james robbins, bbc news. joining us from sao paulo is luis aragow.or of the remote sensing division at the national institute for space research, which is responsible for analysing satellite data, estimating deforestation and the impact of fires. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. when you saw those images, the scale of what is going on, how shocked where you? good evening. so what we are observing this year is an increase that we really should be worried with because it is surpassing what we have been observing for the last ten years and we really need to use the data to ta ke we really need to use the data to take actions on the ground. what kind of actions the need to take? so, at the moment, with deforestation and fires we need to have fire brigades located at the sites with higher action to really reduce and try to what is going on. if is like fire gates do work is there room for optimism or is there something now which has been referred to as the didactic scenario where we are at a tipping point too mu

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins.es in the amazon forest continue to rage. and as more and more trees are lost, the threat to this great carbon capturing region of the world grows. reports suggest there may be 2500 separate fires in there may be 2500 separate fires in the brazilian amazon. farmers and loggers are being widely blamed for lighting many of them. there has been a sustained pattern of clearing forest for cultivation, part of a drive to expand agriculture, encouraged by the country's controversial, right wing president. translation: actually it is bolsonaro who is responsible for what is happening in the amazon. he encourages environmental crime which makes criminals feel comfortable. several world leaders are about to travel to france for a summit hosted by president macron, applaud his decision to put the amazon fires at the top of the agenda. he tweeted, oui’ the top of the agenda. he tweeted, our house is burning literally. the amazon, the lungs which produce 20% of the planet's oxygen is on fire. it is

james, thanks very much, james robbins, thank you. play began, players and spectators at lord's paid tribute to ruth strauss — the wife of the former england captain andrew strauss, who died from a rare lung cancer in december. our sports correspondent joe wilson is at lord's. yes, it's been a memorable morning here. you may remember after the first test wychavon england lost, joe root said he was expecting a big response from his players in this test match. england got to 76 for the loss of two wickets at lunch so the loss of two wickets at lunch so the captain may be thinking it could have been worse. certainly one thing we can say for definite it is we have had the weather here today to fit the occasion. andrew strauss took the applause here countless times as a player. today meant something entirely different. today, he had his sons with him and read was for his wife of their mum. ruth strauss died of a rare form of lung cancer. to turn lords read was to make it her day. this was about gaining awareness for the ruth strauss founda

james robbins, bbc news.s cross to texas to speak to niyanta spelman the ceo of rainforest partnership a non profit which works to protect tropical rainforests. thank you for being here and tell us how the amazon has changed in recent months. so the fires have been going on for several years and years. what we have seen in the last few years is the frequency and the piece of change that has been happening fast and climate change has a lot to do with it. and alsojust and climate change has a lot to do with it. and also just the and climate change has a lot to do with it. and alsojust the rapid changes in terms of the response from people trying to industrialize and dig up forests for agriculture. that has had a huge effect. it is not all of the amazon that this is happening with. there are parts of the amazon where people are awakening and realising that we really do need to protect the forest. and so i think the fact that this is a global issue and that this is having a global impact and perhaps the first tim

james robbins, bbc news.oining me now is an economy or to the economist from rio dejaneiro, as well as jonathan the economist from rio dejaneiro, as well asjonathan mizell from survival international. thanks for joining us on bbc news. jair bolsonaro argues that this land in the amazon needs to be destroyed so that farmers can use it, and it is important to the country economic debacle economically. what is the truth behind this claim? it sort of depends on what your view is. bolsonaro thinks that this land needs to be developed for the economic benefit of brazilians that live in the area, as well as for mining. there's lots of mineral rich soil in this area, so that is his stance. he sort of thinks that people on the outside, foreign governments, ngos need to get out of the way and let brazil develop this land in the way that they want to, because it is really a sovereignty issue for him. jonathan, your organisation works close with the with indigenous people will stopi million people are in the amazon, —— 1

