lots of people come to biarritz to take it easy and you can see why.dent macron though is arriving with an ultra ambitious agenda for the g7 and topper that is tackling the global climate change... we will see how they get on with the ashes, but it is unlikely to be dull. biarritz is used to hosting tours, but across this weekend and this is going to host around 13,000 security personnel —— tourists. take free trade for example. donald trump does not like it, he cited a trade war with china and he said that europe is worse than china. president macron has been saying about the fires in the amazon and has said that it fires in the amazon and has said thatitis fires in the amazon and has said that it is an international crisis and it residing president has replied saying, essentially, mind your business. —— the brazilian president. then there is donald trump himself, two years ago at the t20 in hamburg, he refused to sign a climate change agreement with eve ryo ne climate change agreement with everyone else —— bg 20. this was the image of the g7 in canad

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.people has clashed with police in the center of bayonne, five miles inland from biarritz. rioters chanted anti—police slogans and threw stones and bottles. police responded with tear gas and flash—bang crowd dispersers. the action is in the narrow streets of the old town next to the river nive, whose foot bridges have been sealed off by riot police barriers. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are john rentoul, who's the chief political commentator at the independent, and the broadcaster, penny smith. prince andrew has released a statement about his friendship with the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein, the first time the prince has spoken directly about his links since epstein took his own life in a new york prison cell earlier this month. prince andrew said "at no stage" did he "see or suspect" any criminal behaviour. epstein had been awaiting trial o

james landale, bbc news, in biarritz.ster has already landed in biarritz airport ahead of the g7 summit. shinzo abe will be joined by other leaders, who are arriving over the course of the day. meanwhile, president trump head to the g7 summit and he left washington around midnight local time and left with a warning to his host... president macron, that he's ready to tax french wine imports if us tech companies in europe are penalised. i'm not a big fan of the tech companies, but i don't want foreign companies and foreign countries...i don't want them doing anything having to do with taxing, unfairly, our companies. those are great american companies and, frankly, i don't want france going out and taxing our companies. it's very unfair. and if they do that, we'll be taxing their wine or doing something else. we'll be taxing their wine like they've never seen before. i don't like it. that's for us to tax them, it's not for france to tax them. i wonder what they will say when they serve a french wine at dinner this evening.

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vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.acron gathered the group in a lighthouse for a dinner meeting. leaders from britain, canada, germany, italy, japan, and of course the united states. my colleague ros atkins is in biarritz and watched them arrive. there he is. donald trump. it's not the first time they have met today. we saw him sitting at a very prettily decorated table in a hotel in biarritz a little earlier on, a slightly awkward affair, emmanuel macron spoke in english and in french, detail on a whole range of policy issues he hopes the g7 will tackle across this three—day summit. mr trump said a little less. he said they had a great friendship, having met each other a few times. mr trump clearly enjoyed having dinner at the eiffel tower. he referenced that. but he didn't get into any of the policy details, which we now divide these two men and divide these two countries. and perhaps, a more useful guide to mr trump's mood, with regards to the biggest issue, trade, it is a statement that he gave just before he got o

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.ased images of its leader kim jong un personally overseeing saturday's test of a very large multiple rocket launcher. mr kim said his country must step up the development of new strategic and tactical weapons. he said that young scientists who developed new missiles were a precious treasure. israel has launched airstrikes on targets just outside the syrian capital, damascus. the israeli military says it targeted iranian forces inside syria, which were preparing to launch killer drones at israel. around 40,000 people have turned out in the german city of dresden for a rally against far right extremism, ahead of state elections in saxony next weekend. 0rganisers said the response far exceeded their expectations.john mcmanus reports: a colourful march and rally in dresden but with a serious message. the state of saxony is on a rise in anti—immigrantfeeling the state of saxony is on a rise in anti—immigrant feeling ever since angler merkel allow tens of thousands of refugees to enter the c

