quest mightjoin us at 10am on bbc channel and online. thank you very much, chloe. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. good morning. a bit of a slow start this morning. some of us have cloud and a bit of rain but also some fog

patches around, particularly in southern areas. the trend as we go through the weekend will be increasing sunshine and warmth. still some rain around the far north of scotla nd still some rain around the far north of scotland moving through the northern isles today. where you started with cloud, that were gradually thing and break so you get to see a bit of sunshine coming through. plenty of sunshine developing across south wales, southern england, the midlands, the eastern side of england into eastern scotland, lifting the temperatures into the low, mid and upper 20s. whilst most overnight tonight are dry and clear, may be a few missed patches around the stop the further west you are in northern ireland and northwest cotton, you could see a few showers. there could be a few heavy ones out there. 0vernight temperatures starting to creep up this weekend although not uncomfortable. more sunshine tomorrow and more cloud in the west of northern ireland and northwest cotton. the odd shower around here. cloud could increase towards the far south—west of england but it is a hotter day in the sunshine and those temperatures getting close to 30 celsius in south—east england. as we

look further ahead toward sunday in the bank holiday across england, wales and northern ireland, sunshine and warmth staying with us.

hello this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines. the french president warns of an international crisis, as wildfires burn in the amazon — brazil's leader faces heavy criticism. translation: he promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which make culprits feel comfortable. blue ribbons in his home town pay tribute to pc andrew harper, as police colleagues prepare to observe a minute's silence. the daily pill containing four medicines that could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. growing underground, salad and herbs 100 feet below street level — it's one modern method that could be the future of farming.

and coming up in sport — it's deadline day for bury. the club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the death of pc andrew harper has been marked in his home town of wallingford in 0xfordshire, with blue ribbons attached to doorways and displayed in windows. pc harper died while investigating a reported burglary in berkshire last week. bbc breakfast have been speaking to andy ledbury, a friend of pc harper, who started the blue ribbon tribute in the police officer's memory. he was just a really nice chap, the nicest chap you could wish to meet, always smiling, always happy. i think really if you'd given us the text to lissie's letter last

week, everybody that knew him would have put his name to that. tell us how you first got to know him. you have known him the best part of, what, ten years? yes. how did you get to know him? how did your friendship develop? i was friends with lissie's parents and andrew came to work for me with the roofing business and everybody took to andrew straightaway. it's very easy to see, he was always smiling, he was always happy. yes, just a really nice chap. the blue ribbon tribute that you've begun and we have been seeing earlier with our reporter showing us that lots of the stores and lots of the people in the community have taken on as well. there has been a big reaction. what does this ribbon signify? the ribbon started because we were in such a state of shock and wanted to do something to show our respects to andrew and also

to the police force. so it began when i bought some ribbon into town and very quickly realised that everybody felt the same and everybody wanted to show their respects for andrew and for the police force in general. and the ribbon took off immediately and by 5pm saturday there was hardly a shop without it, and those that didn't have it didn't have it because they were closed. have you been surprised by how the community has reacted? because not everyone knew andrew harper. but obviously lots of people are willing to show their support for his family. absolutely. actually, most people didn't realise just how local andrew was. when they asked for the ribbon they were moved by the case on its own. and then it was only when i was giving them the ribbons, as nobody was asked to take it, everybody that is displaying the ribbons has asked for the ribbon. it was only when i was giving out the ribbon that the conversation

came up that he was local and he was from abingdon. well, abingdon‘s where he worked from. and then i notified them that actually he was a lot more local than that and that just seemed to increase the intensity of the emotions that will being felt at the time. that was andy ledbury on bbc brea kfast that was andy ledbury on bbc breakfast earlier. as we've been hearing, huge fires have been blazing through the brazilian rainforest this week, with a record number in the amazon region. celebrities and political figures have taken to twitter to speak out about the potential international crisis. the american singer madonna shared an instagram post on her twitter feed, asking brazilian president jair bolsonaro to change his policies. she wrote, "this is a devastation to brazil — to the indigenous people who live there and the plant and animal species that make this the most important bio—diverse forest." the portuguese footballer

