welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the iranian foreign minister makes an unexpected appearance at the g7 summit in france but there's little sign it's reduced tensions between iran and the us. mounting anger as bolivia's rainforest continues to burn. more than 10,000 square kilometres have been destroyed in days. police in hong kong fire a warning shot as they battle with protesters in another weekend of violent skirmishes. and a cricketing comeback like no other. england pull off a sensational win in the third test against australia.

hello, and welcome. iran's foreign minister made a surprise visit to the g7 summit in france on sunday, to discuss how to reduce tensions between iran and the us. he was only there a few hours, but he did meet with french president and event host, emmanuel macron. he tweeted these photos of the meeting, writing that the road ahead is difficult, but worth trying. earlier, mr macron said the leaders of the g7 countries had agreed a common stance on iran. my colleague ros atkins has been following events at the summit in biarritz throughout the day. day two of the g7 perfectly illustrated the opportunities and challenges facing the summit. on iran, we were told all seven members we re iran, we were told all seven members were committed to avoiding conflict. 0n the amazon fires, we were told

everything were done to help result. 0n russia rejoining the g7, donald trump told us it's a work in progress. after meeting the eu's donald tusk, boris johnson progress. after meeting the eu's donald tusk, borisjohnson said there is an opportunity to do a brexit deal and no doubt the tenor of this g7 has been a bit, mr johnson's repeated thumbs up to mr macron, all smiles and ductility. even donald trump has been enthusing about the experience of being here in biarritz. but you can't obscure what everyone knows. 0n aroma, there is no agreement on what to do. on the amazon, we're waiting a unified plan to encourage brazil to do more about the fires and their causes. 0n russia, the eu is actively hostile to it rejoining the g7 while donald trump quite likes the idea. and on brexit, nothing is actually trained. borisjohnson brexit, nothing is actually trained. boris johnson wants rid brexit, nothing is actually trained. borisjohnson wants rid of the irish backstop at the eu says a viable replacement has been offered. in thatis replacement has been offered. in that is not to talk about the trump trade wars of which the europeans

despair and the iranian foreign minister being invited without seemingly telling the americans and the americans won't meet him. which brings me to this thought. you know when people are even countries are struggling to get on or find agreement? we say, at least they are talking and that is what is happening in biarritz. a group of powerful countries trying to make it work. sometimes succeeding in making it work but it's not what it once was. day three of the biarritz summit is the g7‘s chance to say despite that, it can find ways to ta ke despite that, it can find ways to take action on major global issues. we will see how they do. bolivia's president is facing criticism for his slow response to a series of wildfires. more than a million hectares of forest close to brazil have already been destroyed. environmental campaigners say it's a result of a decree allowing cattle farmers to clear the forest. gareth barlow reports. bolivia's forests are burning. as helicopters, overhead, volunteers

and firefighters battled flames on the ground. it's from the air that the ground. it's from the air that the true extent of the fires is apparent. thousands of square kilometres have already been burned. now the bolivian president, evo morales, who's been criticised for his slow response has open the door to international help. translation: i welcome telephone calls from the presidents of paraguay, chile and spain. we welcome any cooperation. since wednesday, we've been managing the operation. the develop bank of latin america is donating about half $1 million. it's not only the environment that suffering. these families arejust environment that suffering. these families are just some of the many forced from their homes. translation: the plants are destroyed, all the plants are now the water for us as well. the pipe has been burned and we don't have water running from the pipe. it's all burned. translation: there was intense smoke coming with fire, it

was like a whirlwind. it was coming to the houses. it advanced very fast. the fire came from the side of the mountains and into the village. as in neighbouring brazil, which is tackling a record number of fires, activists say tree clearing in bolivia, often for agriculture, activists say tree clearing in bolivia, often foragriculture, is mostly to blame. while world leaders discuss the fires of the g7 summit in france, on the ground in bolivia, bottles of water and baskets of water are being used to tackle the bays. —— lays. —— blaze. there's been a further escalation of violence in hong kong where a police officer has fired a gun during anti—government protests. the authorities say his life was in danger. the protests began in response to a controversial extradition bill and have now been taking place for 12 weeks. from hong kong, john sudworth reports. hong kong was once celebrated for its stability.