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in biarritz.analyis of the chance of agreement on anything at this summit. well, president macron certainly hopes so. he wants to use the summit to, in his words, revive the spirit of multilateralism. and so he wants to see if he can come up with some kind of collective action on tackling the forest fires in the amazon, or more broadly on the climate change. on trade, global trade wars, that are taking place at the moment and maybe on iran, as well. and the tensions in the gulf at the moment. the problem is i think you will find it very he will find it very difficult to achieve any agreement on all those issues, there is disagreement between the united states, and some european nations. and so i think it will be very hard for him to get something over the line that is unanimous with all seven members. that is why, for example, he has already admitted he is not going to have a communique at the end of this particular summit. donald tusk, the eu council president said the summit will be a difficult

world leaders have been meeting for dinner at the g7 summit in biarritz.he french president said he'll do everything he can to get leaders of the g7 to tackle the world's problems, inluding the fires in the amazon. emmanuel macron said he'd try to convince the g7 that tensions, especially over trade, were bad for everyone. he's one of a number of leaders to urge president trump not to further escalate america's trade war with china. for borisjohnson it's his first international gathering as british prime minister. high on the agenda for him is brexit. the european council president, donald tusk said he was "willing to listen" to his ideas for brexit — as long as they were "realistic". 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young reports from biarritz. landing for his first summit, and it could be a tense one. borisjohnson is determined to leave the eu but says britain won't be walking off the world stage. the prime minister wants to show he's got an important role to play and has strong views on global trade. i'm very worried about the way it's going, th

they'll have a dinner in biarritz later tonight. but biarritz is in virtual lockdown. even the surfers were ordered offer the beach. there is say special magistrate's court with 17 prosecutors. they're cells for 300 people. they are anticipating protests, because there have been a history at this summit, say world trade organization and european union sum thes of prote summits of protests. they are looking to lock down biarritz. they've designated an area about 20 miles outside of biarritz. and there were some skirmishes overnight, about 16 were arrested here very small scale. i mean, the threat, i think would be have terrorism or possibly from the yellow vest protesters who have rocked france for the last year. but that's not really, of course, what the summit is about. the summit is about things like ire ran, ukraine, most of all ukraine. and before he left, president trump saying it will be productive to see the other leaders who are friends of mine for the most part. i wouldn't say a hundred percent, he said. but for the most part. and that is true. because i think

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.res — 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 p

known as "mister no—deal" over brexit by donald tusk, as world leaders gather at the g7 summit in biarritzthe prime minister will also urge president trump not to escalate a trade war with china at the two day meeting . brazil's president has bowed to international pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the record number of fires in the amazon forest. british airways apologises after admitting that some emails sent to passengers telling them theirflights had been cancelled because of a pilot's strike, were sent in error. england's batsmen show some resistance in the third test at headingley, but it's australia who still look set to retain the ashes. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — john rentoul, the chief political commentator at the independent, and the broadcaster, penny smith — stay with us for that. good evening. prince andrew has released a statement about his friendship with the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein, the first time the prince has spoken directly about his links — since epstein took his own life in a new york prison cell e

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.ees 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 con

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.just under half an hour and we will bring you that here on bbc news. the fate of the amazon rainforest is high on the g7‘s agenda. late last night — in the face of growing international pressure — the president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, ordered the country's armed forces to help tackle them. the fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. andy moore has the story. there have been angry protests outside brazilian embassies across south america. in mexico city... in santiago in chile... and in colombia, where indigenous people were among the demonstrators. translation: i feelvery sad because the earth is our mother and what is happening in brazil, the president of brazil needs to stop the fires. we live from the earth because she is the one who gives us food. at the g7 summit, there was an offer of european financial help to fight the fires. the burning amazon rainforest has become another depressing sign of our times. and mr tusk warned a trade tr

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz. 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in biarritz for us.es it? well, mishal, as far as the eu is concerned, so far, they have got two main takeaways on brexit at this international g7 meeting. the first of those takeaways is the fact that eu leaders were worried that in his keenness to get a good trade deal with the us, that borisjohnson might take the opportunity here to stand side by side with president trump ona stand side by side with president trump on a number of other issues, like on iran or a trade war with china. but in their very smiley sits down together, the prime minister with the president of the european, donald tusk, agreed that the eu and the uk remained broadly aligned on those issues. the second eu takeaway isa those issues. the second eu takeaway is a lot more gloomy, mishal. eu leaders are is a lot more gloomy, mishal. eu leaders a re pretty is a lot more gloomy, mishal. eu leaders are pretty much convinced that boris johnson leaders are pretty much convinced that borisjohnson does not have a realistic, immediately oper

