luiza lima there, from greenpeace, in brazil.ng who was detained by the chinese authorities has been released full simon cheng went missing on august 8th during a business trip trip to mainland china. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonelljoins us now from hong kong. what more do we know about the release of simon cheng? well, 15 days ago, here at calhoun west train station, simon cheng, who is an investment officer at the british consulate was attempting to re—enter hong kong. it wasjust consulate was attempting to re—enter hong kong. it was just about to cross the border. inside this train station, technically, it is mainland china. —— kowloon. when you cross over the border, when you get out of the train, you walk into this building, then you are back in hong kong. he never made it though, back to hong kong, he has been held for 15 days. according to the shenzhen police, he has now been released. they say he admitted his guilt, but they didn't say what it is he has been guilty of. and his family has also posted on social media that simon

and also countries like brazil even mexico brazil is actually poised to be one of the main suppliers of soybeans to china for example because of the straight line but it's very uncertain as to what happens next and how long this will last for so this is where all the uncertainties in this is where market jitters come to play and we've heard from british prime minister bars johnson calling for an end to the trade war he wants going to deescalation all of these tensions and the borders to be open and the set of rules that we've seen and that everything to sort of loosen up a bit more how likely it what's the reception is he likely to get at the summit i mean if he's called sure i think it's strange that he's looking for more open trade and burned open borders been he's trying to parse brigs that which is the complete and for the sister what he's trying to say at the g. 7 so he's got a lot to lose at the g. 7 because he needs to betray a character that the u.s. the u.k. is open for business but given the facts on the ground that he is pushing for something which is completely against wh

fires are not just burning in brazil. are affected including venezuela, bolivia and colombia. the loss of trees and habitat is greatest in brazil and that is where the global focus will remain. a couple of hours ago president bolsonaro, speaking on brazilian tv, blamed the fires on dry weather and above average temperatures. translation: all the countries have expressed solidarity with brazil. they have offered to help tackle the wildfires but have also offered to take brazil's position to the g7 meeting. wildfires can happen anywhere and they should not be used as a pretext for international sanctions. i'm joined by the world service americas editor leonardo rocha. his tone has been quite combative up to this point. has there been a change? president bolsonaro still has a feisty style and his address on national television was very strong and he defended his position. but he opened his statement by saying how much he loved the amazon. asa saying how much he loved the amazon. as a military man and former army captain, he

he thanked presidents and prime ministers for their help in supporting brazil in helping brazil surpasss. he said that brazil has always been committed to protecting the environment. so far, he did not say if he will accept the help offered by the g7 leaders. what we know is that brazil is accepting help coming from israel. israel will send an aeroplane with equipment to brazil. what are the brazilian public make of this? they elected him, but there were presumably various opinions? there has been strong reaction in brazil as well. it's interesting, because brazil is extremely polarised. it has been extremely polarised. it has been extremely polarised since the elections last year. at this subject, the amazon, has somehow united part of the left and the right in demanding more protection for the rainforest. so, we saw protection for the rainforest. so, we saw several demonstrations in different parts of brazil during that weekend, especially in rio de janeiro, with hundreds of people there. so there is strong pressure. a recent poll released last week showed that 96% of brazilians want

now, though, brazil is facing international pressure.opean leaders are calling it a global emergency. brazil's president has accused them of a colonial mindset and charities working to save the rainforest of interference. it's the amazon's indigenous people who are suffering the most. some have been attacked and killed as loggers and farmers try to push them off the land. translation: with each passing day, we see the destruction advance. deforestation, invasion, logging. we are sad because the forest is dying at every moment. we feel the climate changing, and the world needs the forest, we need it, and our children need it. as the amazon burns, the world is now paying attention. brazil's president says he may send in the army to help tackle the flames. camilla veras mota, bbc news, in the amazon. a couple of hours ago president bolsonaro, speaking on brazilian tv, blamed the fires on dry weather and above average temperatures. translation: all the countries have expressed solidarity with brazil. they have offered to help tackle the wild

or treating brazil for like you connie. well the reactions here are actually very divided in the population when you talk to supporters of the now or they do agree they're saying that in the past brazil has been listening a way too much to other countries and that it doesn't work like that when you send money and then brazil you know has to react and now it's also very clear he is saying that you know the amazon region it's the it's the decision off brazil what's going to happen with that and he's not agreeing with a president who is saying you know that the amazon region basically belongs to the you know to the world population others of course saying that the entire attitude that the entire behavior was when i was 6 a train really risky and you should accept help financially but also you know when you talk about firefighters we talk about firefighter training you know from other countries then you thanks very much for that reporting from port of value there in the brazilian state of a donia right at the epicenter of those

their intention to make trouble for brazil for the store because. it's totally absurd the fires are burning because of a policy of environmental devastation. that go too far as has been buying us time in this and the fisheries service said the amazon rain forest has been giving us more full before away then the global climate change will go a lot faster so the fact that we're seeing this hard work down result isn't just dark for brazil. it's a problem for the world. also coming up on the day boris johnson's brags the tour moves on this time paris the british prime minister insists with a little creativity and energy there is a way out of the brags that deadlock both france and germany say there is no time for a new agreement but if london can come up with something clever they might be willing to talk i want to be cute and see if you knew of the french people and that of course i want to do and i think we can get a deal and they give him. a warm welcome to all our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and across the world tonight an environmental d

laura: this is a just a problem for brazil, is -- this is not just a problem for brazil, in is it? eric: there is damage in bolivia, it is original issue. laura: thank you for joining us. more than a dozen women who claim they were sexually abused by disgraced unanswered jeffrey epstein have spoken of their ison. about his death in they have appeared in a manhattan court as the criminal case against him was dismissed. earlier this month, the coroner ruled that epstein killed himself in his jail cell. chris buckler reports. chris: jeffrey epstein's victims came to court to be seandst momportantly, heard. thfae were not expected to the man who abused them -- his death roed them of the portunity. but they told in graphic and upsetting detail the impact of epstein's crimes. >> before i ppew what was ing he grabbed me by the wrist. he was unbuttoning my shorts and pulling my body onto his naked body. all i could say was a meek "no, please stop," but that seemed to excite him more. they continued to -- he continued to rape me, and then hopped in the shower. i pulled my shorts up and ran

the radicals poured in the wild west to brazil. kick off a. train is the magic number not simply to sleep good time secure only 3 points with a trio comes dull moment in come on come on time again scream and davison is in and does a little flashback in minds dr gupta kind of put on those clothes in the mean time by 11 dusty because functioning again shall south. africa. the. s.o.s. europe the european crisis. if it's to have a future economy champions young champions. makes sure activists from the sort of country. they are fighting for the dream of a united europe. the champs. can they save the euro chennai india. most of my money to stand up to european fantasies and contribute to something important to circumnavigate. future of europe starts september 2nd on d. w. . the fact that. this is the diffuse live from berlin u.s. president donald trump says he would meet with iran's president if the conditions were right the surprise development coming as the g. 7 summit wrapped up in france the gathering was not without its problems including the f

german aid to brazil what was the response of both the narrow he said that brazil doesn't need the money and. that's basically said agency did some of the most fantastic work in brazil monitoring of the frustration f.i.o.s. and immediate enforcement he had this month playing there was amazing infrastructure so i don't think it's a question of resources right now it's a question of funding to go to will ok and would you sing stone to them i think the situation is going to get was and the have to message right now i think i think if europe is really interested in doing anything for the amazon they need to support the indigenous people who are already very well coordinated in south america and who are trying to already protect the amazons and to we need to use that we need we have signed it trade and we need to block the trade deal unless we see efforts to implement the pirates agreement i stipulated in the trade agreement. thank you so very much for coming in today. was mentioned president tomorrow mccraw wants to put the amazon fires at the top of the agenda of the g. 7 summit that starts

brazil has been using this data for yea rs brazil has been using this data for years and the brazilian and international communities as well have relied on it. so i think the satellite data is not the question. the question is what is brazil going to do. arguing over maybe five or 10% discrepancies, there is still a real problem with deforestation and the fires that are currently ongoing in the amazon region. who do you say is at fault for this? we have talked about loggers, big resinous interests, and farmers as a whole. there is a real difference, though, between small farmers and big farmers? yes, they certainly is a different and i think it is important to stress that brazil is undergoing a period, a prolonged period, of economic trouble. so you do have a large number of people in the amazon region, smallholderfarmers, who are looking for ways to make a living. and when you are in the amazon, one of the very few routs available, many people feel, is to clear the land. and to graze cattle. we have seen a dramatic increase in deforestation over the last six or seven deforestation ove