not any more. 0nlookers gazed down on the political crisis being lived out in running street battles. by nightfall, it was at times almost medieval. this rain of sticks and clubs, brought to an end only by the sound of a gunshot, as one officer draws his side arm, shooting into the air. much of this city, it should be said, continues as normal, with the violence only in small pockets. but it's intensifying. peaceful demonstrations don't work, according to so many people, because they have one million march, two million march, and the government still didn't listen. and therefore this leads to an escalation of force. there's now an established pattern — barricades are set up. there are taunts and provocations.

and then the police response, meeting violence with violence. what is extraordinary is that despite volley after volley of tear gas and rubber bullets, the protesters show no sign of backing down. in fact they're advancing, following the tear gas back and moving forward under the police lines. with no political solution in sight, the cycle continues. the families of police officers also held a rally, concerned that it's their loved ones, not the government, taking the brunt of public anger. the government should do something, notjust push the police in front of the protests, let them face the protests. and i think this will never end. calm was eventually restored, but these scenes will not go unnoticed in beijing,

which has been issuing fresh warnings that the army could be sent in. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. england's cricketers have won an astonishing victory in the third ashes test at headingly to keep alive their hopes of winning the series. they were set a target of 359 to win by australia — more than they have ever scored before to win a test. and the victory was down to ben stokes who made an unbeaten 135 runs in brilliant style — undoubtedly one of the greatest test innings of all time. stokes — spent 330 minutes at the crease — hitting ii fours and 8 sixes. australia had at least two chances to snatch a famous win before the end — but failed. joining me now from sydney is andrew menczel, host and producer of cricket unfiltered podcast. it must be a frustrating day for you but tell us what you were thinking

as he watched the match unfold. well, it was just an incredible day of test cricket. the game ebbed and flowed, australia were in the ascendancy and then england were in the ascendancy but at points i thought australia was going to retain the ashes for the first time in england since 2001 and i thought that was a sort of history making moment. we were going to see, not the sort of history making moment that ben stokes produced later on to wina that ben stokes produced later on to win a famous test match. you mentioned ben stokes, everyone here in the uk talking about him. what did you make of his performance? ben stokes was incredible. the him to come out and dig in and play a classic test match innings where he w0 re classic test match innings where he wore the bowling down and pushed his side within reach of the target, but then to switch from that to hitting

eight sixes and power his side to victory with frenetic batting, it was a miracle almost english cricket in one of the best innings in the history of the game. people are talking about england's performance but there was also australia's performance as well and this was almost there much to lose. thanks much. it's only since the 1880s a tea m much. it's only since the 1880s a team has lost this side out for 67 so australia will be ruing letting this opportunity slip through their fingers. i guess australia can look to the point that they did perform well for a lot of the game and they did have their chances so perhaps they will take that confidence into they will take that confidence into the next match but for england to bounce back after being bowled out for 67 and former english captains saying the ashes were gone was phenomenal. what will australia be looking at in terms of its mistakes? people are talking about australia

wasting reviews and things like that. australia did not feel particularly well and that last couple of overs. marcus harris dropped a catch and the australians missed an easy run out when nathan lyon fumbled the ball and there is a decision review system where you can review umpiring decisions, australia used that on decisions that looked like they would never be overturned and then stokes with the plum lbw, the umpire gave not out but australia had used all their reviews so they only had themselves to blame in that situation, that they didn't keep any reviews up our sleeve so they will be looking at those m ista kes they will be looking at those mistakes and thinking what could have been. i'm sure they will be looking at the lessons to learn as well and everyone will be looking at those next two test matches. andrew, thank you so much for your time. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: feeling the heat at the notting hill carnival. record temperatures as a million

people party in west london. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything, save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to repair what katrina achieved in just hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years.