vicky young, bbc news, biarritz. 0ur diplomatic corresondent james landale is in biarritz.s aren't there? so how will borisjohnson navigate those when he meets donald trump tomorrow? well in recent weeks there has been something of a diplomatic bromance between them, frequent phone calls, lots of warm words about a trade deal sometime after brexit. i would expect a lot more of that tomorrow when they meet here. what has been fascinating here today is to watch mrjohnson actually push back against mrtrump. mrjohnson actually push back against mr trump. joining his european allies in morning mr trump to de—escalate his trade war with the chinese and also warning him that the us tech giant is an online business it should face what he calls fair and proper taxation. tomorrow we are also told that mr johnson will also urge mr trump that in any future trade deal, those barriers to trade for british firms in the us must reduce. now, this has been amazing to watch this navigation between europe and the us by mrjohnson. so far there has been no response from mr trump and no tweets as

our chief political correspondent vicki young reports from biarritz.ng for his first summit, and it could be a tense one. borisjohnson is determined to leave the eu but says britain won't be walking off the world stage. the prime minister wants to show he's got an important role to play and has strong views on global trade. i'm very worried about the way it's going, the growth of protections, of tariffs that we are seeing. the uk thrives mightily on being an open, outward—looking, free—trading nation. that's what we're going to be promoting because i think it's good for the world. there is a lot on the g7 agenda here in biarritz, but right now for boris johnson nothing is more important than brexit. can he persuade eu leaders to give him a new brexit deal? that's something brussels has said it won't do, even though parliament rejected the withdrawal agreement that theresa may negotiated. so is this man likely to help the prime minister? donald tusk famously said there was a special place in hell for those who promoted brexit without a plan. most saw th

global trade, the amazon, iran and brexit dominate the last day of the g7 in biarritz. iran emerges as a key issue. president trump says he hasn't ruled out meeting iranian leaders. they have to be good players. you understand what that means? and they can't do what they were saying they're going to do. because if they do that, they're going to be met with really very violent force. we have no choice. president trump was optimistic about another rival too, china, saying he thought their offer of trade talks was sincere. also at the g7 — as devastating fires take hold of the amazon rainforest, leaders agree to pledge more than $20 million to help save it. and a voyage of discovery — how a vast mass of floating rocks in the pacific ocean could help save the great barrier reef. welcome to the programme. this year's g7 summit of world leaders has ended. it was billed as the one where nobody would agree on anything. but with such low expectations, perhaps it's no suprise that at the end of three days, they have been exceeded — there was, in fact, some agreement and a warm at

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in biarritz for us.ve finally got the message here, particularly around the issue of the backstop. do you think they have got the message? yes, eu leaders here borisjohnson loud and clear, he has asked them to get rid of the backstop but the response i am hearing is that if they do that it would mean them abandoning member state ireland, risking the northern ireland peace process , risking the northern ireland peace process, they say, as well as exposing the european single market voluntarily, and for what, eu leaders ask. they are sticking to their position at the door is open to get rid of the backstop if boris johnson can find a credible, immediately operable alternative. he received an invitation here at the g7, just like last week at paris and berlin, saying they are ready to hear him if he has an alternative. in the meantime, we are no further along with the backstop issue than we we re along with the backstop issue than we were months ago when theresa may was prime minister. but something has chan

the g7 summit in biarritz is dominating the sunday front pages. sunday says borisjohnson is expected to tell eu leaders under an ideal brexit britain doesn't have to pay £30 billion of the so—called divorce bill. the sunday times said his threat puts britain on an election footing with a tough stance it intended to win over brexit party supporters. the telegraph says mr johnson has told donald trump any trade deal must be in the interests of british business. he has admitted that striking a post brexit trade deal with the us will not be plain sailing according to the independent. the prime ministers asked the attorney general of parliament can be shut for five weeks says the observer, saying that it seems to be a concerted plan to stop mps forcing the government to seek an extension to brexit. let's get on with taking a look at those front pages. boris raises election sta kes front pages. boris raises election stakes implying that we could be headed for a general election before the october 31 deadline. yes. this has plans for a general election o

ros atkins is in biarritz for us. it was unexpected, no one seemed to know he was coming?m i said it was unexpected, no one seemed to know he was coming? it was definitely unexpected. i wouldn't be the first to know, but i under the bbc journalists here the first to know, but i under the bbcjournalists here have been speaking to the diplomatic sources who would think they would know and even they didn't see this coming. this was a genuine surprise the french have arranged. we are not clear to which the americans were brief, but the wider diplomatic immunity here in biarritz, didn't know about it. what we have been told by the iranians via bbc persian, the french foreign minister invited the reigning foreign minister to continue conversations emmanuel macron has been having with the iranians. we don't have any details beyond that of exactly what he will be doing. it is worth considering the physical circumstances in which we are here. ijust up circumstances in which we are here. i just up the circumstances in which we

ros atkins is in biarritz now.e final day of the g7 summit in south—west france, two issues are taking centre stage. the fires in the amazon, something emmanuel macron, the host, could never have planned, and iran, something he did have a lot of influence over about bringing in the iranian foreign minister yesterday, surprising almost everyone here in biarritz. he put that issue ce ntresta g e biarritz. he put that issue centrestage as well. and so far as the third and final day of the centre summit has gone along, those of the issue the leaders, turning on the most, that we have no firm statement from them collectively yet. let's start by focusing on the amazon fires, here is the bbc ‘s 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. s

back to the g7 summit at biarritz.mmit. the three priorities i have, possessions i have for the uk and for the world, at this g7 summit are clearly the state of global trade. i am very worried about the way it is going. protection some tariffs that we are seeing, the uk thrives mightily on being open outward looking and that is what we will promote because it is good for the world. number two, biodiversity. habitat loss. excruciating scenes we have seen from the amazon. this is being repeated around the world. a loss of species and habitat, it some places it is irreversible. we need to talk about and escalate that here at the g7. the tragedy of what humanity is inflicting on the natural role. the third thing, and this is something that we campaigned on for a long time, female education. it is the number—1 solution to so many of the global problems. get every girl in the world the same education as every boy. get every girl in the world, 12 yea rs boy. get every girl in the world, 12 years quality education. you see you

world leaders holding their final day of talks in biarritz, france. president trump and french president emmanuel macron had a joint hundreds earlier, opening .p the door to iran for more, let's welcome in maria tadeo from biarritz, france. the potential for a meeting with iran made the headlines. what were the main takeaways from biarritz? maria: that's right, and those were big headlines. belly --ump struck a very conciliatory tone, and that was news because until now there have been major tensions between the u.s. and iran. the president now says he would be willing to meet with rouhani, provided the right conditions are put in place. of course, that means no more nuclear testing, no more nuclear weapons. he also said he would be inclined to extend what is known as a financial letter of credit that would be back by oil, so that iran could meet some of its financial obligations, some relief there, and that is some departure from the tone the white house has put forward until now. they argued the best way to go about this is to exert the maximum pres

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.itor, katya adler, is also in biarritz, and said that although the prime minister believes eu leaders have ‘got the message‘ about removing the backstop, they still want more detail on the alternative options. eu leaders hear boris johnson loud and clear. he's asked them to get rid of the backstop. but the response i'm hearing is if they do that, then that would mean them abandoning member state ireland, risking the northern ireland peace process, they say, as well as exposing the european single market voluntarily. and for what? eu leaders ask. so, they're sticking to their position that the door is open to get rid of the backstop if borisjohnson can find a credible, immediately operable alternative. he received an invitation here at the g7, just like last week in paris and berlin, saying that — we're ready to hear you, if you have that alternative. and in the meantime, we are no further with this backstop issue than we were months ago when theresa may was prime minister. something, t

the french city of biarritz draws demonstrations ahead of this weekends summit. protesters asked leaders to step up their action against climate change. refugees in bangladesh are afraid to return to myanmar and are not expecting it will be safe to ever do so. we report from a refugee camp. taking steps to stop a silent extinction. africa's giraffe population n is set to dwindle by half and 30 years. ♪ >> chaim phil gayle. welcome to the program. brazil's right wing president bolsonaro is facing pressure after several european union leaders described the wildfires burning out of control through the amazon forest as an international crisis. a record number of fires broad discretion to the world's largest ecosystem since the president took office in january. >> these are the worst fires the amazon basin has seen since records began in 2013. the dry season is only just beginning. in many places, it hasn't rained in weeks. brazil's president has been blaming ngos with no evidence. he says blazes maven started to literally. >> there people who stop at the side of the

how will biarritz be for him? alan: the fascinating thing.gard that as disappointing, but sections of the u.k. media so again we see a disconnect between the european view of brexit and the u.k. view. want tohe'll definitely try to speak to macron, merkel, the italian prime minister, even though he's resigned and will be a lame-duck. matt: conte will be there in a provisional sense. alan: what can he actually say? nothing. boris johnson will undoubtedly he's meeting with trump on sunday morning and will try to pitch a trade deal. decidedse things are not from one day to the next, so i don't think he comes out of it with huge reassurances. matt: i checked on the surf conditions. this is really the birthplace of surfing in europe, the heart of european surfing. we won't see any decent swells until wednesday, at the earliest. so marc, what is the point of the g7, in this sort of no longer multilateral world? does it still serve a purpose? marc: very good question. the first thing, donald trump these things, and if he had his way he wouldn't have