. solidarity with brazil.e the wildfires, but have also offered to tapirs‘s position to the g7 meeting. wildfires can happen anywhere and they should not be used as a pretext, but international sanctions. and though he will not be at the g7 meeting, the president of brazil may be able to count on the support of donald trump who will be there. the two men admire each other. but brazil's president will now deploy troops to fight fires and says he will crackdown on illegal deforestation. that is not a promise to end clearances, but his change of tone has been welcomed by some. it was a very significant change from what he has been saying up until now. he seems to now be taking the situation very seriously. he is clearly hearing the message not only from world leaders, but actually from hundreds of millions of people on social media. including tens of millions of people in brazil. the brazilian president's neighbours have also been turning up the heat. angry demonstrators had gathered outside brazilian embassies.

brazil's president jaya polson r.-o. has signed a decree banning burning in the amazon rain forest for the next 60 days the pro-business right wing leader has come under mounting international pressure to put out raging fires many was started by farmers clearing land. brad pitt has electrified the venice film festival with a blast of star power. it took to the red carpet to launch his new film space epic at astra he plays an astronaut on a life saving mission costars ruth nikka and liv tyler also turned out to promote the movie. economic growth in the united states is slowing further the commerce department revise a 2nd quarter figures down words and investment has also led again but u.s. and consumers are hanging in there also coming up by blacklisting flyways the u.s. risks getting left behind in the race to build the next generation of high speed internet networks and thanks to billions of dollars of stimulus and record low interest rates brazil avoids falling back into recession. and for school welcome to the program

reaction in brazil to their president's handling of the crisis has been mixed and game. no one can live completely alone no one grows alone any help is always welcome as long as it's well intended. cannot be linked to any kind of submission to foreign countries brazil must have autonomy over the amazon we cannot accept this internationalization of the amazon. any further development of the amazon will be met with strong opposition from around the world however it's the indigenous communities who live in the forest those with the most to lose who will react the strongest but for the people who live here in the amazon region this is normal natural they burn and they will burn again next year because they believe with the backing of their political leaders that this is the best way to develop this land. also believes this is brazil's land to develop and resents foreign interference but the international community feels it can simply watch as the so-called lungs of the burn down to 0. northwestern brazil but we've been speaking to thiago day at a gal who's director of instit

did the reaction actually split among party lines and has been what's happening in brazil with pretty much every political issue for the past few years so people that were criticizing the government for this allowance of 5 years into the support of the mining and the cultural sector they were very critical activists and then jailed or very critical but some people went into the president's defense and saying that you know there was a de call i that there was just a conspiracy theory that we had cloudy days before and the smoke was not that hard it's it's a very appalling situation here so the polarization remains and is affecting how people look at what's happening at the amazon and the environments the government has ordered an investigation into the fires what they look into how their own policies which many environmentalists saying that to much greater deforestation when they look into the role of their policies in the increase in 5. well that's a nice yes or absolutely no i mean it is this government has been play with accusations and all the vista geishas have been shut down so f

and south america if brazil doesn't do more to protect. japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 missiles into the sea off its east coast the south korean military says 2 missiles were fired from sundog in south province japan says they cause no damage it's the 7th such test in a month mason ritchie is a professor of international relations at university of foreign studies he says the missile tests do serve a number of purposes. we should always remember that when north korea carries out this will test they're always overdetermined they have more than than one cause so we'll hear certainly that there is messaging involved with the possible coming restart negotiations with the us nuclear ization i would also argue that they're simply testing the deployment in the fielding of no operational capabilities we're not sure what it is yet could be they can $23.00 could be a mess systems could be something else we don't know yet we'll find that out later but there's also costs internal messaging as well this is a way for kim jong un to

is surrounded by vast cornfields news is brazil's bread basket. the countryside otoh frequented by the professional rodeo riders is right in the middle of the cornfields. they travel through the country together $35.00 weekends a year up and down brazil to places like this. simple point. although as such rivals they're more like partners and often friends. that. rodeo brings us together they say. you know. yes in the family this is our 2nd family where with our wives from mondays to wednesdays but at the weekend this is our family we are pals we help each other out. for not you. know i remember one time when fernando fell under a pole and i helped to get him out. the bull kicked me then someone else helped me that's what i call sticking together. profit rose or comes in and joins them the rider who fell the earlier years to put up with all kinds of jokes. for men to go boy. them with another nick i have no idea. them to so i was unconscious. deploys one of my eyes and i don't remember anything off tricot box face but sports do you know but i recko

