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you talk to a botanist i was going down to a trail with a botanist who had been working in the western amazon for 20 years and i saw a tree a really interesting tree i said you know what's this species of that he said i don't know. if you've been there for 20 years he said i would have to climb way up into the canopy climb the tree. look at the flowers and then maybe i could tell you you know what genus it is or what family and that's the kind of bounty it's kind of like it's not even like burning a library it's like burning a library before we've even catalogued in britain and identified the worms that's a much more powerful reason to to that's the global value. even as we work on stemming global warming it's not like if you just think of the amazon as carbon you're missing what to me personally is the great the great richness there under rev can director of the earth aids the change thank you so much for your time . great to be with you. jim and police are investigating the murder of an ethnic chechen man in central baghdad on friday they've arrested a russian citizen in connection with the

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earlier this year a western study suggests its technology was more accurate than rival systems from amazonvironment minister has welcomed the financial aid promised by the g7 countries to tackle wildfires engulfing large parts of the amazon, but he said his country would decide how the country was to be used. the g7 has pledged $22 million mostly to pay for firefighting planes. netflix has been celebrating that it's now shipped 5 billion dvds to its customers since first sending out the iconic red envelopes 21 yea rs out the iconic red envelopes 21 years ago. now best known for its video streaming service, its dvd subsidiary is still a highly profitable part of the business, contributing close to $46 million in profits in the second quarter this year. now, it's been eight years since new zealand decided to ban foreigners from most of the country's housing market. it came after skyhigh prices saw many locals locked out of the market and we have more from auckland. afamily a family home for sale in one of auckland's top suburbs. have a look around and let me know if you have any questions. a

issues that should have been a no brainer such as rich western powers want to put out fires in the amazon forest has turned into an international incident on so many fronts. the spokesperson said look, why don't you spend that 20 million dollars that you offered on reforesting europe how can you tell us in brazil how to put out forest fires? this is their words. an avoidable fire of course eluding to the tragic fire we saw at notre dame earlier in the year very contentious issues the amazon rain forest turned into as well but he took it to another level when he basically endorsed social media following of his which seemingly mocked the president of france's wife compared with the president of brazil's wife as well. he made this response not only on behalf of the france and the g-7-on-behalf of how brazilian women might feel about it. >> what can i say? it's sad it's sad first of all for him and brazilians i think brazilian women are ashamed to read that about the president. i think that brazilians are a great people and they're a bit ashamed of such behavior they expect their presidents t

deployed 44000 troops now in the amazon rain forest to try to tackle the president of fire as they continue to burn their. those fires are part only burning in western and central brazil but are also reaching bolivia now tens of thousands of bragg's have been recorded this summer meaning that the amazon is burning at a record rate some of big caused by farmers clearing the land for catholic cutting ranching but earlier this month brazil declared a state of emergency in the region maybe it's going well with the media's gaze on the amazon and elsewhere a large number of fires going unnoticed right now at least in in the democratic republic of congo nigel sizer a tropical forest in colleges told us what's driving the increase right now. scientists at nasa or the brazilian space agency and elsewhere are very clear that when we seeing these fires in tropical rainforest regions being caused by human activity they're not a natural part of the system when farmers it clearing land they use fire to clear the land to 2 to burn off the to breathe that they have filed and that's a normal part of the process that they concerning thing in brazil is that this has b

also calling for more development in the amazon despite international condemnation of his handling of a record number of wildfires. reports from the north western states of rondo. it takes a tough 3 to hack a living from the searing hot inhospitable amazon. they come to recap to learn to plant soya yams and much else besides they do so legally but the vulnerable in this huge pool the peace region to illegal speculators. they're grabbing all of that area part of the john marine nature reserve they're grabbing everything and the word is they will cut everything down and if they do then they'll set it on fire it. this man said he feared for his life and his identity was revealed say neither the police nor the authorities have the resources to protect him from neighbors who covered his land just when the president is being called upon to do more by the international community and some of those living here to do more to defend the amazon he moves in the opposite direction he invites more developments which many living here feel or put both the environment and themselves a greater risk. president says too much of this forest is protected neither natu

western states from danya. reports. it takes a tough breed to hack a living from the searing hot inhospitable amazon. they come to rick kaplan to plant soya yams and much else besides they do so legally but are vulnerable in this huge poorly piece region to illegal speculators. they're grabbing all of that area part of the john marine nature reserve they're grabbing everything and the word is they will cut everything down and if they do then they'll set it on fire it. this man said he feared for his life and his identity was revealed say neither the police nor the authorities have the resources to protect him from neighbors who covered his land just when the president is being called upon to do more by the international community and some of those living here to do more to defend the amazon he moves in the opposite direction he invites more developments which many living here feel or put both the environment and themselves a greater risk. president says too much of this forest is protected the the nature reserves or indigenous reservations the poverty awaits those who don't take advantage. but this r