james landale, bbc news, in biarritz.mp is heading to the g7 summit with a warning to his host, president macron, that he's ready to tax french wine imports if us tech companies in europe are penalised. i not inota i not a big and the tech companies, but i do not want foreign companies and foreign countries, i do not want them doing anything to have to do with taxing unfairly our companies. there was a great american companies and frankly i do not want france going out and taxing our companies. it is very unfair. if they do that, we will be taxing their wine and doing something else. we'll be taxing their wine like they have never seen before. i do not like it. that is the us to tax them, it is not for france to tax them. that was donald trump speaking last night before boarding air force one on his journey to france. as we've been hearing, climate change, global trade and tensions in the gulf will be the at the centre of discussions hosted by president emmanuel macron. labour leaderjeremy corbyn urged boris johnson to pu

and we are live this morning from biarritz, france. they're running a little behind. it's expected to feature president trump and prime minister macron. we'll have it live here on c-span2. the summit has been taking place through the weekend. here is a look at events from the conference beginning with comments from president trump and the indian prime minister modi today. >> thank you very much, it's great to be with prime minister modi of india, an incredible country and incredible man. it's been a tremendous election victory. and he really is a man who is loved in this country. we're talking about military, we're talking about many different things and we've had some great discussions. we were together last night for dinner and i learned a lot about india, fascinating place, beautiful place. it's an honor to be with you. >> . >> [speaking in native tongue] >> thank you. >>. >> mr. president, can you clarify your position-- [inaudible] oldest democracy in the world, president trump, an important meeting for me and whenever we had the opportunity, as you know, the lar

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.rrespondent katya adler brought us the latest from biarritz. eu leaders have heard the prime minister loud and clear but the kind of responses i'm hearing is if they we re of responses i'm hearing is if they were to get rid of the backstop, as the prime minister has asked the eu, for them what this would mean would be turning their back on member state ireland, risking the northern ireland peace process and risk exposing their single market but why would they do that, they ask. no they are insisting that boris johnson can replace the backstop if you find a realistic workable alternative. he's received an invitation from eu leaders this summit, just like in paris and berlin, that those doors are open if he can find a workable alternative. in the meantime we are no further on the contentious backstop issue months ago when theresa may was prime minister. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent nick eardley. he said concrete progress with the eu has yet to be made. i think borisjohn

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.been cancelled — because of strikes by pilots over pay. the walkouts are planned for the 9th, 10th and 27th of september. our business ccorrespondent katy austin reports. josie spent time and thousands of pounds planning a september trip to florida, catering to the needs of her disabled mother. then last night an e—mail saying their flight was cancelled. we don't know whether it's the outbound flight or the inbound flight, as well. we've called british airways 67 times since 6am. we got through once after a since 6am. we got through once after 8115 since 6am. we got through once after a 45 minute wait on hold. british airways says all affected customers will be offered a refund or the option of rebooking another day. some flights on the day before or days just after strike dates are also being cancelled. the airline says that is down to the knock—on effect disruption has on its complexed operations. but some of the thousands who received cancellation messages overnight expressed confus

our top story: the g7 summit has drawn to a close in biarritz.part, though state media in tehran has been quick to reject the idea. the us pharmaceutical giantjohnson and johnson has been ordered by a judge in oklahoma to pay a fine of more than half $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids in the state. the ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states. and this video shows one of the fastest—sinking cities in the world. the indonesian capital is to be moved from jakarta, seen here, to the island of borneo 1,200 kilometres away. jakarta is home to more than 10 million people, but it sits on swampy land, and is slowly sinking. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

many of tomorrow's papers are already in, with g7 summit in biarritz dominating the front pages.l on sunday says borisjohnson is expected to tell eu leaders at the summit that under a no—deal brexit, britain doesn't have to pay £30 billion of the so—called divorce bill. the sunday times says his threat puts britain on an "election footing" with his tough stance intended to win over brexit party supporters. meanwhile, the telegraph says mrjohnson has told donald trump that any trade deal with the us must be in the interests of british business. but he's admitted that striking a post—brexit trade deal with the us will not be plain sailing, according to the independent. closer to home, the prime minister has asked the attorney—general if parliament can be shut for five weeks, says the observer, citing a leaked e—mail — they say it appears to be a concerted plan to stop mps forcing the government to seek an extension to brexit. so, let's start with our first paper, the mail on sunday, barry‘s to tell the eu, you can't have our £30 billion. yes, apparently we only owed £9 billion if w

