this is bbc news. the headlines: a post—brexit britain will not "retreat" from the world stage, says boris johnson ahead of the start of the g7 summit. the fires burning in the amazon are among the issues to be discussed by the g7 — as brazil's president orders troops to be sent in to help fight the blazes. police chiefs call an emergency meeting to discuss officer safety — in the wake of pc andrew harper's murder last week. tens of thousands of british airways passengers could be affected as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. medical leaders call for more to be done about the ongoing shortage of hormone replacement therapy. no passport required. the new technology that could make travel documents a thing of the past. england's hopes of regaining the ashes look all but over in the third test at headingley. and the travel show reviews some

of its best trips this year. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. world leaders from the g7 nations have begun arriving in biarritz ahead of this weekend's summit. they are set to tackle a range of issues from the state of the global economy to the fires in the amazon rainforest. boris johnson will tell the gathering that britain won't retreat from the international community as it leaves the european union. ahead of the summit mrjohnson warned his brexit critics they were "gravely mistaken" if they thought the uk was set to lose its place on the world stage. from biarritz, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. he's had one—on—one meetings with some european leaders but today, boris johnson

will take his first steps on the global stage as prime minister when he attends his first proper international summit. the seaside resorts of biarritz in southern france has been locked down in tight security ahead of the annual gathering of g7 leaders, who are expected to discuss climate change, global trade tensions in the gulf and, yes, brexit. the prime minister will use the summit to try to reaffirm britain's international credentials, saying the uk will not retreat from the world after brexit, but will instead remain at the heart of international alliances. mrjohnson will also meet donald trump for the first time since taking office and discuss the parameters of a potential us—uk trade deal. he'll also meet the european president donald tusk to talk about brexit and the prospect for avoiding a no deal exit. president macron wants to use the summit to restore what he calls "the spirit of multilateralism". to that end, he is looking for collective action by the international community

to tackle the fires destroying the brazilian rainforest. but he's expected to struggle to bridge the growing divide between the us and europe of issues like climate change and trade. summits like these are supposed to be opportunities for world leaders to come together and agree common action on the world's problems. the risk is that the g7 once again becomes a moment for division, rather than unity. such is president macron‘s pessimism that he has already admitted that he will not even attempt to draft a final communique. such a text, he said, would be pointless. james landale, bbc news, in biarritz. president trump is heading to the g7 summit with a warning to his host, president macron, that he's ready to tax french wine imports if us tech companies in europe are penalised. i not inota i not a big and the tech companies, but i do not want foreign companies and foreign countries, i do not want

them doing anything to have to do with taxing unfairly our companies. there was a great american companies and frankly i do not want france going out and taxing our companies. it is very unfair. if they do that, we will be taxing their wine and doing something else. we'll be taxing their wine like they have never seen before. i do not like it. that is the us to tax them, it is not for france to tax them. that was donald trump speaking last night before boarding air force one on his journey to france. as we've been hearing, climate change, global trade and tensions in the gulf will be the at the centre of discussions hosted by president emmanuel macron. labour leaderjeremy corbyn urged boris johnson to put the future of the planet at the top of his agenda. speak up for the climate emergency around the world. don't concentrate on doing sweetheart deals with donald trump, get no deal taken off the table, but the environmental emergency the whole world faces is serious,

global warming that's is going on, global pollution that's going on, and the fires in the amazon rainforest — which president bolsonaro of brazil is actually promoting — so put all the pressure you can on president trump to recognise just how dangerous the situation is around the world. james landale, our diplomatic correspondent, said there are a lot of differences for world leaders to bridge, at this summit. these limits are supposed to be all about nations coming together to agree collective action, whether it is on climate change such as the fires in brazil or global trade or crises like tensions in the gulf and iran at the moment. yet, this began here in france, the expectation of unity on those kind of issues is pretty low. we see all these leaders arriving here today just pretty low. we see all these leaders arriving here todayjust after donald trump and the chinese have stepped up their trade war. we know

that on climate change president trump has a very different view to many of the leaders who will be here and the need for collective action. on specifics like iran, there are very large differences between the united states and year over how that should be tackled. so, this is the sort of melting pot of diplomacy that boris johnson sort of melting pot of diplomacy that borisjohnson is going to arrive in. the difficulty for the prime minister on his first debut on the international stage is how he bala nces the international stage is how he balances that between appealing to donald trump over trade, but at the same time not die judging to five in the european. so a tricky part of the european. so a tricky part of the new payments are to follow here. in brazil, the president, jair bolsonaro, has bowed to international pressure and authorised the armed forces to tackle a record number of fires in the amazon forest. in a televised address, he said that wildfires could happen in any country and shouldn't be used as an excuse for international sanctions. the fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. john mcmanus has the latest.