amazon despite a ban imposed by brazil's president. hello there was little some stormy conditions working their way across the central and western mediterranean now in the salt lake easy want to do bits and pieces of trout nothing looks too threatening it does to the north who got this huge sleigh the cloud coming across and yes it is another area of low pressure bringing with this in strong winds and also the rain but this is the area we're watching quite closely there are no warnings posted for severe storms but there will be some thunderstorms along the line of the ouse through southern france and also you notice this rain showing up into corsican sodden you're pushing across into southern italy so again could see some heavy rain and certainly some thunderstorms but the winds are pretty strong across the northwest even across into these western and northern sections of france but it's a fairly mild day on saturday those temperatures though they are going to start to come down as a woman and mostly dry as well about the goals the south a day and then as you head on into sunday the temperature there still warm at 28 degrees but look at this

amazon. the crisis is being watched closely around the world. california's own super tanker is in bolivia fighting the flames. it is normally reserved for fires in california and other western states, but super tanker is the world's largest aerial fire fighting asset. it can drop more than 19,000 gallons of water or fire retardant at one time. that's nearly twice the capability of other planes. >>> still to come, a shocking moment at the pga championship, a lightening strike on the course and one person who survived the strike is speaking out. what he says he saw. >>> and temperatures on the rise this weekend in concord 95 degrees and your air-conditioning probably not getting a break. 80s and 70s approaching tonight. hotter temperatures on the way tomorrow and increasing humidity in the forecast when we come right back. >>> it was a dangerous moment caught on live television, a lightening strike hits the pga tour championship in atlanta, leaving six people hurt. and now one of those victims is speaking out about what happened. we first brought you this story as breaking news yesterday at 5:00. it happened during the third round of the final event. huge lightening strike hi

states and western investors, nobody uses the alibaba platform. it is equivalent of literally having amazonsted in china and no americans could buy amazon. once hong kong get started for alibaba, i think it is going to be a great thing for the company when all of these retail -- ators in china can homegrown giant. i think it is a really good thing. you.e: mitchell, thank joining us out of santa barbara. thank you for your insight. the pboc telling us to look somewhere else now? >> the pboc needs to keep devaluing the currency. you will either do it through the currency or fiscal spending. it looks to us, seven was not the magic number. they will allow the currency to devalue because competitors are in the region. they are the people playing head to head with. we have a little bit of fiscal spending. if things get really bad, we will have a combination of rate cuts and rrr cuts coming through. i think they are sticking to their guns and the credit impulse, total social financing sitting at 10% is exactly what they posed at the start of the year. gdp, around 9%. until we get worse information

amazon to more development. but the bolsonaro government isn't the only right wing government in the western hemisphere with big plans to chop away at precious rain forest, climate consequences be damned. donald trump apparently himself have reportedly instructed the agriculture secretary to open alaska's tongass forest up for logging and mining. the forest is the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world. also literally the largest forest in the entire country, and it's been protected from logging and mining since president bill clinton issued an order putting it off limits on the way out the door in 2001. george w. bush tried to reverse that policy but was stymied in court. there is no question trump will likely face a lawsuit as well if and when this actually happens. to talk about what's going on, senior national affairs correspondent with "the washington post" who broke the story and eric jorgenson, managing attorney for the earth justice alaska regional office. julia, let me start with you. what do we know about whether in fact this order has been issued and what it would mean legally were it to b

amazon i can breathe again and feel the sun on my skin. i believe has a lot of man. good the highs and ethnic weaker. she was kept in a camp in western china for one year 3 months and 10 days. her ordeal began in may 2017 when police arrested her in her hotel room building just took a and i was exhausted could have they took me to a cell with heavy metal doors. they made so much noise whenever they were opened to much later look you come out of. this cell was about 20 square meters in size and had no windows. it held about 40 women. half of them would stand while the others lay close together on the floor. with all of them had heavy chains around their ankles the. conditions inside the cells were unbearable assess no sanitation no water no food and then there was the brainwashing. i had to swear loyalty to china's communist party. and the little bit at the bottom says of them because once a week they showed us a video about xi jinping. and if you. were forced to write self-criticism essays they wanted to make sure our mindset had changed her and improved in the given the book every monday morning at 955 we had to get up and sing the