ros atkins is in biarritz now., the final day of the g7 summit, and in the next few hours, we are going to find out what all of the work being done here adds up all of the work being done here adds up to. emmanuel macron was quite deliberate in the months building up to this get—together that he wants to this get—together that he wants to do things differently. he said he wa nted to do things differently. he said he wanted the g7 to engage with more of the world, he didn'tjust want it to bea the world, he didn'tjust want it to be a behind—the—scenes conversation between a select few world leaders. so the agenda is ambitious. he has invited eight additional leaders as well as the seven within the g7, and he has given it a quite different tone. all of that will count for nothing, though, if he can't offer the world concrete action on some of the world concrete action on some of the most pressing issues the world faces. climate change arguably is the most important issue, and in the form of the fires in the amazon, he

trade was a big part of the talk at the g7 summit in biarritz. us president donald trump was at the centre of the wheeling and dealing. he and british prime minister boris johnson spoke about a "very big" trade deal once the uk leaves the eu. but mrjohnson tempered expectations, saying the us would be tough negotiators and that he wouldn't rush talks, and there's a lot to discuss. us goods and services with united kingdom totaled an estimated $2613 billion last year. let's hear what both men had to say about a possible agreement. we are going to do a fantastic deal. we are going to do a fantastic deal. we will get over some of the obstacles we will get over some of the o bsta cles in we will get over some of the obstacles in our path. we are going to do some fantastic, many deals. many different deals. we are having a good time. as far as the uk under united states, we are working on a very big trade deal and i think it is going to work out very well. —— and the united states. meandhwile, the us and japan agreed to the core elements of a trade de

vicky young is in biarritz for us.ed her what she would highlight from her conversation with the prime minister. it is interesting he detects a shift in the conversations with emmanuel macron and angela merkel last week. that he and downing street do feel those conversations about a new brexit deal, they might be ready to start. they could be meaningful and that has obviously come from a position where, for a very long time, the eu brussels have said we are not opening the withdrawal agreement. but borisjohnson thinks there can be a deal but wants to carry on preparing for no deal. that is still the interesting thing. we are talking aboutjust over two months, borisjohnson made it clear he will leave with or without a deal at the end of october. the prospect of that no deal and what it means for people is still something that is hard to pin down. he wasn't really willing to explain what it might be. in the past he has talked about it being bumpy and about there being bumps on the road. does that mean job losses, does it

in maria tadeo, who is in biarritz and france. thanks to you both. you the stocks on the move. a lot to talk about in regards to german right and the property market -- rent and the property market. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european open, 44 minutes into the trading day, still losses across european stocks, which is interesting because we saw u.s. futures turn around after president trump struck a far more optimistic tone than previously seen on china talks. the ftse mid turning around, but the dax down 2/10 of 1%. remember it is a bank holiday in the u.k., so there are no u.k. stocks trading. the stoxx 600 and the other 500 stocks that trade are still down. afterears earlier gains trump said china wants to restart trade talks. that follows significant strides as investors flock to the haven amid tensions between the world two biggest economies. u.s. is among firms staying long, at least until today, as the fight escalates. joining us now is the executive director at goldcorp, marco byron. what you mak

ros atkins is in biarritz for us.o jonathan listening tojonathan haslam, slightly reminiscent about the challenge of doing this sort ofjob whenjohn major was challenge of doing this sort ofjob when john major was establishing himself on the world stage. boris johnson is an altogether different beast, not just in johnson is an altogether different beast, notjust in terms of politics but in terms of his demeanour, his style — it is a lot more up front. is it playing well for him? the mood music generally here at the g7 is that it music generally here at the g7 is thatitis music generally here at the g7 is that it is going well for everyone. president trump has been talking in the last hour effusively about how well the whole summit has been going, how well the conversations are going. president macron is the host, of course, so he is projecting a happy and relaxed figure. and borisjohnson, as a happy and relaxed figure. and boris johnson, as he a happy and relaxed figure. and borisjohnson, as he normally does in domesti