so it was a great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the iranian foreign minister has made an unscheduled visit to the g7 summit in france. earlier, the french president, emmanel macron, said g7 leaders had agreed a common stance on iran. environmental groups have blamed bolivia's president, evo morales, for failing to control widespread forest fires. more than 10,000 square kilometres have been destroyed in days. well let's stay with that story — the bbc‘s will grant has beeen flying over the amazon to assess the damage. this is an environmental destruction at its most brutal. swathes of forest reduced to a graveyard of blackened, charred remains.

the flames rage unabated, fanned by the dry weather and wind — no—one putting them out. the smoke at times reduces visibility to almost nothing. an acrid stench of burning hanging over the devastated landscape. greenpeace flew over the state of rondonia to map the extent of the damage. and they blame one man for letting this situation get out of hand — brazil's president jair bolsonaro. the bolsonaro government is totally responsible for what is happening now, because the numbers of deforestation are increasing since the beginning of the year. so in eight months, he dismantled all the environmental policies that took more than ten years to build. ignoring the politics for a moment, on an ecological level, on the human level, this isjust a very disturbing sight. hectare after hectare of pristine amazon, the world's lungs

going up in smoke, and worse still, it's taking place in a supposedly protected national park. but in brazil, you can't ignore the politics. all weekend, angry protests have been held in major brazilian cities and outside its embassies abroad — people furious at bolsonaro's terrible environmental record. but president bolsonaro remains unrepentant, accusing europe of a colonialist attitude and insisting brazil has the right to open up the amazon to development. many believe the fires are especially bad this year thanks to his message that subsistence farmers, cattlemen and major industry feel emboldened to set the forest alight. but there's some sympathy for greater development in the state of rondonia, where bolsonaro won over 70% of the vote. "i'm not against bringing international companies here, as long as they bring jobs"

says edson 0liviera, owner of a lumber yard in amazonas state. "it's no use just pointing your finger to say something is wrong and not providing an alternative to people". it has always been a challenge for brazilian governments to strike a balance between using the amazon to provide a living for the millions who live there and protecting it for the common good, but president bolsonaro has opted to exploit it for mining and farming. with the dry season much worse in september and october, the fires are likely to burn for many weeks yet. will grant, bbc news, rondonia state. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have held a rally at a camp in bangladesh to mark two years since they were forced to flee a brutal military offensive in myanmar. the protestors gathered on what they described as "genocide remembrance day". over 700,000 fled their native rakhine state in myanmar in august 2017 after the violent crackdown.

0ur correspondnet akbar hossain spent the day at the rally. they turned in their tens of thousands — rohingya muslims, calling for justice. they prayed for those killed by the myanmar military. this is their rohingya genocide day. the refugees living in this bangladesh camp want the myanmar government to ensure their citizenship and human rights. translation: our mothers and sisters were tortured in myanmar and we came here two years ago. with this rally, we want to show to the whole world that we are victims of genocide and torture. this is called the largest refugee camp in the world. one million rohingya muslims live here. the camp is cramped and people live in unhygienic conditions. when i walked around the camp, i saw anxious faces, but they say they cannot go back.

translation: we are suffering from different kinds of diseases. we are suffocating because of high temperature. still, we are living here. how will we go back? we want justice. translation: they will kill us again if we go back. i'm not willing to go back. if they recognise us as rohingya, we will go back. if we go back without justice, they will again kill us. the military crackdown in myanmar since 2012 has resulted in many fleeing their country. more than 700,000 rohingya fled to bangladesh in 2017 alone. the united nations described it as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. bangladesh ministers say that refugees cannot go back because myanmar is not letting them. but bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries and struggles to cope. many bangladeshis believes that rohingya should be repatriated soon. neighbouring myanmar is reluctant