as leaders in the g7 nations gather in biarritz, the french president has promised to put the burning amazon at the top of the agenda. this is hayes and many of the leaders concerned, thousands of buyers in the amazon basin are far more than usual at this time of year. desiring trees and undergrowth, described as the lungs of the planets, they are releasing even more climate changing carbon into the atmosphere. mr macron says the scale of the impact requires an international response. france and ireland have threatened not to ratify the eu's trader bit per cell and the other countries if brazil does not take action. that threat has not gone down well but brazil's later, he has accused mr mccrone of folding a colonialist mentality. translation: all the countries had expressed

solidarity with brazil. they have offered to help tackle the wildfires, but have also offered to tapirs's position to the g7 meeting. wildfires can happen anywhere and they should not be used as a pretext, but international sanctions. and though he will not be at the g7 meeting, the present may be able to count on the support of donald trump, he will be there. the two men admire each other. but brazil's president will now deploy troops to fight fires and says he will crackdown on illegal deforestation. that is not a promise to end clearances, but his change of tone has the market by some. to end clearances, but his change of tone has the market by somem to end clearances, but his change of tone has the market by some. it was a very significant change from what he has in saying up until now. he seems to now be taking the situation very seriously. he is clearly hearing the message not only from world leaders, but actually from hundreds of millions of people on social media. including tens of millions of people in brazil. the

brazilian president's neighbours have also been turning up the heat. they had gathered outside brazilian embassies. translation: ideal very sad, because the earth is oui’ ideal very sad, because the earth is our mother and what is happening in brazil. the president of brazil needs to stop the virus. we live from the earth, because she is the one he gives us fit. —— who gives us the. it will take an enormous epic to stop inspired in their tracks. other countries have offered practical support, but nobody is quite sure yet whether brazil's president needs or wants that helping hand. chief constables in england, wales and scotland will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. in an unprecedented move, the national police chiefs' council has called the crisis summit after pc andrew harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. richard lister reports.

blows whistle. a policeman‘s whistle marked the start of a minute's silence for pc andrew harper, murdered in the line of duty. around the country, police forces paused to reflect on a colleague lost. pc harper was the first policeman attacked and killed in the uk since 2017, but assaults on officers are on the rise. the latest figures show that in the year to march, there were almost 31,000 attacks on police officers — that's up almost a fifth on the year before with at least 28 attacks on officers every day. martin hewitt, the chair of the national police chiefs' council, says he'll convene a meeting of chief constables next month to see if there is anything more they can do to improve police safety. writing in the daily express, he said: in pc harper's home

in pc harper's home town of wallingford, these ribbons acknowledge the thin blue line working to keep us safe, but his death underlined the urgency to ensure police officers are kept safe, too. richard lister, bbc news. speaking earlier on bbc breakfast, giles york —— vice chair of the national police chief's council —— said it's time to take action to stop violence against police officers. we had seen three brutal attacks in the last three weeks. absolutely, thatis the last three weeks. absolutely, that is right. it is not part of the job to be assaulted as a police officer. i can along with many of my cheap council colleagues, write a personal statement to the court every single time somebody is charged. emphasising the fact that it is notjust part of the job to be assaulted. policing is still an