our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, considers the impact the brazilian leader's policies haveamazon. the amazon rainforest is huge, not only in sheer geographic size but also in its importance for sustaining life on earth. it covers around 2.1 million square miles, about half the size of europe. it is home to 3 million species of plants and animals and has billions of trees that absorb co2 and slow global warming. but it is under severe threat. on average, an area the size of a football pitch is cleared every minute. president bolsonaro is blamed for actively encouraging the destruction of the rainforest. why? president bolsonaro won last year's election partly by promising radical change in the amazon. opening it up forfarming, diluting environmental laws and reducing fines for those who break them. it was a green light and notjust for the poor — established farmers say it is right to clear the forest. but president bolsonaro‘s approach has been condemned by emmanuel macron of france. he is preparing to welcome leaders of other wealthy countries in the g7 to biarritz. he says

president bolsonaro take immediate action to deal with the fires. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbinslooking at the impact that brazil's leader has had on the rainforest, and he's here now. the amazon rainforest is huge. not only in sheer geographical size but also in its importance sustaining life on earth. it covers about 2.1 million square miles — that's about half the size of europe. it is home to three million species of plants and animals and has billions of trees which absorb c02 and slow global warming. but it's under severe threat — on average, an area the size of a football pitch is cleared every minute. brazil's president bolsonaro is blamed for actively encouraging the rainforest‘s destruction — why? president bolsonaro won last year's election partly by promising radical change in the amazon. 0pening it up forfarming, diluting environmental laws and reducing fines for those who break them. it was a green light and notjust for the poor — established farmers say it is right to clear the forest. but president bolsonaro's approach has been condemned by emmanuel macron of fran

james ) there's a new show premiering on september 16th at 3 p.m. right here on kron4. (áboxesá) and this morning we're excited to have the host of that new talk-show -- mel robbins.morning mel. (áboxesá) thanks mel and we look forward to seeing you on september 16th at 3 p-m here on kron4. on kron4. ( will ) ( will ) coming up after the break... toxic algae is found in one east bay regional park. the warning for people walking their dogs. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) another predominantly the day ahead of warming conditions this temperatures in 60's as your your friday calm and cool conditions.afternoon will be much like yesterday, in the the coast and for parts of the bay while the 80's again for other inland.the next 7 days temperatures seasonal what we had past few weeks, in the 80's for with plenty of sun continuation of dry conditions. (robin) wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san less then 30 to 101. golden gat bridge than 30 min toll plaza. richmond less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( will ) a warning in the east bay... the east bay regional park district has posted an advisory about harmful algea blooms. the advisory is at big break regional

james robbins.e us isn‘t even before it, and we get a statement from the government of gibraltar saying it is being freed and investigations were carried out that the tanker was found to be carrying oil to an oil refinery in syria in violation of eu sanctions, but it has since been re—flagged, reassured, and gibraltar has been given assurances it will not now head to syria or an eu sanctioned entity, so it is being freed. we can just about make it out there. it is a bit misty off the coast of gibraltar at the moment. we are still waiting to see what happens with the crew, but diplomatically, it will be a sigh of relief. this was creating quite a stand—off between iran and britain and america. or have things just got worse? interesting question. we know britain, gibraltar and worse? interesting question. we know britain, gibraltarand iran were worse? interesting question. we know britain, gibraltar and iran were all keen to resolve the crisis and the hope was if the grace one was released and freed i

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me now. this is quite a tangled tale.. the far right league in italy. he thinks he has... here seems the opportunity to get power for himself but there are ways that he might be stopped. the outgoing prime minister could form another coalition and perhaps the president would like that. it seems so unlikely and unnatural that the left of centre and socialists would be a coalition but we are into a period of profound instability. as you were saying, there are risks from italy‘s political instability to the global economy. there are. much more important in the eurozone but there will be a lot of nervousness in brussels and am berlin from chancellor merkel. the idea that salvini will emerge as the prime minister and going to brussels if he became prime minister reading the riot act and saying you have to relax the eu‘s guidelines and spending. that is something you can be sure that most of the bankers will want to resist. clearly we want to keep an eye on it. thank you. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines