this is bbc news, i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at nine... the international response to the devastating amazon fires — the g7 looks to make an emergency deal to tackle the crisis. as the fires continue to spread — brazil steps up its emergency response and deploys its military — after concern that not enough was being done. the prime minister tells the bbc to ‘cough up‘ and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. # one last time... ariana grande plays manchester pride, telling fans — including survivors of the 2017 terror attacks — that she's "overwhelmed" to be back. coming up in sport — we'll reflect

on the heroics of ben stokes — after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. and coming up at half nine, weather world rounds up the planet's recent and most significant meteorological events. a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating — notjust for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. for president macron of france, they are a crisis the g7

was designed to fix — a common threat that requires collective action by the world's major economies. so today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree a new plan to help countries first with the fires, and then subsequent reforestation. translation: there are contacts that are being made with all the countries of the amazon by our teams so that we can finalise very concrete commitments of technical and financial means. the german chancellor angela merkel said the earth's lung was being affected, so there had to be a common solution. borisjohnson promised an immediate £10 million to help brazil with reforestation. but it's still not clear what else may be agreed. president bolsonaro of brazil has accused foreign governments of interfering in the sovereignty of his country, and the g7 is divided over whether to block an eu trade deal with some south american countries if they do not take more action to tackle fires lit deliberately by loggers and farmers. james landale, bbc news, in biarritz.

brazilian troops have begun a major operation to put out a record number of fires in the amazon rainforest. the country's defence minister said two planes loaded with thousands of litres of water and special chemical products had been sent to the northern state of rondonia. joining me now in the studio isjuman kubba, a forest campaigner with greenpeace. how concerned we need to be about these fires? i think we can't overstate how serious this is. the lungs of the world are on fire. compared to last year, i think it puts the number of fires at 45% higher, that is how significant it is. yet if we go back a few years, the fires were worse, and then they got better, and now they are getting worse again. so it's not the all—time worst, is it? just the worst in the last three or four model years? we have worst in the last three or four modelyears? we have reached worst in the last three or four model years? we have reached a worst in the last three or four modelyears? we have reached a peak, the scale of the fires is unprecedented. it is linked to what

we are seeing in the country, a general move to basically ignore environmental protections and just open up more land to agriculture. that is something that we need to be doing something about. and yet, as we just doing something about. and yet, as wejust mentioned, the brazilian government is now dropping water on these flames. it is attempting to send troops to the area. these flames. it is attempting to send troops to the areal these flames. it is attempting to send troops to the area. i think the fundamental question is how do we stop these kinds of fires in the long term? this means we can't keep destroying the forest in order to grow more agriculture. there is too things we need to do. the un, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, says we can't keep growing so change, says we can't keep growing so much animal feed change, says we can't keep growing so much animalfeed etc change, says we can't keep growing so much animal feed etc for global food systems. we have to change the way that we eat. we need to stop doing trade deals that allow for more destruction. we need to put environmental protection at the heart of trade. trade is something that the g7 is talking about in

ba rrettes, we have that the g7 is talking about in barrettes, we have the us and a lot of european governments there, are you hopeful that the language they are talking, about the rainforest, ta kes are talking, about the rainforest, takes that point of our trade on board? i think it is important that we are recognising how serious this is. this is a worldwide problem. we are seeing the destruction of forests across the world. it's important that is recognised and language being used shows how big it is. but it is notjust about money. we need to stop fanning the flames, which means putting human rights protections at the heart of every trade agreement. there has been talk, but not enough action. are you hopeful? if so, where would it come from, apart from organisations like greenpeace, do you see actual government is stepping up to take the action and put the hand in the the action and put the hand in the the money to finance such action? 0bviously the money to finance such action? obviously if we look at it from the brazilian point of view, they have a lot of poor people on the edges of ra i nfo rests lot of poor people on the edges of rainforests and they have different politics around them ?

rainforests and they have different politics around them? if you look at the brazilian side, there is a lot of protests, indigenous people have been affected by this deforestation. it's important that world leaders recognise there is a problem. in the uk last week we had a trade delegation talking trade, while the forests were burning. we've got to say that's not ok. we need to stop having talks until the forest fires are sorted out and make sure any trade deal in the future has environmental protection at its heart. obviously coming back to the g7, they are discussing it this morning, coming back to the question i raised a moment ago, is it actually happening, this determination to actually do something about it? what we are seeing is talk about let's put more money in, let's reforest destroyed areas. that's fine, but it's not enough. we need to protect the

forest we have left. that means a more fundamental change than what has been announced so far, we need more action. staying with the situation in the amazon, bolivia's president is facing criticism for his slow response to the fires in his country 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 hover overhead, volunteers and firefighters battle the flames on the ground. it's from the air that the true extent of the fires is apparent. more than 10,000 square kilometres have already been burnt. now, the bolivian president, evo morales, who has been criticised for his slow response, has opened 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 have been managing the operation. the development bank of latin america is donating about $500,000. it's not only the environment that suffering. these families are just some of the many forced from their homes. translation: the plants are destroyed, all the plants, and now the water for us as well. the pipe has been burned and we don't have the water running from the pipe. it's all burnt. translation: there is intense smoke coming with the fire. it was like a whirlwind. it was coming to the houses. it advances 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, is mostly to blame. while world leaders discuss the fires of the g7 summit in france, on the ground in bolivia, bottled water on baskets of water are being used to tackle the blaze. gareth barlow, bbc news.

lets go back to biarritz and speak to ros atkins. what are they going to ros atkins. what are they going to say and do about this? well, we are waiting to see. day three is definitely the sharp end of things at the g7 summit. it has been a three—day event. as you know, at international summits, you tend not to get the actions, decisions, until quite close to the end. there has been lots of signalling that we are expecting a firm announcement on the fires in the amazon. it hasn't emerged yet. i interviewed the president of chile a few minutes ago and he said we are definitely going to say something, we are definitely putting together a package of assistance for brazil to take on these fires. but he was less keen to get into the detail of how you persuade the brazilian president that climate change is a real thing that climate change is a real thing

that requires action, perhaps encouraging mining and farming within the amazon is not a great idea. everyone here, ithink, is tiptoeing around president bolsonaro, concerned that if he feels like brazil's sovereignty is being breached and anyway, he is not necessarily going to work with them as they would like him too. we will see what they come up with on the fires in the amazon. the other main div element of the morning is donald trump talking about iran. he says he doesn't want regime change in iran, he says he wants to make iran richer. which is the direct opposite of what american sanctions are doing at the moment. mr trump would argue thatis at the moment. mr trump would argue that is the fault of the iranian government. 0n that is the fault of the iranian government. on that curious div element yesterday when the iranian foreign minister landed at biarritz airport unexpectedly, mr trump is 110w airport unexpectedly, mr trump is now saying he was told by president macron in advance and we are not expecting the americans and the iranians to meet. you say it is the sharp end of the summit, they have to come up with or not come up with a communique. do you get a sense

that this is an organisation in search of a purpose, with all the difficulties over gender, membership, communication and so on, that they are really stumbling around and looking for a reason for being? they most certainly are. president macron acknowledge this explicitly in the run—up to the summit. he said previous summits, the format they pursued, no longer worked for the world in which we are living. he is trying to reimagine the g7. he's done a few things towards that end. he has invited eight other world leaders. a few minutes ago, just walking up the zigzagging path behind me, president macron welcomed the australian prime minister scott morrison. he is one of eight world leaders to be invited, as well as the g7 themselves. he is trying to broaden it out and say, this isn't a small club, we understand there is a bigger world out there. the other pressure on the g7 is that there is a time when we talked about the west asa a time when we talked about the west as a single entity, an entity that

was pushing towards shared goals. what has been laid out in front of us what has been laid out in front of us for everyone to see at the g7 is that we can't do that anymore. the gulf between europe and america is vast on all of the most pressing issues in the world, from trade, climate change, russia and iran, and no one here is trying to pretend otherwise. the question for the g7 is, if that is the case, what form should we take in the future? you should we take in the future? you should be here? bear in mind that donald trump would like vladimir putin to be at the next g7, just about everybody else here thinks that was a bad idea. what we are seeing with the pressures being exerted on the g7 is a much bigger picture around the world, where we see russia and china, and india, in very different ways asserting themselves. we see the west dividing into two and we see south america emerging as its own political entity. but all of that together, the g7 trying to work out how it fits into that. one last thought on

all of that, you said there was two top issues, trade and climate change, a moment ago we had greenpeace onset here, talking about how you can't really solve the amazon climate change problem, everything related to all of that, without addressing trade. in search of relevance, the g7 do need to come up of relevance, the g7 do need to come up with a more fundamental review of trading arrangements which also deals with those underlying problems. my final question to you, then, are they going to achieve that degree of relevance? they are not going to achieve that degree of releva nce going to achieve that degree of relevance today, because the fundamental players within the g7 don't agree either on what the problem is or what the solution is. so, if you talk about tax, for instance, france has introduced a digital tax to bring in further income from tech giants like google and facebook, donald trump has criticised it. the uk has said, yes,

we need something like that. emanuel macron came out and said, actually, if we can agree on international tax system, a new tax structure for digital countries, france will ditch the digital tax. all of which means there is confusion about what might come in, and while that is going on, nothing comes in. in terms of climate change, there is a widespread acceptance this is an international issue, boris johnson said so, emanuel macron said so, donald tusk said so. but we then had president bolsonaro, the man who rules the country which has the majority of the amazon within it, saying everyone has a colonial mindset. he said that towards the french. the challenge for the g7 and is very powerful leaders here is how do we create something new that deals with issues that are fundamentally international, climate change being the most obvious one, without upsetting a generation of leaders, president bolsonaro being one, president trump being another,

for whom nationalism is attractive and for whom nationalism has delivered power? and that tension between global concerns and nationalist sympathy is at the heart of the challenge for the g7. i don't mean to disappoint you, but they are not going to solve this one today!l thoughtful analysis as ever. 0ne one of the issues exercising minds in biarritz is the trade war with china. donald trump has sought to calm growing fears over the united states' trade war with china, saying beijing had requested a resumption of talks. stock markets in asia opened the week sharply down, amid fears that the worsening trade dispute could push the world economy into recession. on friday, the united states and china both announced further tariff increases on each others' goods. they mean business. they want to be able to make a deal. it's very important that... i think it's very important that... i think it's very important for them. they've lost 3

million jobs, important for them. they've lost 3 millionjobs, a lot of important for them. they've lost 3 million jobs, a lot of things important for them. they've lost 3 millionjobs, a lot of things have happened. it's why the president is a great leader. he understands. it's going to be great for china, great for the us and great for the world. he understands that and he is able to do things that other people aren't able to do. so we will call, and we will start very shortly to negotiate and see what happens. i think we're going to a deal. ever the optimist, donald trump on the trade relationship with china. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s. that's the message from the prime minister who's suggested the corporation has gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune it was announced that only low—income households, where one person received pension credit, would be eligible for a free tv licence. let's speak to our political correspondent tom barton who's been following this for us.

the prime minister has waded in? absolutely. this dates back to 2015, when the bbc last agreed a licence fee settlement with the government. pa rt fee settlement with the government. part of the terms of that was the responsibility for funding these free tv licences for over 75 is, which was introduced by gordon brown a few years previously, passed from the government to the bbc. at the start ofjune, the bbc announced that it would start, from next year, only funding three licenses, as you say, for those pensioners who receive pension credit. that would mean about 3.7 million extra pensioners would now have to pay for their tv licences. unsurprisingly, that has been controversial. there has also been a political row viewing nick brewing. this intervention, saying that the bbc should cop up, is blunt from boris johnson. he says the deal that the bbc reached was conditional on the corporation continuing to fund those three licences. that's really

interesting, it is something where the bbc has come back and said it wasn't true, so now we have a disagreement and not just about how it should be handled, but about the basic facts of what the agreement was. absolutely come on the one hand you have borisjohnson in downing street saying that the bbc should honour the agreement. the bbc say, actually, the government decided to stop funding those three licences backin stop funding those three licences back in 2015. there has been a period of transition. at the end of that transition period, the decision on what to do with them was passed to the bbc. in a statement, the bbc said that parliament gave the responsibility to the bbc to make the decision in the future of the scheme. so it could make a decision that some pensioners over 75 should actually pay for their licences. and the bbc maintains that actually it would have been within its rights to make a decision that it scrapped

