Amazon fires: G7 to release funds for fire-fighting planes

International leaders at the G7 summit have agreed to provide logistical and financial support to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. Also; The Israeli military carried out air strikes on a Palestinian militant group backed by Syria's government in eastern Lebanon overnight. And; A vast "raft" of volcanic rocks the size of Manhattan is drifting through the Pacific Ocean, and could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists say.

(Photo: G7 leaders meet in Biarritz. Credit: Getty Images)