jets as a precaution. officials in northern gaza say the latest israeli air strikes have killed at least 46 people. the deadliest strike was on a residential building in the town of beit lahiya. in the town of beit lahiya. israel says assaults israel says assaults are aimed at stopping are aimed at stopping hamas from regrouping. hamas from regrouping. joe biden has become the first joe biden has become the first sitting us president to visit sitting us president to visit the amazon rainforest. the amazon rainforest. he's arrived in the brazilian he's arrived in the brazilian city of manaus, where he's city of manaus, where he's meeting local leaders working to protect the region's meeting local leaders working to protect the region's ecosystem. ecosystem. in the last hour, president in the last hour, president biden has flown over biden has flown over a stretch of the rainforest, a stretch of the rainforest, to view waterways, fire damage to view waterways, fire damage and a wildlife refuge. and a wildlife refuge. he's also expected to see the he's also expected to see the rio negro and amazon rivers. rio negro and amazon rivers. ucanu. ucanu.

it is an historic initiative, it is an historic visit. he says he is taking it seriously, the effort to combat climate change. earlier, joey o'brien and the chinese leader xijinping met on o'brien and the chinese leader xi jinping met on the sidelines of the asia—pacific economic summit in peru. president xi described the relationship between china and the us as having ups and downs but said she was striving for a smooth transition with the incoming trump administration. during discussions the us president raised north korea's deployment of troops to ukraine, as well as china's activities near taiwan. it is opening remarks, mr biden reflected on his relationship with xi jinping, during his time in office. weapon haven't always agree but our conversations have been candid and frank. we have never kidded one another, we have been level with one another. i think that is vital. these

conversations prevent miscalculations and they ensure the competition between our two countries will not veer into conflict, be competition not conflict. that is ouren responsibility. to our people, and as you indicated to the people round the world. we are the most important alliance, most important relationship in the entire world. figs most important relationship in the entire world.— the entire world. as you can see we expect _ the entire world. as you can see we expect to _ the entire world. as you can see we expect to hear- the entire world. as you can see we expect to hear from | see we expect to hear from president biden shortly but with me now in the studio is our latin america regional editor. an historic trip by joey o'brien to the rainforest, explain how significant it is joey o'brien has become the first sitting us president to visit the amazon, he arrived in manaus, this town in the centre of thejungle. he is there to promote his record on fighting climate change, on the agenda he flew over the amazon in a heckingbottom, viewing it from above, and he is going to meet local workers, who protect this

really valuable resource, the heart, the lungs of the world as it is known to many people. he is trying to really emphasise how much he has done for the amazon being in, being in this kind of now, last trip, across the country, before donnarumma takes over as the president and their different approaches, donnarumma we know is a climate sceptic, he is going to do what people believe the opposite or undo a lot of whatjoey o'brien has done, so this is a last hurrah, he is centring himself in the heart of this fight for climate justice, in the amazon which has had its worst wild fires in two decade, it has been at the hands of deforestation. we know that president _ hands of deforestation. we know that president biden _ hands of deforestation. we know that president biden has - hands of deforestation. we know that president biden has meed i that president biden has meed with local leaders and groups so what message are they saying to him about the state of the amazon and the help that is needed there.— amazon and the help that is needed there. ~ ., ., , , needed there. the amazon spans over nine countries _ needed there. the amazon spans over nine countries and _ needed there. the amazon spans over nine countries and is -

over nine countries and is crucial in the fight against climate change. it absorbs lots of carbon dioxide which is heating the planet so it is crucial, they are saying more needs to be done, wild fires have been destroying vast areas of it, in the last four decades it is thought that an area of germany and france combined has been destroyed due to deforestation and this is something that brazilian president has pledged to stop. he said he will stop illegal deforestation of the amazon by 2030. more resources more funding needs to be put towards it, and biden, president biden has said he will and is going to give more funding towards the amazon cause. but local leaders saying, saying all these things are great but more action on the ground is needed to protect this vital resource. of course president biden went of course president biden went there without the brazilian president, are they as one, when they are talking about the issues round the amazon? are

theyin issues round the amazon? are they in agreement?— issues round the amazon? are they in agreement? they are. he has really put _ they in agreement? they are. he has really put climate _ they in agreement? they are. he has really put climate justice, - has really put climate justice, both for the actual environment, stopping deforestation and the individuals who live in it, indigenous communities at the heart of his campaign, and now president xi. he is seen as a green president, going against former brazilian president bolsonaro, much like president trump, so don natural trump said she will drill, he is going to increase that extraction of extraction of fossil fuels. extraction of extraction of fossilfuels. he will extraction of extraction of fossil fuels. he will undo the good work president biden has done, and this is kind of a parallel to what lula da silva has been doing in his term against what he has had to pick up against what he has had to pick up the pieces many saying after bolsonaro exploited many parts of the amazon for financial profit.

