this is bbc news, the headlines: brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has ordered the military to help fight the devastating fires is desperate to leave, but his in the amazon rainforest. several european leaders have said family has been plunged into a crisis that can only be resolved if they are prepared to scrap a huge trade agreement with south america he stays. he runs a store in a busy unless brazil takes action to curb neighbourhood that used to be considered a safe part of kabul. it the forest fires. isa president trump has announced considered a safe part of kabul. it is a short drive from his brother‘s further increases to trade tariffs against china. in a series of angry tweets, business. he said a planned 25% tax on billions of dollars of chinese goods would be increased to 30% from october. the move comes after beijing two months ago, his brother was unveiled new duties on us goods. closing his shop at the end of the working day. but he never made it russia has launched the world's home. all that was found was his first floating nuclear power station in the arctic, in spite of concerns from environmentalists. parked car, empty. so, the shop is it's now on a voyage to russia's far east. it's intended to supply power to oil rigs and spent fuel will be stored on board. 110w parked car, empty. so, the shop is now closed and behind these little stalls you can see the sign, his name, red ——it means, rajinder,

police forces across the country have held a minute's silence in memory of pc andrew harper, who was killed while investigating a burglary in berkshire last week. his mother said she was moved lover of the country. he didn‘t want by the "outpouring of love" since her son's death. us lover of the country. he didn‘t want us to get out of the car. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. pc andrew harper's family are still in the early days of coming to terms with his death. but today, just a week after he was killed, his mother, father and other close relatives came to the poignant ceremony organised by his force. we gather here one week the family have reported the from the tragic death of pc andrew harper, our dearly loved and respected disappearance to the police, but colleague, friend and there has been little progress in proud police officer, son, brother and husband. there has been little progress in we're here to offer our respects the investigation. back at the compound, his grieving mother waits. and to acknowledge his passing. pc harper, who got married just 28 days before he died, was killed responding to a burglary last thursday night.

so in this moment, let us still our busy hearts and minds as we remember our colleague and friend andrew, in silence now. nobody knows if he was abducted for his religion or his money. he was whistle. not a rich man but he had a life ahead of him. silence. afg ha ns afghans who have fought for human rights here see the intolerance and abuse aimed at the sikhs as a part ofa abuse aimed at the sikhs as a part of a wider more worrying whistle. development. pc harper's mother said the family's lives had been torn apart. "we are devastated and bereft", she wrote.

"but as andrew always lived with dignity, honour and calmness, we intend to grieve in this way." in his hometown of wallingford, shops have put up ribbons to represent the thin blue line role that police play, protecting society from crime. releasing more photographs, the family said andrew harper had been a funny, brave, compassionate brother and a generous, caring, loving son. daniel sandford, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. for centuries, a significant sikh minority has grown in relative safety in afg ha nista n. but in the last decade, persecution has seen the population drop. sikhs have lived in afghanistan for centuries, but they are an embattled but tomorrow‘s generation of mac two

minority living in ghettos and have lives to build and today is trapped in poverty. in a muslim another school day. country that is unstable and insecure, sikhs are targeted and discriminated against for their religion. and the violence is getting worse. i have returned to my homeland of the sikh community has one state school in all of afghanistan. as afghanistan to meet one of the non— muslims, the parents do not the nation's oldest communities. once, a children at the schools where islam is the only religion taught. this quarter of a million strong, now reduced to just quarter of a million strong, now reduced tojust 100 quarter of a million strong, now reduced to just 100 families. schools deputy principal is a renderer singing. over this is a community facing a dilemma over its very existence.

schools deputy principal is a renderersinging. overthe schools deputy principal is a renderer singing. over the last two yea rs, renderer singing. over the last two years, he has seen the number of stu d e nts years, he has seen the number of students drop by half to just 30, this is a district in the capital of the result of the worsening security kabul, it is home to one of afg hanistan‘s last remaining kabul, it is home to one of afghanistan's last remaining seat communities. today is the biggest day on the seek calendar. it celebrates the birth of the situation. religion, and commemorates the fight against persecution. i am with despite dwindling numbers, aramendia singh, a teacher who has afghanistan‘s education ministry prepared the children for the big still provides teachers. this school day.

is tiny but the government has promised that even if there is just one sikh or hindu student left they will support the school and the teachers. the seek community has never taken sides in the four decades of war and the school principal, who is muslim, violence that have played out against them. but with ongoing used to teach afghan war refugees in troubles, this ethnic and religious iran. now he teaches afghan sikhs in minority has become ever more their own country. vulnerable —— sikh.