s live in the european union on a collision course with brazil's rightwing president has a record number of wildfires in these countries amazon rain forest rage out of control leaders describe it as an international crisis and threaten to block and a new south american trade deal unless president calls and take firm action also on the program the french city of directs trolls demonstrations ahead of this weekend's g. 7 summit protesters want the world's leading industrialized nations who are attending to step up that action against climate change. show and hong kong but demonstrators form a human chain across the chinese territory to press her. pussy. i'm at the gulf season's final tournament the fine line between affection and frustration. to this. is the way. i'm feel gail welcome to the program. pressure all brazil's right wing present giant balls that auto is growing after several european union leaders describe the wildfires burning out of control through the sway of the amazon forest as an international crisis a record number of fires have brought destruction to one of the world's

for federal help and about 77000 wildfires have been reported since january alone brazil's president has expressed confidence that the situation is under control but average burns are down over the last few years and are going back to normal. so ahead on al-jazeera. there are reports of a hunger strike inside the bahrain prison inmates relatives say they are tonight religious freedom and new concerns today saying the popular alternative to smoking could be linked to a mysterious lung disease. welcome back we're here cross to pan things looking quite nice as we begin the week we're going to be seeing plenty of sun here for tokyo with temperatures into the mid to high twenty's and that's going to come down just slightly as we go towards the next full day so $27.00 degrees is the expected high here on monday sendai at $25.00 but notice the rain down here towards the southwest that's what we're going to be watching because that is going to be making its way up towards the north bring some rain towards osaka as well so you could see a little bit of that rain as we go towards tuesday as we

this is the doubling years one from but i led the european union on a collision course with brazil's right wing president as a record number of wildfires risk countries amazon rain forest range out of control e.u. leaders describe it as an international crisis and threaten to block a trade deal with south america ambassador president on our take firm action also on the program the french city of spirits draws demonstrations head of this weekend's g. 7 summit protesters will the leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations to step up the action against climate change. range refugees in fact the dasher afraid to return to me in ma i'm not no signs it will ever be safe to do so d w reports of a refugee camp retreat the 2 countries. taking steps to stop a silent extinction as africa's giraffe populations are to wendall by almost half its 30 years international convention the greeks ways to better protect these gentle just say. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. brazil's are right wing president jaya balls than ours facing growing pressure after several european union leaders d

, and that this is seen by him as an attempt to weaken the brazil's sovereignty, to question brazil'sressure may moderate the president's stance, it also does create a rally around the flag effect, and the president, who's populist who likes to engage in controversy, in confrontation, also enjoys this moment were international pressure seems to support his views that the international community seeks to weaken brazil, seeks to keep brazil from developing, so i think it remains uncertain to what extent threats by the eu, for example, the threat to not ratify the recently signed trade agreement, will actually help the situation because so far at least the president has been very clear that he does not seek to moderate his stance, does not plan to moderate his terms in response to international pressure. we talk about the president, being very supportive of brazilian farmers and agriculture, he wants to expand in that area. if the international community brings in sensations or pulls out of that huge trade deal you are talking about, or that actually hurt farmers, effectively his base in

here in brazil they called rodeo the most radical sport in the world. banned understandably so it has a long tradition here and discipline fictional sport lópez what is being a problem pleasing spectacle. will promote them as the which of their child was in love with a 6 string. of. athletes who are willing to risk all. for a fistful of dollars. lost sister how could i give it up it's rodeo that has made me who i am today. this is how their careers stop chasing calves. it was the same for fun under no vice as a child on this ranch. this it will it all started as a game when we were kids we used to herd the cabs and cages. and when the adults weren't looking we used to ride the cows. the farm workers son has grown up to be a rodeo champion even if he might not look like one it 1st class. he's one dozens of competitions and is one of the best to brazilian riders were and now he's a major contender for the annual world championship title. mounting guy in the south brazilian hinterland. half a 1000000 visitors flock to the agricultural show here every year