free tv licences altogether. it says it has reached what it sees as a compromise, partly for financial reasons, and said to carry on funding them in their entirety would cost a fifth of the bbc‘s annual budget, £750 million, and that essentially would mean closing a range of services, including bbc two, radio 5 live. like i say, this is political. tom watson, the shadow labour leader has got involved as well. he says the blame for scrapping free tv licences lies with the government and he has asked ministers to step in and choose to themselves again. in terms of the party politics, labour is basically falling into the bbc camp, if you like, and what about on government benches? is there a view that is different from the prime minister, orare different from the prime minister, or are they falling in line? as far as labour are concerned, their argument is that it is wrong for these free licenses to be scrapped,

but they are pinning the blame for that decision on the government, rather than on the bbc. 0n the government benches, there is some dissent. john whittingdale, the former culture secretary, he was a culture secretary when the decision was taken, he says it was at the time the licence fee settlement was agreed are viewed as being within the bbc‘s remit to make whatever decision it shows on the future of this, when the transition period came to an end next year. he says thatis came to an end next year. he says that is what the bbc has done. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. england made an incredible comeback to win the third ashes test against australia, largely thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes. the win keeps england's hopes of winning the series alive. andy swiss has more.

commentator: cut away! what an innings, what a player! it was the stuff of sporting miracles. ben stokes, the hero of headingley after one of the most remarkable victories cricket has surely ever seen. england had begun needing an unlikely 203 more runs. with stokes leading the charge, though, the fans were starting to believe. but then, the wickets tumbled. when stuart broad was the ninth man out, england still needed 73. all over, surely? but after being joined by last manjack leach, stokes unleashed something quite extraordinary, tearing into the australian bowling and as he reached his century, the crowd sensed something special. hundred for ben stokes! what a summer he's having! six followed six as the target ticked down. stokes utterly inspired. it was spine—tingling, spectacular drama, as this took england within two. it's six! australia had their chances.

they dropped a catch, then they fumbled a run out. could you believe it? and moments later, stokes sent headingley into dreamland. single—handedly, single—battedly, he dragged england to an astonishing win. even by his standards, an extraordinary feat. moments like that don't come along very often and, you know, it's just an amazing game to be a part of, to — to be there at the end and still keep our ashes hopes alive. it was a pretty special feeling coming off at the end, yeah. it was phenomenal, really, to be able to pull off that, and of course we rode our luck at times, but we had some things go against us as well throughout the test match and sometimes, you have to ride it, and phwoar, it was just incredible to watch. his other team—mates have also been paying tribute. "not sure he can believe what he has

done," said stuart broad, while his employers posted this photo, calling stokes "a superhero in white." and after this, it's pretty hard to disagree. one of english‘s cricket's most dazzling talents and one of its most unforgettable days. andy swiss, bbc news, headingley. manchester city are second in the premier league after a 3—1win at bournemouth. sergio aguero scored the first goal — 15 minutes in — david silva with the intial cross. he was making his 400th appearance for city and was involved in all three city goals. raheem sterling scored the second. harry wilson pulled one back for bournemouth, but it wouldn't be enough as aguero scored again in the second half to secure the win. steve bruce claimed his first win as newcastle manager, leading his side to a surprise 1—0 win at tottenham. club record signing joelinton with the only goal of the game. we had to ride our luck a little bit at times. but overall, i thought to

at times. but overall, i thought to a man they were excellent today. you know, they keep surprising them. and the stuff that works with me all week to try to quieten the storm, if thatis week to try to quieten the storm, if that is the right word. hopefully that'll shot a few people up for a little bit anyway. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat hearts 3—1 to maintain their 100 percent record and stay ahead of rangers who also made it three wins out of three. it was borna barisic who scored the only goal at st mirren for steven gerrard's side. the croatian fired this incredible free kick on his return to the side. st mirren have now lost their last four meetings with rangers. rory mcilroy won the tour championship last night in atlanta, the final event in the fedex cup, earning him more than £12 million in prize money. he finished with a birdie on the last hole to win by four shots. it's the second time that the northern irish man has ta ken the tournament. not bad work if you can get it. that is all the sport for now.