we have arrived at the main temple, but ina which is also called a gurdwaras. but in a country that is officially people have converged from all islamic, many sikhs say they are around the city and beyond. five children have the honour of treated like second—class citizens. i have come to them powerful ministry of religious affairs, part representing the warriors who let the sikhs fight against indian of the remit is to ensure that all countries minorities can practice persecution centuries ago. sikhs their religion in safety. officials here do not blame the problems faced by the sikhs on religious intolerance. have lived here for centuries and have lived here for centuries and have gathered and celebrated vaisakha every single year. through the soviet invasion, civil war and taliban rule. but this year, the big day is overshadowed by a deep sense

of loss. sikhs are not the only community to leave afg ha nista n after sikhs are not the only community to leave afghanistan after hundreds of yea rs of leave afghanistan after hundreds of years of shared experience to take i in the 1990s, the sikh community in have come here to the far west of the country. there was once a afghanistan numbered around a quarter of a million. much of the country's trade and commerce was prosperous sikh and hindu communities here but they are now done by sikhs, and the community almost entirely abandoned. the city flourished. thousands would gather was also the centre of a large in the streets for religious event jewish community in afghanistan that and whole districts were populated by sikhs. but today's community is had once flourished in the country for 1500 years. the last due left estimated to be as few as 100 ear left in the 1980s in search of a families. properties are empty, and better life in israel. the synagogue

it isa families. properties are empty, and it is a risk to step outside. no has been preserved as a monument to the generations who worshipped. he render seeing is the seek community's only member of the afg ha n community's only member of the remembers the community from when he afghan parliament —— sikh. he has an was a young man 60 years ago. armed guard around the clock. inside the temple compound, or gurdwara, is a tribute to sikhs who were killed in an attack last year. the tragedy brought together the entire community.

suicide bomber is had targeted an backing carb all for now is a reason to celebrate. a family is coming in entire delegation of sikhs in the for a wedding party. city of jalala bad as to celebrate. a family is coming in entire delegation of sikhs in the city of jalalabad as they prepared to meet the afghan president. the fora wedding party. —— to celebrate. a family is coming in for a wedding party. —— back in so—called islamic state claimed kabul. and the bride is the niece of four inner. i‘m very lucky here to responsibility. he was among the be in the middle of a party, seeing lucky ones who reach hospital. 19 afg ha n be in the middle of a party, seeing afghan men and women dancing people were killed. the entire leadership effectively wiped out. together. the teacher is conducting among the dead was the sikhs‘ the ceremony. for the guests today, representative through decades of warand representative through decades of war and champion of sikh rights. he the ceremony. for the guests today, the wedding is about the joining was no render‘s father. —— narenda. together of two families. it is a sign of hope for the future of this community here in afghanistan.

but he is not so upbeat. despite what happened to his father, the render is in no doubt about his own future. —— narendra. but not all of the community share his outlook. most sikhs who have remained living

compounds, barely venturing out. days later, there is bad news. the families of ten sharing two rooms. body of the missing brother has been for many, it means living in fear found. he has been murdered and badly tortured. two people have been and poverty. but leaving may spell detained by police but that is the end of their centuries—old community in afghanistan. this man little consolation. the sikh community yearns for peace and stability. but in the face of tragedy it becomes harder to stay and easier to decide to leave afghanistan for ever.

hello there. on friday, the temperature reached 28 celsius in hull but it could be a record—breaking bank holiday weekend. we‘ve got a lot of heat and sunshine to come this weekend but there is the risk still of one or two showers because not only are we drawing in the heat from the near continent around that area of high pressure, we are also increasing the humidity. and we‘ve still got low pressure sitting towards the north—west of the uk and this weather front is hanging around too. for a while, it‘ll be quite breezy in the north—west corner of the uk but away from here, it looks like we‘ll have clearer skies and those temperatures will dip away to 11—14 degrees. now, we‘ve still got more cloud for the north—west of scotland and northern ireland on saturday and maybe a few showers to come for the highlands and islands, as well as fermanagh and tyrone but away from here, lots of sunshine across other parts of scotland and across england and wales and that heat will build very quickly in the light winds and strong sunshine so warming up across the eastern parts

of northern ireland, the central belt of scotland, highest temperatures for england and wales widely the high 20s, peaking at 30 or so in the south—east of england. very warm for the ashes day three at headingley. 27 degrees or so in the afternoon in the blue skies and light winds, and it‘ll be lovely end to the day for many parts of the country. a fine evening to come. the showers in the north—west and across northern ireland, probably tending to fade away overnight. some of the cloud will drift its way into western parts of england and wales, mind you. probably not producing any showers and temperatures again, 11—111. there is the risk of one or two showers popping off from this cloud, for west wales and south—west of england and northern ireland but it‘s a lower risk and you can see elsewhere there should be a lot of sunshine again, light winds, that heat building further north into scotland with the sunshine in the north—west as well but again, the higher temperatures probably in the midlands, eastern england, 30 or 31 around the london area. on monday, while we‘ve got the risk of a shower,

that too is reduced. still, a lot of uncertainty about monday. there could be one or two showers around but on the whole it looks like it‘s going to be dry and sunny. not quite as warm perhaps across western scotland and northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, but the heat is still there towards the east and south—east and again, we could be close to 30 degrees. some uncertainty then through monday and into the beginning of next week. the threat of showers coming up from the south reduced. this weather front is going to bring rain into scotland and northern ireland slowly but surely, but still largely dry and warm in the south—east.

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