james landale, bbc news, biarritz.ter is continuing to meet european leaders today at the summit, our chief political correspondent vicki young is there. vicki what is he telling them? yesterday boris johnson yesterday borisjohnson told me he thought the chances of a new brexit deal were touch and go that is still his preferred option, that is what he has been telling eu leaders but of course he is repeating the other message too that either with or without a deal he is determined the uk will be leaving the eu at the end of october. now, he wants to make sure that eu leaders are taking that message very seriously so he is also saying to them that he thinks they should not be listening to what they call the very wrong messages emerging from some parliamentarians who think they will stop brexit. a senior downing street official said it was incorrect to think it could be stopped. of course, there will be many who disagree with that, tomorrow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn his meeting with other opposition party leaders to

more now on our main story and the g7 summit in biarritz.sident donald trump and prime minister borisjohnson. mr trump says the us will have a "very big trade deal with the uk", and the two sides would be able to reach that agreement very quickly. but the prime minister says the talks will be "tough" due to the "considerable" trade barriers the us will have to remove. let's speak to david henig now, director of the uk trade policy project at the european centre for international political economy — an independent and nonprofit policy research think tank dedicated to trade policy. david, good morning to you. what do you make up the expectations of the trade deal that are being talked about the us president and by boris johnson? in terms of the practicality of this getting from practicality of this getting from practicality to delivering an agreement? certainly, if president trump and the prime minister want to steal, there is a very good chance the talks can start. the us is quite protectionist. borisjohnson has listed the barriers that exist

thank you. >> we're seeing air force one landing here at the airport there in biarritz. the president on board. he landed about an hour ago in bordeaux. and then he was transferred to this smaller plane to land at the airport. of course, this will be the start of the g7 summit, and many issues there on the table. and on the point that as we watch the plan landing come to a stop here, pamela just mentioned the president's comments about potential tariffs against french wine. now in just the last few moments, we've gotten a response from the president of the european council who says that the e.u. stands by france, this is a quote, if the u.s. imposes tariffs on france, the e.u. will respond in kind. so we wonder if this will be the start of another trade war. if the president then follows through with his response to the digital taxes that could be leveed by france. we'll continue to watch what's happening there in biarritz. >>> president trump also said that russia should be admitted to the g7. remember, russia was disinvited from the gatherings, i'd say, dropped from th

vicki young, bbc news, biarritz.g across part of the amazon rainforest have been high on the agenda of the summit, where president macron said g7 leaders had agreed to help the countries affected as fast as possible. most of the worst—affected areas are in northern brazil, where our correspondent will grant has been on board a greenpeace plane to see the extent of the damage. this is 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 the situation get out of hand. bolsonaro government is totally responsible for what has happened now because the numbers of deforestation are increasing since the beginning of the year. so in eight months,

james landale, bbc news, in biarritz.egun 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

what was interesting about the biarritz g7 was the amount of talk about other types of trade agreements china—us, it also involved certainly the us mca, uk us, japan us, even us eu. that's a lot of work coming upfor us, even us eu. that's a lot of work coming up for compliance experts at companies when it comes to nontariff barriers, figuring out the new tariff schedules and so forth. that will be a new challenge for a lot of these companies having to deal with this new territory. absolutely. what would you suggest they do and what advice would you give these businesses? businesses should be mapping out different scenarios catered towards different types of outcomes from these trade talks. there the extreme scenario where ta riffs there the extreme scenario where tariffs are imposed and they stay in place, maybe they even increase, what does that do to supply chains? but even more importantly, companies should be paying attention to nontariff measures stop these are, for example, licensing requirements, export controls... but these have a lwa ys export controls... but these have always

let's turn back to biarritz, france.u speaking after the g7, says the members agree that china's detention of canadians is concerning. you can watch the full event on bloomberg.com. from washington and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ kevin: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm kevin cirilli in washington. shery: i'm shery ahn in new york. time for the stock of the hour. today, we are looking at a trio of companies, celgene, bristol-myers squibb, and amgen. all three are after after celgene agreed to sell a drug to amgen. bristol-myers squibb also announcing a share buyback. why we areer deal, seeing so much optimism and the shares up 3% is because of this divestiture of the tesla, celgene's psoriasis drug. that was one of the assets that made celgene an attractive target for that takeover by bristol-myers squibb. one of their top-selling drugs that will bring in about $1.8 billion this year. bristol-myers squibb is developing their own therapy, so that was an antitrust overlap. they have cleared the way