cristiano ronaldo used #prayforamazonia, writing that it is our responsibility to help save our planet. he noted that the amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen. and the mayor of london, sadiq khan, called the burning of the amazon, "an act of shocking environmental vandalism with global consequences. " he repeated claims from conservationists that the brazilian government is to blame for the rainforest‘s plight. the duke and duchess of cambridge have taken their children on a £73 economy flight from norwich to aberdeen. a couple of the papers have that story on theirfront pages this morning — the sun has the headline, ‘wills gives harry a flying lesson‘. while the daily mirror says the trip was in ‘stark contrast‘ to the travelling preferences of the duke and duchess of sussex. it comes after prince harry and his wife meghan were criticised for their use of private jets this week. the royal couple reportedly took four private jet

journeys in 11 days, despite often speaking out on environmental issues. you‘ll remember sir elton john defended the duke and duchess of sussex saying that he provided them and their baby son archie with a private flight to nice in order "to maintain a high level of much—needed protection". boris johnson met with president macron in paris yesterday for brexit talks but it wasn‘t the backstop that got people talking. this photo of the prime minister sticking his foot on a table during talks with the french president triggered a strong reaction on social media — on both sides of the channel — with some claiming mrjohnson‘s actions were insulting. well, this video appears to show that the prime minister was in fact responding to a joke made by his host. president macron seems to suggest the table could also be used as a footstool, and mrjohnson then places his foot on it. so, it would seem that the action was actually part of a good—humoured

exchange between the pair. so that‘s that sorted out. let‘s look at the things online that are being most watched and read. looking at the most watched, there is an item on here about your face and your passport. facial recognition technology aims to cut passport queue times. millions of passengers passed through uk airports every year. number is projected to double by 2050. they are talking about new technology being developed that uses a combination of facial recognition technology and your mobile phone in a bid to speed up the immigration process. and then looking at some of the most read items, something chloe tilley will talk about after ten o‘clock, edinburgh fringe performers sexually harassed, women working on shows at the edinburgh festival fringe. you can see that there now, have reported facing sexual harassment on a daily basis while out promoting their performances. that‘s at the top of the most read

lists. and just below it you can see a reference to what andy moore was talking to me about to go, august bank holiday 2019, a list of work to avoid problems on the roads and the railways. but there are some significant problems anticipated on the roads, and andy was talking about various pinch points. and on the railways, london‘s kings cross will be closed over part of the weekend, there are reduced services on parts of the railway network. that‘s it for today‘s morning briefing. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s jane dougal. good morning. let‘s start at headingley, where the second day of the third ashes test is just over an hour away. england go into it on top, after a dazzling display from jofra archer helped them bowl out australia for 179 runs. andy swiss is there for us, and it was archer who really set this test alight, on what was a pretty dreary first day weather—wise?

that‘s right, jane, yes, it had looked like being a bit of a frustrating day for england. firstly, because of the weather, and secondly because of australia‘s batsmen who worked themselves into a decent position at one point, they we re decent position at one point, they were 136—2. but then, as you say, that superb performance from jofra archer turned things round in england‘s favour. it was a very different sort of performance from the one we saw in his previous test at lord‘s where he was very quick, full of aggression and lots of bouncers. he wasn‘t as quick yesterday but he showed real intelligence, making the most of the overcast conditions. and a six wicket haul was his reward. and what an impact he has made on international cricket. remember it was only a few months ago he was helping england to win the world cup. now he‘s having major impact on this ashes series after those six wickets yesterday. and after his

performance, not surprisingly, he said he was delighted with the way that things are going.|j said he was delighted with the way that things are going. i guess these are the things that you really train for. you train hard and you should be rewarded eventually in the game. i thought that we bowled well as a team. at lord's. if you keep bowling like that you will get wickets and luckily enough for us it happened today. i thought we were going to lose a day of cricket like at lord's but we were on the field long enough to actually force a first—innings result. yes, a terrific performance from jofra archer, and of course, it is now up to england‘s batsmen to capitalise on that good start. the good news is as you can see the overcast conditions have disappeared, it‘s bright and sunny, on the face of it much better conditions for batting. there will bea conditions for batting. there will be a lot of scrutiny on england‘s opening batsmenjason