incredibly rewarding career. we have tens of thousands of positive interactions with the public every single day. british airways customers are complaining the airline is cancelling more flights than necessary after strikes were announced last night. pilots will strike on the ninth, tenth, and 20 seventh of september, over a long—running pay dispute — but customers say they've been informed theirflights have been cancelled as much as two days either side of the planned strike dates, and many are struggling to re—book, reporting problems with the website. british airlines said today airlines have a very complex operation, and there can be knock—on effect onto other days earlier, simon calder, the independent‘s travel editor, spoke to bbc breakfast about the cancellations where you had something like 100,000 people at least who are booked to travel, who have been told overnight he had got an issue. course, they're all trying to get in touch and it is

all trying to get in touch and it is all going very slowly. so, last night we found there was a strike called by the pilots union on the ninth and tenth september as well as the 27th. i have been contacted by a lot of people who say it is notjust the ninth and tenth, am flying on the ninth and tenth, am flying on the eighth or the 12th and it is turning into by days of cancellations. it is really important to know what your rights are if your flight is cancelled. baa has defined you and canada flight on the same day if it possibly can, evenif the same day if it possibly can, even if it means buying a ticket on another airline. if you are delayed overnight, then it has to pay for a hotel and meals. the racing that you can day, they try to manage down the problem, is to take a council for a full refund, because then you will be by another ten are just almanac at well cost lot more. at the moment, my advice to be do not necessarily do anything, just keep trying to get through the ba has to deliver a reasonable alternative for you. but very stressful time for an awful of people.

a worker at britain's consulate in hong kong — who was detained by the chinese authorities — has been released. simon cheng went missing earlier this month during a business trip to mainland china. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us and has the latest. simon was unemployed at the british consulate here in hong kong attempted to return to the city from the mainland in the transition behind me. this is very high speed trains pill up from the mainland. now, inside the train station, technically, it is mean land chinese territory. he crossed the border inside and into hong kong. he said a message to his girlfriend saying that he was going to re—enter hong kong, but never crossed over. two weeks later we have had the police saying that he was held there for 15 days. according to the place there

in the cityjust across the border in may19, he in the cityjust across the border in may 19, he admitted his guilt. now, we do not know what is supposed to be guilty of, they not said. —— in mainland china. a british foreign office spokesperson has now confirmed that they have also heard from him that the british foreign office has welcomed his release and said that they are glad to say he is been reunited with his family. and that they will continue to provide consulate assistance to his family. the headlines on bbc news... a post—brexit britain will not "retreat" from the world stage, says boris johnson ahead of the start of the g7 summit. and the fires burning across the amazon are discussed at the g7 as brazil's president orders troops to be sent to help fight the flames. police chiefs call an emergency meeting to discuss officer safety — in the wake of pc andrew harper's

murder last week. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. all the latest on the ashes, here is john. good morning. that is where we start this morning, we are about 45 minutes away from day three. england's last hopes of remaining. australia rimini with a big lead of 283 for second innings wickets intact. england have not even bowled out for that dismal 67 in their first innings. josh hazlewood took buy that those as england made the lowest score against australia in 71 yea rs. lowest score against australia in 71 years. what is hoped that england we re years. what is hoped that england were just australia to 52—3, only for the man who replaced steve smith in the side to meet an unbeaten 53.

so, surely but that lead of 200 and it is 34 earlier i spoke to somebody who told me why it is proving so difficult for the batsmen. one miniature time to smash about 46, year defence was of their window sometimes. johnny basso is an example. he has tried to move around his technique, he has often opened up his technique, he has often opened up his stamps and is often playing loose he is practising for the world cup format. and he'sjust loose he is practising for the world cup format. and he's just not adjusting. in the old days we had this more old—fashioned batter. it is hard to flip between the two, i think, by the english players. they are chasing the ball and i think until the get the order right, jason isa until the get the order right, jason is a fabulous player, at number one

he looks very much exposed. i think focus is needed. focus is needed to develop the mindset, more time needs to be applied to get them back and switched on. the english football league are currently having a conference to discuss the future of bury. an incredible deal to see the clu b bury. an incredible deal to see the club appear to to take place last night. for weeks now there have been uncertainty around the club, staff went unpaid and several relate. not a single league match has been played this season. i think it is a broader tale for football, in that fans have to be more aware of what is happening to their clubs behind—the—scenes. i mean, some clubs are acceptable run in the north—west you have got rochdale, but others are at the mercy of people who do not always have a club's best interest at heart. i think if this whole sorry affair can show fans anything, it is to scrutinise your club a bit more. i wa nt scrutinise your club a bit more. i want my club to be at the centre of