amazon continues to burn at an alarming rate. the fires have gained international attention because of the rain forest's important role in emissions. >> reporter: we are in rio branco. this is in the western part of brazil. you may be able to make the haze out. that's from the natural smoke of the fires. the state we're in is one of six that immediately requested the offer of military assistance from brazil's government to fight the fires. officials announced the availability of more than 40,000 troops and military aircraft yesterday, but only after days of pressure here in brazil and internationally, critics believe the policies of jair bolsonaro have dramatically worsened the problem. many of the fires are believed to have been set by farmers clearing land. in a televised address saturday, bolsonaro said his government would crack down on illegal activity in the amazon, but many fear it's too little too late. the amazon is considered key in the battle against climate change. it's also home to a uniquely biodie diverse ecosystem to its indigenous communities. there have been 9,500 since thursday. manuel bojorquez, rio branco, brazil. >>> in hong kong, pro-democracy protests took ageus tu

amazon. >> you know, it's interesting you say that because i've been following some of the news from western china where the muslim uyghur population has been put in these terrible internment camps. for a long time it wasn't really covered. that pressure does seem to be having some effects now on chinese policy-making. you're saying there is something similar with the climate. what does it mean when donald trump does the opposite? when he doesn't show up to the meeting and says it's essentially a hoax and says this america first, we're exporting a ton of fossil fuel and i'm not going to give it up for your pipe dream of windmills. >> right. well, let's acknowledge at the start that a lot of the g7 nations are totally hypocritical. >> yes. >> on climate. that canada is building this pipeline at the same time that they're chastising brazil. macron is guilty of his own hypocrisy. i think donald trump's absence in these meetings is actually kind of useful for the rest of the world to get on with its business. that trump is -- is just going to be an obstruction -- an obstructionist presence in th

northern and western parts of the uk but still plenty of heat in the dry weather and the sunshine towards the south—east. this is bbc news — i'm martin stanford. our top stories: as the amazonoo little, too late? low humidity and strong wind adds to the challenge as sometimes the fire can spread as fast 30 or 40 kilometres an hour. turmoil on global stock markets as donald trump slaps further tariffs on chinese imports. acknowledging scotland's ties to the slave trade. glasgow university promises to pay caribbean countries millions in reparations. and — the cost of tackling climate change. how green technologies are threatening arctic traditions.

amazon. a brazilian spokesman says they are grateful but the money would be better spent on reforesting. accused western countries of treating brazil like a colony. brazil's president says french president macron has to apologize first before they will accept any age. >>> one u.s. company is helping to fight the fires in the amazon. a modified boing 7 -- boeing 737. the jumbo jets can continuously drop it for two miles. they are happy efficient response to the bolivian governor's request for help. >> never seen a fire this dry. dry for the next several months. >> the jet was originally based at mcclelland air base. it has guideline missions in california and oregon. >>> california board of supervisors will vote on declaring a county emergency. declaring a climate emergency that demands immediate action to halt, reverse, restore and address the consequences and causes of global warming. that vote expected at 9:30 this morning in san jose. >>> 7:45. we should be right in the middle of the morning commute. sal castaneda, not too bad for a tuesday. >> we have slow traffic, gasia, dave. but it's to be expect

huge fires the largest fires in the amazon since 2010 most of this happens because of clearing and burning for agriculture. mostly, there across portions of westernking up is smoke detected as all of the smoke eventually kind of spreads out and this is such a large fire and so many fires at this point you're spreading out over huge portions of the entire continent so this is where we're seeing smoke detected at this point from satellites, visible satellite and radar and again all picked up from winds across the continent. you can kind of see some of the circulating winds most of this grabbing it and moving it to the south so portions of the southern areas of south america, seeing a lot of this smoke, not drifting as far off to eastern portions of brazil. they've got a lot to deal with here coming up with this fire. other stories across the area, just north of south america actually, tropical storm dorian formed yesterday continuing to strengthen. we're looking at this could become a hurricane before it's all said and done but it does run into unstable waters so here is our current forecast, by the time you get into tuesday and went a category one

conquest of western brazil began in 1970 with the construction of the trans amazonian highway the plan of the military regime at the time was to open up as the slogan went land without men in the amazon for men without land in the northeast. for 4000 kilometers the highway cuts like a scar through the heart of the rain forest. the access it created kicked off an unparalleled gold rush. in the 1980 s. the setup allowed a gold mine became a symbol of the ruthless exploitation of the amazon. and the gigantic raissa carved out by human hands thousands of prospect is imputing many forced laborers scramble to find the precious metal. the destructive history of the mine is today reflected in the 4 known eyes of the few remaining gold hunters who won't or can't give up their dream of eldorado. my name is rhyme or do i'm 64 and i came here in 1989. but. i was a bricklayer and i came because i thought it would be better here but it was worse . there was nothing but forest pastures just forest and there were no roads. in just. that the 20 years ago there was still a lot of gold but now you hardly find any. one that i saw but i've stayed on to wait for my pension which i will probably never get