to change their policies. the solution remains elusive for the rohingya muslims. akbar hossain, bbc news, dhaka. more now on the g7 summit in biarritz. of course, it's the first time britain's new prime minister boris johnson has attended — and he's been meeting president trump for the first time as british leader. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young reports from biarritz. side by side, but not quite in step. borisjohnson hopes his american friend will help him out and boost trade between their two countries. but is this a partnership of equals or will the uk get trampled all over by its mighty ally? do you know who this is, does everyone know who he is? he's going to be a fantastic prime minister, i tell you. and we're going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. sitting down over breakfast, donald trump said britain's departure from the eu

would be liberating. we're having very good trade talks between the uk and ourselves. we're going to do a very big trade deal, bigger than we've ever had with the uk, and at some point they won't have the obstacle of... they won't have the anchor around their ankle, because that is what they have. when i spoke to the prime minister, he said there were massive opportunities for british businesses. well, the americans are very ambitious to get this done as fast as possible, they really want results, you know, within a year, i suppose, by next june or july. we're keen to go as fast as we can, but we want this to be a really big, thoroughgoing, comprehensive trade deal. because you know that the experts say it can't be done in a year, it's going to take years. well, i think years and years is an exaggeration, but i think to do it all within a year is going to be tight. i'm just being honest with you, my own experience of the way the americans work, and the size and complexity of the deal

we want to do, probably means we won't be able to do it within a year. that doesn't mean... five years? no, we'll do it faster than that. but we need to do it fast, but to get the whole thing done from soup to nuts within a year is going to be a big ask. borisjohnson also met the president of the european council, putting behind them an argument over who'd be to blame for a no—deal brexit. i couldn't agree more! that's the spirit. there was a time just a few weeks ago when mrjohnson said the chances of that were a million to one. so what does he think now? in the last few days, there's been a sort of dawning realisation in brussels and other european capitals that, you know, what the shape of the problem is for the uk. and i think everybody gets it by now. it's to do with that withdrawal agreement, it's to do with the fact that under the current terms, we'd be kept locked in the eu legal order, we would be kept locked in the trading system, without any say on those things. that can't work for a great economy and a great country like the uk.

so, is no deal still a million to one? you said it repeatedly — one million to one. it depends very much on the willingness to cooperate and the common sense of... have you detected more willingness? look, i'm an optimist, but i do think... it's going to take more than a bit of optimism. i do think that they understand that there's an opportunity to do a deal. so, it's more likely than it was, do you think? i think it's going be touch and go. a no—deal brexit won't affect everyone in this room but mrjohnson admits it could be bumpy for the uk. can you guarantee to people they will be able to get their medicines? that is certainly a guarantee that we can make. but i do not want, at this stage, to say that, you know, to say that there won't be unforeseen difficulties, because that is the... you said you're willing to contemplate it, you're willing to take the country in that direction, two months away, potentially, people watching this want to know what it is going

to mean in real terms for them. it's entirely the right thing to do. so, the preparations that we're making between now and october the 31st are, under no circumstances, going to be valueless — they need to be done anyway. let's get them done fast and in a professional and confident way. it's been all smiles and warm words beside the sea here in the south—west of france. but the prime minister has some testing weeks ahead. reporter: how did it go, prime minister? tres bien. vicki young, bbc news, biarritz. finally, as london sweltered in record breaking temperatures — up to a million people have turned out for the opening day of the annual notting hill carnival which celebrates caribbean heritage in london. james waterhouse reports. whether it's feathers, skates or a bit of engine oil, thousands have been choosing their own way to party as the notting hill carnival returns. bringing people altogether to come and enjoy

ourselves, have fun, love our music, love our food, that's what we're here for. people are free, everyone's out there enjoying themselves, you know, a nice environment where you get together with different cultures. this unmistakable wall of noise and colour reminds you that this is one of the biggest community celebrations in the world. but the question this year for politicians more than ever is how this positivity is translated beyond these two days. because it's those same communities which have been affected by never before seen levels of violence and knife crime in the city. also, in what is now become tradition, carnival pauses for 72 seconds. half a mile away from the grenfell tower, it's for each person who was killed two years ago in that fire. and the mingling mayor of london isn't happy with the progress made since. families who were promised they'd be rehoused within weeks are still living in temporary accommodation more than 2.5 years on. i worry about the delay in phase two