under-fire brazil's president deploys the army to contain devastating blazes in the hour that's come as criticism from the i'm signed is growing along with demands to say the so-called long use of the world but what's triggered this natural disaster and why has it turned political this is inside story. hello there a very warm welcome to the program i'm julie mcdonald the green longs of our planet are burning fires across brazil's amazon a wiping out huge areas of rain forest they're burning out of control in many parts at a record rate and official figures show there's been more than $75000.00 forest fires in brazil and that's just this year alone if they can't be stopped then we may be in very real trouble and that's because the amazon forest absorbs millions of tonnes of carbon emissions every single year and they're crucial in regulating global warming well this act like map shows all the fires that have been burning in the amazon and the crisis has created a panic amongst environmentalist and even some governments around the globe many are blaming brazil's president jabal son ara

fires are not just burning in brazil.ntries are affected including venezuela, bolivia and colombia. the loss of trees and habitat is greatest in brazil and that is where the global focus will remain. in the past hour brazil's president bolsonaro has addressed his nation. he blamed the fires on dry weather and above average temperatures but he said this was not something that should be used as a pretext for international sanctions. translation: all the countries have expressed solidarity with brazil. they have offered to help tackle the wildfires but have also offered to ta ke wildfires but have also offered to take brazil's position to the g7 meeting. wildfires can happen anywhere and they should not be used asa anywhere and they should not be used as a pretext for international sanctions. i'm joined by the world service americas editor leonardo rocha. was the french pressure from mr macron that did this? most of all, yes. president bolsonaro took the quite personally and went on tweeted to say the french president should

as a university in brazil. this is not a result of voting a new environmental licensing bill that he just wasn't to make it any easier for big money companies invading these are serious or this is not business this is another thing the dispute what you want to open in the amazon is not new business because we were doing business before because our astronomers are going to right after the beginning of his mandate on the 2nd day of his mandate but also not to try to move the responsibility of the marketing indigenous lens from the ministry of justice to the ministry of agriculture which has exactly the opposite interests of the indigenous communities and these indigenous people are on the forefront of these of these battles if you look at most of the green patches in the amazon they correspond either to natural reserves or to indigenous reserves and it's a very unfair battle as they have been told me telling me as i told the weekly session you know you are comparing these people who feel really know very well to

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their intention to make trouble for brazil but it was for the president. it's totally absurd the fires are burning because of a policy of environmental devastation. that our global for years have been buying us time davis and the fisheries service says the amazon rain forest has been giving us a real fall away then the global climate change will go a long process so the fact that we're seeing this happen work they'll result isn't just for a good result. it's a problem for the world. also coming up on the day boris johnson's brags the tour moves on this time paris the british prime minister insists with a little creativity and energy there is a way out of the brags that deadlock both france and germany say there is no time for a new agreement but if london can come up with something clever they might be willing to talk and want to be cute and secret if you emanuel's approach people know that of course i want to do and i think we can get a deal and they get. a warm welcome to all our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and across the world tonight and env

forest fires happen every year in brazil but it was the sheer scale this year that shocked the world the so-called world's lungs were on fire strong criticism firstly from within brazil and the rest of the world forced president. to respond. forest fires happen all over the world so this is no reason to impose international sanctions brazil will continue to be as it is now a country that is friendly with everyone and is responsible in protecting its amazon forest. he's been accused by many of creating the very conditions he's now trying to control but there's a defiance from the president and resentment from his supporters and other countries feeling was ill what to do yes. i don't agree that other countries should come here to brazil we don't go to other countries to upset them you don't see brazilians they're causing problems only working to see money home to invest here this is pioneering country distant from brazil's made population centers also nardo had a message that resonated here. i'm 63 years old and i'm never seen a president as honest as this one who confronts the problem

issues in brazil right now that's encouraging organized crime and killing of indigenous people. in 2018 we saw every week 3 indigenous people that's every week being killed for protecting their and suster land so so what that means is that. these 5 years have huge implications for biodiversity and the people living in the forests i do want to ask you more about the governance but tell us what those implications are 1st of all for biodiversity why is this such an important land as you know the amazon basin is very rich in bad diversity and has important forest climb a 6 bucks and the impacts on the forests has climate implications and an and and of course biodiversity implications because of it's a reach hotspot for biodiversity in a wide fight forest fires are rare in the amazon but in the during the dry season people exploit the dry conditions to set 5 years for for a screening for farm lands and cattle pastures so what you get getting is that the current government governance situations and very warm conditions in brazil is encouraging more people to organize crimes especially