also escalating tensions with france and other western countries as the g7 summit got underway in france today. [speaking french] >> translator: the amazoncommon good. we are all concerned. we need to help brazil and other countries put down these fires, because it is the treasure of our biodiversity and our climate thanks to oxygen that it emits and thanks to the carbon it absorbs. >> reporter: brazil's defense minister says about 44,000 troops will be available for, quote, unprecedented operations to help put out the fires. they're going to four brazilian states to help contain the flames. eric: a real concern. christina, thank you. molly? molly: we deal with robocalls interrupting our day, but is a solution finally on the way? details are next. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals your body needs. all with guaranteed great taste. and now try new boost® peaches and creme natural flavor. with 27 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. boost®. be up for life™. you get the freedom of what a 7-day

western hemisphere. in recent years at we have talked about -- in recent years as we have talked about climate change, or really, chaos, the emergency humanity is facing, the amazonseen in the light of helping regulate the climate and sequestering carbon, as we say, and so there are many other crucial in ecosystems around the world and we're seeing these tipping points or we're talking about the possibility of ecological tipping points in terms of the thawing of the tundra, the melting of the ice caps. in the amazon, there is a very strong concern -- and we have seen this and mainstream m medi, the economist wrote a front-page article about this several weeks ago -- this concern that after a certain level of deforestation, the amazon will go into essentiaially -- will go o overd ecological precipice a and go io what we call a divive b back scscenario. it will air a vocacal he turned into a savanna. the e climate implications of tt are horrifying, especially when you talk about thehese other ecological tipping points. there's a very strong significance to what is happening internationally. in brazil, there is a very strong sort of sense off patriotism that very mu

the west and amazon and they indeed have across the bolivian border but they really haven't amounted to much nor should they this time of year the forecast sees a few more rolling into western paraguayan than towards you to go and southeastern brazil but that's about it otherwise it's fairly warm sunshine so early spring sunshine $1000.00 words there is $31.00 still innocence here that the showers of course offers over the coming side slowly with the sun but ecuador and colombia northward sestertia has plenty of cloud and rain focusing on panama costa rica and nicaragua are probably the place to focus even so much here because of the eastern side of the mediterranean because coming in here is a developed near hurricane struck will still want the moment and later on monday early choose it will probably cross over the top very close to barbados as a hurrican warning out as a result of a very small hurricane that shouldn't be much wind damage but a lot of rain seems like it is moving very quickly to lend up in the eastern mediterranean come tuesday were followed from the point on woods almost as much rain potentially is about to fall out of the skies anywhere from the prairies

of the amazon that are difficult to police the places where developers often see opportunities but much of the land is protected or belongs to and ditches communities trying once more the western state of virginia one of the areas worst affected by the fires. both brazil's joy and its curse is sheer size this sensation of infinity the sense that no matter how much damage man does you can never ruin all of this but now with large parts of the amazon the blaze that sensation is being shattered what happens here in this remote part of the amazon does matter in the rest of brazil doesn't matter in the rest of the world we've just an hour long journey by road from the road on your state's capital of portfolio and then without taking a 5 hour trip up the already over to the county board not indigenous community just one of many around brazil that complain that speculators often encroach on their land and set fires fires which often go out of control these remote territories are always very difficult to police but now with the president in office who's cut funding to the very government agencies tasked with defending this land that's nearly impossible the president both sonando has a

western alliance that is interested or capable of standing up to them. that's why you don't see a concerted effort on the apocalyptic fires in the amazon.d kashmir. all of these things all over the world are spiraling out of control because the force that sort of held things together, however imperfectly, is just gone. bill neely, i want your thoughts on these meets that take place. this impromptu lunch that macron got from trump. what we got from the president was a weather report and a restaurant review. he talked about eating dinner at the restaurant in the eiffel tower. what are you observing about the way the other leaders are interacting with him in these meets? >> president trump said that hour and a half lunch was the best meeting he ever had with macron. he said it was a special relationship. and they do seem to, throughout his presidency, get on well together. and at the very same time, while we were eating whatever they were eating, president trump's aides were criticizing the french host and said he was focusing on niche issues like climbed change and economic growth. there's an issue there. and that resurfaced when presiden

environment in the amazon and we also have some movement here in the in reducing inequality in africa and inequality regarding the relationship of africa to europe or other rich a western countries where the french president has had a number of forums there talking everything from women empowerment micro credits for a female entrepreneurs things like that up to an initiative regarding desirable zone fighting terrorism there increasing security there will be financial aid for a military forces down there and training a number of these things critics have already said have already been around but leaders here german chancellor angela merkel and the french president made clear they want to ramp up their efforts in africa. gary i just want to push back at that point of some tangible results coming out of this 27 summit because there is of course no communique so no final statement coming from this summit and it was speculated that one of the reasons was because last year in canada donald trump signed on to a statement and then simply shattered it afterwards on twitter is this essentially to prevent that from happening to prevent some agreement from taking place there is .