of the inquiry beginning which means that the lessons that need to be learnt are not yet learned. away from remembering, things kicked off with thej'ouvert where paint is thrown over each other. then, as temperatures hit new heights, 32.7 celsius to be precise, it was the turn of the children's parade. we have lots of different bands on the road today, but all the bandleaders are friends and we all work together to create this magic, so it's very important for us to be sending that message that it's all about unity, fun, culture and vibes. 12,500 police officers have the job of keeping around a million people safe. their priority today — having a good time. i hope they kept cool. stay with us on bbc news, much more coming up, don't forget you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc.

all of our stories are on our website. hello there. this week is set to bring some pretty big changes in our weather. there's something cooler on the way, something a bit more unsettled as well. but the weekend brought a real burst of heat. sunday's temperatures got all the way up to 33 degrees just to the west of london. that heat being drawn up from the near continent around this area of high pressure. the south—easterly winds affecting most parts of the british isles, it was a bit different and the west though, the air starting to come in from the atlantic, a cooler source of air, that cooler atlantic air will make more inroads over the next couple of days, firstly behind this little weather front here, things will turn a bit cooler. this, a big dangling weather front in the atlantic will eventually bring some much cooler air for all of us around the middle of the week. so, those temperatures gradually, slowly but surely, dipping away, will be a slow process, though, particularly in the east. and with that change we'll see some

outbreaks of rain and perhaps some thunderstorms for a time. through monday morning, some quite poor visibility, and mix of mist and murk, and low cloud, some fog patches too, especially through wales, the west midlands, north—west england, south—west scotland. and it is a bank holiday for most, but if you are travelling early, bearthat in mind. that should clear, then we see some long spells of sunshine again, the odd shower in the afr south—west, some rain and the strengthening breeze across the western isles, and generally it will be a cooler day in scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england and wales. further east though, in the sunshine, it could again get to 32 or 33 degrees. now a lot of dry weather and clear skies to take us through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, there is the ongoing chance of a shower across the south—west, maybe up into wales as well. there's temperatures over night between 11 and 17 degrees. so for tuesday this frontal system which would eventually,

remember, bring that cooler air, will just store out to west, not making a lot of progress eastwards, so we will see plenty of dry weather, some spells of sunshine but the increasing chance that we'll see some showers breaking out and thunderstorms, too. some of which could be heavy. the heat‘s increasingly getting squashed eastwards, could still get to 31, 32 degrees in the south—east, but it will be cooler futher west, and we'll see some rain later in the day into northern ireland. now, during tuesday night a scattering of showers and thunderstorms looks likely to push across the british isles, quite hit and miss but some of these storms could bring a lot of rain. and then as we get into wednesday, that front which will have been lingering out to the west for a couple of days will finally make its move. it slides eastwards, it takes some rain with it, and we're all left with some cooler, fresher weather by the time we get to thursday. some wet weather, too, particularly in the north—west.

this is bbc news. the headlines: us officials have expressed suprise after the iranian foreign minister made an unexpected visit to the g7 summit in france on sunday, to discuss how to reduce tensions between iran and the us. mohammad javad zarif said on social media that the road ahead was difficult, but worth trying. bolivia's president is facing criticism for his slow response to a series of wildfires. more than a million hectares of forest close to brazil have already been destroyed. environmental campaigners say it's a result of a decree allowing cattle farmers to clear the forest. a police officer in hong kong has fired a warning shot at protestors — the first time a live round has been used since demonstrations broke out in june. police also fired rubber bullets and tear gas, and used two water cannon vehicles to clear barricades and disperse crowds.