so the trip to the amazon important forjoey 0'brien, how much do you expect to be discussed at the g20 summit which starts on monday? discussed at the 620 summit which starts on monday? climate is auoin which starts on monday? climate is going to _ which starts on monday? climate is going to be — which starts on monday? climate is going to be a _ which starts on monday? climate is going to be a huge _ which starts on monday? climate is going to be a huge focus - which starts on monday? climate is going to be a huge focus of. is going to be a huge focus of this summit. the brazilian president, the us president, have said it is going to be a focus and more needs to be done financially, to give it the spotlight, spotlight and the actual resource, the act for it to change —— ability for it to change and be improved although the summit has, lots of talk at moment. we haven't seen any action, it starts on monday so it will be a question of making those words into actions, seeing where money is allocated, and specifically when it comes to climate and fighting against climate change. fighting against climate chance. ~ fighting against climate chanie, . ., ., , fighting against climate chance. ~ . ., , ~ ., fighting against climate chance. ., ., ., ., change. we already know that lula da silva _ change. we already know that lula da silva will _ change. we already know that lula da silva will talk - change. we already know that lula da silva will talk about i lula da silva will talk about taxing the super—rich, obviously he can't fight a battle on every front. so what do you expect to be the lead, the dominating force behind what he is saying?—

the dominating force behind what he is saying? there will be many areas _ what he is saying? there will be many areas of _ what he is saying? there will be many areas of focus - what he is saying? there will be many areas of focus that. what he is saying? there will i be many areas of focus that the president has kind of thrown his hat or thrown his two cents into the pot. he said speaking to the south african president, that he wants to tax the super—rich. he wants to tax 2% on the world's 3,000 richest individuals. he said he really wants to push and fight against global hunger, that is a big focus for him as well as more funding, financial aid for climate. so a huge variety covering lots of base, it will be down to the other leaders to meet him in the middle on some issues but it will be a summit which covers a lot of ground and a real variety of issues. on the tax for the super—rich, 0n the tax for the super—rich, you have named the countries in support, but we know that washington, i am going to interrupt you because we can here from president biden.

at first i thought i was fighting to save rubber tree, then i thought i was fighting to say the amazon rainforest. now i realise i was fighting for humanity. at the time, i was us senator. working with a great republican senator from working with a great republican senatorfrom indiana. to enact a new law. the united states would relieve other countries of debts owed to us, if they commit to protecting their own forest. the debt for nature swaps have protected nearly 70 million acres of forest worldwide. today, iam proud million acres of forest worldwide. today, i am proud to be be here, the first sitting us president to visit the amazon rainforest, to recommit to protecting the rainforest like this one. most powerful solutions we have to fight climate change is all round us, the world's forest, trees

breathe carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and yet each minute, the world was chopping down the equivalent of ten soccer fields worth of forest, each minute. that is why we have been in the lead international nationally to fight and end deforestation by 2030. that is why we have led by example at home, conserving is an area of the us lands and waters larger, larger, than the state of the nation of uruguay. we have done it by fighting for tribal partner, lifting them up. indigenous communities and the most impacted by defor station and climate change. today's announcement will support indigenous communities to do some, the same here, in the amazon. we all know, there is much more we can do and must do, at home, and abroad. that

is why today, i issued an official proclamation to support the conservation of nature around the world. because the fight to protect our planet is literally a fight for humanity, for generations to come. maybe the only existential threat to all our nations, and to awe humanity that exists. but today's proclamation, i am that exists. but today's proclamation, iam proud that exists. but today's proclamation, i am proud to announce first, the united states development finance corporation, will mobilise hundreds of millions of dollars, in partnership with the brazilian company, to reform rest the amazon. second, we are launching a brazil restoration and bioeconomy finance coalition, to mobilise at least ten billion, by 2030. to restore and protect 20,000 square miles of land. and third, i am announcing that an

additional $50 million to the amazon fund. fourth, we will provide the understood iffing to help launch president lula's important new initiative, a tropical forest forever fund. it is in the interests of all of us, the united states benefits from that as much as any other country, as here in brazil. to launch, a new foundation for international conservation, leverage public 1525 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12