be a lot of scrutiny on england‘s opening batsmen jason roy be a lot of scrutiny on england‘s opening batsmenjason roy who has struggled in the series so far. this isa struggled in the series so far. this is a match england really have to win. they are trailing 1—0 in this series but they have given themselves an excellent platform. jane. andy, thank you very much. let‘s have a look at some of this morning‘s back pages. unsurprisingly, jofra archer dominating. starting with the guardian. the words "deadly archer" and "australia crumble". that triumphant look from jofra archer. the sun — six and rout — as archer takes six wickets. rocking the australians again. express — archer‘s bullseye — as archer punches his fist in the air. following those six wickets. elsewhere this morning — celtic beat swedish side aik in the first leg of their europa league play—off tie, whilst rangers were held to a goalless draw in warsaw. wolves, meanwhile, were hugely impressive as they won away in italy. striker rauljimenez with the pick of the goals as they beat torino 3—2.

the return leg is at molineux next thursday. and how about this from linfield‘s shayne lavery. a brilliant solo effort as the northern irish side stunned ak qarabag from azerbaijan 3—2 in the first leg of their europa league play off. what a finish from him. linfield are aiming to become the first irish league club to qualify for the group stages of the competition. the fastest man in the world this year — american christian coleman — is under investigation over concerns that he may have missed three drugs tests. the sprinter is understood to be contesting at least one of those cases. if he‘s found guilty he‘ll be given an automatic 12—month ban, meaning he‘ll miss out on the olympic games in tokyo next year. it‘s a hugely significant day for bury football club. they have until midnight tonight to avoid being expelled from the english football league, who want evidence that they can pay off their debts and make it through the league one season. off their debts and make it through the league one season. john watson is at bury market for us this morning.

first of alljohn — just explain what might happen today. a hugely significant day, the owner steve dale will have to demonstrate he has the finances and money available to secure the future of this club. that‘s looking very unlikely at this late stage. the alternative, finding a potential buyerfor alternative, finding a potential buyer for this club as we tick down to the deadline of midnight tonight, we understand there are four offers, one was serious offer on the table, but talks would need to be at a very advanced stage if there is to be an extension to that deadline tonight. the executive vice chair of the english football league said yesterday that an extension of 24—48 are as might be possible if talks are as might be possible if talks are in an advanced stage but anything further than that, very unlikely now. the english football league will face questions themselves over why they fit and proper persons test didn‘t stand up with steve dale purchasing the club forjust £1 back in december. they

will face questions over whether they need to do more to verify the ability of potential owners and funds available when it comes to purchasing clubs in the future. at the heart of the story is the fans and the impact on the community. the heart of the story is the fans and the impact on the communitym course. for bury this could be hugely significant, 134 years of history, two fa cup wins, no less. but as we know, with the financial issues we have seen played out under the previous owner and the current owner, it is the fans who suffer and we have seen it this morning. many stories about how those weekends are spent on the terraces alongside friends who they have been watching bury play four years at gigg lane, people who have watched them for many years, it would be a tragic day for the club were this to happen. a sad illustration of what happens when owners get hold of a club, the financial irregularities, the

financial irregularities, the financial issues which can affect clu bs financial issues which can affect clubs at the lower level. but certainly for those fans in bury, here at bury market this morning, they will be hopeful that a deal can be done at this late stage. thank you for the update, john. social media has been filled with pictures of world heavyweight boxing champion, american deontay wilder, who‘s opened a chicken shop in west yorkshire. we‘re not making this up. it happened last night, he turned up in the town of batley to take selfies with fans, delighting the crowds. he even ate some of the chicken too. we don‘t know why but he has opened that shop. it could be the start of a chain of chicken shops owned by deontay wilder. there will probably bea deontay wilder. there will probably be a box of chicken, won‘t there? that‘s all the sport for now. we will have more throughout the rest of the day. the headlines on bbc news.

