protests across brazil including here in rio de janeiro of pointing the finger at president bolsa naro and his government level aiming them for allowing mining and farming in the rain forests areas that before merely protected the for the most are defending the amazon is defending human beings humans depend on the amazon we are part of nature we are nature so it's impossible not to defend it. see little bits of. the amazon fires have also spread into believe via proof if anymore when needed that this folding environmental crisis knows no boundaries. and let's get more on this story now we are joined by mathias you bertie has travelled to the city of portobello which is in the brazilian state of virginia and the north of the country this has been among the worst hit by the amazon wildfires welcome to the program to you and it is i'd like to begin by asking you can the armed forces make a difference in this situation bring it under control. yeah for sure they will make a difference because their respects fully equipped they have special forces who can fight the fires here in the amazon a

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us brazilian president hire a balsa naro has rejected an offer of aid from g 7 countries to fight the wildfires in the amazon the group said it would give brazil 20 $1000000.00 to help contain those blazes but also narrow question their motivation earlier he accused the g 7 host president of manual mccrone of treating brazil like a colony more than $80000.00 fires are burning right now in the amazon in brazil many out of control. the air is thick with smoke and it's hard to bring them in a tree and now on the ground in the states are brown tony and which has been hardest hit by the blazes as soon as one fires under control the next one breaks out huge areas now resemble the landscape. will fall if there are as one or 2 big fires we could deal with them better than all the small ones. money shot since there have been widespread protests since the fires sunset on friday under international pressure brazil's president both narrow deployed soldiers to the region to fight the places brazil has said it will accept aid from israel and argentina bu

say have been emboldened by the rhetoric of brazilian president bill so naro that the fires were just a normal brazilian tradition said i used to be called captain chainsaw now i am nero setting the amazon aflame but it is the season of the burn however as the fires blazed on and the world community took notice both in our own changed his tune making this statement on friday august 23rd after finally committing to use the brazilian military to fight the fires. necessary to be called when dealing with that matter the fires of the amazon to spread data and send a message of. brazil do doesn't help solve the problem and it is the use of a little bit of information. now as world leaders and movie stars jockey for position as the savior of amazonia there is once again a very large group of people being forgotten for the sake of politicized headlines the people who call the rain forest home the people of the 305 tribes and brazil's rainforest over 900000 human beings whose home culture and way of life is threatened by greed and politics and the mainstream media only seeming to take interest

nation's offered an emergency fund of 20000000 dollars to help contain the blaze list but have also naro says there are strings attached also coming up. u.s. president donald trump ends the g. 7 summit by saying he would meet with iran's president if conditions were right russia's president says the u.s. must take the 1st step. plus he was an anti corruption campaigner but the life of sergei magnitsky ended in a russian prison now the european court of human rights condemns moscow for his death. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the brazilian president i hear balsa naro has rejected an offer of aid from g 7 countries to fight the fires in the amazon the group said it would give brazil $20000000.00 to help contain the blazes but also narrow question the motivation earlier he accused the g 7 host french president to manual mccrone of treating brazil like quote a colony more than $80000.00 fires are burning in the amazon right now many are out of control. the air is thick with smoke and it's hard to bring him in a tree and now on the ground in the state of brown tonia which has

protests across brazil including here in rio de janeiro of pointing the finger at president bolsa naro and his government lead blaming them for allowing mining and farming in the rain forests areas that before merely protected the for the most of defending the amazon is defending human beings humans depend on the amazon we are part of nature we are nature so it's impossible not to defend it is cool to see a little bit of. the amazon fires have also spread into bolivia. proof if anymore when needed that this unfolding environmental crisis knows no boundaries. now to some other stories making headlines around the world in sudan the death toll from flooding triggered by heavy rains has climbed to at least 62 no more than 35000 homes have been damaged or destroyed and thousands of cattle have died officials are warning the floods could lead to the spread of water borne disease. thousands of range a muslim refugees have rallied in bangladesh to mark 2 years since myanmar's army forced more than 700002 flee to the neighboring country at the rally the mostly men and children who attended chan

also naro says brazil lacks the resources needed to fight the fires he's also accusing environmental groups of starting them for political gain. effects of the farmers are being felt well beyond the location of the flex. cuffs past 4 in the afternoon and the heavens dark over sao paolo smoke and clouds blot out the sun . everything went dark i came out of the bathroom and it was night unbelievable nights but not nighttime the government says it's just the weather but climate experts say the cause is 200 kilometers away where pristine forest is going up in flames as wildfires consume the natural world there are far more places than usual at the start of the dry season farmers are also suffering. we planted man yoke and corn here it's all gone. farmers may be victims of the flames but some may be the fire starters big agriculture is one of the few success stories in brazil and has an ally in right wing president. asked if farmers were responsible for the fires he blamed environmentalist's again maybe the farmers everybody's a suspect but the biggest suspects the ngos the destruction is

the gas industry back in 28 teen the head of the lobby group even praised trump for electing balsa naro. donald trump paved the way for a bowl so narrow victory under president trump brazil's position as a world leader in industries such as agribusiness mining banking and aviation will be respected prior to the governorship of wilson the louima the previous administration of amazonas signed a contract with giuliani safety and security that's giuliani as in rudy giuliani former new york city mayor and a lawyer for donald trump as recently as april the brazilian american chamber of commerce has hosted events touting the vast american business opportunities presented by the forest and soil of the south american nation you know you're alluding to. these are there are. those who see the homos money used. for get business there's a pretty clear opportunity here that's for the democrats to promote saving the amazon rain forest and to rub it in the face of the g o p however the democrats recently canceled a proposed debate around climate change from their list of debates for 2020 presidential c

after an international outcry of super zillion president bolsa naro decided to send in the army. military planes have been pumping vast amounts of water across the amazon state of rhonda neo in the north of the country. soldiers have also been offering back up to struggling firefighters in this region and in other states. but with almost $80000.00 fires registered across brazil this year alone it's a monumental task. protests across brazil including here in rio de janeiro of pointing the finger at president bolsa naro and his government lead blaming them for allowing mining and farming in the rain forests areas that before merely protected this was the muzzle defending the amazon is defending human beings humans depend on the amazon we are part of nature we are nature so it's impossible not to defend it is cool to see little of. the amazon fires have also spread into belief here. proof if anymore when needed that this on folding environmental crisis knows no boundaries. authorities in hong kong are warning that the situation in the territory is becoming quote very dangerous the c

fires are burning in the amazon rain forest in brazil the country's far right president i have also naro accuses environmental activists from starting the glazers on purpose. plus plastic in the world's oceans of growing problem among the worst offenders are the nets discarded by fishermen but now a dutch company has come up with a novel way reusing the mature. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british prime minister boris johnson is heading to paris for what are likely to be difficult talks on johnson's calling for the brics a deal to be renegotiated he says the prison provision for the irish border known as the backstop has to go now that's a demand the french present. and projects but at a meeting here in berlin yesterday the german chancellor said she thought britain could leave the e.u. with a deal. that. no bracket protesters shout as british prime minister boris johnson a rice investment for the 1st time since he took office a month ago he met with german chancellor angela merkel his go to reopen negotiations on brics it we in the u.k. want a deal we seek a deal a

some say that it is those who eat meat others say that it is all of humanity or is it present balsa naro after all he's not known as captain chainsaw for nothing is drive to promote deforestation and roll back environmental laws has angered environmentalist's and he's opened the door for american businesses to swoop in a member of both of our us government has made sure that washington lobbyists are in on amazon business opportunities governor wilson lima is very closely tied to all kinds of american business interests for example documents released under the foreign agents registration act reveal that wilson lima is tied to the inner america group a very powerful washington d.c. lobbying they've created a packet for u.s. companies showing the amazon's potential for mining agribusiness and the gas industry back in 2818 the head of the lobby group even praised trump for electing balsa naro donald trump paved the way for both so narrow victory under president trump brazil's position as a world leader in industries such as agribusiness mining banking and aviation will be respected prior to

home to invest here this is pioneering country distant from brazil's made population centers or so naro 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 problems and says what has to be seed is defending brazil these are people who came to tame the forest to cut a bird to carve a future from what they consider to be a wilderness this particular blaze may not be huge but is one of tens of thousands burning across brazil some control some not some illegal some legal what's clear is that few will be investigated but the consequences will eventually be felt around the world. the fires are being put out but what's left is this back and devastation which will take many years to recover. 70 percent of the state of the year has already been developed the forested for lucrative timber then burned to create land for cattle rearing and sawyer production the rest is up for grabs and no one it seems is stopping them at the moment if you burn the forest you are backed up by a president and then you do exactly as you want to do

to balance global trade and be with the effects of deforestation has put current president era boss naro in the crosshairs of environmental activists and the indigenous people who live in the very forests he wants to use to raise cattle to sell to countries like the united states i mean united arab emirates. from the crowd tribe had this to say at the one of the very 1st marches of indigenous women ever to show resistance in brazil's history here's what she had to say. brazil people have to respect our president of brazil is our is a longing to the indigenous people see president bus narrow came here to destroy our friends we don't want that we can go back from the land from where he came from we don't want to personally hand governing our countries brazil it's. just my heart. when you see not only the fires in the eating up of the rain forest displacing the indigenous peoples there but the rainforest is like it's the lungs of the earth the term used before because of how much impact it has how much clean air it produces all of those and not just that but it also has an effect on a large

protests across brazil including here in rio de janeiro of pointing the finger at president bolsa naro and his government there blaming them for allowing mining and farming in the rain forests areas that before merely protected the for the most are defending the amazon is defending human beings humans depend on the amazon we are part of nature we are nature so it's impossible not to defend it with a suitable. the amazon fires have also spread into belief here proof if anymore when needed that this folding environmental crisis knows no boundaries. you've been watching the news and we've been bringing you special coverage from the g. 7 summit which is wrapping up in the french city of beer that's at a joint press conference just moments ago u.s. president trump and french president mark all hailed what they called positive and productive talks that have concluded after 3 days president michel said that the u.s. and france have reached a deal were guarding french plans for impose additional tax that could affect global tech giants president trump opposes the tax and have threatened retali

home to invest here this is pioneering country distant from brazil's made population centers or so naro had a message that resonated here. i'm 63 years old and never seen a president as honest as this one who confronts the problems and says what has to be seed is defending brazil these are people who came to tame the forest to cut a bird to carve a future from what they consider to be a wilderness this particular blaze may not be huge but is one of tens of thousands burning across brazil some control some not some illegal some legal what's clear is that few will be investigated but the consequences will eventually be felt around the world. the fires have been put out but what's left is this blackened devastation which will take many years to recover. 70 percent of the state of the dawn year has already been developed the forested for lucrative timber then burned to create land for cattle rearing and sawyer production the rest is up for grabs and no one it seems is stopping them at the moment if you burn the forest you are backed up by a president and then you do exactly as you want to d

right wing populist president also naro push through pension reform legislation saving the brazilian state roughly 250000000000 euros men must now wait until 65 to retire women until 62. analysts also believe paulson are could succeed in passing a tax reform measure. 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 burn 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 silva coins worth an estimated $6000000.00 the haul of the.

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 the dry season is only just beginning in many places it hasn't rained in weeks brazil's president has been blaming n.g.o.s with no evidence he now says the blazes may have been started deliberately hypocritical about it there are cyclists or car drivers out there who stop at the side of the road and light fires that stretch for over a 100 meters that's college amateur footage shows fires along highways through the anis and media reports say families organized what they called a day of fire earlier this month. satellite images show dozens of fires were started on augus

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right wing populist president also naro push through pension reform legislation saving the brazilian state roughly 250000000000 euros men must now wait until 65 to retire women until 62. analysts also believe paulson are could succeed in passing a tax reform measure. 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. this handshake is a little deceiving 2 huge egos sharing the spotlight with 2 very different views on how technology especially artificial intelligence will shape our future welcome to the stage alibaba founded jack ma and test the chief executive in the mosque the 2 tech billionaires focused their talk on the future they disagreed on nearly everything take artificial intelligence it's a big part of china's efforts to become an innovative industrial center jack ma believes it pos

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package to help fight the amazon fire of the whole world but brazil's rightwing president jaya bolsa naro has threatened to reject the deal accusing his french counterpart of colonialism. what google. chrome offers a true rich countries to the amazon. does anyone help anyone without wanting something in return. why do they have their eyes on the amazon what if they want to . get our. micron has stressed it's not a new brazil that's affected by the fires. there are other countries in the amazon that have asked for our help it is important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia bolivia and brazilian regions who want access to this international help can have it and can reforest quickly be pretty. well on the runway for 8 heats up the amazon continues to. the lungs of the wild in desperate need of help. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world dozens of women who accused jeffrey epstein of sexual abuse have been heard in new york in a court the hearing was set for the criminal case against the wealthy financier to be formally dismissed following his death

right wing populist president also naro push through pension reform legislation saving the brazilian state roughly 250000000000 euros men must now wait until 65 to retire women until 62. analysts also believe paulson are could succeed in passing a tax reform measure. 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 burn through even 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 a discovered with a metal detector includes rare pennies stating back to the era following the norman invasion of 10 $66.00 the discovery was made in the southwest english county of somerset should the coins be declared a national treasure the couple and the landowner would be entitled to an equal share of their present day. program thanks for watching. the conflicts ar