a woman who says her bank inadvertently gave away her new address to her violent ex—husband, has called for banks and building societies to better protect victims. a domestic abuse charity says financial institutions have made big improvements in the way they deal with cases of economic abuse. controlling a partner through financial means became an offence last month. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. the economic abuse. i didn't even realise the scale of it until i'd left. claire — which isn't her real name — says her violent ex—partner also controlled her financially. when she eventually fled, claire says she was left with nothing. he'd also taken every personal item of mine that was identity — so my passport, my bank statements — so i had nothing to prove who i was, so i couldn't really do anything. without id she couldn't even access their joint account before her partner had withdrawn all the money. that wasn't the only problem. a bank letter sent to claire and her former partner revealed her new address. i was absolutely petrified. i didn't know what to do. claire's received support from a charity that raises

awareness of economic abuse, which can include limiting access to money and other things like housing and clothing. things you need to survive... this training session is for staff at lloyds bank's new domestic abuse unit — one of the ways the charity is trying to help banks better support victims. there will have been some amazing practice across the board. what can be upsetting sometimes for victims is that they might bank with different institutions, whose responses might be very different. economic abuse is set to be defined in law as a form of domestic abuse for the first time, and campaigners say that's really helped to focus attention on the issue. as, they say, has a finance industry code of practice around dealing with financial abuse, which was already a crime. they say banks who signed up to that are increasingly bringing in measures which will help victims. examples that high street banks told the bbc they've brought in include...

lloyds says the industry is gradually recognising it as an important business issue. customers will start to come to their bank and expect their banks to be taking action in this space, and so i think those things — raising awareness, removing the stigma, increasing the training — all of those things will really help to move this issue up people's agenda. who's at risk, then? anyone's at risk? campaigners say the action taken so far is just the start of a journey towards making sure all financial institutions can help and protect people like claire. it's the little things that make the difference, you know? and safety is paramount. katy austin, bbc news. let's take a look at some more

of today's top stories. essex police say they are trying to establish what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on the seafront at frinton and clacton yesterday. beach—goers were advised not to go in the sea. more than 80 firefighters are still tackling a fire at a secnodary school in dunfermline. the fire in woodmill high broke out at around five o'clock yesterday evening. there are no reports of any injuries police in lancashire have confirmed a woman's body has been found at a cemetery in accrington. officers say they're not yet in a position to confirm the woman's identity, and have asked the public not to speculate on social media it was a big night in manchester last night, with ariana grande headlining the pride festival. it was the first time she'd performed in the city since a memorial concert for those killed in the arena bombing two years ago. in the crowd were fans who'd attended ariana's show on the night of the attack in may 2017. two of them met up with our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson to explain why

it was so important for them to be there. # 0ne # one last time... an emotional ariana grande, back on stage in manchester for the first time since the one love concert more than two years ago. this was not a full performance, but rather a 35—minute set to headline the manchester pride festival, an lgbt+ celebration. in may, 2017, 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at her manchester arena show. last night, security was tight, with only see—through bags allowed and many of the fans who had been there on the night of the attack were back, including mollie and alex. my anxiety has been at an all—time high, let's put it that way. it's been kinda screwing

with my stomach a little bit, but it's the sort of thing when i have something presented to me like this i'm determined. i'm, like, i want to do this. i'm not going to lie, it did take a lot of time to think about it because of what happened last time, but ijust thought it was a brilliant chance for everybody to get together and show solidarity in the best way. on this tour, ariana grande is playing arena shows in london, birmingham, sheffield and glasgow but for manchester, she's done something different. this is pride. i came from italy especially for ariana grande. i'm here only for her. so proud of her. she's amazing. we saw her last week and we told her we've got so much love to give her and that it'sjust going to blow her away. but pride is for over—18s only, meaning that her younger fans missed out. her set consisted of only nine songs, and the likes of thank u, next and no tears left to cry prompting huge sing—alongs.