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Europe floods: Desperate search for survivors after catastrophe of historic proportion
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Desperate search for survivors as western Europe reels from a catastrophe of historic proportion
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Should Biden and Bolsonaro partner to protect the Amazon? Some Brazilian activists say no
By Caitlin Hu and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN
Updated 12:53 PM ET, Wed April 7, 2021
Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, on August 15, 2020. (CNN)When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil $20 billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry that the two leaders could actually end up striking a deal.
The US hopes to see a very clear commitment from Brazil to fighting illegal deforestation in the Amazon ahead of an April 22 summit of world leaders convened by Biden to discuss the environment, a State Department spokesperson told CNN this week. We believe it is realistic for Brazil to achieve a real decrease in deforestation by the end of the 2021 fire season, they said.
German government calls for a short country-wide lockdown
From CNN s Fred Pleitgen in Vienna
The German government is calling for a short country-wide lockdown to try and curb the spread of Covid-19.
“Every call for a short, unified, lockdown is correct,” Ulrike Demmer, the spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, confirmed on Wednesday.
“The variety of the current measures are not contributing to safety or to acceptance,” she added, highlighting the importance of a common federal approach.
Demmer went on to say the current situation was unsustainable, with too much pressure on German healthcare. “We need a stable incidence rate below 100,” she concluded.
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