the community. i wanted to be a focal point, i want it to mean as much other people as it does to me. last night's action, aston villa backin last night's action, aston villa back in the premier league. they grabbed theirfirst back in the premier league. they grabbed their first win of the season. after losing their opening two matches they beat everton 2—0 last night. bake when, that is their record signing with the opening goal there. —— big win. a bit of a desperate result for england's hockey team, a huge defeat. it— zero to the netherlands. the goalkeeper says it is the lowest point of her career. they were blown away by the world champions, this result means that great britain is at an automatic qualification to the 2020 tokyo olympics. they are the holders remember and will now play a two leg qualifier at home in november. if they win that, they will still qualify for next year's games. rory mcilroy has just won a shot of the

league after the second round in atla nta. league after the second round in atlanta. it is golf‘s most lucrative tournament with the winner taking £12 million. the american brooks kafka is currently leading the 13 under par. rugby league's challenge cup heaven between scent hounds and warrington being played at wembley this afternoon. the saints have had a great season, 16 points clear at the top of the super league. 11 yea rs the top of the super league. 11 years since they last lifted the challenge cup. warrington have not w011 challenge cup. warrington have not won this competition since 2012. there will be plenty of regards later, of course. we will have much income throughout the day. we will be keeping a close eye on that one hero bbc news. that is all bbc sport centre for now, plenty more on the website. including the build—up to the big game, as well. england up against ireland at twickenham at a world cup warm up match. for now,

thatis world cup warm up match. for now, that is all for me. borisjohnson‘s warning that migrants would be sent back if they crossed the english channel to the uk have been branded as "inflammatory" and "misleading" by campaigners. the prime minister's comments came after a surge in attempts — with nearly 100 people in one day taking to small boats to try to make the crossing from france. amanda akass sent us this report from dover. this has been one of the busiest weeks on record in terms of a number of migrants attempting to make the crossing. thanks to the warm weather and succumb conditions out at sea. on thursday, nearly 100 people were caught attempting to make the crossing and another two boats were stopped yesterday. although this prompted the prime minister to issue a warning to migrants, saying we will send you back if you have come here illegally. but since the year, more than 900 people have successfully made the crossing at only 65 have been sent back. his

comments have angered campaigners, who said people have a legal right to right to make asylum claims and those cases should not be prejudged. the home of sa people take a huge risk by trying to cross the channel in this way and they are working closely that the french authorities on this. the home secretary will be raising the issue with her french counterpart in the coming days. tony smith is the former head of uk border force, ealier he told the bbc he's unsurprised the prime minister is threatening to return those who try to enter the uk in this way. we are seeing an incident every two to three hours here. you see success breeds success. if people are seen to be getting across here and then getting intojurisdiction, then they are being allowed to stay, then i am afraid the message going back is that there will be a continuing supply chain. and so, one of the deterrence would be to say well, actually, we are not prepared to process your application for asylum. you are coming from a safe third

country and you will not succeed in getting permission to stay. so, i suspect that is the reasoning behind his comments. medical leaders have called for an urgent meeting with the government to discuss continued shortages of hormone replacement therapy. hundreds of thousands of women going through the menopause in the uk, are struggling to access hrt tablets, patches or gels. many have suffered side effects because they can't obtain hrt products at pharmacies. our health editor hugh pym reports. thanks to hrt, karen, who lives in somerset, felt able to cope with the symptoms of the menopause. but when she could not get your usual treatment prescription, she felt low and tired and increasingly unwell. as she struggled to get an alternative. the symptoms got worse and worse. by that stage i was literally feeling hot and feverish, you get, sort of, a generalfeeling of being unwell at that point. like many others, karen feels frustrated at the lack of information about the supply shortages, given the impact they are having on patients

and their families. that is what leaders in the medical profession want to find out. as they call on the government to do more to get answers from drug companies. what we have got to do is try and work together as professionals with the dhsc and get these companies to be accountable. give us an explanation, firstly, of what the problem is and most importantly of the timelines before they will be resolved. the manufacturer of one product range and supply problems will continue until the middle of next year. alternative treatments are available, but demand for these is increased because of shortages elsewhere. the department of health says it is working with all suppliers to maintain the overall flow of medicines to patients. karen has now been put on a new form of hrt, but she is not convinced yet that it is effective and she is frustrated that a problem affecting so many women is far from resolved. a patient in illinois has died after developing a severe

that is like at the situation in hong kong. ithink that is like at the situation in hong kong. i think it is the tenth weekend in succession. hong kong police happily best time in ten days deployed tier gas in an attempt to disperse the anti—government protests. —— please have for the first time. that is where the protests have been taking place. the protesters marched in the industrial district of the city. and as i say, the tear gas has been fired for the first time in several days now to try and contain

those parts of the protest that have straight of from what the authorities there are prepared to permit. we will keep and ion that buy more from hong kong if there are further developments. a patient in illinois has died after developing a severe respiratory disease due to vaping. it's thought to be the first such death in america, and comes amid an outbreak of illnesses in the us that health officials have linked to e—cigarettes. now, let's have a look at the raf display team flying over new york city. the red arrows have joined their us counterparts in a historic flight down new york's hudson river and around the statue of liberty. it was the first time the combination ofjets had been brought together in such a way. the team, based at raf scampton, near lincoln, are on a tour of north america to promote the uk. if you're a fan of star wars then you're in for a treat —

a trailer for the long—awaited tv series the mandalorian has been released. it's one of the first programmes to be unveiled, which will be shown on the new streaming service, disney plus. the series, will be shown in november and follows the adventures of a single gunfighter on the outer reaches of the galaxy. it is set before the events of the rise of skywalker, the final film of the most recent star wars trilogy. we've all had that terrifying moment where you're getting ready to go on holiday and you think you've lost your passport — but new technology could make remembering to carry your travel documents a thing of the past. instead, the passport would be saved on your phone and detected by a biometric scanner at the uk border. our business reporter simon browning has been to try it out. sunshine, holidays, city breaks. we all love our trips away and it is

the time of year when flights are filled, airport bursting and there can be lots of waiting around. we all know what it is like to arrive and holiday at your destination, to arrive at your destination, to arrive at your destination, to arrive as the passport hall and arrived to choose to get your passport scam. new technology means they could be a thing of the past, when our passports go on to our bones. this kiosk is because protector stoppages the start of a co nta ctless protector stoppages the start of a contactless id system designed by a group of companies and academics to speed up the process of the boarders. after downloading an app to your phone, you register your passport with just once. to your phone, you register your passport with just oncelj to your phone, you register your passport with just once. i will now ask you to present your passport onto the reader. it will ask you to look into the camera to make a match between the passport photo and relied images of your identity has not been verified, the link has been established. any moment this will be confirmed on the screen, this is now being done and your mobile phone now says she had been enrolled. 140

million passenger arrived at the uk border in 2017, that it expected to double by 2050. but our points cannot double in size, so they need to process our sponsor shall be arrive and leave much quicker. the advantage of this is that passengers can choose to risk it and they are low risk and eligible, that is to say you can come three without him at examination, then they can just keep walking. whereas the rest of the passenger she have to be seen can go to normal control. a security validator has never been under such scrutiny. the designer say safeguards are in place and information is accredited. but other questions remain. what if your battery dies? what if you brought the wrong smartphone? and can't the biometric cannot be filled? we are going to test if it works and then check it but this mask. the developers say the system is ready

for implementation and the home office as it continues to investigate the implication of emerging technologies at the borders. we'rejust emerging technologies at the borders. we're just going to see, i hope it did not recognise me. it is negative. none of us like to do, even though we are so good at it. now we are ready to play some of the hassle—free biometric future. now it's time for a look at the weather, with nick miller. hello, if it seems like summer had given up on us think again. as we go through this began, there will be plenty of sunshine around. there is still more clout across parts of northern scotland, whether it's the chance of a future is around the afternoon. mcleod to the west of northern ireland. elsewhere, lots of sunshine to come. the cloud is increasing and the isles