to help fight the amazon fires help of the whole world but brazil's rightwing president jaya bolsa naro has threatened to reject the deal accusing his french counterpart of colonialism. what google. mccrum off as a troll rich countries to the amazon. does anyone help anyone without wanting something in return. why do they have their eyes on the amazon what if they wanted that facade long. macron has stressed it's not only brazil that's affected by the fire. of. p. there are other countries in the amazon that have asked for our help it is important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia bolivia and brazilian regions who want access to this international help can have it and can reforest quickly. when the rally aid heats up the amazon continues to put on the lungs of the wild in desperate need of help. and for more on this now i'm joined by correspondent he is a bird he joins us from brazil's indonesia state it's an area that has been severely affected by these blazes but it's good to see you we know that there is a growing dispute right now between mexico and also nora over these g 7 fu

package to help fight the amazon fires of the whole world but brazil's rightwing president giant bolsa naro has threatened to reject the deal accusing his french counterpart of colonialism. what google. mccrone off as a true rich countries to the amazon. does anyone help anyone without wanting something in return. why do they have their eyes on the amazon what have they wanted that for so long. the. micron has stressed it's not only brazil that's affected by the fire is. the there are other countries in the amazon that have asked for our help it is important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia bolivia and brazilian regions who want access to this international help can have it and can reforest quickly of course the hopping on. the runway that aid heats up the amazon continues to be. the lungs of the world in desperate need of help. let's get more on this story now we are speaking with how to fund she is an ecologist the university of nottingham in the u.k. and an expert on the amazon rain forest and you know we just heard it there that report that our longs of the worlds are in desperat

wildfires raging out of control in brazil's amazon rain forest the country's president tire of also naro has condemned what he calls foreign interference in the situation. this is deja vu news up next in our business was their hard sell 1st from all of us here in berlin and thanks so much for being with us. in. the international commission for journalists just because the public. coming up on quadriga hong kong protesters want china to respect the rule of law and the city's semi autonomous status but will beijing give them comfort freedom they're demanding about that coming up on the border. quadriga in 60 minutes on. this planet early good tourist guide germany's booming capital i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis in our duramax series if it. sounds like seriously me i love to even want to show what a citizen looks like the folks with like me the spices the 15 nations the 50 story and 50 very personal tips on berlin's very best features. down in atlanta every week on t.w. . in the 1st series raising people fight for some. money kind of like when there's a flood water

fires are burning in the amazon rain forest universal the country's right wing president i have also naro accuses environmental activists of intentionally starting the blaze was. i brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british prime minister boris johnson is heading to paris for what are expected to be difficult talks on bret's it johnson is calling for the brics a deal to be renegotiated he says the provisions for the irish border known as the backstop have to go it's a demand the french president projects but at a meeting here in berlin yesterday the german chancellor said she thought britain could still leave the e.u. with a deal. and no breakfast protests this shout as british prime minister boris johnson rice investment for the 1st time since he took office a month ago he met with german chancellor angela merkel his go to reopen negotiations on. that we in the u.k. want a deal we seek a deal and i believe that we can get what we can do dish up and us i think is the is the phrase but clearly. clearly. we cannot we cannot accept. the current withdraw agreement johnson wants to

also naro has the support of the u.s. president with whom he has a close relationship and the shared love of tweeting. reaction in brazil to their president's handling of the crisis has been mixed in 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 nora believes this is brazil's land to develop and resents foreign interference but the international c

the fires are still burning but will bolster naro bend on the heat of international pressure or bow to the ambition of some his strongest supporters that there al-jazeera ground on your state northwestern brazil of thousands of people have protested across latin america against the fires in the amazon protesters gathered in rio de janeiro calling for greater action others rallied in colombia peru ecuador and mexico 77005 across brazil in reported this year that's an 85 percent increase compared to 2018 but i'm all about easter is an amazon campaigner for greenpeace brazil he joins us by skype from analysts in brazil good to have you with us so so 1st of all explain to viewers why have the fires increased so much. well. what we see where it is fire. that is the 1st station if you go for the think top 10 cities where you have or haven't craze of the islands of the forestation last year you have 8 we fungus fires come together with different stations in the arsenal set on the speech of the government and they think that he's there for the last 8 months and we see no any kind of measure of

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deforestation goes down when we don't have it because of the fires are still burning but will bolster naro bend on the heat of international pressure or bow to the ambition of some his strongest supporters that there are visitor ground on your state northwestern brazil thousands of people obsessed to the cross last america against the fires in the amazon persistence gathered in rio de janeiro calling for greater action on this run and run lead in colombia peru chile.