the french president warns of an international crisis, as wildfires burn in the amazon — brazil‘s leader faces heavy criticism. blue ribbons in his home town pay tribute to pc andrew harper, as police colleagues prepare to observe a minute‘s silence. the daily pill containing four medicines that could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt stand at the moment. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. all in positive figures. we will keep an eye on those throughout the day. farming is one of the uk‘s biggest and most important industries but it‘s ageing. the average farm owner is 60 years old and most of the time farms are passed down within families. the national federation of young farmers is warning more needs to be done to breathe new life into the industry.

gareth barlow reports. farming can be a tough business, not just battling against the weather, but also working long hours and trading in a challenging market. but life in the open air, working with animals and growing food for a living, is a dream for many. we do get to live in a beautiful part of the world and do what we enjoy. david and becca are beef farmers in cumbria. neither of them come from a farming background, and it was their initial lack of finance and farmland that were the biggest hurdles to overcome. we actually sat down with the bank a couple of times and... they literally laughed at us, didn't they? theyjust didn‘t get it. we were out there competing with people who‘d been farming all their lives, people who had quite a lot of money and they could just go out and borrow a bit more to take on more land or anotherfarm. she's going to be a beautiful colour. so the pair got creative.

they lived in a yurt for years and even crowd funded their cattle, all to get where they are today — running their own farm. their story is one of the more extreme examples of getting into agriculture. the national federation of young farmers‘ clubs says the industry‘s future depends not just on innovation but also on more opportunities within biggerfarm businesses. we need new, excited young blood coming in, working as part of a business and as they progress, progressing through the business structure, and there are opportunities for those people with the knowledge and experience who want to take on their own unit. tom rawson milks 2,500 cattle on six farms across the uk. he says if the industry doesn‘t welcome new workers, farming will falter. we need people right across the spectrum. we don‘t want everybody to retire on the same day. likewise, we wouldn‘t want everybody that‘s inexperienced. it‘s a really good career

for an awful lot of people. that calf over there, we need to go get that one and bring that one back in here. jessica is 22. she traded a life pulling pints for a job on a dairy farm. it's life changing. i wouldn't ever change my life now. just so much motivation for the job and it's probably the best thing i've ever done. and that‘s the message farmers are keen to promote — that the uk‘s farmland is notjust pretty but a perfect place to work. gareth barlow, bbc news. this weekend — france will mark 75 years since the liberation of paris. ceremonies will be held to remember the moment when the free french — and their allies — entered the city — after four years of nazi occupation. a new museum will open to tell the dramatic story. tim allman reports. a dark symbol of the past, a reminder of paris‘s occupation. around 7,000 items are on display,

gas masks, pistols, flags, the lessons of the war still relevant today. democracy is something you have to actually discuss, protect, and take care of. so, this museum is absolutely necessary for the knowledge and the history of paris. as allied troops move onwards towards paris, a three—word announcement from the capital brings the great news, paris is liberated. millions took to the streets when the allies entered the city in august, 1944. years of nazi rule were over, paris was finally free. the museum is built above the bunker used by resistance leaders during the war. in some ways, this is almost like hallowed ground. translation: in fact, there is an emotional aspect because we try to tell the story of how deep underground,

the resistance succeeded in organising the liberations. little by little, undercover, in the days before this great historic event. the museum will officially open on sunday, the date german soldiers finally surrendered. the day when occupation became liberation. tim allman, bbc news. this weekend marks one year until the start of the 2020 paralympic games in tokyo. more than 4,000 athletes will arrive to start training over the next few months, but how accessible is the city? 0ur disability correspondent, nikki fox, has been to tokyo to find out. 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? watashiwa nikki desu. 0h, hajimemashite, josh. irasshaimase. i‘ve lost you now. but thank you! 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 did wonder if i‘d 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.

it would be fine 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, there‘s a couple of issues, i think. definitely hotels is one of the big ones. right now, there are only about 0.4% of the hotel rooms in japan are accessible. restaurants, traditionally a lot of restaurants will have a step into them. it sort of divides the house from the outside area and it‘s sort of an important cultural part ofjapan but it‘s a big barrier for people with disabilities. so what‘s it like getting around? is it generally 0k? i usually only use public transportation and buses and subways are over 90% accessible. so we‘ve arrived at the station. 0h, is that station? is that the lift you would use? yeah. you just tell them where you want to go and they will put a slope 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 not going to get a sandwich there. 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. ok, on it. i sort of always wanted to live injapan and come tojapan. with the paralympics coming, it‘s a great idea for tokyo to learn about accessibility ideas and ways of doing things from other areas in the world, where people are coming with a variety of disabilities, so it will be a good opportunity for tokyo to expand. but you must absolutely love it here. 0h, forsure, yeah. that was nikki fox reporting from tokyo a year before the paralympic games begin. just a reminder that later this morning on bbc news towards the end of chloe tilley presenting victoria

derbyshire‘s programme, thames valley police will hold a minute‘s silence in memory of pc andrew harper. you will see the build—up to that here on bbc news. pc harper, of course, 28 years old, who lost his life while investigating that reported burglary in berkshire on august 15. already, as you can see, floral tributes have been laid in huge numbers at his home town wallingford with those blue ribbons marking the life of andrew harper. his police colleagues will be holding that minute‘s silence in memory of him later this morning, due to happen at 11am. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. thank you very much indeed. we have had a very wet august so far, record—breaking in some parts of the uk, so this weekend for many of us it may be good news it is going to be dry, bright and they will be high temperatures, high pressure moving across the uk, we have a weather front of acting the far north of

scotla nd front of acting the far north of scotland at the moment, still bringing outbreaks of rain in the north of mainland scotland and it will push into the northern isles. there will be quite a bit of cloud across these north—western areas but the cloud will break up to give us some bright spells, increasing amounts of sunshine across england and wales. maximum temperatures today higher than yesterday, for many into the 20s, mid 20s, 27 celsius towards eastern parts of england. through tonight, the rain will eventually clear from the northern isles, staying cloudy across western scotland and northern ireland and there could be a few showers here into saturday morning but otherwise clear surprise. quite a warm night really, there is temperature staying in double figures. —— clear skies. temperature staying in double figures. —— clearskies. high pressure dominates the weather pattern and with the south—easterly wind bringing warm airfrom the near continent temperature is really on the rise. so with that, lots of dry weather, lots of sunshine, any weather, lots of sunshine, any weather front situated to the north and north—west. you will notice this bit of cloud and that bit of rain is

a decaying weather front, bit of cloud and that bit of rain is a decaying weatherfront, still giving us a few showers towards the west of northern ireland and the west of northern ireland and the west of northern ireland and the west of scotland during saturday, but for most, barely a cloud in the sky during saturday. those temperatures will be rising. up to the high 20s across many parts of england and where is, mid 20s across scotla nd england and where is, mid 20s across scotland and northern ireland. 0n sunday, a similar picture, the chance of one or two showers perhaps across northern parts of england developing later in the day, one or two showers in the north and west of scotla nd two showers in the north and west of scotland but for most of us it is a dry and sunny day and another warm day. those temperatures again, mid to high 20s, up to 31 celsius in the south and east of england. as for monday, of course, a bank holiday monday, of course, a bank holiday monday for england and wales, the pressure pattern remains pretty quiet. high pressure dominating things, just this weather front out towards the north—west will keep that at bay, so for most of us it is going to be a dry day. they will be a bit more cloud around for bank holiday monday compared to the

weekend, and temperatures coming down a little towards western parts but still for england and wales they will be in the mid to the high 20s, again, potentially 30 celsius in the capital. so, a period of some warm and fine weather on the way. bye— bye.

hello, it‘s friday, it‘s 10am, i‘m chloe tilley. "sexual harassment on a daily basis". that‘s what several women performing at the edinburgh fringe festival have told us is happening when they are out on the streets promoting their shows. one day i was around the venue and just a bit distracted and a man who was coming towards me pretended to brush something off my thigh and then moved his hand quite forcefully up my skirt. you have streets full of people and there is a slight level of hysteria, i would suggest, which is fabulous and one of the reasons the festival is so great but also seems to release this underbelly of bad behaviour. the actors‘ union equity says the problem is getting worse and worse but police scotland said it had not received any reports of harassment.