from brazil. amazon deforestation is happening rapidly under president brazilian president on our 0 according to brazil's national institute for space research the 1st 7 months of 2019 showed a 67 percent surge and before station that's compared to the previous year the far right leader called those figures misleading he's also said that environmental protections are what's holding back the country's economy since taking office this year regulations have been scaled back and the green light has been given to logging mining and other development projects and by them until it's worry that too much deforestation in the amazon could create irreversible damage to the region's unique biodiversity and worsen the global state of climate change so how will opening up the amazon to business interests impact the world's largest rainforests with us to talk about these issues in salvador brazil as a political ecologist and professor of humanities at the federal university. how low are tasho and environmental p

as university in brazil. this is not a result voting a new if i remember licensing deal that she just wasn't to make it any easier for big money companies invading these are serious or this is not business this is another thing this is pure what you want to open in the amazon is not new business because we were doing business before because our astronomers are going to make that the beginning of his mandate on the 2nd day of his mandate but also not to try to move the responsibility of the marketing indigenous lens the ministry of justice to the ministry of agriculture which has exactly the opposite interest of the indigenous communities and using the genus people are on the forefront of these of these battles if you look at most of the green patches in the amazon they correspond either to natural reserves or to in the genetics reserves and it's a very unfair battle as they have been folding telling me as i told philippe recession you know you are comparing these people who still eating a very thin way to cat

brazil's agricultural sector stands to gain from the trade agreement between the e.u. and the americas or trade block which brazil belongs but the deal has begun to look more fragile as parts of the brazilian amazon burned through the e.u. now accuses the government of not doing enough against the fires and the wider deforestation of the region and finally an english couple has unearthed thousands of ancient silver coins worth an estimated $6000000.00 the haul of this.

now hundreds of new fires are raging in brazil's amazon. in far as 10 president says military aircraft and 44000 troops will be made available to find the planes meanwhile france and ireland have threatened to target brazil's economy if the government doesn't do more to protect the amazon has more from cutting pruner that's an indigenous territory and state of rondo and here i am a 4 hour river trip to the sea but an hour river which is in the far north west of brazil in the amazon there's smoke in the air there's ashes in the air this is a community that 1st made contact with the outside world made 1st made contact with in 1978 so a very rustic way of life but there are people from this community who have traveled to europe or to united nations in geneva they've spoken to the european union they've spoken to merkel sore in south america about their conditions here they say that there's a regular incursions into their territory that developers set fires which cannot be controlled quite often and so they are calling for the international com

here in brazil. and as you saw in the video is actually our local communities indigenous peoples and our defer station rates are a lot so of course we need to work with the go federal government but we would like to work with the technical technician people does not wish this president. i'm wondering mr prado what does this mean for the rest of the world i mean we often hear the rain forest being described as the lungs of the world with a president bush now introducing these measures what will it mean. well go down was on is approaching a race both tipping point if. not all agree where. near almost 20 percent of the amazon forest is already to go. to for a stated so what's happened after that is that we are going to a process that's me being in some years to far as we're gonna ready to go and that we were showing stay with like a self select. africans have done up with more wet so for climate change is. it's very dangerous and this is this is special for the word soul because of that i believe that a

the state of the news life from the european union on a collision course with brazil's right wing president has a record number of wildfires in his country's imus and rain forest of rage out of control a new leaders describe it as an international crisis and threaten to block a trade deal with south america a mass president also takes power match also on the program the french city of pierrots a troll's demonstrations ahead of the g. 7 summit this weekend protesters want the leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations to step up that action against black church. i'm filled welcome to the program but the old right wing president shi'a balsa naro is facing a growing pressure after several european union leaders describe the wildfires burning out of control through swathes of the amazon rain forest as an international crisis a record number of fires have brought destruction to one of the world's largest ecosystems since president also took office in january now he says he's considering bringing the ah me. these are the worst fires the amazon basin has seen since records began in 2013

there is a big farming companies are concerned about brazil's reputation.onsible people who have started the fires. just very briefly can already see this going? as i said, i think it is unclear to what extent the international unity can exert pressure on brazil, some people have said that the president doesn't want the trade deal with the eu, he's done it to win the election, his adopt a more liberalising rhetoric but in fact, he is an economic nationalist. is he not in favour of international trade. to some extent, some may say that he enjoyed the moment of confrontation. everything will now depend on the capacity of agricultural businesses to pressure the president to adopt a more moderate stance. but it's a board to point out those fires are just the tip of the iceberg. we've seen over the past eight months are systematically getting of watchdogs, the president has adopted a strategy which has led to the suspension of the amazon fund, which a large—scale scheme —— are a large—scale scheme financed by norway in germany to help preserve the amazon. this i

and south america if brazil doesn't do more to protect the amazon. north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off its east coast now according to south korean military they were fired from sawn dock in south hummed young province as they cause no damage this is the 7th such test in a month donald trump says he's not concerned by the missile tests no i don't think so i think that we have a very good relationship we'll see what happens that could always change but we'll see what happens kim jong un has been you know pretty straight with a i think. we're going to see what's going on we're going to see what's happening he likes testing missiles but we never restricted short range missiles we'll see what happens many nations test missiles we tested a very big one the other day as you probably know to. 1000 years in the grip of a kidnapping crisis thousands of nigerians a full of victims will rise in the crime and they're having to pay millions of dollars in ransom mohammed the reports now from in an area known as a kidnapping hotspot they. are taking t

now, though, brazil is facing international pressure.leaders are calling it a global emergency. brazil's president has accused them of a colonial mindset and charities working to save the rainforest of interference. translation: those countries that send money here, they are not doing it for charity. i hope everyone can understand that. they are doing it because they have a vested interest. they want to interfere with our sovereignty. they are looking for riches under the soil. it's the amazon's indigenous people who are suffering the most. some have been attacked and killed as loggers and farmers try to push them off the land. translation: with each passing day, we see the destruction, deforestation, invasion, log in. we are sad because the forest is dying every moment. we feel the climate changing, and the world needs the forest, we needed, and our children need it. as the amazon burns, the world is now paying attention. brazil's president says he may send in the army to help tackle the flames. camilla veras mota, bbc news, in the amaz

fires are not just burning in brazil.ntries are affected including venezuela, bolivia and colombia. the loss of trees and habitat is greatest in brazil and that is where the global focus will remain. the trade war between the us and china has taken yet another twist — within the last hour, donald trump has further increased tariffs on chinese goods. using his twitter platform to make the announcement the us president said that 25% tariffs he had announced before on 250 billion dollars in chinese goods will increase to 30% — from the first of october. earlier, us markets tumbled with the dowjones closing down more than 600 points. the president's comments are part of an ongoing tussle with beijing. china imposed additional tariffs on us imports worth about $75 billion — in retaliation to the us decision to increase tariffs on chinese goods. our business correspondent michelle fleury is in new york with the latest. donald trump vowed to respond to china's tariffs and he made good on that threat. the president raised ta riff

forest fires happen every year in brazil but it was the sheer scale this year that shocked the world the so-called world's lungs were on fire strong criticism firstly from within brazil than the rest of the world forced president jarboe scenario to respond. here's the forest fires happen all over the world so this is no reason to impose international. sanctions brazil will continue to be as it is now a country that is friendly with everyone and is responsible in protecting its amazon forest. he's been accused by many of creating the very conditions he's now trying to control but there's a defiance from the president and resentment from his supporters and other countries feeling was ill what to do. or don't agree that other countries should come here to brazil we don't go to other countries to upset them you don't see brazilians they're causing problems only working to see money home to invest here this is pioneering country distant from brazil's made population centers also nardo had a message that resonated here said i'm 63 years old and i'm never seen a president as honest as this

, seeks to keep brazil from developing.ains uncertain to what extent threats by the eu, for example, the threats by the eu, for example, the threat to not ratify the recently signed trade agreement between brazil and the eu will actually help the situation because so far the president has been very clear that he does not seek to moderate his stands, does not plan to moderate his stands in response to international pressure. we talk about the president of being very supportive of brazilian farmers and agriculture and he wants to expand in that area, if the international community brings in sanctions or pulls out of that huge trade deal you are talking about will it actually hurt farmers, effectively his base in that country? absolutely. we see now the creation of two blocks emerging to explain the internal political dynamic. the ideologues who reject climate change, together with the military, which is very concerned about international engagement in the amazon. the president, also questions the role of international ngos an